Happy Friday! I hope your plans for this weekend are safe and fun!
ICYMI: The Nordstrom sale is currently open to all comers; we rounded up some (very practical) picks!
Also, the Olympics are in full swing! You can catch up with all of our coverage here. (I’ll be covering the swimming on Monday!)
Related: Olympic TikTok is a good time. [Buzzfeed]
Also related: Sunisa Lee Is Representing America in the Tokyo Olympics—and a Community America Left Behind [Time]
This is SO interesting: This Man Does Not Make Poppers [Buzzfeed]
OBVIOUSLY, the folks at Lainey are keeping us fully briefed on the J.Lo/Bffleck shenanigans, all of which I am completely here for.
FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE: Lesley Ann Warren Answers Every Question We Have About Clue [Vulture]
This is fun: The Everything-You-Didn’t-Know Oral History of ‘The Princess Diaries’ [Cosmo]
This is so interesting: ‘Open with a funeral, end with a gunshot’: Inside the original ‘Behind the Music.’ I remember back in the day that if I happened to turn on the TV and a marathon of BtM was on, I had to just kiss the rest of that day good-bye. [The LA Times]
This seems like a LOT: Kelly Clarkson has to pay Brandon Blackstock $200K a month in support [Celebitchy]
Issa Rae got married last weekend and it was so pretty! [The Cut]
A good read: What Is Burning Man Without Burning Man? [Vice]
This is VERY funny: With God As My Witness I Will Not Pick The Restaurant [McSweeney’s]
Good for Lucy: Lucy Liu Addresses the Beef Between Her and Bill Murray on the Set of ‘Charlie’s Angels’ [Pajiba]
I find Adam Driver HIGHLY SEXY but I have my doubts about this very horse-y Burberry ad. [Lainey]
THANK GOD Bob Odenkirk is going to be okay. [Socialite Life]
Finally: I am sure you want to see the House of Gucci trailer:
This is either going to be terrible or amazing, but I think even if it’s terrible it’s going to be the kind of terrible that’s extremely fun, so….win-win.
