Ranked: The 8 Biggest Entertainment Moments From This Week That Absolutely BROKE The Internet

Stop everything you're doing, because this week in pop culture was INSANE.

We're talking legendary band reunions, devastating health revelations, family feuds that got MESSY, and retirement announcements that had us in our feelings. If you thought last week was chaotic, buckle up — because the internet just about exploded.

Here's every moment that had us screaming, crying, and frantically texting our group chats, ranked from "okay that's wild" to "I WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS."

8. Jenna Jameson Got Married... AGAIN

Former adult film star Jenna Jameson is giving love another shot — because TMZ reports she just tied the knot with voice actor Milagros Ocampo in Miami on July 25.

This comes just over a year after Jenna filed for divorce from ex-partner Jessi Lawless, who she married in May 2023. That marriage lasted less than a year, with Jessi claiming in annulment filings that Jenna never disclosed a $500,000 tax debt and promised to stay sober but didn't keep her word.

But hey, third time's the charm? Jenna and Milagros started dating in March 2025, and clearly they're not wasting any time. Congrats to the happy couple!

7. Allison Janney Got Brutally Honest About Never Having Kids — And We're Here For It

Emmy winner Allison Janney just gave the most refreshingly honest interview about why she never got married or had children, and it's a WHOLE MOOD.

On the "Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky" podcast, the 66-year-old actress revealed she visited a fertility doctor in her 40s who bluntly told her "the odds are not in your favor" for getting pregnant, according to Page Six.

But the real tea? Her partner at the time didn't even come to the appointment with her. "I guess that is a sign, isn't it?" she said.

Janney admitted she's always known she never wanted kids: "I would rather regret not having kids than have kids and regret that." Her true loves? Her dogs. "I could not love dogs more," she said. Honestly? Icon behavior.

6. Bob Iger Just Bought the LA Lakers and Everyone's Wondering If He'll Bring Disney Magic to Basketball

In news that had sports AND entertainment Twitter losing it, former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Josh Kushner just bought the Los Angeles Lakers for a record-shattering $12.5 BILLION, according to Deadline.

The wildest part? The whole deal happened in just 72 hours. Yes, really.

This comes barely a year after billionaire Mark Walter bought the team for $10 billion — and now he's already out. The timing has raised some serious eyebrows, with Bill Simmons tweeting that "Conspiracy Bill is overheating" about "the most shocking NBA sale in a long time. The Lakers got flipped!"

Now everyone's wondering: Can Iger bring that Disney theme park magic to basketball? We're about to find out.

5. Jessica Lange Is Coming Back to 'American Horror Story' — But Only If She Can SING

Ryan Murphy just revealed the ONE condition Jessica Lange had for returning to American Horror Story Season 13, and honestly? It's the most on-brand diva move ever and we are OBSESSED.

According to Page Six, the 77-year-old icon agreed to reprise ALL FOUR of her AHS characters for the show's "greatest hits" season — but ONLY if she gets a musical number.

"I pitched her, and she said, 'Great. I'm in as long as I have a musical number,'" Murphy told Vogue. Legend behavior, honestly.

The Emmy-winning actress previously said she was "done" with the show after four seasons back in 2015, but clearly the siren call of a good ballad was too strong to resist. Season 13 debuts Sept. 24, and we're already preparing to be emotionally destroyed.

And Then Things Got REALLY Messy...

4. The Band Perry's Neil Perry Says His Sister FIRED Him... The Day After His Birthday

Oh, you thought family band drama was just for reality TV? THINK AGAIN.

Neil Perry of The Band Perry just dropped a bombshell Instagram post accusing his sister Kimberly of firing him from the Grammy-winning country group the day after his birthday — and replacing him with her HUSBAND, according to Page Six.

"I explicitly asked my sister not to misrepresent my support for the current version of the band," Neil wrote, detailing how Kimberly wanted her husband Johnny Costello to join the group after brother Reid lost interest.

