First up today darlings is a whistlestop recommendation rundown for New York, where Ellie celebrated her 30th last week, followed by a blow-by-blow look at the car crash that is the Peltz-Beckham wedding lawsuit drama. Then, a further debrief on the unofficial first family of Britain, from whether we think Victoria Beckham is a nice person, featuring *alleged* intel from Kathleen, who once met one of the Beckham’s nannies, to Ellie’s experience of interviewing a rather handsy David.

Also on the topic of weddings, we cover the rise of the “couple podcast” and debrief one of Kathleen’s fave new discoveries, Jaime Laing’s Nearlyweds, plus, our new celebrity crush, the actor Mia Goth who is currently starring in Infinity Pool, the new horror dubbed “White Lotus for sickos” and is the lead in two of Ellie’s favourite horror films, X and Pearl (out now).

We also get stuck into Paris Hilton’s decision to use a surrogate because of her crippling phobia of childbirth, which was triggered, in part, by the abuse she experienced at boarding school, as well as the revelation that her sextape “One Night In Paris” was the first bit of porn either of us ever saw (we’re so sorry! We understand the ethics of this now!). Finally, a debrief of Selena Gomez’s documentary My Mind and Me, in particular the excruciating press day scenes and her incredible mental health advocacy.

Then a hilarious look at former Elle Editor Farah Storr’s latest Substack newsletter, where she gives “the world’s best restaurant” a brutally honest review that reads just like the amazing chef thriller we recently recommended, The Menu.

Recommendations discussed:

Homefire by by Kamila Shamsie
Big Vogue Still Trying to Push the Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Agenda, Gawker
Nearlyweds podcast with Jaime Lang and Sophie Haboo
Jaime Lang on Elizabeth’s Day’s How To Fail
Infinity Pool starring Mia Goth
X and Pearl both starring Mia Goth
Paris Hilton’s Glamour cover story
Diary of a CEO episodes with Romesh Ranganathan, Richard Hammond and Charlie Sloth
Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me, Apple TV
The World’s Most Dangerous Roads, Dave
Farah Storr’s review of “the world’s best restaurant” Noma, Substack
Jay Rayner’s Le Cinq review for the Guardian

NYC recommendations:

The Williamsburg
Gotham Comedy Club
The Book Club in East Village
The Sex Museum
Lafayette for brunch
Misi for brown butter pasta
Sunday in Brooklyn
Tompkins Square Bagels
Dante bar in Chelsea for $10 martinis
Little Ned cocktail bar

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