Boy Culture Links: Underwear? Under-Right Here, Graham Platner Drops Out of Must-Win Maine Senate Race, RIP Louise Lasser of 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' Fame + MORE
JULY 8, 2026
KENNETH IN THE (212): The visible-underwear trend never ages. That, plus tons of tennis jocks.
VANITY FAIR: Connor Storrie was the only SNL host to get an Emmy nomination this year — and it’s a good thing he did, because Heated Rivalry is ineligible for Emmys. (Canadian, and such.)
EXTRATV: The Emmy nominations were … fucking weird. So, so many nominations for Widow’s Bay, but Half Man got .. one? The Comeback got … two, failing to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series?
NEW YORK TIMES: The, er, peace prez has bailed on peace with Iran after all.
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Trump is so despotic and erratic our longtime ally Canada is trying to steer our allies away from us.
CNN: Graham Platner is out. It looks like he’ll leave, and the Dems are prepping a nominating convention.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: RIP Louise Lasser, 87, who was indelible as the star of the beyond quirky Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
IN MUSIC BLOG: Madonna’s Confessions II is very, very close to becoming her tenth U.S. chart-topper. (All of her studio albums following her debut have spent their first weeks in the Top 3.) But she could lose out if Olivia Rodrigo’s streaming numbers hold steady. The state of the music industry is that Madonna is selling 80,000+ albums and could lose no. 1 to an album with 20,000 in sales.
SIMON & SCHUSTER: A new Madonna photo book will document all of the late Ken Regan’s iconic Madonna portraits from her HEALTHY session in 1985. Madonna: Into the Groove is available for pre-orders now.
