Nicki Minaj is demanding a massive payout from Jay-Z, claiming he owes her between $100 million and $200 million.
In a series of pointed posts on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday (July 8), the rap queen called on Jay-Z to settle what she described as a “karmic debt” — and she already has plans for how she’ll use the money.
“We’ve calculated about 100–200MM so far. #JayZ call me to settle this karmic debt. It’s only collecting more interest,” Minaj wrote. “You still in my TOP 5 tho.” She added a warning to fans: “Anyone still calling him Hov will answer to God for the blasphemy.”
We’ve calculated about 100-200MM so far. #JayZ call me to settle this karmic debt. It’s only collecting more interest. You still in my TOP 5 tho. Let’s get it nigga.
In a follow-up, she announced her intention to give back to her loyal fanbase, writing: “I’m going to use some of the money #JayZ owes me to send some of my Barbz to college, pay their school fees & student loans via my #StudentOfTheGame charity.”
The feud escalates long-running tension between Minaj and Jay-Z, especially over the TIDAL streaming platform. Fans recently resurfaced posts claiming Minaj never received her fair cut from the TIDAL deal, which Jay-Z sold to Jack Dorsey’s Square in 2021 for around $300 million. Minaj alleges she was only offered $1 million.
Adding fuel to the fire, Minaj also referenced Jay-Z in her remix of Lil Wayne’s “Banned From NO,” criticizing the NFL’s decision to select Kendrick Lamar over Wayne for the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Jay-Z has yet to respond to the accusations. Reps for TIDAL and Roc Nation have also remained silent as the controversy continues to unfold.
Earlier today, the Chanel fall 2025 couture show in Paris proved to be a whole family affair—at least for the Coppolas. Sitting in the front row together was filmmaker Sofia Coppola and her two daughters, 15-year-old Cosima Mars and 18-year-old Romy Mars. It was a particularly special morning for the siblings, given it marked their very first couture experience. “Coming to Paris and going straight to Chanel for my fitting for the ball and the show was a dream,” Romy tells Vogue. “It was so exciting to see everything. The whole atmosphere was pretty overwhelming. The location and the set were unbelievable. I felt so special!”
Romy is no stranger to navigating life in the spotlight. Last year, she quietly made her red carpet debut at the Cannes Film Festival alongside her grandfather Francis Ford Coppola, and has since begun to amass a social media following on TikTok, where she regularly posts her outfits—not to mention epic candid videos of her mom. (Mars has also been pursuing a pop career, too: She just released a music video for her new song “A-Lister” last month.)
Photo: Courtesy of Chanel
While she is already well-versed in the world of fashion and celebrity, Mars admits there was something bucket list-worthy about attending today’s Chanel couture show. Naturally, the three Coppolas wore coordinated ensembles, opting for matching shades of pastel blues and pinks. For her own look, Mars opted for a light blue cashmere dress from Chanel’s fall 2025 collection, and paired it with a classic blue quilted top-handle bag. (A bag from the French house is must-have for any true Chanel girl.)
When MArs saw the new collection coming down the runway, she was drawn to the more classic and glamorous French pieces. “[I loved] the dresses, the colors, and the accessories,” she says. “My favorite looks were the dress with the flower embroideries in different colors, and the feather coat!” She also got to see one of her favorite Gen Z supermodels walk. “Alex Consani ate down,” Mars said after the show. Her main personal highlight, though? The catwalk setlist. “The music was incredible. When the beat dropped, me and my mom were [dancing!]”
Below, see a moning attending the Chanel couture show through Mars’s eyes.
Jennifer Aniston reveals ONE iconic role on bucket list
Jennifer Aniston, legendary actress who is no stranger to the spotlight and has done major hits throughout her career, revealed one iconic role she still dreams of playing.
The Friends star shared that performing in a stage play has always been on her bucket list, but she just hasn’t found the right moment yet.
“I definitely want to do a play,” she said. “That’s on my list. But it’s about finding the time and the right piece, the right material.”
Even after years of fame, awards, and unforgettable roles, Aniston admitted this dream has stayed close to her heart.
“I absolutely have to do a play. It’s something I need to experience,” she added.
However, the actress earlier revealed that she’d be open to returning as Dr. Julia Harris, her memorable character from the Horrible Bosses.
Known for her bold aura and outrageous roles, Jennifer Aniston said that comedy is something people truly need in life, sharing that out of all her last work, Horrible Bosses is the one she’d be most excited to return to.
Whoooooo’s there? Just a “Cosmic Owl,” the latest strange discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
A new study using JWST data has helped scientists spot an owl-faced object peering out at us from billions of light-years away. Formed through the extremely unusual collision of two rare ring galaxies, the structure also serves as a natural laboratory where researchers can study many of the processes accompanying the evolution of galaxies.
Galaxies come in several shapes, from swirling spirals like our home galaxy, the Milky Way, to the cigar-shaped M82. One slightly more peculiar type are ring galaxies, such as Hoag’s Object. These galaxies form when a small galaxy cruises straight through its larger buddy, kicking out stars and gas through shock waves into a ring around a central core.
