Maya Boyd, Inde Navarrette, Samara Weaving, Christopher Abbott, Kit Connor, Jake Schreier, Sadie Sink and Kevin Feige, President, Marvel Studios, speak onstage at the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event on August 14, 2026 in Anaheim, California. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)
The X-Men cast was revealed Friday during the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23.
The movie’s mutants will include Kit Connor as Cyclops, Inde Navarette as Rogue, Christopher Abbott as Professor Xavier, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Maya Boyd as Storm and Sadie Sink will play Jean Grey.
Adam Driver will play Nathaniel Milbury, better known as supervillain Mr. Sinister.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe movie will be directed by Jake Schreier, who previously helmed 2025’s Thunderbolts*. The movie will hit theaters on May 5, 2028.
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event is the company’s biennial exposition, where it previews upcoming movies, shows, experiences and products, in addition to honoring its history. This year’s event is taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center from Friday to Sunday.
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Megan Thee Stallion attends the front row for Hot Girl Summer Swimwear by Megan Thee Stallion during Paraiso Miami Swim Week 2026 at The Paraiso Tent on May 28, 2026, in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Hot Girl Summer Swimwear)
Megan Thee Stallion has an unlocked a new level of her Hot Girl career. She’s announced she now has complete ownership of her masters and publishing, thanks to a new distribution deal with Interscope Records.
“Hotties I signed a distribution partnership with @interscope !!!!” she wrote on Instagram. “Owning my masters & publishing and maintaining my independence as an artist is always my priority!”
“Everything I’ve built has been about trusting my vision, owning my power, and never putting a ceiling on how far I can go. And now? We going HIGHER,” Meg continued. “I can’t wait for this next chapter with my new Interscope family!! I’m forever grateful!!!
She added in a statement, “I’ve always wanted to create music on my terms while building a legacy that extends beyond the industry. This distribution partnership with Interscope allows me to stay true to my creative vision while also increasing my global reach.” Meg noted she’s also excited about “the expansion of my Hot Girl Productions empire,” under which she will continue to release music.
Her next project is coming soon, according to her Instagram post. “ACT III IS ON THEE WAY HOTTIES !!!” she wrote.
Taylor Swift, ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ from ‘Toy Story 5’ (Walt Disney Records)
If you know Taylor Swift, you know she just can’t stop breaking Billboard chart records.
Her latest single, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” has toppedBillboard’s Adult Pop Airplay chart, becoming her 16th leader on that tally. That’s a new record: She was previously tied with Maroon 5 with 15. Adam Levine and company now have the #2 spot; Pink is third with 10. Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran are next; they both have eight.
Taylor’s accomplishment is more impressive when you consider that her first #1 hit on the tally was “I Knew You Were Trouble” in 2013, which was seven years into her career. Maroon 5 scored their first back in 2004. But their last #1 was in 2021, while Taylor just kept on going. From 2021 to the present day, she’s topped the chart nine times.
“I Knew It, I Knew You” is from Toy Story 5. When it was released in June, it became only the third song from an animated Disney movie to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, following “A Whole New World” from Aladdin and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto.
Arin Ray has released a six-track EP titled Limbo, on which he “explores love, self-worth, healing, and emotional accountability,” according to a press release. It was “written during a period of transition,” the release adds, and “captures the uncertainty that comes with standing between chapters while embracing the possibility of what’s next.”
Ayra Starr is a Starrgirl, according to the name of her new album. The project features previously released tracks “Where Do We Go” and “Tornado,” as well as collaborations with Leon Thomas, Wizkid and more.
Ahead of what would have been Nipsey Hussle’s 41st birthday is the release of Prolific, his joint album with Bino Rideaux. Created nearly a decade ago, it’s on streaming services. New merch bundles, cassettes, CDs and vinyls are also available for purchase.
Quavo’s new song “Trance” is out now, giving fans another preview of his upcoming album, QRÖMELIFE, which is executive produced by Pharrell. “Working with Pharrell means you need to be versatile – a sound bender, a wave creator and a trend setter. He levels you up,” Quavo says in a statement. The video is available on YouTube.
