First and most importantly: Today is Heather’s birthday!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HEATHER!!!!!!
Second: We had some great stuff at Drinks With Broads this week! On Tuesday, I recapped what happened last season on Emily in Paris in preparation for our recaps (coming your way next week), and Heather digs into a juicy SNL Blind Item, among other things. On Thursday, we had a new edition of Does It Hold Up? featuring the pilot of Alias; dug into WTF is going on with the It Ends With Us press tour; and examined the latest from the Crazy Rich Person files.
I gasped when this headline came through as a breaking news update: 5 people charged in Matthew Perry’s death, including ‘Friends’ actor’s doctor, assistant. [USA Today]
This is the sort of story that Vanity Fair does so well: “The Twisted True Love Story of Lady Betty Grafstein and José Castelo Branco: A 95-year-old diamond heiress and a much younger genderfluid reality star got famous on TikTok for their epic feel-good romance. Was it all a long con?”
Model Peggy Moffitt died at 86 this week; her NYT obit is very interesting. [gifted link]
Also interesting — and another gifted NYT link: China’s Extreme Fan Culture Makes Olympic Gold a Mixed Blessing. As ever, I feel like people need to consider the option of chilling out.
This is neat! At Smithsonian: See the Historic Ruins Hidden Inside Everyday Buildings in Athens.
Pajiba asks Are You OK, Cate Blanchett?
I keep hearing that the Madewell fall collection is really good and I think it might be true? I LOVE this bag. [affiliate link]
Love this: How to Start a Professional Sports Team, Win Games, and Save the Town. [The Ringer]
This feels relevant to many of our interests: The Apartment Therapy Organization Awards.
Lainey reports: The Islanders are FAMOUS. It’s true! I’ve seen SO much Love Island intel on my socials this week, even though I am way behind on it. (Love Island is a hoot.)
Kim France rounds up everything she couldn’t live without this summer. [Girls of a Certain Age]
At the Washington Post [gifted link]: Gena Rowlands was a legend long before ‘The Notebook’ proclaimed her lovable.
The algorithm really wants me to buy these round ice cube trays and I am soooo tempted even though I HAVE AN ICE MAKER and my freezer is full of, like, Trader Joe’s fried rice. [Amazon, affiliate link]
A really interesting piece from Lainey about that Clooney/Pitt GQ interview.
This is one of the best Top Shelfs I’ve read in AGES. [Into the Gloss]
I clicked on this headline so fast: Our Favorite Easy Frozen Cocktails. [Punch]
I wish I owned this English country cottage; House and Garden UK continues to be unbeatable.
This is fun: Bubble Skirts Are 2024’s Top Trend at Copenhagen Fashion Week [InStyle]
Every word of this headline was a surprise to me: Simon Rex lives off the grid in a ‘glam’ shipping container. [Socialite Life]
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