Bands boycott SXSW, Ariana Grande leans into the gossip and Pamela Anderson embraces her authentic self

The Face Podcast is your weekly cultural digest – rounding up the stories that you should care about in fashion, film and music.

This week, we start by reviewing the killer Oscars looks worn by the likes of Billie Eilish, Carey Mulligan, Hunter Schafer and – despite the wardrobe malfunction – Emma Stone. We talk about the misquoting of Jonathan Glazer’s speech on the Israel-Gaza war and how political Belfast rap group Kneecap started a domino effect of artists dropping out of SXSW due to its sponsorship from the US Military. Having profiled Pamela Anderson on The Face’s site this week, we praise her new era of self-love, and we assess how Ariana Grande’s relationship drama affects the listening experience of her new album Eternal Sunshine.If you like what you hear, please feel free to like and subscribe.