Happy Friday, Fug Nation!

Amelia McDonell-Parry is covering Serial’s Adnan Syed’s Post-Conviction Hearing for The Frisky. It’s very interesting.

– Here’s some hot hot hot David Beckham. (Socialite Life)

– Lainey has the scoop on how Intern George proposed to Amal.

– As well as this blind item that I am SURE we can figure out.

– I know you’re going to want to read THIS, in T: The Tiny London Shop Behind Some of the Very Best Libraries

– Related, at Laughing Squid: A Wonderful Film Compilation of The Incredible Joy That People Find Inside Bookstores and Libraries

– You will also enjoy this interview with Laura Carmichael, AKA Lady Edith, in the New York Times. (There are no spoilers, don’t worry.)

– In The Guardian: Amazon fashion drama The Collection to star The Good Wife’s Mamie Gummer. I hope we get this here in the US. I have it on good authority that a Fug National is working on this!

– Claire Zulkey has written her own Konmari, which includes advice such as “Burn all your books. We will have a special book incineration ceremony in the town square this weekend followed by a tidiness parade. Please report your friends who do not attend.”

– Pajiba wonders, Is Rob Lowe The Greatest TV Actor Of The Last 20 Years?

– At Poetry Foundation, a lovely, fascinating piece about the ampersand.

– This is fun, and unexpectedly touching, at Buzzfeed: The NFL’s Longest-Tenured Kicker Tried To Teach Me How To Kick A Field Goal

– At The Hollywood Gossip, I have some doubts about what Ariel Winter is wearing.

– At Women in the World, a fascinating interview with artist Mickalene Thomas.

– Over at The New Potato, a Beginner’s Guide To Korean Skincare. A topic with which I am personally obsessed.

– I love stories about actors who were almost cast in an iconic role. At Celebitchy, we learn that Lisa Edelstein was almost Carrie Bradshaw. That one must have really stung.

– Finally, Heather and I interviewed Tyga (yes) for DuJour, and the interview turned out to be surprisingly revealing, albeit unintentionally.

– Other noteworthy stuff you might have missed around here at GFY include:

 

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