Sports & Entertainment Spotlight

Welcome back to the Spotlight! Given the volume of rain across the country recently, I may have to temporarily change the title to “Floodlight.” Yikes. I’d say these late nights watching the NBA Playoffs have made me a little loopy, but then again, that joke is standard fare for this space that is often so corny that it would make a Nebraskan farmer blush. OK, enough of that – let’s get into some of this week’s stories.

• • Actress Sydney Sweeney partners with soap brand Squatch on a limited edition bar of soap made with her used bath water. Glad to see someone is taking conservation efforts seriously! 

• • Just three years after launch, Hailey Bieber’s skincare brand Rhode is being acquired by e.l.f. Beauty for $1 billion – which sounds great at first blush, but I know from my research to be wary of an elf that spins things into gold.

• • Coffee company Nespresso and recording artist The Weeknd link up for an iced coffee campaign, meaning a recording session with Sabrina Carpenter can’t be too far off.

• • The WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces enter a sports betting partnership with BetMGM – a heart-warming reminder to always bet on yourself.    

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