Morning Coffee (2/15/19)

We made it to Friday! TIME FOR SOME HAPPY LINKS.

Aaah so excited for this anthology co-edited by my friend Katie: Cover reveal: ‘It’s a Whole Spiel’ puts Jewish YA in the spotlight

!! Chris Kelly, Bad Robot to Adapt ‘They Both Die at the End’ for HBO Yay Adam Silvera!

Ooh, Frozen 2 teaser!

Ben Whishaw is doing a Paddington TV show!

This is GORGEOUS: The TWA Hotel Turns an Abandoned Airport Terminal Into a Midcentury Dream

This sounds great: Dumplin' author Julie Murphy previews delectable new novel Dear Sweet Pea

Get a First Look at the Cover of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Forthcoming Novel

Stunningly preserved fresco of Narcissus discovered in Pompeii

Maybe your life would be improved by following cheese shops on Instagram.

19 New Skin-Care Products To Pick Up At Target This Month

Morning Coffee (5/13/18)

This is a very good read: American democracy has faced worse threats than Donald Trump

Clashing Views on Iran Reflect a New Balance of Power in the Cabinet

Schneiderman said his alleged abuse was “role playing.” As a sex educator, I’m horrified.

Chris Murphy was my favorite already but now he has a CHEESE BILL.

How The Fake News Industry Weaponizes Women

The Diversity Gap in Children’s Book Publishing, 2018

I... can see why: Burberry Is Suing Target for Knocking Off Its Iconic Plaid Pattern

I still can't quite believe this is a real show: ‘A Very English Scandal’ Trailer: A Violin-Playing Hugh Grant Purrs To Ben Whishaw In BBC & Amazon Drama

This is lovely! Buckingham Palace shares an image of the Instrument of Consent for Harry & Meghan’s marriage

Bradley Cooper To Star In & Direct Leonard Bernstein Movie As Dueling Biopics Tune Up (Honestly, "dueling Bernstein biopics" is not necessarily where I expected 2018 to go.)

Morning Coffee (5/17/17)

Me elsewhere: I'm rounding up the fall TV schedules at The Televixen: ABC, FOX, NBC

Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation

Donald Trump has committed the exact offense that forced Richard Nixon to resign

Israel Said to Be Source of Secret Intelligence Trump Gave to Russians

“The president wasn’t even aware where this information came from,” Mr. McMaster said. “He wasn’t briefed on the source or method of the information either.”

What Pepe The Frog's Death Can Teach Us About The Internet

Whoa: Girl Scout Troop Leader Indicted For Stealing Around $20,000 Worth of Cookies, Remains at Large

Aww: A British man needs help finding the last photo ever taken of his late wife

!!! John le Carré to make rare public appearance to discuss new novel

This sounds amazing: Ben Whishaw, Alan Cumming, Russell Tovey to Headline BBC’s ‘Queers’

Morning Coffee (8/17/16)

This is so scary: Scenes From the Terrifying, Already Forgotten JFK Airport Shooting That Wasn’t

Wow: "Mr. Trump is so reckless, the vice president said, that if his late son had planned to enlist in a Trump administration, 'I would have thrown my body in front of him.'"

Donald Trump's once-masterful "attention at any cost" strategy has turned into a disaster

The Very Strange Writings of Putin’s New Chief of Staff

This is a very important read from Dana Schwartz: Never Talk About Sexism (If You Want to Be Taken Seriously)

Seven questions the entertainment industry needs to answer about rape

Nifty: #ObamaJAMA: Obama Just Became the First Sitting President to Publish an Academic Paper

!!!!!!!!! ‘Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda & Alan Menken Duet On Disney’s Live Action ‘The Little Mermaid’

Also: Ben Whishaw in Talks to Join Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins Returns I'm all for Ben Whishaw being cast in anything and everything, but I'm a little wary of what they're going to do with Grown-Up Michael Banks here.

Shifting Sands Reveal 400-Year-Old Petroglyphs in Hawaii