We?ll probably never know how much money the Duchess of Sussex has ?left on the table? in the past five years. As much as the royalist critics scream over everything she does, Meghan could have been making millions from fashion, skincare and lifestyle endorsements all of this time. I wanted that for her too ? I wanted her to get a fashion contract or become a L?Oreal ambassador or something. But Meghan had a different plan and I admire how she?s stuck to it. Rather than aligning herself with major brands, Meghan has used her own profile to give attention to smaller, female-founded companies and labels. She?s invested in several of those businesses too. And as of this week, Meghan has a ShopMy page in which people can buy from her ?curated? list of shoes, bags, blouses, sweaters, jeans and pants. Meghan also profits from this from affiliate links/commissions. It?s so smart. Obviously, the British media despises it.

Meghan Markle has been labelled as ?tacky? amid emerging discomfort around the Duchess seemingly using her children to promote business ventures. Those in royal circles are said to be concerned about Meghan?s increasing use of the couple?s children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, to promote her business. Yesterday was no exception, with Meghan posting a glossy picture of her cuddling them on both her personal and official As Ever sites.

Just one hour after posting the [photo with her children], she revealed she now has a ?ShopMy page? which experts say she is likely to cash in on. It is expected she will rake in ?millions? with her online shop selling fashion items she endorses in a commercial tie-up. One expert called it ?tacky and desperate?.

Speaking to The Sun, royal author and journalist Phil Dampier said: ?Nothing happens by accident and she would have thought this through and knows putting a photo of her children out at the same time as her clothing line would get maximum publicity. It begs the question whether Meghan is exploiting her two children who remain in the line of succession. I?d expect the Palace to take a dim view of this.?

A disclaimer on her ShopMy website reads: ?Please note, some products may contain commissionable links.?

?She could potentially earn millions from this and is probably earning a commission on every sale she makes,? money and business coach Maddy Alexander-Grout told MailOnline. She added: ?If you take on average how many followers she has (2.6 million) and how much engagement she has, I would imagine based on her following that she will have thousands and thousands of people buying these things and she will be making a fair amount of that. She is going to make a fair amount based on what the clothes are worth. If she gets say 15% off a shirt that?s ?128, she will be making ?19.20. She will be selling thousands of those and could be making at least ?19k from one linen shirt.?

[From The Daily Mail]

?Affiliate links and commissions from a ShopMy page? are not going to be the biggest revenue-generator for Meghan. Don?t get me wrong, I?m sure she?ll pick up some nice checks and she?ll show a lot of brands that she can move serious product with her endorsement. But again, she would make so much more money if she actually signed on as a brand ambassador to Louis Vuitton or Saint Laurent or whatever. She?s not doing that ? she?s just curating a ShopMy page and picking up some relatively modest commissions. Now, do I also think a lot of brands are going to beg Meghan to include them on her next ShopMy page? For sure.

As for the British tantrum? THIS is so tacky: ?It begs the question whether Meghan is exploiting her two children who remain in the line of succession. I?d expect the Palace to take a dim view of this.? The same two children were evicted from their British home by their dogs?t grandfather, the king? The same two children who aren?t even guaranteed security if they visited the UK with their parents? The same two children whom the king has repeatedly shown he has no interest in? Those two children, who are being raised by their loving parents in California?

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Meghan?s IG.

NewsNation?s gossip columnist is Paula Froelich, who used to work for the NY Post/Page Six. That?s how she writes too ? very Murdoch-owned tabloid-speak. In the past year, Froelich has had some very odd royal exclusives. Last September, just days before the Princess of Wales announced that she was ?cancer-free,? Froelich?s sources claimed that both Kate and King Charles were both doing much worse than anyone thought. Then, last fall, NewsNation had a big exclusive about how the Duchess of Sussex ?didn?t know what she was doing? on her cooking show and Netflix was torn up about it. Don?t forget this exclusive, about how the Sussexes are broke-ass and that?s why Harry apparently begged Murdoch for the NGN settlement. Obviously, royalists are not sending their best and brightest to gossip to Froelich, and yet she keeps plugging away, with exclusive answers to questions no one is asking. This week, no one is asking ?will the Sussexes divorce?? Froelich?s sources say? no, but with caveats!

