Oscars Debrief, Doechii's Anxiety, Gaga's Mayhem & Fashion Week
Vol. 2 Issue 10 – 8th March 2025
What’s new
Grammy winning rapper, Doechii’s song Anxiety is blowing up! Originally an unreleased track that she uploaded to her YouTube channel in 2020, sung over Gotye and Kimbra’s hit Somebody That I Used To Know (which at the time she couldn’t have afforded to sample as a small artist), in 2023 rapper Sleepy Hollow sampled her vocals in his own song Anxiety, which is what started making the rounds on TikTok, followed by her original version from YouTube.
A dance inspired by a scene in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air layered with the track also went viral, finally leading to Doechii releasing an official version on Spotify. AND that’s not all, the Denial Is A River singer is also on her way to becoming the new fashion IT girl, wearing looks by Schiaparelli, Tom Ford, Valentino, Louis Vuitton and DSquard2 at Paris Fashion Week.
Harry Styles will do everything but announce his 4th studio album. On his latest side quest, the singer was spotted running the Tokyo marathon. Eagle-eyed fans looked up his bib number and found out that he completed it in a commendable 3 hours 24 minutes and 7 seconds. Meanwhile, he’s also reportedly in talks for a 35-show residency at the Las Vegas Sphere.
The Pitbull concert in London was a sight to behold, a see of attendees in bald caps, sunglasses and suits.
Cynthia Erivo has revealed that she uses Beyonce’s haircare line and everyone’s wondering the same thing– for WHAT HAIR??
Ben Affleck is officially divorced from JLo, and now wants to get back together with Jennifer Garner, who says she’s not interested in rekindling, as reported by Page Six. Oh to be a Hollywood celebrity communicating with your ex via a media outlet.
The cop who arrested Justin Timberlake last year (the infamous “this is going to ruin the tour” encounter) was named Officer of the Year by his department.
Internet personality Trisha Paytas is pregnant with her third child! And now the internet is wondering which world leader will pass away and be reincarnated as her kid… The lore for the uninitiated: Paytas had announced her first pregnancy shortly before the passing of Queen Elizabeth leading everyone to joke that the monarch had been reincarted as her daughter, Malibu Barbie.
Kpop singer from the girl band Blackpink, Jennie, is being accused of plagiarising ‘Rani’s Intro Theme’ from the Bollywood movie Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani in her upcoming song ‘Like Jennie’ from her debut solo project Ruby.
Lady Gaga’s new album Mayhem is out now!!!
Watch out
Sylvanian Families, the range of adorable animal figurines (also known for the unhinged storylines that are made using them on TikTok and Instagram) is getting its own movie, which will be out in April!
A Crazy Rich Asians TV show is also in the works.
The creator of Succession, Jesse Armstrong is working on his first movie, partnering with HBO, starring Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Ramy Youssef & Cory Michael Smith. The plot follows billionnaire friends in the backdrop of an international crisis.
The Summer I Turned Pretty’s third season will be its final, releasing in July of this year.
We finally get a glimpse of the once-much-talked-about live action Powerpuff Girls series that got cancelled before ever airing. Lost Media Busters on X/Twitter released the trailer for the show that was supposed to air on CW, and we see why it got cancelled…
Sister trio HAIM have announced their new single titled Relationships, the artwork a possible nod to the famous Nicole Kidman 2001 pap photograph of her leaving her lawyer’s office after divorcing Tom Cruise.
John Mulaney’s new celebrity sit-down talk show, Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney will stream on Netflix for 12 consecutive weeks on Wednesdays, starting 12th March! Here’s the trailer.
In style
The Milan & Paris Fashion Week is seeing the luxury fashion houses debut their ready-to-wear collections. Versace has made a lot of noise amidst rumours that it may be bought by Prada and Donatella Versace may retire, Haider Ackermann’s debut collection for Tom Ford received a rare standing ovation from Vogue head Anna Wintour, and Schiaparelli killed it yet again, mixing art with fashion.
Louis Vuitton is launching its first ever makeup collection with legendary British makeup artist Pat McGrath serving as the creative director.
UK based fashion retailer Prettylittlething has taken a complete u-turn with its rebrand. Gone are the bright and shiny clubbing clother as the brand is now embracing minimalism and the ‘clean-girl aethetic’. The irony is not lost that a fast fashion company is aiming for the ‘quiet luxury’ look and feel.
Awards debrief
The Oscars- Here are some memorable moments from the ceremony
Adrien Brody’s speech that was as long as The Brutalist (and everyone feeling bad for a very patient Cillian Murphy)
Sean Baker won 4 Oscars in one night for the same film, a first
Conan O’Brien taking a jab at Karla Sofia Garcon’s racist tweets
The Wicked performance + Ariana’s dress being a nod to The Wizard of Oz
The unnecessary James Bond performance in a year where there has been no Bond movie?
Almost a year to my newsletter’s first public issue where I declared butter yellow the colour of the year, Timothee Chalamet wore a butter yellow suit
Kieran Culkin anecdote about his wife promising him another child if he won
Best Animated Feature Flow’s cat with its own Oscar
Cringing at the Best Song winners for Emilia Perez awkwardly singing on stage
The haunting in-memoriam music that could bring back the deceased
Mikey Madison winning over Demi Moore, basically recreating the plot of The Substance
Diane Warren loses at the Oscars for the 16th time
Jeff Goldblum looking at his own pictures
Paloma Diamond was robbed of an Oscar win yet again! Don’t know who she is? That’s because she’s not a real actress. But on TikTok (and our hearts) she is. A creator from New Zealand, Julian Sew, created her character in a TikTok sketch two years ago. Since then he has been creating fictional actresses and films, alongside Paloma and posting a ‘Best Actress Award Intro’ skit video. And this year, once again, Paloma lost, becoming a 20-time Oscar loser.
Charli xcx won big at the Brit Awards, but what stole the show was Sabrina Carpenter’s raunchy performance with a performer posing as the King’s Guard, which followed a slew of complaints from British audiences watching at home.
In other news
A look at the new emojis from the beta version of the iOS 18.4 update.
Mark Zuckerberg performed as Benson Boone for his wife’s 40th birthday, borrowing the singer’s sparkly blue jumpsuit from his Grammy’s performance.
After the Oval Office meeting of Zelenskyy, Trump and Vance, the internet is rife with exaggerated edits of JD Vance’s face. Also this viral tweet sums it all up pretty well.
The Emmys have already announced the date of the ceremony, which will be the 14th of September, 2025.
Formula 1 has confirmed that Cadillac will be the 11th team competing in the championship starting in the 2026 season!!
