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Social media’s ablaze over Who is the Bad Art Friend, aka “the kidney story,” the New York Times Magazine long read chronicling a very extra saga about live kidney donation, friendship, white saviours, allegations of plagiarism, artistic license and, horror of horrors — the publication of group chat texts. If you’re wondering whether to read the 9,500-plus word piece, rest easy, BL + BW have done the heavy lifting and happily unpack the entrails for you. Twenty years after the release of Mariah Carey’s Glitter, we’re taking another look at the infamous box office flop and asking, did the critics really get it right back then, or do the haters need to GTFO? With Maria Lewis, ACMI assistant curator, author and Mariah Carey superlamb. Also: what’s the connection between anti-vax protests in New York City and Australia? And what’s next for Britney Spears now that her father Jamie’s been suspended from her conservatorship? Show notes: Who’s The Bad Art Friend?: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/

It’s-a me… Chris Pratt playing Mario! The internet had some STRONG FEELINGS about the recent announcement that Pratt – of Parks and Recreation, Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World fame – will be voicing Mario in the upcoming animated movie based on the beloved Nintendo game. We unpack those feelings plus discuss some films, many of which have faced lengthy COVID-related delays, that we are looking forward to seeing once cinemas reopen including House of Gucci, Spencer, Dune and Nightmare Alley. Speaking of COVID delays, are we finally ready to shine shine shine, baby? The 5th season of the Real Housewives of Melbourne is finally coming. Jackie Gillies, psychic and one of the few original cast members of the reality TV series, and new cast member Cherry Dipietrantonio drop by to takes us behind the scenes of the latest season and consider whether the show can be read as a feminist text. Finally, Survivor Australia may be over but Hannah and Benjamin have both been leaning into the misery of lockdown a

Hey, it’s Ben Lee! The singer songwriter recently unmasked on The Masked Singer Australia joins BL + BW to talk about his turn on reality TV, his new single Born for this Bullshit and its sexy video clip, the pandemic (blargh) and, well, it’s Ben Lee so a whole bunch of other topics too. The Television Academy continues to disappoint us with its conservative choices at the Emmys; The Crown will continue interminably until a republic is declared. We want justice for Michaela Cole and Pen15 but we are glad that Jean Smart won for Hacks. Also: The Newsreader finale delivers; Ben Law sings Horses, Daryl Braithwaite’s iconic cover of Rickie Lee Jones’ original song. Show notes: Ben Lee backs the COVID-19 vaccine: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/ben-lee-backs-music-industry-covid-19-vaccination-campaign/100439498 Lil Nas X song "That's what I want": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDYDRA5JPLE Emmys recap: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-20/emmys-2021-ted-lasso-mare-of-easttown-the-crown-best-moments

The Met Gala — the grand final of fashion and celebrity is back irl! As expected, the red carpet was dripping with looks, including one from New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Her sumptuous white mermaid gown slashed with the red-lettered “Tax the Rich” message on the back made a statement — but what was it?  Keanu Reeves’ Resurrections: the superstar features in two highly anticipated upcoming sequels — The Matrix 4: Resurrections and John Wick Chapter 4: Resurrection [yes, same name!]. The Matrix 4 trailer reveals some tantalising details, like a reunion between Keanu Reeves, 57 and Carrie-Anne Moss, 54.  Oh happy day! Pub Choir’s Astrid Jorgensen is our feature interview. The award-winning choir director talks about the songs on her blacklist, why group singing is good for us and her joyful, joyful love for Sister Act 2. Also: Tony Armstrong’s delightful blooper on ABC News Breakfast cheers the nation.  Show notes: Tony Armstrong on ABC News Breakfast: https://twitter.com/J

BW and BL are away this week celebrating Beyonce’s 40th birthday, but like good parents they’ve left something tasty out so you won’t go hungry. First, Aunty Donna’s Broden Kelly and Mark Bonnano serve up a little bit of pud. They talk to BW about their Netflix series Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun and how their sketch comedy has evolved to respond to their fans. Then, Lillian Ahenkan, better known as Flex Mami. spills the tea on life as a multi hyphenate influencer-author-podcaster-presenter-author-entrepreneur. Show notes: Aunty Donna YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_mneEC0wc29EGGmIsN_xLA Flex Mami: https://www.flexmami.com/

