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Fugs and Pieces, Friday May 18

May 18, 2012 By Jessica AT 2:00 pm
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Exciting news! Our new book, MESSY — which is SUPPOSED to come out on June 5th — has shipped from the warehouses and is currently on its way to Amazon and your local bookstore. So keep an eye out for it in the wild, or your mailbox. We hope you love it.

Until then:

– Our vintage doodle of Princess Bea and Eugenie is up for grabs again, so if you missed out on it last year, HERE IS YOUR CHANCE. All proceeds will benefit NF Network,  to support education, advocacy, coalitions, and research for treatments and a cure for  neurofibromatosis (NF), which is a genetic disorder common than Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy and Huntington’s Disease combined. (eBay)

– You need to see this infographic of Liz Lemon’s hair. (Flavorwire)

– I’m sorry, these tatted up Tom Cruise pics just make me laugh. In a good way, though. I might be kind of back in on Tom Cruise. (Lainey)

–I think the only thing I need to tell you to get you to read this fascinating piece in New York is the log line on the piece: “Rare-wine collectors are savvy, competitive guys with a taste for impossible finds. The biggest hoax in history took place right under their noses.” YOU LOVE HOAXES! And wine. (New York)

– You are going to love this piece about Choose Your Own Adventure. (Atlantic Wire)

– These teachers — stealth dancing behind their unsuspecting students — are sincerely delightful. (Gawker)

– I am never going to get tired of talking about how we love to hate-watch Smash. (Slate)

– Have you read this article in last week’s New York Times magazine about child psychopaths? You should. It sounds sensationalistic, but it’s actually mostly fascinating, sad, scary, and well-reported. (NYT)

– How did this dude, who just broke the world record for Longest Guitar Solo, not FALL ON HIS FACE ASLEEP? Amazing. (Time)

– I love you, Emma Thompson. And I love that you are still with Willoughby (Greg Wise is always Willoughby to me). And your daughter is SO CUTE. (Celebitchy)

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Fugs and Pieces, May 11 2012

May 11, 2012 By Jessica AT 2:00 pm
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Happy Mother’s Day, to all you Moms out there! (Buy her the new paperback version of Spoiled!)

– Y’all want to look at these photobombs from the Met Ball. (Fashionista)

– I’m sure having an Instagram camera that prints out real photos is some kind of The Universe Is Folding In On Itself kind of deal, but I WANT IT. (Refinery29)

– Jon Hamm answered questions from teen girls for Rookie (video). My question for Jon Hamm is, “would you be interested in being a fake intern for my web-site that makes fun of people’s outfits?!?!” (Rookie)

– A billionaire is launching Titanic II. A ship, not a movie. That seems like a GREAT IDEA! (Fodors)

– Speaking of, this piece about how the people at Mad Men managed to get that Beatles song into the most recent episode is interesting. (NY Times)

– It seems people are being mean to Princess Charlene. Girlfriend has so many problems. (Daily Beast)

–  Lainey’s take on Kelly Preston’s role in this whole John Travolta thing is interesting (and, I think, accurate). (Lainey Gossip)

– I love books about prep schools, and hence I totally devoured this piece about real-life prep school scandals. (Flavorwire)

– Britney is going to be the next X-Factor judge, y’all! Which means I am going to have to start watching The X-Factor, I guess. Interesting, I once recapped The X-Files. I hope this ends similarly. By which I mean, with all of us in the fetal position worried about the Mayans. (Time)

– I want you to read this thoughtful piece about melanoma  –and how an early diagnosis changed our friend Abby’s life — and then get your moles checked, you guys. (Marie Claire)

– All the least-informed tabloids think Jennifer Aniston might get back together with John Mayer, which is surely untrue, but also HILARIOUS. I AM SO SURE. I feel like even she had to laugh at that one. (Celebitchy)

– Charlize Theron’s baby is so cute! (Celebitchy)

– Baseball’s craziest hot dogs. In case you are hungry. (Serious Eats)

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Fugs and Pieces, May 4, 2012

May 4, 2012 By Jessica AT 2:00 pm
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First of all! Our new book, MESSY, comes out ONE MONTH from tomorrow, so pre-order it and find it on your doorstep whenever Amazon feels like shipping it, which will probably be anytime in the next three weeks, honestly. Second! Our first book, SPOILED, is now out in paperback, so you should ALSO pick that up. (It’s apparently now also on audiobook, which is neat. And also a little surreal because, obviously, the person whose voice reads it in my head is, well…me. The sample on Amazon includes the reader saying the word “crotch sweat,” just in case you needed to hear a well-modulated “crotch sweat” today.) Third! The Met Gala is Monday night, so next week should be FUN. We’re live-blogging it for The Cut. Finally:

