- This account of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’s affair, from a new book, is so juicy. (Town & Country)
- Cannabis-minded weddings are becoming a thing. (NY Times)
- This positively enchanted me.
- And don’t miss Everything is Fine this week—we were pretty amusing, if I do say so. (Apple Podcasts)
- Every HBO show, ranked. (Vulture)
- This piece—about the author’s schizophrenic brother—is just heartbreaking. (Intelligencer)
- I’m always up for an amusing account of life on a massive cruise ship. (Texas Monthly)
- This conversation about who is going to die on White Lotus is lousy with spoilers, but also pretty fun. (A.V. Club)
- Misty Copeland on the books that shaped her. (Elle)
The video was fun!
It amazed me that Taylor was only 30 when she did Cleopatra. She seemed in her late 30s or early 40s already — maybe it was the heavy costume makeup. And it amazes me even more that Burton was only 38. Maybe the drinking… he seemed well into his late 40s, if not early 50s in the pics. I know, many people appeared older back then than now.
Here’s how I came to want a shearling coat, and the tale of Darwin, the IKEA monkey.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/the-ikea-monkey-was-spotted-10-years-ago-this-is-where-he-is-now-1.6188211