Nancy Meyers week at Vulture
Sometimes when you put something out into the universe unintended consequences arise. Who could have known that by writing about The Holiday in last week's newsletter, I inadvertently started a chain of events that led to Vulture's Nancy Meyers week? I kid... but did you see what happened during Nancy Meyers week? What started as a weeklong tribute to the writer/director on New York Magazine's arts and culture website turned into a social media showdown. Journalists all over Twitter weighed in! Reese Witherspoon got involved! Accounts were turned private! It was pure mayhem. If you have literally no idea what I'm talking about, then you're well out of it (but here's an explainer if you're interested because I can't stop talking about it). All caught up? Good. Let's ditch the drama. We're here to celebrate the work of Nancy Meyers (as Rachel Handler did by writing the ENTIRE, brilliant article series on Vulture). If you're looking for cozy weekend reads, here's a rundown of some of pieces I most enjoyed from Nancy Meyers week. Read these & watch The Holiday -- you won't regret it!!
An interview with the one and only Nancy Meyers: The legend herself! Nancy Meyers doesn't understand what people are talking about when they discuss the Nancy Meyers aesthetic because it's her everyday life!!! How many times can I say Nancy Meyers in this newsletter?
An examination of the entire Nancy Meyers universe: Here it is -- the article that started ALL the drama.
An interview with the ultimate Nancy Meyers heroine, Diane Keaton: The iconic leading lady waxes poetic about Nancy and then continues to go slightly off topic and at one point describes a movie that the writer can only guess might be Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
An interview with The Holiday's Cameron Diaz: She talks about running miles in the snow and how people still come up to her to talk about this movie. How could they not?
Interviews with basically everyone else who has ever been in a Nancy Meyers movie: They talk about her detail-oriented approach, picking out the perfect flowers and their first meetings. It's a delight.
