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T LOunge for January 9th 2024

Posted on January 09, 2025

Let’s spread ourselves out on velvet settees and sofas in Paris today, darlings. It’s THURSDAY of the longest work week of the year and we all deserve a little bit of delusional fantasy time. Settle in and prepare for another slate of distractions coming your way today.

Is this the best act of Joely Richardson’s career yet? What happened when the Redgrave scion spoke to Tatler about grief, romance and ‘playing the posh mum’ in One Day
As Joely Richardson marks her birthday on 9 January, revisit Tatler’s April 2024 cover where she told Catherine Ostler why she’s having the time of her life
On screen or off, Joely Richardson cannot fail to make an entrance. She swishes into The Ladbroke Arms in Notting Hill, a jolt to all the mid-afternoon WFH punters: willowy, straight blonde hair and wearing a cream cashmere cable-knit with a silky shirt, grey coat, black trousers and subtly twinkly gold jewellery, like an ‘old money’ Instagram reel; her unchanging elegant self, so reminiscent of her mother in her younger days. The daughter of the actress Vanessa Redgrave and the late director Tony Richardson, she has a luminous, dynastic quality; a natural presence. The Redgrave gene has been the omnipresent pivot of British acting for decades – Joely is the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of Corin and Lynn, sister of Natasha – which is not to say there is anything haughty or formal about her. On the contrary, she is easy to laugh, thoughtful, self-effacing yet direct – no wonder her thespian career is having a rollicking resurgence which sees her, at 59, adding lustre to the drama series of several streamers all at once.

The Renaissance of the Middle-Aged “Popcorn Actress” Is, Ironically, So Meta
Demi Moore, Angelina Jolie, and Pamela Anderson are finally getting their due—and ushering in a reckoning of Hollywood’s callous treatment of its young female stars.
Demi Moore was never meant to win a Golden Globe. After all, producers had long ago dismissed her as—to quote Moore herself—a “popcorn actress.” A big name and a beautiful face and nothing more. An actress who was meant to sell some movie tickets and then fade into the background to make way for the next bright young thing.
But this weekend, the unexpected happened. Moore, 62, did take home a Golden Globe—her first acting award. Ever. And, among her fellow nominees she is, somewhat surprisingly, no anomaly. As host Nikki Glaser noted, this is the year of the middle-aged actress “comeback.” In fact, of the six women nominated for lead actress in a motion picture – drama, all were over the age of 49. For their counterparts in the musical or comedy category, just half were younger than 40.

John Waters Is Still Filthy
For many cinephiles and cultural misfits alike, it’s hard to pinpoint where or when we first got introduced to the work of John Waters. Whether it’s Hairspray or one of his earlier movies like Female Trouble or Pink Flamingos, it’s safe to say that nonetheless, many of us have had that special moment.
Multidisciplinary artist Seth Bogart understands this obsession. “People are so obsessed with [John] that all you really have to do is say his name,” Bogart tells PAPER. Bogart’s own relationship with the self-proclaimed “Pope of Trash” goes back to when he was nine years old. “My mom took me to go see Hairspray at the movie theater, so that was my first time being ruined by John.

How to wear a pearl necklace in winter 2025, according to fashion insiders
Works 100% of the time.
A short, single-strand pearl necklace, always reminds us of fashion legends like Coco Chanel and Jackie O. After all, it was the only necklace Carolyn Bessette Kennedy ever wore. We also saw them on our mothers in the 80’s and 90’s and many of us have likely inherited them along the way. It’s a jewellery style so timeless it’s never needed reinvention thanks to its elegant and classic look, but every generation has worn it in slightly different ways, slowly moving away from that preconceived posh image we have of it.
For every girl who wears them like Sarah Jessica Parker in that scene in Honeymoon for Three (1992); that is, styled as the only accessory on a minimalist dress and Bardot neckline, there is a girl takes a page of out Rihanna’s book, layering them and topping it all off with a hat, wide jeans and boots. Of course, you don’t need to try to hard to style a pearl necklace, but this year, Mango’ s stylists have shown us yet another way to refresh the classic.

I went to a yoga retreat on a secluded island and it changed everything
Yes, a yoga retreat can be your ‘big holiday’.
When imagining what was to come upon signing up to a five day yoga retreat on a secluded island with 17 strangers, the words ‘silence’, ‘stillness’, ‘introspection’ were front of mind. I was expecting early nights and even earlier mornings with mainly my thoughts to keep me company. Because yoga retreats aren’t for having fun, right? They don’t count as a proper holiday… your big holiday.
What I wasn’t expecting was pizza parties, dancing to disco classics on the deck of our own private boat, cliff jumping into the sea, exploring volcanic caves, sun printing, clay play, incredible food, and so much laughter.

