- On his Summer Sixteen tour in Kansas City, Drake revealed that he's working on a new mixtape.
- Warner Bros. released a new trailer for "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them"
- Sony Pictures announced its plans for a sequel to the Ghostbusters reboot.
- Paramount Pictures announced its plans for another Star Trek sequel.
- Dreamworks announced its plans for a fifth "Shrek" movie in 2019.
- Common signed on to produce and star in a "Cooley High" remake.
- TJ Miller signed on to star as the lead voice-over in an upcoming Emoji Movie.
- Greg Jennings announced that he will retire from the NFL. He finished his career after 10 seasons.
- iHeartRadio announced the lineup for its iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 23-24. The list includes U2, Drake, Britney Spears, Sam Hunt, twenty one pilots, Billy Idol, Florida Georgia Line, OneRepublic, Sia, Cage The Elephant, Zedd, Tears for Fears, Ariana Grande, Pitbull, Usher and Sting.
- The NFL reinstated Josh Gordon, but the Cleveland Browns suspended him for the first four games of the season.
- The Chicago White Sox and Chance the Rapper announced their first ever joint music festival, Magnificent Coloring Day! The lineup includes Chance the Rapper, John Legend, Tyler the Creator, 2 Chainz, Lil Uzi Vert, Skrillex, Alicia Keys, Young Thug, Lil Wayne and "a very special guest."
Bring someone special with you to see @JohnLegend & @AliciaKeys with me #MCD pic.twitter.com/tHuRHt5TFk
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 26, 2016
- The Chicago Cubs acquire Aroldis Champman from the New York Yankees for Gleyber Torres, Adam Warren, Billy McKinney and Rashad Crawford.
- Wale dropped the music video for "My PYT."
- The San Diego Padres traded Melvin Upton Jr. to the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Netflix released the trailer for its upcoming series, "The Get Down."
- The Atlanta Falcons released Devin Hester.
- Rodger Federer announced his plans to not attend the Rio Olympics.
- James Cordon's "Carpool Karaoke" will be coming exclusively to Apple Music.
- The MTV announced the nominations for the VMA's. Here's a link to see and vote for all the nominations.
- Waka Flocka dropped his mixtape, "Lebron Flocka James 4."
- Anquan Boldin signed with the Detroit Lions.
- HBO canceled the series, "Project Greenlight."
- Paramount Pictures released the trailer for the upcoming movie, "Office Christmas Party."
- Travis Scott announced his album, "Birds In the Trap Sing McKnight," will be released on August 5 exclusively through Apple Music.
- Jahlil Beats said on Periscope that Meek Mill's mixtape, "Dreamchasers 4," will out in the fall. He also said the song, "Tony Story 3" will appear on the mixtape.
- The Los Angeles Rams released Nick Foles.
- Mac Miller dropped a new song, "Dang!," with Anderson .Paak on Beats 1 Radio and announced his upcoming album, "The Divine Feminine," will be out on September 16.
- Lionsgate released the trailer for "Hacksaw Ridge."
- The College Football Playoffs announced that all semifinal games will be played on Saturdays or holidays. Click here for the schedules for the upcoming college football playoffs.
- Universal and Legendary Pictures released the trailer for the upcoming movie, "The Great Wall."
- HBO renewed "Ballers" for a third season.
- Marvel announced its plans for "Avengers: Infinity War" to be one film instead of two.
- American Horror Story released a set of teaser trailers.
- Kanye West released the music video for "Wolves" in conjunction with Balmain. The video featured the version with Sia and Vic Mensa.
- Kanye West also spoke out about the Tidal-Apple beef via Twitter.
- French Montana and Drake released the music video for "No Shopping."
- HBO announced that "Game Of Thrones" will end after its eighth season.