Meredith Haggerty

1 month ago | vox.com | Alex Abad-Santos |Kyndall Cunningham |Constance Grady |Meredith Haggerty

It won’t go down as the most exciting Oscars on record — there was no slap or envelope mix-up after all — but for this year’s Academy Awards, ending an unexpectedly cacophonous awards season with a smooth, calamity-free ceremony clocking in at under four hours was arguably the best of all possible outcomes. The big winner of the evening, Anora, scooped up five of its six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress for Mikey Madison (sorry, Demi!).

2 months ago | vox.com | Meredith Haggerty |Dylan Scott

Welcome to Know-It-All. In the age of information overload and so many things to care about, Vox experts explain what you need to know to get into a particular corner of culture. I don’t want to sound like too much of an expert, but this past weekend, something big and weird happened in the world of basketball. As someone who doesn’t pay all that much attention to sports, stories from that world only cross my radar when no one can stop talking about them. But as a gossip, I really love mess.

Nov 21, 2024 | vox.com | Meredith Haggerty

Every episode of Say Nothing, the FX/Hulu show based on the non-fiction book of the same name, ends with a disclaimer: “Gerry Adams has always denied being a member of the IRA or participating in any IRA-related violence.” Disclaimers aren’t unusual in film and television (arguably even more shows should employ them) but the Adams disclaimer still stands out.

Aug 1, 2024 | vox.com | Izzie Ramirez |Meredith Haggerty |Alex Abad-Santos

We all know the medal winners for the competitions that have taken place so far in the 2024 Paris Olympics (or, rather, they’re all a single click away). The US women’s gymnastics team reclaimed gold for the team all-around after a second-place finish in Tokyo, while the men’s team won its first medal in the team event since 2008. Some of China’s swimming successes are being scrutinized, given recent doping scandals.

Apr 22, 2024 | heirmail.substack.com | Meredith Haggerty

So, I’ve always said that this newsletter, nominally about heiresses, was really about gossip and dresses and kissing and money. And then apparently sometime in early 2022, I completely burned out on writing it (sorry about that!!).