July 2025
Hello all: I blinked and it was mid July! I am on vacation / writing mode but had to bring you the latest as I prepare for some big projects this Autumn. So hang on to your hats and let’s get to the media and culture reading roundup.
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Business, Media & Tech News
CBS wildly decides to end #1 late night show Stephen Colbert + likely gov pressure amid Paramount merger x lawsuit + shocked hollywood reacts
After already suing multiple media giants, T now sues WSJ/Murdoch
Astronomer CEO busted in affair with fellow exec at Coldplay concert
Denmark Aims to Use Personal Copyright Law to Protect People
Luxury cashmere brand Loro Piana sweatshops exposed
The terrible, destructive bill passed & will drive up debt
Musk’s Grok AI is racist + cybertruck is a flop
Culture Club
Hilarious Las Culutristas LCCA noms + event on Bravo (love their podcast)
The TIME 100 creators list was released
Good pod chats: Graydon Carter on ‘Smartless’, Mandy Patinkin family + Sandra Oh on ‘NYT Daily’, Cole Escola on ‘Good Hang’, Charlize Theron on ‘Call her daddy’, Diego Luna on ‘Conan O’Brien’, Pamela Anderson on ‘How to fail’
ESPYS award Breakthrough Athlete speech by Rugby/social star Ilona Maher
Wimbledon Winners + Williams sisters announce a new video podcast
Odd Travel + Leisure readers voting + CN Traveler on summer hotel openings
NYC’s Waldorf Astoria + SD’s Hotel del Coronado complete extensive renovations
Tracee Ellis Ross is getting a solo travel show (we need more women hosts)
Why are LaBuBus everywhere? + Why are people obsessed with Love island?
New doc "Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print" on Ms. magazine will premiere in Fall
Dutch engineers finally redesign the speculum after 180 years
Record auctions for Jurassic Dinosaur Fossil + Martian meteorite
Revisiting the “Dollar Princesses” highlighted in HBO’s Gilded Age
Anne Hathaway on Aug Vogue cover + fun video with Bowen Yang
Bad Bunny Puerto Rico concert series + great ‘NUEVAYoL’ video
Kid Cudi gets married + so does Charli XCX and The 1975's George Daniel
Tyler the Creator announces new album + Benson Boone debut gets roasted
The internet rallies around ‘Tiny Chef’ after nickelodeon cancellation
New Chicken Shop Date with Jonathan Bailey and Idris Elba
Superman triumphs at box office + actor David Corenswet on Royal Court
Vulture on Brad Pitt’s charm offensive promoting F1 is designed to fool/forget
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ tickets selling 1 year before release
‘Clueless’ celebrates 30 years + ‘Back to the future’ turns 40
Lena Dunham’s new show “Too much” + its London locations
Larry David to set HBO return with American history sketch show
T threatens to revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship
RIP singer Connie Francis, actor Michael Madsen, footballer Diogo Jota
U.S. x World News SOS
Sudan in danger of self-destructing under conflict x famine
More Israeli strikes hit aid stations, catholic church, and Syria
US: Shameful “Alligator Alcatraz” + more illegal detentions (especially terrorizing Los Angeles) + Supreme Court continues to make Trump a king + gop pushing through judicial noms + rural doctors on devastating effect of medicaid cuts
US abroad: Sweeping state department layoffs + end of global aid program funding
Take care out there Carrieamitchell.com x