The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel

Manny Jacinto was perfect as clueless Jason Mendoza in The Good Place. He had a blink-and-you-miss-it role in Top Gun: Maverick. He was absolutely sexy as Qimir in The Acolyte. He’ll be playing Lindsay Lohan’s love interest in Freaky Friday 2. Everyone who found him cute from the start, queue here, please. Is there a sharper jawline in Hollywood at the moment?

His Game of Thrones character, Oberyn Martell, died in battle because he didn’t wear a helmet. Now, trailers for Gladiator 2 show him fighting helmetless, again. Will he ever learn? He’s too pretty to die!

Saba Azad and Imaad Shah have released their first single since parting ways romantically. Faramosh is a slightly more mellow song than their previous music. Glad that a break-up doesn’t mean a creative disconnection too. A lesson in grace for everyone in a situationship.

Has David Larbi (@DavidLarbi) created the happiest place on Insta? The poet and podcaster narrates short pieces of verse about the magic of everyday life: Haircuts, siblings, banana bread. Here’s one about his chilli pepper sprouting: “Nobody told me / of the joy it brings / when your clever little plants / do such clever little things”. Protect him at all costs.

The Duffer brothers, showrunners of Stranger Things, say the upcoming Season 5 will be the last. But wait. There will be a Stranger Things play, an animated series and spin-offs. Monsters may die, but lucrative franchises are immortal. Are things different in the Upside Down?

It used to be that humans would witness one historic moment in their lifetime, maybe two. Now, every four-year-old kid has lived through a pandemic, a war, an assassination attempt on a US President, extreme weather, joyrides to space, and the biggest IT outage in history. We’re tired of being part of historical events. Stop already.