Welcome to the Thunderdome! (I dunno. I just felt like typing the word “Thunderdome.” Also I think we live in one now.) Hope everyone is getting along as best they can out there. Big news: The SAGs are this Sunday. We will naturally be hosting a live chat at Drinks With Broads and would love to see you there. If you’re the sort of person who dips in and out for a month or two at a time, this is probably a wise time to dip in because we’ve got a lot of recaps running and we’re in the heart of awards season. There’s also a group rate going right now, where if at least three people subscribe as a group for a year, you each get $10 off the yearly price. So grab your friends! (This Substack page describes how group subs work.) Obviously, we will also have complete red carpet coverage here on Monday.
Speaking of, this week:
– Our White Lotus recaps have BEGUN! I can’t wait for the episode where Vanity Fair writes an article that’s like, “The five star luxury hotel chain…with a MURDER problem” and we cut to a new character: The hotel’s VP of communications. SHE’S STRESSED.
– You got a fresh Severance recap, complete with melon head (not a euphemism). (But perhaps a metaphor?)
– We ranked the Bridget Jones movies and went shopping at Gatorland. I almost bought a ridiculous teapot.
– We tackled the Ana de Armas/Tom Cruise rumors, checked in on The Traitors, and the new Legally Blonde, and played a little Severance game.
– Here at GFY, we all shared what we’re reading!
And, elsewhere:
– Lainey doesn’t think the Biebers are breaking up and honestly neither do I.
– J.Crew has done a collab with The New Yorker, and regrettably I want much of it (obviously the tote bag because my appetite for totes will never be satisfied). They need to make this Talk of the Town t-shirt in adult sizes. Also, this blazer — not New Yorker related — is on big sale and I want it but I do not need a blazer. Apparently I always want a blazer or a tote. [affiliate link]
– The NYT rounds up The 25 Shoes and Bags That Transformed Fashion. [gifted link]
– Pajiba reports DC’s Most Interesting Film Project Just Lost Its Star.
– The Stripe has a great round-up of Black-owned businesses and artists to shop.
– Second Story is one of my favorite new publications and I loved this issue: The prewar floorplan fantasy. Let’s look at some classic Manhattan apartment floorplans!! It’s so interesting.
– This is funny: The Lorne Michaels Book-Event Thread Is the Reply-All Disaster We Need
– If all goes well, I will be heading off on a delayed honeymoon/milestone birthday trip this May and that means one thing: Pretending I need new clothes/shoes/totes (AGAIN) for this. In all sincerity, I might need new cute sneakers. I’m considering these? [affiliate link]
– I bitched about this in general at DWB this week, but once more with feeling: I have major reboot fatigue. At Socialite Life: A White Collar reboot with Matt Bomer is being shopped to networks. (This show — which I always really enjoyed during its original run — doesn’t work without Willie Garson, to my mind?)
– If I win the Lotto — and maybe even if not — I am buying this lamp that looks like my dog. [affiliate link]
– Super interesting and very logistics-y at The Squawk: Blake Lively’s wardrobe and what’s “normal”
– Saturday is National Margarita Day — should be a federal holiday!!! — and of course I spent a lot of time perusing this Reddit thread: What is everyone’s absolute classic, go-to margarita recipe?
– Our friends at Whatever, Nevermind talked to the costume designer behind the new Bridget Jones movie.
– Eater takes on The State of Date Night Dining. It’s very interesting. A lot of people are doing “date night” at home now, it seems. (I am not. I like to go out! But “out” IS expensive. [A lot of my outings are cheap though.])
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