• A growing list of wealthy Democrats are using their checkbooks to pressure Biden to drop out.
• Others, such as Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings, simply no longer support Biden.
• The donor uprising adds further obstacles to Biden hanging on after his disastrous debate performance.

Some of the Democratic Party's biggest donors are pressuring President Joe Biden to step aside.

Some on this growing list of Hollywood titans, powerful heirs, and staunch Democratic Party supporters are pledging to cut off their support until Biden drops out.

Others are so angry about the president's standing after his disastrous debate performance that they have vowed to cut off all Democrats.

So far, only two congressional Democrats have called on Biden to drop out. The combined weight of the party's monied class could prove too much to bear.

Already, former President Donald Trump has erased Biden's cash advantage after a flood of donations spurred by Trump's felony conviction. Biden and his allies simply can't afford to lose much other ground.

Here's the list of donors who are calling for Biden to step aside

Reed Hastings

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is one of the biggest megadonors to join the chorus calling Biden to step aside. Hastings told The New York Times the president needs to bow out "to allow a vigorous Democratic leader to beat Trump and keep us safe and prosperous."

According to The Times, Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, have given over $20 million to various Democratic causes in recent years. Last summer, Hastings gave $100,000 to the Biden Victory Fund, a joint committee that includes Biden's reelection, the Democratic National Committee, and state Democratic Parties.

Abigail Disney

Abigail Disney, daughter of Roy O. Disney, the co-founder of the entertainment giant, told CNBC that she would cut off donations to Democrats entirely until Biden steps aside.

"Biden is a good man and has served his country admirably, but the stakes are far too high," Disney said. "If Biden does not step down, the Democrats will lose. Of that, I am absolutely certain. The consequences for the loss will be genuinely dire."

Barry Diller

IAC Chairman Barry Diller told journalist Matthew Frank that he, too, is done with Biden.

"No," Diller told Frank's newsletter, the Ankler, when asked if he still supported the president.

Diller has already given the max $6,600 contribution to Biden. He also gave a $100,000 donation to the Biden Victory Fund last year.

Damon Lindelof

Damon Lindelof, "Lost creator" and legendary showrunner, wrote a column urging fellow donors to stage a "DEMbargo" and cut off all Democrats until Biden steps aside.

"When a country is not behaving how we want them to, we apply harsh economic sanctions. It's a give and take — Short term hurt for long term healing," Lindelof wrote in his Deadline column. "Is it misguided to punish the entire team for the stubbornness of the pitcher? Maybe. But it's also common sense that if he stays in, they will also lose. A rising tide lifts all boats. A falling Biden sinks them."

Gideon Stein

Gideon Stein, a donor and philanthropist whose late father founded the influential liberal donor group the Democracy Alliance, told The Times that his family is withholding $3.5 million to groups involved in the presidential race unless Biden steps aside.

"[A] new ticket is in the best interest of defeating Donald Trump," Stein told The Times.

• Drake and Kendrick Lamar have exchanged nine diss tracks since "Like That" dropped in March.
• Hip-hop writers and critics favor Lamar in the feud, praising his songs as more persuasive.
• Most recently, Lamar released a music video for "Not Like Us" that seemed to cement his victory.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar were once considered collaborators, perhaps even friends.

Both rappers lent features to the other's 2011 albums ("Take Care" and "good kid, m.A.A.d city," respectively) and even teamed up with A$AP Rocky for the 2012 hit "F**kin' Problems."

Over the years, however, Drake and Lamar came to represent very different versions of hip-hop greatness: the former is a commercial juggernaut, racking up No. 1 albums and breaking chart records set by The Beatles, while the latter is a Grammy darling and acclaimed lyricist who's won a Pulitzer Prize.

Today, their separation is more apparent than ever: Drake and Lamar have become all-out foes.

In March, the Compton rapper used one simple line to reheat their long-simmering beef: "Motherfuck the big three, it's just big me."

The avowal appeared in Lamar's guest verse for "Like That," the sixth track on Future and Metro Boomin's collaborative album "We Don't Trust You."

When the album was released, attentive rap fans noted Lamar's sneaky reference to J. Cole's guest verse in the 2023 Drake hit "First Person Shooter."

"Love when they argue the hardest MC / Is it K-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? / We the big three like we started a league," Cole rapped, referencing Lamar's nickname "K-Dot" and Drake's birth name, Aubrey Graham.

While Cole backed down from the challenge, Drake did not. He released a pair of diss tracks aimed at Lamar, "Push Ups" and "Taylor Made Freestyle."

In the former, Drake mocks Lamar's height with a reference to his latest Grammy-winning album, "Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers." ("How the fuck you big steppin' with a size-seven men's on?") The latter track opens with AI-generated advice from Tupac Shakur, whom Lamar has frequently been compared to. This strategy backfired, drawing criticism and legal threats from Shakur's estate; Drake removed the song from his social media.

Lamar finally responded after 11 days of silence, dropping an explicitly anti-Drake diss called "Euphoria."

The song contains layered insults about his rival's roots ("I'd rather do that than let a Canadian n**** make Pac turn in his grave"), Drake's track record as a dad ("I got a son to raise, but I can see you don't know nothin' 'bout that"), and long-stewing plastic surgery rumors ("Tell 'em where you get your abs from").

Even the title is likely a reference to Drake's role as executive producer on HBO's "Euphoria," a show that's been criticized for objectifying and sexualizing young girls. (None of the actors depicted having sex are actually teenagers.)

The drama didn't stop there. Less than 72 hours later, Lamar released "6:16 in LA," which sparked another response from Drake ("Family Matters"), which provoked two more jabs from Lamar ("Meet the Grahams" and "Not Like Us"), which finally led Drake to address criticism head-on ("The Heart Part 6").

As of writing, the rappers have exchanged a total of nine diss tracks (including "Like That") in a matter of weeks. It's the latest in a long, storied history of rap feuds, but even so, there's a lot to unpack here.

We broke down the key takeaways from hip-hop writers and culture critics.

After 'Euphoria,' critics said Lamar took round one

The unbridled energy of "Euphoria" has been widely praised by critics, even though Lamar's rebuttal came later than fans expected.

"Drake's 'Push Ups' and 'Taylor Made Freestyle' were solid efforts, but for my money, they didn't hit as hard as the 'Like That' verse or 'Euphoria,'" Angel Diaz wrote for Billboard. "This response was well worth the wait."

Similarly, music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy commended Lamar's patience, writing on Medium, "There's a reason that he's known as hip-hop's reigning boogeyman."

