Happy Friday, friends! I hope your week was steller. Here’s some stuff for you to read as we slink into the weekend.
Lainey tackles the MYRIAD rumors about who Taylor Swift is currently dating.
IMPORTANT WORK at Primetimer: A Fully Annotated Guide to the Classic WB “Oh What a Night” Promo
This is fascinating: The Search for the Lost ‘Jeopardy!’ Tapes Is Over. The Mystery Behind Them Endures. [The Ringer]
The WGA is on strike, and Lainey gives a good quick explainer about some of the reasons why.
Related, Pajiba wonders: Is Taylor Sheridan, the Creator of the ‘Yellowstone’ Universe, Also on Strike?
ALSO related, at Vanity Fair: The Weirdest, Wildest Movies and TV to Emerge From the Last Writers Strike
Call the the Andrea Riseborough Rule. At The Hollywood Reporter: Film Academy Enacts Sweeping Reforms of Campaign Rules in Response to Andrea Riseborough Controversy. (It’s pretty interesting.)
Is this dress TOO MUCH…or just enough? [Boden]
Related: Do you need some sandals?
As I said to my friend Morgan when she shared this with me: This headline is an EXPERIENCE: Man Transforms Unused Cistern Into an Underground Eel Pit Below His Home. NO THANK YOU. [My Modern Met]
A heck of a story, at Grub Street: The Blood Feud Brewing Inside Nom Wah Tea Parlor: A family fight threatens the iconic Doyers Street restaurant.
I always want someone embedded at the Met Gala who is ONLY on the Exes beat, because a LOT of the guests have dated each other in the past and you know there is drama. To wit, at Celebitchy: FKA Twigs swiftly exited a Met Gala afterparty when Robert Pattinson arrived
At Bustle: All Hail The “Single Girl Supper”
The NYT asks, Can You Pass an 8th-Grade History Test? (I got 3 out of 5. It’s been a while!)
There’s gold in them there hills: Five Places Where You Can Still Find Gold in the United States. [Smithsonian]
Vox asks: When did we get so obsessed with unique baby names?
IMPORTANT VIDEO: Justin Guarini Sings ‘Circus’ in First Footage from Britney Spears’ Broadway Musical. [People]
Finally, we had a fun week at Drinks With Broads! Tuesday’s free issue (which you can just click over and read) is all about the Met Gala; Thursday’s issue (for paid subscribers) was a ROLLICKING ride about Kevin Costner’s life basically falling apart, and GOOP announcing (in a sense) that she wants to kill Ben Affleck. The comments were fun. Also, here at GFY, we had a great give a rec/get a rec chat!
