Bluey’s success is one of the great case studies of the streaming era—a show that reveals what people actually want from television and the fundamental shortcomings of the platform that hosts it. That an Australian children’s cartoon became Disney+’s biggest hit is, paradoxically, a testament to everything the century-old conglomerate gets wrong. (Parris, Stat Significant)
Read MoreRoughly a third of Americans who have tied the knot said their first marriage ended in divorce, according to a Pew Research Center report that uses 2023 data. Divorce lawyers say that what’s known as financial secrecy or infidelity is at the center of many splits. (Banerji, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MorePope Leo XIV urged Cameroon’s young people on Friday to resist the temptation of corruption and instead work to serve the common good as he celebrated a Mass before thousands of people in one of the largest expected turnouts of his 11-day, four-nation Africa journey. (Winfield, AP News)
Read MoreOverall, 70% of U.S. adults now say Trump is not too or not at all religious, while 24% say he is somewhat religious and 5% say he is very religious. The survey was conducted April 6-12, 2026, just before Trump criticized Pope Leo XIV and posted an image on social media depicting himself as a Jesus-like figure. Trump later deleted the image and said he intended to show himself as a doctor. (Rotolo, Pew Research Center)
Read MorePresident Trump’s feud with Pope Leo XIV and the president’s AI-generated image of himself as a Christ-like figure have become a global story about the clash of the two most powerful Americans—and one that is testing the loyalties of the roughly 53 million U.S. Roman Catholics. (Maher, Bernstein & Levitz, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreA poll of Americans’ opinions about more than 20 international luminaries established as much, with the 11-time Grammy winner and philanthropist leaving her two closest competitors – Barack Obama and Volodymyr Zelenskyy – in the dust by more than 50 percentage points. (Vargas, The Guardian)
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