– RIP, MCA. Here’s an amazing oral history of the Beastie Boys that New York did on the 25th anniversary of License to Ill. (New York)

– As you know, I love The New York Diet on Grubstreet and this one, by Ms Courtney Love, is a must-read. (Grubstreet)

– Fug Nation! You are going to love this, because I know how you feel about fonts. Let’s just say it’s like a matchmaking game for fonts. It’s called Type Connection. SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OBSESSED. (Type Connection)

– Let’s look at the libraries of famous people. Not, like, the decor. The CONTENTS. (Flavorwire)

– I feel that all I need to do to seduce you into reading “The Top Ten Scariest Heirs and Heiresses” is mention that one of them occasionally goes by “Cobra McJingleballs.”  Which you’d think was awesome except he seems SERIOUSLY TERRIBLE.  Some of these people seem simply troubled, some of them are really cracked out, and a variety of them went out with Paris Hilton. (The Jane Dough)

– You may have already read this New Yorker piece about hate-watching Smash, but if you haven’t, and you hate-watch Smash –is anyone LOVE-watching Smash? No — you must. (The New Yorker)

– You want to read about Chloe Sevigny’s co-op. Not to go all Rachel Zoe on you, but I DIE for her entry-way wallpaper. (NY Mag)

– One of Lainey’s readers suggested — for GOSSIP and amusement — Eddie Cibrian play the Richard Burton role in the Lilo Liz Taylor movie and all I can say is YES. (Lainey Gossip)

– Now they’re trying to rebrand fig newtons as just NEWTONS? Is NOTHING SACRED? On the other hand, I now want to buy a box of them, just so that every time I take them out of the cupboard I can hiss, “NEWTONS,” a la Seinfeld. Okay, then, carry on. (Time)

– Kim and Kanye are ALLEGEDLY shopping for engagement rings. They are SO getting married. This is going to be such good gossip. I give them AT LEAST 75 days. (Celebitchy)

– I really enjoyed this interview (it’s video) with Rachel Dratch about her new book, her surprise baby (at 44!) and her career. I would also like to point out that her hair is really cute like this. (TresSugar)

– I don’t know if I could stand to fly on Hello Kitty airlines. OR COULD I? (Girls of a Certain Age)

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Fugs and Pieces: April 27, 2012

Apr 27, 2012 By Jessica AT 2:00 pm

I hope you have an amazing weekend. Sunday, of course, is Wills and Kate’s First Anniversary and I ASSUME you are having a big party at which you will all be doing dramatic readings of the extensive wedding coverage we did last year. But until then, BEHOLD:

– There is something called “Pizza Hut Middle East” and it’s selling a pizza where instead of a crust, THERE ARE CHEESEBURGERS. (Time)

– This is a fascinating piece about Theodore Roosevelt, his would-be assassin, and the things in his breast pocket that saved his life.  (Smithsonian)

– Pursuant to our slideshow on NFL draft fashions, here is as piece the NY Times ran about the custom styling that goes into the players’ wardrobes. Just so we can all be as informed as possible in our judgments of their crazy shirts. (New York Times)
– So, as we mentioned earlier in the week, Lifetime cast Lilo to play Liz Taylor in a movie they’re making about her life. OBVIOUSLY I can’t wait the fug the fromage out of that thing, and obviously Lilo is replaying SWINTON saying, “Jennifer Love Hewitt, in THE CLIENT LIST” with “Lindsay Lohan, in TAYLOR MADE” or whatever they’re going to call it. So, it’s clearly going to be a trainwreck. She has come out now and said she hopes they case Gerard Butler as Richard Burton. I suspect this is because she wants to nail Gerard Butler. Please don’t take this wrong way, Gerard, but I think you should take this job, just so we all have something to gossip about. (Celebitchy)

– I don’t think I need to say anything more than the name of this Tumblr: COUTURE SANDWICH. Yes. (Couture Sandwich)

– I enjoy Gavin Polone’s pieces for Vulture and this one – about the importance of returning phone calls — is particularly good. (Vulture)

– The New York municipal archives just released, like, a million pictures online. I love this sort of thing. (Gothamist)

– Speaking of photos — and love — this slideshow of people getting married at city hall on a random day might make you get a little choked up.  Okay, I totally cried. (Refinery29)

