I want to meet the beautiful brain that came up with the idea for Can You Hide… Shaq? The premise is that 8 contestants try to hide Shaquille O’Neal using disguises and distraction. It is set in Dallas and hosted by Nicole Byer (perfect choice!).

This is a wonderful concept and has me wondering how I would hide Shaq. Unsurprisingly, I haven’t come up with any good ideas yet.

Nicole Byer on Instagram

Simu Liu is ready for Saturday Night Live, but who will play the honeypot?

Vanity Fair brought together a group of the most prestigious modern authors to chat about Dua Lipa’s book club, Service95. Not only did they show up to speak about Dua’s work, they were also photographed together. Dua’s book club is different from Oprah’s or Reese Witherspoon’s because it’s not really about selling books – I don’t think there’s a Service95 stamp. It’s more of a cultural hub (there are recommendations for books, music, films, supper clubs, galleries, etc) and there’s an advocacy component; she created a library of 100 banned books for a historic bookstore in Portugal and she works with literature festivals. What makes Dua’s passion project so different from most other celebrities is that there’s no monetization. So far, there’s not a hint of her trying to sell her taste.

Goop is rebranding its podcast – again – to focus on Gwyneth Paltrow’s recommendations. In a way, it’s going back to its roots as that was how Goop launched: a newsletter of Gwyneth’s favourite things. When it started to drift from Gwyneth and hire other writers, the editorial never really found its voice; the articles were too long-winded and tried to blend prestige with pseudoscience, while also trying to sell Goop products. Gwyneth is again taking the reins and says she will recommend her favourite pasta spots in Rome and gua sha tools and sleep advice, with the assumption that Gwyneth is the expert on everything. When she launched Goop, lifestyle was pretty broad and incorporated fashion, travel, food, beauty and culture, but social media has fragmented a lot of content, and now audiences expect a higher level of expertise in subjects. The broad, “I have money and access, so I know what’s best” isn’t the draw it once was. A lot of people are actually sick and tired of that kind of elitism and reject the notion that money equals taste. (If that was true, Lauren Sanchez would be the most tasteful woman in the world.)  And on a practical note, who is taking where-to-eat-pasta advice from Gwyneth Paltrow?

Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant show off their historic Palm Beach residence with one of the world’s most legendary private art collections. They have the originals of the art the rest of us buy prints of at IKEA.

Photo credits: Shaquille O'Neal

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