After teasing the track, Kash Doll has released the Alex Vaughn-assisted “NWM,” an abbreviation of the phrase used within the song, “n**** with money.” “I hope u guys love it,” she wrote on Instagram, while shouting out Tia Kemp, whose voice is featured on the song. The lyric video is on YouTube.
Foghat ‘Live & Loud Across the U.S.A.’ (Foghat Records/Select-O-Hits)
Foghat is set to release a new live album this fall.
Live & Loud Across the U.S.A., dropping Oct. 30, will be the band’s first-ever live album featuring their current lineup — founding member and drummer Roger Earl, lead guitarist Bryan Bassett, lead vocalist/guitarist Scott Holt and bassist Rodney O’Quinn.
The set features songs recorded during the band’s 2024 and 2025 tours of the U.S. It will be available as a two-CD set, or as a triple vinyl release, which will include two gold vinyl LPs, with a bonus red vinyl LP featuring a reissue of Shaken & Stirred, a 2018 album that was released under the band name Earl & the Agitators. The release will mark the first time the latter has ever been available on vinyl.
As a preview of the set, Foghat has released a live performance of “My Babe.” It is available now via digital outlets.
“People often ask me if we’re ever going to slow down. The answer is… not yet!” says Earl. “The performances on this album were recorded in cities across the United States during the past two years. We didn’t set out to make a live record—we simply wanted to capture Foghat doing what we’ve always loved to do: playing live.”
He adds, “Most of these songs have never been released as official live recordings before, and I think they show where the band is today.”
Miles Morales appears in this still from ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.’ (Sony)
Footage from Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse has leaked, and Chris Miller is speaking out about it.
Four-and-a-half minutes of footage from the upcoming third film in the animated Spider-Verse franchise appeared in a recent unauthorized leak online. Its co-writer and producer Miller took to X to disavow the leak in a post Friday.
“Not a fan of leaks of unfinished, not fully rendered footage,” Miller wrote.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is scheduled to arrive in theaters on June 18, 2027. It has been delayed multiple times already.
It’s unclear where this leaked footage came from, however, Sony showed off footage from the film at CinemaCon back in April.
The film continues the story of Miles Morales’ journey as the webslinging superhero after 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its 2023 sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Phil Lord and Miller produce the movie and co-wrote it with David Callaham. Directors Justin K. Thompson and Bob Persichetti are also producers.
Shameik Moore stars once again as the voice of Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse while Hailee Steinfeld reprises her role as Spider-Gwen.
Andy Grammer has released “All I Want Is You,” another track from his upcoming album, Big Stupid Heart, due out Oct. 16. Andy says of the song, “I can get pretty caught up in chasing the next thing – the next goal, the next accomplishment, whatever I’ve decided is going to make me feel like I’ve finally arrived. ‘All I Want Is You’ is a reminder to myself in song form that my wife and daughters are my north star.”
Benny Blanco has released a new album called Hermoso, which means “beautiful” in Spanish. It’s an album that shows off his love for Latin music and features a series of collaborations with artists in that space, including Becky G, The Marías, Myke Towers and of course his wife, Selena Gomez.
Natasha Bedingfield has returned with a new song, “Dot Dot Dot,” her first new release in quite a while. The “Unwritten” singer met her co-writer at the home of a pro hockey player, and she says, “To be at an athlete friend’s house felt like parallels to being in the ring and being punched down and asking yourself ‘Why should I keep doing this?’ Then you just get back up and stay because human beings need art. We make art out of the hard stuff we go through. We alchemize it.”
James Blunt is back with a new song called “Taste of Summer,” an upbeat jam that does not sound like “You’re Beautiful” at all. The video features James’ trademark black humor: it shows him boating, driving in a convertible, dancing, drinking on a balcony and frolicking in the water with a guy who’s tied up with a bag over his head and tape across his mouth, like a kidnap victim. The end of the video strongly suggests that James has killed the man and that cannibalism may be involved.
(WASHINGTON) — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeking more information about what she called the administration’s “calamitous” response to the cyclosporiasis outbreak and expressing concern that politics could be to blame.
“I write regarding the administration’s calamitous response to the biggest outbreak of cyclosporiasis in U.S. history, and the extent to which the outbreak and botched response may be the result of incompetence and corruption. As Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), you are responsible for overseeing the federal government’s response to this outbreak. Yet, the administration’s handling of this crisis has been marred by missteps that raise serious questions about its decision-making,” Warren wrote in the letter.
