T LOunge for March 14th, 2024

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We’re feeling the need for a luxe, Euro-retro vibe today, darlings. It’s THURSDAY of our busiest week of the year and we feel like celebrating that. Slide into a banquette for the day.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Oscar Win Is Just the Start: ‘The Roles Will Get Better, The Money Will Improve’
Randolph has a way of magnetizing an audience — it’s impossible to look away. That’s certainly the case with “The Holdovers,” which gave the 37-year-old actress the most challenging and rewarding role of her career. The part required her to summon deep reservoirs of pain as she portrayed a mother dealing with the loss of her only son, who was killed in the Vietnam War.

Naomi Campbell on diversity in fashion: ‘I’m starting to get nervous that we are sliding back’
The model is the subject of a history-making V&A exhibition.
A landmark Naomi Campbell exhibit, Naomi: In Fashion, is coming to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum this summer – and we could not be more excited about it. Tickets go on sale today for the exhibit, which launches on June 22nd and will run until 6 April 2025.
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/naomi-campbell-exhibit-v-and-a
Meltdowns, Wild Parties And Glorious ’70s Fashion: Here’s The First Trailer For Becoming Karl Lagerfeld
According to its log line, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld will chronicle “the rise of Karl Lagerfeld through the world of 1970s Parisian high fashion. In 1972, a 38-year-old Karl Lagerfeld aspired to become the most famous French fashion designer, at a time when Yves Saint Laurent reigned supreme. After meeting and falling in love with Jacques de Bascher, a young dandy, he found himself in competition with Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, the head of the most prestigious fashion brand around. Full of clan rivalries and ego battles, partying and decadence, tragic love affairs and magnificent friendships, this is the story of Kaiser Karl, and his frantic quest for recognition.”

Millie Bobby Brown: “I think it’s important to find camaraderie in women and see that on screen”
She talks her Love Is Blind obsession, engagement feels and making feminist fairytale Damsel.
A reminder of the sacrifices that women make for wider society throughout history runs deep through Damsel – and it’s one that Millie wanted to push as a call to arms. “The underbelly of the film is about female empowerment and equality. I will always push that message wherever I can.”

There aren’t many spring candles that impress me—here are 7 that make my home smell *really* luxurious
It’s my job to research candles
I’m putting it out there: spring candles aren’t typically something I invest in. While I spend most of the year burning luxury candles in every corner of my home, springtime leaves me feeling a little lost when it comes to my home fragrance. While winter candles warm up my soul and autumn candles bring all of the cosy vibes, as soon as spring hits I just can’t seem to make my mind up on what it is I want my candles to do for me.

16 books about women’s rights to add to your reading list right now
We’re all about taking action, but in order to do this, we must first educate ourselves. “Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference,” human rights activist Claire Fagin once said, and what better knowledge than through feminist books from the women who have paved the way?

Like Lily Allen, I tried to ‘have it all’ – here’s how I learned to live my best ‘70% life’ instead
Friends and colleagues told me: “You’re a superwoman.” Inside, I felt I was failing at everything.
Suddenly, I was hit with a wave of screeching. My two eldest children – then aged seven and five – were fighting hysterically over the TV remote, and my three-year-old was lying on the hallway floor, throwing an almighty tantrum. At that moment, my phone pinged. It was a text from my neighbour: ‘I can hear a lot of screaming. Have you locked one of your children in their bedroom?’ My husband, also harassed after an equally stressful week at work, then asked me, “What should we have for dinner?” Needless to say, I snapped.

Why Manhunt, a Show About Lincoln’s Assassination, Feels So Relevant in 2024
“We’re living in a scary moment, but we’re not living in a unique moment,” Patton Oswalt says. “We have teetered over the abyss, sometimes way farther than we’re teetering right now.”
Most American schoolchildren learn that John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in a theater. But that’s where many people’s understanding of Lincoln’s assassination ends. I’m going to be brutally honest here: It’s where mine ended.
I went to a great New York public school, I even studied (modern) history in college, and yet, as I watched Manhunt, Apple TV+’s newest thriller that follows the 12-day search for Booth after he kills Lincoln, I realized how little I knew about this monumental part of this country’s past.

Gwyneth Paltrow Wants You to Meditate
With Moments of Space, her new meditation app, the entrepreneur is seeking to make the ancient practice accessible to all.
“The world is in such a tough place right now, and it’s a little oasis of calm. We all need to be taking a minute to really connect inward and to connect to that oneness and whatever spiritual thing you believe in. It’s just the time,” Paltrow says. “The only way we’re going to make any progress as a species is by remembering that we’re all connected and human beings are all equal, and we all want the same things for our kids and for ourselves. And I think meditation is a really quick way to access that oneness.”

Prince Harry Will Attend Diana Legacy Event Only After Prince William Leaves
The brothers are refusing to be in the same room — even virtually.
Prince Harry and Prince William’s ongoing feud has reached the point to where they can’t be in the same room — not even virtually.
On Thursday, the brothers are both expected to attend the Diana Award legacy event with separate appearances. First, William will arrive at London’s Science Museum to chat with key staff and supporters before making a short speech and handing out awards this year’s winners. He plans to attend the event solo, as his wife Kate Middleton continues to recover from her recent abdominal surgery.

