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Hi Floptarts,

Did you miss us? We missed you too. This week, we're back with a heaping serving of flops. From a Young Sheldon Sequel Series to JVN educating us on the entire Middle Ages to car rights in Los Angeles...so much was promised to us as a society, so little was delivered.

Show Notes:

How we're flopping this week:
Cassandra - my block is flopping
Justin - loves Dune 2

• Tech companies renting out theaters for Dune 2

Quick Flops
Professor Sprout actress says "get over Harry Potter, losers"
Young Sheldon sequel series jump scare
Messi the dog from Anatomy of a Fall was not going to attend the oscars
But then Messi the dog DID attend the Oscars
Madonna questions disabled fan who was sitting down
Charli XCX and Camila Cabello are feuding over Camila's new song
Floppy Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow

Hot Flopic:
Queer Eye flops! 

• Are Tan & Bobby Berk feuding?
• Is JVN an emotional terrorist?
• Rolling Stone Report
• Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness (episode title list)

Local Flops
PHL - Dollar Dog Night is ENDING!
LA - New parking restrictions near Runyon Canyon

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Hey Flop Tarts!

Hope this podcast finds you well! We just wanted to double click into JLo's music video and provide y'all with some updates: it was a nothing burger stacked on some more -- you guessed it -- nothing.

But don't worry, that nothingness is buttressed by our other hot flopic this week, covering the Bon Appetit Receipts column in which a wealthy music conductor eats everything whilst pretending to be one-of-us.

If you like what you're hearing, please don't forget to rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts :)

Best,
Flop Soup

Show Notes

How Justin Is Flopping This Week:

• Lady Gaga Fortnite skin (???)

Quick Flops
KFC announces "Chizza"
President Biden says "good sex"
Reba McEntire is NOT leaving The Voice (plz note the source here is something called COUNTRYTOWN NEWS)
Woman charged $1000 for Subway sandwich
Stanley Cup owners selling selfies with the cup
Che Diaz EXITS AJLT

Hot Flopics

Bon Appetit "The Receipt" Column

• Conductor who makes $950k
• Initial Column (Waitress who makes $18k)
• SF Chronicle investigates WHO the conductor is
• Twitter user finds fb post where Ming Luke says "I visited every michelin restaurant"

Revisiting J. Lo Music Movie "This Is Me...Now"

• Review from Wesley Morris at the New York Times
• Vox review of "This Is Me...Now"

Local Flops
PHL - Beanie Feldstein & Drive Away Dolls cast visit Tattooed Mom (not a lesbian bar) and say it has lesbian bar vibes
LA -

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This week we're talking about February's Month of Flops at the Cinema: Lisa Frankenstein, the Bob Marley biopic, but most importantly: Madame Web herself and the year's first true box office bomb Argylle. Plus, we go in ON that NYC woman who wrote a Cut column about how she got scammed into putting $50,000 into a shoebox and handing it over to a stranger. One of our most flop-filled episodes - take a seat, dear listener, and enjoy the ride!

How we're flopping this week:
How Cassandra is flopping this week: "paying the toll of the American diet"

Quick Flops:

• Khloe Kardashian facetunes her cat
• NYP-Dance Team - NYT feature, Video of them dancing
• Bachelor Joey Graziadei confused RBG with GRB
• Lingerie Company has RBG-themed bras & undies - literally just a link to the website that sells the underwear because the news has not caught up to this 
• Kelly Rowling walks off Today Show
• Trump truckers say they are refusing NYC loads

Special Quick Flop:

• "How I Got Scammed Out of $50,000" - The Cut

Hot Flopics:
Madame Web Flop Comes to Fruition:

• Madame Web Flops at the Box Office
• Round up of conspiracy theories about Madame Web star Dakota Johnson loathing Madame Web the movie

Argylle First Box Office Bomb of 2024

• Argylle w/ $200m budget and $18m debut
• Argylle Review - Matthew Vaughn's Twisted Mind brings you IP for the sake of IP

Local Flops
PHL - Trump announces new sneaker in Philadelphia, womp womp
LA - "Affordable housing demand could derail Dodger Stadium gondola project"

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This week we're doing SPORTS (sorta kinda)! We're talking about Taylor Swift's Super Bowl, about Usher's halftime show, and most importantly: the Nickelodeon Super Bowl simulcast. Plus: how about those ads? What is Temu? And is Kim Petras's "Slut Pop" really more like "Slut Flop"?

