Fugs & Pieces: June 28, 2024

This time subsequent week, it will likely be JULY, if you happen to can imagine it. The Independence Day vacation is Thursday, July 4, so we are going to possible take July 4 and 5 as our weekend after which be again publishing frequently on Monday, July 8.

Over on Drinks With Broads, we wrapped out our Bridgerton recaps, mentioned the underwhelming Brats and created our own imaginary strip malls, and visited the American Visionary Art Museum’s gift shop (virtually) whereas additionally imagining who our ’90s or aughts Brat Pack equivalents could be.

And on GFY, if you happen to missed it, we celebrated the beards of the Stanley Cup champs, the Florida Panthers, and ogled Royal Ascot’s best hats. Effectively, along with a bunch of trend reveals and entrance rows. ‘Tis the rattling season, in spite of everything.

I’m certain you’re EXTREMELY relieved to know that People promises Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake “have moved on” from his DWI arrest.

In line with hockey information, as a tribute to sports activities’ biggest trophy, I dug up an older story on the weirdest things anyone’s ever done with the Stanley Cup — or, extra precisely generally, to it. This yr, Matthew Tkachuk has already taken in into the ocean, and former goalie and adviser to the Panthers Roberto Luongo just ate pasta out of it. [MSN]

If it feels such as you’re listening to Chappell Roan’s identify all over the place, it’s since you are. Billboard did a piece breaking down the metrics of her meteoric rise. The graph is enjoyable: It seems to be like issues actually took off when she toured briefly with Olivia Rodrigo. [Billboard]

Associated: Lainey talks here about how she feels like “sources” are trying really hard to boost JT back up and even exonerate him a bit of, and I agree together with her that it’s not working as a result of his keg of goodwill has run very, very dry. I feel the general public is SO over him and over privilege usually, and you can’t ask me to really feel sorry for somebody who drove drunk simply because he is likely to be nicer at bars than Leonardo DiCaprio. [LaineyGossip]

In And Just Like That… casting news, we’ve seen Rosie O’Donnell and Jenifer Lewis on set, and now the present introduced it’s bumped up Dolly Wells (Miranda’s colleague; they appeared to possibly go on a date on the finish of the season) to sequence common, together with Anthony’s sizzling younger boyfriend. For visitor arcs, they added Mehcad Brooks (True Blood), Jonathan Cake (whole Hey It’s That Man, and he’s married to Julianne Nicholson), and Logan Marshall-Inexperienced, who I do know as Ryan’s horrible brother from The O.C. (I also remember when this happened.) Lastly, sure, John Corbett was listed amongst forged members who’re returning. Sigh. [EW.com]

Cats has been reimagined by two directors in New York as “an occasion on the queer, largely Black and Latinx ballroom circuit,” and it sounds PERFECT?!? [The New Yorker]

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are reuniting for a film by Robert Zemeckis that seems to be going all Polar Express on their faces so that they can play themselves through many phases of their lives. Though I used to be not anticipating the trailer to incorporate… prehistoric instances?!? What IS this film? All I do know is, if it have been Robert Rodriguez, to keep away from growing old make-up, he’d have began taking pictures it earlier than he was born and he’d end it from a cryogenic chamber and it’d come out in 2145 to nice acclaim. [Pajiba]

Alex Trebek is getting a Forever Stamp! However how lengthy till he truly will get a Jeopardy! class of his personal? [Mental Floss]

CNN ran a narrative yesterday about a bar in Missouri that’s banning women under 30 and men under 35, as a part of an effort to keep away from newly authorized idiots who don’t know the best way to drink responsibly. You do you, enterprise homeowners, however actual speak: I do know loads of newly authorized individuals who drink far more responsibly than thirty- and forty-somethings, and I’m wondering if that is additionally a couched try and slap all the pieces with larger costs as a result of the specified clientele is “younger professionals.” [CNN.com]

Max is dropping a Faye Dunaway documentary on Jule 13 referred to as, yep, Faye:

She’s taking part, as you’ll be able to inform from the trailer, which at all times makes me marvel if I’m being offered one thing — however Deadline appeared to assume it’s pretty forthright, and in addition extremely entertaining.