rostam did that for me specifically, to lure me into a fake sense of security. also, i'm just nosy so i absolutely back this list but would like to add january jones & mindy kaling's baby daddy case files, every textual and email exchange between mindy kaling & bj novak, the audio of that billion dollar elevator, and watergate style interviews of taylor swift and karli kloss about big sur
basically, ariel is jack antonoff for people whose taylor swift is caroline polachek. articles were reporting it was only rostam and este that produced the new album which i was stoked about because rostam is an angel on earth and a fucking incredible producer. ariel has produced everything haim has done but i never liked him and i was hoping after they broke up a couple years ago neither did danielle anymore but alas it appears despite not being tagged on instagram, he was in the studio
no no it’s bc the song was produced over so many years! i think ariel worked on the first part of the song years ago. on tt they posted a vid where danielle was like “another song about my breakup” too lol
I strongly feel like you’re missing “what exactly did Jay-Z do to have Solange going off on him in the elevator like that??” I fear we will never get those exact details.
There's no mystery behind the Prince documentary. He was a total asshole (generous reading) to Sinead O'Connor, and the Prince estate are dicks as well. There was a SOC documentary, "Nothing Compares," made not long before she died and they wouldn't let the director use the song. There must be other unflattering stories from his decade of fame.
That said, my mom met him once in the '80s and said he was the sweetest guy. Like anyone else, he couldn't have been 100% angel or devil.
I'm sure Edelman dared to make an honest, unvarnished documentary while the estate expected 9 hours of worship. So they revoked their blessing. Edelman, to his credit, blamed Netflix rather than the estate because no one on Earth minds Netflix-bashing.
Files I need more urgently than the JFK Files? the night the black & white photo of Margot Robbie and Will Smith was taken, you know the one… from the set of Focus. Also what does Michael Mann think of Katie Holmes getting with both Collateral (excellent movie) co stars? (Saw that on your TikTok. laughed out loud)
i dont even think michael mann is messy but just ... is that not weird?? also does tom cruise, as a lover of cinema, just not watch nicole kidman movies?? like ever??? kinda crazy that the two absolute FREAKS about movie making were once married, like a dream partnership in every timeline except this one...
I'm a late Gen X-er with some Gen-Z coworkers. One day I want to get them in the conference room and ask them a few (or few dozen) pop-culture questions. Do they know that Cruise and Kidman, two of the most important people in the world (movies ARE the world), used to be married?
These kids were between 1 and 3 years old when they divorced, ftr. Chilling to think about.
i think kidman and cruise must be known, if only for the context of the nicole kidman divorce photo. i'd be more curious how important tom cruise is to them
I want to see the texts/emails between Martin Short and Meryl Streep when things got flirty
Hunter, you do not look anything like Whitney! You’re both beautiful but it ends there. This reminds me of my dad telling my half Japanese nephew that he looks just like his good friend from Korea, when, guess what: they’re both Asian dudes and that’s it.
I need more Miss Flo/OW Don’t Worry Darling files, I need the Michelle Obama and her therapists tapes, wiretaps of the Hilary Duff Lindsay Lohan Aaron Carter of it all, whatever group chat Club C was in during Oscar night…I need a lot
I never thought that taylor interpolation fiasco from Olivia Rodrigo’s first album was that big of a deal but it’s been 4 years and they haven’t acknowledged each other since like 😭 so it WAS that serious!
It’s really something when Taylor didn’t give any credits or profits to Mazzy Star for the song Lover - Swifties, don’t kill me!!! I love that song but it is SO much more "fade into you" than "Deja vu" is "cruel summer"
And like, I fear ppl hate on Taylor but Olivia also blatantly used her work without credit AND TALKED ABOUT IT IN NATIONAL PUBS! The main thing Taylor cares about!!!
Most music people say the interpolation thing is not a big deal at all. The fact that she asked for profits (and not just credit) is. Also, Olivia could have fought it legally but didn't.
