The Best Articles I Read About The 'Vanderpump Rules' Finale
Plus, the summer movie I'm low-key most excited for
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Sending this through a few days late after a few big family events threw me off schedule last week (We sadly lost our beloved 16-year-old dachshund Wink, but then my sister’s engagement a few days later absolutely turned the week around <3), so I’m going to keep it short up here this time.
Because of my rollercoaster week, this week’s newsletter is a bit leaner than usual. There were still a bunch of fantastic Bravo-related articles released last week around the “Vanderpump Rules” finale, my in-depth interview with Carl Radke from “Summer House” went live and the trailer came out for one of the summer movies I’m low-key most excited for. Keep scrolling for all of that and more!
Read
“Inside How ‘Vanderpump Rules’Captured The #Scandoval” by Kate Aurthur (Variety)
“Five Hours With The Man Behind The Best Drama On Reality TV” by Samantha Rollins (Bustle)
“Ariana Madix Is Making A Fortune From All This” by Bridget Read (The Cut)
“Martin Scorsese Loves Lala Kent’s Work, and You Will Too” by Marlow Stern (Rolling Stone)
“Cheesier, Saucier and Drowning in Caviar: How TikTok Took Over The Menu” by Ezra Marcus (Grub Street)
“The ‘Top Chef’ Oral History: ‘How Is This Going Off The Rails on Day One?’” by Mikey O’Connell (The Hollywood Reporter)
“The Great ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Podcast Boom” by Allie Jones (The Cut)
“She Used to Assist Hollywood’s A-List. Now She’s the Boss.” by Lane Florsheim (The Wall Street Journal)
Listen
“Pop Pantheon”
After hearing about this podcast several times over the past year or so, I dove in a few weeks ago and have been jumping around its back catalogue, binging a bunch of episodes. In each one, host DJ Louis XIV brings on a guest to go deep on a big pop act, their entire career and discography and places them within one of the tiers in his “pop pantheon.” Some of my favorite episodes so far are his three-part series on girl groups, his two-parter on Katy Perry and his Kacey Musgraves excavation with “Who Weekly” host Bobby Finger. Listen to “Pop Pantheon” here!
Andy Cohen on “Two T’s In A Pod”
No, I don’t normally listen to this podcast (like a lot of “Housewives” fans, I have a low Teddi Mellencamp tolerance), but they released a two-episode interview with Andy Cohen around this past weekend, and it was admittedly a fun listen. Listen to that here!
Watch
“Theater Camp” Trailer
Just in case you missed this last week. It’s out on July 14, and it looks incredible.
Self-Promotion
“We Should Talk” feat. Carl Radke
I had Carl from “Summer House” on my podcast last week to reflect on all things Season 7, his proposal and the drama leading up to his big moment with fiancée Lindsay Hubbard. Carl and I have done interviews for nearly every season of “Summer House,” and I found him to be the most reflective, eloquent, accountable and hopeful that he’s ever been in this interview. Watch it above or listen to it below!
“Caviar Dreams Tuna Fish Budget” Appearance
Margaret Josephs and Lexi Barbuto invited me onto their podcast, where they asked me a bunch of questions about pop culture, my career and more. It was so fun getting to chat with them about some non-”RHONJ” stuff (though some of that was sprinkled in) — and I wish I could tell you what we talked about off mic! Listen to our chat here!
Currently
I’m making my way through the new season of “Selling Sunset” (read my stream of consciousness Twitter thread here) while I mentally prepare for part one of the “Vanderpump Rules” reunion on Wednesday. My body is READY!