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Entertainment - Thursday, June 11, 2026
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Entertainment headlines for Thursday, June 11, 2026
Entertainment headlines for 2026-06-11 focused on 3 major developments: 1) Ariana Grande Slams ICE Video Using Her Song As “Barbaric, Inhumane, Heinous Nonsense” (Deadline) 2) Kennedy Center Votes to Appeal Order That Trump’s Name Be Removed (NYT Arts) 3) Universal Destinations & Experiences Taps Donna Mirus Bates Global Franchise Strategy Officer as Parks Continue to See Strong Success (Variety) Across these stories, coverage emphasized high-impact updates, policy shifts, and events with broad audience relevance. Together they provide a representative view of the day in entertainment news before diving into each full report.
Why it matters: This snapshot shows where entertainment attention concentrated on 2026-06-11, highlighting the themes, entities, and geographies that dominated publisher coverage. Because ranking blends freshness, engagement, and source diversity, it helps separate signal from noise. Use it as a quick daily briefing and then open the top stories for fuller context.
Key Points
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Ariana Grande Slams ICE Video Using Her Song As “Barbaric, Inhumane, Heinous Nonsense”
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Kennedy Center Votes to Appeal Order That Trump’s Name Be Removed
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Universal Destinations & Experiences Taps Donna Mirus Bates Global Franchise Strategy Officer as Parks Continue to See Strong Success
Sources: #3 Variety
Top 10 Stories
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#1 Score 80Ariana Grande Slams ICE Video Using Her Song As “Barbaric, Inhumane, Heinous Nonsense”Add Ariana Grande to the list of artists who will never collab with Donald Trump on a TikTok video. The 3x Grammy winner recently slammed the White House for using her 2024 song ‘Bye’ in a video promoting the Trump-signed Secure America Act, which would fund ICE and Border Patrol. “Please do not ever use […]
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#2 Score 78Kennedy Center Votes to Appeal Order That Trump’s Name Be RemovedA federal judge had ruled that the Washington arts institution must take the president’s name off its facade by Friday.
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#3 Score 78Universal Destinations & Experiences Taps Donna Mirus Bates Global Franchise Strategy Officer as Parks Continue to See Strong SuccessUniversal Destinations & Experiences (UDX) has appointed Donna Mirus Bates as global franchise strategy officer, overseeing UDX franchise management and strategic partnerships Bates will report to Vince Klaseus, president of UDX franchise, products and partnerships. In her newly created role, Bates will lead global franchise strategy across UDX’s portfolio of intellectual properties, help shape long-term […]
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#4 Score 72Everything We Know About ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 3 So FarA third season of HBO’s drama series based on The Last of Us Part II video game is in the works, with a few roles shifting within the story as it follows the game. A creative shakeup took place behind the scenes after Season 2 ended, leading to transitions in more ways than one. The […]
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#5 Score 71‘The Furious’ Review: Dopey Dialogue and Dubbing Don’t Matter in an Aptly Titled, Stunningly Choreographed Martial Arts SpectacularA quartet of screenwriters is credited in Kenji Tanigaki’s “The Furious,” but just a single action choreographer: If you’ve ever doubted the adage that two heads (or indeed four) are better than one, here’s your validation. No one could accuse those scribes of working overtime in devising the barely-there plot and barely-care dialogue for this […]
- #6 Score 64William Coupon, Who Wanted to ‘Photograph Everyone in the World,’ Dies at 73
Self-taught, he became a go-to portraitist for politicians, rock stars and other celebrities. He also documented Indigenous people and inmates on death row.
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#7 Score 63Emmy Predictions: Voting is Open and So is the Awards RaceVariety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]
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#8 Score 63Dwayne Johnson Says ‘Smashing Machine’ Oscars Snub “Lit A Fire In My Spire”After pouring his heart into his latest onscreen performance, Dwayne Johnson was admittedly let down to be snubbed at the Oscars. The Smashing Machine star recently noted that having the Academy Awards overlook his role as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in last year’s Benny Safdie-helmed A24 movie “lit a fire in my spine” to deliver […]
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#9 Score 61Ariana Grande Slams Trump’s White House for Using Her Song to Promote ICE Deportations: ‘Barbaric, Inhumane, Heinous Nonsense’Ariana Grande has blasted the White House for using a version of her 2024 song “Bye” in a TikTok post that depicted ICE agents arresting and handcuffing people. Grande commented on the TikTok post from earlier this week, telling the administration to cease using her songs. “Please do not ever use my music in relation […]
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#10 Score 60‘Stop! That! Train!’ Review: RuPaul Takes Drag Race To The Movies With A Hit-And-Miss Homage To ‘Airplane’ And ‘Naked Gun’Reality TV does not have an enviable track record of transferring small-screen success to the big screen. In 2003 the American Idol extension From Justin to Kelly, pairing the first Idol finalists Justin Guarini and Kelly Clarkson in a romantic teen comedy, is considered one of the worst films ever made. Survivor, The Amazing Race, […]