ABC News has reached out to HHS for comment on the letter.
Nationwide, there are now at least 24,000 cases of confirmed or suspected cyclosporiasis across 47 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two people have died from the parasitic gastrointestinal illness and at least 740 people have been hospitalized. Typically, there are about 3,000 cases in a given year.
The Food and Drug Administration has now traced almost 10,000 cases to recalled iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms across 17 states.
In her letter, Warren asserts that Taco Bell, where some of the tainted lettuce was traced, “provided earlier and seemingly clearer guidance to consumers than the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), CDC, and other federal food safety agencies.”
Warren also noted that Taylor Farms made donations to political organizations aligned with President Trump last year.
Federal Election Commission records show Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc., the parent company of Taylor Farms, made a $1 million donation in March 2025 to MAGA Inc., a PAC aligned with Trump.
The letter also raises concerns that the White House may have worked with Taylor Farms to delay warnings to the public about the tainted food supply. The letter points to a Wall Street Journal report that Taylor Farms lobbyists engaged with the White House to ask for more time and more proof before federal agencies implicated the company in the outbreak.
A source familiar with the situation told ABC News the FDA contacted Taylor Farms on July 14 to request a call; the company indicated it wasn’t available until July 15. The source said Taylor Farms did not meet the established 24-hour timeline from the FDA to determine whether it would take voluntary action. ABC News has reached out to Taylor Farms for comment.
Taylor Farms announced the voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce across several states on July 17. The company also said it suspended production from that distributor.
Taylor Fresh Foods, when asked by ABC News for comment on Warren’s letter, said it “acts in the interest of science and consumer health, not politics.”
“We categorically reject suggestions that we attempted to receive or received favorable regulatory treatment due to political contributions or other improper influence. Any such allegations are false,” said a spokesperson for Taylor Fresh Foods.
“Taylor Fresh Foods is a pioneer and industry leader in traceability. We fully support and endorse the Food Traceability Rule and have already implemented traceback protocols across our operations ahead of the compliance deadline,” the spokesperson added.
ABC News has also reached out to the White House for comment on the letter.
On July 21, ABC’s Elizabeth Schulze asked Kennedy about the cyclosporiasis outbreak and whether the federal government had it under control.
“We do have the outbreak under control,” Kennedy responded. “We have an extensive forensics, epidemiological forensics, and we’ve identified the source of the outbreak. We and the companies that are involved have implemented a recall.”
Cardi B performs onstage during the BET Awards 2026 at Peacock Theater on June 28, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)
Cardi B unleashed a rant targeting BIA, addressing infidelity rumors, questioning her street credibility and accusing her of switching up after once wanting to be cool with her.
It started on X Spaces Wednesday, seemingly in response to BIA’s exchange with a user on X. The user posted a clip of BIA previewing her song “Sue Me?” and wrote, “Can we talk about this and how awful it is?” BIA responded, “Ok then Talk about how it was ALL true,” prompting Cardi to chime in.
Cardi addressed rumors BIA allegedly spread claiming she cheated on Offset, insisting she was faithful throughout their seven-year relationship.
“Let’s talk about how months later your dumb a** told one of my ex-husband friend that I was cheating on him,” Cardi said on X Spaces. “One thing about me in the industry, nobody could ever say that I was f*****’ with nobody,” she continued. “Not even in the industry, even in the streets. … I was always, for the seven years that I was with this f*** n****. I was always faithful.”
Cardi also claimed BIA used to want to be cool with her before switching up and talking about her behind her back to people in the industry. She accused BIA of claiming she wanted to be like her and copying her music.
She also alleged that one of BIA’s friends slept with Offset and challenged BIA’s street cred.
“You’re not a street b****. You from muthaf*****’ Boston. You from the good part of Boston at that,” Cardi said, adding that BIA didn’t know “how s*** in the Bronx get down.”
The rant comes shortly after Cardi announced her partnership with Old Navy. During a recent livestream, she called the deal “a full-circle moment,” recalling that she used to steal from the retailer in high school.
