Harry Styles has dropped his long-awaited album, ACOTAR author Sarah J Maas went on Call Her Daddy and Timothée Chalamet is facing backlash for his comments on ballet and opera – it’s been a busy week in pop culture! Plus: Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall’s sexy new series Vladimir has landed on Netflix just as the “smut renaissance” reaches fever pitch. From romantasy to Heated Rivalry, is our insatiable appetite for steam a symptom of the loneliness epidemic? Finally, a quick look at Lily Allen’s tour reviews, that *very* awkward new Louis Theroux interview and a super exciting announcement: book club is back in April! We can’t wait to see some of you there <3

Get tickets to our book club on Sunday 12 April at The Hoxton, Holborn via Ticket Tailor and order your copy of our book pick Hooked here.

Follow us on IG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and TikTok @straightuppod

Find us on YouTube @straightupmediapod

Email at ⁠⁠hello@straightuppodcast.co.uk⁠

Recs

• Maybe Knowing Too Much About Motherhood Has Ruined Me, The Cut
• ‘I regret having children’, The Cut
• Vladimir: A Novel, Julia May Jonas
• Vladimir, Netflix
• Vladimir author Julia May Jonas: ‘We’re imprisoned by our obsessions’, The Guardian
• Is it true that … if you pluck a grey hair, two will grow in its place? The Guardian
• Julia May Jonas on Bringing Vladimir to Netflix—and What She Changed, Elle
• Hooked, Asako Yuzuki
• Sarah J. Maas on Call Her Daddy
• Are We in a ‘Smut Renaissance’? New York Times
• Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, Harry Styles
• Harry Styles - Zane Lowe & Apple Music ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’ Interview
• ‘Would you like me to cry now?’: Louis Theroux on the manosphere, marriage and misunderstandings, The Guardian

.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette has us all hooked, from the Sex and the City-style NYC setting to its retelling of the 90s' most iconic romance. But how much of it is dramatised vs what actually happened? Also this week: star of the moment Olivia Dean’s BRIT Awards sweep, why Jay Shetty remains un-cancellable despite an excruciating new interview, Lily Collins as Audrey Hepburn and former Call Her Daddy host Sofia Franklyn’s revenge memoir about her split from Alex Cooper. Enjoy huns and please do get in touch to let us know what you think of the ep!

Follow us on IG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and TikTok @straightuppod

Find us on YouTube @straightupmediapod

Email at ⁠⁠hello@straightuppodcast.co.uk

Recs/ reviews:

• Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette, Disney+
• I Knew JFK Jr. I Thought I Would Sob Through ‘Love Story.’ Instead, I Laughed Out Loud, Hollywood Reporter
• What’s Fact And What’s Fiction In Disney's 'Love Story', Elle
• Calvin Klein! The brand that made Kate Moss into the ’90s It Girl, Talk 90s to me podcast ep with Sali Hughes
• Paul Anthony Kelly Tells Mel Ottenberg How He Became John-John, Interview
• Uncovering the higher truth of Jay Shetty, The Guardian
• Wellness guru Jay Shetty has raised some doubts. Including his own, The Interview, New York Times
• Jay Shetty Knows Exactly What You Want. That's the Problem. Liz Bucar, Substack
• Hard work, romance and bell hooks: how Olivia Dean became British pop’s newest megastar, The Guardian
• Emily in Paris star Lily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in film about Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Guardian
• The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion, The New Yorker

.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new America’s Next Top Model doc has everyone talking about the ethics of reality TV and just how bonkers the 15-year phenomenon really was, so this week we’re diving into everything from how things have changed since the noughties to how terribly Tyra Banks comes across. Also on the show: Gordon Ramsay’s Netflix docuseries and the scandals it skips over, Bonnie Blue’s pregnancy announcement, the gorgeous BAFTA-winning film My Father’s Shadow and a recap on everything that went down at the awards on Sunday night.

Follow us on IG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and TikTok @straightuppod

Find us on YouTube @straightupmediapod

Email at ⁠⁠hello@straightuppodcast.co.uk⁠

Recs/reviews:

• Paris recs: La Fondation hotel, Le Cheval D'or, Mischief
• My Father’s Shadow, in cinemas now
• Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, Netflix
• We were all rooting for Tyra Banks to give us some answers – but this America’s Next Top Model documentary gaslights its audience, Independent
• Being Gordon Ramsay, Netflix
• Swearing, Marty Supreme … and Prince William: Bafta’s 12 biggest snubs and surprises, Guardian
• I Swear, AppleTV/Amazon Prime Video
• ‘Marty Supreme’ Ties BAFTA Record for Most Losses in History, Variety

.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.