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Whitney White is the first Black woman ever nominated twice for Best Direction; June Squibb at 96 is the oldest acting nominee in Tony history; Danny Burstein is the most-nominated male actor ever.
Seven days from Iceman, Drake has rolled out an album with three pre-release singles, an ice block, and a Twitch streamer — and not a single sit-down interview.
The 79th Festival de Cannes opens Tuesday May 12 with Park Chan-wook chairing the first Korean-presided jury and a slate light on Hollywood.
Vienna runs the 70th Eurovision Song Contest May 12, 14, and 16 — semis Tuesday and Thursday, Final Saturday, all 21:00 CEST, 35 countries, five short of last year.
Together, Together opens at Johan Cruijff ArenA on May 16; £1 from every London Wembley ticket goes to Live Trust, where the grassroots-tax model meets a 50-show residency.
Drop Dead holds No. 1 in week two on 27.9M streams, 23.8M radio, and 45,000 sales — Rodrigo is the first artist to debut the lead single from her first three albums atop the Hot 100.
Day two of Liberation's Pulitzer-plus-Tony run names the Roundabout pattern — three Pulitzers in four years — with Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! tied at 12 nominations as the IP-derivatives bookend.
Susannah Flood's Best Leading Actress nomination locks alongside Bess Wohl's Best Play and Whitney White's first-Black-woman-twice direction record from the May 5 Tony slate.