The Daily Drop — Your Dose of Celebs & Pop Culture: March 10, 2026

Doja Cat woke up and chose culture preservation.

After Timothée Chalamet casually dismissed ballet and opera as art forms “no one cares about,” Doja Cat hopped onto TikTok with the kind of energy usually reserved for calling out exes. According to Entertainment Weekly:

“Opera is 400 years old. Ballet is 500 years old,” Doja said in a Sunday, March 8 TikTok video which has since been deleted. “Somebody named Tim-oh-tay Cha-lam-et had the nerve to say — on camera — that nobody cares about it. I’m sure you can walk into an opera theater right now, seats will be filled out, and nobody’s saying a word as the performance is going because everybody has that much respect for it.”

Her tone? Equal parts irritated big sister and fed‑up arts advocate. And honestly, she’s not wrong. Ballet and opera have survived wars, plagues, revolutions, and whatever “Cats” (2019) was supposed to be. They’ll survive Timothée Chalamet, too.

The backlash toward Chalamet has been swift, with performers and institutions chiming in to remind him that these art forms still pack theaters and demand discipline most of us can’t even fake. Doja’s clapback wasn’t just a drag—it was a history lesson wrapped in a read.

Joshua Jackson Makes First Comments on James Van Der Beek’s Death

Joshua Jackson broke his silence this morning, and it hit like a gut punch.

Appearing on “TODAY,” Jackson spoke publicly for the first time about the death of his “Dawson’s Creek” co‑star and longtime friend James Van Der Beek, who passed away in February at 48 after battling colorectal cancer. “I think it hits in a variety of different ways,” Jackson said. “For me as a father now, the enormity of that tragedy for his family hits me in a very different way than just as a colleague.”

It’s the kind of grief that doesn’t sit neatly in one place. Jackson described the loss as something he’s still processing—something that keeps shifting shape the more he thinks about Van Der Beek as a father, a husband, and a man who faced the impossible with grace.

Fans of the show have been mourning alongside the cast, but hearing Jackson speak so candidly adds a new layer of heartbreak. It’s a reminder that behind the nostalgia and reruns are real friendships, real families, and real loss.

Hilary Duff Opens Up About ‘Horrible’ Divorce, Losing Her ‘Innocence’ on Disney & Family Friction

Hilary Duff is done being polite about her past.

In a new interview on “On Purpose With Jay Shetty,” Duff opened up about the emotional fallout from her 2014 divorce from Mike Comrie, her complicated family dynamics, and the way the Disney machine stripped away pieces of her childhood. “I felt like in that time of my life, I was so ready to get married … I was ready to have a baby,” she said, reflecting on how quickly she was pushed into adulthood.

She also revealed that she and her sister Haylie no longer speak—something she described as part of a larger pattern of family strain. Growing up famous is one thing; growing up famous on Disney is another. Duff said she lost her “innocence” in the process, trying to fit a mold that never really fit her back.

Now, with her new album Luck … or Something, she’s reclaiming her voice, her story, and the parts of herself she had to bury to survive the spotlight. It’s raw, it’s painful, and it’s the most honest she’s ever been.

Today’s Celebrity Birthdays

A fresh batch of icons blowing out candles today:

• Bad Bunny (32)
• Carrie Underwood (43)
• Chuck Norris (86)
• Emily Osment (34)
• Olivia Wilde (42)
• Jon Hamm (55)
• Paget Brewster (57)
• Robin Thicke (49)
• Sharon Stone (68)
• Timbaland (54)
• Ego Nwodim (38)

Catch You in the Next Drop

Tuesday came in swinging, and honestly? It didn’t miss. Today’s stories gave us a little bit of everything—public callouts, grief that sits heavy in the chest, and the kind of emotional honesty that makes you rethink your own timeline. If the week is already this chaotic, Wednesday is probably stretching in the hallway, cracking its knuckles, ready to tag itself in.

Take a breath, drink some water, and brace yourself. The next Drop lands tomorrow, and if the universe keeps this energy, we’re in for a ride.