Lizzo has been answering questions about her new album on social media and it’s evolved into a discussion on how radio has shaped so many pop careers and what happens with the decline of traditional media. Even if we remove Lizzo from the equation, there’s a lot of artists that fit the same mold. And that’s just streaming and radio, there’s also TikTok to contend with.

Last week Goop posted a podcast snippet that made the rounds because she was talking about how her husband Brad thinks she’s a Republican but she’s actually an independent. It’s all a misdirection because the interesting thing about this podcast is that she is speaking to Trae Stephens, the co-founder of the AI defense company Anduril (Meredith Lynch connects the pieces). We’ve seen how billionaires use media to whitewash their images (like the Bezos at the MET Gala) and celebrities are pumping up AI, so maybe there’s no line. But if there is a line, perhaps it can be drawn at an AI WEAPONS COMPANY. Not only is Gwyneth using her personal brand to legitimize this (she doesn’t do all of the Goop podcast interviews, she usually only shows up for celebrities) but she is using politics to rage-bait the comment section, which is more focused on her “centrist” comment than the fact that she is promoting a weapons company. Goop’s core customer base (wealthy women) may not care one bit about this but that core is clearly not enough to keep the business afloat. If Goop needs to be taking on this kind of sponcon to survive (and I can’t imagine any other reason they would do this), then Goop is not a viable lifestyle business.

(Putting on my wig and red nose) I thought this was an album cover.

I’m finding the TNT Madison Square Garden wedding really hard to believe.

Christy Turlington and Ed Bruns have been married for 23 years and did you know they almost didn’t get married? It was set for October 2001 and postponed because of 9/11, and between that stress and the “fast-tracked” relationship (his words), they broke up in the spring of 2002. They got back together at the end of the year and married in 2003. Is it confirmation bias, or do celebrities not call off weddings anymore? We had these two, Bennifer (obviously), Julia Roberts in the early 90s (iconic behaviour).

Lizzo arrives at Marathon Burger in LA to hand out meals, June 7, 2026

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