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Cassandra and Justin are flopsplaying (cosplaying as a flop) this week as CNN hosts covering the official end of the Biden campaign for the presidency, and the rise of KAMALA'S BRAT ERA (apparently???).

Of course there are many other things flopping about the world this week, including (but not limited to), the phone that's also a vape and a fitness tracker, the lack of a SMOOCH in the movie TWISTERS, and the global Microsoft outage that finally left us with an appreciation for Southwest Airlines (Top 2 floppiest airlines). Buckle up! It's gonna be a bratty ride.

Show Notes

How We're Flopping:
Cassandra - Amtrak Delays
Justin - San Diego Pride Schedule

Rare Un-Flop: Mayor of Paris in Seine

Quick Flops:
Philip Morris x Zyn Demand
VAPE PHONE! VAPE PHONE!
August Moon to release new song "So Cold" (Twitter link, may expire)
And Just Like That fake production notices in NYC
KISS CUT FROM TWISTERS
Global Microsoft Outage

Hot Flopic: It's So Joe-ver
Aaron Sorkin publishes Op-ed pro-Mitt Romney for Dem Pres Sunday AM, backtracks entirely Sunday PM
Joe Biden drops out of presidential race via statement on x.com, endorses Kamala Harris immediately
Gays on Fire Island produce Kamala brat tees within hours of announcements
On Sunday night, Charli XCX tweets "Kamala is brat"
Van Jones cries about Joe Biden dropping out

Local Flops:
Justin - LA Times op ed "in defense of disney adults"
Cassandra - Nick Castellanos can't stop hitting homers during inappropriate moments & times

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Hi Flop Tarts,

Our beloved Justin is out of town for work this week (*gasp*) so Producer David steps in with Cassandra to cover one of the floppiest weeks in our nation's history: New York City can't stop paying McKinsey to tell them trash cans were a good invention, we can't stop listening to an AI country song about DUIs, and Katy Perry can't stop herself from releasing the cringiest flop single in recent memory. Not to mention *gestures* everything else going on. It's a flop world and we're definitely living in it.

Xoxo,
Flop Soup

Show Notes

Quick Flops
Horizon: An American Saga, Part II pulled from theaters
Smash (historic flop) is now streaming on Peacock
NYC Trash Drama: McKinsey study, the 2024 update
AI Country songs about DUIs (TikTok link, may expire)
Elon Musk tweeting mere hours after assassination attempt
Melania's statement
Celebs react to assassination attempt:

• Raquel & Nick Viall
• Jamie Lee Curtis insta (link may expire)

Hot Flopic:
Woman's World Pitchfork Review
We are not going to link the EP or the music video because you can just find those with your own internet and we are not PROMOTING this song!
P.S. a history of women covering James Brown

Local Flops:
Panda Express Penn Postdoc Scholarship
Tr**P t-shirts on the Wildwood boardwalk (twitter link, may expire)

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Hi Bratstars,

Thank GOODNESS pride month is over and Cassandra is sooooo back. While she is the best ally, we have missed her so. Divas are back UP.

Some topics we guide you through this week: mixed weight relationships, Gwyneth Paltrow's Hampton home getting a surprise guest, Kamala discourse, Kevin Costner shenanigans, and oh so much more.

TTYS HAGS
xx

Show Notes

How We're Flopping
Buy a Support Local Drag T-shirt

Quick Flops
A Million Checkboxes - NYT write up, actual link
Emma Roberts Blames Internet Culture for Madame Web
MIXED-WEIGHT RELAYSH ON BRIDGERTON
Olympians x Shitting in the Seine
Democratic Insiders "Leaking" that Biden needs to "step down" #KHive
Hawk Tuah Girl, floppy?
IS THIS A REAL NDA?

Hot Flopics
Kevin Costner's HORIZON (which he invested $38 million into it) flops at the box office & in critics' hearts
P.S. We announce on pod that part II is releasing into theaters in August but it has since been PULLED

Famous hanger-on Derek Blasberg had "catastrophic" d*arrh*a in Gwynnie Paltrow's Hamptons house

Local Flops
LA - awards show honors...Jonathan Majors...?
PRAGUE - Cassandra offers a local honeymoon flop

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This week, Flop Soup's Queening Out series continues for pride month as Justin investigates the flops of the week with beloved friend of the pod Jesse Tabit. On our docket this week, of course, is our flop king of the moment Justin Timberlake and his run-in with "Gen Z Cop."

There's also a bunch of music related flops this week, like Katy Perry beginning to tease her latest flop era and yeah, we have thoughts! MIA is also releasing a conspiracy theorist-inclusive clothing line that may or may not protect you from the 5G. Also, up in the skies, men are "raw dogging"... air plane flights? What could that even be about??

Tune in to find out!

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As Cassandra continues her European honeymoon excursion, Justin is joined by flop-enthusiast Thom Hilton (writer & director of the currently touring short film "Matinee Baby") to discuss and unpack what's currently flopping in culture this week. 

On the flop docket: 

• Everyone is on steroids!
• The 2024 Tony's happened to us
• CHIPOTLE BOYS are taking over... or are they? 
• Chris Brown was left "flapping agitatedly" at his concert
• Noah Schnapp is our latest gay child star disaster
• Poppi Soda gets sued! Can soda be medicine??
• Armie Hammer's freak is left unmatched
• John Travolta has a lil crush
• Meghan Trainor released an ALBUM apparently

And of course there is plenty of hilarity and gossip in between - so tune in! <3 

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Hi Divas,

It's officially pride month, so you know what that means: kicking Cassandra off the pod and bringing producer David on to dunk on pride flops. This week: Target not being gay enough, Caitlyn Jenner having too many gay rights, intersectionality snafus, cringey pride campaigns of yesteryear, and the current state of ERG (Employee Resource Group) affairs. Flopmania!!

