The Nose looks at ‘Liz’ Holmes and ‘Bupkis’

You don’t have to worry about this week’s Nose taking your phone and putting it in the bottom of a root beer float.


On Sunday, The New York Times published an Amy Chozik profile of Elizabeth Holmes, who wants to go by Liz now, it turns out (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/bu...) . The piece has been, let’s say (https://jacobin.com/2023/05/elizabeth...) , controversial (https://defector.com/everyone-who-kno...) .


And: Bupkis is a somewhat autobiographical comedy series created by Pete Davidson with Judah Miller and Dave Sirus and executive produced by Lorne Michaels. Eight half-hour (!) episodes are available to stream on Peacock.


Rebecca Castellani’s endorsement:


• Jury Duty (https://www.amazon.com/Jury-Duty-Seas...)  on Freevee


Irene Papoulis’s endorsements:


• David O. Russell’s Spanking the Money (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spankin...)  on DVD

• Unmasking Narcissism: A Guide to Understanding the Narcissist in Your Life (https://www.drettensohn.com/unmasking...)  by Mark Ettensohn


Pedro Soto’s endorsement:


• Westville Artwalk 26 (https://westvilleartwalk.org/)  in New Haven


Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:


• Heather Armstrong, who made it okay to say motherhood was hard, dead at 47 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/techno...)  The pioneering blogger behind Dooce.com (https://dooce.com/)  upended women’s media and laid the ground for the influencer industry

• The Sad Dads of The National (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...)  For two decades, the band has written music about the kind of sadness that feels quotidian and incremental—the slow accumulation of ordinary losses.

• ‘It’s Going to Be a While’: No End in Sight for Hollywood Strike (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/bu...)  The writers and entertainment companies remain far apart on several key issues, including money, and the standoff could last for months.

• There’s a ‘volume war’ happening in music (https://www.npr.org/2023/05/05/117438...)

• Drag business flourishes in state’s arts and entertainment scene (https://www.newhavenbiz.com/article/d...)

• Why are these groups so much more likely to wear glasses than any others? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...)

• “After Breakfast Mom Would Kick Me Outside And Tell Me Not To Come Home Until The Street Lights Came On”: Gen X’ers Are Sharing The Laughably Bad Parenting Boomers Did To Them (https://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo...) Apparently, Gen X grew up in cigarette smoke-filled rooms and never wore seatbelts.

• Pickleball is the worst (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...)

• Paramount Can’t Say No to the Man Behind ‘Yellowstone’: $50,000 a Week for His Ranch, $25 Per Cow (https://www.wsj.com/articles/yellowst...)  Taylor Sheridan writes most of the company’s hits, giving him clout to dominate the big-budget productions through his network of commercial projects, pushing costs to among the highest in Hollywood

• I Really Didn’t Want to Go (https://harpers.org/archive/2023/05/g...)  On the Goop cruise

• On David Foster Wallace (https://harpers.org/2023/05/on-david-...)  Reconsidering the man, the meme, and the writing

• Notes from Prince Harry’s Ghostwriter (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...)  Collaborating on his memoir, “Spare,” meant spending hours together on Zoom, meeting his inner circle, and gaining a new perspective on the tabloids.

• Bill Hader Just Wants to Make Weird Things (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the...)  The co-creator and star of the HBO comedy “Barry” on the end of the series, his film-nerd past, and why he has no desire to be part of “the conversation.”

• Shakira And Tom Cruise Were Spotted Together Amid Dating Rumors — Here’s How People Reacted (https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket...)  Randomest couple.

• People Are Calling Ben Affleck The Unhappiest Husband In Hollywood After A Video Of Him Slamming A Car Door On ...