Good Noticings

Noticing New Years Resolutions, Alix Earle with Tom Brady, and Zohran’s New York

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a new year and we’re resolving to make and not make some resolutions! This week we’re talking about some steamy couples like Alix Earle and...

Noticing a Stolen Christmas, Quentin Tarantino, and Getting Old

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the good ol’ holly days and the grinch almost never got a chance to steal Christmas! Luckily we heard the whole story behind the classic film...

Katy Perry’s Real Estate Drama, Club Chalamet, and The Big Merger

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hollywood is collapsing in on itself but no one will let Katy Perry collapse into any of the homes she’s ever tried to purchase. We’re also discus...

Noticing Kate Beckinsale’s Eggs, Open AI’s Future, and Who Gets an Oscar

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone’s gone a bit insane this week maybe it was the Turkey maybe it was the vibes! Kate Beckinsale believes grown men can lay eggs, corporations...

Noticing Olivia Nuzzi, the Rise of Mormon Wives and Meghan Markle

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Women are very powerful and sometimes its for good and sometimes its for evil! When its good its reality TV and journalism and when its bad it’s med...

Noticing Charli XCX, The Effects of Streaming, and Lady Gaga

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Charli XCX is on Substack, Lady Gaga is on stage, and the rest of us are in a pit streaming slop after slop! This week we explore the romantasy boom (...

Noticing Sydney Sweeney and Women Ruining the Workplace

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Sydney Sweeney has done yet another interview that has made people say, “what’s that girl on about???” so Claire dove deep into nearly...

Noticing Crazy Nannies, Too Many Kids, and Taylor Swift vs. Kayla Nicole

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the girls have gone wild! We’re talking about whether or not you can be mad at an ex, a woman addicted to babies, and a nanny who nannied ...

Noticing Kevin Federline’s Memoir, Wonder Restaurant, and the Gooniverse

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever noticed that Kevin Federline is a deflective loser? This week we’re talking about it. He’s put out a menacing memoir that’s almost...

Noticing Everything Mel Robbins, Dua Lipa’s Books and Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wednesdays are for lovers!!! This week, we’re talking about unstoppable duos like Dua Lipa and Callum Turner and Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry. We a...

Noticing Lukas Gage’s Memoir, the AI Bubble, and Wendy Williams

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you happen to be interested in celebrity memoirs, we’re returning to form today with a chat with Lukas Gage! His memoir is out now and he’s liv...

Noticing Taylor Swift’s New Album, Bari Weiss’s New Role, and Golf

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the internet was ablaze with Swiftian discourse so dense only Taylor Swift and her background in English teaching can sort through it. We al...

Noticing Elizabeth Gilbert’s Next Chapter, Selena Gomez’s Wedding, and Jay Shetty’s Secret

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The word of the week is discernment! Because if you don’t have it, fake friends, tradwives, Jay Shetty, Yolanda Hadid, and Elizabeth Gilbert will tr...

Noticing New Chapters for Edward Enninful, Lizzo, and Ned Fulmer

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Good Noticings, Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton try to forgive a former Try Guy, explore Edward Enninful’s new magazine, and explore ...

Noticing the Worst in Pop Culture, the Latest at Vogue, and Fixing the Emmys

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Good Noticings Claire and Ashley discuss ghosting and if all good Pop Culture has in fact ghosted us. They also look into the new head of...

Noticing Sabrina Carpenter’s New Album, Selena Gomez’s Mom, and Zoe Kravitz’s Situationship

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

WELCOME TO GOOD NOTICINGS! Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton are diving into celebrity gossip and hot topics every Wednesday. This week, Selena Gomez...

Introducing: Good Noticings

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Good Noticings! A new podcast by Claire Parker and Ashley Hamilton. Every week, they'll rapid-fire recommend everything they've been lo...

Alyson Stoner is Semi-Well-Adjusted

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the final chapter, we turn to Alyson Stoner and their brutally honest memoir about child stardom. From success as a dancer and a Disney kid and the...

Nick Carter is Facing the Music

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Backstreet’s back… alright? Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys member and brother of Aaron Carter, did a low to medium amount of emotional work and wrot...

Jennie Garth Shares Deep Thoughts from a Hollywood Blonde

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Head into the 90210, make a left at Tori Spelling and you’ll run straight into Jennie Garth. The 90210 cast member has been in the center of some of...

Scheana Shay Knows Her Good Side

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s there to say about Scheana Shay that hasn’t already been said? In her wildly anticipated memoir, Scheana finally gets to talk about herself...