There seems to be constant, daily speculation on whether or not the union of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (now Sussex) will end in divorce. The answer is, according to my insiders: absolutely not. Even if all their business deals fall by the wayside and they are unemployable in their beloved California, there are two good reasons they won?t split: Lili, 3, and Archie, 5.

My insider said, ?First off (Harry and Meghan) are actually madly in love. But even if things went wrong and they fell out, there would be no divorce. Harry is a pragmatist. He would never leave his children. He wants the nuclear family he never had growing up.?

As for Meghan, ?She knows where her bread is buttered ? and is very aware that no one would give her the time of day if she wasn?t the ?Duchess of Sussex? or if she left Harry. Her power is the (however weak) attachment to the British Royals, and she isn?t giving that up. Ever.?

Markle is so keen to keep royal ties that she announced on her Netflix cookery show, ?With Love, Meghan,? to a stunned Mindy Kaling that her last name is now Sussex, the same as her children.

If they were to split eventually ? it would be in 15 years when both Lili and Archie were over 18. But even then ? don?t bet on it.

?They?re not going anywhere,? my source insisted.

[From NewsNation]

You know what I wonder? I wonder why certain outlets ? every British outlet, plus Vanity Fair and NewsNation ? are doing ?Divorce Mad Libs? for Harry and Meghan every single year. It feels like more than just idle speculation and it?s definitely not based on actual sightings or body language ? there?s someone or a group of people at the root of it. Someone told VF that Meghan ?pitched? a divorce memoir. Someone is running around to NewsNation and trying to say that Meghan would be nothing without Harry. It?s all very dark-sided and agenda-pushing, more than any other celebrity-couple I?ve ever seen (including Brangelina).

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It?s been more than two years since the publication of Prince Harry?s Spare. It was a huge publishing success, one of the most bestselling memoirs of all time. As much as the royalists try to nitpick it, Spare completely reset so many narratives about Harry, his wife and the royal family entirely. There is SO MUCH that the royalist media can no longer get away with claiming about Harry and the Windsors because Harry wrote the definitive account of his own life. Those people have been furious about that ever since, and they?re still trying to find a way to delegitimize Spare and they?re still trying to find a way to say that Harry is an unreliable narrator of his own life. Speaking of, Ingrid Seward is still shilling her dumb book, and she now claims that Spare is ?completely untrue? and her books are more honest because something something she?s not the spare!

Playing second fiddle to William throughout his life seemed to take a massive toll on Harry, which culminated in his scathing 2023 book ?Spare? about his brother and the whole Royal Family. Ingrid Seward, who has spent 40 years following The Firm, claimed that Harry?s emotional problems had been caused by him allowing the ?Spare? label to ?dominate his life ? to the extent that he has now made a career out of it?.

She said: ?He chooses to be the victim and wreak vengeance on the slights he thought he had suffered; on his family, on the press and through the courts.?

The editor of Majesty magazine claimed Harry?s account was ?completely untrue? but it was instead ?how Harry chose to see himself?.

Seward, 77, has spent decades covering The Firm and its highs and lows ? from the War of the Waleses, to Toegate to Megxit and beyond. Like many journalists of her generation, she would often find herself invited to Kensington Palace for cosy chats with Princess Diana or to the ski slopes of Switzerland with Charles, William and Harry. She witnessed at close quarters ?the boys? grow into men, becoming one of the most qualified people to comment on why Harry couldn?t be happy in his position within the Royal Family.

