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7:00 PM ET, April 27, 2026

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Madeline Halpert / BBC:
Melania Trump calls on ABC to “take a stand” on Jimmy Kimmel, after his joke that she has “a glow like an expectant widow” days before the WHCD shooting  —  First Lady Melania Trump called late-night host Jimmy Kimmel a “coward” after he made a joke calling her an …
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Zack Sharf / Variety:
President Trump says “Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC” over Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump  —  Just hours after his wife, Melania, wrote in an X post that ABC must “take a stand” against Kimmel and his “atrocious behavior,” Trump took to his Truth Social account …
Catherine Shoard / The Guardian:
How sanitised biopics became a Hollywood staple, as studios and estates of celebrities seek to monetize fan nostalgia; Michael is expected to earn more than $1B  —  As the interest in the lives of celebrities has intensified, we have become acclimatised to the fact that they will now curate and mercilessly monetise it
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Lionsgate's Michael opens with $97M domestically and $217M globally in its first weekend, the best start ever for a biopic and the second-biggest debut of 2026
Bloomberg:
Spotify partners with Peloton to offer Premium subscribers access to curated playlists and 1,400+ ad-free fitness classes, its first foray into fitness content  —  Spotify Technology SA is now offering workout classes from Peloton Interactive Inc. to premium subscribers …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
President Trump lashed out at Norah O'Donnell in a 60 Minutes interview after she read a portion of a manifesto left by the WHCD shooting suspect  —  During the sit down, taped on Sunday, O'Donnell asked, “The so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read, Mr. President.  He appears to reference a motive in it.
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Wall Street Journal:
President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner after loud sounds were heard in the hotel; a shooting suspect has been apprehended
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Paramount says the merged Paramount-WBD will be 49.5% owned by foreign investors, with about 38.5% of the equity held by a trio of Middle Eastern funds  —  Paramount Skydance said the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery will be 49.5% owned by foreign investors …
Olivier Sorgho / Notes From Poland:
A Polish influencer broke the world record for charity fundraising during a livestream, raising ~$69M for children's cancer treatment over a nine-day stream  —  A Polish influencer has broken the world record for charity fundraising during a live stream.  Piotr Garkowski, who uses …
Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Q&A with TMZ's three-person Washington, DC team on their dream stories, trolling Politico, how covering politicians compares to covering celebrities, and more  —  I came to America and just got a job randomly at TMZ as a tour guide on our celebrity tours around Hollywood.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Taylor Swift's TAS Rights Management files three trademark applications to trademark the singer's voice and likeness, seemingly to protect against AI misuse  —  Move comes after similar legal strategy launched by Matthew McConaughey  —  Taylor Swift has taken a new legal step seemingly aimed …
Ronan Shields / Digiday:
Pinterest launches its CTV audience extension offering, following its acquisition of tvScientific, in a deal reportedly valued at between $300M and $350M  —  During what many have termed a sallow period for mergers and acquisitions in the ad tech space, Pinterest's 2026 purchase of tvScientific stood …
Discussion: TV Tech, AdExchanger and MediaPost
 
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Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering the prices it charges users for tokens in anticipation of similar cuts the startup expects Anthropic to make

Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Anthropic backtracks on its decision to quietly limit Fable 5's ability to develop LLMs, saying “requests will visibly fall back to Opus 4.8”, after backlash

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