Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you’ve had a fruitful week that didn’t include too much screaming into the void. If you observe Passover, I hope it was a good one. If you celebrate Easter, I hope it goes well!
This week, at Drinks With Broads: a special issue devoted to talking about this season of The Pitt! Everyone talked about what eccentric things they’d do if they won the the Lotto and our feelings about the radio. (Plus: An ode to the non-binge-watch, and the delights of The Residence.) Also, we’ve got news about the new seasons of And Just Like That and The Gilded Age, both of which we will be recapping again for folks on the paid list.
This remake of The Bodyguard is allegedly still happening — I will believe it when I see it, literally — and Lainey has a fun piece about casting it.
Pajiba claims Pics of Jacked, Shirtless 62-Year-Old Ralph Fiennes Are Distressing but I’M not distressed!!!
I did not expect Gayle King to be this tone-deaf and defensive! At Vulture: Gayle King to Critics of Her Space Flight: ‘Have You Been?’ NO, GAYLE. The vast VAST VAST majority of Americans do not have the money to give Jeff Bezos to let him launch us into what is technically not even really space as much as it is SPACE ADJACENT.
Related, I’m just going to leave this here: Jeff Bezos face-plants while greeting Lauren Sanchez at Blue Origin rocket capsule landing. [Socialite Life]
Also related, and SO fascinating — and really stressful: Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought. [Ars Technica]
You know how we’re always complaining that we don’t know what to do with jeans? The nice people at Frame very generously sent me a pair of their new light wash, flared jeans and they are sincerely SO CUTE, especially if you’re looking for something that has a kind of Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show vibe; my fellow Gen X folks will recognize that sort of ’90s-does-the-’70s vibe. They also fit me really well; I took my normal jeans size. They’re VERY long, so good for tall women. (They’ve got a raw hem so I’m just going to chop them at home to a length that works on me.) I like them so much, I might get a pair in white. (Although I also really like these more Regular Jeans-type jeans? If you want something wide-leg-ish, these are cute?) Heather is also attempting wide-leg jeans and just bought these striped ones from The Gap, which her husband called “insane” but which I thought looked super cute on her. She sized down and reports that they are very soft (and that they were 40% off at the time, and probably soon will be again; bookmark and check back, especially on Tuesdays).
I love this video of much-decorated Olympic sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce SMOKING the rest of the parents at her son’s field day. (Second place is probably pretty fast for a normal person!!) I would absolutely be DEMOLISHED by her, OBVIOUSLY, but I also think I’d hurt my own time because I would be laughing so hard the entire time about how much slower everyone else was. Delightful. [FauxMoi]
Amazing: Hundreds of Giant Rodents ‘Conquered’ This Town. Now What? [NYT, gifted link]
A really fun Reddit thread: When Museum Visitors Encounter Paintings That Look Uncannily Just Like Them. They ARE uncanny!
J.Crew reached out to us to let us know that they’re having a big sale right now: 40% off site-wide until 4/21, with 50% off shorts & tees, and 50% off select swim styles. Their GREAT silk slip skirt — which I know from our analytics that a lot of you have bought — is super marked down, as a heads up. I continue to percolate this linen dress. (I also might need some new gold Birks; mine are OLD and the tread is almost gone. Can those be repaired?)
Speaking of shoes, my Vejas are starting to look really janky and I’m considering replacing them with these, which I really like. (They also come in leopard print!) (On the other hand, I’m thinking about just trying to clean them. It took me so long to wear them in!)
Relatable: “George R.R. Martin admits The Winds of Winter is 13 years late, calls upcoming book ‘the curse of my life’” [EW]
At The Ankler: “Far From Home: The Fight For Location Perks, Family Visits, 5-Star Travel. As shoots leave L.A., reps spill who’s ‘stuck in the Dark Ages’, who’s not, the most coveted reward and the creature comforts no one can score.”
At Vanity Fair: As Twin Peaks Turns 35, the Mystery Is Still the Message for a World of Fans.
Love this, at Ministry of Pop Culture: ‘Greek’ Creator Patrick Sean Smith Answered All of My Burning Questions. I LOVED Greek.
I want all of these! The NYT reports: The Color-Drenched Cult of Le Creuset. [gifted link]
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