The weekender, v3
An argument for starting tomato girl summer early.
Welcome back to The Weekender, gals and pals. It’s May 1 and rent is due and gas in California is six dollars and the president is still deranged but it’s also sunny and warm and burrata exists (see below.) So we take our wins where we can get ‘em, namely, on toast with tomatoes and balsamic.
The headline: The Supreme Court gutted what was left of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and now the governor of Louisiana is trying to delay the state’s House primary elections, which were set to begin this weekend (tbd if that survives a lawsuit.) The bottom line: The Supreme Court (in a 6-3 ruling) rolled back decades of protections for minority voters and paved the way for the redrawing of Democratic House districts in the South.
The winner: Hailey Baptiste. The 24-year-old tennis player didn’t win at the Madrid Open, but she did beat No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and is now ranked 25th in the world after being 61st at the end of last year. She loves playing on clay, ergo I cannot wait to watch her at the French Open in a few weeks.
The loser: CBS. This week, Stephen Colbert told the New York Times that the (now fully MAGA) corporation encouraged him to sign a five-year contract back in 2023—he didn’t, opting for three instead.
The good news: Non-doctor Casey Means is no longer the nominee for Surgeon General (ya know, head doctor.)
The bad news: Trump’s face might go on your new passport, but only if you show up in person at the D.C. passport office to get one. Evidently, some Etsy shops are already on it by making stickers to cover his scowl up, but Hot Tip is not sure of the legality of that and will not make an endorsement one way or the other.
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Best look: Anne Hathaway on DWP2 press tour in the same vintage coat she wore in the original movie.
Worst look: Trump cutting off Queen Camilla to shake hands with the people he works with every single day.
The watch: Hacks released two new episodes Thursday night, one of which—sans spoilers or context, duh—features Jean Smart and Kaitlin Olson looking like this:
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The liar: Lindsey Buckingham claiming Stevie Nicks staring into his soul during the 1997 performance of “Silver Springs” was no biggie.
The quote: “As an immigrant and a person of color, I was able to become part of the history of an American institution. Jeopardy! really is an institution, and America’s turning 250 years old, and the federal government is going after immigrants in a way unlike anything that we’ve seen in the recent past. So I hope that immigrants can be seen in a positive light too.” — 31-time Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding
The drink: Since I’m a gal who has been dehydrated since roughly 2007, I’m always looking for a way to get some electrolytes. Lately, that has—not sponsored!!!!—come in the form of Recover sports drinks, which taste like Snapple but are sold at Erewhon. I have convinced myself they are “healthy,” and do not care to be told if I am incorrect.
Best call: A Martin Short a documentary that includes an interview with dearest Catherine O’Hara.
Worst call: Using your LA mayoral ballot to vote for reality villain Spencer Pratt. We already know how this story ends. Don’t do it.
The snack: I went to All Time last night, and now as I reflect on my life, there are two time periods—BB (before burrata) and AB (after burrata.)
The hack: What if I told you that you didn’t just have to have a glass of white or rosé this summer? That you could chill a red you already have—and that actually, you should? Oh, and this:
Previously on Hot Tip:
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