The Broadsheet: March 31

Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Rihanna and J-Lo rule the box office, Elizabeth Warren again insists that she’s not interested in running for president and the “Diva of Distressed” is, well, in distress. Read on to learn why one tech conference has finally banned booth babes. Enjoy your Tuesday.

EVERYONE'S TALKING

• Banning babes. The RSA Conference, which bills itself the world's largest information- security event, has added a new clause barring revealing clothing. The target of the ban? So-called booth babes, the scantily-clad women whom exhibitors hire to try to lure conference-goers to check out their company wares. “I think it’s a long time coming,” says Sandra Toms, VP and curator of the RSA Conference Coins2Day

ALSO IN THE HEADLINES

• Diva in distress. U.S. Regulators are accusing Lynn Tilton, once known as the "Diva of Distressed," and her investment firm Patriarch Partners of misleading investors about the value of risky pools of corporate loans. According the SEC, Tilton and her company misreported the value of certain loans, taking in $200 million in payments that they weren’t actually entitled to collect. Coins2Day

• Media play. Netflix added two directors to its board, including Anne Sweeney, former co-chair of Disney media networks and president of Disney-ABC television. Sweeney is the third woman on the streaming-media company's nine-person board. LA Times

• Warren's denial. In an interview with radio station WBUR, Elizabeth Warrren denied having any interest in competing for the presidency. Instead, she said, "What I care about is that everyone who runs for president, who runs for any national office right now, talks about this core set of issues about what kind of a country we are and what kind of a future we're building." NPR

• A tough defense. With the trial of admitted 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev coming to an end, Vanity Fair digs into the career of his lawyer, Judy Clarke. Known for her willingness to tackle the toughest death-penality cases, Clarke has defended Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Susan Smith, who drowned her two young sons, and Jared Lee Loughner, who shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Clarke's motivation? A loathing for the death penalty, which she calls “legalized homicide.” Vanity Fair

• Republican reckoning. The U.S. Senate broke for a two-week spring recess without confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general. The vote now has been delayed longer than that of any other AG nominee in three decades. It's also put Senate Republicans in a pickle: They either must vote for a nominee who supports immigration policies they oppose, or reject her and live with Eric Holder, who they despise. NY Times

MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Tumblr has hired Stephanie Dolgins as its first CMO. She joins Tumblr from her own marketing agency, Dolgins & Company. Meredith Corp. Has named Kim Martin chief strategy officer. Most recently, Martin was president and general manager of We TV.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

• Rihanna and J-Lo bring it home. Home, the latest movie from DreamWorks Animation, generated $54 million in opening-weekend ticket sales, smashing expectations. Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez voiced major roles in the film, and likely played an important part in its success. The pop stars, who have a combined Twitter following of almost 75 million, promoted the movie heavily to fans. Bloomberg

• The glass desk? Trevor Noah is replacing Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show, dashing the hopes of those of us who would have liked to see a woman in Stewart's old gig. Comedy Central execs say they did talk to women about the roll (there's speculation that the network approached Amy Poehler and Amy Schumer), but that Noah is "the best person for the job." The Daily Beast runs down the list of women who've dabbled in late-night TV, and wonders whether we'll ever actually see one of them behind the desk. Daily Beast

• Top Five. CNNMoney ranks the five best-performing female CEOs of the S&P 500, based on stock returns over the past year. At the top of the list: Maggie Wilderotter, CEO of Frontier Communications. Wilderotter won't hold the slot for long, though: she steps down next month. CNNMoney

• A retailer goes shopping. The Yoox Group, an Italian online fashion retailer, says it will merge with luxury e-commerce rival Net-a-Porter in an all-share deal. Combined, the two companies posted revenue of $1.4 billion last year. The new company will be called Yoox Net-a-Porter Group, and will be led by current Yoox CEO, Federico Marchetti. Natalie Massenet, founder of Net-a-Porter, will be executive chairwoman. NY Times

• Get your crayons. Johanna Basford's book, Secret Garden, has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages. That wouldn't be so surprising, were it not for the fact that Basford's creation is a coloring book--for adults. NY Times

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