This is why politicians are shunning traditional media in favor of podcasts. Who wants to get grilled by the NYT when you can just shoot the shit with Theo Von or the guys from Smartless?

Seriously stop this

BREAKING: Donald Trump Jr. just endorsed the idea of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joining the Trump administration as potential CIA director. via The Benny Show

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They are two completely different shows, I swear to God.

Very moving speech that managed to touch both the Pro-Palestine and Pro-Israel wings of the DNC crowd.

Beyoncé Performing at DNC's Final Night in Chicago | Click to read more 👇 tmz.me/tZdep7l

The funniest possible special guest at the DNC tonight would be to tease Beyonce and then have James Taylor walk out on the stage flipping the double bird. "You thought you could just skip me? You thought you could just NOT have James Taylor?"

A representative for Beyoncé says the singer will not attend the 2024 #DNC. “Beyoncé was never scheduled to be there,” the Grammy-winning star's rep tells THR. “The report of a performance is untrue” thr.cm/EnZXCI0

Trump’s livetweeting like some jilted lover.

Someone is having a bad night..

This week, in a genuinely stunning series of events, a bill that was written to save local journalism from big tech was gutted in a backroom deal—and wound up bailing out Google and *boosting AI* instead. You can't make this stuff up. Here's how it happened.

When I hear Trump and RFK Jr whine that their voice is being censored...

Drumroll...I spoke to Winona Ryder about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice for the Los Angeles Times . But also so much more. Topics include: Gena Rowlands, her handwritten letters to Keanu and Daniel Day-Lewis, how Laura Dern once told her to call her crush, Elias Koteas. latimes.com/entertainment-…

“For the price of the Kelce’s $100 million payday, Wondery could make 500 of these narrative shows, and I’d bet that an investment like that would return at least a couple of conventional successes.”

Do you want half the audience to rush out at 8:45 pm?

I’ll be in Australia (mostly NSW) for nearly all of September. If you’re a travel editor looking for Australia-related coverage, please drop me a line!

This thread will be dedicated to the victims of the Apalachee High School shooting. Mason Schermerhorn, 14 His sister had circulated photos of him on social media when family couldn’t contact him. Because he was autistic, they thought he might have wandered off. 💔