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No random celebrity feud will ever top Tom Hanks and Henry Winkler, but did you know Madonna and Elton John had beef?

Over the years, he’s called her “a nightmare” and “fairground stripper,” and dismissed her theme song for Die Another Day as the “worst Bond tune ever.” There’s more, but the point is, they haven’t gotten along for some time. But the feud is over after they “buried the hatchet” while John was performing on SNL this weekend with Brandi Carlile, according to Madonna.

“We Finally Buried the Hatchet!!!” she wrote on Instagram. “I went to see @eltonjohn perform on SNL this weekend!! WOW.”

Madonna continued:

“Over the decades it hurt me to know that someone I admired so much shared his dislike of me publicly as an artist. I didn’t understand it. I was told Elton John was the musical guest on SNL and I decided to go. I needed to go backstage and confront him . When I met him, the first thing out of his mouth was, ‘Forgive Me’ and the wall between us fell down.”

They might even work together. “Then he told me had written a song for me and he wanted to collaborate. It was like everything came full circle!!” Madonna wrote, ending the post with a reference to his one of his most beloved songs: “And you can tell everybody , This is Your Song………”

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Jon Hamm might have successfully shaken off Don Draper, but Apple TV+ probably isn’t shying away from Mad Men memories with the above still from Your Friends & Neighbors. The upcoming drama series has already been renewed before audiences can indulge, but Hamm is gearing up for his SNL hosting gig and has now graduated from The Morning Show (although he could still return there) into leading TV man status again.

Your Friends & Neighbors stars Hamm as Andrew Cooper, a hedge funder (arguably the modern-day equivalent of Draper selling dreams and those sentimental concoctions that could bring the occasional colleague to tears) whose personal and professional lives crumble. He then transitions into a con-artist life and starts committing (relatively) petty thievery upon his community. Since Apple TV+ is so confident that they’ve ordered up another round of Hamm-burglar, you’ll want to know when this will go down.

When Does Jon Hamm’s Your Friends & Neighbors Come Out On Apple TV+?

Apple TV+ will premiere two episodes on Friday, April 11 followed by weekly drops until May 30.

The series co-stars Amanda Peet (as Cooper’s ex-wife, Mel) and Olivia Munn, and in a panel discussion hosted by Deadline, series creator Jonathan Tropper revealed that this series began as a novel, which he set aside until it struck him that a successful TV show could be made if Hamm signed on, and that actually happened:

“The problem was I didn’t know him, so I got my agent to set up a lunch – in retrospect, it was kind of a ballsy move, but I just said, ‘Let’s do a lunch.’ I pitched him the idea, and once I saw his interest in the idea, I went home to write the pilot. At that point, you know, he became that voice in my head. That was the character.”

And the rest is television history? Perhaps, and you can judge (until the series arrives) from the trailer below.

The hip-hop community, unfortunately, has dealt with some significant losses over the past few years, including Juice WRLD, who died in 2019. The later rapper has been given his flowers time and time again since his passing, and Lil Yachty tried to do the same during a recent stop on Tyler The Creator’s Chromakopia: The World Tour. But, it didn’t go as planned.

At the Washington DC show on April 1 (as Complex notes), Yachty tried to have a moment of silence for Juice. But, during it, a fan shouted, and Yachty didn’t like that. He yelled at the fan to “shut the f*ck up,” asked the crew to turn the lights on so Yachty could identify the shouter, and once he did, he got the audience to boo the person (as seen in this video).

In a 2018 interview, Yachty said he had a collaborative project with Juice finished, although that has yet to see the light of day as of 2025. He also said of their joint track “Yacht Club,” “We got a bunch of songs just like that. We just be in the studio recording. We got hella songs together. This song was actually supposed to go on our tape. It’s crazy, the first song I had for my album was called ‘Knuck If You Buck’ and it’s hard. We just couldn’t find a session. My engineer was listening to my sh*t and told me, ‘I ain’t going to lie bro, ‘Yacht Club’ is hard.’ I trusted him and switched it.”

Severance season 2 is over, but the show continues to live rent-free in Olivia Rodrigo‘s head.

A few days ago, the “Bad Idea Right?” singer played her first-ever stadium show at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City. To celebrate the occasion, she posted a TikTok with the caption, “my innie played her first stadium 2night.” The video shows Rodrigo inside an elevator going from every-day clothes to her Guts tour red leather bodysuit, a reference to the transformation the characters on Severance go through when they log in and out of work. Maybe Rodrigo can cover “The Windmills Of Your Mind” for her next show.

While in Mexico, Rodrigo — who is headlining Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, and Governors Ball — also enjoyed her first hot air balloon ride and a lucha libre event. “One of my fav weeks ever,” she wrote on Instagram. “Muchas gracias.”

Last year, Rodrigo spoke to Vogue about how she keeps busy on tour (when she’s not watching wrestling, that is). “I do all the classic things,” she said. “Call my therapist, go to the gym, I eat really healthy, and I don’t drink. But being creative is the ultimate form of self-care for me. I could journal forever. Putting down all the random stuff that comes into my head. Or if I’m feeling anxious, I’ll make a list of all the things I’m grateful for.”

