Morning Coffee (5/12/19)

Inside Syria’s Secret Torture Prisons: How Bashar al-Assad Crushed Dissent

There is the WILDEST anecdote in here: How golf explains Trump. Seriously.

The White House revoked my press pass. It’s not just me — it’s curtailing access for all journalists.

Pete Buttigieg Confronts Race and Identity in Speech to Gay Group

Huge Racial Disparities Found in Deaths Linked to Pregnancy

Ireland’s Church Homes Gave Children’s Bodies to Medical Schools for Dissection

Dutch family in cash plea to save ancestor’s tulip mania paintings

PERFECT: Kristin Scott Thomas Joins Ben Wheatley's 'Rebecca' Adaptation for Netflix

Producer Greg Berlanti Sets New Series Record With Another Strong Upfront

Afternoon Tea (1/30/19)

This is FASCINATING: The Hunt for Planet Nine

Ted Bundy Wasn't Special Or Smart. He Was Just White.

This is really interesting, about what Hitchcock learned from Du Maurier: The Peril of Marriage

5 New or Upcoming MG Novels Starring LGBTQ Kids

Queen Emma: wife of two kings, mother of two more

Morning Coffee (11/16/18)

FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS!

National Book Award winners!

The Dumplin' trailer looks great!

Aaaah: Lily James, Armie Hammer to Star in Daphne du Maurier Adaptation ‘Rebecca’

So cute: The British Royals Released New Family Pics

Well, this is exciting casting: J.K. Simmons Joins 'Veronica Mars' Revival

You have my attention: Jonny Lee Miller & Common To Star In Ursula K. Le Guin Adaptation ‘Nine Lives’

This is cool as art but also sort of upsets me as a person who likes order: This artist uses jigsaw puzzles, with the same die cut pattern, to make these terrific mashups

Intriguing: 'Somewhere Only We Know' By Maurene Goo Is Basically 'Roman Holiday' With A K-Pop Twist & You Can Start Reading Now

18 Thanksgiving Pie Recipes, Because You Gotta Have Pie!

Huh: Coffee or tea? The answer might be in your genes

Morning Coffee (8/22/16)

Me elsewhere: The week's TV news!

Whoa: Publisher wins rights to Voynich manuscript, a book no one can read

This seems like a perfectly reasonably goodbye request from Gawker.

The final insult: Donald Trump is a bore

Ken Starr Leaves Baylor After Complaints It Mishandled Sex Assault Inquiry

Joseph Goebbels’ 105-year-old secretary: ‘No one believes me now, but I knew nothing’

This is scary: Chinese Court Upholds Ruling Against Historian Who Questioned Tale of Wartime Heroes

Sarah Dessen has a new book deal!!

The legal drama with the Rebecca Broadway show continues!

This story is insane: The Gucci wife and the hitman: fashion's darkest tale

'Mystery Monster' Found in Siberian Mine

Morning Coffee (4/1/16)

Happy Friday! I am writing this on Wednesday; hopefully by the time you read it I will no longer be traveling but WILL be sleeping, because my flight is supposed to land at 12:37am Friday.

So: Friday happy links. None of these are April Fool's jokes so far as I am aware!

I am SO excited for Star Trek makeup.

!! Found: Two Secret Rooms in King Tut's Tomb

Unicorn fossils!

Ooh fun: The History of Cocktail Menu Design Let's go have cocktails.

Ten Knitting Patterns for Crafty Feminists

Perhaps your Friday could use this Leslie Knope compliment generator.

These stave churches are GORGEOUS.

St. George's Day in Bavaria has everything: Fancy horses! Sword dancing! Armor!

Hubble Photo Shows Galaxies Colliding in the Nightclub of Space

Fascinating: Wealth of Yorkshire: Historic probate records go online

The Strategic Penpals Who Play Chess by Mail

Perfect: Every Time The Narrator Very Nearly Has Tea In Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca

Morning Coffee (9/2/15)

Me elsewhere: Read the Screen is back from hiatus with some thoughts on Lookinglass.

Germany is finally treating the migrant crisis like a moral issue

Related: 10,000 Icelanders offer to house Syrian refugees after author's call

Oh, Putin, never change.

What do we think of Google's new logo? (It's... fine, I guess?)

If this Pilou Asbaek casting is real, then congrats, Game of Thrones, you've got my attention.

I was skeptical of the supposed Nazi gold train find, but it might be real.

However, the supposed Captain Kidd treasure find? Not real.

