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Welcome to The Data Dive, your subscriber-exclusive newsletter about the most consequential elections of the midterms. Every Tuesday morning, I’ll focus on the numbers, trends and data shaping the biggest stories heading into Election Day. I’ll also dig into the 2026 battlegrounds that will determine…
Maybe it was watching Stephen Colbert get his final two “Late Show” Emmys engraved at the after-party. Or hearing the rowdy Apple TV contingent in the audience whoop it up every time “Widow’s Bay” notched another win. But inside the Peacock Theater on Monday night,…
President Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to immediately shutter the performing arts center, citing its “dire” financial and structural shape. The vote came shortly after a federal judge in Washington rejected the board’s latest effort to add Trump’s name to the building’s…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court in the last week has delivered major blows to President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans that suggest the justices will not be receptive to last-minute efforts to change election rules heading into the midterms. With control of Congress at…
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against Nick Reiner, charged with murder in the killings of his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, after they consulted with the victims’ loved ones, officials said Tuesday. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman…
The Netflix limited series “The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey” will premiere on Dec. 10, with the streaming platform also releasing a first look photo of Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen as Patsy and John Bennett Ramsey. The series explores the unsolved murder of JonBenét, who…
Thousands of Instagram users have smashed the “unfollow” button on Sydney Sweeney’s profile after the actress was featured in and promoted a controversial sports-betting app in which she appears nude with sports equipment obscuring parts of her anatomy. Last Wednesday, Sweeney shared the ad promoting…
Celebrating 50 years, “Charlie’s Angels” stars Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith reunited for one more mission as presenters at the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday night. The trio walked out to a standing ovation. Before presenting the best drama Emmy to “The Pitt,”…
When you hire Mariska Hargitay to host the Emmys, the fact that she has a few friends in high places pays off. And that starts with Taylor Swift. “They’re genuine friends,” executive producer Dionne Harmon said. “She’s like, ‘lemme hit Tay Tay!’” Emmy executive producers…
Netflix has commissioned an unscripted series based on the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment, Variety has learned exclusively. The series, titled “The New Stanford Prison Experiment,” will debut on Oct. 21. The first season will consist of six 45-minute episodes. A first-look photo from the series…