"What's so great about 'Euphoria' is that it's six minutes and 24 seconds of rapping. Straight bars," Krishnamurthy wrote, comparing Lamar's "vicious" lyrical skill to Drake's "penchant for social media trolling and gimmicks."

"This is a rap battle," Krishnamurthy added. "The victor needs to showcase actual skill, wit, wordplay, and flow in order to take it."

In a track review for Pitchfork, Alphonse Pierre argued that Lamar's humor and passionate delivery help to sell the song — despite its underwhelming production and its lack of a "knockout blow."

"He sounds like he's been waiting years for this moment. 'I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk / I hate the way that you dress,' he raps; cliché, but it works because he sounds like he really means it," Pierre wrote.

Lamar declared, 'I'm the biggest hater,' and people are loving it

Drake is no stranger to diss tracks. Back in 2018, he was eviscerated by Pusha T's "The Story of Adidon," which Pierre said "set the bar for all future Drake teardowns."

Pusha T promoted the release with an old photo of Drake in blackface. In the song, he revealed that Drake had quietly fathered a child with an adult film star.

By contrast, "Euphoria" isn't especially specific or revelatory. Instead, what delighted critics is the sheer level of contempt that Lamar has been harboring for the Canadian chart-topper.

"This ain't been about critics, not about gimmicks, not about who the greatest / It's always been about love and hate, now let me say I'm the biggest hater," Lamar raps.

The lyric is probably a reference to a Breakfast Club interview with DMX in 2012 in which the rapper declared, "I don't like anything about Drake. I don't like his fucking voice. I don't like the shit he talks about. I don't like his face. I don't like the way he walks, nothing."

Pop culture writer Hunter Harris applauded Lamar's catty "war cry" in her newsletter "Hung Up," noting, "The meanest thing you can possibly do is to hate someone just because."

Zoe Guy echoed this sentiment in an article for Vulture, saluting Lamar for his "blatant honesty."

"We can only hope Lamar never relinquishes the hate in his heart, because we could go for another fiery verse or two," Guy wrote.

Music journalist Andre Gee agreed, contending that Lamar didn't need a big reveal or accusation for the song to land — he only needed to be energized by his own personal disdain.

"Some diss songs make listeners perceive an artist differently, but other disses say things people are already thinking in ways that they can't convey," Gee wrote for Rolling Stone. "The Cardo and Kyuro-produced 'Euphoria' is the latter. Kendrick doesn't say many new things, but the way he lobs his insults makes it a haymaker."

Social media users also put Lamar in the lead

Producer and DJ Marseel said on X that Drake "lost the culture" after the "Euphoria" drop, while culture critic Shamira Ibrahim wrote, "I'm actually shook at how disgusted Kendrick is with Drake."

The rapper and singer Tiger Goods celebrated Lamar's Gemini spirit, writing, "Real haters are detailed."

"Drake is responding because he has to," wrote Todd in the Shadows, a popular YouTube music reviewer. "Kendrick is doing this because he actively dislikes Drake."

Plenty of others noted Lamar's solo writing credit for "Euphoria," compared to three writing credits for Drake's "Push Ups," citing this as evidence of Lamar's superiority. (Drake has long been accused of using ghostwriters for his hits, a claim that Lamar has now repeated.)

"Kendrick absolutely ethered Drake," culture critic Ira Madison III wrote on X. "But as the male Taylor Swift, he is Teflon. His career will be just fine even if people hate him."

Critics praised Drake's rapping on 'Family Matters,' but Lamar's quick comeback gave him the upper hand again

Three days after Lamar released "Euphoria," Drake hit back with "Family Matters," a seven-minute song paired with a music video.

Drake begins the song with a disclaimer: "I was really, really tryna keep it PG." Then he goes after Lamar's family, accusing his opponent of infidelity and abuse: "They hired a crisis management team / To clean up the fact that you beat on your queen." (Lamar seemed to admit to having affairs in his latest album, "Mr. Morale," but as of writing, the domestic violence allegations are unsubstantiated.)

Drake also claims that one of Lamar's children with his fiancée, Whitney Alford, was actually fathered by Lamar's manager, Dave Free.

Journalists called the song "eviscerating" and "really real." Several opined that Drake rose to Lamar's challenge and delivered an impressive performance.

"In a vacuum, this song would be one of the strongest diss records of all time," David Dennis Jr. wrote for Andscape. "'Family Matters' is some of the best rapping Drake's done in his career. He knew he was up against the premier lyricist of our era, and he stepped up tremendously."

However, Drake's triumph was short-lived. Mere minutes later, Lamar countered with "Meet the Grahams," an open letter to members of Drake's family.

Throughout the song, Lamar addresses Drake's 6-year-old son ("Dear Adonis, I'm sorry that man is your father"), his mom ("Sandra, sit down, what I'm about to say is heavy, now listen / Your son's a sick man with sick thoughts"), his dad ("You raised a horrible fucking person, the nerve of you, Dennis"), and a mysterious 11-year-old daughter that he alleges Drake is hiding. (Drake denied this final point via Instagram.)

The brutal tone of the track, paired with the speed of its delivery, quickly returned the edge to Lamar.

As Charles Holmes wrote for The Ringer, "The quality of the most recent diss tracks became irrelevant the minute Kendrick outmaneuvered Drake by releasing 'Meet the Grahams' about an hour after 'Family Matters' dropped."

The next morning, Lamar stayed on the offensive with "Not Like Us," in which he explicitly accuses Drake of pedophilia and harboring sex offenders in his OVO camp. (Back in 2010, Drake did kiss a teenager onstage during a concert. He has also been criticized for questionable relationships with minors, including Billie Eilish and Bella Harris, though he has never faced official accusations of sexual misconduct.)

During a live-streamed reaction, music reviewer Anthony Fantano described the one-two punch as a "terminal case" for Drake.

"Drake could throw in the towel. It's starting to look like that might need to happen," Fantano said, adding, "This is pretty devastating."

Indeed, writers and editors at The Ringer have since crowned "Not Like Us" the seventh-greatest diss track in history.

"A fire can melt snow, but it's got no chance against an avalanche. That's effectively what it felt like watching 'Family Matters' go up against this Kendrick onslaught," Justin Sayles wrote. "This thing is over. Kendrick's legacy is secure. The only question now is what happens to Drake's."

Drake shot back with 'The Heart Part 6,' but it didn't sway public opinion in his favor

On Sunday night, Drake released another diss track, named after Lamar's Grammy-winning single "The Heart Part 5."

