Coffee brewing chats; catching up this Friday

From a remarkable rule on the set of Beverly Hills 90210 to Trump testing positive for the coronavirus and the documentaries you want to see this weekend. Grab your coffee or tea, we’ll catch you up.

The day you knew would come
Trump and Melania have tested positive for COVID-19. I opened my phone this morning and saw four push notifications from news sites. And if even the Volkskrant sends out a report, then something is really going on. “Trump has corona and so does his wife,” my friend exclaimed in the meantime. For some reason, I just didn’t seem that surprised by this news. The President of America and the First Lady are now in self-isolation, and Trump has stated that they are doing well and will get through this together.

90210 was a bit strange
As a little girl, I was glued to the screen watching Brandon and his friends in Beverly Hills, this silly rule never really stood out to me. Jessica Alba had a guest role in the series in the late nineties and is now spilling the beans. The rule on set was that you were not allowed to look at the cast members. Okay, that seems very difficult to work with. You could even be removed from the set if you had the audacity to do so.

The documentary you want to see I
Miljuschka Witzenhausen speaks with friends and critics in the new documentary #eerlijkefoto on Videoland. In the first episode, Miljuschka engages in conversation with Saskia Oliveira, which feels honest and critical, she watches influencers who have body parts vacuumed in the pursuit of an ideal and talks to Linda de Mol who appeared in a bikini on the cover. A viewing tip for the weekend.

The documentary you want to see II
For when you’re looking for a reason to spend a little less time on social media: watch The Social Dilemma. After three minutes of watching the compulsive scrolling behavior, I suddenly thought about how sad it would be to see your accumulated screen time at the end of your life. “How much of your time have you actually spent scrolling on a screen?” Big names who once worked at Google, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and YouTube explain how the platforms are designed to make users addicted.