You can watch Rodrigo’s TikTok here.

Justin Bieber has found a lot of success with his collaborations; The most recent ones of note include the No. 1 singles “Stuck With U” with Ariana Grande, “Peaches” with Daniel Caesar and Giveon, and “Stay” with The Kid Laroi. So, it’s not surprising that Bieber is interested in getting back in the studio with a creative partner, and he’s even soliciting interested parties on social media.

Yesterday, Bieber shared a set of photos on Instagram and wrote, “Dm me if u wanna make music together.”

Of course, despite how it may sound, this call isn’t open to anybody: For science, I attempted to send Bieber a DM, but Instagram said, “You can’t message this account unless they follow you.” But, some noteworthy folks have expressed interest in linking up with Bieber, like Drake, who commented on the post, “I DM’d but no reply.”

Drake wasn’t the only big-timer to chime in on the collaboration-seeking post: Uproxx cover star Big Sean commented, “Check Dm’s.” Kehlani wrote, “whewwhewwww.” Jaden Smith commented, “Check your DMs gang.” Bailey Zimmerman also commented, “WE NEED COUNTRY JB!!!!”

Bieber has already gotten started with the collaborations, it appears: Last month, he was seen with Fred Again.. and Sekou.

Dreamville Festival opened its doors for a fifth and final time this weekend, and though the music showcase as we know it will be missed, fans didn’t let the news stop them from showing up in their Sunday’s best for the exciting weekend. This year’s festival featured an exciting lineup led by J. Cole, Erykah Badu, Tems, and Lil Wayne with Hot Boyz and Big Tymers. Additionally, the 2025 Dreamville Festival had its largest food lineup ever, while also giving fans more free events than they knew what to do with in the days leading up to the festival’s start.

With all that on the table for everyone to enjoy, fans showed their excitement for this year’s Dreamville Festival in many ways, including with their outfits. Raleigh, North Carolina held it down on the weather front as temps were well into the 80s during peak hours of the festival. Locals may be used to the warm temps already, but a New Englander like myself was extremely happy to escape the spring days that sometimes felt a lot like winter days. In the days leading up to the festival, the threat of rain hung over day two of the festival, but by Friday night, that threat was nothing more than a false alarm. With that, the runway was set for fans to pop out and show out.

From fans who dressed to the nines to others who found great ways to rock their Dreamville merchandise, here are just some of the best-dressed people we saw at the 2025 Dreamville Festival.

Since the release of his most recent album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Bad Bunny has launched an all-out charm offensive on the press. He’s raised his profile in the States with a memorable Hot Ones appearance, a thirst-inducing ad for Calvin Klein, and a standout performance at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, but with all eyes on the Puerto Rican star, he hasn’t forgotten where the primary focus should be: on his music.

Naturally, that means the next stop on his media takeover tour just had to be NPR Music and the Tiny Desk Concert series. The new album lends itself well to the format, thanks to BB’s embrace of traditional Puerto Rican sounds on Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Of course, his band here incorporates congas and cuatros, upright bass, and good, old-fashioned piano as Bunny flows through laid-back but emotive performances of “PIToRRO DE COCO,” “VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR,” “KLOuFRENS,” and “LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii.” And in typical Benito fashion, he speaks only his native Spanish throughout the performance until the very end, joking that he “forgot” to speak English for the English platform. It wasn’t a big deal, though; he previously admitted that he doesn’t mind if people miss the references in his music, because it’s for a specific audience. Everything else is just gravy.

You can watch Bad Bunny’s NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert above.

The Handmaid’s Tale will soon embark upon its sixth and final season to aim for revolution and, ideally, tear Gilead’s little world apart.

As Hulu subscribers darn well realize, the flagship series has masterfully kept people watching despite an onslaught of horrors (drained bank accounts, sewn mouths, and a drowned Sydney Sweeney character are only the beginning of that list), and some form of catharsis will likely come with the sixth season, but that won’t be the end of what Margaret Atwood wrote for TV. Her 2019 novel, The Testaments, will continue the story, and Praise Be. Let’s get down to business on what to expect.

Plot

The Testaments will be in good TV hands. The sequel series has been created by The Handmaid’s Tale creator Bruce Miller, who stepped down from the final season of the flagship series (turning over the sixth season to fellow executive producers and writers Eric Tuchman and Yahlin Chang) so that he could fully develop the sequel series. The new show’s story, which picks up 15 years after Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale novel ends, will follow the perspective of three protagonists, including two daughters in Gilead and the Aunt Lydia character already familiar to viewers.