Ring galaxies are pretty rare, accounting for just 0.01% of all galaxies discovered so far. Even rarer, though, is a pair of ring galaxies detected when colliding — exactly what the “Cosmic Owl” is, as described June 11 in a preprint posted to arXiv. The paper has yet to be peer-reviewed, but the object has already been confirmed by another team that independently detected the same collision — which they dubbed the “Infinity galaxy” in a paper posted to arXiv June 19.
Mingyu Li, a doctoral student in the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University in China and the new study’s first author, said he and his co-authors discovered the avian-like astronomical spectacle serendipitously.
“We were analyzing all radio sources using public JWST data in a very well-studied region called the COSMOS field,” the largest mosaic of the sky, spanning 2 square degrees, he told Live Science in an email. Li added that the colliding galaxy pair immediately stood out because of JWST’s high-resolution imaging capabilities.
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These snapshots revealed that the galaxies are quite similar; apart from being ring galaxies, both are relatively tiny. Each has a diameter of roughly 26,000 light-years, or about a quarter the diameter of the Milky Way. Additionally, each galaxy’s core — which is tightly packed with old stars around a supermassive black hole — forms an eye of the owl. Fine-scale JWST data shows that both black holes, each more than 10 million times the sun’s mass, are furiously pulling in surrounding matter, making the galactic cores “active galactic nuclei.”
The new study has documented a range of astronomical processes occurring across the “Cosmic Owl,” as depicted in this image. (Image credit: Li et al.)
In contrast, the JWST images show that the “beak” — the collisional front between the two galaxies — is “a region of incredibly intense activity,” Li said. Drawing on data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the researchers found that the beak contains an enormous clump of molecular gas. Li described it as “the raw fuel for star formation,” being squished by the galaxies’ collision-related shock wave. The ALMA data also placed the owl’s redshift at 1.14, or approximately 11 billion light-years from us.
Additionally, radio-frequency observations from the New Mexico-based Very Large Array suggest that a jet of charged particles spewing from one galaxy’s black hole is slamming into and further compressing the molecular gas cloud. According to Li, the shock wave and the radio jet have together “triggered a massive burst of star formation,” transforming the beak into a ‘stellar nursery.’”
Simulations of galactic collisions show they last a few hundred million years. In this case, the researchers estimate the collision occurred 38 million years ago, meaning the owl’s face will likely remain visible for a long time.
But the owl isn’t just visually striking, Li said — it’s also “an exceptional natural laboratory because it allows [researchers] to see several critical galaxy evolution processes happening simultaneously in one system.”
In fact, the owl has already provided valuable insights about how galaxies form and grow. Li said the bursts of star formation triggered by the galactic collision and radio jets in the beak region “could be a crucial and previously underappreciated mechanism for the rapid and efficient conversion of gas into stars.” This could help researchers understand how galaxies built their stellar mass so quickly in the universe’s early history, he added.
The researchers plan to study the owl further to understand the physical processes that created it. Li said simulations of the galaxies’ gas would help researchers “understand the precise conditions — such as the collision angle and the original structure of the galaxies — that could lead to the formation of such a rare, symmetric ‘twin-ring’ morphology.”
The owl joins several bizarrely shaped astronomical phenomena that JWST previously spotted. These include a question-mark-shaped structure formed from galaxies and a wisp of gas from a newborn star that resembles a cat’s tail.
In two weeks, you could be able to send a text message — or even a photo, video or voice note — from deep inside a national park or mountain pass. That’s the future T-Mobile envisions, as its partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service gets ready to launch on July 23. The alliance will provide direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, which will also be available to AT&T and Verizon cellphone customers.
T-Mobile says its goal is to “eliminate mobile dead zones for good” by way of 657 Starlink satellites that’ll be used exclusively for cellphone service. T-Satellite has been in beta testing since December 2024, with nearly 1.8 million users signing up so far.
The direct-to-cell messaging service represents a major step forward in mobile technology: It works with most phones made during the last four years, according to T-Mobile, instead of requiring dedicated hardware. It’ll be available to T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon customers for $10 a month — or free for anyone on T-Mobile’s Experience Beyond or Go5G Next plans.
“At the end of the day, it’s nice to be able to send a selfie when you’re in a place where there is no coverage, but it’s vital to be able to connect to emergency services,” Mike Katz, T-Mobile president of marketing, strategy and products, told CNET’s Jeff Carlson. “We just think that with a technology like this, no customer should ever be in a situation where they are unconnected in an emergency.”
However, you might still benefit even if you don’t sign up, as T-Mobile will make the service free for emergency uses. The company said 911 texting will be available later this year to “any mobile customer with a compatible device, regardless of carrier or whether or not they are subscribed to the service.”
What is T-Satellite?
T-Satellite is a partnership between T-Mobile and Starlink that will allow direct-to-cell SMS messaging accessibility in areas where there is no cellular coverage. Starlink has more than 7,000 low-Earth orbit satellites in the sky, and now, 657 of them will be devoted entirely to T-Satellite. The goal is to expand coverage into the 500,000 square miles of the US that traditional cell towers can’t reach, says T-Mobile.
