Harry Styles’ Taxi Cab Theory, Meryl Streep’s Money Advice & Rebel Wilson’s Court Case

About this episode

The episode discusses Harry Styles' engagement, Rebel Wilson's lawsuits, and Meryl Streep's salary negotiation insights.

Harry Styles’ taxi cab engagement theory, the latest on Rebel Wilson’s lawsuits, and Meryl Streep’s pay rise energy. Hi friends! One of the biggest engagement stories of 2026 has landed: Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz are betrothed after just eight months of dating. We break down the details and ask if the Sex & the City Taxi Cab Theory has anything to do with it. We reference the Harry Styles and Zane Lowe interview from earlier this year. This week, Taylor Swift was featured in The New York Times Magazine as one of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters. The NYT polled more than 250 music insiders and gathered six Times critics to select the songwriters. We question some contradicting statements . Never has an Australian film been faced with this much controversy. After first speaking about this in 2025 , we have more to unpack about the messy lawsuits around Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut, The Deb, which has bombed its Australian cinematic release. While doing press for Devil Wears Prada 2, Meryl Streep revealed on the US Today Show that she asked to double her salary in 2006 for the first film. We discuss our own thoughts around pay transparency and advocating…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jas, Mags

Topics covered

• celebrity engagement
• lawsuits
• pay transparency
• music industry
• film controversy
• salary negotiation

Keywords

• Harry Styles
• Zoe Kravitz
• Rebel Wilson
• Meryl Streep
• Taylor Swift
• lawsuits
• salary
• engagement
• film
• music

Sponsors

Jetstar

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times Magazine, HBO Max

Books & works: Devil Wears Prada 2, The Deb, Modern Love

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