Minority Mindset

Jensen shared that the massive bed, affectionately known as BB, was surprisingly built from 16 queen-size mattresses! This created a 26-by-21-foot structure that everyone loved on Monday night. It was covered with a custom-made fitted sheet and a duvet made from 12 super-king duvet inserts sewn together. While it was huge, it wasn’t the biggest bed ever. That record belongs to a 107-by-64-foot bed built in Chile in 2024 by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency. The goal of ‘Biggest Bed’ was to highlight the lack of safe places to sleep for children and teens facing disasters, abuse, or poverty. The villa’s BB had a similar purpose: to draw attention to the challenges of modern, undefined relationships – the ‘situationship’.

Throughout the 1990s, Juliette Lewis continued to play similar characters, using her distinctive voice and mysterious presence to create interesting dynamics with other actors. This was evident in roles like the student involved with an older professor in Husbands and Wives, and the dangerous women she portrayed in films like Kalifornia, Natural Born Killers, and Strange Days. While her initial popularity as a celebrity faded, and her band, Juliette and the Licks, didn’t achieve mainstream success, she remained a working actress, particularly on television. Her excellent performance over two seasons on Showtime’s Yellowjackets is a prime example. She naturally aged beyond the ingenue roles she initially played, but Lewis has maintained a compelling, often unsettling, on-screen persona, frequently hinting at a fragile mental state.

Beulah continues the story, recounting the lively and somewhat scandalous history of her family – originally the Sullivans, who came from Ireland and ended up in the middle of the Texas Revolution. Family legend says one of the ancestors stole cattle and settled on unclaimed land, even changing his name to match that of the woman who accompanied him. Zane, a lifelong fan of John Ford movies – he used to watch double features at the Music Box – is captivated by this story. He even owns a pair of spurs worn by John Wayne in the film The Searchers.

Late-night shows really embraced what makes them unique this week. The Tonight Show felt like a throwback to classic episodes with Johnny Carson, featuring both stand-up comedy and magic acts. Jimmy Kimmel relaxed with tequila shots before discussing his vacation, and Andy Cohen shared gossip about Jennifer Lawrence. Each show leaned into its own personality, which made the programming particularly memorable.