Drake uses the song to address Lamar's accusations of pedophilia, explicitly denying any inappropriate behavior. He even name-drops "Stranger Things" actor Millie Bobby Brown, whom Drake befriended when she was 14 years old, though Lamar has never mentioned her.

"Just for clarity, I feel disgusted, I'm too respected / If I was fucking young girls, I promise I'd have been arrested," Drake raps. "I'm way too famous for this shit you just suggested."

The Toronto native also claims that his own team leaked false rumors of a secret daughter to bait Lamar: "We plotted for a week and then we fed you the information," he raps. "You gotta learn to fact-check things and be less impatient."

In the spoken-word outro, Drake calls Lamar a liar and implies that he's done with their back-and-forth.

However, spectators online don't seem impressed with Drake's defensive maneuver. Some have compared "The Heart Part 6" to a scene from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," in which a character says, "There is no quicker way for people to think that you are 'diddling kids' than by writing a song about it."

Many also noted that Drake's core argument — that he's "too famous" to get away with criminal behavior — contradicts well-documented evidence that fame and wealth can help people evade consequences.

"Drake's argument against the pedophilia allegations is 'if I was really fucking young girls I promise I'd have been arrested' UHHH WHAT??? Rich famous men don't get away with such crimes everyday???" lawyer and political commentator Olayemi Olurin wrote on X.

Critics broadly agreed that "The Heart Part 6" did not improve Drake's image.

Pitchfork contributor Evan Rytlewski wrote on X, "This is one of the worst songs I've ever heard, extremely ugly shit." Krishnamurthy opined that Drake's "credibility and integrity need work," whether or not Lamar's accusations are true.

"He sounds beaten-down and cold, spending nearly six minutes calling Kendrick a bad investigative journalist, attempting to mock the molestation story in Kendrick's 'Mother I Sober,' and disputing claims that he's had relationships with underage girls in the worst way possible," Pierre wrote for Pitchfork. "It's a miserable song. He sounds washed and exiled."

But even as critics declare Lamar as the victor, several have called for the cutthroat exchange to end here — especially given the dark accusations of misogyny and depravity that have been thrown in both directions.

"Drake and Kendrick don't have the politics to be doing all this," Holmes wrote. "As with most hip-hop beefs, we've ended up where we were always destined to — men using women, wives, baby mothers, parents, and children in increasingly gross and depraved ways to satisfy their rabid egos."

Lamar seemed to cement his victory with a Juneteenth concert and a music video for 'Not Like Us'

"Not Like Us" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Family Matters" debuted at No. 7 — a devastating blow to Drake, whose biggest leg up on Lamar was thought to be his commercial appeal.

Lamar flexed the popularity of his diss tracks during a one-night-only Juneteenth concert in Inglewood, California, dubbed "The Pop Out: Ken and Friends," which he opened with "Euphoria."

To close the show, Lamar performed "Not Like Us" five times in a row — six including an instrumental-only version. He was joined onstage by a huge array of guests, including West Coast rappers, athletes, and dancers. "This is unity at its finest," Lamar told the crowd.

The event was widely celebrated as Lamar's victory lap, cementing his support from both fans and members of the hip-hop community. According to NBC News, "SIX TIMES" began trending on X shortly after the concert ended.

"It was hard to overlook the fact that the thing unifying the coast in this moment was not love but hate, and Kendrick, the self-proclaimed biggest Drake hater, was primarily operating in his capacity as speaker for the culture in his personal war with the Toronto high roller," Sheldon Pearce wrote for NPR. "If the matter wasn't settled before, then it certainly is now."

But Lamar wasn't finished there. On July 4, he released an official music video for "Not Like Us," codirected by Lamar and Free, which is packed with unsubtle references to Drake and their feud.

In one scene, Lamar repeatedly whacks an owl-shaped piñata while a disclaimer flashes across the screen: "NO OVHOES WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO." Of course, the logo for Drake's brand, October's Very Own, is an owl.

The video ends with Lamar leaving an owl trapped in a birdcage.

The visual also serves as an indirect rebuttal to Drake's claims about Lamar's home life. Lamar's fiancée and their two children make a rare appearance, dancing along to "Not Like Us" and standing together as a family, both literally and symbolically.

Once again, the video was treated as a "victory lap" in headlines and on social media. It has also been described as "triumphal" (Pitchfork), "celebratory" (Complex), "the most anticipated video of the year" (Billboard), and "the cap on Lamar's definitive victory over Drake" (The Hollywood Reporter).

• Since 2021, Formula 1 races have used Ferrari Trento sparkling wine for podium celebrations.
• The tradition of rewarding winners with bubbly at F1 races dates back to the 1950 French Grand Prix.
• Ferrari Trento said it had nearly tripled its US sales since the start of its F1 partnership.
• This article is part of "Behind the Wheel," a series about the highly competitive and high-tech world of Formula 1.

It's an iconic moment of a Formula 1 race: the uproarious podium celebration, where the top three drivers spray each other with bubbly as the prelude to Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" plays in the background.

Since 2021, F1 drivers technically haven't been celebrating with Champagne. They've been spraying and imbibing sparkling wine produced by the Italian company Ferrari Trento (no relation to the Ferrari car manufacturer). And with a calendar spanning 24 races across five continents, Formula 1 has led to enormous brand exposure for the small winery in northern Italy.

"For us, it has been a dream come true," said Matteo Lunelli, the president and CEO of Ferrari Trento. "Our brand awareness is growing, especially in the United States, where Formula 1 is rising enormously in relevance and popularity."

A 70-year tradition

The tradition of awarding winners with Champagne at Formula 1 races dates back to 1950, when the Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio received a large bottle of Moët & Chandon after winning the French Grand Prix.

But the act of spraying Champagne can be traced back to 1966, at the famed French endurance race 24 Hours of Le Mans, when the Swiss driver Jo Siffert accidentally popped the cork on his bottle, spraying a few unsuspecting spectators. The next year, the American racer Dan Gurney one-upped Siffert, intentionally shaking up his bottle of Moët & Chandon and drenching everyone around him.

Soon enough, that practice became standard at Formula 1 races, resulting in the spectacle seen today.

Worldwide exposure for F1's bubbly partners

Over the years, Formula 1 has partnered with a variety of Champagne companies for its podium celebrations, including Moët & Chandon, G.H. Mumm, and Champagne Carbon. In 2021, when the racing series began its partnership with Ferrari Trento, it represented the first time a non-French sparkling wine had been used.

"Traditionally, the sport was always linked to Champagne," Lunelli said. "Choosing us was a big step and innovation for them."

