Ruby starts the episode wrapping up Man Crush Madness 2025, won by Jonathan Bailey! She also does a quick pop culture roundup, discussing the White Lotus season finale then both the latest Summer House episode and production's longtime blind spot when it comes to showcasing their minority cast members throughout the seasons.

To start off a month of Blake Lively movie episodes, Ruby recaps a recent watch of Age of Adaline. Adaline is a 29 yr old woman who hasn't aged for 60 years. This movie features a sweet history nerd couple, highlights the beauty of San Francisco, and has a classic love triangle involving father and son. Family entanglement is clearly the theme of the week.

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Fifty episodes in and wrapping up Rachel McAdams month with the classic Wedding Crashers!

First The Pop Astrologist drops in to read through Rachel's chart tracking her illustrious career, the infamous off-screen relationship with Ryan Gosling, and where she may be headed next both personally and professionally.

Once it hits the Wedding Crashers recap, get a drink ready and prepare to take a sip every time the phrase "pleasantly surprised" is uttered. The episode covers how this is actually an undercover rom com, what would this movie be like in 2025, and what inspired the premise in the first place.

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This week's episode of NOGP continues with revisiting Rachel McAdams' movies with The Time Traveler's Wife (2009). After a brief pop culture catch up, the episode starts with a review of McAdams' filmography, some roles she turned down or lost out on, and a fun fact about how many time traveling movies she's actually been in. Ruby discusses the attempt to make this a science fiction drama movie rather than a romance movie, her realization to the choice for a movie title, and the decline at the end to somewhat of a horror movie. But we still love Rachel McAdams, and she's the bright spot through it all!

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This episode starts March off in full force, starting with a quick reality TV catch up on Southern Hospitality, Summer House and the Traitors.

This week's movie is possibly Rachel McAdam's most famous (along with Mean Girls): The Notebook (13:00). Think back 20 years to a movie that defined monoculture for the early 2000s. Ruby discusses why it's such an enduring film, what a pair of wildlings young Noah and Allie were, and shares the list of all-time highest grossing romantic dramas.

Finally, it's the most wonderful time of the year: Man Crush Madness (47:00)! In its second year, the bracket is much wilder with 4 prominent categories: men of 2024/2025, rookies to the bracket, classic leading men, and favorite imports. There's someone for everyone and there are some unexpected choices. Josh comes back to the pod as Ruby's co-commissioner to make Final 4 predictions, possible dark horses, and the most shocking contenders.

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Back in the saddle for 2025! Listen to the first episode of the year covering the 1998 movie Ever After starring Drew Barrymore, Dougray Scott, and Anjelica Huston. The episode starts with some pop culture catchup discussing Real Housewives, The Traitors US, and Love Island All Stars 2. After, Ruby dives into the movie and many takeaways from this rewatch in adulthood. Finally, she rounds up some of the most famous retellings of Cinderella and ranks the Evil Stepmothers.

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This week's episode is doing things a little differently, reviewing a new favorite show rather than a nostaglic stroll down memory lane.

First, listen to Ruby discuss the cornucopia of Housewives on Bravo right now (RHOC, RHOSLC, RHONY, and RHOP), the Netflix movie Lonely Planet, and the Peacock series Anatomy of Lies.

Next, the episode centers on the hit Netflix show Nobody Wants This starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, produced by Erin Foster & Sara Foster. Ruby discusses her favorite moments of the series, how she's followed the Foster sisters long before the series, and what ideas would be cool for upcoming Season 2.

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This week Ruby is joined by friend and frequent guest Tasha (The Pop Astrologist) to dive one more time into Love Island USA 6 plus the reunion! Tasha chooses some of her favorite cast members, giving us some insight into their charts and synastry with one another. This will close the trilogy of Love Island discussions for the year (we hope!).

They also detour briefly to discuss the Bennifer 2.0 breakup, which they originally began on Popposites Attract earlier this week. What is happening in Jennifer Lopez's astro chart, and what is Ben Affleck up to now?

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This week, Ruby shares all her TV recommendations throughout the summer which include:

• My Lady Jane, an Amazon Prime mini series with a dollop of everything: romance, history, fantasy, period drama, comedy
• Throwback to Love Island UK Series 5 (2019), the origin story of Queen Maura Higgins, and
• America's Sweethearts, the Netflix documentary series following the auditions, training camp, and season of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

As an added bonus, if you're feeling antsy for autumn, firstly - SNAP OUT OF IT! And then, listen to some nostalgia TV recommendations to swiftly get you through that home stretch of summer into September 22nd, aka the first official day of autumn.

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This week is a return from summer hiatus! Before diving into a new series, listen to an over-size recap of all things Summer 2024 content:

• Brat Summer with Charli XCX
• Real Housewives of Dubai
• Real Housewives of Orange County
• Twisters
• 2024 Olympics

Listen as Ruby takes you through her Love Island USA 2024 journey with thoughts on the whole cast during the show and after filming wrapped. The episode closes with an inadvertent left turn into watching Ghost, which is a movie that is nothing like what the previews make you think it is.

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Listen to Ruby and Rachel discuss the HBIC of Olsen Twins Movies: Passport to Paris. The breakdown includes fashion, Jeremy catching strays, what's going on in Brigitte's life, their parents, and of course Shane & Kyle versus Jean & Michel. Spoiler alert: it's no contest.

Intro includes discussion of Love Island USA 6, Bachelor nation gossip, and the new Netflix movie A Family Affair starring Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, and Joey King.

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