Orlando Luz & Rafael Matos Become First Brazilian Duo to Win ATP Masters 1000 Title

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Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos have entered the annals of tennis history…

The 28-year-old Brazilian professional tennis player and the 30-year-old Brazilian professional tennis player claimed their first ATP Masters 1000 title at the National Bank Open on Thursday, August 13, after rallying to upset the third seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic in the championship match.

Orlando Luz & Rafael Matos Luz and Matos dropped the first set, but ultimately came back from behind to win 5-7, 6-4, 10-6 and become the first Brazilian duo to win an ATP Masters 1000 title.

It’s the third title of the season for Luz and Matos, who also triumphed in Buenos Aires and Santiago earlier in 2026.

With their one-hour, 32-min win, Luz and Matos surged three spots to No. 8 in the ATP Doubles Race To Turin.

“This one means a lot for both of us, it’s a big title,” Luz said after the match. “Since we started this duo, our main goal was [to qualify for] the Turin finals. Still there is a long way to go, but we are inside the Top 8 so now we can keep grinding, keep working and make this dream come true.”

Arevalo and Pavic are currently No. 3 in the Race to Turin as they aim to continue a strong season that has included runner-up finishes at Wimbledon and Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.

Colman Domingo to Receive Vantage Award from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

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Colman Domingo has a new vantage point…

The 56-year-old Emmy-winning Belizean-Guatemalan American actor and activist has been named as one of this year’s honorees of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ annual fundraising gala in October.

Colman Domingo, 2024 Met GalaHe’ll be honored alongside filmmaker John Carpenter and Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron.

The gala, co-chaired by Robert Rodriguez, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, will take place on October 17.

Domingo will receive the Vantage Award honoring an artist who is helping to challenge dominant narratives around cinema.

Theron will receive the Icon Award, celebrating an artist whose career has had a significant global impact.

Carpenter, a director and composer, will receive the Luminary Award, given to an artist whose singular contributions have expanded the creative possibilities of filmmaking.

“The Academy Museum Gala is a celebration of the artists and storytellers whose work continues to shape the cultural impact of cinema around the world,” said Academy Museum Director and President Amy Homma. “For our sixth annual Gala, we are honored to recognize John Carpenter, Colman Domingo, and Charlize Theron, whose extraordinary careers exemplify the creativity, innovation, and excellence that continues to move the industry forward.”

The Academy previously announced upcoming programs that include Theron in conversation with the museum’s Teen Council on August 22, featuring a screening of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015); Carpenter will host three nights of screenings of his films, including Halloween (1978), on September 26, in celebration of The Horror Show, the Academy Museum’s new large-scale exhibition.

The 2026 Academy Museum Gala Host Committee, also announced today, includes Jessica Alba, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman, Jon M. Chu, Kirsten Dunst, Nicholas Galitzine, Ludwig and Serena Göransson, Regina Hall, Kate Hudson, Jessica Lange, Greta Lee, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Rami Malek, Demi Moore, Olivia Munn, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Questlove, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen, Bird Runningwater and Teyana Taylor.

Ariana Greenblatt to Star in Amazon MGM’s New Romantic Comedy “Egg Baby”

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Ariana Greenblatt has a new baby….

The 18-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress will star in Egg Baby, Amazon MGM’s new romantic comedy from director Natalia Anderson and XYZ Films.

Ariana GreenblattGreenblatt will star opposite Kingston Rumi Southwick and Arthur Conti in the film.

Written by Sawyer Perry, Egg Baby follows a rebellious artist (Greenblatt) and a golden-boy quarterback (Southwick) who are forced to co-parent an egg for health class, only to find that raising “Yolk-o” might crack open something real between them.

Conti’s role hasn’t been disclosed.

XYZ Films is producing with Allison Friedman, in association with BuzzFeed Studios.

The film is set to stream globally on Prime Video.

Greenblatt is best known for playing Daphne Diaz in Disney‘s Stuck in the Middle, young Gamorain Avengers: Infinity War, Sasha in Barbie and Tiny Tina in Borderlands.

Ferran Torres Reportedly Leaving FC Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain

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Ferran Torres is preparing for a twilight in Paris…

The 26-year-old Spanish soccer star and FC Barcelona forward will join European champions after the two clubs reached a deal in principle for around €50 million ($58m), a source confirmed to ESPN.

