Hulu Near Deal To Keep Shows Coming

Sabrina Carpenter’s latest energetic single, “Espresso” is a front-runner for song of the summer. The infectious song, which hit No. 1 on Spotify’s global charts on Tuesday, came out on April 12 and has become massively popular within two weeks. “Espresso” and the Dave Meyers-directed music video for the song were released the day before Carpenter performed it at Coachella, to fanfare.

The makeup brand Youthforia is facing criticism online over the darkest shade of its Date Night foundation. Youthforia, launched in 2021, caught flack in Oct. 2023 after releasing 15 shades of the Date Night Skin Tint that several beauty influencers, mainly those with darker skin tones, called out for not being inclusive.

Denver chef Amos Watts, owner of The Fifth String, has died weeks ahead of the acclaimed restaurant’s reopening. Watts, 43, died Sunday morning after a medical episode, according to his friend Justin Brunson and former mentee Caroline Glover. Neither were fully sure of the nature of the episode. “He touched a lot of folks in his time here in Denver,” Brunson said.

Consumer use will be phased out within a year, and most industrial and commercial uses will be prohibited within two years. The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.

Warning: This story includes spoilers for most of Queen of Tears. Queen of Tears is a K-drama of two halves. The first, composed of its early episodes, is an innovative take on K-romance. The other is a chaotic second half that squanders much of the potential of its beginning. The Netflix hit ended Sunday with a global audience that exceeded that of the wildly popular Crash Landing on You (also written by Park Ji-eun).