I tried the full-body scan with a 40k waitlist – this is what I learnt about my health
The scan mapped 50 million health data points on my body.
I’m in Neko Health’s scanning chamber that looks more like a spaceship – wearing only my pants – legs and arms spread eagle as if I’m about to launch into a semi-naked star jump.
I’ve booked in for the Neko Body Scan, a health check that first launched in Stockholm in 2018 and rapidly collects data about the health of your heart and arteries; cholesterol and blood sugar levels and the moles on your body.
Truth be told, I visit my GP so rarely I doubt they’d be able to ID me in a police line up. I have to be really sick to make an appointment and since Covid, it’s usually a phone conversation anyway.

Why the Royals Are Getting a “Scandalous” Raise This Year
An anti-monarchy group is launching a new campaign against royal funding this year, but King Charles and company are set on putting that cash toward necessary Buckingham Palace repairs.
King Charles III is set to get a raise worth about 45 million British pounds (approximately $56 million) from the British public this year, and the decision has caused controversy in the UK, which is still recovering from the pandemic-era cost of living crisis. In response, anti-monarchy advocacy group Republic is launching a new public campaign related to royal funding.
In an interview with Town & Country, Republic CEO Graham Smith explained the logic behind the group’s next move. “This is public money, all of this money comes from the government, at a time when the government is not able to properly fund schools, hospitals, police…. It is scandalous,” he said. “Not only should it not be going up at all, it should be going down.”

These are the only nail polish shades you’ll want on rotation in 2025, according to pros
Industry experts weigh in
As one year draws to a close, it’s time to welcome in the wave of 2025 nail trends. For those who aren’t huge on nail art but still like to play into trending palettes, I’ve tapped into the expertise of industry experts to get a steer on the most popular 2025 nail colours.
Though neutrals will always be popular, we can expect to see an influx of signature shades falling back into favour. “I think we’ll be seeing bold colours and lots of textures,” says luxury manicurist, Iram Shelton. “I think there’s a huge shift from the minimalist nails to ones that are more daring and influenced by the Y2K fashion trends.”
Want more of the specifics? Here are the five nail colours and palettes that’ll be huge this year, according to two industry pros. Bookmark now, show your nail tech later.

How a First Lady Found Her Calling
Betty Ford was one of the world’s most visible women. A new memoir recalls how, when she went public regarding her struggles with addiction, she changed her country forever.
I once asked Betty Ford what the saddest day of her life was, expecting her to say it was the day she lost her father. But she surprised me, responding without hesitation: August 9, 1974. The day her husband became president. She hadn’t lost a father that day. She lost herself.
By all accounts, including her own, Elizabeth Anne Bloomer had an enchanted childhood. Born in Chicago and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, she loved to dance, play football with the boys, and socialize with her friends. They all called her Betty. Not even the Great Depression, with all the hardships it brought into her home, dampened her joie de vivre. To help her family out, she began to earn a little money teaching kids how to dance—which only made her happier. But her enchantment, as well as her childhood, came to a sudden, agonizing end, at age sixteen, in July 1934. Her father died in the garage of carbon monoxide poisoning.

34 Spring Nail Colors That Will Instantly Brighten Your Mood
From pale turquoise to shimmery nude.
Spring nail colors tend to be a bit of a gamble. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the concept of soft, dreamy pastels coating my fingernails when it’s still gloomy and gray outside. But let me ask you a simple question: Have you ever encountered a quality pastel shade, one that doesn’t streak or look kind of sad once it slides off the brush? In my experience, that’s a rare find.
So this year I set out to find the best spring nail colors that look every bit as good on your hands as they do in the bottle. To weed out the duds, I polled the rest of the Glamour team for their reliable manicure favorites. The result: 34 standout shades that are perfect worn on their own, mismatched, or with the biggest spring nail design ideas and trending nail designs. Brands like OPI, Essie, Jinsoon, and Chanel offer whisper-soft blues, cool lilacs, and iterations of baby pink and mauve—but we’re also loving trendy neon green, punchy corals, and tons of shimmer this year.

Zuck Passes the Buck
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is throwing in the towel on the social media behemoth’s rigorous fact-checking program. In a video posted to socials on Wednesday, the 40-year-old billionaire (I checked), wearing a $900,000 watch (I double-checked), heralded the end of third-party checkers for his $1.54 trillion company (you know I checked) in favor of the user-based community notes scheme seen on Elon Musk’s X. According to Zuck, “It’s time to get back to our roots around free expression,” which loosely translates to Meta not being fully accountable for the things posted on its own platform. To many, of course, this shift only foreshadows a surge in unabashed disinformation across Meta’s platforms—a transition into Face-Value-book, Misinfo-gram, and Whats-Even-True-Anymore-App. Without adequate moderation, even its text-based platform Threads could quickly tie itself in a knot of untruths.