We have tweet manifested our way into an interview with Simu Liu! The star of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel's first Asian-led superhero film, talks to BW about playing the historic role, preparing for the film's intricate fight scenes and what it's like to act opposite living legends of Asian cinema, Michelle Yeoh and Tony Leung. "Did it hurt? When your attempt at a meme backfired? Yes it did

With the release of her long-awaited album ‘3’ singer-songwriter Ngaiire is putting her Papua New Guinean roots proudly and defiantly at the front and centre of her music. Ngaiire returns to Stop Everything in a conversation with BW covering music, motherhood, home and breaking free of industry expectations. BW + BL discuss The Chair, the Netflix show starring Sandra Oh as Dr Ji-Yoon Kim, the first woman of colour to chair the English department at prestigious (and fictional) Pembroke University, and the minor feelings the series engenders. Also: The Croods enter the pandemic discourse; Kyle MacLachlan’s Aussie accent; will The Wiggles really go broke for going woke? Show notes: Ngaiire: http://www.ngaiire.com/ Sandra Oh on The Chair: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/sandra-ohs-masterly-performance-of-empathy-in-the-chair Kyle McLachlan in hotel quarantine: https://twitter.com/Kyle_MacLachlan/status/1429920647564742667?s=19 The Wiggles Fruit Salad TV trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w

In the week that Afghanistan fell to the Taliban we’re processing the stories and images being beamed out of the country and how we get our news. In particular, a TikTok explainer made by Guardian Australia Matilda Boseley has gone viral — why are so many people talking about it? All My Friends Are Racist is a new ABC comedy series about zoomers, friendship, politics and cancel culture. BW + BL talk to series co-stars Davey Thompson and Tuuli Narkle who play on screen besties Casey and Belle. HBO’s The White Lotus finale dropped quite a load on us: showing us who dies, who wins and who loses during one hectic week at the luxury Hawaiian resort. SPOILER ALERT: BL + BW discuss the finale in detail. And finally, the Jeanaissance has arrived: we love Jean Smart in Hacks and so should you. Show notes: Guardian Australia TikTok explainer on Afghanistan: https://www.tiktok.com/@guardianaustralia/video/6996945852510031106 All My Friends Are Racist: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2926035777659475 Mike White

The new ABC limited series The Newsreader is a late 20th century period drama about sexual politics, egos and the stories that shaped our consciousness in the mid 1980s. Co-creator and writer Michael Lucas and series writer Kim Ho take us behind the scenes. We talk about that Good Weekend profile of celebrity chef and MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo, which casts doubts on some of the recollections in Zonfrillo’s new memoir, Last Shot. Zonfrillo and publisher Simon & Schuster are standing by the book; Nine, which owns The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, is standing by journalist Tim Elliott’s feature. As we cradle our Japanese rice baby sacks and cry about the imminent end of the world, we fill our dried out husks with Cooking with Paris and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. And: should we normies follow Jennifer Aniston’s example and cut covid vaccine deniers out of our lives?  Show notes: The Newsreader: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/newsreader Good Weekend profile of Jock Zonfrillo: ht

Week two of the Tokyo Olympics is a healing balm on our lockdown-chapped souls. Peter Bol’s heroic run in the 800m final unified Australia; Simone Biles made a comeback in gymnastics to snatch bronze on the balance beam; New Zealander Ruby Tui’s post-match BBC interview served energy and light. Who are the 'strangest’ women in music, and what makes them strange? Melbourne writer Lesley Chow puts words around the ephemeral pleasure of pop music in her new book, You’re History: the Twelve Strangest Women in Music.   Along with the Tokyo Olympics, BL is obsessing over the ‘nerd Olympics’ otherwise known as Australian Survivor. Meanwhile BW is tickled by the HBO limited series, The White Lotus. Also: a horny farewell to Twitter Fleets; YouTube bans Sky for a week; all the ways we love to be insulted with free stuff. Show notes: You're History: The Twelve Strangest Women in Music: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/youre-history-9781913462314 Ruby Tui's BBC interview: https://twitter.com/JoCurrie/status/14210

