The Register: New Bands, Dead Shows and Power Couples

Music

Summer Beats

Nobody can pronounce it, but everybody is going to be talking about it. The band Fcukers (no, not a typo) has a new release titled Ö, and with it the New York electro-pop duo of Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis have made the late-night album of the summer. Harry Styles clearly agrees; they are opening for him on multiple dates of his Together, Together tour. Consider this your introduction to the next big thing.

Movies

Off the Rails

Ginger Minj and Jujubee are the chaotic best friend duo you didn't know you needed. The two stopped by The Parting Shot podcast to talk Stop! That! Train! "RuPaul is playing the president of the United States," Jujubee told Newsweek. "So I think it's an aspirational film," Minj added. Jujubee spent most of film in her underwear. "Nobody ever mentioned anything about me being in my panties," she said with a laugh. Naturally.

TV

End of the Line

NBC is calling it quits on a bunch of shows, some you've heard of (The Kelly Clarkson Show), and some you definitely haven't (Karamo). Law & Order: Organized Crime, Brilliant Minds and Stumble are also out.

The network told Newsweek the cuts are to "better align with the programming preferences." Translation: They want to air shows people actually watch. Revolutionary concept.

Books

Timeless Bite

David Sedaris is back with a new essay collection, The Land and Its People, and honestly thank goodness. For 30 years he has been the funniest and most precise narrator of the human condition working today. Books like Me Talk Pretty One Day defined a generation of humorists (this writer included). His new one proves he's still got it. He's basically a modern-day Mark Twain, and we do not deserve him.

Celebrity

Shared Spotlight

Sure, he ran a country, but she's the real star. Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry made their red-carpet debut as a couple at the Tribeca Festival. Star-studded romances actually run in Justin's family: His father Pierre Trudeau famously dated Barbra Streisand in the late '60s. Streisand wrote in her memoir that it was nice "being with a man who had his own light." This time, Justin might have to share it.

H. Alan Scott is a Newsweek senior editor and host of The Parting Shot podcast. Follow them everywhere @HAlanScott

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This story was originally published June 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM.