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What Would Woodward and Bernstein Do?
What's going on: Talk about a news dump. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump barred CNN, Politico, and MS Now reporters from the White House over negative coverage. He called them “fake news,” and promised, “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.” The three outlets, along with the White House Correspondents' Association, released statements asserting that journalists have a First Amendment right to cover the White House. Even former President Barack Obama weighed in, saying, “I’m trying to think what would have happened if I’d said, ‘You know what Fox News, get out of here.’ It’s unimaginable.” But Trump appeared to celebrate on Sunday by posting a seemingly AI-generated image that showed three trash bags labeled with the names of the news orgs on the White House lawn.
This isn’t the first time: Trump has issued similar bans in the past, including against the Associated Press and former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta. In both cases, the courts restored their access (though the White House is still appealing the AP case). A leading First Amendment lawyer told NPR that this latest ban is similarly unconstitutional. Trump is open to welcoming the outlets back. He said, “Maybe they can get better and we’d like to have them in,” apparently offering access in exchange for more favorable coverage. It’s an approach critics have compared to government-controlled media in countries such as China and Russia. “We are on the path to having a state media-like system in this country,” Acosta told MS Now on Friday.
Related: How Americans Feel About Press Freedom (Pew Research Center)
What I’m Buying for Fall
Caroline, senior commerce editor, here. Fall is the best time for getting dressed, because you can take all your wardrobe’s greatest hits, throw them together, and not suffer in the heat or cold. Here are a few new pieces I’m eyeing and how I’d wear them:
A slouchy long-sleeve tee to pair with lace-trimmed shorts and ballet flats.
A windbreaker to go with my all-time favorite capris and sneakers.
A zip-up and wide-leg sweats for early-morning dog walks.
A great pair of jeans and the softest sweater known to man.
Nevada is (obviously) number one, but which state is number two on the list of best casino experiences in the US?
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Freedom of the Press
What Would Woodward and Bernstein Do?
What's going on: Talk about a news dump. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump barred CNN, Politico, and MS Now reporters from the White House over negative coverage. He called them “fake news,” and promised, “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.” The three outlets, along with the White House Correspondents' Association, released statements asserting that journalists have a First Amendment right to cover the White House. Even former President Barack Obama weighed in, saying, “I’m trying to think what would have happened if I’d said, ‘You know what Fox News, get out of here.’ It’s unimaginable.” But Trump appeared to celebrate on Sunday by posting a seemingly AI-generated image that showed three trash bags labeled with the names of the news orgs on the White House lawn.
This isn’t the first time: Trump has issued similar bans in the past, including against the Associated Press and former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta. In both cases, the courts restored their access (though the White House is still appealing the AP case). A leading First Amendment lawyer told NPR that this latest ban is similarly unconstitutional. Trump is open to welcoming the outlets back. He said, “Maybe they can get better and we’d like to have them in,” apparently offering access in exchange for more favorable coverage. It’s an approach critics have compared to government-controlled media in countries such as China and Russia. “We are on the path to having a state media-like system in this country,” Acosta told MS Now on Friday.
Related: How Americans Feel About Press Freedom (Pew Research Center)
What I’m Buying for Fall
Caroline, senior commerce editor, here. Fall is the best time for getting dressed, because you can take all your wardrobe’s greatest hits, throw them together, and not suffer in the heat or cold. Here are a few new pieces I’m eyeing and how I’d wear them:
A slouchy long-sleeve tee to pair with lace-trimmed shorts and ballet flats.
A windbreaker to go with my all-time favorite capris and sneakers.
A zip-up and wide-leg sweats for early-morning dog walks.
A great pair of jeans and the softest sweater known to man.
Nevada is (obviously) number one, but which state is number two on the list of best casino experiences in the US?
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🎨 Burgundy, step aside. Fashion People have rebranded another color as their new favorite neutral — and it somehow looks 10 times as expensive.
🔮 Call it the Practical Magic 2 effect, but “supernatural scarlet” is this season’s most bewitching hair color trend. Quick, gather your coven — sorry, colorist.
😮 Fellow Lazy Girls, justice has been served, courtesy of this compelling case for embracing a big fashion faux pas. Our moms never have to know.
👔 If the agony of wearing another basic white button-down has become too much to bear, good news — we’ve entered the “suit shirt 2.0” era. Think: less stiff, less corporate, and way less boring.
🌸 Fall’s unexpected style star? The brand whose Java Blue and Petal Pink prints lived rent-free in your middle-school brain. Time to dig out those duffels.
After Meg Stalter showed up to the Emmys dressed as a literal Emmy, it seemed like nothing could steal the spotlight. Not so. Enter: Shailene Woodley in a plunging periwinkle top, sparkly gold pants, maroon opera gloves, and a statement necklace that can only be described as 2012 Forever 21 — somehow even more confusing than it sounds. While Shai bravely loved the look (thanks in large part to a special pants feature), the chronically online didn’t hold back. Some likened it to what you might put on after drinking one too many martinis (relatable) or “when mom loses the battle getting dressed for school” (also relatable). Others wondered if she had just cleaned her bathroom or finished a shift at the farm. And one Mensa member made a comparison so brutally accurate, we’ll need at least five more business days to unsee it. In fact, the internet chatter grew loud enough to prompt this iconic clapback from Woodley’s stylist.
But somehow that wasn’t the biggest Woodley story of the night. Per Us Weekly, the actress was spotted at the awards ceremony “deep in conversation” with Olivia Munn, who she happens to have a certain something — or rather, someone — in common with. (Correct, “football guy” Aaron Rodgers.) The obvious question: What did they talk about? Perhaps a cameo in the upcoming season of Big Little Lies? Maybe Woodley was congratulating Munn on being married to the funniest guy of the night (DJ Khaled, we await your response)? Who’s to say, but the outlet also claimed “Munn held Woodley’s hand as the latter shook her head,” which, in our experience, is the universal sign of sh*t-talking your ex. That’d make sense, since a few days earlier the Steelers quarterback, who hasn’t been linked to Woodley in over four years, went on his teammate’s podcast and seemed to go out of his way to say a lot of awful things about her, including a rather revealing admission about their engagement — before telling her to “move on.” Wondering how Woodley responded when asked about Rodgers’s comments? She laughed and walked away. Take that, Aaron.
So much for the hard-knock life. In honor of the musical’s 50th anniversary next year, Annie is heading back to Broadway. Details are slim, but here’s what we know: It’ll be directed by Sam Pinkleton (of Oh, Mary! fame), who’s apparently the world’s No. 1 Little Orphan Annie fan, and it’s coming — not tomorrow, but in fall 2027. Not that Big Broadway™ asked for our input, but we took the liberty of casting this, frankly, quite necessary revival:
Meg Stalter as Annie. Sure, the role is usually filled by an adorable unknown, but hey, the Great White Way has ticket sales to keep up with — and no one commits to a bit like Meg (see above). Our sincerest apologies to Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his Tony-worthy audition tape.
Pitbull as Daddy Warbucks. After all, they both know a thing or two about what it’s like to be (a) very rich and (b) very bald. Dale.
Wendy Kelce-Swift as Sandy. It’s time our favorite nepo dog made her stage debut…dirtied up for believability, of course.
Miss Piggy as Miss Hannigan. No explanation necessary.
If you found Emma Roberts’s wedding dress, shall we say, highly questionable, avert your eyes. Better yet, don’t, because she just doubled down on her “haunted doll” look on a podcast — haters be damned.
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Growing up is hard…even in your 50s. In Youth, the new HBO series premiering tonight, Queen of Messy Dark Comedies Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters, Catastrophe) plays Alex, a London literary agent who’s navigating her “dick for brains” ex (how he’s listed in her phone) moving abroad, her teenage son heading off to college, and her aging parents’ care — all while trying to break her dry spell in her “like, 10 years left as a sexual person.” As Alex juggles clubbing as a 50-year-old and a situationship with a childish 47-year-old (Rupert Friend), expect sex scenes “so wild you’ll be laughing for weeks,” middle age observations that hit a little too close to home, and a main character who’ll have you calling your therapist. As one commenter put it, “I would follow Sharon Horgan into a volcano.”
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