TV: Sunday-Night Scorecard
The Strain (pictured): After the final season premiere caught up the audience with Eph and Fet, the second episode of the season reintroduces two more members of the scattered core team, Gus and Dutch. Grade: B-. Game of Thrones: The episode was called “Stormborn.” It floored the narrative pedal, with nearly every scene delivering some kind of major consequence for our characters, setting the stage for a cross-section of battles and major power-player meet-ups. Grade: A-. Power: Paz isn’t fond of James or the fact that a married man had a relationship with her sister, but she sets aside her bias to say that Angela should tell her boss if she truly believes James didn’t kill Knox. Grade: B+.
Over the weekend, Frank Ocean headlined FYF 2017 in Los Angeles. At one point, while Ocean sang the soul classic “Never Can Say Goodbye,” Brad Pitt appeared on stage. As Ocean performed, Pitt gave a subdued performance of his own, seemingly talking on a phone as his image appeared on the stage’s giant screens. In a recent interview with GQ Style, Pitt revealed that Ocean’s music has been part of his listening rotation. “I’ve been listening to a lot of Frank Ocean,” he said. “I find this young man so special. Talk about getting to the raw truth. He’s painfully honest. He’s very, very special. I can’t find a bad one.”
For the past four years, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation auction—organized by the actor and art collector—has played a starring role on the St. Tropez summer calendar. Last year, the event raised some $45 million on behalf of the “long-term health and wellbeing of all of Earth’s inhabitants”, per the foundation’s mission. This year’s gala and live auction, conducted by Simon de Pury, 
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