Culture

Friday Notes for September 20th, 2024

The Uristocrat Headlines for Friday, September 20th, 2024. This is an edition of Uristocrat Notes, a newsletter that explores what we are reading as it relates to cultural stories of the day.

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Sep 20, 2024 — 2 min read

This is an edition of Uristocrat Notes, a newsletter that explores what we are reading as it relates to cultural stories of the day.

Culture

Behind The Scenes of THR Cover Shoot: SNL's Colin Jost & Michael Che As Donald Trump & Kamala Harris

The Hollywood Reporter goes behind the scenes of 'Saturday Night Live' stars Colin Jost and Michael Che's political cover shoot.

New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 20

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Lars Gotrich provide a guide the most exciting new releases out today. This week, the selections include some recordings that are new and some that are as much as a half-century old, verging on mythological.

Sean “Diddy” Combs Placed on Suicide Watch: Report

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been placed on suicide watch while in custody at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, according to People, The 54-year-old rapper was arrested earlier this week on federal sex crime charges, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution.

Sneakers

BREAKING: John Donahoe Steps Down as Nike’s CEO

John Donahoe is stepping down from Nike. Donahoe’s tenure has been filled with scrutiny, market share loss, and frustration

Aimé Leon Dore Revives The New Balance 475 with Upcoming Collab

Aimé Leon Dore is diving deep into New Balance‘s vault as the Queens-based brand unveiled the upcoming Aimé Leon Dore.

Don C Shares Unreleased “Gold” Don C x Air Jordan 2

Sports

76ers' Joel Embiid signs extension: Massive deal worth $192.9 million over three years, per report

The big man says he wants to stay with Philly 'for the rest of my career.'

Technology

EU to tell Apple how to do interoperability, DMA style

The European Union has opened two “specification proceedings” on Appleunder the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) that will see it instructing the iPhone maker on how to comply with certain interoperability provisions in the market fairness regulation.