Fug File: Fugs and Pieces

Fugs and Pieces, May 17th, 2013


Have a great weekend, y’all! And while you’re waiting for it to start:

– This week marks the 15th anniversary of the Seinfeld finale. Vulture celebrates with a round-up of all of Kramer’s jobs. (Vulture)

– Also: Mental Floss asks you to match Seinfeld‘s famous guest stars to the character they played. 90%! I am ashamed it wasn’t 100%. (Mental Floss)

– Did you enjoy the original Television Without Pity? (We sure did; it’s the entire reason Heather and I met, as we were coworkers there waaaaaay back in the good old days.) The brilliant minds behind TWoP: Original Flavor have a new site called Previously.TV and you should read it. (Previously.TV)

–YES. EW has complied ALL of Stefon’s Hottest Clubs in New York. DON’T LEAVE ME STEFON. (EW)

– The Diddy Joins Downton Abbey thing IS pretty funny. “I KNEW you could walk!” (Refinery29)

– David Beckham retires. From professional soccer, but not from hotness. (Lainey)

– Speaking of, here’s Prince Harry playing polo on the last day of his US tour. (Celebitchy)

– Let’s look at sketches of floor plans from famous TV homes. (Paste)

– Vulture talks to Scandal‘s Bellamy Young and she is a delight. (Vulture)

NPR has gotten into bee-keeping. (Washington City Paper)

– I desperately want one of you to buy and wear this cat bikini. (Cosmo)

This is awesome: Authors’ handwritten outlines for their work. You think Rowling’s grid for Order of the Phoenix is impressive — which it is — wait until you see the one for Catch-22. (Flavorwire)

Take a looksee at Sterling Cooper’s ad portfolio. It’s not as good as you want it to be. (Business Insider)

– I think you’ll enjoy Etymological Origins of Words Related to Insults. (The Hairpin)

– Apparently, Taco Bell’s Waffle Tacos are not catching on as well as their Doritos Tacos. To which I say: duh. And yet I still kind of want one. (Time)

– Finally, the Annual Doodle Day auction — where celebs draw, and we buy, and the benefits go to the NF Network, a charity providing support for those affected by Neurofibromatosis via advocacy, education and coalitions, as well as supporting research for treatments and a cure — is up and running! It’s a great cause, and we urge you to check it out! (eBay)

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Fugs and Pieces, May 10, 2013


Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! (Especially ours!) Please read and enjoy:

– You need to read this, at the Hollywood Reporter: $40,000-a-Night Escorts: Secrets of the Cannes Call Girls. Yes. Exactly. (THR)

– Vulture put together The Ultimate Don Draper Pitch, in a piece I like to call OMG First Season Jon Hamm Is SOOOOOOOOOO Good-Looking. (Vulture)

– Exhibit L in the series The Internet Is So Weird (In a Good Way): Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal. (Gosloving)

Rick Moranis is back! This is great news, and timely, since I just watched Ghostbusters this weekend. Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you! (Vulture)

– Over at the Cut, Rebecca Harrington has done a great series of really brilliant and funny articles where she goes on the crazy diets endorsed by celebrities — I’ve linked to them before. This week: GOOP gets it. (The Cut)

This weekend is the 20th birthday of DONNA MARTIN GRADUATES. Vulture talks to Tori Spelling. (Vulture)

– Lainey and I agree that if the story about the Hemsworths intervening with Liam to dump Miley is true, we are kind of Team Miley. (Although I find the story about an actual anti-Miley intervention to be hilarious, theoretically. I like to think they had a PowerPoint, and it was ALL pictures from The Last Song.) (Lainey)

Let’s look at some May brides throughout Royal History, shall we? (The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor)

Beyonce’s rider demands hand-carved ice balls. (Allegedly.) “Hand-Carved Ice Balls” is also the name of my new band. We are TOUGH. (Celebitchy)

A 105 year-old woman claims bacon is the secret to her long life. TELL ME MORE. (Time)