Quick Flops:
Hailey Beiber debuts chocolate syrup hair
Bill Ackman claims to be "activist man"
Alyssa Milano attends Super Bowl
Selena Gomez "my bes fwend" (insta post link)
Kim Petras announces Slut Pop: Miami
Nikki Haley loses to "none of these candidates"

Hot Flopics:
Thee Super Bowl
Ads:

• Mark Wahlberg LENT app
• Temu
• Wicked Teaser

Alicia Keys voice crack (eek)
Usher halftime show (Alicia voice crack edited out)
Thee Super Bowl but on Nickelodeon

Local Flops:
PHL - AI generated headlines on philly sheriff's website
LA - California plastic bag ban actually just resulted in thicker plastic bags that they are now trying to re-ban

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Team Flop Soup return to the red carpet this week to uncover the flops of music's biggest night - the Grammys! Though we manage to discuss many other happenings (like the "music catastrophe" tribute, having AI on the red carpet, and SZA's Mastercard commercial), can you really talk about music without ranting about Taylor Swift these days? The answer is no. But because we love you, there are many bonus quick flops thrown in for good measure.

Then, in the final hour (last ten minutes), Cassandra and Justin live-react to the track list for Taylor Swift's newest album, the Tortured Poets Department. It's certainly a mess. Get into it!

Quick Flops:
Dune 2 popcorn bucket
Demi Lovato performs "Heart Attack" at AHA event
B*n Sh*piro releases rap song
Kyrsten Sinema is flying private with tax dollars
Paris Hilton new album?
Stanley Cup full of lead, Hydroflask full of proprietary sealant : )

Hot Flopics:
Thee Grammys

• SZA Mastercard Commercials
• U2 trapped in the Sphere
• Red Carpet AI Alert
• DailyMail says Tay BLANKED Celine Dion

Local Flops
PHL

• Date "Them"
• Speed dating making a comeback
• Pitch a Friend Philly (not floppy)

LA

• Brian Johnson "Don't Die" hike

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This week, the internet delivered a heaping serving of flops. Gays doing colonization work to build a New Fire Island, J.Lo (Jennifer Lopez) achieving her dreams of being in love and finding a therapist in Fat Joe, and Marina Abramovic performing the ultimate act of capitalism: starting a beauty line.

Perplexed? Us too. Tune in to learn all the juicy deets.

Show Notes:

Quick Flops
Normani promises new music (again)
Robot Baby stuns (tweet link, may break)
Giselderberry smoothie at Erewhon
Chicago Rat Hole
Madonna Tardy for Party
Josh Radnor Wedding Cringe
New Fire Island
-The Twitter Account
-Tweet 1
-Tweet 2
-Tweet 3

Hot Flopics
J. Lo "This Is Me" FULL Trailer
Trailer Link
Fun little analysis from The Cut

THE ARTIST IS FLOPPING: A CLOSER LOOK AT MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ'S PERPLEXING BEAUTY LINE
High Snobiety Analysis of the skincare line
GQ Germany video that went viral

Local Flops
PHL - 1. Would Ben Franklin Have Taken Ozempic?
2. Cryptic Messages Appearing in PA Parks

LA - Woman Steals $2,500 Worth of Stanley Cups

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This week on Flop Soup, we're talking about celebrity privacy being in its flop era (on instagram, at awards shows, in songs), and the floppy, kinda fake Gen Z age panic (as reported by the floppy NY Post).

Plus: more flops ranging from Madame Web's Ocean Spray costume reveal to a tiny trash crisis in Philadelphia.