Subtle Asian Traits, the massively popular Facebook group founded in 2018 by a friendship group of Melbourne teens, is being developed into a TV series. How does a community based on Asian cultural memes translate onto screen, and what do its founders think of the trajectory from messenger group, to online influence and nascent television fame? A conversation with two SAT cofounders, Tony Xie and Kerry Kang. The pandemic Olympics are here. BW and BL talk through the highlights, quirks and major stories coming out of the Tokyo Games: who’s winning hearts; Australian swim coach Dean Boxall’s viral celebratory thrusts; and US gymnast Simone Biles’ ‘radical courage’. Also — why JLo’s 52nd birthday photos are gifts to everyone, and we’re having a laugh at Netflix’s furry dating show, Sexy Beasts Show notes: Subtle Asian Traits on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1343933772408499/ Subtle Asian Traits to be developed into TV series: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/subtle-asian-traits-t

If you’ve ever wondered what’s for lunch at Perry Farrell’s house, or where The Roots’ Questlove turns for DJ inspiration, look to The Avalanches for the answer. The Melbourne-based electronic group has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music and waded through “seven layers of shit” to complete their long-awaited second album, Wildflower. Avalanches founding member Tony Di Blasi tells all to BW and BL. Tennis champion Naomi Osaka is having a moment heading into the Tokyo Olympics — gracing the covers of international magazines and the focus of a new three-part documentary series on Netflix that gives us an inside look behind her rapid rise to superstardom. Finally, what do we make of the NSW Covid numbers TikTok guy, and Jeff Bezos’ new status as a commercial astronaut after he blasted off with three fellow passengers inside a huge penis-shaped rocket. Show notes: The Avalanches: http://www.theavalanches.com/ Naomi Osaka documentary on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81128594 TikTo

The epic season 13 finale of MasterChef saw WA youth pastor Justin Narayan completing all four rice crispies and clinching the title. But Kishwar “just at home” Chowdhury is the winner of our hearts, and isn’t that what matters? It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the “brain, it’s multifaceted; brawn, it’s one dimensional”. This binary will be tested in the new season of Australian Survivor and we’re gagging already.  Finally — we sample some NZ delights — BW talks to Creamerie co-creators Roseanne Liang and Perlina Lau about their genre-defying, post apocalyptic, dark-comedy response to The Handmaid’s Tale. And BW + BL debrief Nikesh Patel, er, debrief on Starstruck, the delightful romcom starring Rose Matafeo and Patel.  This episode of Stop Everything! includes discussion of sexual assault. 1800 Respect: https://www.1800respect.org.au/ Lifeline 13 11 14 Links: Creamerie: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/program/creamerie Starstruck: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/starstruck Kishwar’s instagr

Ziggy Ramo and Rhianna Patrick take over Stop Everything for NAIDOC Week.  Rhianna Patrick, head of podcasts and audio for IndigenousX, speaks to Dr Margaret Harvey, theatremaker, actor, storyteller, and Jasmin McGaughey, writer and editor, about First Nations futurism, Torres Strait Islanders in pop culture and navigating protocol while sharing traditional stories. Christine Anu also gets a lot of love. Hip Hop artist Ziggy Ramo chats with model, activist and friend Nathan McGuire about going deeper than surface diversity in the fashion industry and … the importance of a good skin care regime! Show notes: NAIDOC Week: https://www.naidoc.org.au/ What Country am I on? https://www.blakbusiness.com.au/what-country-am-i-on IndigenousX: https://indigenousx.com.au/ Rhianna Patrick’s Original Storyteller playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWZ0wrsFHSmaP?si=f9e23496806e41c4 Margaret Harvey: https://vimeo.com/channels/thejozesparks Jasmin McGaughey on YA: https://www.killyourdarl

Millions of Australians are in lockdown, the national covid vaccine rollout is confusing to say the least — but we’ve got you, dear listeners! BL + BW have prepared a care package of highlight interviews from the first half of 2021 for a safe, no contact delivery in your audio feed.  Crazy Rich Asians actor Remy Hii, veteran of three quarantines, shares some tips on surviving lockdown and shares his vision for what’s next in Australian storytelling. Randall Park of WandaVision, Fresh off The Boat and Always Be My Maybe shares a sense memory of being hugged by Keanu Reeves. Malcolm Spellman, showrunner for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, talks about writing Black Lives, displacement, and systemic inequality into the MCU series.

