In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we are emotionally logging into the internet against our better judgment. First, we’ll take A Closer Look at the end of Euphoria — a show I did not fully watch, but absolutely survived through Twitter clips, timeline arguments, and people acting like HBO had assigned homework. The series is officially over, which means one era of glitter, trauma, dramatic lighting, and “wait, what happened?” has come to an end. Then, we’ll take A Closer Look at another aspect of the Knicks and Spurs as part of our coverage previewing for the NBA Finals that start tomorrow- this time, we’re talking about the NBA Cup, the Knicks, the Spurs, and the banner that stayed safely in storage. Yes, the Knicks and Spurs technically played for a title before this Finals matchup — but whether that title counts depends on who you ask, how seriously they take the Cup, and whether there was enough confetti to make it feel official. And today’s Honorable Mention goes to Pepsi, which apparently once looked at Yoo-hoo and said, “We can do that.” They could not, in fact, do that. Chocolate soda history was made, lessons were learned, and somewhere, Yoo-hoo is still standing with its arms folded. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, a 22-year-old woman was taken into custody after a 28-year-old man was stabbed to death inside his Long Island home, cops say. A pair of unusual caught-on-camera sightings of men emerging from Brooklyn manholes in recent weeks raised concerns in the Big Apple and sparked an NYPD probe — but sources said it doesn’t appear the weirdos are up to anything sinister. And out in the American West, California spiraled toward a primary election with its two marquee races defined by uncertainty and a pair of outsider candidates looking to crack open the state’s durable Democratic hierarchy.
