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- Model Gigi Hadid was called as a potential juror at Harvey Weinstein's trial.
- Exclusive, private restaurants are becoming a big thing in New York.
- I've never heard of Tfue before now, but he is apparently the most-watched gamer and entertainer on the video game streaming platform Twitch, and insanely popular as a result.
- Your dog or cat could live forever... if you turn them into YARN.
- Wired explains how Slack has ruined work.
- The Houston Astros fired general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch after Major League Baseball announced they would be suspended for the 2020 season for sign-stealing during the regular season and playoffs of their World Series-winning 2017 season.
- Jared Leto plays a bat man (not Batman) in the trailer for Morbius, who apparently will exist in the Spider-Man universe (hence the Michael Keaton cameo), even though Marvel isn't really involved with this film.
- It took dozens of security officers, hundreds of cameras and a vow of secrecy for Tiffany's to move 114,179 items to temporary quarters while it renovates its flagship store on Fifth Avenue.
- A yoga instructor in Iowa is accused of beating up a man for using a cell phone during a screening of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
- Absolutely fantastic news for the workout-averse: going to a movie theater counts as a light workout according to researchers in England.
- The Best Show host Tom Scharpling will host a reading of his hilarious script for Grown-Ups 3 at The Bell House next week.
- Sugar might be ruining your sleep.
- Listen to a new single from Dan Deacon's upcoming album, which is filled with his most intimate music yet.
- And finally, if you see him, pet him:
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