Gideon Resnick

Reiner, the director of some of Hollywood's biggest films in the 80s and 90s, including When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, and The Princess Bride, was 78.

Singer Reiner was a notable photographer and producer who worked on several of her husband's films.

She was 68.

In Washington, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the video of the boat strike that allegedly killed survivors of an attack on a purported drug vessel in the Caribbean will not be released to the public.

Bipartisan members of Congress called for the release of the video, but Hegseth, citing DOD policy, said that only certain congressional committees would see it for now.

Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed lawmakers yesterday on the U.S.

's ongoing efforts in Latin America, where military forces have built up over the past few months.

Members of Congress have expressed concern over the legality of the strikes in the region and the reasoning for carrying them out.

Meanwhile, President Trump on Tuesday evening posted on Truth Social that he ordered a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

And finally, if you've been in any coffee shop or grocery store recently, you might have caught on that Christmas is coming soon.

Perhaps you heard something like this.

The Wall Street Journal reports that music lovers are embracing Yuletide tunes like that one earlier than ever, and they're playing more of them.

By December 1st, 30 Christmas songs were in Spotify's top 50 U.S.

tracks.

That's compared to just 14 at the same point in time in 2019.

The only songs not able to edge out the Christmas ones are mega hits like The Fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift.

The journal notes that holiday songs being everywhere right now represents a rare monocultural musical moment.

Even though listeners are spread across streaming services and formats, maybe all of us are, in fact, mainlining the same songs.

That famous one we just played by Mariah Carey?

Well, it was named the longest-running number one song in Billboard history this week.