Ferran TorresThe transfer is reportedly expected to be completed in the coming days, with Torres due to fly to Paris to complete a medical exam before signing for the French side.

ESPN revealed earlier this week that Barça had rejected an opening offer of €40m from PSG but that negotiations remained ongoing.

Barça were open to keeping Torres, and even extending his contract but, with one year to run on his existing deal, agreed to sanction a move after he asked to leave.

Torres arrives at PSG on a high after scoring the winning goal in the FIFA World Cup final for Spain against Argentina.

He’ll play under Luis Enrique for a second time, having previously worked under the coach when he was Spain boss, and will add depth to one of Europe‘s strongest front lines.

Having started out as a winger, he has moved into a central position in recent years and is expected to be used as a No. 9 in Paris after the departure of Gonçalo Ramos to AC Milan.

Torres netted 21 goals for Barça last season, and his exit will leave the Spanish champions without a clear striker after Robert Lewandowski also left the club this summer, going to the Chicago Fire.

Atlético Madrid‘s Julián Álvarez remains their top target, but they could be forced to look elsewhere with the deal proving hard to get over the line.

Nicky Jam Releases El Shadow-Collaboration “La Foto”

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Nicky Jam is flashin’ new music…

The 45-year-old Puerto Rican and Dominican American singer has released the new single “La Foto” in collaboration with El Shadow, with the track premiering exclusively on Billboard on Wednesday, August 12.

Nicky Jam,Released via Plus Media and EMM, the track blends acoustic guitars with rhythmic Afrobeats, charged with Caribbean breeze and feel-good melodies.

Lyrically, the track composed by El Shadow (real name Raudel Gómez Hernández) is about crushing on someone and finding the courage to make the first move.

“Nothing is impossible here/ I wrote to her that I liked her,” chants the Puerto Rican artist in the opening verse. The chorus further cements that sentiment of infatuation and uncertainty: “You’ve got me liking your photo/ You’ve got me losing my mind.”

Nicky Jam, who has a 30-plus year career with various No. 1 Billboard hits and collaborations with the likes of Enrique Iglesias, Bad Bunny and Romeo Santos, is now supporting up-and-coming talent like El Shadow, a Cuban newcomer who has 15,000 Instagram followers at the time of publishing.

The most curious thing about this collaboration is the way it naturally happened: El Shadow shared a snippet of the track on his Instagram in February and invited his followers to tag Nicky Jam in the comments.

Nicky replied within hours, and the rest is history.

“I’ve done all my releases almost completely solo, but that day I wanted to upload a reel and tag an artist I know fits the song perfectly,” El Shadow tells Billboard. “Nicky popped into my head, and I knew he could hear it because he already had Cubans in his algorithm.” (Nicky previously collaborated with Cuban duo Charly y Johayron.)

He continues: “A week later, he called me to say he was laying down the vocals, and I thought, ‘Wow, it’s actually happening!’ It’s amazing — especially considering the situation on the island. Our country is facing so many problems — there’s no power, no internet connection, everything is a struggle, but Nicky showed his humility and his value to me.”

Residing in Camagüey, Cuba’s third-largest city, El Shadow is a 26-year-old artist who kicked off his career when he was only 15, creating urban music. In recent years, the Billboard On The Radar Latin artist has found his lane in the Latin Afrobeats realm, lacing it with his husky yet crisp and dulcet vocals.

“My idol is Kapo,” he expresses of the Colombian hitmaker. “I watched his interviews and was really inspired by his story, and that’s the same message I try to convey to new talent: that it is possible. If you focus and do things with love and passion, you can make it.”

Netherlands Appoint Xavi Hernández as National Soccer Team’s New Coach

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Xavi Hernández is going Dutch.

The Netherlands have appointed the 46-year-old Spanish professional football manager and former Barcelonastar as the national team’s new coach following the resignation of Ronald Koeman after a disappointing FIFA World Cup.

Xavi HernándezXavi returns to management after two years out of the game following his run as Barça coach in 2024.

He has agreed a four-year year contract with the Netherlands and is set to oversee the team through the European Championships in 2028 and the World Cup in 2030.

“I consider it a tremendous honor to become head coach of the Dutch national team,” Xavi said upon his appointment. “As someone who received his training at Barça’s academy, with strong influences from Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michels, among others, I feel a special connection to Dutch football.

“You could say that I am a partly a son of Dutch football. Other great coaches, especially Louis van Gaal, under whom I made my debut at Barça, and Frank Rijkaard, also played an important role in shaping me as a player and coach.”