5 Mocktails You Can Make Without a Recipe, According to TikTok
Two ingredients and a few seconds are all you really need to make most of these delicious nonalcoholic drinks.
When it comes to mocktails, you want to make something that’s not overly complicated or time-consuming. The key is to find simple formulas that you don’t need a recipe for while still yielding celebration-worthy results — and social media has become one of my go-to sources for easy, accessible mocktails, now that more people are sharing their methods for making zero-proof beverages.

Your Tea Bag Is Likely Releasing Billions of Microplastic Particles, According to a New Study
The good news: There are other ways to brew your tea.
It’s a new day, which means it’s time to warn you about yet another product filled with microplastics that could have disastrous consequences on your overall health.
In December, researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain published a new study in the journal Chemosphere showing that individual tea bags steeped in boiling water can release micro- and nanoplastic particles, which are then ingested by the drinker. And it’s not just a few particles here or there. The researchers found that the bags can release particles in the billions, adding to the body of work already out there presenting the dangers of microplastics from tea bags.

Food Trends Are Going to Get Pretty Weird in 2025 If These Experts Are Correct
It’s a ‘shroom, diner, and bloom boom.
For food and beverage journalists, each December is a buffet of piquant triumph and bitter humiliation as we assess our food trend predictions from the previous year. For every correct assessment of ranch ruling and Caesar supremacy, we (OK, “I”) have to eat crow about saying there’d be Chicken à la King on every other restaurant menu and that Cresto di Gallo pasta would rule the roost. Still, we persist, and with the help of some market experts, here’s a peek into what we think 2025 food and drinks trends might be. Think sleepy, trippy, cozy, and flowery — but not quite so boozy as before.

If You Feel Like the Waiter Is Ignoring You, Here’s What’s to Do
There’s a right way and a wrong way to speak up.
If you’re in a restaurant and feel like the server is ignoring you, chances are it’s not intentional. Yes, there are times a server will blatantly neglect a customer, but that’s usually only because the customer was snapping their fingers at their server or behaving in some other way that doesn’t warrant attention from anyone. But most of the time, a case of a customer being ignored is a misinterpretation. I’ve worked in restaurants for almost 40 years, so in the spirit of better restaurant and diner relations, allow me to translate.

L.A. Wildfires: How to Help
Entertainment industry groups including the Screen Actors Guild and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) have launched wildfire relief efforts in Southern California geared toward helping first responders and members of the entertainment industry community.
As a series of devastating wildfires continued to burn across Los Angeles on Wednesday, various organizations began to mobilize aid efforts, including ones intended for first responders and for members of the entertainment community impacted by the natural disaster.
The active wildfires in L.A. County, which include the Palisades Fire, the Eaton, Hurst and Woodley fires (see photos), are at zero percent containment and have led to more than 30,000 evacuations and at least five deaths. Here are some of the organizations collecting donations and offering help.

The unusually strong force behind the apocalyptic fires in Los Angeles
“This is not a typical Santa Ana.”
Sustained powerful winds reaching nearly 100 miles per hour are driving fast-moving wildfires near Los Angeles, spewing smoke, destroying homes, closing roads, and forcing thousands of people to evacuate.
The Palisades fire along the coast near the Santa Monica mountains has burned more than 5,000 acres as of Wednesday afternoon. The Eaton fire near Pasadena has now torched at least 2,200 acres. The blazes have killed at least two people and destroyed more than 1,000 structures. Other smaller fires are also burning in the region.

How meditation deconstructs your mind
Want to learn how to meditate? Scientists have a new theory that might change how you practice.
We’re laying out the latest science of what meditation does to your mind. The better we understand the common mechanisms across how different meditation practices affect the mind, the more meditation science can contribute to broader understandings of human psychology.
More relevant for us non-scientists, we’ll get better at developing and fine-tuning styles of practice that can help us get the most out of whatever we’re looking for in taking up meditation. (It’s possible, after all, that there are improvements to be made on the instructions we received a few thousand years ago.)
There’s a lot to get into here, but if you walk away from this with anything, it should be that in the past few years, a breakthrough has begun sweeping across meditation research, delivering science’s first “general theory of meditation.” That means very exciting days — and more to the point, scientifically refined meditation frameworks and practices — are not too far ahead.

