[ad_1] Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: BMG, Chrissi Poland, Flyana Boss, Getty, Kyle Gordon, Warner Bros. Pictures In an era of rending horrors, nothing smooths those pesky wrinkles out of your brain like a nonsense bop. One of the biggest hits of World War II was the soundtrack to a Donald Duck cartoon. In the 1980s, novelty… Continue reading Novelty Songs of Summer 2023, Ranked
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The Taylor Swiftification of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
[ad_1] Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty In many ways, The Summer I Turned Pretty is nothing new — what streamer doesn’t have a messy teen love triangle going on? But Jenny Han’s book-turned-TV-series has something the others don’t: a direct line to Taylor Allison Swift. Swift was part of Han’s vision from the start. When the author… Continue reading The Taylor Swiftification of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
Jenny Han explains how pop music is central to ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’
[ad_1] Gentle guitar riffs fall dreamily like the snow outside the window. It’s Christmas at Cousins Beach, and Belly and Conrad are racing to catch the miracle on the shore. Puffers still unbuttoned, they stumble out the back door, laughing like delighted schoolchildren. Then the moment ends — but the music doesn’t. “Hell was the… Continue reading Jenny Han explains how pop music is central to ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’
Will the Summer of Trump Indictments Shake Up the Election?
[ad_1] Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen It has been a summer of history-making indictments against Donald Trump. This week, he received his fourth—this one from Georgia, where the former President and eighteen co-defendants are accused of conducting a “criminal enterprise” to reverse his 2020 defeat in the battleground… Continue reading Will the Summer of Trump Indictments Shake Up the Election?
The Summer I Turned Pretty Fans Want More Steven and Taylor
[ad_1] Photo: Erika Doss/Prime Video Since season one of The Summer I Turned Pretty, the fans have been conditioned to focus on one relationship. Well, two, actually — the love triangle between Belly (played by Lola Tung), Conrad (played by Christopher Briney), and Jeremiah (played by Gavin Casalegno). But citizens of Fandomville, USA, have had… Continue reading The Summer I Turned Pretty Fans Want More Steven and Taylor
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Recap, Season Two, Episode 8
[ad_1] On behalf of our captain and season MVP, Taylor, I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to all members of Team Jellyfish. We did it! Belly officially chose Jeremiah — importantly, after Conrad’s midnight confession that he still wants her and before he churlishly took it back in the morning. So suck on that, Con-heads. Excuse me, that… Continue reading ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Recap, Season Two, Episode 8
16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Cast Of "The Summer I Turned Pretty"
[ad_1] Several media outlets reported that Jackie Chung, who plays Belly’s mom, was 62 years old, but she finally debunked the myth once and for all and revealed that she’s not — in fact — in her 60s. View Entire Post › [ad_2] Source link
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Recap, Season Two, Episode 7
[ad_1] I have to be honest. I am no longer having much fun watching The Summer I Turned Pretty. Every time I fire up the ole recap machine, ready for some teen love triangle melodrama, I keep finding myself immediately bummed out. Is it me? Is there something I’ve been forgetting to bring up in therapy? No, actually, it’s… Continue reading ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Recap, Season Two, Episode 7
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Summer Spectacle | The New Yorker
[ad_1] This summer is expected to bring to the eastern part of the North American continent a spectacle of extraordinary rarity: the conjunction of four indictments of Donald Trump. The indictments are expected to be visible over a remarkably extensive portion of the Eastern seaboard of the United States, stretching from the southern tip of… Continue reading A Once-in-a-Lifetime Summer Spectacle | The New Yorker
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Recap, Season Two, Episode 6
[ad_1] Photo: Amazon Prime Video In this episode largely defined by characters asking way too much of each other, what could be more natural or more understandable than Belly, hammered and sobbing, drunk-dialing her mom and begging her to come and “fix it”? She’s just a kid feeling the weight of the world and she… Continue reading ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Recap, Season Two, Episode 6