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Ready, set, shop! Walmart’s summer deals events starts on Monday (July 8), offering shoppers more chances at huge savings for summer.

Walmart is rolling back prices on thousands of must-haves, including tech, apparel, home items and much more. The online-only sale starts at 5 p.m. ET, but Walmart+ members gained access to the sale a day before everybody else.

The summer savings week includes great deals on gaming gear and consoles such as the Nintendo Switch OLED bundle with white JoyCon controllers, which you can score for $275 — $75 off the list price. The Nintendo Switch Lite is also on sale for $171.99 — $27 off the regular price — and Nintendo Switch Animal Planet is discounted to $159 (regularly $199.99).

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The sale offers up to 65% off select items, up to 30% off select shoes and apparel, up to 40% off scents, 50% off vacuums and 50% off Walmart+.

Walmart also offers a variety of ways to get your purchases — birthday gifts, wedding gifts, graduation and back-to-school supplies and daily essentials — even faster. From in-store pickup to express delivery, and expanded time slots the retailer wants to ensure that purchase arrives as soon as possible. Shoppers can choose Express Delivery, curbside pickup, or same-day delivery and track orders on the Walmart app.

If you’re shopping for a gamer, now’s your chance to get a Switch Bundle for less than $175 at Walmart and savings on Sony PlayStation.

Walmart+ subscribers get free shipping (Express Delivery not included) and other exclusive benefits such as savings on fuel, free grocery delivery from your local store, free Paramount+ and free Apple Music for three months.

Don’t miss these summer savings! Walmart shoppers can save on tech, toys, clothing, shoes, beauty products and seasonal essentials for a summer refresh including indoor and outdoor furniture, bedding and jewelry under $20 such as Nestl Bed Sheets for $17.99 (reg. $58.99) and these $15.99 Cate & Chloe Bethany 18k White Gold Earrings (down from $125).

Shop spummer savings under $50 such as this bestselling Lasko Box Fan $20.97 (reg. $24.96); Time & Tru Women’s Midi Dress $11.52 (reg. $21.98); Men’s & Women’s Crocband Clog for $44.99 (reg. $54.99). And deals on cookware, swimswear, inflatable pools and other must-haves for the season.

In the toy department, you’ll find deals on Lego, Barbie, Uno, Leap Frog, Power Wheels, and other kids’ toys on sale at Walmart.

Don’t waste time! Items tend to sell out at Walmart.com, so it’s best to start your bargain shopping as early as possible. Walmart’s July Deals event are available to all customers, no membership required, but Walmart+ members can shop the sale hours ahead of everybody else. Shop summer savings at Walmart.com.

Serena Williams expects to be dancing to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” for the rest of the summer.

Speaking at ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans over the weekend, the tennis legend called “Not Like Us” a “jam” and crowned the Drake diss track as the “hit of the summer.”

“I love that song. It’s like the hit of the summer,” she said. “When they play that jam, I’m jamming. That jam is jamming.”

Per Complex, Serena added that she’s getting her “Crip walk” on to the Mustard-produced Hot 100-topping banger. “You definitely Crip walking in that song. It’s so cool what he did though. Bringing everyone to the stage? That was incredible. I couldn’t believe it,” she continued.

K. Dot actually name-drops his fellow Compton icon on the track. “From Alondra down to Central, n—a better not speak on Serena,” he raps about Williams while seemingly daring Drake to keep her name in his mouth.

Drake was rumored to be dating Serena Williams throughout the first half of the 2010s. However, in June, Common insinuated that “wars happen over women” after N.O.R.E. brought up how the two were linked to dating Serena at different times. (Common dated Serena from about 2007 to 2010).

“You know, wars happen over women,” Common admitted of his feud with Drake on Drink Champs. “That’s just what it is. But I ain’t going to get at you if you with somebody I was with. But if you start throwing me a couple little, you know, you trying to throw some jabs, you know, and I’m like, ‘Come on man, OK.’”

Williams and Drake were spotted locking lips in 2015 and he pulled up to her U.S. Open tennis match in the same year, which had many thinking the couple was taking their relationship to the next level. However, her rep denied to People in October that year that the two were dating, instead noting that they were merely longtime friends.

Serena tied the knot with Alexis Ohanian in 2017. The tennis icon and entrepreneur share two daughters.

Drake dissed the Reddit co-founder on 2022 Her Loss cut “Middle of the Ocean.” “Sidebar, Serena, your husband a groupie/ He claim we don’t got a problem but/ No, boo, it is like you coming for sushi,” he raps.

