A tough but important read: Hana Williams: The Tragic Death of an Ethiopian Adoptee and How It Could Happen Again
Authors Sarah Rees Brennan and Malinda Lo are saying important things about sexism and self-promotion at The Toast.
If you like holiday TV movies, make sure you bookmark Hallmark Channel's Christmas page. (I highly recommend catching a rerun of Snow Bride. It was adorable.)
Everything's coming up Wahlbergs: TVGN's doing a New Kids on the Block cruise reality show and A&E's doing a Wahlburgers restaurant reality show.
Watch Sherlock reimagined as the Friends opening, because why not?
The Beatles: Ringo Starr's Never-Before-Seen Photos of the Fab Four
Who Made Movie Popcorn?
Confessions of a Booker Prize Judge
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Morning Coffee (11/12/13)
This Ariel Levy essay is beautiful and devastating.
Ooh: Literary hotels
The CW has given full seasons to all its new show. I am thrilled about one, happy about another, and the third made me make a lot of faces. You figure it out! (It's not hard.)
Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA uniforms for 2014 Winter Olympics
I am all in favor of the dry cider renaissance.
21 Reasons to Be Thrilled It's Finally Almost Winter
Richard Curtis's appreciation of White Christmas is spot on.
Mirrors finally bring winter sun to Rjukan in Norway
Ooh: Literary hotels
The CW has given full seasons to all its new show. I am thrilled about one, happy about another, and the third made me make a lot of faces. You figure it out! (It's not hard.)
Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA uniforms for 2014 Winter Olympics
I am all in favor of the dry cider renaissance.
21 Reasons to Be Thrilled It's Finally Almost Winter
Richard Curtis's appreciation of White Christmas is spot on.
Mirrors finally bring winter sun to Rjukan in Norway
Monday, November 11, 2013
Morning Coffee (11/11/13)
Monday already?
The USPS made a deal to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays to certain cities. As long as they have people who don't mind working Sundays, that sounds like a win-win. God knows the post office could use the business.
I love The Sound of Music, but this is hilarious anyway: A Complete Curmudgeon's Guide To 'The Sound Of Music'
Amazing headline: J.J. Abrams' Mystery Book 'S.' Enrages Librarians (But really. All those tiny pieces. Virtually impossible to circulate intact.)
If you'd like to get your Monday off to a bittersweet, teary start, Yarn Harlot is here for you: Maybe it was Allergies
I love soup season.
I also love a fancy cocktail as much as the next girl, but a pizza cocktail? No. Just no.
Does Christmas shopping start earlier every year? Actually no. (Warning: I cited this at a party the other night, because I thought the historical aspect was fascinating, and I was told I was simply wrong. So. People are very attached to inaccurate claims that make them feel superior. Also water is wet.)
Amazing: 'Superheroes' nab attacker in Musselburgh Tesco
The USPS made a deal to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays to certain cities. As long as they have people who don't mind working Sundays, that sounds like a win-win. God knows the post office could use the business.
I love The Sound of Music, but this is hilarious anyway: A Complete Curmudgeon's Guide To 'The Sound Of Music'
Amazing headline: J.J. Abrams' Mystery Book 'S.' Enrages Librarians (But really. All those tiny pieces. Virtually impossible to circulate intact.)
If you'd like to get your Monday off to a bittersweet, teary start, Yarn Harlot is here for you: Maybe it was Allergies
I love soup season.
I also love a fancy cocktail as much as the next girl, but a pizza cocktail? No. Just no.
Does Christmas shopping start earlier every year? Actually no. (Warning: I cited this at a party the other night, because I thought the historical aspect was fascinating, and I was told I was simply wrong. So. People are very attached to inaccurate claims that make them feel superior. Also water is wet.)
Amazing: 'Superheroes' nab attacker in Musselburgh Tesco
Friday, November 8, 2013
Morning Coffee (11/8/13)
Happy Friday!
Finally! The SiriusXM holiday stations have been announced!
PBS is airing the Neil Patrick Harris version of Company tonight. I saw it a few years ago and highly recommend it. Here's a taste.
The thoroughly delightful Hollywood Game Night is getting a holiday special.
