Your weekend must reads🗞️
👋Rise and shine, friends! Have you made your plans for World Cup viewing? How about the "Barbenheimer" movie madness? There's an amazing weekend ahead, and The Short List weekend edition✨ is here for all of it. Let's begin!
US women looking for more World Cup glory
⚽The 2023 World Cup is underway in Australia and New Zealand. The U.S. women, ranked No. 1 in the world, are seeking a third consecutive title and fifth overall. The USWNT is also undergoing a generational shift, with more than half the roster playing in their first major international tournament, including rising star Sophia Smith, 22. She scored two goals in the opening game, helping the team soar 3-0 against Vietnam.
- Meet the team: Player capsules on U.S. team
- Illustration story: Passing the torch from the old guard to the new stars
- World Cup landing page: Click here for complete coverage
'Barbenheimer': Battle of box-office bombshells
🎥Moviegoers can treat themselves to an unlikely double feature this weekend, with both Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” finally in theaters. Here's what you need to know about the two highly-anticipated films.
- 'Oppenheimer' director: Christopher Nolan thought he'd die in a nuclear Armageddon
- 'Oppenheimer' buddies: Emily Blunt and Matt Damon are real-life neighbors
- 'Barbie' and kids: Is the movie appropriate for children?
- Barbie's face through the years: An illustrated timeline
📰ICYMI: Other Paste BN highlights from this week:
Which theory do you believe? Inside the Alexis Patterson case
🔵The disappearance of 7-year-old Alexis Patterson has remained unsolved for more than 20 years. New records released by the Milwaukee Police Department shed light on two theories of what might have happened. Which one do you believe? Read more
Baked Alaska: Global warming's toll on the military
☀️Thanks to global warming, sprawling Alaska isn't the buffer it used to be for Pentagon bases. Temperatures in the Arctic have risen at two to four times the rate of the rest of the world. The changing environment is forcing the military to spend millions of dollars in fixes. Read more
- Yes, it's climate change: How we know excessive heat isn't business as usual
👇This is not the end: There are more great stories below. See you next week!