Please, I beg, what part of Deja Vu is from a Taylor Swift song? Because Olivia got permission, and gave credit, for 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back (which used a Taylor song for the melody).
The credit for 1 Step Forward was already given though? But what in Deja Vu did Olivia “take” from a Taylor song that deserved credit? Because the reaches are reachiiiiing
I’m def not a musicologist, but I hear it in the piano. I’m definitely not trying to say anything untoward happened, just that Olivia did give credit voluntarily after the release.
rostam did that for me specifically, to lure me into a fake sense of security. also, i'm just nosy so i absolutely back this list but would like to add january jones & mindy kaling's baby daddy case files, every textual and email exchange between mindy kaling & bj novak, the audio of that billion dollar elevator, and watergate style interviews of taylor swift and karli kloss about big sur
Can’t believe Mindy and BJ still have me in a chokehold
Can you explain the rostam one for me? Even my googling did not help!
basically, ariel is jack antonoff for people whose taylor swift is caroline polachek. articles were reporting it was only rostam and este that produced the new album which i was stoked about because rostam is an angel on earth and a fucking incredible producer. ariel has produced everything haim has done but i never liked him and i was hoping after they broke up a couple years ago neither did danielle anymore but alas it appears despite not being tagged on instagram, he was in the studio
no no it’s bc the song was produced over so many years! i think ariel worked on the first part of the song years ago. on tt they posted a vid where danielle was like “another song about my breakup” too lol
thank god... i literally read so many articles before i realised most of them were ai and thought all hope was #lost
Speaking of Big Little Lies - the WhatsApp group chat that is the core group but without Shailene Woodley where they talk about Shailene Woodley.
LOL yes this
How could I forget this? Someday someone PLEASE share the Katie Holmes secret lawyer correspondence before she fled Tom Cruise
It’s this one for me. + the actual settlement.
Would 10000% love a future newsletter being a quarterly review of the best Sony hack emails.
Can someone explain this to me?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Sony_Pictures_hack
Thank you Hunter 🥺 have a gorg Sunday
same
I think about Olivia Rodrigo and [redacted] at least once a day especially given the relationship between her and Sabrina Carpenter
and we will be stoned in the streets for saying it!
Also I would personally like to see the settlement btwn Julie Andrews and mount sinai for destroying her voice
Deep cut but WHAT happened between Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi on the Good Wife 👀
This!!
Archie was more popular than Julianna.
I strongly feel like you’re missing “what exactly did Jay-Z do to have Solange going off on him in the elevator like that??” I fear we will never get those exact details.
lemonade was a sufficient enough answer for me lol! but i would take every draft yvette wrote of the statement after the video was leaked
If I may suggest 2 additions to the list:
- the 9 hour Ezra Edelman Prince documentary
- the reality series with Liza Minnelli and David Gest.
100p the prince doc. also i respectfully want the whitney/bobby show that was on bravo
Being Bobby Brown needs to go in the library of congress
If Kathy Griffin’s excellent Bravo show can be on Peacock, an agreement can be made to put Being Bobby Brown on
Has the Whitney/Bobby show been buried/erased?
There's no mystery behind the Prince documentary. He was a total asshole (generous reading) to Sinead O'Connor, and the Prince estate are dicks as well. There was a SOC documentary, "Nothing Compares," made not long before she died and they wouldn't let the director use the song. There must be other unflattering stories from his decade of fame.
That said, my mom met him once in the '80s and said he was the sweetest guy. Like anyone else, he couldn't have been 100% angel or devil.
I'm sure Edelman dared to make an honest, unvarnished documentary while the estate expected 9 hours of worship. So they revoked their blessing. Edelman, to his credit, blamed Netflix rather than the estate because no one on Earth minds Netflix-bashing.
Yes, exactly. That’s why I added it, because I want to see it. I understand why it was dropped.
My bad! I assumed you meant that the reasons were a total mystery.
