It’s August, and that means it’s wedding season, and not just for your cousin, your college roommate, and that girl on your high school debate team who has seemingly now become a bridal influencer. Celebrities are getting married as well. On Saturday, Vogue dropped its feature on Emma Roberts’ Idaho wedding to actor Cody John, complete with 91 photos and a Julia Roberts cameo. Kristen Stewart, Sarah Paulson, and Billie Lourd (aka Chanel #3) were also in attendance for the stunning affair.

This weekend, Grammy-winning musician and actor Coco Jones also tied the knot with basketball player Donovan Mitchell in Greenwich, CT. The guests at their nuptials included Jaylen Brown, Jalen Brunson, Russell Wilson, and Ciara. That same day, across the Atlantic Ocean, The Real Housewives of New Jersey star (and winner of The Traitors) Dolores Catania attended the wedding of her son Frank Catania Jr. The Bravo child married Nicole Perricho in Portugal’s wine country.

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If you weren’t attending a wedding this weekend, you were most likely at a movie theater watching Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The fourth Tom Holland Spidey film raked in nearly $1 billion on its opening weekend, making it the second biggest opening ever, trailing only Avengers: Endgame. With The Odyssey also still in theaters, Tom, Zendaya, and Jon Bernthal (we can’t forget him) really are having an incredible month as movie stars. I hope they all have nice vacations planned after the amount of press they’ve had to do.

And speaking of vacations…

Update On My Close Personal Friends — Ariana Grande is taking a break

On Sunday, Ariana Grande’s reps announced that, “Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she completes the Eternal Sunshine Tour.” This announcement followed the release of her latest album Petal on Friday along with a music video for a single with the same name. The music video instantly sparked health concerns from fans regarding her thin frame, with celebrities like Jameela Jamil and Charli Howard sharing their concern for the pop star as well.

Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine tour wraps up on Sept. 1, and her reps stated that Grande “looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which have led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny.”

In the announcement, Grande also announced that she’s dropping out of a West End revival of Sunday in the Park with George, which was set to open next summer. The production, which also stars Grande’s Wicked castmate Jonathan Bailey, will now need to recast the lead role. (Is Rachel Zegler available?)

No mention of Focker-in-Law, the Meet the Parents sequel which also stars Ariana Grande, was made in the announcement. The movie releases on November 25, 2026, and traditionally stars participate in “public-facing work” while promoting their films, so we shall see if Grande opts out of the red carpets and interviews leading up to the release or not.

The Couch Report — Ted Lasso is returning from a break

While yes, Ted Lasso did make his grand return as a part of the World Cup halftime show, the beloved soccer coach played by Jason Sudeikis will be returning to your television screens in a more substantial way this Wednesday when Ted Lasso Season 4 premieres on Apple TV+. While the Ted Lasso team initially stated that Season 3 would be the show’s final, rumblings of a possible fourth season began several years ago, before it was greenlit in 2025.

Season 4, which will air one episode a week for ten weeks from August 5 to October 7, will focus on Ted coaching a women’s soccer team in the U.S., and so several main characters from the first three seasons, including Phil Dunster’s Jamie Tartt and Nick Mohammed’s Nate Shelley, won’t be returning. However, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, and Juno Temple are all set to return.

Be So For Real — Barbie should stay on a break

This weekend, The New York Times broke a story saying we might not be getting a Barbie sequel after all, and I am totally okay with that. When Barbie first premiered, director Greta Gerwig said that she didn’t think there needed to be a sequel, and then following the film’s success, Gerwig revealed that she’d suddenly had a sequel idea. Well, now it looks like that sequel might not happen after all, as Warner Bros. head David Zazlov reportedly won’t agree to Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling’s compensation packages. Oh, and because of a rights deal with Mattel that expires in December, if Barbie 2 contracts aren’t signed by then, it could take years to renegotiate. But we don’t always need a sequel. Sometimes one movie is enough, and unless they’re making an Oppenheimer 2, I think we can do without Barbie 2.

Current Hyperfixation — Ciara Miller might have a new man post-breakup

After everything that Ciara Miller went through this year on Summer House, she deserves a little happiness, and sometimes happiness does involve a new man. The reality TV star sparked dating rumors last week when she accompanied country star Shaboozey on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a performance of his song “Cowgirl.” At the end of the number, the pair appeared to kiss behind Miller’s massive cowboy hat. The pair both appear in the “Cowgirl” music video, so it could all just be an act, but according to Deuxmoi, they were “cozy af” at a club later that night. You must admit they’d make a cute couple!