GREETINGS! I hope it’s not too hot wherever you are.
This is a good question, asked by Vox: “Are carbon offsets all they’re cracked up to be? We tracked one from Kenya to England to find out.”
Perfect: Is This a Taco Bell Party or Am I Having an Existential Crisis? (This is of course the work of Dave Holmes.) [Esquire]
Apparently, Taylor Swift paid out $55 million!!! in tour bonuses to everyone from drivers to security to caterers. That is well played indeed, good for Taylor! [Lainey]
Speaking of well played: “Clinic renamed for Boston-born actress Eliza Dushku Palandjian and husband after $7.5 mil donation to Brigham & Women’s.” (I didn’t even know she’d gotten married! Mazel tov all around to Faith.) [Boston.com]
Andrew Garfield is on a boat! [Lainey]
Oooh, Travel + Leisure has released their best of 2023 awards. I love having Best of awards happening in the dead zone of summer!
Thanks to the Fug National who sent this in, it is a real mess: At the Cut: The Smutty Hockey Drama Melting Down BookTok.
This seems potentially DIVISIVE. At the Wirecutter, pick your fighter: The Best Pen. (I agree the Pentel is excellent.)
At Texas Monthly: How Paul Reubens’s ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’ Defined Texas for Non-Texans
Can you blame them? At Eater: Celebrities Can’t Stop Making Ice Cream
SO interesting: Why your hotel smells like that. (I always say that I want my house to smell like a hotel. Yes, of course, I have bought candles from Hotel Lobby Candle!) [WaPo, gifted link; affiliate link]
Here’s the Top Ten things Fug Nation bought in July.
Vanity Fair reports “Meryl Streep, George Clooney, More A-Listers Donate Millions to SAG-AFTRA Foundation.” The “more” include Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kidman, the Damons, the Lopez-Bflecks, and a bunch of other A-listers. As they should! Especially, as the article says, Fran thinks the strike might go another six months, which will be, frankly, financially nightmarish for Los Angeles as a whole.
Meanwhile: Leah Remini is suing the Church of Scientology and David Miscavige. [Socialite Life]
“How to Unsuccessfully Spin Bad PR: Ariana and Spongebob Edition.” This is also a mess! [Pajiba]
Also also a mess: Days of Our Lives has suspended production during an investigation of misconduct. (This week’s F&P has more mess than anticipated.) [Vulture]
I too wondered this: “Why is Susan Sarandon attending a film festival during the SAG-AFTRA strike?”I think it’s because she’s accepting a lifetime achievement award and not promoting a specific project. [Celebitchy]
This is an interesting piece about Renaissance beauty secrets, at Tatler.
At Drinks with Broads this week: We got into Aidan’s DUMB COAT in the AJLT recap; talked about the weirdest travel-sized toiletries and had a spoiler-y Barbie chat, yakked about Goop renting her guest house on airbnb and how off brand that is, as well as the Trudeaux divorce and how a Canadian betting site wants him to date a cavalcade of Choices, and the Lizzo allegations. Come on by!
And here at GFY, we’ve had many a chat: What’s Your Favorite Newsletter?, and What’s Your Dream Vacation?, and
What Are Your Keep-Cool Tips? And What’s Your Easy Summer Dinner?. Share your wisdom!