Since then, Ferrari Trento has been featured prominently on the podium during each Grand Prix. Viewers can even watch a "bottle cam" showing drivers dousing each other in sparkling wine. Some drivers even have unique ways of drinking it.

This exposure is what makes the sponsorship deal so coveted.

"It's a global sport, so it's more eyes, it's emotions, and it's a story," said Theresa Sanchez, a codirector of the wine-marketing program at the University of California, Davis. "Everyone wants to leave these events telling a story, and if your wine brand can be part of that story during the celebration, it's successful."

For Ferrari Trento, the deal has been buoyed by the recent growth of Formula 1, thanks in part to the success of the Netflix docuseries "Drive to Survive."

"We nearly tripled our sales in the US since the start of the partnership," Lunelli said. "We had to move allocation of wine from the local Italian market to export sales, which is a strategic decision for us that we want to continue. Our goal is really to increase our export sales and make Ferrari Trento more and more international."

Trial rules

Outside of the podium celebration, Ferrari Trento is served throughout each Formula 1 race weekend. Christian Miller, another codirector of the UC Davis wine-marketing program, argued that this is the most important part of the sponsorship.

Miller, who's also the research director of Wine Market Council, alluded to consumer research suggesting that "trial rules," meaning that providing opportunities for people to taste a wine benefits wine companies more so than other tactics.

As Formula 1 continues to rise in popularity — with new US races in Miami and Las Vegas only adding to the series' pomp and circumstance — Ferrari Trento gets more opportunities to offer its wine to customers.

"Those two Grands Prix created a whole weekend of events, celebrations, and parties," Lunelli said.

Lunelli said that during the week of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, close to 20,000 bottles of Ferrari Trento were served. During the Las Vegas race last fall, an estimated 40,000 bottles were uncorked.

"It was a fantastic opportunity to present ourselves to new customers," Lunelli said.

A bold decision

When Ferrari Trento started its partnership with Formula 1 in 2021, hosting these events wasn't necessarily a sure thing.

"We finalized our agreement at the beginning of 2021 when we were still in lockdown," Lunelli said. At the time, Formula 1 races were happening at largely empty racetracks without fans.

"The starting point of our partnership demonstrated from us a strong willingness to do it — and a little bit of courage," Lunelli said. "It turned out to be a very positive decision."

The relationship between sports and wine seems poised for continued growth. In addition to Formula 1's sponsorship, the NFL, the NBA, and MLB have launched wine partnerships in recent years.

Sanchez described these partnerships as much needed in the wine industry as vineyards look for new customers in different demographics.

"We need to go to the consumer," she said. "It's getting more expensive to bring consumers to the tasting room, so you have to meet people where they're at, where they're having fun. It's simply smart for wine brands."

Gina Gershon is a bit of an enigma — literally.

When she appears on Zoom for our interview, she's shrouded in darkness. "It looks like I'm in the witness protection program," she jokes. It's not clear where Gershon is calling in from, though it seems like it may be from her home, given her repeated interjections of "Hey, stop that!" to someone — maybe her beloved cat, Louie? — off-camera.

For someone who's been working consistently for decades since breaking through with a bit part in 1986's "Pretty in Pink," remarkably little is known about her private life. And even more remarkably, people don't seem to pester her too often about stuff like where she lives, whether she's married, or if she has kids.

Gershon has become one of the rare actors — and the even rarer female actors — afforded the opportunity to vanish into her roles. It's exactly the career she always wanted, but not necessarily what everyone else planned for her.

After appearing in Paul Verhoeven's critically panned 1995 movie "Showgirls," which has since become a camp classic, Gershon parted ways with her agents when they disagreed with her decision to take the role of Corky, a lesbian ex-con seduced by Jennifer Tilly's femme mafioso girlfriend Violet in "Bound," the Wachowskis' 1996 directorial debut.

"Everyone at that moment, they wanted me to be in a big studio film and to position me more as a big Hollywood star and all that," Gershon recalls. "I just wanted a script and a part to show and to really act in something I was really passionate about."

Almost three decades later, people are still passionate about "Bound": The Criterion Collection re-released the film in June, just in time for Pride.

For the latest interview in Business Insider's "Role Play" series, Gershon looks back on working with the Wachowskis, inadvertently becoming a queer icon, and being typecast as "motorcycle-riding, real tough women murdering men."

On defying her agents to star in 'Bound' and finding Corky's look in San Francisco lesbian bars

Lana and Lilly Wachowski have talked about how they struggled to cast Violet and Corky in 'Bound.' Were you hesitant at all to take on the role?

I was hesitant to take on any role coming off of "Showgirls," just because, honestly, I was pretty burnt out. It was a very intense shoot, as you can imagine. I happened to have read the Wachowskis' script, "Assassins," and I really wanted to do that script. And for whatever reason, no one would see me for it.

When the script for "Bound" was sent to us, my agents were pretty clear saying, "Listen, you are not doing this movie. It's a lesbian, and you just played a lesbian." I'm like, "Well, I just played a bisexual person," as we were saying in the day. I said, "That's very different. And who cares? I want to read the script just because I liked those writers."

My agents were like, "Well, it's unknown filmmakers. They've never directed before." And I remember saying, "These unknown filmmakers are geniuses. They're visionaries. They're brilliant. I want to work with them."

Is it true that you fired your agents over them not wanting you to be in the movie?

I mean, "fire" is a harsh word. They said to me very clearly, "We can't represent you if you do this movie. We have other plans for you."

I was anxious to show that I was a pretty serious actress. When I read ["Bound"], A, I had never read women's parts like this. And B, the idea of cutting off my hair, cutting off my nails, taking off 20 pounds of this makeup that I've been wearing for months and months… it was 180 degrees from what I had just played. And I just thought, "Wow, the woman gets the girl. She gets the money. She screws over the mob."

The movie was way ahead of its time in a lot of ways, particularly in having Susie Bright act as a proto-intimacy coordinator.

I can't remember if she was on the set or not. She certainly wasn't there with me and Jennifer [Tilly]. I think the Wachowskis were quite clever in that they brought on Susie as they were writing the script, because she was the sexpert in lesbian love, and she's known for that.

She wasn't in the traditional sense what an intimacy coordinator is. She wasn't there saying, "Do you feel comfortable with this? Do you feel safe? Move this way."

My real direct dealings with Susie were when I was trying to find my look. Coming in, I was so femme — my hair, and my body was like a dancer's body, and I really had to transform myself into the more masculine side of myself, where I'd really been exploiting the feminine side with "Showgirls." So they were like, "Talk to Susie."

