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Lisa Rinna says she won’t vote for Spencer Pratt in the LA mayoral race, arguing reality-TV fame isn’t a substitute for leadership and she doesn’t yet know who she would support—even as Pratt touts celebrity endorsements from Joe Rogan, Donald Trump, and Paris Hilton.
BBC’s roundup flags 10 new and returning TV series premiering in June across major streaming platforms, from Mindy Kaling’s Not Suitable for Work (Hulu/Disney+, June 2) to House of the Dragon (HBO Max, June 21–22), with thrillers, comedies and period drama across Netflix, Apple TV+, Prime Video, AMC, HBO Max and more, including Cape Fear, The Witness, The Vampire Lestat, Alice and Steve, Every Year After, I Will Find You, Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness and The Bear, each with brief premise notes and premiere windows.
NFL analyst Mina Kimes will host this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, aiming to bring a big-game feel to the competition with 247 spellers vying for more than $50,000 in prizes; she’ll co-host the semifinals and finals (airing on ION) while Jacques Bailly pronounces the words, and she discusses the intense preparation and strategic thinking that now defines modern spelling bees.
Rolling Stone's interview with Dana White chronicles how he built the UFC into a global, multi‑platform empire, his close friendship with Donald Trump, and a planned Freedom 250 fight on the White House lawn; he defends growing fighter pay, rejects legacy talk, and pledges to expand combat sports while navigating politics and a demanding, high‑profile lifestyle.
Jazz icon Sonny Rollins died at 95 at his Woodstock, NY home. A towering tenor saxophonist behind works like Saxophone Colossus, his career spanned bebop to avant-garde and fusion. Health issues slowed him in the 2010s, with his last concerts in 2012 and a 2006 studio album as his final record. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2010 and Kennedy Center Honors in 2011.
NPR marks Miles Davis's centennial by tracing his lifelong reinvention—from bebop with Charlie Parker to cool jazz on Kind of Blue, through modal explorations and fusion like Bitches Brew—and points listeners to a network of NPR and local station tributes that underscore his enduring influence.
Sonny Rollins, one of jazz’s defining saxophonists and a driving force behind bebop’s evolution, has died at 95. A prolific recording artist since the 1950s with landmark albums like Saxophone Colossus, Rollins collaborated with giants such as Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, endured a late-career comeback, and remained a force in jazz through his later years before retiring in 2014 after a diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis.
Legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, known for his bold tone and ceaseless experimentation, has died at 95 in Woodstock, NY. A towering figure of bebop who evolved into free jazz, Rollins shaped generations of improvisers across more than 50 years, survived heroin addiction, and earned Grammys for This Is What I Do (2001) and Why Was I Born? (2006). His career included landmark albums like Saxophone Colossus and a late-life return that kept him touring into his 80s; he retired due to health issues, with his last concert in 2012 and final retirement in 2014.
The FBI is reportedly concerned about a surge in death threats against Bruce Springsteen during his politically charged Land of Hope and Dreams tour, prompting increased security as his performances draw anger from MAGA crowds; guitarist Steven Van Zandt says threats have risen and the tour has added safety measures to protect fans.
Bandai Namco warns Tamagotchi Paradise players that an aging glitch can affect elder Tamagotchis, particularly those aged 256–285, 512–541, and 768–797. Instead of the normal death and the Happy Tama Star milestone, affected pets may repeatedly cry as they approach death, with no current fix or replacement offered; the issue likely ties to 8‑bit data limits (256).
A UK anti-ageism campaign analyzed the 100 highest‑grossing UK films from 2023–2025 and found that only five featured a female lead over 60, while six had a lead named Chris (some of them Chris Pratt), and talking animals led four times more often than older women. The findings have sparked calls for better representation of aging women in cinema, supported by Emma Thompson and other advocates.
Rolling Stone grills Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, hosts of The Rest Is History, about the podcast’s rise to a global audience, why Trump is a more consequential figure than Obama, how pop culture shapes politics, and their plan to tackle more eras (English Civil War, Crusades, Russian Revolution) while keeping history engaging and non-moralizing.
In an IGN interview, Ken Levine says BioShock’s identity is tied to historical settings and a space-based BioShock wouldn’t work for him. Judas, Levine’s new Ghost Story Games project, will focus on the lead’s choices and relationships rather than a fixed narrative and is not BioShock 4 or a space sequel; no release date has been announced.
Vox’s Future Perfect profile ties Ray Nayler’s new novel Palaces of the Crow to his earlier work on animal minds and crow cognition, arguing that Nayler uses interspecies interactions—especially crow–human relations and WWII-era survival with crow guidance—to advocate empathy, mutual aid, and a care-based economy across species; the piece also links Nayler’s ideas to Kropotkin and Nagel and recounts a zoo visit that shaped his thinking.
The Petersen Museum in Los Angeles opens 'World-Class: 100 Years of Mercedes-Benz' on May 23, 2026, a 42-vehicle show spanning the brand’s 140-year history, plus advertising art and trivia. Loans from private collectors and a few Mercedes pieces highlight landmark designs from pre-merger era to modern icons, including prototypes like the Hobel and C112, and celebrity-owned classics (Disney’s Pagoda SL, Clark Gable’s 1956 300Sc). Highlights also include the 540K Cabriolet, 540K Stromlinienwagen, W154 Formula 1 car, 300SL family, and other race cars, with some items never seen in person by many visitors. The exhibit — housed in the Petersen’s largest hall — runs through April 25, 2027, and aims to condense a century of Mercedes engineering into a single, accessible display.