Aww. For his 65th birthday, the Prince of Wales is guest editing an issue of Country Life magazine. That's kind of adorable.
Whoa: Disney and Netflix are teaming up for a bunch of Marvel shows.
I love this poster for the Psych musical.
Some Swedish cinemas are launching a new feminist rating system based on the Bechdel test.
Natalie Portman, like so many of us, was obsessed with The Baby-sitter's Club.
The Onion, but also true: Giant Burrito To Solve All Of Area Man’s Problems For 6 Precious Minutes
Finally! The SiriusXM holiday stations have been announced!
PBS is airing the Neil Patrick Harris version of Company tonight. I saw it a few years ago and highly recommend it. Here's a taste.
The thoroughly delightful Hollywood Game Night is getting a holiday special.
Aww. For his 65th birthday, the Prince of Wales is guest editing an issue of Country Life magazine. That's kind of adorable.
Whoa: Disney and Netflix are teaming up for a bunch of Marvel shows.
I love this poster for the Psych musical.
Some Swedish cinemas are launching a new feminist rating system based on the Bechdel test.
Natalie Portman, like so many of us, was obsessed with The Baby-sitter's Club.
The Onion, but also true: Giant Burrito To Solve All Of Area Man’s Problems For 6 Precious Minutes
Thursday, November 7, 2013
My Ten Essential Christmas Movies (UPDATE: Eleven!)
The old Love, Actually debate cropped up on my Twitter timeline this morning, which made me start a list of the movies I must watch each Christmas. There are plenty of others I like, or even love, but these are my top ten that make Christmas complete. (I think. I feel like I'm forgetting something. What am I forgetting?) The order is alphabetical; if it were by preference, White Christmas would be first, but after that I don't want to try to rank them. What are yours?
EDITED TO ADD: I can't believe I forgot You've Got Mail!
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
- Goodfellas
- The Holiday
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (The original. Don't come near me with that new abomination.)
- Little Women
- Love, Actually
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- The Nutcracker (Baryshnikov)
- White Christmas
EDITED TO ADD: I can't believe I forgot You've Got Mail!
Morning Coffee (11/7/13)
Emily Bazelon's piece about the Nazi anatomists is a difficult but essential read.
Wow: Tanning Salon Is Super Thankful Native Americans 'Brought Sexy Color'
Nice: Kraft is adding whole grains to and taking away yellow dye from its character mac and cheese.
In Marvel Comics, Ms Marvel returns as Muslim teen
Evelyn Waugh's brother may have invented the cocktail party.
How Does Beowulf Begin?
I had no idea people read and wrote so much in Iceland.
I also didn't know the NYPL publishes monthly lists of its most popular books, but it's fascinating.
Wow: Tanning Salon Is Super Thankful Native Americans 'Brought Sexy Color'
Nice: Kraft is adding whole grains to and taking away yellow dye from its character mac and cheese.
In Marvel Comics, Ms Marvel returns as Muslim teen
Evelyn Waugh's brother may have invented the cocktail party.
How Does Beowulf Begin?
I had no idea people read and wrote so much in Iceland.
I also didn't know the NYPL publishes monthly lists of its most popular books, but it's fascinating.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Morning Coffee (11/6/13)
Oh no: Corgis are becoming endangered.
This sort of thing is so frustrating and sad: Biracial Girl Changes Name from 'Keisha' to 'Kylie' Because of Bullies
Jason O'Mara is starring in Matt Nix's new pilot. I love when people I like work with other people I like. (I mean, I like their work. I have no opinion of either as people.)
Whoa: A 15th Century Cathedral Transformed into a Modern Bookstore
Check out this awesome concert style Gatsby t-shirt.
Need to know what wine to pair with your leftover Halloween candy? Here you go.
Alan Cumming is guest starring on Arthur!
Why Do People Think Nigella Lawson Hates Feminism?
This sort of thing is so frustrating and sad: Biracial Girl Changes Name from 'Keisha' to 'Kylie' Because of Bullies
Jason O'Mara is starring in Matt Nix's new pilot. I love when people I like work with other people I like. (I mean, I like their work. I have no opinion of either as people.)