– I am DYING to watch this BBC documentary about the Royal Family. (Lainey Gossip)

– Thank you, Fashionista, for examining the myriad ways Victoria Beckham is secretly hilarious. IT’S TRUE. (Fashionista)

– Let us examine the world’s most beautiful train stations. (Flavorwire)

– I hope you’ve seen the new workout video from Schmidt, of The New Girl. “So, when Coach asked me to sub his spin class, I was like, a)…yes, and b)…it’s on, and c)…let’s do this.” (Vulture)

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Fugs and Pieces, April 20 2012

Apr 20, 2012 By Jessica AT 2:00 pm

As a reminder, The LA Times Festival of Books is this weekend!  On Sunday, April 22,  Heather and I will be signing copies of SPOILED (on deep sale on Amazon at the moment) at 11:00am at the Mysterious Galaxy booth (that’s booth #372), then appearing on the YA Stage at 1:30 along with awesome authors Deb Caletti and Joanna Philbin, and THEN signing AGAIN after the panel. The first three people at each signing will get a free, signed advanced copy of MESSY! It’s all free and open to the public — no tickets are needed for events at the YA Stage. Come on out, Los Angelenos!

–  Speaking of books, I know you want to look at the 25 most beautiful public libraries in the world. (Speaking of Los Angeles, our truly beautiful Central Library made the list.) (Flavorwire)

– The Atlantic wonders, what does “young adult” mean, anyway? (Atlantic Wire)

– This is awesome. Real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran figures out how much many of our favorite TV real estate properties would cost. Cliff and Clair Huxtable are going to make a MINT if they sell the place now that Rudy’s moved out and they’re empty-nesters. (Vanity Fair)

– NPR samples my beloved/disgusted Doritos Locos Tacos. (Wait, Wait! Don’t Blog Me)

– Vulture casts a wide net looking for other dead singers to hologram-ize. WHAT ABOUT JEM? Wait, did I just kill Jem? (Vulture)

– Are you living in one of America’s top ten cities for hipsters? I am not. (Time)

– Aw, I hope Jason Segel and Michelle Williams DO get married. (Celebitchy)

– Guess what, Fug Nation? WE HAVE OUR OWN TOWN. It’s in Austria. See you there! (Daily Mail)

– I feel like James Franco needs to take a vacay from….everything. (Lainey)

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Fugs and Pieces, April 13, 2012

Apr 13, 2012 By Jessica AT 2:00 pm

This week was a killer. Let’s relax:

– This birthday calendar for fictional characters is AWESOME. (Flavorwire)

– This piece about real-life love lessons learned from fictional characters includes Pacey Witter and Laurie from Little Women. Yeah, I thought you’d like that. (Refinery29)

– This is a really interesting article from Vulture about the state of the TV recap. I’m not just saying that because the commenters mention that Heather’s Ringer recaps are genius (which they are), but I of course AM biased in favor of recapping because if Heather and I had never worked at Television Without Pity together back in the day NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE NOW.  Recapping The X-Files was one of the most satisfying gigs I’ve ever had, still. I was so young then. So so young…. (Vulture)

– Speaking of Vulture and TV, they also predict some of the best new pilots on tap. (Vulture)

– I don’t think I need to tell you anything more about this story in Smithsonian than the blurb they’ve provided: What Happened to Kalinka Bamberski?: In an exclusive excerpt, read about the mysterious death of a young teenager that inspired a complicated web of European intrigue. You had me at “European intrigue.” (Smithsonian)

– WHAT HATH J LO HEW WROUGHT? Men are now…deep breath…PE-JAZZLING. (New York Times)

– This is a fascinating piece about Kanye and Jay-Z. (The Atlantic)

– You surely want to see shots of them filming Les Mis, right? I am a little excited about that movie. Even though I have REAL REAL ISSUES with the Anne Hathaway casting. (Lainey Gossip)

– OMG. Burger King is testing a bacon sundae. I love bacon, but STOP THE MADNESS. (Time)

– Jennifer Lawrence is great. From this interview: ” I don’t really care about clothes, to be honest. I mean, when I’m on red carpets I’ve started to become more vocal about the things that I want to wear just because it’s better to look at photographs later and like the dress I was wearing, rather than see myself wearing something I was told to wear and which I hate,” and, even better, “I loved working with both Josh and Liam, but as far as Katniss is concerned, I think that with all she has going on, the very bottom of her priorities list is the question of who her next boyfriend is going to be.” Amen, sister. (Celebitchy)

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