Files I need more urgently than the JFK Files? the night the black & white photo of Margot Robbie and Will Smith was taken, you know the one… from the set of Focus. Also what does Michael Mann think of Katie Holmes getting with both Collateral (excellent movie) co stars? (Saw that on your TikTok. laughed out loud)
i dont even think michael mann is messy but just ... is that not weird?? also does tom cruise, as a lover of cinema, just not watch nicole kidman movies?? like ever??? kinda crazy that the two absolute FREAKS about movie making were once married, like a dream partnership in every timeline except this one...
I'm a late Gen X-er with some Gen-Z coworkers. One day I want to get them in the conference room and ask them a few (or few dozen) pop-culture questions. Do they know that Cruise and Kidman, two of the most important people in the world (movies ARE the world), used to be married?
These kids were between 1 and 3 years old when they divorced, ftr. Chilling to think about.
i think kidman and cruise must be known, if only for the context of the nicole kidman divorce photo. i'd be more curious how important tom cruise is to them
They must have seen Top Gun: Maverick, like all good Americans did.
Also on the list: show them Mariah Carey’s “Dreamlover” video with no intro and ask if they recognize that person.
There was about ten years, maybe more, between the Cruise and Foxx relationships. Probably just a coincidence.
coincidence??? tell that to tom cruise! lol
I want to see the texts/emails between Martin Short and Meryl Streep when things got flirty
Hunter, you do not look anything like Whitney! You’re both beautiful but it ends there. This reminds me of my dad telling my half Japanese nephew that he looks just like his good friend from Korea, when, guess what: they’re both Asian dudes and that’s it.
i was so in shock like she is beautiful but we are both black and have braids LOL. there is not anything more to it than that
+ correspondence between Kris Jenner and Chalamet’s PR
+ where’s the plane?
Dr. Robby footnote took me out ☠️
I need details about Lena D/ Jenni Konner
Ooh I'd love to know about this too! I still have old LENNY letters saved in my email inbox 😞 I miss it
she just launched a substack btw! https://substack.com/@goodthinggoing
Oooh thank you!
I need more Miss Flo/OW Don’t Worry Darling files, I need the Michelle Obama and her therapists tapes, wiretaps of the Hilary Duff Lindsay Lohan Aaron Carter of it all, whatever group chat Club C was in during Oscar night…I need a lot
I never thought that taylor interpolation fiasco from Olivia Rodrigo’s first album was that big of a deal but it’s been 4 years and they haven’t acknowledged each other since like 😭 so it WAS that serious!
It’s really something when Taylor didn’t give any credits or profits to Mazzy Star for the song Lover - Swifties, don’t kill me!!! I love that song but it is SO much more "fade into you" than "Deja vu" is "cruel summer"
And like, I fear ppl hate on Taylor but Olivia also blatantly used her work without credit AND TALKED ABOUT IT IN NATIONAL PUBS! The main thing Taylor cares about!!!
Most music people say the interpolation thing is not a big deal at all. The fact that she asked for profits (and not just credit) is. Also, Olivia could have fought it legally but didn't.
She also interpolated Paramore and Elvis Costello. They didn’t make a big deal out of it.
They did get credit from it though.
That would explain it, then! 🙂
Please, I beg, what part of Deja Vu is from a Taylor Swift song? Because Olivia got permission, and gave credit, for 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back (which used a Taylor song for the melody).
Apparently the scream “I know you get Deja vu” is an interpolation of “he looks up grinning like the devil.” Agree that it’s a stretch.
Oof 50% of credits just for one line is so rough. I wish I had been a fly on the wall for that call because the gossip would be incredible
Olivia’s song the grudge is said to be about that phone call.
For sure! And then also added Taylor + co as writers for using bits from the song.
The credit for 1 Step Forward was already given though? But what in Deja Vu did Olivia “take” from a Taylor song that deserved credit? Because the reaches are reachiiiiing
I’m def not a musicologist, but I hear it in the piano. I’m definitely not trying to say anything untoward happened, just that Olivia did give credit voluntarily after the release.
I’ve been hating everything this week but this newsletter’s got me celebrating 🙏
thank u for being here!!