June 14, 2026 · 10:05 AM
Hollywood Weekly: Taylor Swift Makes History, Tyra Banks Sues Netflix, and Jeremy Strong Is Zuckerberg
Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame; Jeremy Strong stars as Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's Social Reckoning trailer; Tyra Banks files a defamation lawsuit against Netflix. Plus: box office (Disclosure Day $44M, Mario crosses $1B), NBA Finals record ratings, House of the Dragon returns, and the week's streaming charts.
Taylor Swift is now in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jeremy Strong has taken over as Mark Zuckerberg. Tyra Banks is suing Netflix. House of the Dragon is back. Not bad for a week that also delivered the biggest NBA Finals ratings since Michael Jordan was still playing. Here's everything you missed.
Box office: Spielberg holds, Obsession won't quit
Disclosure Day finished its opening weekend with $44 million domestically — Spielberg's biggest launch for an original feature — and $93.9 million globally. Critics and audiences were both on board (B CinemaScore, strong reviews), and Emily Blunt continues her run as the summer's most dependable movie star. 1
Obsession dropped just 17% in week five to add $21 million, bringing its domestic total past $190 million. For context: the film opened to $17.2M. That means every single one of its first four subsequent weekends outgrossed the opening — a statistical anomaly Focus Features will be celebrating for years. 1
Also this week: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie quietly crossed $1 billion worldwide — the first film of 2026 to hit that milestone — with $428.5M domestic and $571.5M international. The two Mario movies have now combined for $2.3 billion, putting the franchise alongside Inside Out and Kung Fu Panda in animated film history. 2
Taylor Swift joins the Songwriters Hall of Fame
On June 11, Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame — and the second-youngest inductee of any gender, behind only Stevie Wonder. Steven Spielberg, whom she personally asked to induct her, called her "the most successful female artist not just of her time, but of all time." Swift gave a 20-minute speech that had the room in tears. "Songwriting was the easiest thing I ever did," she told the crowd, adding that everything else about her career — the touring, the industry battles, the loss of privacy — was the hard part. 3
Also inducted that night: Alanis Morissette, Kenny Loggins, and KISS's Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. John Fogerty received the Johnny Mercer Award — the Hall's highest lifetime honor — and afterwards told THR that a biopic about his life is in development, with the script currently being written. When asked who should play him, the 81-year-old CCR frontman laughed: "I used to joke, 'Oh, Brad Pitt!'" 4
The Social Reckoning drops its first trailer — and explains the Eisenberg situation
Aaron Sorkin's sequel to The Social Network got its first trailer this week, and Jeremy Strong as a middle-aged Mark Zuckerberg is… a choice. Sorkin also went on the record about why Jesse Eisenberg passed: Eisenberg "simply did not want to be conflated with Mark Zuckerberg anymore" and, in Sorkin's words, "has his problems with the guy." Specifically: he was tired of fans approaching him in airports with The Social Network quotes. Strong, who was standing next to Sorkin at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar party when Eisenberg declined, pitched himself on the spot. The Social Reckoning — also starring Jeremy Allen White, Mikey Madison, and Betty Gilpin — hits theaters October 9. 5
House of the Dragon returns: world premiere and June 21 US debut
House of the Dragon Season 3 had its world premiere in London this week, then opened the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily — screened inside a Greek amphitheater dating back to the 3rd century B.C., which sounds like the most House of the Dragon possible venue. The Spurs-vs.-Targaryens crowd reportedly "squealed, cheered and gasped" through the preview. The US premiere is Sunday, June 21 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max. HBO has already renewed it for a fourth season. 6
NBA Finals ratings hit a 28-year high
Game 3 of the Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals drew 23.79 million viewers on ABC — the largest audience for a game three since the 1998 Jordan-era Bulls defeated the Jazz. The series is averaging 19.1 million viewers through three games, second only to the 2017 Golden State–Cleveland matchup. For context, it's drawing more than double the viewership of last year's OKC vs. Indiana series. Game 5 is Saturday in San Antonio; if the series extends, games six and seven would fall June 16 and 19. 7
Tyra Banks sues Netflix over Top Model docuseries
In a lawsuit filed Saturday in federal court, Tyra Banks accused Netflix of defamation over Reality Check, the February docuseries revisiting America's Next Top Model. Banks' lawyers claim that out of a three-and-a-half-hour interview, only 16 minutes were used — and that the footage was "stripped of context and reassembled to support a false and defamatory narrative." The most serious allegation: the series was edited to imply Banks couldn't remember a contestant's sexual assault when, Banks says, she had explicitly said "I do remember her story" — footage that was allegedly cut. She's also disputing the narrative that she failed to visit judge Miss J Alexander after his stroke, submitting text chains as evidence of repeated attempts to reach him. Netflix has not commented. Banks is requesting a jury trial. 8
Streaming charts
Fresh leadership across the platforms this week, per THR's chart tracker:
- Netflix: Big Mistakes (Dan Levy) has climbed to #1 among series; Lord of the Flies holds strong at #2. On the film side, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is surfacing in the top 5 globally.
- HBO Max: Heated Rivalry (#1) and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (#2) continue to lead; IT: Welcome to Derry hangs on at #3.
- Hulu: The Testaments (the Handmaid's Tale sequel) sits at #1; Alien: Earth holds #3.
- Paramount+: Boston Blue leads the pack, with Dexter: Resurrection and The Madison (Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell) rounding out the top three. 9
DGA member ratification vote: deadline is June 25
The Directors Guild's board unanimously approved a new four-year contract last week. The member ratification vote is due by June 25 — once that's done, Hollywood's full post-strike labor cycle will be officially closed. No significant opposition has emerged publicly. 1
Up next: Toy Story 5 opens June 19. Emmy nominations land July 8.
References
- 1THR Box Office: Disclosure Day opening
- 2THR: Super Mario Galaxy Movie $1B
- 3THR: Taylor Swift Songwriters Hall of Fame speech
- 4THR: John Fogerty biopic in development
- 5THR: Aaron Sorkin on Eisenberg passing Social Reckoning
- 6Variety: Taormina Film Festival opens with HotD S3
- 7THR: NBA Finals Game 3 TV ratings
- 8THR: Tyra Banks sues Netflix for defamation
- 9THR Charts — streaming and box office
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