“When you leave the terrestrial network and you go to a place where there’s no network, your phone will automatically search for and connect to the satellite network, which is quite different than any other of the satellite systems that are out there that force you to manually connect, and you have to point your phone up to the sky,” says Katz.
Satellite connectivity in cellphones isn’t exactly new — iPhones have had it since 2022 — but it’s typically been reserved for SOS messaging to connect you with an emergency dispatcher. On July 23, T-Satellite users will be able to send SMS texts on iPhone and Android. Android users will also get MMS immediately, with iPhone support “to follow.”
This means users will be able to send images and audio clips in addition to standard text messages. In October, the service will expand to include data support in third-party apps like AccuWeather, AllTrails, WhatsApp and X. The access takes advantage of hooks built into iOS and Android software, so developers can make their apps capable of sending data through the narrow amounts of bandwidth available via satellite.
This is far beyond what the other phone carriers have launched so far in the satellite realm — largely due to T-Mobile’s partnership with Starlink. AT&T and Verizon have both partnered with AST SpaceMobile for satellite messaging, and Verizon told CNET’s Eli Blumenthal last year that it’s still planning on working with Amazon’s Project Kuiper, which launched its first 27 satellites on April 28, 2025
“Despite things that our competitors have said, they are way, way behind on this technology,” says Katz.
How much will T-Satellite cost?
On July 23, T-Satellite will be available to AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon customers for a standalone $10 per month. But there’s one exception: Customers on T-Mobile’s Experience Beyond plan ($100 per month for one line) or the Go5G Next plan will get the service for included in the cost of the plan going forward, and those on the Experience More plan ($85 per month) will get it through the end of the year.
Even if you don’t pay the $10 a month, T-Mobile says 911 texting will be available later this year “to any mobile customer with a compatible device, regardless of carrier.”
If you’re a Verizon or AT&T customer, you’ll have to activate T-Satellite as a second eSIM on your phone to take advantage of the service. You can find instructions on setting up the eSIM here.
Which phones are supported?
Most phones released in the past couple of years will work with T-Satellite. Here are the devices that are currently compatible with the beta version:
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 *Some non-T-Mobile device variants are not satellite-capable.
When T-Satellite launches on July 23, the following devices will also be compatible:
Motorola
Motorola Edge 2024
Moto G 2024
Moto G Stylus 2024
Moto G 5G 2024
Moto G Stylus 5G 2024
Samsung
Samsung Galaxy A14
Samsung Galaxy A15*
Samsung Galaxy A16
Samsung Galaxy A35
Samsung Galaxy A53*
Samsung Galaxy XCover6 Pro *Some non-T-Mobile device variants are not satellite-capable.
T-Mobile
T-Mobile Revvl 7
T-Mobile Revvl 7 Pro
How to try T-Mobile’s Starlink service today
If you’re anxious to try T-Mobile’s Starlink satellite messaging service and don’t want to wait until July 23, you can still attempt to sign up for the beta. I wouldn’t hold out too much hope, though — when I entered my information, I got a message back saying, “Due to high demand, we’re admitting beta testers on a rolling basis. Keep an eye out for an update in the coming weeks.”
While Hollywood’s leading tracking service shows James Gunn‘ Superman flying to $130 million in its domestic box office debut, DC Studios is being far more conservative in sticking with a forecast of $100 million-plus.
Gunn is in the unique position of being both the film’s writer-director and the co-head of the Warner Bros.-owned DC Studios, so he has plenty of sway in controlling the messaging. Superman, perhaps the summer’s biggest curiosity factor, opens everywhere in North America July 11. It is also opening in 78 markets overseas, where it is likewise predicting an opening of $100 million-plus.
When the tentpole first came on tracking three weeks ago, NRG reported a North American opening of $135 million. That figure subsequently dropped to $130 million, but has held steady since. And the film can only be helped by stellar reviews, including this one from The Hollywood Reporter, which says, “the man of steel reclaims his human heart” in the post-Zack Snyder era. It currently sits at an 84 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice broke records for a film featuring Clark Kent/Superman with a domestic opening of $166 million in 2016, not adjusted for inflation. The last solo Superman movie, Snyder’s 2013 film Man of Steel, debuted to $116 million domestically. And almost two decades ago, Bryan Singer‘s Superman Returns posted a six-day North American opening of more than $84 million.
It’s understandable why Gunn and his DC Studios co-head Peter Safran are skittish when it comes to tracking, which has been all over the map in recent months. At the same time, Superman is among the world’s best-known superheros, alongside Batman and Marvel’s Spider-Man.
Superman stars David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor. Rounding out the cast are Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho and Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific.
Gunn told press in February of this year, “People are looking for heroes right now. They are looking for values of goodness, looking for people who are good and decent human beings. And Superman is that.” At the same time, Gunn has spoken often superhero fatigue striking the box office.
The movie marks the first DC film entry for Gunn since he took over the reins of Warner Bros’ superhero label with Safran in November 2022. Other upcoming DC Studios projects include HBO’s Green Lantern series Lanterns and a Supergirl movie, due out in 2026.
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