I flew to San Francisco to have a night on the town with her, and I said, "Take me to these places. I want to find my look. Take me to these lesbian bars." Although when I got there, I can't remember exactly why, but for some reason, she couldn't go out that night. She goes, "So, I'm just going to point you in the right direction." And I remember going, "Wait, you're kidding, right? I'm going to all these places by myself?"

But it turned out to be one of those kind of after-hours nights, and one thing led to the other. It was a wild experience, but I came back and I had my Corky. Let's just leave it at that.

On her 'Showgirls' PTSD and why she's come around on the movie

You've spoken a lot about "Showgirls" and defended it in recent years. But did you ever fear its reception would derail your career the way that it derailed Elizabeth Berkley's?

I had that fear I think from day one.

I just watched it again. A friend of mine, Lili Anolik, who is a great journalist and a writer herself, she's like, "You need to come and see this movie and see why people like it." I've just had PTSD with it the whole time, and for several reasons. And seeing it now, I understand it on a bigger level. I can understand why people consciously or unconsciously like it so much.

What ["Showgirls" director] Paul [Verhoeven] was trying to do was just revealing the ugliest side of the American dream. And when you're an actress and you're inside of it, all I kept thinking was like, "Oh, my God, I want to do Chekhov. I want to do the Greeks. How did I get here?"

And it was really my biggest part in my career. I'd been doing theater, I'd been doing independent films, but I also knew, "Wow, I better be really good in this, or else I'm done." And so I worked on it like any part. And I loved the part when I first read the script. I just stuck to doing the best job I could acting it, because I certainly wasn't directing it, and I wasn't producing it.

As a whole, I really appreciate it in the bigger picture now of what he was trying to do.

Between "Showgirls" and "Bound," how do you feel about being a queer icon?

I think it's pretty awesome. I love it. So many women and girls have come up to me, telling me how [my movies] helped them accept who they were and how it helped them come out because they hadn't seen that represented in a film before, and that makes me feel really great.

On the flip side, after having those two roles back to back, did you have any issues with being typecast?

I definitely would get a lot of these motorcycle-riding, real tough women murdering men. That's come up quite a bit in my career. Ironically enough, right now another movie of mine is being re-released from 20 years ago, "Prey for Rock & Roll" — where, by the way, I have another super hot girlfriend in that.

But for some reason, the best parts I've been offered, they've happened to be lesbian women. Maybe the parts seem better to me!

That being said, to me, with "Bound," it wasn't like, "Oh, I'm playing a lesbian." That movie was always about trust. The big themes in that were how do you trust someone again when you've been really screwed over in the past? And ultimately, that's what Corky and Violet have.

On the one scene she never wants to rewatch and why she thought she'd be written out of 'Face/Off'

Another one of my favorite more recent roles of yours was in "Killer Joe." You have that one really memorable scene in which Matthew McConaughey's character forces your character Sharla to fellate a fried chicken leg. What was it like filming that moment?

Years before that movie, the script came to me as a play. And I didn't know ["Killer Joe" playwright] Tracy Letts then, I didn't know his work.

I was into the whole thing, and when I got to that chicken bone scene, I really thought, "Wow, I don't know if I could do this eight times a week." I'm pretty tough, but that scene really was like, "Wow." And everyone's like, "No, it's going to be really funny!"

So, when the movie version came up, I finally got to meet [director] William Friedkin, who I was already such a huge fan of. I mean, I think I've seen "The Exorcist" maybe at least 100 times.

Billy wasn't a guy that says, "Hey, we're going to do a zillion takes." If you ask for take two, he's like, "Why?"

But for that particular scene, I remember saying to Billy and to Matthew, "You know what? I don't want to talk about it. I don't want to think about it. We definitely got one big take on this and let's just do it." I didn't want to get into my head because if I thought about it, I don't know. It's such an intense, gnarly scene.

To this day, the movie is so compelling and it's so well done, I feel myself getting nauseous as that scene is coming up. And it's the only scene I've ever done in my entire career where I literally have to look away and go, "Is it over?"

Luckily, Matthew and I work really well together, and there was obviously a lot of trust between us. And he and I never even talked about it. We never discussed it until a year and a half later. We saw each other at a party. We just kind of looked at each other and he was like, "We really did that scene." I said, "Yeah, we sure did." And we finally talked about it, but I didn't want to think about it, to be honest.

Another one of your iconic cult classic roles is in "Face/Off." Is it true that you and Nicolas Cage knew each other in high school before working on that?

We never really hung out, but we were in the same high school, so we knew of each other for sure.

What was it like working on "Face/Off" together?

Nicolas is, as he is so often, just completely brilliant. I was so excited to be working with John Woo… just watching John Woo work.

Originally I kept thinking my part was going to get cut out or something. I mean, it wasn't integral to the story. And so I would just come up with scenes like, "Hey, what about this? What about that?"

It was your idea to do the sibling kiss, right? What was behind that choice?

I think that was me and Nick Cassavetes. Just an incestuous sort of love for each other. [Laughs]

I kept going into Nick Cassavetes' room trying to work on different bits, saying, "Hey, what about this?" Like I was never supposed to kick the guy when I was leaving with the kid, and I kept saying to John Woo, "I'm in a John Woo movie. Let me do stunts. I could do stunts! I'm really into it."

My one idea that didn't fly — and to this day I still wish we had done it — I really love the idea of showing up with a shaved head, since Nick Cassavetes had the shaved head. And in certain cultures, you shave your head when you're in mourning. I wanted to show up with a shaved head, which I thought was so exciting.

That definitely did not fly. Usually, I'd say to John, "What about this?" And he'd be like, "Oh, yeah, yeah.' But I told him this, and he went, "What? No."

You actually told the story about the shaved head idea to my colleague Jason Guerrasio like seven years ago, when you spoke to him for "Inconceivable."

I'm still standing behind it! I still believe it's a great idea. The producers, I remember they didn't seem to be so keen.

I thought it really worked, but I wasn't directing it, so I didn't get to do it. I was just the hired hand. I had to listen to Mr. John Woo on that one.

I'm excited to see you in "Borderlands" coming up. What was it like working on a set of that scale?

Complete bonkersville. It's insane. It's just stupid, fun, crazy, out there. You feel like you're a bit in a video game. I'm happy to have been a part of it. I wish I had more to do in it. I wish I could have been working there all the time, but I really love my time that I was there.

