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The Secret to Watching Season 4 of “The Crown”? Skip Over All the Scenes Without Women

Please understand, this isn’t a knee-jerk feminist appeal for a female-centered content consumption; my only goal is to save you, the viewer, from sitting stupefied before endless scenes of a young, annoying-voiced Charles being curt in dark rooms….

It is a truth universally acknowledged that men are boring. Okay, not all men, but nearly all of the men depicted on the hit Netflix series The Crown—which released its hotly anticipated fourth season on Friday—share a bland appearance and soporific tone of voice that are uniquely capable of lulling me to sleep.

I respect British history as much as the next person, but Prince Charles (played, it must be said, very nicely by Josh O’Connor) has only been interesting one time in his life, and that time was Tampongate. I’m not the only person I know who found the previous, Charles-centric season of The Crown more than a little dull, which is why I’ve come up with a solution for a more engaging Season 4 viewing experience; just fast-forward through all the scenes that don’t feature women.

Please understand, this isn’t a knee-jerk feminist appeal for a female-centered content consumption; my only goal is to save you, the viewer, from sitting stupefied before endless scenes of a young, annoying-voiced Charles being curt in dark rooms when you could instead be watching Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) square off with the IRA. If sectarian conflict isn’t your thing, perhaps you’ll enjoy Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman) hurting the feelings of a young Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin) over and over again; if all else fails, there’s always Princess Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter) delivering ice-cold bon mots to everyone in her orbit.

To be fair, men aren’t The Crown‘s only boredom-inducing downfall; there’s also far too much reliance on hunting, which is famously the dullest leisure activity that any human can pursue. Luckily, though, the show’s latest season is packed with enough female star power to get you through the endless deer-stalking scenes; just hit fast-forward or repair to the kitchen for a thematically appropriate cup of tea while men discuss game, and come back in time to see Princess Diana roller-skate her way into a divided nation’s heart.

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A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout

A$AP Rocky at South by Southwest 2019
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A$AP Rocky doesn’t do album rollouts quietly, and this one recruited an entire Premier League club to help. Manchester City, PUMA, and Rocky teamed up on a limited apparel run tied to “Don’t Be Dumb,” his 2026 album, timed around his September 5th show at Co-op Live.

The centerpiece is a long-sleeve PUMA King jersey in black and archive gold, with “DON’T BE DUMB” running down the sleeve and AWGE branding worked in throughout. A bold “MANCHESTER” graphic covers the back. Fans could also add limited “A$AP 11” name-and-number printing onto the club’s actual Home, Away, or Third kits, while supplies lasted at retail.

There’s a players-only version too, and it never went up for sale. That one sticks closer to City’s usual sky-blue identity, with its own sleeve detailing and back graphic — the kind of piece that exists purely because a handful of people got lucky.

The whole rollout kicked off with a one-night pop-up on September 4th, when PUMA turned a spot in Manchester’s Northern Quarter into a pop-up cafe for the night, mixing football, music, and street style into one room before the wider release hit the stadium store the next morning. Some of those jerseys even came with golden tickets to the concert or that Saturday’s match.

Rocky has called the project true to his own design language, and it’s not even his only club collaboration this cycle — a similar drop with AC Milan landed around the same time. At this point, the line between fashion week and matchday has basically disappeared.

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Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack

Quavo photographed in 2019
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Quavo has never been shy about his hat obsession, and Lids just gave him another outlet for it. Their new “Atlanta” pack drops September 12th, marking another round in a partnership that’s been running strong since 2019.

The collection is a love letter to the city, spread across three very different caps. One mashes up pinstripes, script lettering, and Braves branding into a single design, working navy, red, white, and light blue into the mix. Another goes the opposite direction entirely — fully iced out in crystal detailing, done up in black and red, with both the Falcons and the Braves showing up in the design. The third strips things back to an old-school “ATL” trucker cap in red, white, and gold, the kind of understated piece that lets the city’s name do the talking.

None of this is new territory for Quavo. He’s talked before about waiting on hat releases as a kid, and that same excitement seems to be what’s kept this partnership going years past most celebrity collabs. His earlier Lids run leaned on one moment — the Braves’ 1995 World Series win — but this pack pulls from the city’s whole sports history instead of just one highlight.

Lids has called Quavo one of the rare voices who can blend music, fashion, and sports without it feeling forced, and this drop backs that up. Given how fast his past releases have moved, Atlanta might want to set an alarm for September 12th.

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