Bearing in mind that this was a breakfast event, I was SURE someone was going to show up in a cocktail dress. But Power Women did not get to be Power Women by being dummies — almost all of these ladies wore something daytime appropriate. Although some of them HAD to be chilly; it was cold this morning in Los Angeles. Buy a power cardigan, you guys! I’m worried about all of you catching a cold.
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Don’t bother me, I’m working on our Gift Guide (coming your way next week). Until then:
– Are these New York’s 100 Most Important Living Writers? (Flavorwire)
– This is a really interesting article about what NFL training camp is like when you are NOT a star rookie — and may not even make the team — and the tough life of an undrafted free agent. (The New York Times Magazine)
– Speaking of sports, “Andrew Bynum and the Meaning of NBA Hair” is a great read from — (Grantland)
– PLEASE BUY SOME OF YOKO ONO’S NEW MENSWEAR FOR YOUR BOYFRIEND. (The Cut)
– Ooh, I love it when the list of the year’s most popular baby names comes out. That one isn’t the one that comes out from Social Security, but it will sate our cravings. FOR NOW. (Time)
– Do you like codes, ciphers, and secret societies? Then read this. (Wired)
– Look at some charming photos of Chris Hemsworth. (Celebitchy)
– Maybe you’re more in the mood for Joseph Gordon-Levitt (and his Marvel Comics/Batman prospects)? (Lainey)
– Cee-lo’s Christmas song is ably backed up by THE MUPPETS. YES. (Mashable)
– Longform curated six of Playboy’s best interviews, from Sinatra to Nabokov. (Slate)
– ABC News got security cam footage of a dude realizing that he won the Powerball — allegedly — and while he freaked out, I would have freaked out MORE. I would have knocked over that entire stand of oranges! (Gawker)
I can’t pay attention to you right now. My big rivalry game is tomorrow. I have incantations to perform. Here, read this:
– The Hollywood Reporter’s review of Liz and Dick makes me SO EXCITED for it, Fug Nation! Allow me to quote! The movie is: “spectacularly bad,” “half train wreck, half SNL skit,” “Both an awful mess and an instant classic of unintentional hilarity,” and, finally, “it gets worse as it goes on, so in the right company with the right beverages, Liz & Dick could be unbearably hilarious toward the tail end of the 90-minute running time.” FUG NATION, I CAN’T WAIT.
– I love it when The Guardian takes on movie trailers — their piece about Hathaway’s accent in One Day is one of my favorite things ever — and this look at the new Miley Cyrus movie…is a must read. That movie ALSO looks like a GFY EVENT. (The Guardian)
– The Colbert Report’s take on the Petraeus affair is amazing. Susan Lucci is involved. (Colbert Nation — video, obviously)
– Also video and also amazing: the dudes on ESPN’s NFL Kickoff dropped quotes from The Princess Bride into all of last week’s show. Clearly intentionally, but WHY? Maybe just to be awesome. (Jezebel)
– The formula for being Sexiest Man Alive. (Time)
– David Beckham and Harper Seven blowing bubbles. I CAN NOT WITH THESE TWO. (Lainey)
– LOOK AT ALL THESE BOOKCASES! (Flavorwire)
– Speaking of books, ALLEGEDLY, the failure of Pippa Middleton’s party planning book is totally embarrassing to Wills and Kate. I am sure Wills and Kate just feel bad that poor Pippa wrote a book that includes such revelatory suggestions as, “consider serving a turkey at Christmas.” Poor, poor Pippa. (Celebitchy)
– In which Ann M. Martin names her 10 favorite Baby-sitters Club books. The list includes my personal favorite, Boy Crazy Stacey. (Entertainment Weekly)
– Oh my god. In Tokyo, there is a company that makes tiny action figures of YOU. I mean, not you personally in secret for some nefarious purpose. I mean, if you want one, you pay them and they make them and they are AWESOME. (Smithsonian)
Thanksgiving is in less than two weeks, Americans. I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR YAM RECIPES READY (I don’t, but only because I’m not making yams because I don’t like them DEAL WITH IT). While you quietly panic, maybe this will soothe you:
– Beckham’s new underwear ads for H&M. ENJOY THEM. (HuffPo)
– You need to see this bad-ass nine year old Pee Wee football quarterback. Oh, did I mention, this bad-ass is a little girl? She rules. (Jezebel)
– Speaking of quarterbacks, Grantland hacks Tim Tebow’s Gmail, with hilarious results. (Note: not real.) (Grantland)
– So World War Z — the production of which has been apparently a nightmare for all and sundry, including Brat Pitt — also LOOKS like a disaster. (Lainey)
– Our friends at Girls of a Certain Age talk the best drugstore beauty products. I will let go of my beloved Maybellline Falsies approximately never. (Girls of a Certain Age)
– Lilo’s hired Rogers & Cowan for her PR now, and they apparently aren’t idiots because they pulled her out of that Barbara Walters interview she was doing. I mean, I am sad as a viewer of trainwrecks, but thank god someone is trying to figure out how to salvage this woman’s career. (Celebitchy)
– THEY FOUND A VAMPIRE BODY IN ENGLAND (not really. Just some poor dude they really wanted dead….OR WAS IT??) (Time)
– Let’s talk about the grumpiest authors ever. (Flavorwire)
– Go waste some time with the James Bond movie generator. (Slate)
– Speaking Bond, Vulture (brilliantly) talks to an actual economist about which Bond villain’s plans would actually have worked. (Vulture)
– Finally, earlier this week, Heather talked to The Admiration Society about all kinds of stuff, including Fashion Week. (The Admiration Society)
What a weird, upsetting week this has been. The juxtaposition of the merriment of Halloween with the devastation brought by Hurricane Sandy was, at the very least, tonally bizarre — and it is hard to concentrate on outfits when so much of the East Coast has been so devastated. As you guys know, Heather and I go to New York twice a year for Fashion Week, and it is one of my favorite cities in the entire world. We have friends and family there and some of them — some of YOU — are still without power and electricity. Parts of the East Coast literally aren’t there any more. It is devastating. As you know, on Tuesday morning we put together a quick and dirty post directing you to the American Red Cross, and other charities devoted to helping the victims of Sandy (like Team Rubicon) and I encourage you to check it out and help however you can. In addition to the Red Cross, which also desperately needs blood donations, check out and give to the Mayor’s Fund, Donor’s Choose is organizing a drive to aid schools impacted by the storm, and also please continue to list worthy causes in the comments of this here post. We will also continue to be tweeting about this @FugGirls. Stay safe and warm out there, everyone.
