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THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: James Charles is in hot water again! And around the seventh anniversary of ‘Bye Sister’, no less. Sarah Ferguson and Diddy’s reported situationship, and then, Lorde’s mum entered the chat re: Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff!!!! Noah Beck’s family drama, and to finish, Benedict Cumberbatch… on a bike. Thanks so much to Odoo for making this episode possible. Odoo is an all-in...

MONDAY ANALYSIS:  We watched The Devil Wears Prada 2 and we have like, POLAR opposite thoughts about it – so let’s unpack! Huge thanks to DonateLife for making this episode of Shameless possible – be the reason someone gets a second chance at life. Also, shout-out to Myer – Fenty Beauty is launching at Myer! Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shame...

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: Zara brings just about the dumbest thing on her algorithm! And then, Mich has a celebrity personality doppleganger for Zara – we put it to the test. To finish, Slow News Week. This week, Mich recommended watching Should I Marry a Murderer on Netflix. Zara recommended reading The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett. Big thanks to CeraVe for making this episode of Shameless possible....

THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: The Met Gala, of course! Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle, Pete Davidson’s relationship might just be over, four months after his partner, Elsie, had their baby, Cameron Diaz had her third kid at 53 – can we talk about her baby’s name? And finally, it happened: The Pussycat Dolls cancelled their tour due to low ticket sales. Big thanks to Squarespace for making this...

MONDAY ANALYSIS:  Reese Witherspoon has copped it this week for her comments about learning how to use AI tools. Emma Grede has continued to cop it for her comments about work-from-home culture. All of this backlash got us wondering: do we need a societal return to…pragmatism? Huge thanks to Merit for making this episode of Shameless possible! Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI | The New Yorker R...

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: Mich has an ‘Are You in Need of Some Intrigue’! And then, we listened to the podcast everyone’s been talking about – in fact, our entire office can’t get enough of it. It's a show called Dominican Sisters Open Mic. To finish, we read a piece online that got us thinking: where’s the most inappropriate place you’ve been broken up with? We asked you guys on Instagram to share… Thi...

THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: Megan Thee Stallion accused Klay Thompson of cheating! We need to talk about it!  Zoe Kravitz's pricey engagement ring, Russell Brand’s on-air moment with his bible, and Helena Bonham Carter has left The White Lotus cast mid-shoot. And finally, tennis star Taylor Fritz and Morgan Riddle have broken up, and Morgan served us (pun intended) with the perfect post-breakup phot...

MONDAY ANALYSIS: Everyone is talking about The Devil Wears Prada – so we re-watched it! (Or, for one of us, watched it for the first time!) We wanted to unpack the fascinating about-face that Vogue, and Anna Wintour herself, have done in the face of the second film. With the first movie, Anna Wintour ignored it with characteristic frostiness. For the second film, though, she’s totally embraced it…...

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: Satirical news outlet The Onion is trying to acquire Alex Jones’s site Infowars. Well, sorta. Who/what/where/why? We’ll explain!!! A video of American sprinter Noah Lyles reacting to his wife’s wedding dress is everywhere at the moment. It’s… an uncomfortable watch. His wife, Junelle, has responded to the backlash – we’re going to unpack her quotes. And then, you guys loved the...

THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: An update on the Alix vs Alex dramaaaa. Olivia Rodrigo’s single ‘drop dead’... dropped, and we obviously have so much to say about it all. D4vd has been arrested for murder, what in the world is happening between Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson, and finally, Meghan Trainor has cancelled her tour. But why did she, exactly? Big thanks to Nespresso and their new Vertuo Up cof...

Well, hello there! We just wanted to jump into your feeds on a Tuesday because we thought you'd like to know about this incredible interview with Emma Grede (!!!) that just ran on the Style-ish feed. Emma and our very own Rhiannon Joyce. Rhi and Emma have a wide-ranging conversation about everything from workplace culture and career building, how to best uplift the women around you, the brands she...

MONDAY ANALYSIS: Lena Dunham has just released a brand new memoir – it’s titled Famesick, and it goes into a LOT of detail about the last fourteen(ish) years of her life. There is just far too much in this book for us to cover everything, so we decided to home in on one of the major figures in this book: Jack Antonoff.  Huge thanks to Nespresso for making this episode of Shameless possible. Also,...

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: Everyone’s talking about hot takes, but a viral TikTok video got us thinking about lukewarm takes. ‘Cos you know, not everything is so serious all the time, etc., etc. We’ll take you through some of our favourite ones!!!! And then, the very funny, very terrifying clip from the AFL’s Instagram this week. And to finish: Slow News Week. This week, Mich recommended watching ‘Trust...

THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: The Alix Earle and Alex Cooper drama, of course!!! And then, a big ol’ Coachella debrief: Sabrina Carpenter’s mammoth performance, Justin Bieber’s YouTube-y one, aaaand… are Jacob Elordi and Kendall Jenner dating? The latest updates from Molly Mae and Tommy Fury, and finally, Nikki Glaser likes it when her partner sleeps with other women. Let’s talk about it! Thanks so mu...

MONDAY ANALYSIS: This week, a Courier-Mail headline caught our eye: “Margot Robbie, stop pretending you’re not a mum.” What happens when women in the public eye become mothers – but don’t show their kids on camera? With the justified push to take kids off camera, are we creating a world where the actual experience of motherhood is hidden from view as well? Huge thanks to Pandora for making this ep...

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: Today, we're joined by a very special guest… comedian/writer/co-host of My Therapist Ghosted Me: Joanne McNally!!!! We kick off Dumb Stuff Fridays today with recommendations from Mich, Zara and Joanne, then we’re diving into some dumb dilemmas from our listeners. Aaaand to finish, a game! Big thanks to Samsung and their new Galaxy S26 Ultra for making this episode possible. The...

THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: Olivia Rodrigo’s new album has been announced!!!! We have so many thoughts and theories to walk you through in deep, deep detail. A judge has dismissed most of Blake Lively’s claims against Justin Baldoni, and Brian Cox was profiled in The Times UK (we have mixed feelings about it). Chloe Fineman told a really weird story in a Vanity Fair interview, and finally, the time...

MONDAY ANALYSIS:  We watched the new Lamar Odom documentary! You’ll remember Lamar from our Scandal series on Khloe Kardashian’s public heartbreaks – and this doco is a completely unfiltered look at some of the hardest moments in Lamar’s life, and how those moments effected those around him… Thanks so much to Squarespace for making this episode of Shameless possible – don’t forget to visit squares...

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: The UK sports personality who did a tell-all interview with The Telegraph. Did he, in fact, set the record straight? Find out later!!!! And then, Michelle welcomes us to her algorithm. Also! Sounds of Shameless Media: footsteps edition. This week, Zara recommended Age of Attraction on Netflix. Mich recommended the Lamar Odom doco on Netflix. To read that Richard Keys profile in...

THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: The missing dog story was fake, sad face. But not all of it!!!! Then, what’s going on with The Drama press tour and the plot twist leak? Savannah Guthrie is returning to the Today show after her mother Nancy’s disappearance, an update on the ever-changing Chappell Roan story, and finally, the cherry on top of this episode: Denise Welch was angry about bins this week, so l...

MONDAY ANALYSIS:  Love Story, the Disney+ series following the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, has just wrapped up. Like many other Ryan Murphy shows, the series has drawn an almost-even mix of praise and condemnation.  Amongst the show’s detractors, however, are people who actually feature in the real-life story of JFK Jr and CBK: Jack Schlossberg, JFK Jr’s n...

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: We need to talk about two awkies interviews on The Today Show from the past week. And then, seven cute little dogs were caught on video walking along a highway in China. Where did they come from? Where did they go? Etc. Etc. To conclude the ep, we’re finishing with a game: The Wikipedia Celebrity Linking Game thingymabob. This week, Zara recommended Alex Cooper on The Burnouts...

THURSDAY QUICK AND DIRTY: Why Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette was binned, Lindy West's husband emails Slate, and then, Chappell Roan is in the headlines… again. Olivia Rodrigo was profiled by British Vogue about her upcoming lovey album, and we (Zara) want to talk about it. To conclude: The eight-hour-long footage of Justin Timberlake's 2024 arrest. For a link to Slate’s podcast e...

MONDAY ANALYSIS:  We watched the new Louis Theroux documentary, Inside The Manosphere, and we have thoughts. Is Louis Theroux platforming people who shouldn’t be platformed – or is he bringing much-needed attention to a dangerous problem? Should we be exposing these manosphere grifters to the light? Stream The Testaments on Disney+ from April 8th, and thank you so much to Disney+ for making this e...

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: What… happened with the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party lighting because apparently a bunch of the celebrities there thought the pics flopped??? And then, the Wall St bros were profiled in Interview Magazine; people hated it, so let’s talk about it. To finish, an Ethan Hawke AYINOSI. This week, Zara recommended reading The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. Mich recommended readin...