Ohanian appeared to reply to Drake via X at the time, writing: “The reason I stay winning is because I’m relentless about being the absolute best at whatever I do—including being the best groupie for my wife & daughter.”

“Not Like Us” reached the Billboard Hot 100’s apex, and is holding firm at No. 3 on this week’s chart. The track could receive a boost next week thanks to the Dave Free and Lamar-directed music video, which arrived on July 4.

Watch Serena talk about “Not Like Us” below:

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Get ready for Walmart‘s biggest savings event yet: Walmart Deals. Starting Monday, July 8, through Thursday, July 11, shoppers can enjoy discounts on thousands of items, including electronics, home goods, toys, travel necessities and back-to-school supplies.

And that’s not all: At 5 p.m. ET, exclusive online-only deals with discounts of up to 50% off will go live. All customers also have access to Walmart Deals on both Walmart.com and the Walmart app, simplifying the process of saving money and exploring new items.

From outdoor games, comfortable and stylish chairs, coolers, air purifiers, family-friendly games and more, Walmart is a go-to destination to help you enjoy a fun-filled summer season. With the retailer’s unbeatable deals, families can also seamlessly transition from enjoying an active summer to back-to-school shopping.

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Don’t miss out! Walmart+ typically costs $98 for the annual membership, and $12.95 for the monthly membership after a 30-day free trial. Walmart offers different plans that will save you up to half off the membership plan.

You can subscribe to the Walmart+ annual plan to save you around $5/month and over $100 per year on your Walmart+ subscription.

For more product recommendations, check out these Walmart celebrity-inspired outfits for your summer wardrobe, top 6 inflatable pools, and this stylish Maxi Dress.

You can now hear and see Sphere Las Vegas in person or at home. 

To commemorate one year since the Sphere’s exterior “Exosphere” — the largest LED screen in the world at 580,000 square feet with 1.2 million LED pucks — switched on, the landmark entertainment venue revealed three new features on Thursday (July 4): audio, a 24-hour livestream and a fleet of 500 drones.

Sphere launched the technology with Verizon during its Fourth of July Celebration this past week. The 24-hour livestream, known as the XO Stream, can be viewed on both YouTube and Sphere’s website. (XO plays on the term Exosphere, as the Sphere’s exterior surface is known.)

Sphere guests, hundreds of onlookers and thousands more online gathered to see the customized Exosphere show, themed “America in six acts.” The presentation featured both Independence Day content and a retrospective of visuals from Sphere’s first year, including an animated emoji face and U2, Dead & Company, and Phish concert graphics. For the first time, the visuals were synched to music, with Odesza’s “A Moment Apart” serving as the debut track. 

Sphere Studios, which produces multi-sensory live entertainment experiences for Sphere, created all of the content.

“People want to know what’s happening on Sphere,” says Jennifer Koester, president/COO of Sphere Las Vegas. “Inside the building, the multi-sensory experience blows people away. How do we bring that to the exterior? That’s why we are now introducing audio synched with the visuals.”

“The Sphere is a model of innovation and ingenuity,” adds Jim Dolan, executive chairman/CEO of Sphere Entertainment. “It was a year ago that we watched the Exosphere get turned on, and we didn’t know how the public would receive it. That night, all the traffic stopped, and we got the idea that the Exosphere would be important.”

Through the livestream, Sphere extends its canvas beyond Las Vegas, allowing people worldwide to experience its marvels. XO Audio features sound created by Sphere Studios or from outside artists, synched to the movement of the imagery on the Exosphere. Audio accompanies Exosphere visuals onsite and via the XO Stream. 

“There are speakers around the exterior designed to have the sound cover the campus,” says Koester, noting that they are not HOLOPLOT, which powers Sphere Immersive Sound inside the venue. 

XO Audio is specific to the Exosphere and will be separate from what is happening inside. However, Koester doesn’t rule out future extensions as innovations are forever evolving.

“During the NHL Draft in June, we were able to show on the Exosphere what was happening in the interior for the first time,” she says. Also for the first time, Sphere Studios led the design and creation of content for the interior display plane and the Exosphere. 

To further amplify the experience, a fleet of 500 drones is now available to synch to the Exosphere. During the launch, these drones took the shape of fireworks, stars and phrases like “Year of Sphere.”

“When an image appears [on the Exosphere], it will shoot right out of the Sphere in the form of drones,” Dolan says.

“Drones will be going into all of the toolkits that we bring to our artists and brands and will enhance that storytelling,” adds Koester.

The Exosphere is estimated to garner more than 300,000 in-person views per day and more than 4 million digital views thanks to XO Stream.

