Ranked: 8 Pop-Culture Moments From The Weekend, From 'Mild Eyebrow Raise' To 'We Need A Sit Down'

Grab your phone, open the group chat, and settle in. The weekend gave us fashion week shade, a tour in turmoil and one very sad foxtrot, so we did the only responsible thing: we ranked it all.

Lowest to highest on the "wait, WHAT?" scale. Let's go.

8. Drew Starkey And Cailee Spaeny Are Officially A Thing

Sometimes the cutest news is also the quietest. According to E! News, the Outer Banks alum and the Priscilla actress confirmed they're dating by walking hand in hand in L.A.

No drama, no plot twist, just hand-holding. We love it, and it lands at number eight only because it's so wholesome.

7. Tyra Banks Still Has Beef With A 2002 Horror Sequel

Tyra Banks told Entertainment Weekly, as Page Six reports, that she was "promised the career of Josh Hartnett" for Halloween: Resurrection. Instead, she says, "they cut the damn death scene."

Her verdict on the whole thing? She has "beef with Halloween 8." Twenty-four years later, and we respect the commitment to the grudge. Spooky season is a good time for it.

6. Tom Cruise Is "So Proud" Of Digger

The box office numbers for Digger have been rough, with Deadline noting it's his lowest opening since 2007's Lions for Lambs. Cruise's response was to post on Instagram that he's "so proud of what we created."

Say what you want, the man does not flinch. Unbothered, moisturized, still running toward the next stunt.

5. Guillermo del Toro Joins Team Digger

Cruise isn't the only one in the corner. Variety reports del Toro took to X to defend the film, calling a review headline "entirely petty" and writing that, love it or not, he does love it.

When an Oscar-winning director goes to bat on social media for a film in a tough weekend, that's a moment. Is the critical conversation about to shift? We'll see.

4. Brooklyn Beckham And Nicola Peltz Smooched In Paris The Same Night As Victoria's Show

Per Page Six, the couple were photographed kissing in Paris after skipping Victoria Beckham's fashion show, which took place in the same city on the same night, amid the ongoing family feud the outlet refers to.

We'll leave the interpreting to you, because we don't know what's happening behind closed doors. What we do know is that the timing is a lot.

3. Ed Sheeran Found A Surprise Opener (After Everything)

This one is a saga. Per Page Six, Macklemore was removed from Sheeran's Loop Tour last month after an on-stage rant, and several openers then quit in solidarity. Sheeran played some shows with no opening act at all.

Then in Atlanta, The Fray's former frontman Isaac Slade popped up and played "How to Save a Life" and "You Found Me" before Ed took the stage. Slade also gave a speech about finding "common ground," so this one is about more than the setlist.

2. Rihanna's One-Word Clapback Is Everything

Here's the tea ☕:

EJ Johnson said in a TikTok that the Dior show at Paris Fashion Week started an hour late because Rihanna was tardy, adding "we didn't care to wait for her," per TMZ.
A video later surfaced of EJ being blocked from his hotel by security.
Rihanna commented on it with a single word: "Damn."

Four letters. Zero effort. Maximum impact. TMZ called it "enough shade for an umbrella-ella-ella," and honestly, we can't top that.

1. The DWTS Elimination Nobody Saw Coming

Fans are not over it. Britt Stewart and Taylor Hanson were sent home on Yacht Rock Night, and Page Six notes they weren't even the lowest scorers, with an 18/30 for their foxtrot.

Stewart's devastated face and her repeated "I'm really sorry" went viral, and fellow pro Ezra Sosa commented that he was "so pissed." On Instagram, Stewart wrote that what they created "was bigger than how many weeks we were given."

That's why it's number one: it's emotional, it's relatable, and it has fans ready to riot.

Your Turn

We've made our picks, but we know you have opinions. Was Rihanna's "Damn" the winner, or is the DWTS shocker the real story of the weekend?

Drop your own ranking in the comments. Who's number one, and who did we rank way too high?