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Billionaires, botox, and a newly single Orlando Bloom – this week we’re diving into Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s ultra-extravagant Venice wedding, a spectacle that’s reminded the internet that money definitely can’t buy taste. From the Hollywood attendees that made headlines like Sydney Sweeney and Leonardo DiCaprio to the inevitable backlash to the whole thing, we’re getting into it all. Also, as Khloe Kardashian follows in Kylie Jenner’s footsteps and comes clean about her plastic surgery, we’re asking just how much we should applaud the KarJenners for their new transparency. And Ellie reports back from Glastonbury!
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Recs/ reviews:
- The Affair with Anna Williamson
- Story Time with Kayla Jade
- Waterfront, Netflix
- The Shark Whisperer, Netflix
- The Shallows
- 47 Metres Down
- House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J Maas (Crescent City series)
- Deep Cover, Amazon Prime
- The Dark Poetry of the Bezos Wedding, Atlantic
- Vogue's Confidently Oblivious Lauren Sánchez Cover Story, Back Row, Substack
- Khloé Kardashian Is Talking About Her Plastic Surgery Too, The Cut
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We’re on hols this week, hunnies, but ofc we weren’t going to leave you without an ep! So, we’ve dug into the archives and stitched together one of our very first specials: a *very* juicy two-parter on the iconic Noughties ‘It Girls’ Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Nicole Richie, which feels extremely relevant right now thanks to the publication of the amazing new book Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves. In this deep-dive, we cover everything from the toxic rise of tabloid culture and the paparazzi, to how this era ended up shaping celebrity and pop culture as we recognise it today. We know most of you haven’t heard this one yet and so we want to rectify that, bc we’re very proud of it!
We hope you enjoy and we’ll be back to usual business next week! We would love to hear your thoughts, pop culture recs and future special ideas so DM us @straightuppod or email at [email protected]. Plus follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too! And please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify – it really does help keep us going x
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It’s wedding szn hunnies so we get into the bonkers and wonderful world of weddings, from the most absurd and insufferable wedding tropes to our favourite wedding pop culture, including two excellent book recs. Plus, a few top tips from recent bride Kathleen!
We really hope you love this bonus special! We would love to hear your thoughts on all things weddings or ideas for future bonus eps, so DM us @straightuppod or email at [email protected]. Plus follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too! And please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify – it really does help keep us going x
Recs/reviews
- The Fence
- The Wedding People, Alison Espach
- You’re Cordially Invited, Amazon Prime
- The Materialists, in cinemas August
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Father of the Bride
- Bridesmaids
- The Bachelorette
- An Attempt to Make Sense of the Jennifer Lopez Wedding Industrial-Complex Canon, Vulture
- Four Weddings and Funeral
- Shotgun Wedding
- Ticket to Paradise
- Crazy Rich Asians
- The Princess Diaries
- All Hail the New York Influencer Who Posted TikToks Throughout Her Wedding, The Cut
- The Happy Couple, Naoise Dolan
- Dear Dolly, Should we let a pet dog come to our wedding?
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The backlash against Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover supposedly satirising the male gaze has left us grappling with difficult questions, from how much moral responsibility Sabrina owes her young fans to whether this satire serves any greater purpose. Tying in with the release of Laura Bates’s brilliant new book The New Age of Sexism, we debate everything from how messy female ‘empowerment’ has become and what misogyny actually looks like in our terrifying age of AI. On theme, too, is our review of Alex Cooper’s new documentary about her meteoric Call Her Daddy fame: how does her sexual agency compare to Sabrina’s? And on a lighter note we start off with a juicy debrief on Dua Lipa’s new British Vogue cover. Enjoy hunnies!
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Recs/review
- Dua Lipa, British Vogue
- Dua Lipa, SkinnyTok and the Labubu doll craze
- Pop Culture Takes Up Smoking Again, New York Times
- Why Are People Mad at Sabrina Carpenter Again, The Cut
- How Sabrina Carpenter Dream-Come-True'd Her Whole Life, Rolling Stone
- The New Age of Sexism: how the AI Revolution is reinventing misogyny, Laura Bates
- Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: A Conversation With Lana Del Rey, Pitchfork
- Girl on Girl, Sophie Gilbert
- Call Her Alex, Disney+
- There's more to Alex Cooper than the 'Call Her Daddy' documentary suggests, Washington Post
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It’s a big week for Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, with the judge dismissing Baldoni’s $400m countersuit against Lively and his $200m defamation suit against the New York Times. Who is now winning and where does that leave the trial in March? We bring you up to speed with all the latest developments, as well as news of another legal drama: nine women have accused Jared Leto of sexual impropriety. Now his ‘Mars Island cult’ feels very disturbing indeed. First up, though, we’re talking babies: from Nara Smith’s fourth pregnancy announcement to Jamie Laing’s podcast rebrand. Plus, a primer on Billie Eilish’s new boyfriend, as well as a much overdue debrief on Maya Jama’s adorable hard launch with Ruben Dias. And is the fallout from Bonnie Blue's now cancelled sex stunt valid? Finally we review BBC’s What It Feels Like for a Girl, which might just be the best show of 2025!
Please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or a rating on Spotify – it really does help keep us going x
We love hearing from you, DM us @straightuppod, email at [email protected] and follow us on TikTok @straightuupod too!
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Reviews/ recs:
- Chicken tarragon lasagne, So Good by Emily English
- Pearl, Netflix
- Sinners, AppleTV
- Newlyparents podcast
- What It Feels Like For a Girl, BBC iPlayer
- 'All of us felt like we had touched gold': What It Feels Like for a Girl, the BBC’s electric coming-of-age tale, Guardian
- Jake Dunn Is Fiercely Protective of BBC Trans Drama ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’, Hollywood Reporter
- What It Feels Like for a Girl star Ellis Howard on frank sex scenes, that toilet brush moment, and the emotional finale, British GQ
- Paris Lees and What It Feels Like For An Icon, Polyester
- Judge dismisses Justin Baldoni's $400m defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively, BBC
- How Many Times Will Blake Lively Have to Beat Justin Baldoni in Court for It to Matter?, Slate
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