Parvati Shallow Knows Nice Girls Don’t Win

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The queen of Survivor. The Black Widow. The Traitor from Traitors. Parvati Shallow is a legendary winner of Surivor and a reality show expert. She’s...

Sarah Wynn-Williams Knows Careless People

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re someone who thinks social media is super evil and Facebook heavily influenced the 2016 election and now most of the world’s leaders are ...

Kim Gordon is the Girl in a Band

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the aftermath of her breakup from Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon tells her story. She won’t really get into her relationship b...

Steve Madden is The Cobbler

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Take a look at the shoes on your feet do you know who cooked them up????? There’s a chance it was the one and only Steve Madden. The legendary shoe ...

Megan Rapinoe Has One Life

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to be one of the world’s best soccer players??? Goodness in your heart and also drive. Olympic and World Cup soccer champ Megan Ra...

Aziz Ansari Defines Modern Love

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Would you call this a memoir? Only if you’re feelin loose like a modern woman!!! Aziz Ansari wrote a book, not about himself, but about love. He tac...

Kelly Oxford is Perfect and Lying

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you remember Kelly Oxford? If you had twitter in the early 2010’s dig through your brain archives. Surely you remember the funniest Canadian mom ...

Nora Ephron Remembers Nothing Except Feeling Bad About Her Neck

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Nora Ephron anthology week! We took a look at two of her essay collections, I Feel Bad About My Neck and I Remember Nothing to remember what pr...

Hilaria Baldwin Doesn't Have a Manual

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who’s that girl doin yoga next to Alec Baldwin?? It’s Hilaria and she’s ready to tell her side of the story. And only her side. You won’t get ...

Tina Knowles is the Matriarch

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered how the hell Beyoncé and Solange Knowles found their ways to becoming the most talented people on the planet earth? It’s bec...

Pope Francis is Pope Hope

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Conclave starts tomorrow lets go girls!!! This week the gang goes Catholic as we dive into the life of the recently departed sweetie pie Pope Francis....

Tommy Fury Knows Lighting Can Strike Twice

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Warm up your fists of Fury a new memoirist has entered the villa!!!! Tommy Fury is a boxer and reality star who takes his boxing soooo seriously while...

Mark Hoppus is Fahrenheit 182

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a scorching hot tune burning at 182 degrees- the only way to cool it down is with an incredibly chill and normal story. Enter Blink-182 bass...

Katie Price: This is Her

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From page three to the centerfold of UK televisions, Katie Price is both an absolute mystery and apparently an open book. The reality star and model h...

Diane Guerrero Is in the Country We Love

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Diane Guerrero was barely a teenager when her family was separated by the US immigration system. She was completely disregarded by the system and mana...

Jay Shetty Thinks Like a Monk

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You’re life isn’t bad you just haven’t found the right guru!!! First, become a multi millionaire and then you’re going to want to hire Jay She...

Sutton Foster is Hooked

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You can’t mention Sutton Foster’s several Tony Awards without talking about the blankets she crocheted along the way. Well maybe you can but Sutto...

Sarah Hoover Drops the Motherlode

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Step inside the world of high art with art adjacent writer Sarah Hoover. The gallerist, writer, and wife of a very rich artist opens up about how moth...

Carole Radziwill is What Remains

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Before there were the Real Housewives there was royalty, there were Kennedys, and there was journalism. Carole Radziwill was married to a Kennedy cous...

Avan Jogia Performs an Autopsy

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it one billion times. Teen stars should write more poems. Avan Jogia, of Nickelodeon’s Victorious, opens up about...

Parker Posey Is on an Airplane

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine this: you’re sitting on an airplane next to indie darling Parker Posey and she’s about to regale you with her stories. You’re giddy with...

Alicia Keys is More Herself

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alicia Keys is the most successful musician in the world and she should be!! Her voice is perfection and she’s so good at playing the piano and she ...

Patti Smith was Just Kids

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You ever think about creating art for arts sake???? Meet us at the old version of the Chelsea Hotel to think about Just Kids by Patti Smith. It’s a ...

Whoopi Goldberg in Bits and Pieces

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Comedian, actress, and host Whoopi Goldberg is so much more than meets the eye. If you think you understand her talent you’re probably wrong there’...

Alan Cumming is Not His Father’s Son

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Cumming is more than just a theater sensation, the star of every good movie ever made, and the host of the best reality TV show on earth. He was ...

Shari Franke Survived the House of Her Mother

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Being the child of a mommy vlogger forced to perform for the family YouTube sounds really awful. Being raised in a super intensely religious family so...

Jennifer Love Hewitt is Inheriting Magic

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Magic is all around us and Jennifer Love Hewitt has figured out how to order it online. The actress and business person (?) has written a book that ri...

