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Jun 18 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

Obama's Center Opened Today. Workers Were Picketing Outside.

Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, and four former presidents attended the dedication ceremony. On the sidewalk: contractors holding "Justice for Obama Builders" signs, still waiting to be paid.

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Jun 18 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

Netflix Canceled The Boroughs After 27 Days

97% on Rotten Tomatoes. Stephen King called it "an absolute delight." Netflix pulled the plug less than four weeks after the premiere — while running an Emmy campaign for it.

Jun 18 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

Toy Story Is Back. And It's About Screens.

Toy Story 5 opens June 19 with Tom Hanks and Tim Allen back, a $250 million budget, and a villain that is almost certainly on your phone right now.

Jun 18 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

States Are Suing to Block the Paramount-Warner Merger

Trump's DOJ cleared the $111B Paramount deal. State AGs say antitrust law disagrees — and so did DOJ's own staff.

Jun 17 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

Jersey Mike's Just Beat Chick-fil-A

A customer satisfaction survey just ended an 11-year fast food dynasty. Not everyone thinks it counts.

Jun 17 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

NYC's Mayor Just Confirmed the Wedding

A logistics press conference wasn't supposed to reveal Taylor Swift's wedding date — but it did.

Jun 15 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

The Rise of Loneliness Influencers

Young women are building followings by documenting their quiet, friendless lives. Whether that helps or hurts is genuinely contested.

Jun 15 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

Tyra Banks Says Netflix Defamed Her

Banks gave Netflix 3.5 hours. She says they kept the 16 minutes that made her look clueless.

Jun 15 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

The Knicks Win Their First Title Since 1973

Brunson dropped 45 in the clincher and the 53-year wait was over. By morning, 63 people had been arrested.

Jun 15 · 2 min read ·Culture & Media

Spielberg's UFO Movie Just Opened to $44 Million

"Disclosure Day" beat projections and posted his best opening for an original film. It still needs to triple that to break even.

Jun 15 · 2 min read ·Culture & Media

Rod Stewart Canceled, Then Hit the World Cup

Laryngitis pulled his San Diego show 40 minutes before curtain. Then he flew across the country to a match and got filmed with a drink.

Jun 15 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

The Knicks Booth Took a Shot at Taylor Swift

An analyst said "she's not a Knicks fan, get out of here girl" — not knowing her mic was live. The Swifties did the rest.

Jun 12 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

Jake Bongiovi Doesn't Push the Stroller

Millie Bobby Brown carries the bags. The internet had thoughts. She had thoughts back.

Jun 12 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

The Rise of the Beta Mom

Anti-Alpha Mom. "Good enough" parenting. The Wall Street Journal: the era of the tiger mom is over.

Jun 10 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

The Ariana Concert

First tour in seven years opened in Oakland. Reviews are unanimous. Resale tickets hit $2,000.

Jun 10 · 4 min read ·Culture & Media

Will the World Cup Be Fun?

48 teams, three countries, dynamic-priced tickets, Iran training in Tijuana. It all kicks off Thursday.

Jun 10 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

Can the Spurs Do It?

First Finals appearance since 2014. Down 2-1. Wembanyama just dropped 32 at MSG.

Jun 9 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

UFC on the South Lawn

A 92-foot Belgian "claw" taller than the White House itself, broadcast on CBS, on Trump's 80th birthday.

Jun 8 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

Masters of the Universe Flops

$170M budget, $54M global opening, 67% critics, 87% audience.

Jun 8 · 3 min read ·Culture & Media

Scott Pelley's NYT Interview

Fired after 37 years at CBS, Pelley sat for the NYT Sunday and called Bari Weiss's tenure a "thumb on the scale for the president."