Daily Pop Culture Scuttlebutt 9/6/2025
Daily pop culture scuttlebutt today is that the 2025 Global Citizen Festival is adding Kristen Bell, Tony Goldwyn, and Nate Burleson. Bill Nye, the science guy, is one of the co-hosts for the award show. The second story in today’s daily scuttlebutt is about child actor Macaulay Culkin reminiscing about how John Candy was a father figure to him. The third story is about Pink and her husband, Carey Hart, sending their children to school. The story focuses on their 14-year-old daughter, Willow, starting high school. Were you trepidious when you started high school?
Daily #1: 2025 Global Citizen Festival Adds Kristen Bell, Tony Goldwyn, and Nate Burleson
The 2025 Global Citizen Festival is forming. After the previously announced news that Hugh Jackman will host the September 27 New York City event, with The Weeknd and Shakira as headliners and Tyla, Ayra Starr, and Mariah the Scientist as added performers, the Golden Globes announced Thursday that Bill Nye, Adam Lambert, Danai Gurira, and Liza Koshy would serve as co-hosts of the festival. Kristen Bell, Tony Goldwyn, Laurie Hernandez, Nate Burleson, and Vladimir Duthiers will also take part, along with Lydia Kekeli Amenyaglo, Fy Rajaonarivelo, Esther Kimani, Omowumi Ogunrotimi, Valeriia Rachynska, and Taily Terena.
Global Citizen is the world’s leading international advocacy organization focused on ending extreme poverty, amplified by campaigns and events that convene leaders in music, entertainment, public policy, media, philanthropy, and the corporate sector. The campaign is mobilizing $200 million
to protect 30 million hectares of the Amazon rainforest, as well as expanding access to quality education and football for 30,000 children around the world in partnership with FIFA, providing energy access for 1 million people across Africa, and registering 40,000 New Yorkers to volunteer across the city.
Daily #2: Says John Candy Saw His Father’s Dark Side Before Anyone Else
As a child actor, Macaulay Culkin’s claim to fame is the cult classic holiday movie Home Alone. But before the 1990 classic, Culkin starred in the 1989 family comedy Uncle Buck, starring John Candy. The actor looks back on his time filming Uncle Buck with Candy and reveals he saw him as a father figure during a difficult time in his childhood. Speaking about the actor for the new documentary, John Candy: I Like Me, Culkin reveals that Candy made all the child actors feel “respected.”
“When you’re eight years old, you don’t really get respect, whether it’s in a workplace or just from adults and grown-ups in general. You felt invited in,” Culkin told EW.com. But from his time filming Uncle Buck, Culkin remembers how Candy realized trouble was brewing at home for the young actor at the time, and his difficult relationship with his father, Kit Culkin. Amid his growing success, Candy had a “paternal” vibe that meant a lot to Culkin. I think he always had that really great instinct. I think he saw.
Daily #3: Pink’s Daughter Willow Starts High School and Looks All Grown Up
Pink and husband Carey Hart have two children, daughter Willow, 14, and son Jameson, 8. Both kids started school on September 4, with Willow having a particularly special first day: it marked her first day of high school. Carey Hart wrote that his daughter was “growing up and taking the 1st major step in chasing her dream.” Pink’s daughter Willow Sage Hart is off to high school, and her proud dad is documenting the moment on Instagram. On September 4,
Willow looked grown up in a pink crop top, jeans, and a white belt, a backpack slung over her shoulder. Proud father Hart acknowledged as much in his caption, writing that his daughter is “growing up and taking the 1st major step in chasing her dream. You will be on Broadway one day,” he added. “So proud of you.” As for Jameson, Hart wrote, “And Jamo, just don’t eat to [sic] much glue,” signing off the post with three laughing emojis.
Conclusion
Today’s daily pop culture scuttlebutt included a first story is about the 2025 Golden Globe Global Citizen Festival, which is an event that does phenomenal charity work. The second story in the daily scuttlebutt today, former child actor Maucaly Culkin reminiscing about how John Candy was a father figure to him. The third, and final, story on the daily scuttlebutt today is about singer Pink and her husband, Carey Hart, sending their children to school. The most significant event was their daughter Willow starting High School.
