The 2026 “Time100 Next” List Includes Sombr, Pink Pantheress, Megan Moroney, Alex Warren, Troye Sivan, and More
Sombr performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, U.S., April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
The Celebrity Beat…
Time magazine released their “100 Next” list. It recognizes 100 people they consider to be rising stars in different industries.
Here are some of the names you’d recognize:
Phenoms:
Ashley Padilla from “Saturday Night Live”
Chase Infiniti from “One Battle After Another”
Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning, the nephew of Eli and Peyton Manning
Sombr, perhaps best known for his hit “Back to Friends”.
Yerin Ha from “Bridgerton”
2026 WNBA Rookie of the Year Olivia Miles
Artists:
Joey King from “Practical Magic 2” and the “Kissing Booth” series
Chase Sui Wonders from “The Studio”
Dominic Sessa from “The Holdovers” and the Anthony Bourdain movie “Tony”.
Alex Warren, the guy who sings “Ordinary”
Charles Melton from “Beef” Season 2
Marisa Abela from “Industry”
“Widow’s Bay” creator Katie Dippold
Conan Gray
Pink Pantheress
Country star Megan Moroney
Isa Briones from “The Pitt”
Cooper Hoffman from “The Long Walk” and “I Want Your Sex”. He’s the son of Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Paapa Essiedu, the guy who plays Professor Snape on HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter” series.
Sarah Pidgeon from the latest “I Know What You Did Last Summer” movie (where she played one of the killers) and this year’s “Love Story” (where she plays JFK Jr.’s wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy).
Leaders:
Raye, she of the hit song “Where Is My Husband!”
Senator Andy Kim, the guy who got pepper sprayed by ICE agents
Curry Barker, writer and director of the supernatural horror flick “Obsession”
Innovators:
Sketch comedian Druski
Himesh Patel from “The Odyssey”
Molly Gordon from “The Bear”
Advocates:
Pop star Troye Sivan
Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion
NASA astronaut Anna Menon
SOURCE: Time
