Pop Star Taking a ‘Step Back’ After Intense Health Scrutiny

Ariana Grande will finish her Eternal Sunshine world tour in London in September and then take a step back from the spotlight, her representative said Sunday. The move follows years of mounting speculation about Grande’s health that began as far back as the press tour for Wicked: Part One in 2024. Fans noted that Grande, 33, appeared to have lost some weight off her already petite frame. Concerns about Grande’s health has not let up since then. But after the music video for her latest release, ‘Petal,’ launched Friday, the speculation intensified, with people online posting screenshots from the video and making claims about Grande’s physical and mental health. Grande’s rep told People she has loved touring and “she looks forward to finishing the tour” on Sept. 1. “[She’s] ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny.” The break means the Oscar-nominated Grammy winner will not be appearing alongside her Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey in a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park With George next year in London.

Ohio Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, 80, has been hospitalized after a hit-and-run crash, her office reported. She was on her way to church when the car in which she was a passenger was struck. Police responded to the scene in Toledo at approximately 10:48 a.m. Kaptur and one other person were transported to a local hospital. “She is active, alert, and being treated for non-life threatening injuries,” Kaptur’s office said in a statement. An investigation into the accident is still ongoing. Kaptur is the fourth-longest serving member of the House at the moment. The veteran lawmaker is one of the more vulnerable House Democrats up for re-election in this year’s midterms. She will face off against Trump-endorsed Republican Derek Merrin, who lost to Kaptur in 2024 by less than 1 percentage point. The news prompted bipartisan support for Kaptur. Rep. Dave Taylor, an Ohio Republican, said in a post on X, “My thoughts are with @RepMarcyKaptur after hearing the news of this morning’s car crash in Toledo. Charity and I are wishing her a speedy recovery.”

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Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day had the second-biggest domestic opening weekend ever. The Sony blockbuster hauled in an estimated $355 million across North America, falling just shy of the $357.1 million debut of Avengers: Endgame, which narrowly held onto the all-time record. Worldwide, the latest Marvel adventure pulled in a staggering $927 million from 66 international markets, making it the second-largest global opening in history behind Endgame. The film also delivered Sony Pictures’ biggest opening weekend ever, shattering studio records on Thursday’s opening day. The movie, which stars Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, and Mark Ruffalo, is a welcome jolt for Marvel after several recent films failed to meet box office expectations. “To be truly honest, it feels fantastic,” Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman told The Hollywood Reporter. As for what worked, he says, “You’ve just got to make a really, really great film.”

A ferry carrying nearly 300 people caught fire near the coast of Java in Indonesia Sunday morning. Rescue crews have saved 225 of the 271 passengers and crew members aboard the Mutiara Sentosa 2 and recovered five bodies, leaving 41 people unaccounted for. The ferry was traveling from East Java to South Sulawesi when the blaze broke out between 6 and 7 a.m. Videos on social media show the Mutiara Sentosa 2 engulfed in smoke and passengers jumping from upper sections into the water, while traveling from East Java to South Sulawesi. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Rescue efforts were complicated by rough seas, forcing one inflatable rescue boat to turn back, while the Indonesian Navy dispatched a warship to assist. “The safety of passengers and crew is our top priority. We are continuously coordinating with all relevant parties to ensure that the evacuation process can proceed quickly, safely, and effectively,” Muhammad Masyhud of the Ministry of Transportation said.

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Aaron Rodgers says his wife, Brittani, played a major role in the football star’s reconciliation with his family. “I’m happy to be reunited, and that part of my life is a really beautiful addition,” Rodgers said in an interview. “And I’ve got to give my wife a lot of credit for—not that she was pushing me, because she never was, but just the way that she loves and supports me.” Rodgers and Brittani got married in 2025 and have largely remained out of the public eye. “Having her by my side during this process has been really special,” he added. “And I missed those relationships. And there was reasons for it that don’t need to be talked about, but I’m thankful that that’s come all the way back around.” In July, the Steelers quarterback posted a slideshow to Instagram featuring photos of him with his mother, Darla, father, Ed, older brother, Luke, and his niece. He captioned the post: “another bonding week #fam.” The 42-year-old had been estranged from his family for nearly a decade.

A portrait of President Donald Trump painted using a mixture of horse manure and water has sold on the first day it was exhibited. Vancouver Island artist Wendy Chartrand‘s painting ‘The Don of Dung’ was accepted to the Sooke Fine Arts Show, and sold for $1,800, almost immediately. Posting a picture of the painting on her Instagram account before the show, Chartrand said she was excited to have the piece accepted to the art show. “The medium is the message here. I’ve made the paint from horse s--t,” she wrote. Chartrand told CTV News that she had “no idea” who bought it, but would love to find out so she can thank them. She added that she was “amazed” at how quickly it sold. “It’s just good to laugh at stuff sometimes. You can’t do anything about it often, so you might as well laugh,” she said at the art show opening. The executive director of the art show stood by the inclusion of the piece. “The Sooke Fine Arts Show has celebrated artistic excellence for 40 years, and we’ve had many provocative pieces that reflected the social and political events of their time,” executive director Jen Hayward said.

