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Entertainment - Monday, June 22, 2026
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Entertainment headlines for Monday, June 22, 2026
Entertainment headlines for 2026-06-22 focused on 3 major developments: 1) Carlos Santana, Patti Smith and Other Celebs Pay Tribute to Clive Davis (NYT Arts) 2) Michael Ovitz Storms Out of Deposition After Being Asked About Jeffrey Epstein (Variety) 3) Mindy Kaling On ‘Not Suitable For Work’ Unusual Season Order, Risqué Title & Those ‘Friends’ Comparisons (Deadline) 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 2026-06-22, 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.
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Carlos Santana, Patti Smith and Other Celebs Pay Tribute to Clive Davis
Sources: #1 NYT Arts -
Michael Ovitz Storms Out of Deposition After Being Asked About Jeffrey Epstein
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Mindy Kaling On ‘Not Suitable For Work’ Unusual Season Order, Risqué Title & Those ‘Friends’ Comparisons
Sources: #3 Deadline
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#1 Score 79Carlos Santana, Patti Smith and Other Celebs Pay Tribute to Clive DavisDavis “treated me with the same respect and kindness as a 22-year-old nobody as he did after all my success,” Springsteen said after the music executive’s death on Monday.
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#2 Score 79Michael Ovitz Storms Out of Deposition After Being Asked About Jeffrey EpsteinMichael Ovitz, the co-founder of CAA, stormed out of a deposition on June 1 after being asked about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Ovitz was being questioned by a lawyer for Julia Ormond, the actress who has sued CAA for allegedly setting her up to be sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein in December 1995. Ormond’s […]
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#3 Score 78Mindy Kaling On ‘Not Suitable For Work’ Unusual Season Order, Risqué Title & Those ‘Friends’ ComparisonsMindy Kaling’s latest series, Not Suitable For Work, is wrapping its first season on Hulu tomorrow, June 23, with two back-to-back episodes. They are episodes 108 and 109 of the ensemble comedy about 20-somethings in New York navigating first jobs and love. Why the odd nine-episode season, in-between the standard eight- and 10-episode streaming cycles? […]
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#4 Score 70Madonna On “Falling Out” With Universal Pictures Over Biopic: “I’ve Had a Huge Life, So I Needed a Big Budget”Madonna is opening up about the biopic that Universal Pictures axed and revealing why it did not move forward. In a new interview, the Material Girl said the main reason the biopic was shelved was the budget. “I was supposed to make a movie about my life. I worked on my script for two years […]
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#5 Score 69Ryan Beatty on How Finding Happiness in Love Shaped His New Album ‘Sweet Fortune’: ‘This Record Has a Really Big Heart to It’Ryan Beatty was about to embark on the final leg of his “Calico” tour in 2024 when he cut the song “Phantom” with frequent collaborator Ethan Gruska. He was in Los Angeles, the city he calls home, when they worked on the tune, a lilting, slow-burning track that gradually blooms like a flower. At the […]
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#6 Score 68Clive Davis Knew to Let Patti Smith Have Free ReinFor Patti Smith, the best guidance was something that Davis rarely granted: free rein.
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#7 Score 62Paige DeSorbo & Hannah Berner Make ‘Not Suitable For Work’ Appearance In Season 1 FinaleThe final two episodes of Not Suitable For Work Season 1 drop on Hulu this week, with Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner making an appearance. The Giggly Squad duo guest-star in the season finale of the Mindy Kaling-created sitcom, where they play a version of themselves. DeSorbo and Berner share a scene with Wes (Victor Gerber), Paula […]
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#8 Score 61‘Kennedy’ Stars Nick Robinson and Laura Donnelly on Why Series Isn’t Leaning Into Family’s Signature Boston AccentWhile the upcoming Netflix drama series “Kennedy” will chronicle the famous political dynasty from 1931 to 1944, the family’s signature Boston accent won’t be so pervasive. Nick Robinson, who plays Joe Kennedy Jr., JFK’s older brother who was originally being groomed to run for president before he was killed in action during World War II, […]
- #9 Score 60‘Supergirl’ $100M+ Promo Partner Campaign Biggest Ever For Warner Bros’ DC Studios
When Supergirl takes to the screen this Friday, she’ll be the biggest Warner Bros/DC Studios movie ever when it comes to promotional partnerships with 80+ sponsors who are delivering $100 million-plus in media value. That’s not even counting consumer products. With names such as Ulta Beauty, OPI, Joico, and Kentucky Fried Chicken onboard, Warner Bros […]
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#10 Score 59Tom Hanks Says Disney Could Use AI to Recreate Woody’s Voice for ‘Toy Story 6’ and Beyond If He Doesn’t Return: ‘It’s a Scary Thought’Tom Hanks is back as Woody in “Top Story 5,” which set a franchise record with its massive $312 million worldwide opening. Given the enduring popularity of the 31-year-old franchise, people are already wondering if “Toy Story 6” is an inevitability. But would two-time Oscar winner Hanks return as Woody in a sixth movie? “If […]