After all, it wasn?t all bad being the Spare, as the role allowed Harry far greater freedom than his elder brother. Instead of always having to be the serious one and shoulder the responsibility for the whole family business, he was allowed to enjoy his life more ? all the while in the lap of luxury. Harry would play the fool and get away with childish antics, such as standing behind visitors and pulling funny faces behind their backs to make William laugh when he had to meet them. At the age of nine, Harry turned to his brother and declared: ?You?re going to be King; it doesn?t matter what I do.?

Put another way, according to Seward in her most recent book My Mother And I, he saw this as a licence to do almost whatever he wanted. Perhaps due to their thirst for attention of their mother, Harry also always felt like he needed to compete in everything with his brother, which was especially difficult given William was notably more successful at school.

[From The Daily Mail]

It takes some kind of royalist audacity to sit there and say that Harry?s memoir is ?completely untrue? because you know his life better than him. C-word?s argument is that Harry was absolutely treated as the spare, but it?s wrong for him to call himself that because? reasons. Honestly, did these people read Spare? Harry isn?t hellbent on vengeance at any point. In fact, there were so many places where I wished Harry had been colder towards his brother and father, both of whom showed Harry their true colors long before. Harry exposed himself as a neglected boy who desperately wanted deeper connections to his brother and father, despite the fact that he could see that they were sh-theads.

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To my knowledge, Pedro Pascal has never put a label on his sexuality or spoken about anything other than love and respect for the LGBTQ community. We know he has long-standing friendships with men like Oscar Isaac, as well as long-standing friendships with women like his bestie Sarah Paulson. For red carpets, he usually brings his sister as his date. So? again, he?s never confirmed anything either way and that?s fine, he?s not hiding anything, he?s just not discussing anything. But in the absence of information, something steps into that vacuum. That something is Jennifer Aniston:

Jennifer Aniston and Pedro Pascal spark romance rumors with three-hour dinner https://t.co/XPj89zbWbO pic.twitter.com/67VyKlg9eU

? Page Six (@PageSix) March 24, 2025

According to Page Six, Pedro and Jen Aniston had a three-hour dinner at the Tower Bar, which is one of Aniston?s favorite hot spots in LA. They were also seen at the valet, chatting with each other and someone else. The body language was not ?hot and heavy? ? it was ?let?s chat about movies while we wait for the valet.? Were they in a larger group of friends? Because that makes the ?three hour dinner? sound more reasonable. Just hours after Page Six ran their story, sources close to Pascaniston (Aniscal? Jendro?) told TMZ that they were dining with a group and that they?re just friends.

Jennifer Aniston and Pedro Pascal are NOT together ? despite tons of speculation that the two are an item. The stars were photographed together over the weekend, chatting in the valet area of the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood after having dinner at the property?s Tower Bar ? sparking tons of dating rumors online.

However, sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ? they are not dating and the dinner was with a group of people, not just the two of them alone.

Instead, our sources say Jennifer and Pedro are just friends with lots of mutual friends ? and things are platonic, as has been the case between them for years now.

[From TMZ]

This is just a reminder, to me, that it?s been YEARS since we?ve had any good gossip about Aniston?s love life. Post-Justin Theroux, she?s absolutely kept her romantic life in gossip-lockdown. Pedro?s romantic life is an enigma wrapped in a mystery, sprinkled with fabulous glitter. No, I do not believe Aniston and Pascal are dating. But I?m sure Aniston enjoyed the brief speculation ? who wouldn?t, honestly? I wish people were speculating that I was banging Pedro.

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The other day, I was thinking about the mid-air crash of a commercial plane and a military helicopter over the Potomac back in January. Donald Trump blamed the crash on Joe Biden and DEI and? it worked. Everyone moved on. I haven?t heard or seen anything about accountability for the crash (or any of the other plane crashes and airport catastrophes) in many weeks. The media simply doesn?t want to hold Republicans accountable for their many deadly f?kups or massive security breaches. Speaking of, the Trump administration accidentally added The Atlantic?s Jeffrey Goldberg to their Signal groupchat where they shared their highly sensitive and blundering plans to wage war around the world. You can read The Atlantic?s piece (written by Goldberg) here.