When Neil objected, he was given three days to decide whether to continue. "At the end of that three-day window, I asked for a conversation the following week and was told I was out of time," he revealed. BRUTAL.

Kimberly, meanwhile, told Rolling Stone the lineup changes "just happened the way that it happened" and that there's "always an open seat for a brother in the band." The drama of it all!

3. Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Won't Finance Her New Film Because It Has a Trans Cast

The Matrix director Lilly Wachowski is speaking out about the struggle to get her next project made, and it's frustrating as hell.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wachowski has been shopping around her dystopian thriller The Hunted — budgeted at around $10 million — but nobody wants to finance it because it features a "wall-to-wall trans cast."

"People like it, but they really don't want to make it," she said on the KCRW podcast The Business, adding that the script "was extremely important for me to write. It was a response to what is happening in the world for trans people."

Instead of giving up, Wachowski held a live table read at LA's Dynasty Typewriter theater earlier this month. "I'm just going to go out and I'm going to grab that trans joy with all of my friends," she said. We stan.

2. BTS's V Revealed He's Been Battling Hearing Loss For Over Two Years — And We're DEVASTATED 💔

In news that absolutely shattered ARMY hearts worldwide, BTS member V (Kim Tae-hyung) revealed during a Wednesday livestream that he's lost roughly 70% of the hearing in his right ear, according to Variety.

The 28-year-old told fans his hearing problems worsened during his military service, which he began in 2023 before being discharged in June 2025. He said he initially didn't take it seriously, calling it "a matter of mental strength," but is now taking medication and attending regular hospital appointments.

The disclosure came midway through BTS's Arirang World Tour — their first reunion tour since all seven members completed military service. Fellow member Jungkook also revealed he's been managing a shin injury and is close to developing a stress fracture.

The fact that V has been performing through this for YEARS? We are not okay. We will never be okay.

1. A Rock Legend Who Hasn't Played Rock Music in 25 YEARS Just Reunited With Deep Purple After a 33-Year Feud

File this under "things we genuinely thought would NEVER happen": Ritchie Blackmore just performed with Deep Purple for the first time since their bitter 1993 split.

Yes, really.

Variety reports that the 81-year-old founding guitarist joined his old bandmates on stage at Jones Beach in New York for a rendition of "Smoke on the Water" — and he hadn't played rock music in a QUARTER CENTURY.

"I have not played rock music in 25 years," Blackmore admitted on a podcast the night before, revealing he needed a steroid injection for his four herniated discs just to stand on stage. He even leaked the reunion news himself so fans "living in Romania could fly over."

The fallout between Blackmore and the band was so bad that he skipped their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2016 entirely. But singer Ian Gillan recently sent a message asking if Blackmore would come up for one song, and miraculously, he said yes.

"It will be good to see the old guys again," Blackmore said before the show. After the performance, Gillan praised him onstage: "It was an absolute pleasure to have back on stage the founding member, the great legend, the immortal Ritchie Blackmore. Thanks, Ritchie. I'll see you in the bar."

We're not crying, YOU'RE crying. This is what redemption looks like, and it's BEAUTIFUL.

The Tea ☕

The biggest moments this week:

BTS's V revealed devastating hearing loss affecting 70% of his right ear
Ritchie Blackmore reunited with Deep Purple after 33 years of feuding (and a steroid shot)
The Band Perry family drama got MESSY with birthday firings and husband replacements
Bob Iger bought the Lakers for $12.5 billion in a 72-hour deal that has everyone shook
Lilly Wachowski is fighting to get her trans-led thriller made despite Hollywood pushback

The Bottom Line: This week proved that pop culture can deliver emotional devastation, legendary reunions, and billion-dollar shockers all at once — and we're here for every second of it.

So which moment had YOU the most shook? Are you Team Neil or Team Kimberly in that Band Perry drama? And be honest — did the Ritchie Blackmore reunion make you cry? Sound off in the comments below! 👇

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