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Podcast: The Update with Brandon Julien
Episode: The Update- December 3rd
Description: When Madonna, then just barely famous, auditioned for the title role of 1985’s “Desperately Seeking Susan,” she made it clear to the film’s studio executive, Barbara Boyle, how badly she wanted the part. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, one person was killed and seven were injured in a three-alarm fire that tore through an Upper East Side apartment building, drawing more than 130 firefighters to battle the flames. A New Yorker who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 was confirmed dead, according to the Israeli military. And in the south, a woman who admitted to drinking and who was...