The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen. I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing. This is going to require some explaining.

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After receiving the Waltz text related to the ?Houthi PC small group,? I consulted a number of colleagues. We discussed the possibility that these texts were part of a disinformation campaign, initiated by either a foreign intelligence service or, more likely, a media-gadfly organization, the sort of group that attempts to place journalists in embarrassing positions, and sometimes succeeds. I had very strong doubts that this text group was real, because I could not believe that the national-security leadership of the United States would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans. I also could not believe that the national security adviser to the president would be so reckless as to include the editor in chief of The Atlantic in such discussions with senior U.S. officials, up to and including the vice president.

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At this point, a fascinating policy discussion commenced. The account labeled ?JD Vance? responded at 8:16: ?Team, I am out for the day doing an economic event in Michigan. But I think we are making a mistake.? (Vance was indeed in Michigan that day.) The Vance account goes on to state, ?3 percent of US trade runs through the suez. 40 percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public doesn?t understand this or why it?s necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as POTUS said, to send a message.?

The Vance account then goes on to make a noteworthy statement, considering that the vice president has not deviated publicly from Trump?s position on virtually any issue. ?I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now. There?s a further risk that we see a moderate to severe spike in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself. But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.?

[From The Atlantic]

Basically, Goldberg was accidentally added to the highly encrypted Signal group chat and none of the high-level bureaucrats and national security experts noticed that the Atlantic?s EIC was silently monitoring their comms for several days. Goldberg then left the Signal group when he was finally convinced that the whole thing was real and the group was actually shooting the sh-t about war plans and military-messaging after adding him to the chat. Goldberg still doesn?t know if anyone realized that he was added to the group at the time, but he sent questions to the people in the group, and in those questions, he told them that they had added him to the chat.

This is an extremely high-level security breach, and it was likely done by Trump?s National Security Advisor Michael Waltz. Goldberg spoke to several lawyers who said that Waltz ?may have violated several provisions of the Espionage Act, which governs the handling of ?national defense? information.? All of the lawyers consulted said, flatly, that the Signal groupchat should not have been established in the first place about an active military operation or the planning of an upcoming op. Goldberg also writes: ?The Signal app is not approved by the government for sharing classified information. The government has its own systems for that purpose. If officials want to discuss military activity, they should go into a specially designed space known as a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF?most Cabinet-level national-security officials have one installed in their home?or communicate only on approved government equipment, the lawyers said.? BUT HER EMAILS, amirite?

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For YEARS I said that the Duchess of Sussex needed to get back on Instagram. I even suggested that if and when she got back on IG, she should shut down the comments completely. Too many people yelled at me for even suggesting it or saying that Meghan absolutely wanted and needed a social media outlet. Those same people who yelled at me are now enjoying Meghan?s flourishing online presence this year. Not only does Meghan have a personal IG, she seems to be heavily involved with the As Ever Instagram too, the IG for her lifestyle brand. In the past week, Meghan has been posting so much ? one of the kids with a basket of strawberries, Meghan walking in her garden, Meghan washing blueberries with her Cartier stack. And now this: Meghan with her two redheaded babies. Archie?s hair has turned such a beautiful dark auburn, while Lili is more strawberry-blond, right?

I love that Meghan has this outlet now, and I love that she?s reclaimed this space again, the Instagram-lifestyle girl with the updated version of The Tig, basically. Well, not content to just have a top-ten Netflix cooking show and an incipient brand launch, Meghan now has a ShopMy page in which she?s recommending some of her favorite clothing pieces, and she?s definitely collecting some commissions.

Meghan Markle is sharing her style secrets. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, launched a new ShopMy page, posting links to some of her favorite clothing items, shoes, jewelry and other accessories.

