Britney Spears Is Writing A Book
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In today’s newsletter:
Jury finds Ahmaud Arbery’s killers guilty on federal hate crimes charges
Lizzo is launching a reality TV show
Britney Spears is Writing A Book
The Violation Of Celebrity Sex Lives
North West’s art is creepy as hell
Putin made an angry speech
How do you pronounce 'forehead?'
Jury finds Ahmaud Arbery’s killers guilty on federal hate crimes charges
We know that the three men involved in killing Ahmaud Arbery were found guilty last year - now they’ve just been found guilty of federal hate crimes too. This was a separate set of federal charges filed by the US Justice Department, which could carry a sentence of life in prison, in addition to the life sentences they already have.
Why is this important?
We all know how the justice system works - sentences get shortened or overturned, people serve less time than they perhaps should - but these federal convictions make sure that these men will receive significant prison time even if their state convictions are overturned or their sentences reduced on appeal.
This ruling also comes on a significant day - as I’m writing about this it’s the second anniversary of Ahmaud Arbery’s death - so take a moment to think of him, his family, and how far we have (or how far we still have to) come since the world took notice in 2020.
The Violation Of Celebrity Sex Lives
+ why you should think twice before watching 'Pam and Tommy.'
New Episode of Culture Vulture! — open.spotify.com
We start off with an analysis of Jake Gyllenhaal's new Esquire profile - and the first time he spoke out about Taylor Swift rerecording Red - before a quick chat about Coachella who will now have no Covid restrictions in place for attendees.
And then, the main event: we talk about Pam and Tommy, the ethics of releasing a show about a leaked sex tape (without the consent of Pamela Anderson!), and take a wee trip down memory lane about the way the media has violated celebrities since basically the beginning of the internet.
Britney Spears is writing a book
According to Page Six, Britney has signed a $15 million book deal for a “tell-all memoir” that will be published by Simon & Schuster. That’s kinda all we know right now, but surely she calls it ‘The Things I Should’ve Said.’
Lizzo is launching a reality TV show
Lizzo, who needs no introduction, is about to drop a reality TV show called “Watch Out for the Big Grrrls'” where she’s on the hunt for some badass plus-sized background dancers!!
Along with the trailer, here’s what Lizzo posted:
“This is the greatest moment of my career yet. Y’all know how hard it’s been finding dancers that look like me. But if I gotta get a TV show to get the world to see the value in us big grrrls BITCH IMMA DO IT😤 Ready to laugh, cry, twerk, repeat?!“
And this comment kinda sums up the vibe of what most people are saying about it:
“Well I’m crying. The show I needed growing up. I wanted to dance so desperately but no one allowed me to believe that was possible in my body. Thank you, Lizzo. ❤️”
I literally can’t wait to watch this!
Have you seen North West’s creepy art????
I’ve been seeing this video all over TikTok - in particular the part where Kim K shows off her ‘prized possessions’ - North’s art. Some of it is actually pretty good - the kid’s got talent.
But some of it - in particular the picture she drew when she had covid, is creepy as helllll.
Kim puts this down to North being in an ‘emo mood’ (just like her aunty Kourt eh??) but what do you reckon???
Putin made an angry speech & ordered in some troops
Putin just jumped onto the telly and made one hell of an angry speech - and one where he tried to re-write Ukraine’s history too. According to Sarah Rainsford from the BBC, the speech was “Putin the angry; impatient and directly threatening. It felt like Russia's president was getting 20-odd years of hurt off his chest and hitting back.”
"You didn't want us to be friends," was how he put it to the West, "but you didn't have to make an enemy of us."
He again complained about NATO’s expansion and said that Russia's concerns had been “ignored as irrelevant” for years and accused the West of trying to "contain" Russia as a resurgent global force.
Then, he claimed that Ukraine had never really been a state.
Now, Putin has ordered troops into two rebel-held/Russia backed regions in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, after recognising them as independent states. Don’t worry though, he did say that the troops will be “peacekeeping” (in what world???) For a bit of context: Russia has been backing an armed rebellion in eastern Ukraine for the past eight years (and about 14,000 people - including many civilians - have died in fighting since then.) The US said that calling the new deployment of troops peacekeepers was “nonsense.”
Here’s a map to help make this a bit clearer & we’ll continue updating this story on The Shit Show!
How do you pronounce forehead???
92% of you say four-head
8% of you say fo-rid
A great result.
The Violation of Celebrity Sex Lives (Culture Vulture)
Chloe Cherry Was Not Cast in Euphoria Because of Her Porn Parody (Vulture)
“We are digging our own graves”: Translators are being left behind in India’s streaming boom (Rest of World)
A goose parade in Denmark (TikTok)
Prince Andrew, Avocado Bans & Scomo's Singing (The Shit Show)
GET A 14 DAY FREE TRIAL TO WATCH EUPHORIA OR YELLOWJACKETS! (Neon)
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