Stormzy has a potential new girlfriend and we are SHAKEN by this breaking news huns (and the pics of them kissing at Heathrow) but trying our best to process — it helps that she is the incredible musician Victoria Monet who we already happened to adore. Plus, why we’ve fallen in love with the ultimate modern man Andrew Garfield ahead of his new film We Live In Time, ft. a hilarious story from filming with Florence Pugh. Also, our thoughts on the deeply uncomfortable Boris Johnson interview with Steven Bartlett, not to mention the recently unearthed Anne Hathaway press junket clips, as well as our verdict on the absolute stinker of a Netflix Rom-com Lonely Planet. And is the new show Curfew about making all men stay at home from 7pm to 7am onto something? We discuss!

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Recs/ culture discussed

• Andrew Garfield on the Modern Love podcast, The New York Times
• Learning to Measure Time in Love and Loss, NYTimes
• Andrew Garfield on All There Is with Anderson Cooper
• The Confessions of Andrew Garfield, Esquire
• Oliver Burkeman's last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life, Guardian
• Kjersti Flaa YouTube (Blake Lively and Anne Hathaway interviews)
• Boris Johnson on Diary of a CEO
• Lonely Planet, Netflix
• Will and Harper, Netflix
• Disclaimer, AppleTV
• Curfew, Paramount Plus

Can Hollywood recover from the Diddy scandal? With more than 120 new lawsuits and related conspiracy theories reigning supreme on TikTok, the allegations surrounding the music mogul have gripped the pop culture conversation this past few weeks From the many theories that hone in on Beyoncé, to a reframing of Zoe Kravitz’s Blink Twice, we provide a much needed update on it all. Plus, a debrief on Kamala Harris’ Call Her Daddy controversy, the happy news that The Princess Diaries 3 has been confirmed, and lots of TV and film recommendations, from our current cinema and Netflix picks, to a review of the new season of HBO/BBC sleeper hit Industry. Kit Harington’s brilliant new character has a love of, ahem, watersports, so the chat takes an unusually kinky turn. Enjoy!

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We’re also absolutely over the moon to be partnered with the British Film Institute to tell you about our favourite films dropping on their incredible BFI Player every week. At the moment we’re loving Evil Does Not Exist, Rare Beasts, Scrapper and The Assistant. BFI Player offers a 14-day free trial for new users PLUS our hunnies get an extra month free with the code STRAIGHTUP. Head to player.bfi.org.uk ⁠to stream now!

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We’re back working with our OG faves London Nootropics, the adaptogenic coffee brand that has literally changed our lives with its amazing blends. Amazing health benefits plus no anxiety or jitters. Win! Get 20% off using our code straightup at londonnootropics.com

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Reccs/culture discussed

• Call Her Daddy, Kamala Harris
• Speak No Evil
• Force Majeure
• Heartstopper s3
• Prima Facie, NT Live
• Blink Twice
• The cheap tricks of MeToo thrillers, Vulture
• Industry s3
• Cheapskatelondon newsletter

Are we the only ones not head over heels for Nobody Wants This? Critics are unanimously (and unusually) full of five-star praise for the Netflix Rom-com which has left us a little puzzled — we discuss! In other news, Naomi Campbell has fallen foul of the Charity Commission for allegedly spending money from her charity on lavish hotel rooms and cigarettes, so we put this in the context of her many controversies and ask whether the ‘diva’ label has insulated her from serious scrutiny. Finally, of course we’re debriefing on Sally Rooney, having read her latest bestseller Intermezzo over the weekend. We get into her couple dynamics, how she writes men vs women, marketing hype and why some readers have called out a thematic ‘glorification of thinness’.

Huge thanks to our sponsor Yonder, the incredible lifestyle credit card packed with rewards you’ll actually *want* to use, from points to use towards your bill at the trendiest restaurants and bars in the UK, to theatre and online shopping. Find out more at yonder.com/straightup

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We’re also absolutely over the moon to be partnered with the British Film Institute to tell you about our favourite films dropping on their incredible BFI Player every week. At the moment we’re loving Evil Does Not Exist, Rare Beasts, Scrapper and The Assistant. BFI Player offers a 14-day free trial for new users PLUS our hunnies get an extra month free with the code STRAIGHTUP. Head to https://player.bfi.org.uk to stream now!

And we’re partnered with brand new quarterly newspaper The Pass, the only publication bold enough to ignore food influencer hype and give us properly honest London restaurant reviews. ⁠Subscribe here⁠ to receive the new issue and find out what to cross off, and put on, your list.

DM us your thoughts on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or email us at ⁠hello@straightuppodcast.co.uk⁠ and as ever please, please, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and a rating on Spotify, lysm!

Reccs/ culture discussed

• Nine Lives, Bermondsey Street London
• The Barbary, Notting Hill
• Nobody Wants This, Netflix
• The Impeccable Smoothness of Nobody Wants This, Vulture
• Netflix’s Nobody Wants This and the Persistent Jewish Stereotype, Glamour
• Nobody Wants This Mean-Spirited Depiction of Jewish Women in Nobody Wants This, Time
• Drama GCSE, Mathilde Barker, TikTok
• Baby Reindeer was wrongly billed by Netflix as a ‘true story’, judge finds, Guardian
• Tyra Banks recalls ‘evil and awful’ conflict with Naomi Campbell in early career, Independent
• Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
• 'The Interview': Sally Rooney, The Daily Podcast
• Glimpses of Utopia: Sally Rooney's Couples by Joanna Biggs, London Review of Books
• Sally Rooney in her own words: ‘I’m fighting a cultural battle’, The Times
• Why Are All the Characters in Sally Rooney’s Novels So Thin?, Vogue
• Are you cool enough to have the next Sally Rooney book? Esquire