How Ayo Edebiri Became Hollywood’s Most Beloved New Star
These days Edebiri spends her free time trying to stay offline, doing things that require her hands (embroidery, scrapbooking, journaling), cooking with her friends­—some of whom she’s known since middle school—and playing with her rat terrier-Chihuahua mix, Gromit. Her most active social media use these days is on Letterboxd, where she posts hilariously unhinged film reviews.

Oreo Announces 3 New Frozen Treats for St. Patrick’s Day
Oreo mint bars and mint sandwiches are in your future.
Oreo is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day by expanding its mint-flavored frozen treats. And although it’s not offering to hand over any gold from the end of a thematically appropriate rainbow, it is giving away a “Pot o-Oreo Frozen Treats.”
Mint lovers who want a chance at a prize package that includes the new Oreo Mint frozen goodies will need to take a photo of a rainbow that they’ve seen in real life between Friday, March 15 and Sunday, March 17.

Why the **** does everyone swear all the ******* time?
Curse words shift a lot over time. They’re in the middle of a big shift right now.
In medieval England, lots of the four-letter words we use to talk about bodies and sex were considered normal descriptive language. In her book Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing, Melissa Mohr notes that both London and Oxford boasted medieval streets called Grope-cunt Lane (where the brothels were). By a medieval country pond, Mohr writes, “There would’ve been a shiterow in there fishing, a windfucker flying above, arse-smart and cuntehoare hugging the edges of the pond, and pissabed amongst the grass.” (Those are, in today’s sadly unvivid terminology, the birds heron and kestrel; and the plants water pepper, horehound, and dandelions.)

Banning TikTok would be both ineffective and harmful
The US House passed a bill that could ban the social video app, but sending TikTok into the ether won’t make social media any safer
TikTok is both a vital platform for community building and plagued by dangerous misinformation. TikTok is both uniquely good at providing a means for non-influencers to reach a huge audience and a platform that has failed, again and again, to fairly and adequately moderate the content posted there. TikTok is both riddled with huge concerns about the privacy of the data it collects on its users and, just like any other major social media platform, intent on collecting that data as part of its business model.

How Crudités Became an Art Form
Blessed with an ever-widening array of fancy heirloom produce, chefs are turning uncooked vegetables into edible sculptures.
James Beard, the American chef and food writer, is credited with bringing crudités — as the French term raw or cured vegetables served as a premeal bite — to the United States by way of his cookbooks, starting with his 1940 debut, “Hors d’Oeuvres and Canapés.” But the custom of serving fresh produce to kick off lunch or dinner has been around for centuries, appearing in almost every culinary tradition.

32 Easter Decorating Ideas That Celebrate the Holiday—and the Arrival of Spring
These Easter décor ideas will get your home ready for the holiday as well as welcome spring.
Easter Sunday is a time when family and friends gather together to observe religious traditions, and these celebrations often include some of the most cherished symbols of the holiday, from adorable chicks to artful Easter eggs. But beyond adorable bunnies, seasonal motifs, such as pastel hues and freshly bloomed flowers, have their place at Easter gatherings, too.
One easy way to get everyone into the spirit of the season is by incorporating these classic themes into your home décor. From garlands and baskets to bouquets and decorative eggs, explore our picture-perfect Easter decorating ideas to make sure everyone is in the mood for celebrating.

21 of Our Best DIY Easter Basket Ideas You Can Use for Gifts, Centerpieces, and More
Make the holiday extra special with a beautiful custom basket you can craft at home.
Easter Sunday brings a wealth of traditions—and among all the day’s wonders, perhaps none is more beloved than the Easter basket and the treasures that fill it. From non-candy stuffers, like flowers and toys, to sweet treats galore, a basket filled with goodies is a custom to cherish.
Here, we pay tribute to springtime’s riot of color with a collection of Easter basket ideas that would rival even the most vivid of rainbows. Each one is a celebration of a particular hue: green, orange, gold, yellow, blue, pink, silver, purple, and brown. The contents are also varied. Some baskets hold little bouquets or big chocolate bunnies; others, fluffy pom-pom chicks or polka-dotted eggs. They make excellent gifts and wonderful centerpieces. So, why not treat yourself to one? Remember, Easter basket ideas—these versions, anyway—are for grown-ups, too.

This Luxury Tour Guide Shares Her Tips for the Best Restaurants, Shopping, and More in Paris — and We’re Booking a Flight
‘Emily in Paris’ could never.
It goes without saying that Paris is the epitome of fashion, art, and all around chic-ness, but to hear all about it from a resident expert makes it even that much more “real.”
Anya Firestone, who you may recognize from Bravo’s Real Girlfriends in Paris — in which she became the de facto older sister to a bunch of new, fresh-faced American women living in Paris — is the the founder of Maison Firestone, a high-end, bespoke tour and events company based in France’s capital city.

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