Curiously, Xavi also replaced Koeman at Barça when he took over at Camp Nou in 2021, leading the Catalan side to a first league title in four years the following season.

He joins the Dutch national team following a below-par World Cup campaign which saw them eliminated in the round of 32 by Morocco in North America this summer.

“The Netherlands has a rich football culture and a clear vision that also appeals to me enormously: attacking football, based on possession, with creativity, passion, and conviction,” Xavi added.

“Of course, the most important goal is and always will be to win, but I prefer to do so in a way that reflects those characteristics and that people can enjoy.

“The potential for this is there, as well as a solid foundation to build upon. I look forward to starting this challenge together with the players, the staff, and everyone within the Dutch Federation.”

After success with Barcelona and Spain as a player, including winning the World Cup in 2010 and back-to-back European Championships in 2008 and 2012, Xavi turned to management with Qatari side Al Sadd in 2019.

Following great success in Qatar, where he won seven trophies, Xavi returned home to replace Koeman five years ago at a difficult moment in Barça’s recent history.

However, he helped turn things around at Camp Nou, leading them to the LaLiga title in 2022-23 and the Spanish Supercopa in 2023.

He could not maintain that success, though, and after a trophy-less season in 2023-24, he was replaced by Hansi Flick.

Since then, sources have told ESPN he has received offers from several club and international teams, but, after prioritizing a year-long sabbatical at first, none of the offers had been to his fancy.

In recent months he had spoken of a desire to move into international football, with the Netherlands now providing him with that platform as he takes the next step in his career.

Sophia Del Rio Starring in the Period Music Drama “Small Talk”

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Sophia Del Rio is embracing the small talk.

The Colombian-American actress and producer has completed work on Small Talk, a period music drama hailing from Vincent Young in his directorial debut.

Sophia Del RioThe film stars Keegan Allen, Conor Husting, Rio Mangini and Austin North.

Set against the late ’70s Los Angeles rock scene, Small Talk follows a young band on the edge of success as ambition, romance, and addiction threaten to destroy the music that brought them together. The film traces the relationships surrounding the band as their sudden rise begins testing the friendships and loyalties that helped create it.

Young directed from a script written with RJ Zabasky, based on a story he conceived with Douglas Young, also producing alongside Kristifor Cvijetic and Zabasky. Douglas Young exec produced, with Brian Yuran, Evan Sorlienand Chris Kim serving as co-producers.

The supporting cast includes Sophie Swiszcz, Shaun Holmes, Ruben Vernier, Doug Locke, Jamison Jones, Ross Gallo, Kavan Reece, Maury Morgan, Liam Martinez and Michael Paré.

Dean Fronk and Donald Pemrick handled casting.

 “At its core, Small Talk is really about what we leave behind in other people,” said Young. The title came from this idea that so much of life can become noise, such as the things we say, the things we chase, and the way we present ourselves. However, none of that carries the same weight as what we actually do for someone we love. I was drawn to exploring characters who are still figuring that out, and I wanted to tell that story inside a world that felt completely alive and specific, as though we had stepped into Los Angeles in the late ’70s rather than recreated it from a distance.”

Del Rio’s previous credits include Ballers, 72 Hours and The Row.

Two Demi Lovato Tracks Earn RIAA Five-Times Platinum Certifications

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Demi Lovato is celebrating two massive hit singles…

The 33-year-old Mexican-American singer/actress has earned two new RIAA five-times Platinum certifications: 2015’s “Cool for the Summer” and fellow Confident track “Confident.”

Demi LovatoThe tracks follow only “Sorry Not Sorry,” which was certified seven-times Platinum in December 2023, and “Heart Attack,” which was certified six-times Platinum in January 2026.

Disney Music Group president Ken Bunt presented Lovato with the certifications ahead of the Los Angeles premiere of Camp Rock 3 this week; the film arrives on Thursday, August 13 on Disney Channel and the following day on Disney+.

The new milestones are just another bullet to add to the list of the successes these songs have had.

“Cool for the Summer,” released in July 2015 as the lead single from Lovato’s album Confident, reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September of that year.

Meanwhile, the title track peaked at No. 21 in December 2015.

This era was a particularly strong period for Lovato, with Confident debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in November 2015 and being nominated for best pop vocal album at the Grammys.

