Sydney's Sunday Reads: #21
Happy Sunday, friends!!
Sydney's Sunday Reads is a weekly blog series that highlights some of my favorite stories, articles, think-pieces, and more from around the Internet.
New movies all year. - In an interesting start to 2021, Netflix recently announced its ambitious plan to release a new original film every week until the end of the year. That means 70 titles are headed your way if you’re a subscriber, and some of them look amazing. To All the Boys I Loved Before fans will get the final installment of the trilogy just in time for Valentine’s Day, and musical theater buffs will be excited to have Lin-Manuel Miranda’s adaptation of tick, tick…BOOM! at some point in 2021 as well. Click HERE for the full list! (NYLON)
Love all, Louis Vuitton. - I’m not a big designer clothing fan, but I just might take a gander at the offering now that three-time Grand Slam winner - as well as outspoken civil rights activist - Naomi Osaka has been named as a brand ambassador for the upcoming Spring-Summer 2021 line! In a press release accompanying the announcement, the high-end fashion label, which has been around since 1854, described Osaka as "multi-faceted, independent and modern…perfectly incarnating the Louis Vuitton woman." I couldn’t agree more. Keep spreading that #BlackGirlMagic, Naomi! (CNN)
“Bon Appetit!” - Here’s some spectacular news for all the Julia Child fans out there: a new biopic series is coming to HBO Max! The project, simply titled Julia, will star British actress Sarah Lancashire as Child, and will follow the television icon’s rise to fame beginning in 1963 with the help of her popular public television cooking show, The French Chef. At its core, Julia will be a show that explores "an evolving time in American history—the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural growth. The series [will also be] a portrait of a loving marriage with an evolving and complicated power dynamic." And if that doesn’t get you excited, maybe this will: David Hyde Pierce, most famous for playing the hilariously neurotic Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier, will play Paul Child, Julia’s devoted husband! No release date has been announced just yet, but it looks like I finally have a reason to get HBO Max. (Food and Wine)
What’s in my bag? - One subgenre of Youtube that I really enjoy is the “What’s in my bag?” videos where people film themselves dumping out the contents of their purse or backpack and going through each item. For me, it’s a fun way to learn more about someone, and more often than not, a gentle reminder that I’m not the only person on planet Earth who carries a bag filled with things I don’t need but carry anyway “just in case.” This video from British Vogue features Jeanne Damas, founder of the French company Rouje, and literal epitome of the Parisian It Girl. While I still think she’s cooler than I’ll ever be, it’s nice to know that she carries around a bag full of chaos just like the rest of us - used train tickets, random sheets of crumpled paper, and all! (British Vogue via Youtube)
PRETTYMUCH is back! - I’m not sure if you knew this about me, but I live for a good boy band. Dating back to the early days of The Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, multi-part harmonies and members to match each personality in their target audience have absolutely thrilled me. A few years ago while watching some old music videos on Youtube, I stumbled upon five young guys singing an a capella version of “Redbone” by Childish Gambino for MTV. The dance moves were cool, the outfits on-point, and the voices were perfectly blended; I was hooked immediately. Recently signing to a new label and sporting fresh looks for 2021, PRETTYMUCH is back with a brand new single called “Stars”. It is, as the kids say, a “bop”! (PRETTYMUCH via Youtube)