Today marks one year of me writing this newsletter! To celebrate, I’m only writing about things I love: Hudson Williams, the best Zillennial Pride playlist known to humankind, and men in shorts. |
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Everything Silly Hudson Williams Said at the Canadian Oscars He was on one last night.
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Photo-Illustration: by The Cut |
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Every year we tune in to the CSAs with bated breath to see which Canadian movies and TV shows will go home with prizes. Just kidding, obviously, no, we don’t. I’m so sorry to Canada, but I can barely stay awake until the end of the Oscars. This year, though, Heated Rivalry swept the awards with a record-breaking 16 awards (out of 18 nominations), including a Best Performer win for Hudson Williams, who is my close friend even though I have never met him (and I sincerely hope never to meet him). Here are the funny things he said and did last night.
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Interviewed after the ceremony, he said, “It’s just amazing to see that there’s more Canadian content that’s coming out that’s resonating with people, and it shows that we don’t need to go … we don’t have to shoot somewhere else for Canada. We can shoot Canada for Canada and be proud of it, and it spreads, and it permeates, and it could be like ubiquit … asdfghjk … across … I’m drunk.”
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While accepting his Best Performer award, he closed his speech by saying, “If I could cut this award down the middle I would, because if these gay yearning little bottom eyes didn’t have a big sexy Russian to feast upon, my performance wouldn’t be as good … so to the honorary Canadian Connor Storrie, I share this award with you.” Are you kidding me. “Gay yearning little bottom eyes”??? I can’t. I simply cannot.
- While Jacob Tierney was answering a question about what to expect in Heated Rivalry season two, unprompted, for no reason, Williams simply said “hole.”
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Sometimes he just looks so confused, and I hope he never figures anything out.
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Contacted for comment, Rebecca Alter (a Canadian) noted that the awards also featured Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie star Jay McCarroll winning Best Performance in a Leading Role (Comedy) and Honey Bunch star Grace Glowicki for Performance in a Leading Role (Drama). “What a country! Best year ever for Canadian media.” Indeed. |
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Happy Pride! Stay hydrated and remember your SPF. Let’s hear from Cat and Jason about how this playlist came together.
Cat Zhang: A Pride playlist from a zillennial gay guy and bisexual hag who love to chat about the latest and greatest in pop (and pop adjacent) music. We tried to keep things current, high BPM, and true to our tastes, though we made a few concessions — still no Reneé Rapp, though, sorry! I would estimate 90 percent of the playlist is actually LGBTQ+ artists and then we have a select few straight divas who are spiritually important to the gay community (a.k.a. Kylie Minogue). I’m always trying to find ways to promote new music and mostly thought about how to represent each category — including asexual. The origin of this playlist is that I really like “Think of You,” by Tsatsamis, the new British gay pop star.
Jason P. Frank: With my selects, I definitely leaned into the very gay-guy idea that Pride is both about having a delightful time with your friends but also about the psychosexual games of one-upmanship with gay acquaintances. Hopefully this will help our readers in the “taste” category. Specific faves of mine: Underscores (could have put the whole record on there); “On My Own,” by Shamir (our asexual anthem); and perhaps the best song of the 2020s so far, Hikaru Utada’s "Somewhere Near Marseilles."
Cat: Relevant credentials: Jason, interviewer extraordinaire, is responsible for the public beef between Jordan Firstman and Heated Rivalry and recently chatted with Andy Cohen. Me? Early fujoshi reporter, constantly in gay situations for work (jiu jitsu with Katy O'Brian), interviewed Chappell Roan before she was famous and while she was on mushrooms.
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Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers, Michael Zhao |
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Should men wear shorts? Duh, obviously. But should they be big shorts or small shorts? Michael Zhao weighs in on the controversy. He styled one of the bigger pairs with socks and Birkenstocks, which is a look only a tall man with inborn panache can pull off. “Try them on if you have the chance, but don’t force it if it doesn’t feel right. It’s hard to look good in clothes you don’t feel good about.” Wise counsel. Our favorite pick of the bunch of shorts might be the Buck Mason 5.5’’ Cord Beach Cruiser shorts, which have a nice retro feel and also work great on women.
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Wow, I’ve been in the game for a while now. Here’s an essay I wrote about an eventful period of my early career for The Cut in 2020. And look at me now: still blogging. |
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A weekly dispatch on the cultural discourse. |
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