During the July 4 event, another XO show made its debut: the inaugural Sphere XO Student Design Challenge. Launched in March in partnership with Sphere, Clark County School District and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, invited more than 100,000 students to enter a competition exploring the intersection between art and science.

Eight Clark County-based students from elementary to graduate school were ultimately chosen both by the general public (more than 75,000 votes were cast) and a panel of judges — including professional artists Refik Anadol and Michela Picchi, both of whom have previously designed for the Exosphere — to have their work appear on the Sphere on July 4. They were also awarded scholarships. This marked the first time members of the general public had their visual creations displayed on the venue’s exterior.

With a slew of year-one advancements now on view, what could be next? For one thing, Dolan hopes to turn the Sphere inside out. “One of the things that we’ve been working on which we haven’t been able to do yet is make the outside of Sphere disappear — make it transparent, so you can see into it [see what’s happening inside from the Exosphere],” he says.

He is also excited to see what the Eagles will bring to Sphere when they debut there in September. 

“They’re building on each other,” Dolan says of the musical acts who have had residencies at the venue, including U2, Phish and Dead & Company. “Each one pushes the medium further and learns from the one before. We show them the canvas. We have brushes and paints. Our people say, ‘Here’s how you use these brushes,’ but we don’t tell them what to put on the canvas.”

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A new bachelorette has entered the chat, and she’s making history: Jenn Tran is the first Asian American woman to lead The Bachelorette.

Season 21 of the dating competition series premieres on ABC on Monday (July 8).

Tran, a 26-year-old medical student who’s studying to be a physician and currently resides in Miami, previously competed on Joey Graziadei’s season of The Bachelor.

Who will get Trans’s final rose? It’s a little early for finale talk, but Tran opened up about what she looks for in a Good Morning America interview on Monday.

“For me it’s really all about personality,” explained Tran. “I’m such a thoughtful person when it comes to being in a relationship, so I was looking for someone who was thoughtful, emotionally intelligent, open and ready for love.”

“I was honestly so grateful to have the group of guys that I did,” she added. “They were so thoughtful and caring. They were just so open to everything, and I felt so lucky to be with them.”

Former Bachelor Jesse Palmer returns as host the new season.

Keep reading for details on how to watch the new season of The Bachelorette and earlier seasons.

How to Watch The Bachelorette Online for Free

Season 21 of The Bachelorette airs Mondays on ABC, and streams on Hulu the following day. The two-hour premiere will begin at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

If you have cable (or a digital antenna like this one from Amazon), you can watch The Bachelorette on TV through your local ABC affiliate.

For those without cable, ABC can be streamed online via ABC.com — but you’ll need a provider login to stream. Signing up for free trials through DirecTV Stream, fuboTV or SlingTV (and Express VPN or Pure VPN, if you’re outside of the U.S.) will give you access to ABC as well, to watch the latest Bachelorette season live on TV or stream from your laptop, tablet or phone.

Fubo and DirecTV Stream offer free trials for up to a week (plans start at $75-$85/month). DirecTV Stream’s most affordable plan, the Entertainment package, comes with 90+ channels including ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, MTV, ESPN, BET, VH1, TLC, Wetv, Lifetime, HGTV and more.

Fans can also watch online, as The Bachelorette is available to stream free with a Hulu subscription. Not signed up for Hulu? The streaming service is currently offering a 30-day free trial which you can use to watch The Bachelorette online free as well as The Golden Bachelor premiering on Sept. 28 and Bachelor in Paradise arriving later this year.

Click the link above to launch your free trial to Hulu. You can watch episodes of The Bachelorette, The Bachelor and more with a subscription to Hulu+Live TV ($77) which includes, Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ in addition to 75+ channels.

Interested in Sling TV? Subscriptions start at just $20 for the first month (regular $40) to stream dozens of channels including ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox in select regions and cable channels such as Bravo, E!, MSNBC, TLC, USA, Food Network, Discovery Channel, FX, ESPN and more.

How to Watch Past Seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette

All seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette — including Charity Lawson, Zach Shallcross, Rachel Recchia/Gabby Windey, Clayton Echard, Michelle Young, Katie Thurston, Matt James, Peter Weber and Clare Crawley/Tayshia Adams’ seasons — are available to purchase on Prime Video here.

Episodes from the new season will be available on Prime Video for $2.99 each or $19.99 for the full season.

The Bachelorette 2024: Who Are the Contestants?

An aerospace engineer, real estate investor, sommelier, aesthetics consultant, day trader, pharmaceutical rep and various medical students are among the 25 men who compete for Tran’s heart this season.

The full list of contestants range from ages 24 to 35, and hail from all over the country.

Watch a sneak peak of The Bachelorette below.