Whoa: A 15th Century Cathedral Transformed into a Modern Bookstore
Check out this awesome concert style Gatsby t-shirt.
Need to know what wine to pair with your leftover Halloween candy? Here you go.
Alan Cumming is guest starring on Arthur!
Why Do People Think Nigella Lawson Hates Feminism?
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Morning Coffee (11/5/13)
Ooh, the Dating in LA and Other Urban Myths sizzle reel is out!
Grantland has a fun Q&A with Sleepy Hollow creator Phillip Iscove.
Dylan's Candy Bar is selling Candy Crush candy and I really want some.
Here's some well-deserved praise for Holly Black's The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, which you should really read.
WHOA: Game Of Thrones Meets Little Miss/Mr. Men Series
The Hairpin is imagining where Love, Actually characters are ten years later.
And that led me to this older piece of theirs about why many of the stories in that movie are actually pretty terrible. Which is completely true, even though we all love it.
Edgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder Case of Mary Rogers
Grantland has a fun Q&A with Sleepy Hollow creator Phillip Iscove.
Dylan's Candy Bar is selling Candy Crush candy and I really want some.
Here's some well-deserved praise for Holly Black's The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, which you should really read.
WHOA: Game Of Thrones Meets Little Miss/Mr. Men Series
The Hairpin is imagining where Love, Actually characters are ten years later.
And that led me to this older piece of theirs about why many of the stories in that movie are actually pretty terrible. Which is completely true, even though we all love it.
Edgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder Case of Mary Rogers
Monday, November 4, 2013
Morning Coffee (11/4/13)
Whoa: German police recover 1,500 modernist masterpieces 'looted by Nazis'
The Sound of Music live broadcast has cast the kids and Rolfe.
Huh! I didn't know Queen Victoria was into Halloween.
And here's the President giving out candy to adorable trick-or-treaters.
I bet you want to read about the Kitten Bowl.
My friend Faythe has a great new column about contemporary (realistic) YA novels.
Um. Mark Wahlberg is producing Julius Caeser movie The Roman, "an origin story in the vein of Batman Begins." So.
A great one from The Onion: College Unveils New Media Center Every Month
The Sound of Music live broadcast has cast the kids and Rolfe.
Huh! I didn't know Queen Victoria was into Halloween.
And here's the President giving out candy to adorable trick-or-treaters.
I bet you want to read about the Kitten Bowl.
My friend Faythe has a great new column about contemporary (realistic) YA novels.
Um. Mark Wahlberg is producing Julius Caeser movie The Roman, "an origin story in the vein of Batman Begins." So.
A great one from The Onion: College Unveils New Media Center Every Month
Friday, November 1, 2013
Morning Coffee (11/1/13)
Happy November! Because I was busy giving out candy last night, I don't quite have your normal Friday Happy links, but let's see what I can scare (hah) up.
Delightful news: Cougar Town will be back on January 7th.
Ooh, yay, PBS is going to air Vicious, a British sitcom starring Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as a long-time couple.
In case you didn't see it yesterday, here is Patrick Stewart, dressed as a lobster, in a bathtub.
This is at least theoretically a positive step, though it could go very poorly: DC Comics to Reveal Native American Teenage Superheroine
15 Things You Should Never Say to a Crafter
Ooh, and this Craft in America holiday special looks interesting.
'Secret' WWI diary paints 'vivid and visceral' picture
These are not actually the least popular American baby names, since they're in the top 1000, but it's still a fun list.
Delightful news: Cougar Town will be back on January 7th.
Ooh, yay, PBS is going to air Vicious, a British sitcom starring Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as a long-time couple.
In case you didn't see it yesterday, here is Patrick Stewart, dressed as a lobster, in a bathtub.
This is at least theoretically a positive step, though it could go very poorly: DC Comics to Reveal Native American Teenage Superheroine
15 Things You Should Never Say to a Crafter
Ooh, and this Craft in America holiday special looks interesting.
'Secret' WWI diary paints 'vivid and visceral' picture
These are not actually the least popular American baby names, since they're in the top 1000, but it's still a fun list.
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