Doja Cat Dresses as Karl Largerfeld's Cat
May 1: Doja Cat understood the assignment. While many of the stars at the Karl Lagerfeld-themed Met Gala paid tribute to the late designer's beloved feline Choupette, the singer really let the cat out of the bag in custom Oscar de la Renta.
Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson Make Their Met Gala Debut
May 1: Sure, they were ultimately upstaged by an errant cockroach trying to climb its way up the famed Met Gala steps, but that doesn't squash our enthusiasm over seeing Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson finally attend fashion prom five years into their romance.
Pedro Pascal Shows Some Leg
May 1: Why, yes, Pedro Pascal did bring that Daddy energy to the Met Gala, skipping the more formal pantsuit for a set of Valentino shorts.
North West Slams Mom Kim Kardashian's Met Gala Look
May 1: One day, you're giving your little girl her first Louis Vuitton, the next she's reading your style for filth. Such was the case when Kim Kardashian asked her eldest for her take on her Met Gala look. "There's way too much gaps in the pearls," North West said during a fitting with Schiaparelli creative director Daniel Roseberry that aired on a November episode of The Kardashians. "It looks like she's a Hawaiian girl with her dress all ripped." Continued the 10-year-old, "I like the pearls. I just don't like that it looks, like, from the Dollar Store."
Dannielynn Birkhead Pays Tribute to Mom Anna Nicole Smith
May 5: We, uh, guessed Dannielynn Birkhead and dad Larry Birkhead would turn up at the Kentucky Derby, the annual event a traditional outing for the Louisville-based pair. But the 17-year-old marked the 20th anniversary of her parents meeting at the Barnstable Brown Kentucky Derby Eve Gala by wearing a dress adorned with photos from Anna Nicole Smith's infamous Guess campaign.
King Charles III Is Officially Crowned
May 6: Heavy was King Charles III's head when he finally wore the 4.9-pound St Edward's Crown at his and Queen Camilla's Westminster Abbey coronation. The monarch's big day took place eight months after Queen Elizabeth II's death at age 96.
Prince Louis Steals the Show
May 6: Sure, it was his grandfather's big moment, but 5-year-old Prince Louis—the youngest of Prince William and Kate Middleton's three children—pulled focus with a myriad of he's-all-of-us facial expressions.
Prince Harry Flies in and Out for His Dad's Big Day
May 6: Four months after his bombshell-packed memoir Spare laid bare the less-than-savory details of his upbringining, Prince Harry, uh, spared roughly 24 hours for his father's coronation. After watching the ceremony from the third row, he hopped a flight back to California to catch the tail end of Prince Archie's fourth birthday.
Kendall Jenner Hard Launches Romance With Bad Bunny
May 12: Since Bad Bunny hopped into Kendall Jenner's life earlier this year, the duo have enjoyed double dates with Hailey and Justin Bieber, a trip to Coachella and this matching moment at a Lakers game.
Robert De Niro Becomes a Dad of Seven
May 20: Meet the (new) parents. Weeks after confirming to a reporter that he'd welcomed his seventh child, daughter Gia, Robert De Niro and girlfriend Tiffany Chen turned up at the Cannes Film Festival in France to support the actor's western crime drama Killers Of The Flower Moon. "It doesn't get easier," he later shared with The Guardian. "I mean, I don't do the heavy lifting. I'm there, I support my girlfriend. But she does the work. And we have help, which is so important."
Hailee Steinfeld Scores Her Own Boy on the Football Team
May 25: Swift isn't the only singer learning the difference between a touchback and a touchdown. Months after Hailee Steinfeld was first spotted with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen in New York City, the two are still making forward progress.
Blake Lively Transforms Into Lily Bloom
May 25: Seven years after It Ends With Us became a New York Times bestseller, author Colleen Hoover rocked #BookTok when she announced that Gossip Girl's Blake Lively and Jane the Virgin alum Justin Baldoni were set to star in the big screen adaptation. Once filming commenced in New York, fans experienced another twist when they got sight of protagonist Lily Bloom's quirky style.
