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Football family royalty Arch Manning is cashing in as his first season as QB1 approaches. The Texas Longhorns quarterback has signed his first fashion deal with Vuori, becoming a partner for the $5.5 billion sportswear startup. Manning, who tops On3’s NIL 100 list with a $6.5 million valuation, currently claims contracts from Red Bull, Panini, EA Sports, and Uber.

The game of musical chairs at LVMH continues, with the luxury fashion brand naming Ramon Ros as the newest CEO of Fendi and Charlotte Coupé as the newest CEO of Kenzo. Ros takes the reins of the $2 billion brand founded in Rome after recently serving as Louis Vuitton’s President and CEO of Mainland China. Meanwhile, leaving her post as menswear director at Louis Vuitton, Coupé comes to Kenzo at a time when the French maison claims over 100 retail stores worldwide.

Tom Cruise is taking his $4 billion film franchise to France. Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14. The eighth film of the spy series is set to be released domestically on May 23. This will be Cruise’s third time visiting Cannes with a movie, his first since earning an honorary Palme d’Or in 2022.

Phoenix Suns shooting guard and car enthusiast Devin Booker is merging all of his passions into one project. A three-piece footwear offering from his Swoosh sponsor sees the Nike Blazer Low and Nike Book 1 taking on color blocking and dual branding from his vintage Chevrolet Blazers. The collection will launch on April 22 on SNKRS and at select Nike accounts.

NBC News political news correspondent Andrea Mitchell is set to take home the Peabody Career Achievement Award at this year’s annual ceremony. The Roy Woods-hosted event will also honor Saturday Night Live with the Peabody Institutional Award, celebrating the live variety show during its landmark 50th season.

Big-name actors continue to battle it out on Broadway, with Denzel Washigton and Jake Gyllenhaal‘s Othello ($3.179 million) narrowly re-taking the top spot at the box office from George Clooney‘s Good Night and Good Luck ($3.135 million). Both plays have been going back and forth breaking Broadway records, with Good Night and Good Luck bringing in the highest weekly gross for a play ($3.3 million) at the end of March.

Streaming superstar Kai Cenat continues to expand his resume. The most subscribed Twitch talent is the face of Colm Dillane’s KidSuper x BAPE campaign, appearing in a nostalgic spread first published by Complex. Cenat joins the likes of Pharrell, Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana, and more to model BAPE in its lauded lookbook.

After leading TCU to its first-ever Elite Eight appearance, Big 12 Player of the Year and projected WNBA first-round pick Hailey Van Lith is the latest athlete to cover the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. First published in 1964 and since making a splash in both print and the web, the annual installment from SI has featured the likes of Tyra Banks, Naomi Osaka, and Olivia Dunne on the cover.

Retail drugstore juggernaut Walgreens reported revenue of $38.59 billion in the fiscal second quarter, exceeding expectations by over half a billion dollars. Already battling competition from the likes of CVS and Amazon, the strong sales prove timely as Walgreens looks to go private by year’s end, thanks to a $10 billion interest from Sycamore Partners. 

Sharing hoops heartbreak in dramatic fashion, the highly ranked Duke Blue Devils and runner-up Houston Cougars suddenly have something to smile about. FanDuel Sportsbook has Duke as a +1000 favorite for the 2026 national championship, with Houston coming in second at +1200 odds. Louisville and Purdue tie for the third-best odds at +1400, while Kentucky and BYU aren’t far behind at +1600.

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Ian Stonebrook

Ian Stonebrook is a Staff Writer covering culture, sports, and fashion for Boardroom. Prior to signing on, Ian spent a decade at Nice Kicks as a writer and editor. Over the course of his career, he's been published by the likes of Complex, Jordan Brand, GOAT, Cali BBQ Media, SoleSavy, and 19Nine. Ian spends all his free time hooping and he's heard on multiple occasions that Drake and Nas have read his work, so that's pretty tight.