May 2024

‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ was the blockbuster of the summer of 2023. It was the most groundbreaking queer love story ever told. It was a love story between a British Prince and The First Son of the United States. It was a beautiful love story that showed a genuine love between two men that were in a very healthy relationship with each other. But the question remains: Is queer love really any different than any type of love? It’s a question that reporters can’t stop asking, especially since both actors portraying them are straight. But does one’s personal life and their choice of who they love make them less of a person? Let’s discus…

With the release of her new movie, ‘The Idea Of You’, which co-stars Nicholas Galitzine and is available to stream on Amazon Prime, I got to think about and analyze Anne Hathaway’s career over the years – from her early days when she starred in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, also starring Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, up to now. Particularly, her recent interview with Vanity Fair, where she looked back at some of her movies and opened up about her pregnancy loss, made me want to answer the question, ‘Do women need men?’ It’s a question that’s been asked so many times, by so many people, both men and women, over the past few decades. It’s a question that needs to be settled once and for all, but it probably won’t because it’s a sexist, demining world out there, and this is just one opinionated answer to the million dollar question. But it begs another question: Do men need women?

We’re starting to see a lot more female storytellers as of late. ‘The Idea Of You’ is just one of them. The 2021 film, ‘Cinderella’, 2022’s ‘Purple Heart’, 2013’s ‘Red, White, & Royal Blue’, as well as 2016’s ‘High Strung’ were all made by women. All these movies have another thing in common – they all star Nicholas Galitzine. ‘The Idea Of You’ is based on the 2017 novel of the same name written by Robinne Lee, who recently wrote a beautiful and inspiring essay for Time Magazine, which asks the question, What is it about art made by women and marketed toward women that makes us view it as less than—that makes us think they can’t be complex and important?’. Let’s discuss…

Anne Hathaway has been very busy making her mark in movies. Her most recent role is Solene in the ‘Idea Of You’, which co-stars Nicolas Galitzine. Solene is a 40 year old single mom and business woman who falls in love with a 24 year boy band. The movie, which is based on 2017 novel of the same name by Robinne Lee, aims to end the stigma of an older woman dating a younger man absolutely perfectly. With that being said, it shouldn’t be seen as an issue in the first place, especially since men date younger women all the time. In fact, it make more sense for an older woman to date a younger man than an older man dating a younger woman. Let’s discuss….

Olivia Munn recently bravely revealed that she had a rough 2023 as she battled breast cancer. But not before she attended the Oscars Vanity Fair party in March. We can learn a lot through Munn’s battle with cancer, both as a woman and as a mother, on navigating a new normal as a cancer survivor and going back to work thereafter. It’s certainly hard, but not impossible, and what Munn’s words made me realize is that we take such small things that we’re all able to do for granted…And there are many reasons why it’s important to remember that. Consider this as your guide if you’re going through the same or a similar situation.