If you ask veteran rocker Sir Rod Stewart about the day he got stuck in a small box at the Prada store in London, he might well reply, “I Don’t Want to Talk About It.” Stewart, 81, was enjoying some retail therapy last week, shopping for handbags and gladrags with his 20-year-old son Alastair and his girlfriend, when the elevator suddenly stopped between floors. The hot-and-bothered trio were eventually forced to use their phones to reach out to Prada—via Instagram, The Daily Mail reported. “Can somebody help us get out of here?” they pleaded. They were rescued, everyone was safe, and the man who has sold more than 100 million albums is “gonna be alright.” He wasn’t worried about “This Old Heart of Mine.” But it hasn’t been an entirely copasetic summer for Stewart. “The First Cut is the Deepest” singer was forced to pause a concert in Utah in June to breathe from an oxygen tank when he became dizzy during a performance. Earlier, he had rescheduled or canceled concerts in Nevada and California, citing health concerns. He was, however, well enough to fly to Boston to watch the World Cup soccer match between Scotland and Haiti, which annoyed his fans.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee could not contain his fury when he came across a post by Spanish actor Javier Bardem on X, where it had been shared by British author Oli London. Bardem was responding to the refugee crisis unfolding between Spain and Morocco. He had posted a story on his own account sharing the words of author and columnist Miranda Vidak. The post Bardem shared highlighted that the Spanish enclave where nearly 60,000 refugees tried to enter was in North Africa, not Europe. “Ceuta is in Africa, not Europe. This isn’t an ‘invasion’ of the West – if anything it’s the reverse, given Morocco functions increasingly as a Western-aligned client state,” the post said. It went on to say “we don’t know who engineered this crisis, but we know who benefits from a weakened, destabilized Spain: Israel and the western far-right eager to turn migration into a weapon against Muslims.” Huckabee described the post as “laughable new blood libel by another dim-witted actor.” Huckabee went on to say Bardem was “as qualified to talk about Israel as Charles Schumer is to offer tips on grilling burgers.” The furious Trump appointee concluded: “He’s ‘Dumb & Dumber’ rolled into one person.”

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The fourth Spider-Man movie since Marvel took control of the franchise has proved to be the superhero-juggernaut studio’s best day one performer yet. Spider-Man: Brand New Day grossed $168 million from 4,487 North American theaters on Friday, the biggest opening day ever for a domestic release. Marvel’s Avenger’s: Endgame was the previous record-holder, pulling in $157 million on its first day in 2019. Sony predicts that opening weekend box office will reach $325 million by Sunday, but rival estimates put the movie’s receipts as high as $358 million for the first three days, Variety reported. That would make Brand New Day the biggest North American debut of all time, edging out Endgame from the top spot again. The Avengers epic brought in $357 million its first weekend. The Tom-Holland-helmed Spider-Man films have consistently done well with fans and critics, and 2021’s No Way Home is currently the second-highest grossing film on a first weekend, having pulled in $260 million, besting Avengers: Infinity War—the first half of the conclusion of Marvel’s wildly popular Infinity Stones arc. Holland’s Spider-Man was also in Infinity War and Endgame, having made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War. In second place at the box office Friday was The Odyssey—also starring Holland and his wife and Spider-Man co-star, Zendaya—with a strong third Friday haul of $14.5 million.

The home of The Exorcist star Linda Blair was reportedly raided by dozens of law enforcement officers on Friday over potential violations related to the dogs in her care. The 67-year-old Oscar nominee, who has been a fierce animal rights advocate for decades, was at her Los Angeles residence when approximately 70 officials arrived at around 6 a.m. to execute an investigative search warrant to count the number of dogs on the property, according to TMZ. Blair, who is not accused of any criminal wrongdoing, reportedly holds a permit to house 60 dogs, but Animal Control officers counted approximately 200 during their search, which sought evidence regarding the animals’ welfare along with information about electrical panels and other items on the 2.5-acre property. Animal Control agents were joined by district attorney investigators as part of an operation requested by the Los Angeles County DA’s office. All of the dogs remain in Blair’s care, with TMZ reporting that the actress was present and cooperative during the raid. It’s not yet known whether any citations were issued. The actress heads up the Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation, a nonprofit launched in 2004 to rescue and rehabilitate abused, neglected, and abandoned animals.