?A handpicked and curated collection of the things I love ? I hope you enjoy them,? Meghan said at the top of the page, adding that ?some products may contain commissionable links.?

The website also featured a black-and-white snap of the Duchess of Sussex, the same image used as her profile picture on the Instagram page she launched at the start of 2025.

She also linked out to the new page on her Instagram Stories on March 24, writing, ?Many of you have asked, so here you go! A little shopping to start the week. More to come. Link in bio,? with a link to ?Shop My Closet.?

[From People]

You can see Meghan?s ?curated? page here. There?s a lot of white and beige, but the recommendations get darker as you go down the page ? she?s got blues, some denim, a really cute navy Brochu sweater, and some black pieces too. Some affordable brands (The Gap, J. Crew) and a few higher-end pieces (the Saint Laurent sandals are HOW MUCH?). She recommended at least one Cesta Collective bag (she invested in Cesta Collective). I wonder if she?s invested in any of these other labels? I can?t wait to hear about how all of these pieces sold out in 48 hours, because I?m sure they will. I love that she did this, truly.

Photos courtesy of As Ever IG and Meghan?s IG.

Millie Bobby Brown has been very visible lately, and it?s not just because of her new platinum blonde hair. Her movie with Chris Pratt, The Electric State, premiered on Netflix on March 14, which prompted the recent flurry of appearances, including covering the March issue of Vanity Fair. In that interview, Millie ? who married Jake Bongiovi last May when she was 20 and he was 22 ? talked about conversations she and Jake had when they got together. Things like making sure they were aligned on politics, values, and their career and family goals. It seems there?s one area, though, where they agreed to be opposites: money! On a recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, Millie shared how wildly different financial backgrounds have shaped their contrasting spending habits. While Jake grew up with Bon Jovi money, Millie?s family had very little before she landed Stranger Things. The experience left such an impact that to this day, Millie still shops for basics at Target and Amazon, and carefully considers large purchases.

Millie Bobby Brown still remembers what it was like to have financial insecurity.

The 21-year-old ?grew up with no money? before receiving the life-changing call that she had been cast on Netflix?s ?Stranger Things.? In an appearance on the ?Call Her Daddy? podcast, Brown said that her upbringing has had a profound effect on how she thinks about her finances.

?I have a money thing where I?m very conscious about money,? she said. ?When I do spend money on something, I have to call my parents, I have to think about it, I don?t just buy it right away.?

That?s not because money is in short supply. The ?Electric State? star was reportedly earning $10 million per film as early as 2019 and has a ?ridiculously lucrative? overall deal with Netflix, according to Puck.

But just because she has the money doesn?t mean she has champagne tastes. Compared to her husband Jake Bongiovi ? son of musician Jon Bon Jovi ? Brown said she is very thrifty.

?I?ll be like, ?Oh, I need socks,? and he?ll be like ?Let?s go to Prada,?? she said. ?And I?m like ?Let?s go to Target.??

?He loves to go shopping,? she continued. ?He will refuse to pack a suitcase because he likes to go shopping in the place we?re going. Whereas I like Amazon Basics. I love that.?

Indeed, when Brown wanted to make her first big purchase with her Netflix earnings, she said she needed her parents to encourage her to take the plunge and buy the Chanel sunglasses she had her eye on.

?Brown?s strategy of waiting before making a big purchase is in line with advice from experts. To curb impulse shopping, finance podcaster Glen James recommends employing something called the 1% rule: if you want to make a purchase that?s larger than 1% of your gross annual income, wait at least a day before purchasing it.

The 24-hour cool down period gives you time to sit with your decision and determine if you really want the item.