Lily-Rose Depp and Girlfriend 070 Shake Make Their Romance Official
May 25: Proof Lily-Rose Depp cannes not wait to see rapper girlfriend 070 Shake after time apart? When the model-actress arrived at Los Angeles International Airport following a trip to the famed French film festival to promote The Idol, she raced to greet the musician she's dubbed her "crush."
Chanel Iman Gains a New Teammate
May 30: Mere weeks after model Chanel Iman announced she was adding to her squad, revealing she and NFL defensive tackle Davon Godchaux were expecting, the New England Patriots athlete pulled off the perfect play, proposing in picturesque Capri, Italy. By September the mom to Cali, 5, and Cassie, 3, (with ex-husband Sterling Shepard) and Godchaux were huddling up with a new teammate, welcoming the appropriately named Capri Summer Godchaux.
Al Pacino Welcomes His Fourth Kid
May 30: Say hello to Al Pacino's little friend. Days after the actor's rep confirmed he was expecting his fourth baby, his first with girlfriend Noor Alfallah, the pair welcomed a son named Roman. In September, Alfallah filed for full physical custody of their son. And though his rep insisted at the time the two were still together, two months later Pacino agreed to pay Alfallah $30,000 a month in child support.
Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga Face Off at The Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion
May 30: The long-simmering feud between the sisters-in-law grew particularly table-flipping nasty during the reunion for season 13 of the Bravo hit when Teresa Giudice accused her brother Joe Gorga and his wife Melissa Gorga for helping to send her and ex Joe Giudice to jail for fraud. "I'm not saying they're responsible," the RHONJ star later clarified, "they hung out with people who were responsible for that happening."
Zendaya Gives Tom Holland a Helping Hand
June 16: With great romance comes great responsibility to offer frank critiques. "Zendaya is probably the most honest with me," Tom Holland recently shared of his girlfriend of several years. "Which I love, ‘cause you need that." Also, sometimes you need a helping hand, which the Euphoria star was more than happy to offer up, feeding her Spider-Man a scoop of ice cream during a London outing.
Kourtney Kardashian Reveals She's Pregnant With Travis Barker's Baby
June 16: Always, we know, Kourtney Kardashian will be at Travis Barker's show. Watching, waiting, ready to make the big reveal that she and her husband are adding to their brood. Five months after her nod to Blink-182's "All the Small Things" video, The Kardashians star gave birth to son Rocky Thirteen.
The Titan Submersible Implodes
June 18: For four days, the story of the five passengers who boarded OceanGate Expedition's 22-foot submersible to take a deep dive into the wreckage of the RMS Titanic only to go missing less than two hours into the journey gripped much of the world. But the tale came to a tragic conclusion June 22 when the U.S. Coast Guard announced that the vessel had suffered a deadly implosion. OceanGate, whose CEO Stockton Rush piloted the expedition, called the five men "true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world's oceans."
Jon Hamm Weds Costar Anna Osceola
June 24: We're simply mad for the fact that Mad Men alum Jon Hamm married actress Anna Oscelo in the same coastal California spot where they met filming the series' 2015 finale.
Margot Robbie Becomes Barbie
July 9: Just starring in the much-hyped Barbie flick would have been Kenough, but Margot Robbie fully committed to the title role by turning the press tour into the nostalgia-fueled fashion show of our childhood dreams.
Shawn Johnson Sticks the Landing With Her Pregnancy Reveal
July 12: Dare we say we'd give Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson's pregnancy reveal for her third baby a perfect 10? Yes, we know that's not how scores work now, but posing in Athens' Panathenaic Stadium certainly deserves high marks.
Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods Reunite
July 15: Technically the besties never fully broke up as Jenner recently revealed, despite the fallout from Jordyn Woods kissing Khloe Kardashian's then-boyfriend Tristan Thompson in 2019. "We never fully cut each other off," she explained to Interview, "and one day, naturally, we were like, we want to get sushi and we don't want to hide anymore."
Selena Gomez Shows She's Just a Barbie Girl
July 22: This Barbie is turning 31. Selena Gomez marked her big day by partying with the likes of Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, Saweetie and Karol G and then enjoying a private screening of Barbie the following afternoon because life in plastic is fantastic.