The Perfect Couple Is Some of Nicole Kidman's Best Worst Work
PLUS: Lady Gaga's engagement ring, English Teacher, Melania Trump's "book", +More
One thing about Nicole Kidman? She will not NOT have a hot rich, philandering husband whose behaviour drives her to standing on beach of her seaside home with a sweater tightly wrapped around her waist thinking about the secret she’s keeping that threatens to unravel her!!! It’s just who she is!
And the absolute ROCK on her finger? Anyway, Netflix’s The Perfect Couple is just another tick on her list of these kinds of women to portray and she excels more than ever at it! I hadn’t read the book, and while I won’t give away the ending, I have to say I didn’t know who the killer was until the very end! So it truly is a great whodunit!
But now that I mention it—I haaaaave been seeing some irritating, grating critiques and reviews of the show saying it’s trying to be a “prestige drama” when it absolutely the fuck isn’t.
Why does no one want to have fun anymore? What’s going ON!!! Can SOMEBODY at The Hollywood Reporter be serious???
Anyway, there are only six episodes, so it’s an easy weekend-morning binge that will take you right from breakfast to brunch, or lunch to linner1, and I recommend it!
Honourable Mention
Lady Ga-goin To The Chapel
As I reported during the olympics, Lady Gaga is engaged to longtime boyfriend Michael Polansky (I always wanna write Roman Polanski!!!!) and now we finally have a glimpse at the ring, and you could truly see that thing from SPACE!
Oh Captain, My Captain
There’s a new gay English teacher in town (not Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society) it’s Brian Jordan Alvarez’ English Teacher on Hulu, a funny, charming, hilarious new show you should absolutely be watching
Don’t Mention It
Amy Adams Is A Bitch, A Nightbitch
A new trailer has been released for Amy Adams’ new film Nightbitch, adapted from the novel of the same name by Rachel Yoder where a new mother (Adams) suspects she is turning into a dog, and… hmm… I—well you watch it and let me know what you think, because I what I think… I simply can’t say, but I do think Madame Adams needs a new team, or someone to twist her head on straight and help her pick projects that are aligned with status. I love to have fun, but the tone of this trailer is so weird? It’s nothing like the book in my opinion.
Daniel’s New ‘Do
When men hit a certain age, the mid-life crisis is either a blip in their lives (growing a weird mustache), or it’s a full on SERIES of crises (buy a new sports car, having an affair) Daniel Craig and his new hair are somewhere in the middle. It feels very Caitlin Jenner before the big “announcement” (that she was transitioning, not that she killed someone with here escalade) and it concerns me. He look like this dog after a fresh groom
Man's best friend and hair inspo The Fall of Amal
What happened to Amal Clooney? Like, am I totally buggin or did she used to be REALLY chic and fashionable and now she’s like—a Stepford Wife who shops off the rack? Are the “glamorous gowns” in the room with us? Because these SUCK!
I felt like I was going insane, but she really used to give us the old razzle dazzle!
It's been nearly 10 years since she's served! The Melania Manuscript
In what seems like a last ditch effort to milk the presidency for all it’s worth, in a weirdly shot video posted to Twitter, former First Lady Melania Trump announced she has “written” a “book” that tells HER truth! HER story! — those words are used in quotations because I doubt she has written this (we all remember the speech plagiarism) and I’m not sure I would even call this a book? It looks like a 45 page hardback coffee table magazine. This will NOT be a book club entry.
Did I Forget To Mention?
Also, if you’re new to this newsletter, we have a book club, and for the month of September we’re reading Amy Liptrot’s THE OUTRUN, which will release as a film on October 4th, starring Saoirse Ronan. Join us!
No one wants to talk about it, but linner (late lunch early dinner) is more chic than brunch (late breakfast early lunch) and one day, everyone will say how right I was.
Fellow member of Team Linner here, could not agree more.
Linner 4 lyfe! This show is amazeballs no less because it has icon of French cinèma Isabelle Adjani (who also was D Day Lewis partner for a bit)! Thank you for pointing me in its direction.