[From CNBC]

Was I laughing at baby-faced Jake saying, ?Let?s go to Prada!? for socks? You bet. Though I?m sure my feet would probably cry out ?What have you been doing to us all these years?!? the day I ever get so lucky to don a pair of designer socks, I still say Jake?s lucky to have Millie around to knock some sense into educate him. And I?m not at all surprised their respective financial backgrounds have stuck with them. Kids know their home money situation. My mother and aunt are seven years apart, and they?ve talked to each other a lot about how different each of their childhoods were based on changes in my grandparents? income. For my part, growing up I always took note of the postcard affixed to our refrigerator that said, ?Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination.? So I love it when people (especially women!) talk about money, and will definitely file away that practical tip about waiting a day on a purchase that?s 1% of my gross income. And I?ll pay it forward with a bit of advice that was transformative for me: if you can, try to put 10% of your paycheck into savings. It adds up!

PS ? Wait, did Millie really just reveal that Jake basically buys a new wardrobe for each trip? Oh-oh, livin? on? dad?s royalties.

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Quinta Brunson married sales manager Kevin Jay Anik (he works in the legal cannabis industry in California) in October 2021 and has been vocal about wanting to keep her marriage ?sacred and safe.? Quinta and Jay started dating after meeting at a friend?s birthday party and got engaged in mid 2020. They didn?t even announce it when they got married. Everyone found out when Quinta referred to him as her husband during her Emmys acceptance speech months later. Despite keeping the details of their relationship private, Quinta has been vocal about how supportive he was of her career. Sadly, Quinta and Jay are getting divorced after three years of marriage.

Quinta Brunson has filed for divorce from her husband Kevin Jay Anik. The ?Abbott Elementary? star filed a petition for dissolution of marriage on Thursday in a Los Angeles courthouse, according to a copy of the filing obtained by CNN. Brunson cited ?irreconcilable differences? as grounds for divorce and did not specify a date of separation.

The petition also confirms that Brunson and Anik ?entered into a postnuptial agreement which governs the disposition of their property.?

The pair became engaged in 2020, according to a post on Brunson?s Instagram page. They wed in 2021 and do not share any children, according to the petition.

CNN has reached out to a representative for Brunson for comment.

[From CNN]

It sounds like Quinta and Kevin are both handling this in a mature way and respecting each other?s desire for privacy. The gossip part of me really wants to know what went down here, though. I wonder if they were able to keep this under-the-radar for this long because she didn?t have to give any acceptance speeches for Abbott this year. Considering Quinta hasn?t even acknowledged publicly that they?re separated and are in the process of divorcing, I?m not sure we?ll ever find out what happened. We?ll have to wait and see if Quinta addresses it in a future memoir. Hopefully, it stays drama-free and, if she needs it, she takes the time and space for healing.

In the meantime, Quinta?s still busy working. Last month, she was a guest judge on RuPaul?s Drag Race and attended the SNL: 50 live show. On Monday, she moderated a Severance panel for a Deadline x AppleTV+ event. And, of course, Abbott Elementary was renewed for a fifth season earlier this year. May she continue to kick ass and thrive.

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Some people have a talent for giving answers so blisteringly simple, it stops you in your tracks. Once in a yoga class, a teacher was guiding us into a headstand (supported up against a wall), and when someone asked what the benefit of this pose was, the teacher replied, ?To get a new perspective.? The explanation is confounding and brilliant all in one! And ultimately a reminder that maybe/probably/definitely we make things more complicated than they need to be. All that to introduce a new interview with The Grateful Dead?s Bobby Weir. At a young 77, Weir is about to start another Dead & Company residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, and he had some straightforward yet profound words of wisdom to share with Rolling Stone:

Did you imagine that it would last this long?
The interesting thing is, I?ve never made plans. And I?m not about to, because I?m too damn busy doing other stuff, trying to get the sound right, trying to get the right chords, trying to get the right words, trying to get all that stuff together for the storytelling. And really, making plans seems like a waste of time. Because nothing ever works out like you expected it to, no matter who you are. So why bother?