In The Testaments novel, Gilead’s theocratic regime is still technically in charge of society, but the structural rotting has become apparent, and the protagnoists’ stories will come together with competing perspectives, ultimately converging. This will include revelations of Aunt Lydia’s past contributions to the oppressive regime, and The Handmaid’s Tale‘s final synopsis has revealed, “Commander Lawrence and Aunt Lydia reckon with what they have wrought,” and what happens there will surely provide an avenue to where Lydia’s mindset begins in The Testaments. Hulu has further disclosed that, with The Testaments, the fates of Lydia and the younger women will “become intertwined as they uncover the secrets of Gilead and the resistance against its regime.”

As The Testaments‘ book description further suggests (NO WORRIES, NO SPOILERS HERE), “Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.”

Will we see any characters beyond Lydia to bridge the gap between shows? Since fifteen years have passed, that doesn’t seem terribly likely, and ideally, June will be off living her best life outside of Gilead with the same for Moira and many other beloved characters. Hulu is, however, lining up the new cast for what could be the future generation of rebellion.

Cast

Ann Dowd will reprise her role as Aunt Lydia and likely the sole carryover cast member between shows. Lucy Halliday (Blue Jean) will portray Daisy, Chase Infiniti (Presumed Innocent) will portray Agnes, and Rowan Blanchard will appear as Shunammite, who hails from a powerful Gilead family.

Release Date

The Handmaid’s Tale will finish its sixth season at the end of May, and in all likelihood, The Testaments won’t take too long. Late 2026 or early 2027 seems feasible.

Trailer

No trailer yet, of course, but here’s a 2019 CBS This Morning interview of Atwood discussing The Testaments‘ release and why The Handmaid’s Tale has resonated most out of her 60 authored books.

It’s a big weekend for music festivals in California. There’s Coachella, of course, but April 12 is also Revolve Festival, an invite-only event held in Thermal, CA. The lineup includes Lil Wayne, Tyga, Uncle Waffles, and Gelo; DJ sets by Hunny Bee, DJ Lex, Quinn Blake; and special guest Cardi B.

The 2025 theme is “Desert Mirage,” inspired by the local landscape.

“Every year, we aim to deliver a lineup featuring the best of the best artists in the game, and this year is no exception,” Revolve Group Inc. chief brand officer Raissa Gerona said in a statement. “We’re excited to bring an incredible mix of performers, making this our best festival yet. Revolve Festival continues to raise the bar, and we can’t wait to bring unparalleled energy to the desert.”

Along with the music, Revolve Festival will feature the “season’s latest fashion trends and cutting-edge designs from Revolve’s unparalleled brand roster, which includes exclusive collections in collaboration with brands such as Leslie Amon, AKNVAS, Understated Leather, 8 Other Reasons and Revolve’s Owned Brands GRLFRND, Camila Coelho, and Superdown.”

Here’s more, per a press release:

Beverage offerings will include Sprinter Vodka Soda, 818 Tequila, a full portfolio of Heineken brews, and SipMARGS, a ready-to-drink sparkling margarita brand backed by social media star Alix Earle. Sinners Movie x Warner Bros. Pictures will feature a sleek bar activation with cocktails inspired by the upcoming film from Ryan Coogler starring Michael B. Jordan and Hailee Steinfeld. BODYARMOR FLASH I.V. will be onsite offering rapid rehydration beverages and electrolyte slushies. Additionally, LaCroix will debut its newest sparkling water flavor, Sunshine.

You can check out the poster below.

Revolve Festival 2025 Poster

Sabrina Carpenter has multiple chart-topping hits, a sold-out tour, and a Dunkin’ drink — what’s next? Appearing in Fortnite, naturally.

On Monday (April 7), Epic Games announced that the “Espresso” singer will take part in “Fortnite Festival” season 8. Per the Fortnite website: “Unlock her ‘Juno’ and ‘Nonsense’ Jam Tracks in the Season 8 Music Pass and find more of her tracks in the Shop! That’s that Season 8 Icon, Sabrina: there’ll be a Sabrina Carpenter Outfit in both the Music Pass and Shop.”

One of the premium rewards for purchasing a Music Pass is unlocking the Sabrina Carpenter Outfit featuring “a yellow embellished babydoll inspired by the one she wore on her most recent tour — designed by Victoria’s Secret in collaboration with celebrity stylist Jared Ellner — as well as jewelry designed by Maison Raksha.” There’s also lipstick and sparkly guitars, while “Nonsense” and “Juno” are available as Jam Tracks.

Since this is Fortnite we’re talking about, of course there’s dancing:

“Switch it up with how you Emote! Sabrina’s bringing Dance Emotes with her — most Fortnite Emotes that include dancing will be called ‘Dance Emotes’ in the Locker. While using a Dance Emote, any player can do the same dance with you at the press of a button. (Even if they don’t own the Emote!) These multiplayer Emotes are currently called ‘Synced Emotes,’ but will be renamed ‘Group Emotes.’”

Carpenter missed her calling by not voicing Jessica Rabbit in the Who Framed Roger Rabbit video game (since she, y’know, wasn’t born for another 10 years), but this is the next best thing. You can find all the information here.