Rachel Simon

1 month ago | vulture.com | Rachel Simon

Taylor Swift might have sung, “I swear I don’t love the drama, it loves me,” on her 2017 album Reputation, but the fanfare leading up to its loooong-awaited rerelease seems to indicate otherwise. Ever since Swift’s sixth studio record became eligible for rerecording way back in November 2022 — the same long-ago month that saw Ron DeSantis topping polls and the end of The Walking Dead — fans have eagerly lapped up any clue that Reputation (Taylor’s Version) is ready for release.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Simon

Less than 24 hours before they were to marry, Eric Xiaoyang Sun and Jennifer Sun Liu still didn't know exactly where their wedding would take place, what the décor would be or even the time of the ceremony. But what some might have viewed as a lack of planning was, actually, the plan all along.

Dec 9, 2024 | vulture.com | Rachel Simon

Despite accusations against artist Kehinde Wiley this year, his The Death of Hyacinth (Ndey Buri Mboup), 2022, was for sale at the Templon Gallery booth at Art Basel Miami Beach. In Miami Beach this week, some blue-state gallerists in town for Art Basel struggled to find congenial ways to talk about the presidential election without alienating their affluent, increasingly conservative clientele. Miami-Dade County, after all, just went red for the first time in 36 years.

Nov 27, 2024 | shondaland.com | Rachel Simon

With Thanksgiving tomorrow, the holiday season has officially begun — and there’s no better way to start the celebrations than by reminiscing on Grey’s Anatomy’s many memorable holiday-themed episodes. Over the course of its 21-and-counting seasons, the series has brought us nine entertaining hours full of turkey dinners, sparkling lights, and more than a few cocktail-enabled fights (it is Grey’s Anatomy, after all).

Nov 12, 2024 | shondaland.com | Rachel Simon

Although the reveal that Midori Francis, aka Grey’s Anatomy’s Mika Yasuda, would leave the show during season 21 came out in May, fans have understandably needed some time to process the sad news. Speaking of processing, we’re still reeling from the devastating end of the sixth episode of this season, where, in classic Grey’s Anatomy fashion, we were left wondering if Mika and her sister Chloe survived a car crash.