FASHION WEEK BLIZZARD EXCITEMENT! While those of us on the East Coast wait to find out if we’ll still have toes on Valentine’s Day, ENJOY:
– Guess who we saw at BCBG? Some total random from Smash that NO ONE recognized” Poor thing. Alexa Lee Joel DID wax poetic about Justin Timberlake, though. She’s really cute. (The Cut)
– This is awesome: Threaded takes a look back at the Hypercolor t-shirt– and how they bankrupted Generra. (Smithsonian)
– A look at Grand Central Station on its 100th birthday. (NY Daily News)
– You need to see Pacey and Diane Kruger at a soccer game. I love what a sports fan she is. (Celebitchy)
– Vulture took a truly interesting look at the politics of Hollywood parking spots. Harrison Ford insists on parking with the crew; Frankie Muniz is a douche. (Vulture)
– You’ve heard about CBS’s uptight new Grammy dress code, yes? Fashionista put together a sideshow of crazy past outfits that totally flout it. (Fashionista)
– Flavorwire put together a Valentine’s Day Gift Guide for your perusal. (Flavorwire)
– We NEED to talk about who should be cast as Young Han Solo in the new JJ Abrams Star Wars movie. (Lainey.)
– Barbie is selling her Malibu dreamhouse for a mere $25 million. (Refinery29)
– For your future karaoke reference: The lyrics to the hit song from The Rural Juror. (Vulture)
– The Guardian live-blogged the press conference where they announced that the skeleton found under a car park was, in fact, that of Richard III. (Guardian)
– Now they’re saying that Mary Ingalls was NOT blinded by scarlet fever, but in fact something else. My entire life is a lie. (The Cut)
– Dolce & Gabbana have released a perfume for babies. SO MUCH HEADDESK. (Time)
Comments (28):
I think a movie about Han Solo would be amazing. Garrett Hedlund pops into my mind as a good candidate. He’s not unknown, but not huge either. I just know I don’t want it to be a Hemsworth.
I read years ago that they thought Mary’s blindness was caused by some sort of aneurism or even a mild stroke. Not sure who drew that conclusion, nor from what evidence, but it does make more sense than the Scarlet Fever explanation. I have also read that the book Laura originally wrote (which I think was called Pioneer Girl) was much more truthful than the somewhat fictionalized Little House books. Things like, Jack didn’t die when they lived on Plum Creek, because Jack never LIVED on Plum Creek, and they actually had another family living with them during the Hard Winter. I have always wished someone would tidy it up and let it be published–I think it would be fascinating to compare the two accounts.
http://pioneergirlproject.org/about/
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s original manuscript WILL be published this spring, complete with annotations!
Yay! Thanks, Jennifer–great news!! I can’t wait!
Sorry, I can’t blame the Grammy’s for spelling out what is/isn’t acceptable attire. It’s not prudish to tell those like GaGa, JLo, etc. that they don’t want to have their event used as an exhibitionist attention-getting opportunity.
Love the idea of Garrett Hedlund as Han Solo (please, not cardboard-like Taylor Lautner!).
Yeah, but it’s the GRAMMYS, It’s not a state dinner. The Grammys by nature are an exhibitionist attention-getting opportunity.
Alexa Ray Joel or Katie Lee Joel? I would imagine the former is the cute one.
I’ve actually seen it asserted, though I can’t remember where, that what actually blinded Mary was a stroke she had in conjunction with whatever the disease was (meningitis?). I’m not sure how they know that, though.
Think the hotlink on the parking article is boogered.
Considering how many people tune in to the Grammys *just* to see the outrageous/scandalous attire , they’re kind of shooting themselves in the foot. JLo’s famous/infamous green dress made headlines for weeks afterwards.
Yes, there’s merit in trying to make the focus be on the MUSIC, but like it or no, people love seeing artists in crazy outfits. And besides! Crazy outfits have been part of music for decades. Once again, the Grammys just don’t get it.
The Vulture link is broken.
Here’s a working link.
Ladies, I love you, I love this feature, I’m very glad you are currently in my city enjoying the snow, BUT it’s Grand Central Terminal. Train lines begin and end at GCT, but don’t pass through. It’s a very specific type of railroad building. Grand Central Station refers to either the subway station or the post office. Sorry, big pet peeve.
This comment confuses me. It seems like you’re a New Yorker, but if that’s so, you’d be the only person in my city that wasn’t either writing an overly fact-checked NYT article or both working for a transit /government agency AND correcting himself or herself hastily (most don’t bother) that I’ve ever witnessed calling it Grand Central Terminal. Everyone calls it Grand Central, Grand Central Station if they’re being fancy or have an extra second. If this is your pet peeve, you must get peeved an awful lot. Not trying to snark, it just is. The cabbies would back me up on this. Trust.
I’ve been wondering who owns New York City these days – thanks for clearing it up, hfree!
Thanks SO MUCH for the “Rural Juror” lyrics! If only they had a copy available on iTunes…
“Flout” not “flaunt.”
Assuming the “it” in question is the dress code, and not one’s lady-bits. If you mean the latter, carry on.
I can’t quite understand the Grammy article. It read as snarky, but the clothes shown weren’t outfits I would ever want to see again.
How about Taylor Kitsch for young Solo? It’s hard too imagine anyone as cool as Harrison Ford, though, in that role.
Ah, Tim Riggins as Han Solo. I’d watch that movie.
My thought as well! He’d be amazing.
Oooh, I haven’t thought of Tim Riggins. I DID think of Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) however. Casting young Han has been a hot topic of discussion among my friends. We take these things very seriously. If Nathan Fillion were in his Firefly glory, this wouldn’t even be a contest.
First the Grammys treat wife-beater Chris Brown like some kind of returning war hero, and now they’re waging war on women’s (because none of those rules really apply to men) scandalous but memorable dresses?
1955 called. They want their moral crusades back.
The Movie about young Han Solo is not the same movie that JJ Abrams is directing. Young Han Solo rumors consider a totally separate SW spin-off movie.
That article about parking hierarchy is a fun read, but the concept drives me nuts! Thank God I’m not an actor!
Alas, the “bleeding heart” design that captured your interest at the Project Runway shows is far from a unique idea. I had a Threadless t-shirt with a very similar design that I took to wearing around after a bad breakup in 2007.
I have to agree with Lainey’s staff that the problem with the Grammy’s dress code isn’t that it’s about forcing women to cover up – it’s the implication that female nudity is scandalous when apparently having a charged domestic abuser on your stage is not. And that’s not getting into the issue of the automatic assertion that female bodies are sexualized by their very nature or that female sexuality needs controlled. (As the slideshow pointed out, partial nudity on men is just fine.)
The article on parking spots is both hilarious and horrifying in regards to how revealing it is. God, I can’t imagine having so much money that I can afford to be that attached from the rest of reality.
The Dolce and Gabbana Perfume for babies, while being an idiotic idea, is certainly not a new one. Bvlgari has had their Petits et Mamans perfume for over 15 years.