Fox Sports Loses Its World Cup Home Audience After USA Exits the Tournament
Fox paid $485M for rights the US exit has now devalued as a home-market draw — and the quarterfinals are Morocco, France, England, Norway.
Camille Beaumont
Bureau: Los Angeles
Louise Lasser, Whose Mary Hartman Skewered American Suburban Life, Dies at 87
Lasser's five-nights-a-week syndication model let Norman Lear bypass broadcast standards that would have neutered the satire — the obits are leading with Woody Allen instead.
Supergirl Accumulates 100 Million in Losses With DC Studio Merger Still Unsigned
DC fan X debates Gunn's future; Variety logs the $100M loss — but the merger meant to restructure DC hasn't closed, so the studio keeps spending without an owner deciding the slate.
Minions Domestic Debut Posts Franchise Low While International Holds at 98 Million
The domestic miss is half of prior comps while international holds at $98M — the franchise's best-reviewed film turns the 'fatigue' narrative into a distribution question.
Tidal Strips AI-Generated Tracks of Royalty Rights Eight Days Before July 15 Cutoff
Tidal converts the AFM's AI-licensing labor argument into revenue infrastructure — Spotify and Apple Music only label, creating a platform split that decides who gets paid starting July 15.
Garth Brooks Announces a 154-Dollar Flat-Ticket Arena Tour While His Sexual Assault Lawsuit Continues
Brooks's $154 all-in flat price is a structural counter to dynamic pricing at a moment when Pollstar clocked the Q1 average at $108.63 — and his lawsuit is the backdrop, not the story.
Lauren Bennett, LMFAO Party Rock Anthem Singer, Dies at 37 With Cause Unknown
Bennett spent 57 weeks on the Hot 100 as a featured vocalist and never got a solo deal — the coroner's investigation opens the question her career was never allowed to ask.
Ariana Grande Reschedules Three Eternal Sunshine Tour Dates After Production Safety Issues
A production safety failure on a 41-show custom-production tour surfaced before a Brooklyn ticket was torn — who absorbs the cost of rescheduling is the question no announcement answers.
Sony Ends Madden NFL 23 Online Play as Disc-Era Servers Shut Down
The buyers who lost disc ownership now lose online features too — the same shutdown wave converts a physical-media right into a time-limited service license across ten-plus titles.