And working with Cate Blanchett, she's just a dream. I love her so much. And Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Hart. I mean, the cast is insane. And it was really special just because we were all in lockdown, and just to be able to enter a new world, even though Pandora's a bit of a shithole and so crazy, it was just nice to be locked down with such a great group of people.

I've never done a Marvel movie. I've never done these big, crazy movies. To be really dressed up in these outfits and entering a whole other world was just a blast.

Totally different experience from things like "Bound" and "Showgirls."

The film is nuts. It's not like anything I've done, so I'm excited about it.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

The new 4K digital restoration of "Bound" is now available from The Criterion Collection.

• Wimbledon is officially underway in London, and will conclude on July 14.
• The Grand Slam tennis tournament draws an elite group of spectators in high fashion looks.
• David Beckham, Patrick Mahomes, and Jameela Jamil have been spotted at the event.

Round one of Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the season, began on July 1.

With stars like Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic, and Taylor Fritz vying for another championship title in their pristine whites, the spectacle always draws a number of society's elites.

So far, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club has seen everyone from legendary athletes David Beckham and Maria Sharapova to Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl and "Bridgerton" star Golda Rosheuvel.

As the competition continues to heat up, here's a look at all the A-listers attending Wimbledon this year.

English soccer legend David Beckham was seen enjoying day one of the tournament with his mom, Sandra.

Also on day one, "Bohemian Rhapsody" star Lucy Boynton wore an embroidered babydoll dress by Celine, color-coordinated sunglasses, and gold hoops.

Source: Women's Health

Musician Arlo Parks was also in attendance on day one.

Couple James Blake and Jameela Jamil posed for pictures on club grounds.

Golda Rosheuvel, also known as Queen Charlotte on "Bridgerton," was seen on day one in a red and white striped dress.

"Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" singer PinkPantheress was snapped checking her phone.

British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir, who portrayed Bob Marley in "Bob Marley: One Love," was seen walking the grounds on day one.

Famed British broadcaster and biologist Sir David Attenborough was seen giving a standing ovation.

"Foo Fighters" front man Dave Grohl traded his usual rock 'n' roll style for a navy-blue suit and orange patterned tie as he watched day two's action with his wife, director Jordyn Blum.

Actor and producer Rebel Wilson was seen taking selfies with a fellow spectator in a bright floral blazer by Alice and Olivia.

The multitalented model, singer, and actor Grace Jones was spotted having a laugh in the crowd.

Five-time Grand Slam singles champion Maria Sharapova was seen with her fiancé, businessman Alexander Gilkes.

"Ted Lasso" fan favorite Hannah Waddingham stopped for pictures on day three in a lilac, floral-patterned dress by Elie Saab with white accessories.

Mel C's burnt-orange crop top reminded everyone why she's Sporty Spice.

Kim Cattrall posed in a dusty-pink suit, floral blouse, and metallic heels.

Michael and Carole Middleton, parents of Kate Middleton, were spotted at Wimbledon day four.

Tennis legends Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe attended Andy Murray's farewell presentation on day four.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was pictured with his wife, Brittany Mahomes, who wore a red, white, and blue look by Gucci.

• Nicky Piccalilli, her husband, kids, and dog live on a 35-foot catamaran and travel the world.
• They learned how to sail and fixed up the boat after Nicky had a serious health incident in 2017. 
• Nicknamed the Sailing Pickle Family, the group has seen many countries around the world. 

The Sailing Pickle Family lives a life that many dream of: They sail around the world and explore new countries on a regular basis.

But their exciting adventure started from a low point. In 2017, Nicky Piccalilli, 46, caught meningitis and was placed in intensive care and isolation.

She said the infection caused damage to her brain, eyesight, and hearing — but it was something of a pinnacle moment in her life. She texted her husband, Chris, 48, and told him, "When I get out of here, I'm going to sail the world."

Nicky, Chris, their youngest children, 15-year-old Beau and 10-year-old Bear, plus their Doberman, Buddy, began doing just that in 2019.

It was love at first sight when they found their boat

As Nicky began her recovery, she and Chris researched how to sail and started looking for a boat.

Just a week after Nicky left the hospital, they arranged to look at Pickle, the 35-foot Prout Snowgoose catamaran that they'd eventually buy.

"I literally just fell in love," Nicky told Business Insider. "She needed a huge amount of work. It was a really good thing that I was so naive."

The family got a great deal on the boat but spent the next year fixing sails, ropes, and everything else to get it into sailing condition.

"The only thing we didn't do was completely rewire it," Nicky said.

Nicky described the inside of the boat as being like a Tardis, the time machine on "Doctor Who."

It has futuristic curved shapes, a large seating area, a kitchen, toilet, showering area, and lots of storage. There's enough space for two small rooms to have double beds and private areas for their kids.

The Pickle family has weathered some storms and explored many places already

The family began their journey by sailing across the South coast of England and toward France.

One of the biggest challenges they faced early on in their journey was crossing the Bay of Biscay, a stretch of water along the western coast of France notorious for its unforgiving weather.

"In the Bay of Biscay, the waves were bigger than we were," Nicky said. "We were just unlucky that we got into one of those storms."

She described how the boat nearly went onto its side and the cockpit filled with foamy seawater — she clung onto her dog for dear life as waves crashed over the boat.

It was the only moment when Nicky doubted what they were doing, but getting past it helped them appreciate the journey more.

They've now seen a lot of places, from Spain and Italy to Tunisia and the western Turkish coast — and they haven't experienced a storm that bad since.

The family has shifted their lifestyle, but there are some things about living on land they miss

To fund their new lifestyle and adventures, Chris works remotely, and the family shares their journey on YouTube and Patreon.

Nicky and Chris homeschool their children, and Beau and Nicky plan to return to England this year so Beau can complete her GCSEs while Chris and Bear stay on the boat in Europe.

Even so, the family misses a few things about living on land. Nicky misses having a garden and growing her own produce for the family.

Chris misses not having to worry about the weather. The weather at sea has a tremendous impact on the ease of sailing and is something the family has to consider at all times. It can change in the space of just an hour or two, so they have to check the forecast regularly throughout the day.

"It's constantly on your mind. Even if you're sick and dying, you have to check the weather," Nicky told BI.

Even so, the family doesn't plan to stop their adventures anytime soon. Next, they hope to sail across the Atlantic and visit North and South America.

• In July, Aldi will release dozens of new summer products like easy meals, dips, and desserts.
• Aldi is releasing both sweet and spicy dip options in cinnamon-bun and pineapple-jalapeño flavors.
• For dessert, indulge in pie bites, gelato bites, ice-cream-flavored truffles, and more.