Why we shouldn’t ban kids from social media
Laws in Australia, Florida, and elsewhere could end up backfiring.
Grown-ups around the world have spent the last year desperately trying to get kids to put down their phones. Worries about kids’ screen time are far from new (you could argue that they are nearly a century old), but in recent months, high-profile experts have raised the concern that social media use among young people is not just an annoying time suck but a bona fide public health crisis.
Rather than relying on parents to limit kids’ phone time (which, as many parents can attest, is sometimes easier said than done), a growing number of lawmakers are taking matters into their own hands by passing legislation that seeks to keep kids off social media entirely.

The Parisian Chocolatier Reviving a 19th-Century Trading Card Tradition
The Parisian chocolate company Debauve & Gallais was founded 225 years ago by Sulpice Debauve, a pharmacist to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette who later became the official chocolate supplier to the kings of France. He introduced the confection as a health remedy to the royal court and, according to the brand, invented the era’s first chocolate one could bite into instead of drink. Those chocolats à croquer — flat medallions shaped like old coins — became a signature that remains a Debauve & Gallais best seller today under the name Pistoles de Marie-Antoinette. Along with chocolate bars, truffles, Croquamandes (chocolate-covered almonds created for Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807) and other confections whose recipes have seldom changed, the Pistoles are still displayed like jewels behind the shop’s original semicircle apothecary counter.

‘Breaking Bad’ House Listed for $3.995 Million
The price of the modest four-bedroom in Albuquerque reflects the home’s pop cultural significance, a listing agent said.
The house that doubled as Walter White’s on the TV show “Breaking Bad” has hit the market — at the lofty price of nearly $4 million.
The modest four-bedroom, two-bathroom ranch-style home at 3828 Piermont Drive Northeast, in the Northeast Heights neighborhood of Albuquerque, is listed for $3.995 million. At 1,910 square feet, the home costs just over $2,000 per square foot, and it has a pool in the backyard. The median sale price in Albuquerque is $350,000, and the median price per square foot is $208, according to Redfin.
Joanne Padilla grew up in the house and moved back four and a half years ago. In an interview with The New York Times, she said that her parents bought the house in 1973, and that after they recently died, she and her brothers decided it was time to let it go.

14 Habits That Are Making Your Home Dirtier, According to Professional Cleaners
From wearing shoes inside to leaving your bed unmade, keep your home tidy by breaking these habits.
Many people strive for a clean home, but if yours constantly attracts dust and dirt, there are a few things you may be doing that contribute to the buildup. While habits like not making your bed or wearing shoes inside may seem harmless in the moment, they can cause your home to accumulate dust, dirt, dander, and other unwanted grime. To make your cleaning efforts more effective, try to break these habits, which experts say are actually making your home dirtier.

How to Clean Couch Cushions for Beautiful, Refreshed Upholstery Year-Round
These tips and tricks will help you eliminate stains and odors with ease.
A couch is one of the most important pieces of furniture in the home. It’s central to the living room, and its placement is integral to a seamless layout. Not only that, but couches are a primary gathering space, where friends and family will sit down, kick back, and exchange stories over coffee (or cocktails).
Since this furnishing gets so much regular use, it’s natural for it to get dirty or even stained. Depending on the type of couch you have, though, it can be hard to know where to begin when it comes to cleaning individual cushions. The truth is there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to cleaning couch cushions—but there are a few essential expert tips and tricks you should know before you get started.

This U.S. City Was Named the Best Place to Live for Young Professionals — and No, It’s Not New York, San Francisco, or Chicago
During the 2000s and 2010s, wealthy young people gravitated toward destinations like New York City and San Francisco, where employment opportunities and upscale amenities abound. However, this is no longer the case, as Generation Z (born between 1997 and 2012) and millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) seek places that balance safety and economic prospects. And they are finding it in New England.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, was recently named the best place to live for “the young and wealthy” by the personal financial website GoBankingRates.com, which analyzed data on employment, household income, crime rates, and overall quality of life in cities nationwide to determine the winners.

This Is the No. 1 Winter Train in the U.S. — and It Goes Through a Forest, Gorgeous Rock Formations, and Passes by a Waterfall
Pikes Peak Cog Railway in Manitou Springs, Colorado, is a railway that travels up Pikes Peak, one of Colorado’s tallest mountains.
The image of a train chugging up a snow-covered mountain feels both nostalgic and mythical. Does such a winter train really exist? And if it does, where is it found?
The folks at JR Pass, a rail pass sold by the Japan Railways Group for overseas visitors, commissioned a study to determine the best and most sought-after winter trains in the world. To come up with a list of contenders, they analyzed things like TripAdvisor reviews, Instagram hashtags, and snowfall data. Coming in at No. 2 in the world and No. 1 in the United States was the Pikes Peak Cog Railway in Manitou Springs, Colorado, a railway that travels up Pikes Peak, one of Colorado’s tallest mountains.

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