Extra Extra: Does this guy look like Jalen Brunson?

May 27, 2025, 2:31 p.m.

Because Josh Hart thinks so, here are your afternoon links: the return of frozen yogurt, an 80-pound ball of mozzarella cheese, George Santos accepts his fate and more from around the city and internet.

Jalen Brunson during a Knicks home game.

It’s Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where these local bird lovers want to turn Broadway malls into avian oases.

Here’s what else is happening:

  • Astor Place Theater, home of the Blue Man Group for 34 years, has a new tenant.
  • Murray’s Cheese is making a giant, 80-pound ball of mozzarella in honor of National Cheese Day on June 4.
  • There was a Jalen Brunson lookalike contest Monday, where 15 contestants and one dog were judged based on their resemblance to the star Knicks player ahead of game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
  • Will frozen yogurt make a comeback in New York City?
  • “This is all a bit of nonsense.” A video of French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife shoving him in the face has been circulating, but Macron insists nothing malicious was happening.
  • A Long Island homeowner found a dead body floating in his pool when he opened it for the season over the weekend. Police think the body could be that of a missing murder suspect.
  • George Santos has given up trying to get a pardon from President Donald Trump and says he will spend the next two months or so enjoying his freedom until he begins his seven-year prison sentence.
  • And finally, pool season: