Entertainment
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‘We don’t want to see ‘60 Minutes’ die’: the last 3 correspondents say they’re staying at CBS News
Saying “We don’t want to see ‘60 Minutes’ die,” the three remaining correspondents at the turmoil-plagued CBS News program have decided to stay, for now. A memo from Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker to fellow staffers expressed anger — and grief — over the recent firings at the show, and said the three…
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‘That’s the way life goes’: Trump tells Knicks fans who can’t afford tickets to ‘watch it on television’
President Donald Trump confirmed he will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden, but said he doesn’t have much sympathy for ordinary basketball fans who can’t afford sky-high ticket prices to do the same. “They can watch it on television,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday…
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Trump says Knicks owner James Dolan invited him to Game 3 of the NBA Finals and he’s going
President Donald Trump, a longtime New York Knicks fan, said he plans to attend an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden next week at the invitation of the team’s owner. Describing himself as a “big fan” of the team and owner James Dolan, Trump said Thursday that he will be in the arena for…
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The contradiction of ‘monoculture’: the word Americans now use to mourn Colbert’s finale and describe how AI is damaging creative output
When “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” aired its final episode on May 21, 2026, critics lamented more than the end of a television program. It was a nightly ritual that millions of Americans participated in, with Bloomberg media reporter Lucas Shaw describing its cancellation as one more sign of “the decline of monoculture.” Eulogies…
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Taylor Swift, the economics of hype, and what the World Cup gets wrong
Taylor Swift accidentally ran a cleaner economic‑impact experiment than the World Cup—and she did it at the right scale. When her Eras Tour hit Philadelphia in May 2023, the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book recorded the strongest hotel revenue since the pandemic, explicitly crediting an “influx of guests for the Taylor Swift concerts in the city.”…
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Ann Patchett opened a bookstore everyone said would fail. Now it’s a blueprint
When she isn’t working on a novel, Ann Patchett is often thinking of what she can do for others: maybe coming up with a blurb for Douglas Stuart, or recording a video birthday message for fellow author-bookseller Emma Straub, or beginning an interview with a plug for another admired peer. “The new Liz Strout book…
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Low-budget films from YouTubers beat ‘Star Wars’ heavyweight at the box office — ‘we’ll probably look back at this as a real turning point’
Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theaters around the country this weekend. It wasn’t for the big budget “Star Wars” movie, “The Mandalorian and Grogu, ” which fell sharply in its second weekend, however, but for a small budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker that began on the internet. “Backrooms,” released by…
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Why the economy forces boomers to work longer, then vilifies them for it
There is a scene in “The Devil Wears Prada 2” where legendary fashion editor Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, is walking alone through Milan’s fashion district. Her influence has been built on instinct and staying ahead of the culture. But in an industry increasingly shaped by social media, younger voices and constant reinvention, she…
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‘Boy, what a team,’ says Trump as Queens native scores an invite to see the New York Knicks in the NBA finals
President Donald Trump is planning to get an up-close look at the hottest team in basketball. Trump told reporters on Wednesday that New York Knicks owner James Dolan has invited him to the NBA Finals, when the Eastern Conference champion Knicks host either the Oklahoma City Thunder or the San Antonio Spurs next month at…
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Star Wars won the weekend. Nobody’s quite sure whether to celebrate
After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds to global theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates on Sunday, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” made $82 million in ticket sales from 4,300 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. By the end of…