💬 Quoted… “‘The F**king Grifters.’ That’s the podcast we should have launched with them.”

Spotify exec Bill Simmons, who founded podcast network The Ringer, didn’t have many kind words to say about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in his self-titled podcast on Friday.

• Simmons’ remarks came one day after Spotify’s $20 million exclusive podcast agreement with Harry and Meghan ended, with the pair having produced just 13 total episodes over the entire three-year deal.

🍿 Stat of the Day: Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City earned a per-theater average of $132,211 in its limited debut over the weekend. That figure is the highest for any film since La La Land in 2016.

🤯 Did You Know?... In 1962, an epidemic of contagious laughter spread across the African country of Tanzania in what scientists call a "mass hysteria" event. Other famous examples of this phenomenon include a dancing plague in mainland Europe, the Salem witch trials, and America’s “Great Clown Panic” of 2016.

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