First up, a bit of nostalgia with a sad note: Greg Hyman, one of the inventors behind the 90s mega-toy Tickle Me Elmo, has passed away at 78. He was part of the team that basically turned “what if a stuffed animal laughed?” into a full-blown holiday stampede in 1996… the kind where shelves were empty and parents were negotiating like it was concert tickets.
Meanwhile in London, Martin Short and Meryl Streep are still fueling those “are they or aren’t they” rumors. A fan thought they were a married couple out on a quiet dinner date… which honestly, given their chemistry in public appearances, is not the wildest assumption ever. Martin Short, though, has already denied any romance—he’s calling it strictly friendship, not “rom-com subplot.”
Over in Paris, Kim Kardashian is asking for just a symbolic one euro in damages from the men who robbed her during the 2016 jewelry heist, while also telling the ringleader she forgives him in court. Emotional testimony, real trauma, and yes—one euro, which is basically the legal version of “you’re not worth my time, but I’ll see you in court anyway.”
A bit of messy rumor mill: Hugh Jackman is reportedly frustrated, with sources claiming he feels like Hollywood has been quietly turning on him and he’s blaming his ex-wife for some of it. No official response from his camp, but that’s definitely a “group chat I should not be in” situation.
On the lighter side, Luke Bryan says he’s had some… unusual autograph requests. Including one involving a catheter pump. Which is the kind of sentence nobody expects to hear in country music interviews, but here we are.
Kylie Minogue is opening up in a new Netflix documentary about her private breast cancer recurrence in 2021, saying she’s since recovered. She says she kept it private at the time because she felt completely drained, but now she’s sharing it to encourage people to stay on top of screenings.
TV shake-up: Selling Sunset is losing a few familiar faces ahead of season 10, and the spinoff Selling the City has officially been cancelled—so basically, real estate drama inventory is running low.
Big late-night news: Stephen Colbert signs off from The Late Show tomorrow with a special extended finale, and he’s even joking about taking his next act to OnlyFans… though, to be clear, he says it would not be that kind of OnlyFans. Just… “budget-friendly late night chaos,” apparently.
In movie news, a planned Billy Joel biopic called Billy and Me is already hitting legal pushback, with Joel’s team saying they don’t have life or music rights—aka, you can’t make a biopic without the actual songs, which is kind of a big detail for a music biopic.
And finally at the box office, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu is tracking around a $160 million global opening. Which, in Star Wars terms, is basically “the Force is still very much awake.”