– New York‘s coverage of the storm has been amazing. This slideshow of Sandy is just….mind-boggling. (New York)
–The New York Times examines the code of the weatherman’s wardrobe. Hint: if he’s wearing a parka and up to his thighs in water, we are all screwed. (NYT)
– The time-lapse video of Sandy is pretty amazing, especially the moment where the power goes out. (Gawker)
– On a lighter note, Slate reviews a Clueless spin-off novel Cher and Cher Alike, and you should read all about it and cheer yourself up. (Slate)
– This is a fascinating and beautifully written article about the ad business in Dallas in the early 60s. Very Mad Men and I wish it were going to be a book. (D Magazine)
– In which Victoria’s Secret bails out the National Guard during Sandy. (Wired)
– Refinery29 does a round up some of of the heroes of Sandy. I am sure there are many, many more. There is something comforting about knowing famed NYT photographer Bill Cunningham is still out taking pictures of it all. (Refinery29)
– Did you see this video from the MTA of one of their flooded subway stations? The moment where you realize the lower track is completely under water — as in, you would need scuba gear to get to the platform — is simply chilling. (Gawker)
– Speaking of, they’re literally developing giant inflatable plugs to prevent the subways from flooding come the next big storm. The video of it being tested is fascinating. (Time)
– The Atlantic highlights some of the, er, highlights of the coverage of the fight for gender equality since 1859 (The Atlantic has been around for a long, long time). They include chunks from articles like 1859′s thoughtpiece, “Ought Women Learn the Alphabet?” (The Atlantic)
– Axl Rose really does seem totally CRACKBALLS now, but Lainey is right: November Rain is the best song ever (Lainey Gossip)
– Slate has an interesting article about what they’re calling “the voting shenanigans of yesteryear” in an Ohio county. (Slate)
– Continuing what is surely the most cheerful Fugs and Pieces in history, this month’s GQ has a fascinating story about a truck stop serial killer, written by a woman who was almost his victim. As a warning, this story is also disturbing, graphic and freaking terrifying. (GQ)
– Well. We all might feel better if we look at some pictures of Ewan McGregor. (Celebitchy)
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Fugs and Pieces, December 7 2012
I just learned that, although I thought I ordered FOUR packets of Peppermint Bark from Williams Sonoma, I ordered FORTY. Um. Does anyone want some Peppermint Bark? While I try to figure out what happened here, please enjoy:
– If you are a Parks and Recreation fan, you’ll want to see this fanvid in which the MURDER OF LIL’ SEBASTIAN is turned into a very disturbing movie. Sometimes I love the internet. (Uproxx)
– If I know you guys — and I do — I know you will want to see the new Star Trek trailer due to how very much Benedict Cumberbatch voice-over there is. He is totally one of the cast members of Phone Book, the movie Heather and I are going to make that is just people with good voices reading the phone book. “Cumberbatch. Sutherland. Freeman. PHONE BOOK.” (Celebitchy)
– Outfits inspired by books. And, in one case, made of them. (Flavorwire)
– Freaks and Geeks fans, you must read the Vanity Fair oral history thereof. The pictures alone are worth your time. (Vanity Fair)
– Grantland was on the set of last week’s Homeland. Can we all agree that Damian Lewis — an otherwise terrific actor — can NOT act against a Skyping terrorist on a Blackberry? (Grantland)
– Vulture takes a look back at the year in hate-watching. (Vulture)
– A dog rescue organization in New Zealand has taught some dogs to drive. YES, CARS. (Time)
– I was neutral on Lenny Kravitz until I saw the EPIC SIDE-EYE he’s giving to Demi Moore in these pictures from Art Basel. Now I want to go to brunch with him and talk smack about people. (Lainey)
– Better take this quiz to find out which Wakefield twin you actually are. (Buzzfeed)
– The history of the Little Black Dress. (Refinery29)
– One of the most interesting things I read last week: What Thirteen People Wore to Their Interview With Anna Wintour. (The Cut)
– Is this the best hoodie in the world? (Slate)
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