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- The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today about releasing Donald Trump's financial records.
- Whoopsy doopsy: CityMD "mistakenly" told 15,000 people in New York and New Jersey who tested positive for coronavirus antibodies that they’re immune to the virus.
- The New Yorker has a great interview with Perfume Genius about their wonderful new album coming later this week.
- The NYC Medical Examiner is only doing "limited" coronavirus testing on the dead because of a lack of testing supplies.
- A pregnant woman and her boyfriend were fatally shot inside their Staten Island home during an alleged botched home robbery.
- It's extremely comforting to know that Robert Pattinson is going just as batshit crazy in isolation as the rest of us.
- First the Belgians were asked to sacrifice for their country by eating extra fries, now French citizens are being asked "to fulfill their patriotic duty" by eating more cheese to help the dairy industry amid a massive surplus due to the pandemic.
- Jerry Saltz wrote about his quarantine experience, "on eating and coping mechanisms, childhood and self-control, criticism, love, cancer, and pandemics.”
- Alison Roman apologized to Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo in a very long note to social media. Chrissy graciously replied.
- Disney+ looked at their quarterly earnings and decided to smash the Hamilton button: a filmed version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's beloved musical will premiere on the streaming platform on July 3rd, 15 months earlier than its original theatrical release date.
- Three Kevin Parkers combined forces to perform Tame Impala's "Is It True" on Colbert.
- And finally, Mabel has really not been focusing during the company Zoom meetings:
Published May 12, 2020
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