The Obama Presidential Center is finally opening!
Tune in today on https://t.co/GYkEOK8EuT starting at 11am CT as Michelle and I share what this moment means to us and celebrate with friends, family, and members of the community in Chicago.
We're through everyone's first game of the World Cup. Big themes IMO:
• Team play > raw talent; Portugal the best example of the differential
• High-scoring tournament (3.1 GPG)
• Nearly all very watchable matches; teams #33-48 not bad
* USA might actually be good?
Based on Vegas odds, African teams were projected to go 1W-9L-0T during the first round of group stage games
They finished with a combined record of 2W-4L-4T.
MASSIVELY outperforming expectations so far 👏👏
Disney Branded Television is now Disney Kids & Family.
Disney Kids & Family oversees the development, production, and acquisition of content for Disney+, Disney Jr., Disney Channel, and Disney XD.
Shanghai Disney Resort by the numbers.
• 100M guest visits
• 15K+ cast members (99% from China)
• 90%+ positive guest ratings
• 80+ new shows & 70+ new Disney characters over the past decade
• 532 Tons of Zootopia Pawpsicles
• 31M Disney plush keychains
• 1K plant varieties
• 250K ferry trips between Shanghai Disneyland Hotel and Disneytown
• 77K Volunteer Hours
• 1K+ Disney-themed artworks on walkways
NEW: Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire last week.
Pope Leo XIV isn’t celebrating.
In his first interview, the pope asked what the milestone would reveal: “If that is the only thing that has value anymore, then we're in big trouble.”
Days before the SpaceX IPO, he lambasted “the idolatry of profit.” https://t.co/CCD5192f7r
In their first joint network TV interview since leaving office, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama reflected on their accomplishments in their eight years in the White House and the hope they have for the country ahead. https://t.co/SFGl56cRij
“Maybe she wants an Oscar, that would leave her just needing a Tony to join the extremely short list of EGOT winners. She’s got three years left to beat Jennifer Hudson and become the youngest to achieve that feat. This being Taylor Swift, if it’s in the plan it may well happen.”
— The Guardian on Taylor Swift’s possible EGOT status.
Robin Roberts travels to Chicago for an exclusive sit-down with former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama — their 1st joint TV interview in 10 years.
The Obama Legacy: First Interview Post White House streams 6/18 on ABC News Live, then Hulu & Disney+.
For all of the chaos leading up to the World Cup, hard to view it as anything but an enormous success.
All of the viral videos of foreigners discovering America, the quality of the matches, USMNT looking competitive, legends largely living up to expectations.
What a week.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni today said her government would not take the initiative to introduce a social media ban on teens like those in the works in France, the U.K and other countries.
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