Boy Culture Links: 'Obsession' Stud's Hot Dad, RIP Tyler Duckworth of 'The Challenge,' Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty + MORE
AUGUST 14, 2026
INSTAGRAM: Obsession star Michael Johnston with his ACTUAL DAD on the beach.
OUT: Popular gay reality star Tyler Duckworth, who appeared on The Challenge, was found dead this week at just 44. A cause is pending, but he was reportedly found dead in his overflowing bathtub.
HUFFINGTON POST: Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to two federal counts of stalking leading to death. In a Friday, August 14, court appearance, he said:
“I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan. I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death or bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal.”
The murder weapon was a 3-D gun with a silencer.
JOE.MY.GOD.: Trump is appealing the halting of his ballroom construction all the way to his — er, the — Supreme Court.
POLITICO: Trump’s Kennedy Center board — all his lackeys — voted to defy a court order and restore his name to the building. Oh, and to shut it down for two years.
INSTAGRAM: Mariah Carey seems to be bluntly hinting at a Glitter anniversary push. (The album, which kinda got lost in the 9/11 shuffle at the time, is a fan fave.)
INSTAGRAM: Madonna’s “Love Sensation,” juiced with a perfectly curated Kylie Minogue feature, hits the U.K. Top 10, landing at no. 8. (It’s no. 3 in Minogue’s native Australia.) It’s Madonna’s first single on which she is the main artist to go Top 10 there since 2009, and is her third Top 40 single from Confessions II in the U.K. Now, let’s get Warner Music to release “Danceteria” officially in the U.S.
But first, there is a 7” vinyl on sale of “Love Sensation” to complement the three CD singles.