– Cosmo — brilliantly –ranks Carrie Bradshaw’s boyfriends. Do not get me started on how much I still want to slap Berger. (Cosmo)

The Saul Bass Google Doodle is basically the best thing ever. Seriously. (Slate)

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Fugs and Pieces, May 3, 2013


I hope you’re resting up, because Monday is the Met Ball, which always brings SHENANIGANS and INSANITY, just the way we like it. We will be covering the arrivals livestream (on Vogue.com) for The Cut starting at 7pm Eastern time. (I’ll throw a link up on Monday as well.) Cross your fingers that someone reads that the theme is PUNK (which it is) and decides to really GO FOR IT. Until then:

– I don’t think I need to say any more than the title of this article: Terrifying Vintage Workplace Safety Posters From the Netherlands. (Flavorwire)

– You really want to see this piece in the Telegraph. I almost don’t want to spoil it, except say that it’s awesome and paintings and historical figures are involved. (Telegraph)

– Vulture takes on the important stuff: Whose Butts Have We Seen on Game of Thrones?

– Pajiba lists the 12 Most Anticipated Anti-Blockbuster Movies of the Summer Blockbuster Season.

I love Mariah Carey for remarrying Nick Cannon every year AND PUTTING IT ON VINE. She is a fluffy treasure. (Those kids are adorable.) (Lainey)

– You probably want to read about the (fictional…FOR NOW) League of Their Own musical. (Vulture)

Goodreads is hosting a game of Exquisite Corpse and we contributed to it — along with a bunch of seriously awesome authors like Sarah Dessen and Jennifer Egan. (Goodreads)

– If you haven’t seen the Reese Witherspoon arrest footage, you probably should watch it. She is going full Tracy Flick, and makes for one sassy drunk lady. (Although, seriously, don’t drink and drive, y’all. Also, it’s generally not advisable to sass a cop.) (Celebitchy)

New Zealand updated their list of Banned Baby Names, including such delights as “Lucifer,” “Christ,” “89,” and “*.” (Time)

– There was some escandalo at the contest determining who does the World’s Fastest Set of Acrylic Sculptured Nails in Pasadena recently. One could even say…THE CLAWS WERE OUT. (LA Weekly)

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Fugs and Pieces, April 26 2013


I’m tired. Read this stuff:

Along with Chaz Ebert, Roger’s widow, SWINTON led a Dance Along at Ebertfest this year. To Barry White. It is A DELIGHT. (Vimeo; so, video.)

– This is a fab and EXHAUSTIVE piece ranking all of the guest stars of The Good Wife. (Buzzfeed)

– This is a fascinating piece about the linguist who invented all the made-up languages in Game of Thrones (and linguists who do that in general). People are smart. (Vulture)

– Speaking of, BookRiot helps you pick your potential future husband from YA Fantasy novels. NEVILLE! I WANT NEVILLE. Or Ron. But I don’t want Hermione as an enemy. (Bookriot)

– My sweet lord, that Harper Beckham is adorable. And Becks is VERY cute with her. I can’t take it.(Lainey Gossip)

– Here are 25 Vintage Photos of Librarians Being Awesome. (Flavorwire)

–You’ve probably seen this Buzzfeed post about what happens if you text your parents pretending to be a drug dealer, but it’s pretty funny. I enjoy the parent who used the word “ganja.” PS: Don’t deal drugs. (Buzzfeed)

– I long for this to happen: Winona Ryder is ‘secretly plotting’ to get Johnny Depp back: Wino forever? (Celebitchy)

– The AV Club explores a magical Tumblr marrying Justin Bieber and Game of Thrones‘ King Joffrey. (AV Club)

– The wonderful author E.L. Konigsburg died last week, and I loved this tribute at The Frisky: 10 Life Lessons From The Book From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. (The Frisky)

– In a week full of good headlines, I might like this one the best: Samurai Sword-Wielding Mormon Bishop Saves Neighbor. (Time)