It?s been a while since I?ve seen the awesome fitness videos you used to post online. Are you still doing that stuff?
I?m about to get back into it because I miss it. ? I?ve taken up running barefoot in the morning on rocky roads. Because I think that?s a great way to get grounded. I don?t run very fast, because I want to breathe through my nose. And I try to incorporate meditation into that. And sometimes I meditate with a mantra and sometimes I just straight-up meditate while I?m running. Or trotting, I guess, really. It?s a practice that?s amounting to something for me. ? I just followed my footsteps, really. We?ll see where it leads to. Maybe I?ll live longer, or at least happier.

You joined the band in your teens. At this point you?ve seen so many of your brothers go. What has that been like for you?
Every day, things change. I?ll say this: I look forward to dying. I tend to think of death as the last and best reward for a life well-lived. That?s it. I?ve still got a lot on my plate, and I won?t be ready to go for a while.

You yourself had a scare, a little more than a decade ago. What do you think you learned from that experience?
Which scare was that?

When you collapsed onstage in 2013.
Oh, right. Take it easier on myself a little bit, and stuff like that. I have ambitions. I build my life around challenges and that kind of thing. If somebody tells me I can?t do something, watch my dust.

One day, Jerry [Garcia] was hammering me about how I was lazy. I don?t know exactly what caused him to think of that. ? I?m not real sure that was the case, but I also don?t think I was as industrious as he was. He practiced more than I used to. I now have taken to practicing a lot myself. He was a dear friend of mine, so if he criticized me for being lazy, then we?re going to do something about that. But I?ve probably been going a little too far in the other direction.

My old friend Ken Kesey, one time we were talking ? and he was telling me about living on a farm up in Eugene [Oregon], where he was parked. Every two or three years it snows overnight up there. There?s a decent accumulation. And if he gets up in the morning and he sees a blanket of snow, he just automatically goes out to his four-by and gets in and drives on out to the highway and starts pulling people off the side of the road. He was telling me about how in every single instance you can follow the tracks of the car that goes off the road, and you can see that they start to drift in one direction, and then crank the wheel and go off in the other direction. Every single time. It?s a matter of overcompensating. The point he?s making is pretty obvious: Don?t overcompensate.

[From Rolling Stone]

?Going barefoot on rocks is a great way to get grounded? is so stunningly simple, yet completely true! That being said, ouch! I know Weir says he?s only moving at trot speed, but I still hope he?s being really careful. Some rocks hurt at any speed (that?s the best fortune cookie wisdom I can muster after a week with a bad cold). The entire interview is chock-full of lovely insights. He talks about feeling like music is what will bring us together in these fraught times (I?m willing to try anything), the upcoming 60th anniversary of The Grateful Dead, and a memoir he?s (leisurely) writing, with the fabulous working title, It?s Always July Under the Lights. Though that?s likely to change, based on Weir?s follow up comment: ?Except that?s not true anymore. The new lights that they have, it?s not always July under the lights.? Another concise observation!

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The White Lotus was so good last night! I have to say, while I don?t think Patrick Schwarzenegger is ?the hot guy? of the season, he?s actually doing a solid job as an actor, and last night?s episode was a real showcase for him. [Pajiba]
What do we think of Selena Gomez?s new music? [OMG Blog]
Jason Momoa looks amazing, whatever he?s doing. [Socialite Life]
I agree, these huge years-long gaps between seasons are not doing TV shows any favors. Will people still be interested in Wednesday Season 2? [LaineyGossip]
Gisele Bundchen & her man are on a boat. [Just Jared]
Suki Waterhouse is absolutely channeling Sienna Miller circa 2005. [RCFA]
Conan O?Brien won what will probably be the last Mark Twain Prize. [Seriously OMG]
A 90 Day Fiance star spills all after her NDA expired. [Starcasm]
What?s going on with the new Hunger Games movie? [Hollywood Life]
?Rare photos from the 1900s? GTFO. [Buzzfeed]

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