Aldi is ready to help shoppers make the most of the summer season, with plenty of new offerings coming to shelves this July.

From iced lattes and ready-made chicken salads to ice-cream-flavored truffles, the store is stocking plenty of exciting options for every meal.

Best of all, the budget grocer — which announced plans to cut prices on over 250 items this summer — has many products available for under $5 each. Here are some of the best things to get at Aldi this July.

Enjoy your favorite pies with the Belmont chocolate-covered pie bites — no baking required.

Instead of turning on the oven to bake a pie this summer, indulge in the Belmont chocolate-covered pie bites.

Available in coconut-cream, key-lime, and banana-cream flavors, each box of this frozen summertime treat is available for just under $5.

Stay cool on the hottest summer days with Nature's Nectar sparkling French sodas.

Cool off with these sparkling French sodas from Nature's Nectar, which are refreshing on their own or as an ingredient in cocktails and mocktails.

The sodas, which cost $3.20 per bottle, come in three flavors: pink raspberry, pomegranate blueberry, and blood-orange grapefruit.

The Bake Shop cotton-candy-frosted sugar cookies offer a taste of summer fun.

Feeling nostalgic? You can enjoy a taste of the fair with these cotton-candy-frosted sugar cookies.

Each cookie has a soft, fluffy base and a frosting that tastes like cotton candy. A box of 10 cookies costs less than $4.

Pair the Park Street Deli cinnamon-bun or cookie-dough dips with your favorite fruits and sweet treats.

If you want to add more variety to the lineup of dips at your next gathering, consider these sweet options from Park Street Deli.

These dips are available in cinnamon-bun or cookie-dough flavors and pair well with fresh fruit, graham crackers, pretzels, marshmallows, and more. Try one or both flavors for $3 each.

Start your morning off right with the Barissimo iced lattes.

If you're trying to save money and skip the drive-thru this summer, you'll want to keep these budget-friendly lattes on hand.

The Barissimo lattes, which are $2 each, are available in new flavors like raspberry mocha, salted caramel, and toasted coconut.

Add more flavor to your meals with the Journey To Greece Mediterranean-olive mix.

Whether you're planning to whip up a pasta salad, make a nice charcuterie spread, or snack straight from the jar, these Mediterranean olives will be a kitchen staple.

Each jar, available for just $3.50, contains a mix of green and kalamata olives, red peppers, and garlic.

The Park Street Deli chicken salads are a convenient lunch, snack, or dinner option.

If you need a protein-packed snack or an easy lunch or dinner idea, pick up a tub or two of the new Park Street Deli chicken salads, available in Green Goddess and lemon-poppy-seed flavors.

These would pair well with crackers or lettuce cups and are available for $4.30.

The Sundae Shoppe gelato bites put a new spin on a classic dessert.

Gelato is already delicious, but the new Sundae Shoppe bites take this dessert to the next level.

Each bite of gelato, available in cookie-dough or toffee flavors, is coated in chocolate. The toffee flavor has a cookie crumble on the outside, and the cookie dough variety features a chewy cookie-dough center. Grab a bag for only $4.

Enjoy a restaurant-quality seafood dinner with Fremont Fish Market crab or lobster cakes.

Summer is seafood season, and Aldi is celebrating by making dinner even easier with the Fremont Fish Market crab and lobster cakes. They're great for topping salads or pairing with slaws and grilled veggies.

Each pack contains five cakes for just under $5, making it a budget-friendly alternative to going out to eat at a seafood restaurant.

Stock up on Park Street Deli’s new sweet-and-spicy dips.

No cookout is complete without plenty of dips and spreads on hand for chips, burgers, and veggies.

To ensure your guests are offered a good variety, consider grabbing one of the new Park Street Deli sweet-and-spicy dips.

The dips are available in pineapple-jalapeño or sweet-chili-mango flavors for $3.40 each.

Clancy's kettle chips are great for picnics.

Aldi shoppers will want to stock up on the new flavors of Clancy's kettle chips for picnics, snacking, movie nights, and more. Each bag of chips, which come in fun flavors like sweet Maui onion and chili-pepper lime, cost just under $2.

Take your tastebuds on vacation with the Specially Selected limoncello-cheesecake cups.

Aldi's new limoncello-cheesecake dessert cups are a fancy-looking dessert option that won't break the bank.

Each cup costs $2.50 and features a crispy, buttery, cookie base topped with a thick layer of creamy cheesecake and lemony fruit topping.

The Simply Nature smoothie pops make for a fun and refreshing snack.

When you're ready to cool off from the rising summer temperatures, grab one of Simply Nature's organic smoothie pops.

These non-GMO smoothie pops are packed with superfoods and make a refreshing summer treat.

Available in berry or mango flavors, each pack of six smoothie pops costs $5.

Treat yourself to the Moser Roth ice-cream shop truffles.

There's never a wrong time to treat yourself with these luxurious-looking Moser Roth ice-cream-shop truffles.

Each box contains 12 chocolates in four ice cream-inspired flavors — rocky road, fudge, vanilla chip, and orange creamsicle — for only $3.70.

• Costco's largest gold product is a 100-gram bar from PAMP Suisse that last sold for $7,599.99.
• The jumbo-sized bar was briefly available this week, but sold out in less than a day.
• The quick sellout shows just how strong demand still is for Costco's precious metals business.

Costco has been selling gold and silver at a rate of $200 million per month, per analyst estimates, and it's showing no signs of slowing down.

Look no further than this week's sell-off of the company's largest gold product: 100-gram bars of 24-karat gold from PAMP Suisse that last sold for $7,599.99.

Weighing as much as three and a half standard coins, the two-square-inch slabs cost as much as a high-mileage used car.

The price didn't dissuade gold buyers, who snapped up the stash of 100-gram bars in less than a day. It's unclear how many units were in this release, but the product listing shows dozens of reviews from verified customers.

As one review pointed out, Costco's 2% rewards for Executive membership, plus 2% from Costco's credit card translate to some big bucks on such a large purchase.

In this instance, the combined rewards would come in around $300 — not a bad windfall for converting dollars into gold, assuming prices hold.

Because Costco prices its precious metals so close to the market spot price, the rewards can make the deal extremely competitive.

At these rates, it's unlikely that Costco is making much profit from its precious metals business, but that might not matter for the company right now.

Between the e-commerce cheat code of routing hundreds of millions of dollars through online sales, attracting new members, incentivizing existing members to upgrade, and boosting the appeal of the credit card, there are plenty of benefits for Costco to enjoy.

