Weekend News Roundup! The New Doctor Who and Schoolboy Q’s Puppy


Happy Monday! Here’s our compendium of pop culture news you may have missed while you were doing more important things over the weekend. 

• More disturbing allegations have surfaced about R.Kelly. [Buzzfeed

• Jodie Whittaker was announced as the 13th—and first-ever female —Doctor Who. [BBC]

• The first teaser trailer for A Wrinkle in Time is here. [YouTube]

• War for the Planet of the Apes won the box office, dethroning Spider-Man: Homecoming.

• Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau passed away, as did Night of the Living Dead writer George Romero. They were 89 and 77 respectively. [Deadline, Deadline]

• Chance the Rapper and Young Thug released their new track “Big B’s” via Soundcloud. [Soundcloud]

• United flew Schoolboy Q’s new dog to the wrong city. He is not a happy bunny about it. [TMZ]