Your 2025 Summer Watchlist, Current Viral Trends, Europe's Blackout & Celeb Updates
Vol. 2 Issue 18 – 3rd May 2025
Movies
Avengers, old and new, came together to watch Marvel’s latest- Thunderbolts* as evidenced by Robert Downey Jr’s post on Instagram, a couple of pictures from his infamous “trailer village” he sets up while shooting films, as Avengers Doomsday has started production this week.
Mission Impossible and How To Train Your Dragon have released their collectible popcorn buckets for American moviegoers. The latter being in the shape of the character of Toothless, while Mission Impossible’s can only be unlocked by a key.
A new Miami Vice movie has been green lit.
Academy Award voters are once again proving that maybe, just maybe, they don’t like movies at all. After news came out last week that voters will only be allowed access to the balots to cast their Oscars votes only if they’ve watched all the nominated movies, the voters are coming out to say that they just let the movies play on mute or in another tab, bypassing the system.
Here’s the star-studded and show-stopping lineup of movies to watch this summer!
2nd May: Thunderbolts
16th May: Final Destination: Bloodlines & Hurry Up Tomorrow
23rd May: Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning & Lilo & Stitch
6th June: John Wick: Ballerina
20th June: 28 Years Later
27th June: F1 & Megan 2.0
2nd July: Jurassic World Rebirth
11th July: Superman
18th July: I Know What You Did Last Summer
25th July: Fantastic Four
More movies
The trailer for Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is here alongside a decidedly bad poster (that’s how you know it’ll be good) and honestly, Jesse Eisenberg saying he would probably get off anti-depressents if they made one of these movies each year is so relatable.
Plus, a live stream billboard in Times Square in New York for the movie, flashed a phone number. And those who texted the mysetery number were rewarded with $119.16 in their bank accounts. The Four Horsemen sure know how to make an entrance.
Trailer for The Better Sister, starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks
Trailer for Weapons. Fun fact, Director Jordan Peele (Get Out, Nope, Us) fired and parted ways with his management team after they were outbid and lost the rights of this movie. THAT’S how you know this is the next best horror movie.
31st May, Netflix is going live and inviting everyone to watch their Tudum event, with special reveals, performances and appearances by casts. See the trailer here.
Missing The Bear? Missing The Bear and wish it was sexier & mysterious? Coming this Wednesday is Careme on Apple TV Plus. See the trailer for yourself.
Trending
Two versions of the “I’m so hungry I could eat…” short form video are going viral. One where parents are teasing their children by saying “I’m so hungry I could eat a kid”.
The other is people recording unsuspecting targets for their reaction as they nonchalantly say “I’m so hungry I could eat [someone from that person’s past]”, who they probably haven’t brought up or remembered in a long time. Here are my absolute favourites.
The internet is arguing over a hypothetical scenario: who would win, 100 men vs a gorilla? This is the best take in my humble opinion.
This short form video of creator Darshen is blowing up, with many creators making their own versions with their own Samuels.
Sound off
Ed Sheeran has announced his new album, Play plus a new single, Old Phone. Ed Sheeran famously does not have a smartphone as he was asked to give it up in court as evidence for a trial and never got a new one. Once he got it back, it became a time capsule once he switched it on. He has even made an Instagram account with photos from his old phone.
Lorde has announced her new album, Virgin.
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco have released a delux version of their album I Said I Love You First, with features like GloRilla, DJ Sliink, and Cigarettes After Sex.
Celeb shenanigans
A new clip from a podcast is going viral where Meghan Markle admits to writing mails to her kids for when they turn 18, amounting to almost 4000 mails for them to read at once.
Mummy Pig graces the cover of Grazia as she announced that she will be having a baby girl.
Beyonce and her daughters, Blue Ivy and Rumi, took to stage on her Cowboy Carter tour, which kicked off in LA at the SoFi Stadium.
Stars of Netflix’s You, Penn Badgley and Anna Camp covered Taylor Swift and Bon Iver’s Exile.
A fan-clicked new image of Harry Styles’ back profile from Berlin is all over the Internet and I need his leg-day/skincare routine.
BJ Novak is reportedly dating short form creator and actor, Delaney Rowe.
Gigi Hadid celebrated her 30th birthday and was spotted entering her party with beau, Bradley Cooper.
Camille Razat of Emily in Paris fame has announced that she won’t be returning for the 5th season of the show.
This viral clip of Logan Paul having an epiphany that “women have it hard”. What a genius.
The OG Spidey, Tobey Maguire’s daughter was proposed to for prom with her date dresses up as Spider-Man!
Current Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen has welcomed a baby girl, Lily, with girlfriend Kelly Piquet.
In other news
Spain, Portugal and parts of France were hit by a major power outage that saw metros, the Internet, ATMs and even phone lines not functioning. However, these cities did not come to a standstill, as people came out of their homes and took over public spaces. Singing and dancing and chatting with strangers, building a community in real time.
The Met Gala takes place next week, overlapping with the conclave to choose the new pope!