In The Heights, from Crazy Rich Asians director Jon Chu and based on Lin Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Tony-award winning musical, is a slice of summer joy with a colourism problem. The glaring omission of Afro Latinx cast members in a film set in the New York neighbourhood of Washington Heights, which has a predominantly Dominican Republican population, has been called out as erasure. The filmmakers say they’re aware of it and discussed it, so why this outcome? BW+BL debrief on the latest revelations out of Britney Spears ongoing challenge to her 13-year conservatorship. “This conservatorship in abuse,” Spears told a Los Angeles court. “I want my life back.” And ABC sport broadcaster, former AFL footballer and audience favourite Tony Armstrong joins SE for a 360 conversation on sport, media, race and representation, and his current cultural preoccupations. Also: a look at allegations of toxic workplace culture at Sony Music Australia Show notes: Britney Spears speaks: www.abc.net.au/news/20

Live, werk, pose! Steven Canals, co-creator, executive producer, writer and director of Pose gets deep and meaningful with BL + BW, reflecting on the end of the award-winning series which has been hailed as groundbreaking for trans representation. Steven shares what it was like to be in the room when Billy Porter shared his HIV status with the cast and crew of Pose, and his view of the current TV landscape. Also, what do we think about the news that a Hollywood feature on the Christchurch terrorist attacks is in the works? The overwhelming early reaction has been ‘too soon’. And: our nostrils are flared, our orifices clenched at legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin’s return to CNN. Show notes: Suspension of Jeffrey Toobin: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdgm4/new-yorker-suspends-jeffrey-toobin-for-zoom-dick-incident Pose series finale recap: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/pose-series-finale-recap-billy-porter-fx-1234989297/ They Are Us film makers defend motives :https://deadline.com/2021/06/they-are-us-n

“Everything Housewives becomes Housewives” is the mantra of Real Housewives recapper, scholar and journalist Brian Moylan. Brian’s New York Times bestselling book, The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives is drenched with detail. It answers fans’ burning questions and charts the rise of the Bravo television franchise. Brian joins BL + BW for an extended chat about table flipping, boat rides from hell and who pays for the trips? OK, see you: Kim’s Convenience cast members Simu Liu and Jean Yoon have gone public with allegations of systemic dysfunction behind the scenes of the hit sitcom. How does this affect our viewing of the beloved show? Also, Lorde’s solar-powered bum is giving us life this winter and BL meditates on Mad as Hell’s full frontal nudity.

In the highly anticipated Friends reunion, the original cast gets together for just the second time since the hit sitcom ended in 2004. They were on a break! BW reflects on the seemingly random assortment of celebrity cameos who dropped in to talk about how much they loved Rachel, Ross, Monica, Phoebe, Chandler and Joey, and what, if anything, we learned from the whole episode. Spoiler warning. The Mare of Easttown finale left us feeling devastated, satiated, hollowed out, pensive, wishing for more Mare! BL + BW take their final opportunity to talk Mare, cheesesteaks, Guy Pearce and murder durdur. Pallavi Sharda left Australia for Bollywood to chase acting opportunities she couldn’t find at home. Now she’s back in front of Australian audiences, most recently in ABC’s Retrograde and the Audible podcast Slushy. BL talks to Pallavi about her career path and what’s next.  Also, yes we do talk about the Channel 9 snowstorm, er, Covid vaccine ad.   Show notes: Singapore COVID-19 vaccine ad: https://www.abc.n

Malcolm Spellman, showrunner and head writer of the MCU’s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier talks to BW about his approach to infusing contemporary politics into the superhero TV series.  BW + BL read the entrails of Drag Race Down Under’s latest expulsions and surprise returns. No Mare of Easttown debrief this week, but BL + BW talk through Andrew Yang on Ziwe, the joy of Art Works on ABC TV Plus, and the third season of Master of None. Show notes: Ziwe with Andrew Yang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV67dJGXACQ The Guardian review of Friends Reunion: https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1391897869137887234?s=20 Junkee outlines Drag Race Down under episode 4- Art Simone returns: https://junkee.com/rupauls-drag-race-down-under-s1e4-recap/295724 The Linda Lindas performing Racist, Sexist Boy live at the Los Angeles Public Library: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPExF-YrYl5/