I got this notif today and it is yet another piece of evidence for a pet theory of mine: that quiet, seemingly effortless popularity on the internet is the ultimate echelon of fame in a saturated world & will always be hierarchized over try-hard popularity.

Quick theory thread: First, of course, this is clearly PR. Paps mostly always are called by celeb teams themselves, so this is likely her trying to be documented as charitable, but that too "effortlessly" charitable – she's not doing this for the cameras, in fact she'd prefer if they weren't there.

Orry put me in his story so here’s a thread of some of the references and details I noticed in his appearance on Koffee With Karan, including psychology, art history, and pop culture theories –

https://twitter.com/riachops/status/1748049290659037615

1. It’s a funny detail that Orry enters the show at the 3-minute mark and his segment ends exactly at the 18-minute point. I don’t think this was planned but he has 15 minutes total of screen time which is very apt for an episode that discusses ‘15 mins of fame’ as a concept 🤪

Lots of discourse about Archies and its young actors, but what really caught my eye was the seriously amazing supporting cast of adults – most of them faces you recognise but don’t remember exactly where from.

Here’s a quick thread on them (with some VERY cool surprises 🤯): Satyajit Sharma acts as Hal Cooper, a very likeable role as Betty’s father and local bookseller. Most of us will remember him as Basant from Balika Vadhu 🤪

I also REALLY liked his stint as Karan’s father in Made in Heaven.
(MIH is gonna come up quite a few times btw. Read on)

The most pivotal moment in my quizzing journey was at a quiz in Modern School Barakhamba Road The quizmaster showed us a lady's photo, asking us to identify her. I was the only girl in a room of 500 boys & only I knew it was supermodel Ujjwala Raut. But I didn't answer. (1/10) I watched as other teams didn't answer, passed, or (wrongly) guessed names of famous women. "It's Ujjwala Raut," I said to my teammate, who logically told me to answer if I was so sure. I told him no. I'm sure it's her, but YOU answer. He looked at me questioningly...