Fugs and Pieces, January 13th 2023

Happy weekend, everyone! The Golden Globes were this past Tuesday, and if you missed the red carpet, you can catch up here.

This piece has made the rounds a lot this week, and correctly so. If you haven’t read it, it’s excellent: Gwen Stefani: “I Said, ‘My God, I’m Japanese.'”  [Allure]

Sad news, via Vogue: Tatjana Patitz, One of the Original Supermodels, Has Died. 

Lisa Marie Presley also died this week, which is also very sad and surprising. (I feel so much for Priscilla Presley; she has really gone through a lot in her life.) [People]

I’ve like….literally never seen Ben Affleck as happy as he is in this first photo at Lainey, working the Dunkin’ drive-through. You know how they say that influencers are the most successful when they take on spon-con that really meshes with their personal brand? This is literally the best example of this that I can think of. We know Ben is devoted to Dunkin!

Important intel: Globes Pianist Says She Would Never Play Music Over Winners’ Speeches and Cleared the Air With Michelle Yeoh. This poor woman! [THR]

Eater thinks that all things gelatin are ready for a comeback. I will say that I was looking through an old cookbook the other day and I did say the words, “this Jell-o salad sounds great.” So!

Oh nooooo do I need this sweater??????? It’s embroidered! [Boden, affiliate link]

Also, this is a crazy question maybe but Fug Nation will know. I just got a CostCo membership. (YES I LIVE ALONE.) Do I need a Food Saver??????? I currently have a box of 50 egg rolls in my freezer.  [affiliate link to Food Saver; Food Savers for all???]

I saw some of this float past on Twitter last week and only finally sat down to find out what’s actually happening. I LOVE hearing about Big Budget Movie Drama: Francis Ford Coppola is in trouble (again). [Lainey]

Margaret Cho sat down for an interview with The Socialite Life and it’s really wide-ranging and good. I love this quote: “I guess to sort of step into…sort of being old. Like, I think I’m old now. I don’t know. Like that thing where you cross the line where I think I’m old? Like before you would be on a show like Hotel or like you would be sort of like the grand dame, like Murder She Wrote, kind of feeling, that vibe. I wonder what that’s like. Maybe I am now sort of like a grand old dame, like a lady. ” The idea that you used to know you were old because someone cast you on Hotel is….perfect.

I’m ENRAGED by this piece’s take on the Coffee Bean’s Ice Blended: Starbucks, Dunkin’ and more: Who has the best frozen coffee drink? The VANILLA is clearly the best Ice Blended, HELLO!!!! [LA Times]

This is a fun power ranking, also at the LAT: Awards show power rankings, from worst to first. I think they kinda chickened out by giving so many ties toward the top, though. That’s a cop out!!

Fascinating, at Smithsonian: The Misunderstood Roman Empress Who Willed Her Way to the Top.

Proud to have been quoted in this piece at WaPo: The return of the going-out top.  (That’s a gifted link so you should be able to read it no matter your WaPo subscription status.)

This seems like a bad idea all around, possibly? What do I know: Kanye West reportedly got married to Yeezy-employee Bianca Censori [Celebitchy]

This story is A RIDE and a very good piece: My Week With a No-Needles Lip Filler. [The Strategist]

Finally, if you watch Ted Lasso, this is truly the greatest:

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