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Politico reports: Chuck Schumer says he’s going to fight Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court with “everything I’ve got.” To do so, he’ll need to get centrist Democrats to hold the line. The minority leader’s problem? Those Democrats say he can’t tell them what to do. “I’ll be 71 years old in August, you’re going to whip me? Kiss …

Variety reports: After a year off, “Game of Thrones” has returned to Primetime Emmy Award contention in a big way. The fantasy epic drew 22 nominations Thursday, the most for any show — edging out NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and fellow HBO drama “Westworld,” which each attracted 21 nominations. Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” followed with 20 nominations. FX’s “The Assassination …

Forbes Magazine reports: Kylie Jenner runs one of the hottest makeup companies ever. Kylie Cosmetics launched two years ago with a $29 “lip kit” consisting of a matching set of lipstick and lip liner, and has sold more than $630 million worth of makeup since, including an estimated $330 million in 2017. Even using a conservative multiple, and applying our …

The New York Post reports: Emmy-nominated actress Maisie Williams, who plays the defiant Arya Stark on HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” this weekend posted a photo of her bloodied sneakers to her 7.7 million followers on Instagram. Accompanying the photo was a farewell message to her fans: “Goodbye Belfast. Goodbye Arya. Goodbye ‘Game of Thrones.’ What a joy I’ve had. Here’s …

Playbill reports: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical will end its Broadway run September 16 at the Palace Theatre. The new musical featuring a score by a roster of pop and rock hit-makers, including Aerosmith, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Sara Bareilles, Panic! At the Disco, and David Bowie, opened December 4. The production’s Broadway run is cut short, in part, due to …

Billboard reports: The blogger who helped chronicle the disastrous Bahamian Fyre Festival and his friend have won a $5 million lawsuit against the event’s founder Billy McFarland. Seth Crossno and co-plaintiff Mark Thompson, who both live in Raleigh, North Carolina, were handed a victory against McFarland after he failed to respond to court proceedings for over a year. McFarland is …

Billboard reports: Ant-Man and the Wasp is proving anything but tiny in its box-office debut. In yet another victory for Disney and Marvel, the latest summer tentpole grossed $33.8 million on Friday from 4,206 theaters for a projected North American debut of $80 million-$83 million. That’s well ahead of the $57.2 million collected by Ant-Man on its first weekend in …

Billboard reports: In the first half of 2018, vinyl album sales grew 19.2 percent in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music — as compared to the first six months of 2017. In total, for the tracking period of Dec. 29, 2017 through June 28, 2018, there were 7.6 million vinyl albums sold; up from 6.4 million in the comparable frame …

The Associated Press reports: Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they …

The New York Daily News reports: The First Lady and thousands of other Americans danced around their misspelling of Independence Day. The incorrectly spelled #IndependanceDay was trending on Twitter Wednesday afternoon thanks to a slew of prominent users like First Lady Melania Trump, the city of Boston, the state of New Jersey, the U.S. Air Force and the Canadian Space …

Playbill reports: Oscar and Tony Award-winning cabaret star Liza Minnelli made a long-awaited return to the concert stage June 30 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. Minnelli joined longtime friend Michael Feinstein for the evening in which she discussed her legendary career on stage and screen and performed a selection of her signature songs. Among …

Buzzfeed News reports: Over the weekend, thousands of people in the Philippines attended the annual Pride march in Marikina City, east of the capital, Manila. Upon entering Marikina Stadium, where the march ended, Jamilah Salvador, a 19-year-old from Cainta, was greeted by a group of Christians holding up signs apologizing for the ways Christians have harmed the LGBT community. Salvador …

Rolling Stone reports: Brendon Urie partnered with GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) to help create GSA (Gender & Sexuality/Gay-Straight Alliance) clubs in high schools across America. To mark the new alliance, Urie pledged $1 million dollars to GLSEN to launch the initiative. “For years my fans have inspired me with their determination and creativity as they have …

The Hill reports: On Saturday, the last day of pride month, YouTube apologized to the LGBTQ community over its enforcement of certain policies on its platform, which have been criticized by LGBTQ YouTube video creators. The Google-owned video streaming platform acknowledged that it “had issues where [it] let the LGBTQ community down,” over “inappropriate ads and concerns” in its enforcement …

The New York Post reports: An exec at top Hollywood agency William Morris Endeavor, Skip Chasey, is still employed even though a man died in his basement dungeon after being mummified in plastic wrap and gaffer’s tape, according to a new report by podcaster Mark Ebner. The “sudden death during recreational mummification bondage,” as the Los Angeles coroner described it, …

Oh dear. Playbill reports: A host of Broadway artists united to record a music video for Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie’s 1985 anthem “We Are the World.” Released by Broadway Records, the video calls for healing and unity in the world today. Participating artists include Christy Altomare, Kelli Barrett, Andrew Burns, Nikki Renee Daniels, Jordan Donica, Rachel Eskenazi-Gold, Justin Guarini, …

On Friday, Amazon begins streaming the acclaimed series about one of Britain’s most infamous gay scandals. From the Hollywood Reporter: There is an eccentric bit of electricity that runs through A Very English Scandal, one of the tightest and brightest and most sublime miniseries — running at a meager three hours, one hour per episode — that you’re likely to …

Billboard reports: Playing to a rapturous New York City crowd that greeted her with a loving roar of sound, Kylie Minogue reciprocated the very vocal adoration from her fans by treating them to a previously unheard song — and an unplanned second encore — at her Monday (June 25) night concert. Entitled, appropriately enough, “New York City,” it was clear …

The Chicago Tribune reports: The pop-culture polyglot known as Cher snuck quietly into Chicago this past weekend. She was here to see three weekend preview performances of “The Cher Show,” a new Broadway musical about her life, work and loves that has its official out-of-town opening in Chicago on Thursday. The 72-year-old iconoclast hadn’t seen the show in production before …

The Hill reports: A top conservative leader criticized former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) for tweeting out a picture of gang members, saying they were House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) “campaign committee.” Bob Vander Plaats, the president and CEO of Iowan conservative group The Family Leader, chastised the former governor on Saturday. Vander Plaats was responding to a tweet …