Super exciting couple alert: Rose Leslie and Kit Harrington are finally finally finally publicly together. Though it is absolutely none of my business, this makes me incredibly happy. Let us all watch Daisy Ridley and John Boyega rap about Star Wars, with bonus clip of Oscar Isaac dancing. WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THESE… Continue reading friday things.
First things first: Prince Harry did an interview with Robin Roberts for Good Morning America, and he talks about the Invictus Games and his work with Senebale and about how he wants kids and about his mom. I got teary. Another thing that made me teary: the letter the mother of a child with cancer… Continue reading saturday things.
First things first: if you haven’t visited Evie Seo’s Society6 page yet, do so now. If you are anything like me, you’ll be purchasing something. (I purchased three somethings. This. And this. And this.) In a stroke of brilliance, Clark Gregg and British Goddess Hayley Atwell are going to face-off on Lip Sync Battle. If… Continue reading friday things.
Joss Whedon is writing the 75th anniversary comic of Captain America! In a stroke of marketing/celebrity endorsement genius, Titus Burgess (from The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) now has his own brand of pinot noir. I love this NPR piece about how Airbnb is changing tourism in Africa. Sarah Shahi, who I found super charming in Fairly Legal (RIP Fairly… Continue reading friday things.
James Corden is so charming that he even makes Justin Bieber charming. He should be the Biebs’s life coach. He can start by getting Biebs to shave that ridiculous fuzz of a goatee. Also, Sia might be great. Am I bizarrely enthused about Josh Bowman playing Jack the Ripper in a time-travel TV show about… Continue reading friday things.
Hey, this is a nice, uplifting story to start off 2016: Young adults have created fancy temporary housing for homeless young adults. If you weren’t already excited about watching foxy Aaron Tveit play sort-of-creepy Danny Zuko in a musical about how a girl has to dress in a cat suit and start smoking to… Continue reading friday things
Good news! Science now says that drinking champagne can save your brain. 60 Minutes has SO MANY VIDEOS ABOUT HAMILTON ON THEIR WEBSITE!!!!!!!!! Four for you 60 Minutes, you go 60 Minutes! So, this idea of dorms for “grown-ups” seems pretty cool to me. Especially for those years when you’re just out of school and… Continue reading friday things.
This Atlantic article on why academics love Buffy the Vampire Slayer is EVERYTHING. And this NPR story on the history of book blurbs teaches us that Walt Whitman would have been the most annoying person ever on social media. The Most Important Quiz of Our Time: Are You More Hilary Duff or Hillary Clinton? (I got… Continue reading friday things.
I know freaking everyone is talking about this week but it’s for good reason. Because OMG THE RYAN ADAMS COVER OF TAYLOR SWIFT’S “STYLE”. Also: the entire damn album. Disclosure and Lorde released a new song together! And it’s catchy af. SERIAL. Or perhaps Sara Koenig is writing a movie with Mark Boal. EITHER WAY. J.K. Rowling… Continue reading friday things.
Mumford & Sons doing their best Zig-a Zig-ah. Buffy + Angel 4Eva. This interview with my overlord, Joss Whedon. He talks about Avengers: Age of Ultron (which I’ve already seen because it’s already out in Singapore!!!!) and writing and creating. It’s wonderful. Happy Friday, everyone!
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