Happy Friday!

Sorry we missed you last week—amid all the Don't Worry Darling drama, no less! We have one more thing to add to the controversy, which you can find in Hannah's fixation below.

In other news, Daysia's intrigued by a new iconic celeb baby name and some witchcraft accusations among some of our favorite female rappers. Happy reading!

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Daysia and Hannah

This Week's Fixations

Daysia: We’ve got a new entry into the Incredible Celebrity Baby Name Hall of Fame™! Joining the ranks, among children like Zillion Heir Cannon, Sweetie and Super Funk, and Rumble Honey and Slim Easy Smith, we have… MALIBU BARBIE PAYTAS HACMON.

Yes, Trisha Paytas named their baby Malibu Barbie! And honestly, I’m kind of obsessed. It’s so on-brand for Paytas, and I actually think Malibu is a cute name! They can call her Bu for short, or simply call her Barbie, which is also a great name. Malibu Barbie was born camp, imagine what’s in store for the future! Congrats to the happy couple!

One last thing that has me in awe this week: Azealia Banks allegedly telling Nicki Minaj that Cardi B’s grandmother practiced voodoo on Minaj… and Minaj falling for it. This is too bizarre for me to comprehend, but here’s all of that, if you missed it:

Hannah: I’ve been thinking about Harry Styles and Florence Pugh. Not about their interactions in Venice, but in the fact that a casting director and Olivia Wilde thought that Harry Styles could hold his own acting opposite Florence Pugh (and a cast filled with other Good Actors). I love Harry (a lot!) but considering his acting resume is Eternals (cameo at the end), Dunkirk (he was in a lot of the movie but had approximately four lines), and an episode of iCarly (where he was playing himself), maybe he bit off a bit more than he could chew at this point. Plus, his American (?) accent was Not Good.

And we all know that Miss Flo can Act—her range despite her relatively short career is impressive. Even in scenes in Little Women where she was acting across Timothée Chalamet—who I think can safely be called her contemporary and Good Actor— he had to bring his best to hold his own.

So with that in mind, I give you a list of actors that Daysia and I brainstormed who could have played Jack Chambers (Styles’ character in Don’t Worry Darling). Daysia provided the parameters of “charming but chilling” and “hot but scary” and here’s who we came up with:

• Zac Efron (!)

• Paul Mescal

• Dev Patel

• Evan Peters

• Robert Pattinson (but we think he would be more suited to Chris Pine’s role)

• Asa Butterfield

We live in fear (and hope!) for Harry in this movie as well as My Policeman.

Has Lorde Dropped a New Album?

Lorde’s little sister, Indy Yelich, dropped her debut single, “Threads.” Her voice is reminiscent of her sister’s and Olivia Rodrigo’s. All hail this musical family!

ICYMI: Rina Sawayama’s new album, Hold the Girl is out now. Heal your inner child by listening to the title track. Blackpink also released their new album BORN PINK. Listen to “Shut Down.”

Too Many Tabs

For Tablet Magazine, Jayson Buford wrote about Jack Harlow, the inflation of Mac Miller’s legacy, white male mediocrity in hip hop, and why rap fans are drawn to whiteness.

In a stunning interactive story, the New York Times’ Maya Salam unpacked coming out scenes in TV and movies and how they capture the wide range of emotions expressed in these real life moments.

Rolling Stone’s Cheyenne Roundtree revealed that Kanye West’s new private school, Donda Academy, requires alleged NDAs (a school rep described them as “informal agreements''), has a principal with seemingly no educational experience, and is shrouded in secrecy.

Plus… SNL gets four new players, what Gigi Hadid has allegedly witnessed, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series gets even more meta, another night of losses for the Roy family, we were ROBBED of Saoirse Ronan Barbie!!!, Simon Cowell once again proving himself to be a menace and a flop, and a Regé-Jean Page western!