Happy Friday, reader. The weekend is calling, so let us be the ones to top off your busy week. It's time to sit back, pour yourself a strong drink and let the scrolling commence:

• We ranked every pop music biopic: From the electric to the downright cringe, we rated every musical biopic from this century.
• Navigation, led by the stars: Tristan Gooley, the only man to fly and sail solo across the Atlantic, tells you how to use the night sky to find your way home.
• The adventure of a lifetime: In an era of Everest backlogs and space tourism, the bucket list trip you should consider is paddling down the Mississippi River.

Every Pop Music Biopic of the 21st Century, Ranked

The pop-music biography has been a part of the cinematic landscape for ages. At a time when Westerns were everywhere, for example, frequent collaborators Anthony Mann and James Stewart broke from their usual genre to make The Glenn Miller Story, chronicling the life of the popular big band leader. But there’s been a particular bumper crop of movies about real-life pop stars in the 21st century, maybe as a kind of grown-up branding.

But all pop biopics are not created equal. In fact, most of them are created pretty poorly, especially now that they’ve become greatest-hits baubles in an increasingly troubled music industry. People may not buy albums en masse anymore (especially when artists aren’t around to actually put them out), but maybe they’ll pony up some extra money to see a big-budget re-enactment. Detailed documentaries or well-researched books may be the place to go for more dimensional, nuanced insight into our pop heroes, but for pure crowd-pleasing, the form remains irresistible — for estates, performers, filmmakers and audiences.

Here’s a ranked list, then, to help you sort through two-dozen such 21st century offerings, including this week’s Winehouse picture.

Yesterday, we asked if you'll be drinking canned cocktails this summer. Here's what you said: 

• For about 7% of you, they're your drink of choice.
• Roughly 18% of you will be drinking just about any other kind of canned beverage.
• 35% of you will be mixing up cocktails yourself.
• And 40% of you will be adding them to your cooler rotation.

How to Navigate by the Stars

"The North Star is actually more accurate than magnetic compasses, and it doesn’t move significantly in the night sky.”

A little wisdom courtesy of Tristan Gooley, the only man to fly and sail solo across the Atlantic. We recently interviewed the British explorer for our brand-new Adventureland series, a collection of “how to” field notes from academic experts, and endurance athletes throughout the world.

In this dedicated guide, Gooley explains how to read the night sky like a map, when to use light pollution to your advantage and the lifelong joys of astronavigation.

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The Adventure of a Lifetime Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Welcome to the InsideHook Guide to Summer, a collection of recommendations on everything worth doing, drinking, eating, watching and otherwise enjoying between now and Labor Day. Don’t forget the sunscreen.

We live in an odd era of adventure. Not only does it feel like Google Maps has plotted out every corner of the globe and there is a social-media travel influencer ready to tell you about the best local spots in every town you’ve never heard of, but even the most extreme pursuits seem passé. There are lines at the summit of Everest, cruise ship companies are swarming the Arctic and space tourism isn’t a figment of Orson Scott Card’s imagination, it’s an industry actively taking bookings.

However, for the everyday explorer, the person who wants to carve out some true adventure in their life without years of training, an exorbitant price tag or touristy crowds, there does happen to be one grossly underrated option, and it’s right under our very noses here in the United States: paddling the entire length of the Mississippi River.

Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” Is Overambitious, Undercooked and Profoundly Moving

This is the second installment of the 2024 edition of the French Dispatches, our on-the-ground coverage of the Cannes Film Festival.

Megalopolis, which had its world premiere yesterday at Cannes, begins with a mad scientist played by Adam Driver perched on the roof of the Chrysler Building. Peering out over the streets below, he commands: “Time: stop!” And the greenscreen clouds above stop moving through the sky, the greenscreen cars below stop moving through the streets.

Francis Ford Coppola’s film takes up anew the promises of technology, the possibilities of the city, the potential of the cinematic form. Everything that everyone has already said about Megalopolis in the 24 hours since its premiere, positive and negative, is true: it’s overambitious, undercooked, baffling, dubious, sentimental, messy, innovative, startlingly beautiful, profoundly moving.

The Finest Oyster Happy Hours in NYC

From classic dives and taverns to chic waterfront bars, the city’s vibrant happy hour scene beckons with promises of briny treasures on the half shell at irresistible prices. As the adult school bells ring, patrons flock to these establishments, drawn by the allure of freshly shucked bivalves and expertly crafted cocktails. Mouthwatering NYC oyster happy hours are to be found all around the city, but here are just 11 of our favorites.