Culture

Adekunle Gold Drops 20-Track 'Fuji Xtra' Deluxe Featuring Olamide and Simi

Adekunle Gold extends his fújì-inflected sixth album with five new cuts, including a long-awaited first pairing with Olamide.

Sports

Jason Collins, First Openly Gay Active NBA Player, Dies at 47

Jason Collins — the first openly gay active player in the four major North American men's professional sports leagues, and a 13-year NBA veteran center — has died at 47 after a battle with Stage 4 glioblastoma.

Culture

Adidas and Manchester United Reissue 1990-92 Away Kit in Bringback Collection

Adidas and Manchester United pulled the 90/92 away kit out of the archive — the blue-and-white geometric "snowflake" jersey worn through the 1991 Cup Winners' Cup win over Barcelona. Eight pieces, full retail recreation, $60 to $120, available now.

Culture

Kith Releases 'Life Lessons With Jonah Hill' Summer 2026 Campaign May 15

Kith's new Jonah Hill campaign is a Malibu-shot short film about a lemonade stand — and the comments under Ronnie Fieg's announcement are calling out how closely the citrus-tree visual format reads to Vic Mensa's Webby-winning Orange Tree series.

Culture

Eurovision 2026 Semi-Final 1 Airs From Vienna May 12 With 15 Countries

The 70th Eurovision opens tonight at the Wiener Stadthalle. Fifteen countries compete for ten spots in Saturday's Grand Final, and the EBU has cut maximum votes per person from 20 to 10 in response to coordinated-voting concerns.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Bluetile Monarch SB Dunk Hits SNKRS, Wolves-Spurs Game 5, Michael Crosses $500M, and Helsing Eyes $18B - May 12, 2026

Bluetile's immigrant-story SB Dunk goes wide on SNKRS today as Wembanyama returns from suspension for Game 5 — the winner faces Oklahoma City in the West Finals.

Culture

Red Lotus and Goapele Release 'Hello Darlin' Pt. 2'

Vallejo's Red Lotus brought in Oakland soul institution Goapele for the sequel to his 2025 single. The result is a Bay Area handshake across generations — and the loudest signal yet of where his Color Project is heading.

Culture

Whalar Opens The Lighthouse in Greenpoint With $5,750 Yearly Memberships for Creators

Whalar Group converted the old Kickstarter headquarters at 58 Kent Street into a members-only campus for content creators — podcast studios, test kitchen, screening theater, a 6,000-square-foot rooftop, $5,750 a year and a council vote to get in.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Thunder Sweep Watch, Cannes Opens With Pan's Labyrinth, AJ3 'World's Best Dad' Looms, and AI Layoffs Hit the Tech Middle - May 11, 2026

Oklahoma City arrives at Game 4 having won every playoff game by at least 18 points, Cannes kicks off with Pan's Labyrinth twenty years on, and the AJ3 'World's Best Dad' lands this Saturday.

Culture

61st Venice Biennale Opens After Jury Resigns and 81 Artists Withdraw From Competition

Curated posthumously by Koyo Kouoh, opened with no jury after all five members quit, with 81 artists withdrawn in solidarity, with pavilions on strike over Israel's participation — and somehow with the most-photographed work being portable toilets in the Austrian pavilion.

Culture

Met's "Costume Art" Opens to Public May 10 With 400 Works in 12,000-Sq-Ft Galleries

The Met's "Costume Art" opens to the public May 10 in the new Condé Nast Galleries — 400 objects organized by body type, not designer or era. Andrew Bolton's thesis show is a curatorial argument 20 years in the making.

Culture

Guillermo del Toro Brings Pan's Labyrinth Back to Cannes May 12 in 4K Restoration

Twenty years after its 22-minute standing ovation — still the longest in festival history — Pan's Labyrinth opens Cannes Classics 2026 in a del Toro-supervised 4K restoration.