– Los Angeles magazine has a great story this past month about a VERY scandalous murder that happened in the LA suburbs in the 50s and has been almost forgotten. (Los Angeles)

– OMG. This artist has been drawing on his kids’ lunch bags every day since 2008. They are AWESOME. (Colossal)

Eater’s Top Chef recapper went on a Top Chef cruise, and it sounds intense. Although the article is great, and also surprisingly kind of touching. (Eater)

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Fugs and Pieces, April 19th, 2012


Where to begin with this week? As a friend of mine said on Facebook, when an Elvis impersonator sends Obama poison in the mail and it gets almost no news coverage, you know things are really bad. Everyone please stay safe out there — from Waco to Boston, we are thinking of you guys. If you need to be distracted from the news of the day, I present the following:

– Heather and I are appearing at the LA Times Festival of Books THIS SUNDAY, on the YA Stage, at 10:30. Our panel is called Modern Cinderella Stories, and we’re also appearing with YA Author Abby McDonald and playwriter/novelist Paul Rudnick. We’ll be signing books afterwards, so come out and see us and then spend the rest of the day at the Festival of Books, which is a really wonderful event.

Jon Hamm explains sculpture on Sesame Street. This did make me feel better this week. Hamm helps most things. (Paper)

Here’s Prince Harry. Prince Harry might help? (Lainey)

– And here’s SWINTON looking SWINTON-y in a blanket, basically, walking around New York and being SWINTON. SWINTON totally helps soothe a ruffled brow. (Celebitchy)

Therapy dogs have arrived in Boston to help those injured in the bombings. I want to pet them. (Time)

The Ann Curry Today Show story continues. I thought Ann Curry was just awful on Today, and I am still totally Team Curry with regards to all this. It’s awfully juicy. (Vulture)

– Speaking of morning shows, Ryan “Sex Idiot” Lochte was so delightfully dim doing a press junket for WWRLD? that he literally made a Philadelphia morning show anchor laugh her false lashes off. I applaud these two for having the most honest on-screen reaction to Lochte ever. (Jezebel)

– Hey, if you’re frustrated with how things are going on Earth right now, scientists have found two planets we might be able to live on. Sure, it’ll take us thousands of light years to get there, but…. (New York Times)

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Fugs and Pieces, April 12 2013


And thus the longest week ever draws to a close. One of the reasons I think it felt so long is that we had a lot going on, MOST IMPORTANTLY the crowning of a new Fug Madness champion. If you have not treated yourself to this year’s One Fugging Moment video, there is no better way to close the week.

– Are you planning on attending the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books? Heather and I will be appearing on the YA Stage on Sunday, April 21st at 10:30! Come out and say hello.

– Apparently, aggressive gangs of pickpockets have taken over the Louvre. This is going to make an amazing subplot in Les Miserables 2: Mo’ Miserables. (Time)

– I love this blog about Jessica Fletcher’s fashion on Murder She Wrote.  Jessica Fletcher was elegant AND SMART.  (Mrs Fletcher’s Closet)

I’m pleased as punch that one of the new Arrested Development posters features my very favorite moment from the show. (That Lucille took her medication’s warning label not to mix it with booze as a “suggestive winky face.”) (Refinery29)

– Thanks to all of you who sent this in, because it’s terrific: Collectors Weekly visited the warehouse belonging to Joseff of Hollywood, a jeweler who created some of the most iconic pieces in film history. (Collectors Weekly)

– I just can’t stop giggling about this headline and I don’t know why: Avril Lavigne on her wedding to Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger: it will be ‘spectacular’. I HOPE SO. (Celebitchy)

– Here’s your weekly Benedict Cumberbatch with bonus Martin Freeman. (Lainey)

– You probably want to see the new trailer for the Michael Douglas/Matt Damon Liberace movie. (Deadline)

This is a great interview with Molly Ringwald, in which her daughter shows great wisdom and announces she is Team Duckie. (Vulture)

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