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Outkast Sues Ovrkast Over Two Letters

via The lawsuit story: Rolling Stone · The 2025 interview they cited: Rolling Stone · Rival coverage: CBC · The defendant's statement: X

Outkast has sued Oakland producer Silas Wilson, a.k.a. Ovrkast, in federal court in Georgia, accusing him of trademark infringement and breaching a name-change deal, per Rolling Stone. The 31-page complaint was filed by the duo's trademark holding company, whi…

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Gap Signed A Boy Band To Save The Jeans

via The AP story: Seattle Times · The press release: PR Newswire · Rival coverage: WWD · Rival coverage: Adweek

Gap Inc. announced Tuesday a multiyear partnership with JYT, a five-member boy band, as the first deal under its new Fashiontainment platform, per AP via Seattle Times. The deal includes a co-produced docuseries, a national mall tour starting in October, and a…

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The Encore Is Just A SKU

via The recap: Just Jared · The trade version: Variety · The vinyl preorder: Official Charts · The release-time explainer: Cosmopolitan

Taylor Swift announced on Instagram this morning that The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, a four-track follow-up to last year's record, drops this Friday with pre-orders already open on Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon. Caption and tracklist courtesy of Just Ja…

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Thewlis Is Sick Of The Return Question

via The recap: E! · The ScreenTime interview coverage: Screen Rant · The games-press version: GamesRadar+ · The MovieWeb version: MovieWeb

According to E!, David Thewlis, 62, says he is "sick of talking about" returning to Harry Potter, and the interview in which he said so is making the rounds again ahead of the HBO reboot. The series is in production and expected in 2027. The Return Question is…

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The Apology Was The Opening Act

via The recap: IBTimes · The Philadelphia wire: The Philadelphia Inquirer · The international wire: BBC · The photos: Hello!

At his Saturday show in Philadelphia, Ed Sheeran told 50,000 people at Lincoln Financial Field that the past week was one of the worst of his life. The show went on after several support acts pulled out of the tour, and Sheeran called it the best show of my li…

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Biles Dropped The Burglary Mid-Makeup

via The recap: TMZ · The local version: NBC Chicago · The wire report: USA Today · The recovery detail: Today

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles revealed on a get-ready-with-me TikTok that three masked men broke into the Chicago home she shared with husband Jonathan Owens and stole her Porsche GTS, per TMZ, and the car has since been recovered. The burglary is not the news.…

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Madonna Is The Merch Now

via The recap: Hello! Magazine · The official store: shop.madonna.com · The 10th No. 1 chart run: Billboard · The Rolling Stone version: Rolling Stone

Madonna, 68, posted behind-the-scenes photos from a shoot for her new Confessions II merch line to Instagram this week, posing in a sheer black top, fishnets and a cascade of layered necklaces while peeking over a doorframe. Photos courtesy of Hello! Magazine.…

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Patient Zero Is The Marketing Virus

via The recap: E! News · The announcement: Billboard · The dark-website countdown: USA Today · The wire copy: The Washington Post

Taylor Swift announced Tuesday that a new single, "Patient Zero," drops September 25 with a 24-hour pre-order window on her website, per E! News, capping a run of coded clues that started with a cryptic Emmys sketch and a letter on her site that sprouted a thi…

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The Walking Franchise Beat A 2012 Record

via The recap: Deadline · The 2012 record it beat: Box Office Mojo · The 2012 opening report: TheWrap · The numbers: The Numbers

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil reboot opened to $60.1 million from 3,684 theaters and $108.3 million worldwide last weekend, per Deadline. That worldwide number is being billed as the biggest opening in the 24-year-old franchise's history. Box office PR runs on …

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