Met Gala 2023, Corden’s Goodbye, and Jury Duty

Orly Minazad
Orly Minazad is a freelance writer and regrets it every day of her life. She moved to the States from Iran in 1991 with her family seeking better opportunities only to waste them earning a Masters in Professional Writing degree from USC which no longer exists, cost a lot of money, and for which she has nothing to show. No, she is not bitter at all. Why do you ask? Oh, you didn’t, ok. She lives with her husband and son in Los Angeles where she spends the day loading and unloading the dishwasher.

The Met Gala 2023 is just around the corner, Monday May 1st. Always good to be reminded about how poor and unglamorous we are. (Vogue)

I ask you all, for the first and last time, who the fuck are Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell? (Vox)

I can’t stress enough how going on cruises is a bad idea. This woman’s husband’s dead body was kept in a cooler. Probably with the sodas and cheese. (NYT)

How are we still stripping professional athletes of their national titles because of weed? This time it was long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall. (CNN)

Life is wild.

“Beef, an orange tabby cat, might like ballpark food more than he likes baseball.” Same, Beef. Same. But now he is the unofficial mascot of the White Sox. (Block Club Chicago)

Imagine not only having to go to school, but having to risk your life by climbing under a train to get there. (ProPublica)

I was wary of watching Jury Duty because I refuse to watch prank shows, but this claims it will “restore your faith in humanity” and I definitely need that restored, even briefly. (Pajiba)

But how does he not recognize the beautiful James Marsden?

“Why aren’t more people talking about James Corden’s farewell to ‘The Late Late Show’?” Because he’s annoying and no one cares? There. I talked about it. (NPR)

But this was kind of funny. (And wow, late night is really where all the white men are at).

Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities is not happy about the casting of Adele James as Cleopatra in the new Netflix docudrama Queen Cleopatra because she does not have “light and Hellenistic” features, so is therefore historically inaccurate. (Deadline)

I did not consider Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby” as a sex song but here we are. Beau is Afraid director Ari Aster wrote to Mariah Carey for permission to play this song during a sex scene and she said yes. See kids, always shoot your shot. (Variety)

This guy looks pretty unhappy for making a giant pop tart with rainbow sprinkles.

Ted Lasso fans finally got a happy dad story line with Sam and Ola Obisanya because there’s only so many daddy issues we can take on one show. (The Antagonist)

Video game developer Alexandre Spindler created Unrecord, a yet-to-be-released photorealistic police bodycam video game. I can’t for the life of me understand why someone would want to play this. Maybe someone with not enough anxiety in their lives. Must be nice. (Forbes)

There’s an organization called Friends of Orphan Signs that turns abandoned roadside signs on Route 66 into art. (HYPERALLERGIC)

New York Times Cooking really swears by this peanut butter and pickle sandwich “recipe.” (NYT)

This movie looks hilarious. I don’t even care that it’s sports-y.

This question has been weighing on me for years and making me have an existential crisis at the grocery store every time. What is the difference between European and American butter? (Epicurious)

Mark my words, plates that hold your drink while you eat is the most simple, obvious, yet underrated invention ever. (Core77)

This looks good to me, but I’m mostly interested in that kitchen gadget that pokes a tiny hole in the egg. I want.

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