It’s been a huge week in culture news, and an especially exciting one for noughties nostalgia.

Hilary Duff released new music for the first time in ten years, the Jonas Brothers assembled for the red carpet premiere of their Christmas movie, and we got a first-look teaser (and release date) for the Devil Wears Prada sequel.

The 51-second clip notched up 3.2 million YouTube views in its first 12 hours. While it doesn’t give much away, the clickity-clack ASMR delight of Miranda Priestly’s Valentino-studded stilettos is absolutely worth it.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is scheduled for release on 1 May 2026. You can watch the full teaser here.

“For her PR to talk about it flopping and saying [Sweeney] did it for the ‘people’. None of ‘the people’ want to see someone who hates them, parading around pretending to be us. You’re a cretin, and you ruined the film. Period. Christy deserved better.”
Australian actress Ruby Rose has criticised Sydney Sweeney for starring in Christy, a new movie about U.S. boxer Christy Martin. The film follows Martin’s journey to professional boxing, as she navigates an abusive and violent marriage and explores her sexual identity. Christy made $US1.3 million at the box office for its opening weekend. In a post to Threads, Ruby Rose blamed the film’s poor reception on Sweeney’s acting, accusing her of having no connection to the character.

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The percentage of Aussie music fans who rank concerts among their “most memorable life moments”. Live Nation surveyed 40,000 people across 15 countries for its latest report. 82% of Australian respondents said music is “a core part of their identity”.

Kris Jenner celebrated her 70th birthday with a lavish, James Bond-themed party attended by hundreds of celebrities, including Oprah, Harry and Meghan, Beyoncé, Paris Hilton, Chris Rock, and Justin Bieber. The bash was hosted at Jeff Bezos’s Beverly Hills mansion, but the Amazon founder wasn’t the only billionaire in attendance. Microsoft’s Bill Gates was snapped playing poker next to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (below). All up, Forbes estimates there were nine billionaires in the room, including the woman-of-the-hour’s daughter, Kim Kardashian.

Canadian actress Shay Mitchell has faced backlash after launching a skincare line marketed towards children.

Mitchell, who you may recognise from her roles in Pretty Little Liars and You, announced her new brand, Rini, on Instagram last week.

The 38-year-old claims Rini “isn’t about beauty, it’s about self-care.”

However, the announcement received an overwhelmingly negative response online, with commenters calling the launch “shameless” and “tone deaf.”

The promotional campaign for Rini features young children, including toddlers, wearing sheet masks.

Critics have questioned why kids would need such products, with Mitchell’s social media flooded with comments describing Rini as “out of touch” and “disturbing”.

It follows recent outrage surrounding the “Sephora kids” trend, driven by ‘tweens’ promoting beauty products to young audiences on social media.

According to data from Statista, the global “Baby & Child Skin Care Market” is projected to generate $US484 million ($AU740m) in 2025.

Health experts have warned about the potential psychological and physical impacts of introducing beauty and skincare routines too early.

A recent study by Northwestern University in the U.S. noted that “given how [social media] algorithms work, it’s nearly impossible for parents or paediatricians to track exactly what children or adolescents are viewing.”

Dermatologist Dr. Molly Hales called the child skincare movement “problematic.”

“We're setting a very high standard for [young people].”

Mitchell has insisted her new skincare brand is about “teaching our kids that taking care of themselves can be fun, gentle, and safe.”

She describes Rini as offering products that “parents can trust”.

This week, Mitchell posted on her Instagram stories to defend Rini, which she said was inspired by her daughters.

“Their curiosity and all the little moments that made me realise how early it starts, from birthday parties and face paint to wanting to do ‘what mummy does’ with her face masks… It was only a matter of time.”

It’s a big year for Daft Punk fans – and honestly, our inner 2010s selves are losing it

Human After All turns 20 (yes, we’re all ageing), and to celebrate, Human After All: Remixes is hitting vinyl on 28 November.

We’ve already had a Daft Punk Fortnite takeover in September, and then Thomas Bangalter casually popped up at Paris’s Centre Pompidou for a surprise B2B with Fred again..

It was Bangalter’s first public DJ set since 2009, and first without the iconic helmet in 24 years. Fred called it “the maddest two hours” of his life. Same, Fred. Same.

Nominations for the 2026 Grammys were announced over the weekend.

Australian nominees include Amyl and the Sniffers, Tame Impala, and RÜFÜS DU SOL.

Overall, Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga lead the list of nominees, with nine and seven nods, respectively.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 1 February 2026.

The Grammy Awards are the music industry’s biggest annual honours, recognising excellence across dozens of categories and genres. But how exactly do artists get nominated?

Nominations are determined by the Recording Academy – a membership organisation of thousands of music professionals, including artists, producers, engineers, and other industry figures.

Members must be actively working in the industry to vote, making the Grammys the only music awards to be completely peer-voted.

In 2019, the Recording Academy changed its membership model to “create a more diverse and engaged membership base that represents all corners of the music industry.” This included a commitment to add 2,500 women to its ranks by 2025.

This year, the Academy accepted 3,800 new members. Of these members, the Academy said half are aged 39 or younger, more than half are people of colour, and about a third are women.

The 2025 inductees included Addison Rae, Joey Bada$$, and the members of girl group KATSEYE.

The Grammy nomination process happens across several stages.

First, record labels and Academy members submit entries for consideration.

The eligibility period for the 2026 awards was between 31 August 2024 and 30 August 2025. This means more recent releases, such as Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ and Cardi B’s ‘Am I The Drama?’ will be considered for the 2027 awards.

Next, Academy staff and experts review submissions to make sure they meet technical requirements and are placed in the correct categories.

Each category has its own special set of eligibility rules.

For example, an act can only submit itself for Best New Artist consideration three times. Artists are also automatically ineligible for this category if they’ve received any Grammy nominations before as a performer, though not for other roles.

All members can vote in four general categories: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.

Record of the Year is awarded to artists, producers and engineers for the performance and production of a song.

Song of the Year is awarded to songwriters for a song’s lyrics, melody, and composition.

For other categories, members vote only in their areas of expertise — a jazz musician votes in jazz categories, a producer in production categories, and so on.

The top vote-getters in each category become the nominees. This is usually five per category, though some have more.

Once the nominees are publicly announced, members vote again to determine the winners.

The 2026 Grammys will be historic for several reasons.

For the first time, three albums have been nominated for both Best Rap Album and Album of the Year, including Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’.

New Zealand-born and Australian-raised singer Rosé (from Blackpink) has also become the first-ever K-pop act to be nominated for Record of the Year.

Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny’s album ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ was nominated for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. He is the first Spanish-language artist to be nominated in all three categories simultaneously.

In another first, the Grammys will include categories for ‘Best Traditional Country Album’ and ‘Best Album Cover’.

The new country category comes after Beyoncé made history as the first Black woman to win Best Country Album at the 2025 ceremony.

Reporting by Elliot Lawry.