Smash will be ending its Broadway run shortly after leaving empty-handed from the Tonys Sunday. Based on the NBC television series of the same name, Smash follows the trials and tribulations of a cast and crew working on a musical about Marilyn Monroe’s life. Following 32 previews and 84 performances however, the meta musical will be playing its last show at the Imperial Theatre in New York City on June 22, producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron, and Steven Spielberg announced Tuesday. The production had been struggling to sell tickets throughout its run, according to Variety. The outlet reports that Smash’s grosses plateaued at $656,161 over the past week with its theater at only 66% capacity. The musical earned two nominations at the Tony Awards, one for best choreography and another for best featured actor, but failed to take any home. Meanwhile, Maybe Happy Ending, a musical about two retired robots who fall in love, was the biggest winner Sunday, picking up a total of six awards including a leading performance nod for Darren Criss and best musical.

President Donald Trump hurled another insult at Joe Biden during an address at Fort Bragg Tuesday, declaring that his predecessor was never the “sharpest bulb.” “I’ve known this guy for a long time. He was never the sharpest bulb,” Trump, 78, said of Biden, seemingly confusing the idioms “not the sharpest tool in the shed” and “not the brightest bulb” to indicate that someone is lacking intelligence. “But you know what he was? He wasn’t a radical left lunatic,” Trump continued. “He never dreamt about open borders. He never said that when he was of sound mind, which actually was a very long time ago.” The president’s Biden jab came in the midst of a broader tirade against Biden, who Trump further described as a “grossly unfit president” who “listened to whoever was operating the autopen.” Last week, the president accused Biden’s aides of using a mechanical pen, or an autopen, to sign key documents and conceal his cognitive and health decline during his term.

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I have LONG wanted to write a “worst delegation” piece but, to be honest, legacy media outlets weren’t, like, super keen on me bashing a state or a delegation. I DO write stuff like that/this. Now, before I go member by member let me acknowledge this: “Worst” is, of course, in the eye of the beholder. My worst — just for the record — isn’t about what party dominates the delegation. And I am not going to nit-pick on things like how many bills have Members passed because, in the House, you can actually do lots of work and never have your name on the final bill. Instead, I am using a basic standard: How much negative press does each member get versus how much positive press do they generate? I also factored in the relative influence they have within the House itself. (I ruled out single-member states because the sample size is too small.) And I looked back on the historic footprint of politicians from each state to see how far things have fallen (or risen!).

To find out who really is the absolute worst (and why) go to So What on Substack.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs had a particular show he enjoyed watching most after his “hotel nights” with his ex “Jane,” an alleged victim of Combs testifying against him in his federal sex trafficking case under a pseudonym. “Jane” alleged during her testimony Tuesday that Combs loved to watch Dateline after his alleged “freak-offs,” the elaborate sex performances with male escorts that Combs is accused of coercing “Jane” and his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura into. Combs is ironically now the subject of the true crime TV show, as its most recent episode, “Sean Combs on Trial,” aired on May 11. Combs would watch his “favorite” show, “Jane” testified, as she tucked him in after the sexual encounters, at which time she’d bathe him, rub his feet, and cuddle with him until he fell asleep watching the crime series. “Jane” told the court that those moments made her feel “loved” by Combs, despite the grueling sexual experiences she described with escorts she says Combs frequently requested join them during their secret meetups. “That was truly the only reason why I endured these nights, so that at the end I could just have the love and affection with my partner,” she testified, per The New York Post.

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A Democratic lawmaker has been indicted on federal charges over a clash with immigration officers last month, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced Tuesday. Habba said New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver was indicted on three counts of “forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers.” The charges stemmed from a tense skirmish between three Democratic lawmakers and federal agents at an immigration detention center in Newark last month. McIver, along with Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman and Robert Menendez, arrived for an inspection on May 9 but ended up in a scuffle after federal agents arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. McIver said she and Watson Coleman were “assaulted,” and Menendez was “roughed up.” President Donald Trump slammed McIver as “out of control” following the standoff. “While people are free to express their views for or against particular policies, they must not do so in a manner that endangers law enforcement and the communities those officers serve,” Habba said. McIver said she plans to plead not guilty in what she described as “a brazen attempt at political intimidation.” “This indictment is no more justified than the original charges, and is an effort by Trump’s administration to dodge accountability for the chaos ICE caused and scare me out of doing the work I was elected to do. But it won’t work—I will not be intimidated.”

Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton has publicly apologized after pleading no contest to a DUI charge, calling her actions “completely unacceptable” and vowing to make “positive changes” in her life. The retired gymnast was arrested on May 17 after police pulled her over in Fairmont, West Virginia, for “driving all over the roadway.” In a statement to People, Retton, 57, said she takes “full responsibility” for her actions and apologized to her family, friends, and fans. “I have let you down, and for that I am deeply sorry,” she said, adding: “I am determined to learn and grow from this experience.” As part of her no contest plea, Retton was fined $100—the standard penalty for first-time, non-aggravated offenses in the region, according to People. The Dancing with the Stars alum had a bottle of wine with a “screw top container” in the passenger seat of her Porsche when she was pulled over, WDTV reported, citing court documents. She failed all three phases of the standard field sobriety test. Retton rose to fame after earning two perfect 10 scores at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which is set to host the Games again in 2028.

A podcast interview featuring Brooke Shields subtly criticizing Meghan Markle was seemingly deleted a week after it was published. The actress joined designer India Hicks—notably King Charles’ goddaughter—for an episode of her podcast last week where she discussed an encounter with Markle at the SXSW festival in 2024. At the time, the two participated in an International Women’s Day panel, where Markle recalled once writing a letter to a manufacturing company at 11-years-old after they aired a sexist commercial. Shields told Hicks that Markle’s story was too “precious” and “serious” for the SXSW audience, and recalled interjecting during the moment to lighten the mood. “She kept saying she was 11! She wrote to the company, they changed the text, they changed the commercial. It was just too precious, and I was like, they’re not going to want to sit here for 45 minutes and listen to anybody be precious or serious,” Shields said. The actress then interrupted Markle to make a joke about starring in 1978’s Pretty Baby where she played a prostitute at 11-years-old. “I was trying not to be rude, but I wanted to be funny because it was so serious,” Shields said. Several reports have indicated that the episode is no longer available on Hicks’ Substack, and a link to it currently leads to a “page not found” message.

Macklemore’s Seattle home was robbed in a home invasion Saturday while his three kids were sleeping in their rooms, according to the Seattle Police Department. The police report obtained by People showed that the kid’s nanny contacted the police after two men broke into the residence. The nanny claimed that the men sprayed her with bear mace and yelled “where are the jewels, b---h?” According to the report, she went on to say that “for some unexplainable reason,” one of the men helped clean the mace out of her eyes and looked “fearful.” The police said that the two suspects “ransacked the residence, stealing thousands of dollars of items,” before the nanny was able to escape and contact the police. The incident report stated that the home belonged to a “high-profile individual,” The Seattle Times finding that the address listed matched that on the “Thrift Shop” rapper’s voting record, whose real name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty. People also noted that the report did not redact the name “Davis,” which matches the last name of Macklemore’s wife, Tricia Davis. According to the report, Macklemore’s three children did not sustain any injuries and were “safely extracted” from the residence before being placed in the care of family members. The rapper has three children, Sloane, 10, Colette, 7, and Hugo, 3. Macklemore was reportedly not at his home at the time of the incident.

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A German politician has issued an open invitation to “curious and open-minded citizens” to join him for a week-long trip to a nudist, swingers hotspot in southern France. Julien Ferrat, who is a city councilor in Mannheim, said his goal is to promote “niche tourism” in his district. “The naturist village in Cap d’Agde is considered a mecca for nudists and swingers,” the 33-year-old told the Mannheim Official Gazette last month, according to the New York Post. “What few people know: Without government support for tourism…this place would never have been created.” Ferrat told the Daily Mail: ”In Cap d’Agde, sex on the beach is taken literally. And anyone who’s always wanted to shop naked in the supermarket can easily indulge that desire there." Responding to criticism of his “harebrained” trip from a district chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Ferrat said, “As a friend of freedom of speech, I will always advocate for Mr. Hötting’s right to express his opinion–even if I expressly disagree with it in this case. If Mr. Hötting would participate in the educational trip, perhaps some of his prejudices against nudists and swingers could be broken down.”

Scooter Braun is choosing to view his years-long feud with Taylor Swift as a “gift.” Joining The Diary of a CEO podcast for a Monday episode, Braun recalled his side of the battle over Swift’s music catalog and revealed where he currently stands with the musician. “Everyone moves on,” Braun said of the back-and-forth skirmish. “I choose to see it as a gift. I choose to see it as being able to have a perspective that very few people in the world have of knowing what that’s like. Of feeling that on a global level,” he continued, referring to the avalanche of criticism he has experienced over the years. The music mogul also said that he doesn’t “hold any hatred” for Swift following the aftermath of their dispute, which publicly dates back to 2019. At the time, Braun’s company, Ithaca Holdings, bought Swift’s former record label, Big Machine, making him the owner of virtually her entire music catalog up until her 2017 album Reputation. Swift later posted a statement on the purchase to her Tumblr account, accusing Braun of years of “incessant, manipulative bullying.” In 2020, Braun sold Swift’s masters to private equity firm Shamrock Capital. The firm then sold the masters back to Swift in 2025 for a reported $360 million, with Braun telling Page Six that he was “happy” for her.