Some news items for you as we head over Hump Day:
• New York Times: Tim Teeman, NY Times critic, shares his experience when he was pulled up from the audience of the new hit off-Broadway production Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody to play the role of “Scott Hunter.”
• The Advocate: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller falsely claimed that Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico was transgender on Tuesday. And the DNC clapped back. See below.
• CIC News: Eligible LGBTQ Americans are being fast-tracked in their applications for proof of Canadian citizenship certificates. Some are receiving citizenship certificates in as little as two weeks.
• The Hill: Ball State University in Indiana will pay a former employee $225,000 to settle a lawsuit after she was fired over a social media post made on her private Facebook account criticizing conservative commentator Charlie Kirk after he was killed last year.
A university in Indiana will pay a former employee $225,000 to settle a lawsuit after she was fired over a social media post criticizing conservative commentator Charlie Kirk after he was killed last year.
— The Hill (@thehill.com) May 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
• Axios: A new UnidosUS poll finds that 1 in 4 Hispanic Trump voters say they would not vote for him again if given the choice. Trump’s gains with Latinos were one of the biggest political stories of 2024.
• The Hollywood Reporter: Albert Wolsky, the costume designer who set hearts racing by dressing Olivia Newton-John in body-hugging black sharkskin pants and a leather jacket for Grease, has died at the age of 95. He received 7 Oscar nominations over his career, and won twice (Bugsy, All That Jazz).
#RIP the great Albert Wolsky. Won Oscars for ‘All That Jazz’ and ‘Bugsy’ and put Olivia Newton-John in those body-hugging black sharkskin pants for ‘Grease.’ “When I walked out onto the set in them for the first time, I got quite the reaction,” she said. https://t.co/OTQWTa5ry1
— Mike Barnes (@MikeBarnes4) May 26, 2026
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