Costco executives often remind investors that "we're a top-line company" — referring to their dedication to growing sales rather than maximizing profits — and nothing drives that idea home quite like selling through stacks of $7,600 gold bars in less than a day.

• I tried making Ina Garten's tuna-melt recipe, which was quick and easy to prepare.
• It ended up being one of the best tuna melts I've ever had and was quick and easy to put together.
• I'll also use the recipe in the future to make regular tuna-salad sandwiches.

Ina Garten has become a household name for cooking comfort-food staples like her perfect roast chicken and beef bourguignon.

As much as I'd love one of her gourmet meals in the middle of each day, using my entire lunch hour to whip up something from the TV personality's arsenal of recipes isn't always realistic. Fortunately, Garten has a few quick recipes up her sleeves, including a 10-minute take on a tuna-melt sandwich.

The recipe uses pantry-staple ingredients I usually have on hand, as well as fresh elements like green onions, microgreens, celery, and dill.

As someone who loves a good tuna sandwich, I was curious to see if this dish could replace my expensive lunchtime takeout orders. Here's how it went.

To start, I gathered my ingredients.

Garten specifies using imported tuna packed in olive oil, so I chose two cans of Genova yellowfin tuna instead of the water-based ones I normally use.

It was shockingly hard to find Swiss cheese that wasn't in the form of sandwich slices at my Jewel-Osco — let alone the Emmentaler that she suggested. I decided to use a Swiss Gruyere AOP instead, which had a similar flavor.

I also picked up celery, scallions, fresh dill, a lemon, anchovy paste, and bread. I already had avocado-oil mayo at home, so I used that for the recipe.

The "Barefoot Contessa's" tuna-melt recipe also called for microgreens, but I left them out as I'm not a fan of their grassy flavor.

My receipt ended up coming out to about $35, or roughly $8.75 per serving — which I found to be a little pricey for a tuna-melt sandwich.

I began by draining the oil from the tuna and flaking it with a fork in a bowl.

Even though I drained most of the oil, the tuna seemed to have a creamy texture and flaked easily. I chopped the celery into quarter-inch pieces, diced the green onions and dill, and added them to the tuna mixture.

Next, I cut a fresh lemon and squeezed out 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. I then added 1½ teaspoons of salt and three-quarters of a teaspoon of pepper, mixing to combine the ingredients.

I then added the mayo and anchovy paste to make the mixture creamy.

I added the mayo, which made the mixture creamy, and the anchovy paste, which looked a little unappetizing at first. However, it quickly assimilated into the tuna mixture when I put it in.

I turned on the broiler to preheat, then toasted two slices of bread.

After the bread was done toasting, I put the slices in a baking dish and spread a thick layer of the tuna mixture on each piece.

While Garten suggests using about a quarter of the mixture for each slice of bread, I added a little more tuna since it otherwise seemed to be a small serving.

After grating cheese over the tuna mixture, I popped the sandwiches in the oven.

I grated the cheese on top of the tuna mixture, then placed the open-faced sandwiches in the oven to broil for about 3 minutes each.

I waited until the cheese just started to melt and brown before taking the tuna melts out of the oven to serve.

My first bite of Garten’s tuna melt was heavenly.

The combination of olive oil, melted cheese, and creamy mayonnaise made the tuna taste much richer than I'm used to. The fresh-lemon juice cut through some of that richness, while the green onions, fresh dill, and diced celery added some fresh flavor and texture.

I also liked that the bread didn't get soggy, even after I finished up some emails before eating my second tuna-melt slice. I think this was probably because the bread was toasted.

The sandwich was delicious, but I'd make a few changes next time.

The anchovy paste added a little extra savory umami flavor to the sandwich, but it also made it saltier. In the future, I'll reduce the amount of salt I use.

I also think that adding a briney element like capers could make this tuna melt even better, even though it was already delicious as is.

I really didn't miss the microgreens, thanks to all the fresh ingredients and crunch in the sandwich, and I think it would have just been an expensive throwaway topping that added to the cost of the meal.

My main complaint was that Garten’s tuna-sandwich recipe didn’t yield as much filling as I’d expected.

I was disappointed there wasn't more of the tuna melt left after my boyfriend and I scarfed it down — especially given its relatively high price tag and the fact that it's supposed to be enough for four portions.

However, considering how quick it was to make and how delicious the results were, this tuna-melt sandwich will definitely become a regular in my lunch rotation. Next time, I'll just make some adjustments to make it a little more budget-friendly.

• Trump has not been quiet in the post-debate fallout.
• The former president has been posting consistently on Truth Social and scheduling campaign rallies.
• Not a man known for holding his tongue, Trump is beginning to turn his commentary to Kamala Harris.

On the morning of July 5, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social 23 times in a span of 10 minutes. Though some are suggesting that the former president is remaining strategically quiet in the wake of last week's debate, he's not staying silent on social media or in person.

The flurry of activity — between 10:28 am and 10:38 am — included everything from polling graphics to pictures on the golf course. Trump's other posts over the past week have been similarly wide-reaching. Some days, he shares lengthy paragraphs about Biden's policy failures; other days, campaign videos; others still, an un-captioned, zoomed-in, pixelated image of Joe Biden's face looking oddly tan.

Some of his posts have begun to focus on Vice President Kamala Harris, whom many Democrats speculate will replace Biden on the ticket should he drop out. On July 4, Trump referred to her as "our potentially new Democratic Challenger, Laffin' Kamala Harris."

Trump is present beyond social media as well, with campaign rallies scheduled for July 9 and July 13, in Florida and Pennsylvania respectively, according to his campaign website.

"We continue to have a robust campaign schedule that outpaces Crooked Joe Biden," Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, told Business Insider. "We just announced a slate of events and rallies next week. Biden could never."

The White House and Biden campaign did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment. Biden is scheduled to hold a rally in Wisconsin on July 6.

Though Trump has sat for a few radio interviews since the debate, two advisors told the New York Times that he is content to let the media focus on the Democrat party's internal chaos. He would rather Biden remain the nominee, the advisor said, as recent polling indicates that other Democrats, namely Harris, are more formidable opponents.

Yet a leaked video, first reported by the Daily Beast, illustrates the former president's penchant for speaking freely and loudly. In it, Trump rides on a golf cart and calls Biden a "broken-down pile of crap" and Harris "pathetic."

With a known love for the spotlight, Trump is not a man known for holding his tongue. A judge told him as much earlier this year, saying, "You just can't control yourself."

As the fallout continues to swirl around Biden, it remains to be seen how long Trump will be content to let someone else sit in the eye of the media storm.