The Met Gala Bezos Sponsorship Boycott Deepens — Streep, Zendaya, and Mamdani Are All Out
The institution Vogue and Wintour built is hosting a Bezos-sponsored gala on Monday — the New York mayor, the actress and the franchise face are all skipping.
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Devil Wears Prada 2 Prints $10 Million Thursday Previews as Streep Skips the Met Gala She Is Marketing
Ten million in Thursday previews, four thousand one hundred screens, and the lead actress sells the movie by not attending the fashion event everyone else will.
Cannes Opens May 12 With Farhadi in Competition and an Iranian Premiere in the ACID Sidebar
An Iranian master and an exiled debut share the festival in a year of Hormuz war and parade scale-back.
Drake Sets Iceman for May 15 With Young Thug and 21 Savage and PARTYNEXTDOOR and Cash Cobain
First solo since the Lamar verdict, a 25-foot ice block as the announcement, and a feature list that brings two Atlanta names back to the same room.
Drop Dead Debuts at One and Sends The Cure's Greatest Hits Back to the Billboard 200
Fourth career number-one debut for Rodrigo, ninety-three on the Billboard 200 for The Cure, and a name-check is now a publishing line item.
Eurovision Sets Vienna for May 16 With Twenty-Five Finalists and the Israel and Russia Question Still Open
Wiener Stadthalle, twenty-five flags, four returning interval acts, and the eligibility argument the EBU has not finished having with itself.
Avex Closes Its First Catalog Deal With Infamous and the Hundred-Million Fund Is on the Books
Fifty in equity, up to fifty in non-recourse debt, and a Teddy Swims co-writer's catalogue as the first stamp on a Tokyo-to-LA balance sheet.
Harry Styles Opens Together Together in Amsterdam on May 16 With a One-Pound UK Levy to the LIVE Trust
Six Johan Cruijff dates, a Wembley levy that turns every UK ticket into a grassroots subsidy, and a touring-economics statement aimed at the Live Nation model.