March 2024
Hello friends: Hope you are all enjoying at least some beginnings of Spring (though this could mean sun, snow or rain depending where you are right now), and planning some new adventures ahead. It has certainly been another wild media month, as well as Women’s History Month, so here are some weekend reads in case you missed anything. Also, a monthly reminder in another American election year, to make sure you are registered to vote! Let’s stay connected: CMMedia, Blog, Newsletter, Linkedin, Youtube, TikTok, Instagram, Threads
Travel & World News
Explore St. Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world, its history, and the NYT feature on Irish actors ruling the year
CNT: The Women Who Travel Power List 2024 + women who made travel history
On April 8th, a total solar eclipse will cross North America
Boeing fails multiple audits, a whistleblower dies, and more plane incidents
France is first country to make abortion a constitutional right
Putin “wins” another fake election and murders yet another foe, Alexei Navalny
Horrible decisions: Gambia debates a repeal its ban on female genital mutilation and Ghana pushes an anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Port-au-Prince, Haiti stays under a state of emergency due to violence
Afghanistan: Teen girls despair as Taliban school ban continues
UN/International continued calls for a cease-fire in Gaza + World Central Kitchen manages to get 200 tons of food to the people
Culture Club
Oscar’s closed out Award Season with these winners, great performances by Billie Eilish & Finneas, Ryan Gosling’s “Just Ken”, closing joke by host Jimmy Kimmel
The Royal Family PR debacle and Kate Middleton’s Cancer diagnosis (Charles too)
The SOTU speech, wild gop response, and the inevitable SNL skit on both
SXSW wraps in Austin + artists pull out in protest against US weapons companies
Nickelodeon child star allegations emerge against executive on ‘Quiet on Set’ doc
NYC deploys National Guard and the State Police to patrol subway system
Beyonce announces her new country-inspired album ‘Cowboy Carter’ 3.29
NYT on Kim Gordon’s Coolest Act Yet and SMH on Debbie Harry at 78
Backlash against JLo and her chaotic new personal musical film
Singer Olivia Rodrigo hands out emergency contraception on her tour
Women’s reproductive rights continued to be challenged, see recent IVF rulings in Alabama and listen to State Senator Eva Burch on her experience in Arizona
“Dune 2” rocks the box office + new “Beetlejuice 2” teaser trailer
New shows popular on streaming: Palm Royale, The Gentlemen
NCAA March Madness basketball + star Caitlin Clark breaks records
The Atlantic: End the Phone-Based Childhood Now
Economist: Why Nations Fail Women
RIP Richard Lewis and Iris Apfel
Business & Tech
The future of AI celebrity monetization beyond the grave
TikTok bill (to force a sale) gets passed in congress, now heads to the senate
Don Lemon and X part ways after Elon Musk interview
Journalist Kara Swisher’s new ‘Burn Book’ is released on tech world
LVMH: There is always someone paying a very high price for luxury goods
Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli is leaving after 25 years
Campaigns: Gap x Jungle and Monica Lewinsky x Reformation with Vote.org
Mackenzie Scott donates $640 million to 361 small nonprofits + Dr. Ruth Gottesman donated $1 Billion to a Bronx Medical School
Trump is still terrible , dangerous, and scrambling to pay his $464 million fraud bond in New York (assets may be seized)
Take care out there, x Carrieamitchell.com