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Bureau: Los Angeles
Semi-1 opens Tuesday with five countries out, an EBU reprimand of Israel's broadcaster, the FBI on round-the-clock cyber duty, and Vicky Leandros at the mic.
Yesterday's paper had Mortal Kombat II winning the weekend, but Sunday actuals inverted the call — Prada took it by three million.
Drake's Iceman drops Friday with no press tour, no cover, and no tracklist — a Spotify-Apple-YouTube-Kick treasure hunt against a 23% Polymarket band of 350-400K first-week U.S. units.
Olivia Rodrigo's Drop Dead holds the Hot 100 past her Pete's Candy Store dive-bar set as June 12's album cycle locks — the press-cooperative inverse of Drake's no-press week.
The Lionsgate Studios fiscal-2026 release is an earnings and conference call after market close May 21, not the investor-day framing yesterday's paper used.