Happy Super Bowl weekend! If you’re watching the game, I hope you have a blast. We’re going to be hosting a live chat for Drinks With Broads as a perk for paid subscribers, so please join us if that sounds fun.
In fact, Monday’s issue of Drinks With Broads marked the newsletter’s second anniversary and we’re so grateful for everyone who has chosen to hang out with us there. Our paid subscribers are literally making it possible for us to continue to write professionally and independently; thank you so so much. (The current media ad market is grim at the moment; spare a thought for all small websites right now.) If you want to get in on the fun in time for the Oscars live chat — and our upcoming White Lotus recaps, plus biweekly Severance coverage and more!! — you can become a paid subscriber here.
We had a big week here at GFY! Obviously, Monday had a ton of Grammys coverage, so if you missed any of the red carpet, you can catch up here. We also rounded up a bunch of little treats you might want to buy if you are sad for some reason. At DWB, we had a rollicking live chat at Drinks With Broads, and then wrapped up the highs and lows of the show, if you didn’t get around to watching it — or even if you did! In yesterday’s edition, I was enraged by a cookbook and Heather took on Paradise.
AND FINALLY: We are having intermittent issues with slideshows! We fix one, a new one pops up! It’s really an experience. This old website is like an junker of a car sometimes! Thanks for still riding with us even if the wheel falls off occasionally. We’re working on fixing it and it might be fixed now; if you run into something kooky, trying clearing your cache but if that doesn’t work, know that we are tinkering with it.
Okay! Elsewhere:
– I loved this piece about Busby Berkeley! [Messy Nessy Chic]
– Yes, I looked at all 132 puppies about to be featured in the Puppy Bowl.
– Here’s a great piece about the resurgence of ’80s and ’90s vintage on the red carpet. [Whatever, Nevermind]
– This is a thoughtful and interesting piece about Angelina Jolie’s recent appearance at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. [Lainey]
– Town & Country is helping you plan a luxury safari, one of my personal favorite theoretical vacations.
– This is really interesting from Lainey, about the new Simple Favor film, and also, to reiterate: Don’t believe everything you read on the internet/hear on TikTok, because PEOPLE JUST MAKE RANDOM SHIT UP.Â
– I have no doubt: Jesse Eisenberg Unfriended Mark Zuckerberg a Long Time Ago [VF]
– Via Pajiba: Harrison Ford Doesn’t Care That You Didn’t See the New ‘Indiana Jones’. I actually did see it — in the theater! — and really liked it.
– This feels about right: Eerie Light Haunts a Southern Town. It May Come From Under the Earth. Why not! [NYT, gifted link]
– I love this house! [House & Garden UK]
– Entertaining: The 9 Best Board Games for Food Enthusiasts [Eater]
– I really enjoyed this piece on successful hostessing, from The Stripe. A larger ice bucket like this one has really improved my game.
–The NYT asks, Did You Know the N.F.L. Has a Fashion Editor? I did not! [gifted link]
– This headline feels so real: Oscars 2025 Best Picture Nominees, Ranked by How Much They’ll Bum You Out. [Consequence]
– Eh, let it. From Smithsonian: Astronomers Raise Odds of Asteroid Impact in 2032 to 2.3 Percent—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic.
– I am drinking some now: How Coffee Fueled US Troops During World War II. [History]
– Art authentication fight!!!! [Hyperallergic]