Stanley Tucci Talks Taste

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re closing out the year with a holly jolly note from ol’ Stanley. Stanley Tucci wrote a brief memo about cool things he’s eaten, it’s good ...

Kathleen Hanna is Rebel Girl

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Girls to the front! Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre was one of the founders of the Riot Grrrl movement and a shining example for gals just ...

Matt Rife, Your Mom’s Gonna Love Him

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You might think this episode is supposed to be funny but comedy is actually so serious and Matt Rife is the most serious comedian in the world. If you...

Connie Chung is Connie

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back with some late breaking news: Connie Chung is coming in hot. The legendary news anchor, interviewer, and host is finally telling her whol...

Keke Palmer is the Master of Me

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Keke Palmer is an incredible business woman and an even more incredible actor and host so I can’t wait to see what she’s capable of once all this ...

Cher is Cher (The Memoir, Part 1)

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What the hell is there to even say about MFing Cher??? She’s Cher. A global icon. A living legend. She’s Cher from the word Cher.  NEW MERCH!!...

Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough Go From Here to the Great Unknown

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Grab a tissue because this one’s got me all shook up. Riley Keough filled in the blanks on her late mother, Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir and boy oh...

Al Pacino is Sonny Boy

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Say hello to our little friend Al! Al Pacino has been in some of the most legendary movies of all time and somehow, through years of struggling throug...

Eve is That Girl

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eve has worked with every big name in the music industry and lived to tell the tale. As per usual, record labels have tried to keep her down and lock ...

Bethany Joy Lenz Was Dinner for Vampires

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this deleted scene from One Tree Hill, Haley James Scott (Bethany Joy Lenz) reveals she was actually in a cult that whole time???? BJL, an actress,...

Ina Garten Was Ready When Luck Happened

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Take your shoes off we're going to the Hamptons! Ina Garten a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa spills all the high quality ingredients on how she went from ...

Law Roach Explains How to Build a Fashion Icon

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever seen a celebrity on the red carpet and thought “wow, great outfit,” that outfit was probably picked by celebrity stylist Law Roac...

Wilmer Valderrama Tells an American Story

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

That 70 Show’s Wilmer Valderrama tells the perfect American tale. The kind where every bad thing you ever did never happened and every good thing yo...

Kelly Bishop is the Third Gilmore Girl

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Before Kelly Bishop danced onto our screens as Emily Gilmore she was one of New York City’s top chorus girls, inspiring and originating a whole ass ...

JoJo Levesque is Over the Influence

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you think it’s just Too Little Too Late for JoJo Levesque to tell her story you can Leave (Get Out)!!! The iconic singer and actress is finally r...

Sally Field is In Pieces

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re wondering what’s going on in Sally Field’s mind that allows her to be one of the best actresses of her generation she’ll tell you ev...

Dolly Alderton Explains Everything She Knows About Love

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“If you look for it, I have a sneaky feeling, that you’ll find that love, is actually all around.” - Love Actually, a movie Dolly Alderton may h...

Demi Moore is Inside Out

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you knew me four years ago no you didn’t?? Demi Moore’s memoir is one of the first we read for CMBC and over 150 memoirs later we’ve come a l...

Terri Irwin Tells the Story of Her and Steve

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not every day we get a peek inside the life of one of the coolest people who ever lived. Terri Irwin is a wildlife expert and the wife of the l...

Anna Marie Tendler Knows Men Have Called Her Crazy

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The background: Anna Marie Tendler is photographer, lamp designer, and writer who was famously married to John Mulaney. In her much anticipated memoir...

Michael Phelps Goes Beneath the Surface

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re swimming inside of the noggin of one of the most decorated athletes of all time. You’d think swimming back and forth all day would...

Simone Biles Has the Courage to Soar

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Simone Biles, the gymnast so phenomenal they named an entire CMBC episode after her. And also at least one move in every single event in internat...

Andy Cohen is The Most Talkative

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You think we can chat?? We’re no Andy Cohens. The inventor of Bravo and the latest in a long line of medium height men who host 7 talk shows a day, ...

Tash Oakley is Excessively Obsessed

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready to be obsessed. Excessively so, with we’re not sure what yet but definitely something. Influencer and businesswoman Tash Oakley’s book a...

Tori Spelling is Spelling it Like it Is

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The final Tori. The final boss. My guiding light. This week we read the fourth Tori Spelling memoir, Spelling it Like it Is and Tori says more of the ...

Tori Spelling, Live from Mommywood

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the summer of Spelling!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re polishing off Tori Spelling’s archive with two weeks of all things totally Tori. First up, she...

