Standing Ovations & Some Shade to Start Autumn
Vol. 1 Issue 24 – 7th September 2024
Haven’t you heard
Taylor Swift looked gorgeous attending the Kansas City Chiefs season-opening game against the Baltimore Ravens (the Chiefs won), supporting boyfriend Travis Kelce, wearing a Versace denim corset top, Giuseppe Zanotti boots and a Louis Vuitton box bag.
Sabrina Carpenter’s album Short n’ Sweet beat Travis Scott's Days Before Rodeo in a chart battle to land the top spot, getting a #1 debut on the Billboard 200. It becomes the year’s third-largest debut, behind Taylor’s The Tortured Poets Department and Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter.
The Weeknd has announced his new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, the last in his trilogy that began with After Hours and continued with Dawn FM. The announcement was accompanied by a dramatic video, but no release date has been revealed yet.
Russian con artist, Anna Delvey, who posed as a wealthy heiress before being caught, jailed, and having a Netflix show be made after her life, will be participating in the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars, decked out with an ankle monitor. Also participating this season are athletes fresh off Olympic fame, “pommel horse guy” Stephen Nedoroscik and rugby player Ilona Maher.
Speaking of athletes, Indian para-archer Sheetal Devi is making waves at the Paralympics as a video of her shooting a bull’s eye went viral. Born without arms, she uses her feet and mouth to use the bow and arrow. She won the bronze at the mixed-team compound event.
Instagram now allows users to leave public comments on Stories, which everyone can view.
In a new legal filing, OpenAI claims that it needs copyrighted materials for free to continue to train its AI model. OpenAI has also claimed that the service has hit 1 million paid users for its business version and they are considering raising the price of their subscription. Hmm, wonder why then they can’t pay for the copyrights like the rest of us.
If you were following Reesa Teesa’s 50+ part series “Who TF Did I Marry?” on TikTok, you will soon be able to see it on a streaming service as a TV adaptation is being developed by Natasha Rothwell. The lesson from this? Yap your storytimes in a short-form video, you may end up getting a Hollywood deal out of it.
F1 driver Charles Leclerc won Ferrari’s home race in Monza, the same day Ferrari nabbed its first victory in the World Endurance Championship race.
Anya Taylor Joy wants to play the live-action Elsa if Frozen ever gets that treatment, and now we can’t unsee this casting choice, it needs to happen.
Olivia Rodrigo’s boyfriend, Louis Partridge was falsely rumoured to be cast in the Greta Gerwig-Netflix adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia, but this is another casting choice we can totally get behind, if it does happen.
Style statement
Lady Gaga stunned in a black gown at the Joker: Folie a Deux premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The Christian Dior couture piece comprised a corset with a criss-cross back and a tiered statement skirt. But what stole the show was a pointed, lace mask/headpiece by Philip Treacy, reminiscent of the bat ears of the iconic Batman mask, complimenting the movie she is in. After all, she does live for the applause.
Robert Wun celebrated his 10th anniversary with a runway show in Hong Kong. The collection referenced his childhood, family, and his culture. Multi-arm silhouettes were a nod to the Goddess of Mercy, Guan Yin, while a deep blue dress featuring a cradled baby was a touching tribute to his late grandmother.
Would it be the start of fall without some shade? Anna Wintour took a jab at Naomi Campbell at the Harlem’s Fashion Row’s Style Awards, where she was supposed to present her with a special honour, “I am a very punctual person, and I have the honour of presenting tonight to someone who is often late.” She proceeded to delegate the responsibility to the editor of Harper’s Baazar and left. Naomi clapped back once she arrived, “It wasn’t my choice to have the other woman, I’d much rather have this”. And where did Anna have to dash off to so soon? To watch a match at the US Open.
Watch out
Rolling Stone has released a list of the 100 best TV episodes of all time.
Only Murders in the Building has been renewed for a 5th season. The first 2 episodes of season 4 are now available to stream on Hulu/Disney +.
Abbott Elementary returns on October 9th.
An animated series based on Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” novel “Midnight Sun” is in the works at Netflix. It serves as a retelling of the first “Twilight” book from the perspective of Edward Cullen rather than Bella Swan.
A YA adaptation of Phantom of the Opera is being developed, to be directed by High School Musical director Kenny Ortega, streaming on Disney+.
Here’s the trailer for Ryan Murphy’s new horror drama series, Grotesquerie. The show premiers on September 25th on FX, where Travis Kelce makes his acting debut!
Demi Lovato’s directorial debut, Child Star’s trailer has dropped, exploring the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight through the lens of some of the world’s most famous former child stars.
The first teaser for the movie adaptation of the video game Minecraft, featuring Jack Black is out.
A new official clip from Luca Guadagnino’s Queer has been released. The movie starring Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey and Omar Apollo received an 11-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.
Joker: Folie a Deux also received an 11-minute standing ovation, while Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door got 17 minutes of applause, the longest in the festival’s history. Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s Wolfs only clocked in a 4-minute ovation while Beetlejuice Beetlejuice lingered behind with a scary 3.8 minutes.
New footage from the Donald Trump movie, ‘The Apprentice’ has dropped, with Sebastian Stan playing the titular role, starring alongside Jeremy Strong.
Here’s the first look at Ron Howard’s Eden, starring Vanessa Kirby, Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, Jude Law and Daniel Brühl.
On this day
Speaking of the Venice Film Festival, 2 years ago this week, the infamous Don’t Worry Darling premiere took place. Florence “Miss Flo” Pugh ditched the press conference, the cast refused to interact with director Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles “spat” on Chris Pine, and gave us the iconic line- “you know my favourite thing about the movie is like it feels like a movie”. Ahh, good times.
Charli xcx has declared that brat summer is officially over. And NATO and the BBC joined in?
Lifestyle blogger, Caitlin Covington, known for her Christian Girl Autumn memes, posted a video on September 1st for the start of Autumn.
6th September was National Read A Book Day.
Did you know, September is Be Kind to Writers and Editors Month? 👀
