Happy Friday, y’all! I hope your weekend ahead will be a delight.
If you missed it, you can catch up on all of our Emmys coverage here. This upcoming Sunday is the Tonys, but it’s very unclear how many people will be actually there….? We will find out! (It’s kind of a weird Tonys. Half of it is on Paramount Plus, one category is ONLY Aaron Tveit but he could still lose? I’m not completely sure what is happening.)
Unrelated, but we had a lovely conversation this week about what we’re all looking forward to for fall.
So good: ‘America’s Oldest Park Ranger’ Is Only Her Latest Chapter [NYT]
Fascinating: Ancient Footprints Push Back Date of Human Arrival in the Americas [NYT]
An amazing story: Hiking Mt. Whitney is tough. With a spinal cord injury, it’s an endless suffer-fest [LA Times]
A thoughtful take on this project: Kathryn Hahn’s next move [Lainey]
This interview is SO interesting and really honest: ‘Why am I making you money?’: Karen Olivo wants something better than Broadway. [LAT]
Tell me more, Jane: Jane Goodall on How to Change Minds and Why She Isn’t Ruling Out Bigfoot [GQ]
I feel like this was made for me! (It’s also so interesting.) How to Write a Town & Country Coverline [T&C]
Super interesting: The Five Year Anniversary of the Brange Split. To wit: “Yesterday marked the five year anniversary of the end of Brange. Angelina Jolie filed for divorce on September 15, 2016, just before Emmy weekend. The news didn’t break until the following Tuesday. At around 1015am ET. I remember it clearly because it was the gossip equivalent of a nuclear bomb, and this is not hyperbole. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, together, were already one of the biggest celebrity stories of the last 25 years. The announcement that they had broken up after 12 years was monumental. And, at the time, no one saw it coming. Despite years and years of rumours and tabloid headlines about their relationship, which fueled an entire industry for a decade, they’d managed to keep their sh-t contained until, well, it could no longer be contained. ” [Lainey]
The news about Willie Garson is so sad, and everyone’s tributes to him have been very touching. [Socialite Life]
The above was written before Sarah Jessica Parker’s truly lovely tribute was posted. [Instagram]
Relevant to our collective interests, perhaps: Talk Hard: The Making of the Teen-Angst Classic ‘Pump Up the Volume’ [The Ringer]
Likewise: ‘Revenge’ Oral History: Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe and More Reflect on Real-Life Romance, Showrunner Swap on 10th Anniversary REVENGE!!!! [Variety]
Speaking of possible revenge: Fake Rock Nearly Crushes Opera Star: Accident or Sabotage? [NYT]
I’m weirdly rooting for Kim to be great here: ‘SNL’ Sets Its First Four Guest Hosts, Including Jason Sudeikis and Kim Kardashian West [Pajiba]
Stylist Karla Welch has a newsletter now and I’m really enjoying it. Today’s was about the concert tee.
Yara is a peach: Yara Shahidi asked to present early at Emmys so she could go to class Monday [Celebitchy]
This was a good read: In 1998, these SF men got a tattoo to snag free tacos for life. Here’s what happened after. [SF Gate]
Important! The Wildest Moments From The Book That Inspired ‘House Of Gucci’ [Nylon]
This will be fun to argue about: Apples, Ranked [Thrillist]