Anyway, happy Pride y'all. Stream Nasty by Tinashe if you want to bop along to our brain rot :)) Also, happy honeymoon Cassandra! Anyone wanting to get the newly weds a drank on their euro-honeymoon can venmo Cassandra at @Cassandra-Kyriazis. Do it!

Show Notes

Quick Flops
Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket
Zachary Quinto acts out on 47th birthday
Jerry Seinfeld yearns for "dominant masculinity"
Caitlyn Jenner "rolling" into pride month
Jojo Siwa threatening to release new single
The pope said f*g!!!!

Hot Flopics
Corporate Pride / Target scaling back pride merch

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HI FLOPS!

This week Justin is joined by beloved friend of the pod Kyle Frattini to cohost and react to the new trailer for the WICKED MOVIE, which we have to admit... might actually be real! More on that later!

Also included in this week's soup: Things get science fiction-coded as Avril Lavigne denies the switched-with-a-clone-named-Melissa allegations and Dorinda Medley gets supernatural at Upper East Side funerals.

Then, love itself is flopping as divorce rumors swirl around Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, who haven't been seen together in 47 WHOLE DAYS.

Also, SEXINESS is flopping in the UK, as we try to understand why this guy named Jeremy Clarkson is their number 1 sexiest man across the pond. 

There's so much flopping this week, now more than ever probably - so get into it! <3

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Hi FlopTarts,

Did you miss us?! We missed you. Thanks for being patient with us as we all navigate Corporate Jobs USA while producing a podcast.

This week we've got some hot hot topics for y'all: Dua Lipa, Idea of You, Eurovision, MTV awards, and -- of course -- veneers. So much trying to achieve greatness, so little hitting of ~le mark~.

xoxo,
Cassandra, Justin, & David

Show Notes

How We're Flopping
Cassandra: Idea of You having many positive reviews but none from me
Justin: should I buy this $100 Radical Optimism shark pool floatie

Quick Flops
MTV Movie (& TV) Awards are on hiatus
Kendrick Lamar & Drake's feud continues
Europapa singer banned from Eurovision, triggering Eurofloppa
NYC vs. Dublin portal features FLASHING, thank you portals dot org
Fall Guy flops in theaters
Anya Taylor-Joy says filming in the desert for months on end was hard or something
Prince Harry & Megan's charity Archewell is DELINQUENT
Quiz: the GLAAD awards!

Hot Flopics
Are veneers flopping?

Local Flops
PHL & LA Joint Local Flop: Why are there hot chicken places EVERYWHERE now? We hate it!

• Overdose in PHL
• Overdose in LA

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Restaurant reservation culture is flopping this week in a big way! Of course, so are plenty of other things. This week, we also unpack why Cassandra is the only girl in the world who doesn't love Challengers and why Billie Eilish is disgusted by whales. Plus: Trump's likely VP pick Kristi Noem is killing puppies (???) and Ellen Degeneres is still mean and still gay.

There's so much more to discuss in flop culture this week, so get into it babe <3

Show Notes:

Quick Flops
Billie Eilish can't accept that whales exist
Trump potential vp pick is a "puppy slayer"
Ellen claims "mean, old, gay"
Four-time bachelor Nick Viall finds love in Instagram DMs
George Santos puts Kitara Ravache to work on Cameo
Drew Barrymore says "we need you Momala" to Kamala Harris on live TV (Twitter link, might break)
Aaron Sorkin says Jan 6 movie will be like a Social Network sequel
Catholic media group forced to defrock AI priest JUSTIN!

Hot Flopic
No Reservations - New Yorker article about the secondary market for restaurant reservations

Local Flops
PHL - Wedding Band Jellyroll sues country singer Jelly Roll over trademark infringement
LA - Birkin Bag Theft Ring

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Hi Flop Tarts!

We're flopping this week because we are the one millionth podcast to utter the phrase "tortured podcasters department" and Taylor Swift is flopping because this new album is mid as hell. That's right: we're discussing the Tortured Poets Department. We're also talking about a lot of other singers who are girl, what it takes to be a successful girl singer, and why Taylor won't invite any girl singers to sing on songs with her. Plus: we're streaming Sabrina Carpenter's espresso, and dog owners in New York City are on their worst behavior.

Show Notes
Quick Flops:
Troye Sivan launches "bottomless" bowl
Red Lobster consider bankruptcy post endless shrimp
Gwyneth Paltrow reacts to Mark Zuckerberg with an AI beard
Chris Pratt & Katherine Schwarzenegger raze architecturally important home to build farmhouse-style mansion
Lana Del Rey duets with...Camila Cabello?
The Cut Essay: Why Does Everyone Hate My Dog?

Hot Flopics
Tortured Poets Department premieres to mid reviews
Pitchfork says 6.6 / 6.0
Paste Magazine says something sort of lazy about Sylvia Plath [derogatory]
Dazed Digital says forgettable
Taylor Swift students at Harvard say this bears comparison to Sylvia Plath [complimentary]
Rolling Stone - glowing review?

Local Flops:
PHL - Philly drag queen Sapphira Cristal Loses Drag Race
LA - Coachella flops which means traffic remained traffic-y in LA

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