The FIFA Club World Cup final drew more than 80,000 soccer fans to the Meadowlands on Sunday. The president, his wife, and her sunglasses were among the attendees of the match, between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain. As Dan Adler reported from the scene, the game—and its halftime show—served as a preview of next year, as the flight paths of global sports and politics are due to intersect in an even bigger way when the World Cup proper comes back to North America. Expect more scenes of Trump on the pitch and probably more befuddled soccer players in northern New Jersey.
Elsewhere today, Natalie Korach has one last Zaslav-centric dispatch from the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley; Katie Nicholl reports that there are hints of a potential thaw beginning between Prince Harry and King Charles; and our Awards Insider insiders preview Tuesday's Emmy nominations. More tomorrow…
This year's Allen & Company annual conference, a.k.a. summer camp for billionaires, comes at a moment when media companies are grappling with the dominance of tech, which has resulted in a complicated M&A environment.
VF's Natalie Korach had a front row seat to the high-profile attendees' comings and goings. From Ivanka Trump to Gayle King, a full report on the sightings and ongoings at the Idaho resort lodge.
A reconciliation between King Charles and Prince Harry might be in the cards. The latter "really wants a relationship with his father," a source told VF.
How closely do the stars of Ryan Murphy's newest limited series resemble the real-life people they're playing? See just how they stack up to their real-life counterparts.
Ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump have ratcheted up their public kinship, with Infantino accompanying Trump on a trip to the Middle East in May. FIFA also recently opened an office in Trump Tower, and as Infantino marked the moment alongside Trump's son Eric and the retired Brazilian striker Ronaldo, he thanked the president, whom he described as "a big fan of soccer."
VF's Dan Adler reports on the high-profile international occasion and Trump's incessant need to intervene.
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