With Lovato stepping back into the Disney universe that launched her career, the timing of the announcement feels very poetic and full-circle.

Lovato’s connection to Disney has long been intertwined with her music career, as her performance of “This Is Me” with Joe Jonas from the original Camp Rock became a defining hit from the franchise.

In Camp Rock 3, she reprises her fan-favorite role as Mitchie Torres and steps in as an executive producer on the film. The film comes nearly two decades after the original Camp Rock premiered in 2008.

More recently, Lovato released her ninth studio album, It’s Not That Deep, in October 2025.

Marcel Ruiz’s “The Body” to Premiere on Netflix in November

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Marcel Ruiz is bringing his Body to Netflix this fall.

Netflix has set the release date for The Body, an upcoming eight-episode series starring the 23-year-old Puerto Rican actor, for November 11.

Marcel RuizCreated by Quinn Shephard, the series follows a group of badly-behaved Catholic school girls, who begin having prophetic visions that set off mass hysteria in town after a dance-team initiation goes wrong.

Shephard directs the premiere and serves as showrunner for the gritty drama, starring Kristina Bogic, Sara Boustany, Geena Meszaros, Nnamdi Asomugha, Louisa Krause, Shirley Chen, Jackson Kelly, Sofia Wylie, with Gabby Windey, Kyra Pierce, Phallon Pierce, Orlando Norman, Ashley Madekwe, Motell Foster, Cale Ambrozic, Anna Tierney, Chloe Longname, Sarah Abbott, Emily Roman, Michela Luci, Bella Neuspiel, Julia Lowe and Christine Solomon.

Ruiz portrays Tyler Santos on the series. (See still of his character below.)

Marcel Ruiz, The BodyShephard calls The Body “a love letter to all the ’90s and Y2K teen movies and erotic thrillers” she loved growing up. This includes movies like Carrie, Jennifer’s Body, Heavenly Creatures, and even Mean Girls. The Crucible and the Salem witch trials also have heavy influence. She also calls in her “most personal” project yet.

“I’ve always been interested in the idea of girlhood as a religious experience. This story is definitely my way of putting a playful spin on all the nightmares of my own teenage-dom,” Shephard says. “Tonally, I would describe the show as gritty camp. It’s a raunchy teen psychodrama with a dash of Catholic horror.

Executive producers include Peter Chernin, Amy Israel and Josh Stern for North Road, Riley Keough, Gina Gammell and Sacha Ben Harroche for Felix Culpa as well as Blair Breard.

Ruiz is best known for his breakout role as Alex Alvarez in the sitcom One Day at a Time and as John Smith in the feature film Breakthrough.

Bruno Mars Rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Radio Songs Chart with “Risk It All”

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It’s all risk, all reward for Bruno Mars…

The 40-year-old part-Puerto Rican Grammy-winning superstar’s “Risk It All” has taken over as the most-heard song on radio, rising two spots to No. 1 on Billboard’s all-format Radio Songs chart.

Bruno MarsThe ballad becomes Mars’ 12th leader on the list, extending his record for the most among male artists.

The track rules the chart dated August 15 with 67.7 million audience impressions July 31-August 6, a 5% week-over-week gain, according to Luminate.

Here’s an updated look at the acts with the most No. 1s since Radio Songs began in December 1990:

13, Rihanna
12, Bruno Mars
11, Mariah Carey
8, Taylor Swift
7, Maroon 5
7, Katy Perry
7, Usher

“Risk It All” concurrently climbs one place to No. 1 on the mainstream top 40-based Pop Airplay chart, where Mars adds his 13th No. 1, also widening his lead for the most among male acts.

Here’s a recap of the artists with the most No. 1s at the format, since the chart began in October 1992:

15, Taylor Swift
13, Bruno Mars
11, Justin Bieber
11, Maroon 5
11, Katy Perry
11, Rihanna
10, Ariana Grande

Mars boasts two No. 1s on each chart from his latest album, The Romantic, which opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200in March.

Lead single “I Just Might” dominated Radio Songs for 21 weeks, his longest reign on the ranking, and topped Pop Airplay for six weeks, matching Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” on which he’s featured, for his best.

Mars joins Mariah Carey as the only artists with four albums that have each produced at least two Radio Songs No. 1s.

Meanwhile, thanks to its Spanish version, “Risk It All” reached No. 3 on Latin Pop Airplay in June, Mars’ best career placement on the chart.