Happy Friday and a blessed first day of the summer Olympics to you! We are hosting open threads EVERY DAY of the Olympics over at Drinks With Broads, if you want to chat with like-minded folks – the first one went out this morning! This is a perk for paid subscribers, so now may be the time to upgrade, if you’ve been thinking about it. (Also coming this summer for the paid tier: recaps of Only Murders in the Building and Emily in Paris.)
Also at DWB this week: We took on Twisters and I Am: Celine Dion AND a Facts of Life blind item (in the newsletter for paid subscribers), and we looked back at the iconic 1984 Olympics, previewed the current ones, recommended the Netflix docu-series Sprint, and uncovered some Kim Cattrall Truths in Tuesday’s newsletter for all subscribers. We also covered the return of Jamie Lee Curtis in our penultimate recap of this season of The Bear.
We also had a lot of good chats here at GFY this week: We talked about your dream vacation, your best tips for keeping cool in this heat, and shared the worst movies we’ve seen in the theatre. (That last one had some hot takes! I disagreed with many of you! Goes to show how subjective these things are!) On the Keeping Cool tip, I also rounded up a bunch of breezy items, including a margarita maker and the pebble ice maker that everyone is obsessed with.
Elsewhere:
Pajiba investigates How Britain’s Biggest Reality Competition Series Became the Focus of Scandal. Yikes! I hadn’t heard about much of this. (It’s Strictly, of course.)
I saw this trailer at Twisters and found it…pretty dang scary. [Lainey]
I spend a lot of time in random subreddits and I LOVE the Costco one. This was fun: What do you wish Costco had but doesn’t?
This is fun: Motels are having a moment. [NYT, gifted link]
At The Cut: “120 Million, 13 Reasons to Hope: The Refugee Olympic Team wants more than just medals. These athletes hope to remind us of what refugees can achieve.”
This looks so scary to me! Risking life and limb for glory: Olympic surf competition to be held on world’s ‘heaviest wave. [LA Times]
From Nancy Armour at USA Today: Watching Simone Biles compete is a gift. Appreciate it at Paris Olympics while you can.
Timely, at Bon Appetit: The Best Restaurants in Paris
Better bookmark this, at the Ringer: The Ringer’s 2024 Fantasy Football Rankings
Town and Country rounds up the 12 Best Olympic Movies to Watch Now
Apparently, Madonna gave notes on Deadpool + Wolverine (in relation to the use of her best song!). She knows what she’s doing. [Socialite Life]
Ooooh these red carpets at the Venice Film Festival are PROMISING. [Lainey]
An excellent question, at Food & Wine: Why Don’t More Menus Feature Half-Bottles of Wine?
