While the contestants on "Love Island USA" form romantic connections in the Fijian villa, they are not aware of the happenings in the outside world. The first episode of Season 7 of Peacock's popular reality dating series premiered on June 3 and since then, the remaining cast members have not had access to theirpersonal phones, a proper clock, social media, or television.They will exit the villa following the finale slated for Sunday, July 13. Here is a round-up of news and pop culture moments that have occurred since the islanders entered the villa. 'Love Island USA' Season 7 cast:See every islander so far Beyoncémay have kicked off her nine-city"Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit Tour" in late April, but some of the most viral moments from the show occurred while they were in the villa. During Bey's shows in Paris, she surprised fans with an epic duet with Miley Cyrus,performing their hit, "II Most Wanted."She also stunned the crowd whenshe brought out Jay Z during night 3.The duo performed "Crazy in Love," "Drunk in Love," and the hip hop giant hyped the audience with "N***as in Paris." At her first date in Houston, Beyoncé powered through a major technical difficultywhen her red car started tilting mid-airwhile she was singing "16 Carriages." The "American Requiem" singer ultimately told her crew to stop before they lowered her down. She later joked with the crowd, "if I ever fall, I know y'all will catch me," and poked more fun at the incident inan Instagram postby sharing a video montage with the song "Sittin' Sidewayz." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) On June 27, Netflix released thethird and final seasonof "Squid Game," the most-watched series on the streaming platform. The viral dystopic show,which centers around main character Seong Gi-hun or Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae),has delighted fans since its 2021 premiere,combining classic thriller elements with a deeper exploration of the human capacity for evil and the perils of an unequal society. In Season 3,according to Netflix,"Gi-hun is at his lowest point yet, the Squid Game stops for no one. So Gi-hun will be forced to make some important choices in the face of overwhelming despair as he and the surviving players are thrust into deadlier games that test everyone's resolve." All eyes were on the jury's decision in the bombshell Sean "Diddy" Combstwo-month long sex crimes trial, which includedwitness testimonyfrom former assistants, ex-girlfriend singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura Fine, and rapper Kid Cudi. Earlier this month, on July 2, the 55-year-old music mogul wasconvictedof two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He was acquitted of two counts of sex trafficking as well as the top charge, racketeering. Combs' sentencing date isscheduled for October 3.He faces a maximum of 10 years each for both transportation to engage in prostitution charges. The NBA finals started on June 5 and ended on June 22 when the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers 103 to 91 to clinch the2025 NBA championship. And, following the success and virality of "Love Island USA" Season 6, the latest season attracted a boatload of new fans, including men who were not previously interested in the show. Throughout the series, fans jokingly shared on social media how their boyfriends and husbands preferred to tune into the reality show over the 2025 NBA finals. "As a man choosing between the NBA Finals and Love Island...we can watch the finals later, turn on 'Love Island'," one personsaid in a TikTok video. The Snack Wrap is back! The popular menu item wasinitially phased out in 2016, but it "never left fans' hearts," McDonald's stated. It returned on July 10. Now fast food lovers can buy the item, which comes in two flavors: The Spicy Snack Wrap and The Ranch Snack Wrap . The Snack Wrap is available a la carte or as a combo meal, which includes two Snack Wraps, a medium fry, and a drink of choice. Here's a list of some more serious news that made headlines while the islanders were away. U.S. struck nuclear sites in Iran Immigration raids and protests in LA "No Kings" protests across the US Air India plane crash Escaped inmates captured:Ninth New Orleans inmate,Arkansas inmate 'Devil In The Ozarks' Historic flooding inTexas,New Mexico, andNorth Carolina Billonaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos married Lauren Sánchez in acontroversial Venice wedding Red Lobsterlaunched seafood boils "Bridgerton" actress Genevieve Chenneour wascaptured on videofighting off a phone thief BET Awards 2025 ("106 & Park" reunion and Kendrick Lamar completes near sweep) Anna Wintour stepped down fromthe Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue R. Kelly's lawyers say heoverdosed in prison The 2025 NBA Draft Essence Fest (Lauryn Hill performs in the early morning hours and Jermaine Dupri leads aQuincy Jones tribute) A fanstormed the stage at Katy Perry's "The Lifetimes Tour"stop in Sydney Coco Gauffreigned supremeat the French Open Barbie releases a doll with Type 1 diabetes and includes aglucose monitor and insulin pump TheSeason 27 "Big Brother" premiere Angel Reesegraces the cover of NBA 2K26 WNBA Edition Drake releases song "What Did I Miss" addressing beef with Kendrick TikTok trends: "Something to take the edge off", "You better be nice", "I woke up in a new buggatti" "F1", "Jurassic World: Rebirth", and "Superman" all released to summer audiences in theaters Justin Bieber drops surprise album "Swag" Contributing: Cydney Henderson, Taijuan Moorman, Gabe Hauari, Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, Caché McClay, USA TODAY NETWORK Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at tardrey@gannett.com. 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