Queen Bey's country turn is Levi Strauss' good fortune.
Catch up quick: Beyoncé recently delivered a smash hit country album featuring the song "Levii's Jeans" with rapper Post Malone and the lyric "denim on denim on denim on denim."
State of play: "And at the same time, she posted an image on Instagram of her wearing a pair of jeans with denim shirt and a denim bag," CNN notes.
"All of which has apparently sent fans flocking to Levi's" for denim since the album dropped on March 29.
Travis Kelce is adding game show host to his ever-growing list of titles.
State of play: Taylor Swift's boyfriend — who also happens to be the reigning Super Bowl champion tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs — will host "Are You Smarter than a Celebrity?" on Prime Video, Amazon announced today.
The streaming service described the 20-episode series as a "spinoff" of the game show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"
Adult contestants will try to answer 11 questions "pulled from elementary curriculum," with the option to take advice from (or ignore) a classroom full of celebrities.
💭 Nathan's thought bubble: The 34-year-old Kelce's football career might not last much longer, but it looks like he'll be on our screens for a long time to come.
UnitedHealth Group said it could suffer a blow of up to $1.6 billion this year from the far-reaching cyberattack on its payment processing subsidiary, but the health insurer managed to exceed expectations with first quarter earnings.
Why it matters: Ransomware attackers seized control of critical systems at the company's Change Healthcare business earlier this year, hurting patients' access to prescriptions and throttling payments to care providers.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday suggested that interest rate cuts won't occur as soon as previously thought, citing a "lack of progress" on cooling inflation so far this year.
Why it matters The Fed may keep rates at the current, two-decades high level for longer as it assesses incoming economic data, Powell said in his first public remarks since last week's hotter-than-expected inflation report.
Pringles has teamed up with Crocs for the ultimate snacking accessory: An ankle holster for your potato chips.
Why it matters: The global market for snack foods exploded during the pandemic and continues to grow — so food manufacturers are getting creative with tasty-and-Instagrammable novelties.
Dozens of Alden Global Capital-owned newspapers ran editorials over the weekend arguing that Google's threat to cut off news in California "is a bully tactic."
Why it matters:Alden declared in 2022 that its newspapers would no longer endorse national political candidates in their opinion pages, arguing the public discourse "has become increasingly acrimonious."
But its latest efforts suggest it is interested in driving certain agendas, albeit ones that it probably believes are less likely to draw fiery reactions.
NPR has suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he wrote an essay deriding the network as having "lost its way" with a dominant "progressive worldview," infuriating his colleagues and delighting conservatives.
Why it matters: Berliner's essay published by The Free Press stirred up a fresh debate around trust in media and has been fuel for critics who've long argued public media has moved too far left.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to sue Live Nation, one of the largest ticketing and live events companies in the country, on antitrust grounds, a regulatory source familiar with the DOJ's plans told Axios.
Why it matters: The company faced intense scrutiny from lawmakers and consumer advocacy groups over botched ticket sales for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in late 2022.
The cost of day care and preschool rose 4.4% in March from the year before — outpacing the overall inflation rate, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Why it matters: Rising costs are putting stress on families, with some spending at a slower pace and dipping into savings and, there's even some evidence that parents are leaving the workforce entirely.
