- Actor Spike Lee let the air out of the Cannes Film Festival last weekend when he prematurely announced the Palme d’Or winner for Best Picture. It was the worst movie awards show gaffe since Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty mistakenly announced La La Land as the Academy Award winner for Best Picture in 2017.
- The Washington Post is playing defense after one of its high-profile reporters, Felicia Sonmez, filed suit alleging alleging that she has been discriminated and retaliated against.
- Apple has bet its reputation in part on being the most secure computer and phone platform, but that reputation is being tested in the wake of reports that iPhone security is no match for high-end hacking tools and spyware.
- The Tokyo Olympic Games officially start today, and already they are reeling from positive athlete COVID-19 tests and sponsors such as Toyota who are scaling back their support due to the public’s concerns about whether the Olympics should even be taking place.
- Speaking of Olympics, Poland was forced to return six swimmers from Tokyo after it miscounted the number of athletes it was eligible to bring. And the US Women’s soccer team suffered a shocking 3-0 loss to Sweden – its first loss in 44 games – in its opening Olympic game.
- The Big 12 is teetering on the brink of dissolution, or at least irrelevance, after the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma made known their interest in joining the SEC.
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