MAXIM: I suppose I thought you would just sort of…pick up on it, I guess. I’m always brooding about it.

MRS. DE WINTER: Surely even you must admit that “silently brooding about hatred” looks an awful lot like “silently brooding about a lost love,” to the untrained eye.

Morning Coffee (9/25/14)

My new show reviews continue: NCIS: New Orleans

And here are a few thoughts on the Sleepy Hollow premiere.

I'm very proud of the work my dad has done here: A Refuge and a Resource for Veterans

Here's yet another layer of the Emma Watson photo countdown hoax. None of this actually makes it better.

Nigella Lawson's next cookbook has a chapter called "Bowlfood" so therefore I AM IN.

How Gary Hart’s Downfall Forever Changed American Politics

I like Rebecca WAY more than I like Gone Girl but this was interesting anyway: The Original Gone Girl: On Daphne du Maurier and Her Rebecca

Whoa: Napoléon and Joséphine’s marriage contract sold at auction

Let's Talk About the Books You've Pretended to Read (Confession: I call Jane Austen my favorite author but I haven't read Northanger Abbey and I don't think I've ever finished Mansfield Park.)

Morning Coffee (10/22/12)

A must-read: The End of Football

The Onion Endorses John Edwards for President

Wow: Amazon pulls Nazi jigsaw puzzle

Stop coddling people who behave badly

If you change a few words, Every Email You Will Ever Get from Your Boss in PR, Ever works quite well for marketing, too.

The Rebecca intrigue continues.

Morning Coffee (10/16/12)

Today at TheTelevixen: My take on Emily Owens, M.D., which premieres tonight.

Here's your Rebecca update.

North Koreans See Few Gains Below Top Tier

YALSA's 2012 Teens' Top Ten is out!

More chocolate = more Nobel prizes? Sure!

Hilarious: Texts from Little Women

Apparently there are cheese wars in Cyprus.

Morning Coffee (10/9/12)

Canada's maple syrup: Found.

Here's your daily crazy Rebecca update.

N.H. School Board Member Proposes Football Ban. Good for him.

Important: Gender Balance in YA Award Winners since 2000

Barnes & Noble's featured mystery writer of the month is Richard Castle, and this annotated list of his favorite books is actually really cute.

This is great: Take Back Halloween!

Uh, wow: Reasons Why You Cannot Be a Bridesmaid

Ooh, Buckingham Palace is having a fashion show.

Morning Coffee (10/4/12)

No What I Watched today, because What I Watched was just baseball.

Useful single-use website: isitajewishholidaytoday.com

Here's your daily Rebecca update. This is fascinating.

After reading the book and seeing two movies I'm not sure I actually need to read a Girl with the Dragon Tattoo graphic novel, but this sneak peek is intriguing.

Here are all the Cougar Town title cards. Man, I miss this show.

Pop Warner team pays 10-year-olds to hurt other kids. Unfortunately, I can't say I'm surprised.

This take on Mumford & Sons is worth a read.

A Father-Daughter Dance Revives Charges of Discrimination

Here's a fascinating profile of a Spanish man who was identified as a Buddhist lama as a toddler.

First World War soldiers' bodies found in Dolomites

Morning Coffee (10/3/12)

Rebecca on Broadway: Cancelled again. Stop messing with my mind, Mrs. Danvers.

A children's clothing line called Flowers in the Attic? THIS IS SUCH A POOR IDEA.

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John are releasing a Christmas album. Yes, this seems to be a real thing, and this is INCREDIBLE news.

Which candidate is better for crossword writers?

You know you want to read Glenn Beck's open letter to Matt Bellamy.

Look at these pretty costumes for The Tempest.

The potential winter storms have quite some names this year.

I know this isn't a final cast or anything, but WOW, this Into the Woods screenplay reading. Wow.

Morning Coffee (9/28/12)

Recently at TheTelevixen: I have a feature with Bree Williamson about her new role on Haven (starting tonight!). And I did not like The Neighbors.

This article about a high school female quarterback is pretty heartwarming if you can avoid thinking about how football may be permanently damaging these kids.

They're making a movie of Girls Like Us (about Joni Mitchell/Carly Simon/Carole King)! With Taylor Swift! I... I'm cautiously optimistic.

This liveblog of the Vogue September issue made me actually want to buy it, so there's that. But hmm, is it off newsstands by now? Not sure.

Rebecca update: Things look promising.

June Thomas points out that decent procedurals are actually pretty brilliant.

Is this the real James Bond?