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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Curated posthumously by Koyo Kouoh, opened with no jury after all five members quit, with 81 artists withdrawn in solidarity, with pavilions on strike over Israel's participation — and somehow with the most-photographed work being portable toilets in the Austrian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

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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.

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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.

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Stella McCartney x H&M Spring 2026 Launches With Recycled Materials After 21 Years

McCartney's first H&M collection since 2005 reuses pieces from her archive in recycled and certified materials, and pairs the launch with a joint Insights Board meant to push H&M toward a circular business model.

Intelligence Brief

The Intelligence Brief: Anthropic Crosses OpenAI, Beyoncé Returns to the Met, and Wembanyama's Record - May 9, 2026

Nike's Air Max 95 Big Bubble 'Slate' marks the first-ever faithful retro of the 1995 original, while Anthropic's ARR crossed OpenAI's, Wembanyama shattered a 41-year playoff record, and Beyoncé returned to the Met after a decade away.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: WNBA 30th Anniversary Pack, Wembanyama vs. Wolves, Mortal Kombat II, and OpenAI's $25B Run Rate — May 8, 2026

Nike's WNBA 30th Anniversary Pack — Sabrina 3, A'Two, Kobe 9 Low EM Protro, and LeBron 23 'Old Glory' — drops on the league's season opener while Wembanyama averages 25 and 11.5 in the Spurs-Wolves series and OpenAI crosses $25B in annualized revenue.

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The Daily Roundup: adidas AE1 'Believe That' Debut, Pistons-Cavs and Thunder-Lakers Game 2s, and Sierra's $950M Round — May 7, 2026

Anthony Edwards' adidas AE1 'Believe That' debuts today at $100 across six colorways — Dreamstrike cushioning, deliberate pricing. Pistons-Cavs and Thunder-Lakers tip in Game 2 tonight, and Sierra closes $950M at a $15.8B valuation.

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Rolling Stones Launch 25th Album 'Foreign Tongues' in Brooklyn Ahead of July 10 Release

The 25th Stones LP arrives July 10, with guest spots from Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood, and a final archival contribution from Charlie Watts.