Show Notes:
Quick Flops:
Madame Web Ocean Spray Bottle
Julianne Moore / Andrew Scott Private Instagram (Twitter Link, may break)
Amy Robach / TJ Holmes having 1 million drinks a week
Katt Williams / Kevin Hart / Ludacris
Vulture Selena Gomez Social Media Break Timeline
Mean Girls: The Musical Un-Flops

Hot Flopics:
Celebrity Lip-Reading Trend
Recent History of Celeb Lip-Reading - NYT
Banning Celebrity Lip Reading - Olivia Craighead for The Cut

Ariana Grande "Yes, And" Context
Vulture Review of the song
Who Is Ethan Slater?

Gen Z Aging Panic
NY Post Article
14-year-olds doing skincare on TikTok

Local Flops
PHL - Trash Crisis on South Street
LA  - Gwen Stefani Inducted into Orange County Hall of Fame

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Produced by David Lai.

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On this week's Flop Soup, we're talking about the water bottle sensation herself: Stanley Cups. Who is she? Where did she come from? And most importantly: which pop star does she remind us of? Plus: the Golden Globes were covered in flop sweat, thanks to underwhelming and mostly un-funny host Jo Koy. Tune in to hear Justin & Cassandra discuss these hot flops and so much more.

How We're Flopping This Week:
Netflix's Good Grief
Amazon Prime's Foe

Boeing 737 Max Door Panel Flies Off at 16,000 Feet

Quick Flops:
Paul Mescal's Dating Habits
Skims Swimwear Can't Get Wet
Justin Hartley misidentified as Glen Powell at Golden Globes
Night Swim Flops
Former Texas Congressional Rep. Mayra Flores Accused of Stealing Food Pix
Jacob Elordi Bathwater Cum Candle

Hot Flopics:
Stanley Cups & Other Viral Water Bottle Trends (NOT Hockey)
Stanley Cup TikTok Trend
Stanley Cup Target Craze
Stanley Cup Craze Explained (Vox)
Other Waterbottles Out There

Jo Koy Flops as Golden Globes Host:
Slate Review
Jo Koy's Wikipedia Page
Easter Sunday Wikipedia Page

Local Flops:
LA's Non-Alcoholic Beverage Boutique
Mummers Get In Fight Over T**** Flag

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Produced by David Lai.

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Flop Soup is a podcast about pop culture and flop culture. 

Every week on Flop Soup, your hosts Justin Crosby & Cassandra Kyriazis talk about what's flopping in culture - entertainment, politics, even our own lives. We lay it all out and decide once and for all: what's a flop and what's not. It's kind of like The Daily if The Daily was weekly and also...fun. 

New episodes come out every Friday. 

Support the show

To join our Patreon for bonus content & to support the show MONETARILY!!!, visit https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup

Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby.
Produced by David Lai.

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Our final episode of the year!!!! What a journey it's been. Thankfully, things KEEP flopping so we are here this week to discuss! And, don't worry dear Flop Tarts, we'll keep the Flop Soup coming in 2024.

This week, the gays were flopping all over the headlines. Our two hottest flop topics include the Senate Sex Tape that's been lighting up gay group chats across the nation, and also that one guy that writes quotes with balloons on walls and posts them to Instagram got into some hot water for a certain quote he decided to use for his "art" (pictures of balloon quotes he did not write himself).

We have many quick flops to share as well. And, as a special end-of-year treat, Justin and Cassandra have taken a look into their dusty crusty crystal balls and have some predictions for what will be "In" and what will be "Out" for 2024. Listen up! And stay informed, diva!

Show Notes:
Quick Flops
Hugh Grants hates being an oompa loompa
Ice-T worried about AI
Test audiences hate movie musicals
Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny break up!
Bradley Coopers says no to chairs
George Santos x Ziwe
Taylor Swift climate change perpetrator

In & Out List
These are just from our big, beautiful brains :)

Hot Flopics

• Balloon Guy
• Senate Sex Tape

Local Flops
PHL: Chobani buys local Philadelphia coffee chain La Colombe???
LA: Tesla is rescued by Ford in snowy woods

Support the show

To join our Patreon for bonus content & to support the show MONETARILY!!!, visit https://www.patreon.com/FlopSoup

Co-hosted by Cassandra Kyriazis and Justin Crosby.
Produced by David Lai.

If you're loving the pod, rate and review us everywhere podcasts can possibly be rated and reviewed <3 please :)