Yvie Oddly is All About Yvie: Into the Oddity

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Yvie Oddly is an Oddity and that’s what won them the Drag Race crown. Shaking up the drag game from Dever to the big screen, Yvie has competed twice...

Flea is Acid for the Children

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This one goes out to all the tiny bass players from Australia! See ya soon! For now, we’re back at it with our problematic faves, the Red Hot Chili ...

Kathy Griffin Wrote the Official Book Club Selection

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I don’t know if Kathy Griffin managed to trick Oprah but she sure as hell convinced us that her book should be an Official Book Club Selection. Her ...

Brittney Griner is Coming Home

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brittney Griner finally made it home and immediately put her story on paper. For those who missed it, Brittney Griner is a star WNBA player who was he...

Michelle Zauner is Crying in H Mart

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Grab some tissues, headphones and a snack because no book has ever made me want to cry and eat a snack and listen to music quite this much. Michelle Z...

Chelsea Handler Asks, Are You There Vodka?

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Oh what is there to say about Chelsea Handler that hasn’t already been said. The gal is a menace to society and our formative comedy years but there...

Diane Keaton Remembers Then Again

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Diane Keaton dropped one mother of a book a few years back. Her memoir weaves her mother’s journal entries with her own life story and memories to b...

Kristen Doute is Making You Crazy

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you thought that the reality TV cameras are what made Kristen Doute crazy, think again. Also, if you thought dating is what did her in, think again...

Paulina Porizkova Has No Filter

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is no way in hell a 90s supermodel can outrun her fame! So Paulina sits down to discuss life in the spotlight and life after her late husband tr...

Mara Wilson is Where She is Now

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you know her as the girl from twitter or THE Matilda, Mara Wilson went from mega child star to regular college student and writer. In her memo...

Rebel Wilson is Rebel Rising

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rebel Rebel! In an extremely controversial new memoir, Rebel Wilson spares no detail about how she went from law school to the small screen all across...

Fat Joe Writes the Book of Jose

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re living the life of a key player in the Bronx music scene and one of JLo’s best friends (according to her, not him), Fat Joe. From ...

Gracie Gold is Outofshapeworthlessloser

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Gracie Gold peels back the ice to expose that being an elite athlete isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Not everyone has what it takes to ...

Carrie Brownstein Knows Hunger Makes Her a Modern Girl

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Before there was Portlandia there were a lot of gross ass tour vans that basically tried to kill Carrie Brownstein. Somehow she made it through and st...

Linda Thompson Lived a Little Thing Called Life

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you get married people often say, “what’s mine is yours” and if that’s true, your spouse’s experiences and stories are your experiences...

Ru Paul is in a House of Hidden Meanings

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wassup super models, covergirls, etc. This week Ru Paul opens up in his most recent memoir, House of Hidden Meanings but much like a classic house of ...

Juicy J Writes the Chronicles of the Juice Man

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re squeezing every last drop of Juice out of Juicy J’s memoir. The founding memoir of Three 6 Mafia tells it all from indie record pr...

Brandi Glanville is Drinking and Tweeting

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hold onto your twitter fingers, this week we’re diving headfirst into the memoir of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills legend Brandi Glanville! Brandi...

Tina Turner is I, Tina

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You know who’s simply the best, better than all the rest? Tina. Anna Mae Bullock a.k.a. Tina Turner became one of the most successful musicians in t...

Crystal Hefner Tries to Only Say Good Things

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back at the Playboy Mansion with a fresh set of eyes. Crystal Hefner is the one who did it. The girlfriend who became the wife but at what per...

Henry Winkler is Being Henry

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Slap a juke box and call him Henry. This week Claire and Ashley discover what happened to the Fonz between Happy Days and Arrested Development. With a...

Anjelica Huston: Watch Her

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I don’t know if you’re ready for this Jelly my friends. Anjelica Huston has graced us all with a list of every person she’s ever met and every p...

Hilarie Burton Morgan is a Grimoire Girl

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well here we are, in a new year reassessing every thought we’ve ever had and luckily Hilarie Burton Morgan is just the right person to show us the w...

Anthony Bourdain is Kitchen Confidential

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chop chop baby we’re headed into the seedy underbelly of the fanciest kitchen in New York City with culinary legend Anthony Bourdain. In the book th...

Jenna Fisher and Angela Kinsey are Office BFFs

26 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re ending our year gathered round the watercooler for a little office gathering. The party planning committee planned this book club meeting so w...

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino Gets a Reality Check

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve got a situation on our hands. An inspiration. An instigation. A designation. Taking us to a destination: the Jersey Shore. This week we’re ...