Lifestyle of a Fashionista

6/14/24 Volume 3 Issue 24

Five on Friday

June 14, 2024

“Rowley delivers the perfect summer read: The Guncle is relentlessly witty, sweet, and heartbreaking.” –Elin Hilderbrand

One: LGBTQ Books

I listened to The Guncle, it was funny, heart-warming, and sweet. I look forward to reading the follow up book, The Guncle Abroad.

From BookBub, Celebrate Pride Month with These 25 Delightful New Books

From Reader’s Digest, The 20 Best LGBTQ Books, According to Queer Authors

From The Gamer, Best LGBT Novels For Pride Month

From Them, Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023 and 11 Queer Books We’re Itching to Read in 2024

From Electric Lit, 65 Queer Books You Need To Read In Summer 2024

Two: What to Watch

Netflix:

Read: June new releases from Tulum and from Vulture.

Bridgerton, season 3 part 2, As a new crop of debutantes yearns to become the brightest of the ball, a wallflower with a double life finds her light amid secrets and surprises.

100 Days to Indy (season 2), Auto racing’s most electrifying personalities experience triumphs and tribulations on their high-octane journeys to the Indianapolis 500.

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, season 5

Forged in Fire, season 9, Bladesmiths vie for a cash prize by forging the best metal weapons from the pages of history in this competition series featuring expert judges.

Max (HBO):

June 2024 from Vulture

Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go, Hannah Einbinder, acclaimed for her Emmy-nominated role in “Hacks,” brings her stand-up prowess to the forefront with “Everything Must Go,” her debut comedy special that showcases her comedic talents.

House of The Dragon, (season 2 premiere on 6/16/24), The reign of House Targaryen begins with this prequel to popular HBO series “Game of Thrones;” based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” “House of the Dragon” is set nearly 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” telling the story of the Targaryen civil war with King Viserys I Targaryen’s children battling for control of the Iron Throne.

Hulu:

New on Hulu: June 2024 from Vulture.

BRATS, documentary premiere (Hulu Original), In this documentary, Andrew McCarthy examines fame and disappointment as a member of the so-called Brat Pack of the 1980s.

Disney+:

New on Disney+: June 2024 from Vulture.

Amazon Prime:

New on Amazon Prime Video: June 2024 from Vulture.

The Boys, season 4 (Amazon Original), Superheroes are often as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and sometimes even as revered as gods. But that’s when they’re using their powers for good. What happens when the heroes go rogue and start abusing their powers? When it’s the powerless against the super powerful, the Boys head out on a heroic quest to expose the truth about the Seven and Vought, the multibillion-dollar conglomerate that manages the superheroes and covers up their dirty secrets. Based on the comic book series of the same name.

Peacock:

New on Peacock: June 2024 from Vulture.

Monkey Man (2024 film), A young man ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he’s beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, he discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

The Dirty D, season 3 premiere, 3 episodes (Peacock Exclusive), The mix of drugs, money, sex, and drama with money hungry, conniving Bottle Girls, inside a Detroit nightclub run by a shady power couple.

Cocaine Bear (2023 film)

Apple TV+:

New on Apple TV from Digital Trends

Presumed Innocent (thriller series), Based on the book by Scott Turow. A horrific murder upends Chicago’s prosecuting attorneys’ office, as one of its own is suspected of the crime.  The first episodic adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1987 novel of the same name (which was adapted for film in 1990 with Harrison Ford in the lead role), Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Rusty Sabich, a Chicago prosecutor who ends up on the other side of the law when a colleague he was having an affair with turns up dead. By David E. Kelley and J.J. Abrams

Paramount+:

New On Paramount+

Jersey Shore Family Vacation (Season 6)

In Theaters:

Inside Out 2 (PG 2024 ‧ Family/Comedy), Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust have been running a successful operation by all accounts. However, when Anxiety shows up, they aren’t sure how to feel.

Treasure (R 2024 ‧ Comedy/Drama), A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she’s eager to make sense of her family’s past, her dad has an agenda of his own.

Firebrand (R 2023 ‧ Thriller/Drama), In Tudor England, Katherine Parr reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII. Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded or dead. Perceived as a threat by Henry’s courtiers, they start to cast doubts about her fidelity and turn the increasingly paranoid king against her. 

Tuesday (R 2023 ‧ Fantasy/Drama), A mother and her daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.

Three: What to Wear

The “good boy” shirt or knitted polo shirt:

From the Wall Street Journal, Say Hello to the ‘Good Boy’ Shirt—You Probably Already Own It

From GQ, The Best Knitted Polo Shirts Help You Embrace Your Inner Wise Guy

Four: What to Try

Cut your sandwich in threes (with a Y cut):

From Popular Science, Is the Y cut the best way to slice a sandwich?

Five: What to Do

NBA Finals Game 4: Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks today at 8:30 PM EST

Shop at Seaport: Reimagined for the summer, as The Current Cabanas, this waterfront shopping experience features nine brands, each with their own colorful cabana for you to explore. Check out brands you recognize from your FYP like Revolve Consignment, Culture Pop, Sugarfina, Great Goods x Goody Great, Love & Flour, Megababe, The Inside, The Point, and Zereno, but experience them IRL at this sunny pop-up paradise.

Seaport Sweat Boston’s biggest free workout series, Seaport Sweat, is back for its ninth season, running from May through September.

Visit Myrtle the Turtle at New England Aquarium: Myrtle the Turtle celebrates 54 years in Boston

Celebrate Pride:

In Boston:  

Night Shift’s Pride party with the Boston Women’s Market on Saturday. There will be plenty of brews and an LGBTQ+ vendor market.

Find Your Pride: Events in Boston