Let’s do this:
– WHY is Brad Pitt doing this to his hair, again? Does he not realize that he has a RESPONSIBILITY TO THE WORLD to maintain his hotness? WE NEED IT IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES. I thought he was supposed to be a humanitarian. (Lainey)
– You are probably interested in the history of time-travel in literature. (Flavorwire)
– This is the funniest story I’ve read all day. Allow me to just tantalize you with the headline: “Kris Humphries threatening to expose Kim Kardashian’s butt as a padded fake.” NOOOOOO! NOT THE BUTT! NOT HER PRECIOUS BUTT. I can’t wait for that People cover. (Celebitchy)
– This is awesome — and surprisingly hard, even thought I watched both. I present to you: “Was It ‘Survivor,’ Or Was It The Presidential Debate?” (NPR)
– A dude is suing a spa for kicking him out after he complained about the quality of their complimentary breakfast. I think that happened to George Costanza once. (NY Daily News)
– This history of pantyhose ads is pretty groovy. (Slate)
– This is a fascinating story about Lou Gehrig, Kurt Russell’s dad, and a baseball bat. (The Postgame)
– YA author Leila Sales gets every misdirected text to “Leila” that Verizon sends. Obviously, she’s started a blog about them. This is WAY WORSE than the fact that I regularly deal with Another Jessica Morgan who is so clueless about her own email address that I once got a copy of her income taxes, and was also forced to go into her Match.com account — easy, when all her email is being sent to you — and write, “I DON’T KNOW MY OWN EMAIL ADDRESS” under interests. (Gizmodo)
– Why why why can’t I buy some of these Alternative Ghostbusters posters as prints? WHY? (How to be a Retronaut)
– Theadora Van Runkle, who designed the costumes for Bonnie and Clyde, among other films, died recently. Her obit’s final lines are a good motto for life. (NY Times)
– Did you know there’s a secret train platform under the Waldorf-Astoria? It’s awesome. (Gothamist)
– The French built an entire FAKE PARIS to fake out the Germans (literally) in WWI. That is ALSO awesome. (Time)
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Fugs and Pieces, November 18th
Hope the Americans in the audience are airing out their stretchy pants in honor of next week’s Thanksgiving holiday. I don’t know about y’all, but I have a lot of silver to polish before my grandma gets here. While we’re slaving away, please enjoy the following:
– Los Angelenos! Heather and I will be moderating a brief Q&A with Mandi Line — the awesome costume designer over at Pretty Little Liars — before a PLL-themed fashion show at Macy’s on December 3rd. Come on out!
– Readers! SPOILED is up for a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction of 2011. We are so excited and flattered! Please vote for us! (Or any of the other awesome books that are up for the award, since we are in extremely good company.)
– You definitely want to read this piece about Paul Newman and how hot and awesome he was. (The Hairpin)
– While we’re on the topic of hot and awesome, here are some pictures of Timothy Olyphant and Jon Hamm. (Lainey)
– Speaking of old movie stars, and people who are good-looking, how fascinating is it that they’re re-opened the Natalie Wood murder investigation? (Celebitchy)
– A bunch of kids at St Mary’s College in Maryland have been forced by mold to move…into a cruise ship. You guys, there is an ABC Family movie in there somewhere, I can just feel it. (NY Times)
– Vulture compares the rival Snow White movies heading our way, and linking to this allows me state in a public forum that I think Julia Roberts looks so unbearably terrible in hers that I might do someone some physical harm. You can look forward to at least a year of me harping on it. ENJOY! (Vulture)
– I’m so sure you’re going to enjoy this article about the science of sarcasm. No, that was actually serious. (Smithsonian)
– Have you voted in the Tournament of Muppets yet? (National Post)
– Oooh, Canada’s new $100 bill is FANCY. (Time)
– Speaking of fancy, let’s look at fancy holiday windows of fancy department stores! (The Cut)
– Speaking of the holidays, if you love me, you’ll get me one of these vintage cocktail books. (Flavorwire)
– It is insane to me that all these people camped out for the Twilight premiere, but I want to buy a cocktail for whomever decided to accessorize their Edward stand-up with a candy necklace. (Grantland)
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