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# Fugs & Pieces: April 19th, 2024
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-pieces-april-19th-2024-04-2024/
- Published: 2024-04-19T20:00:36.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-19T18:38:52.000Z
- Description: Bad divorces, dystopian movies, deep-fake romances, and lots of other stuff for you to read! Gather around!
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: fugs, Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:27

Hello and happy weekend! It's nice to gather with you here again. PS: If you've entered a book giveaway here recently, please check your spam and email! I'm waiting to hear back from some folks.

Over at Drinks With Broads this week, everyone got [our salute to sci-fi Hate-Watches of yore plus a truly great celeb auction and some other stuff.](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-hate-watch) Paid subscribers got [Heather's dispatch from the gift shops of France, and MY dispatch from...jury duty?? Similar](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/heather-enters-a-french-gift-shop/)!!!

Interested in[ Fug Nation's top ten purchases from our shopping posts so far this year?](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fug-nations-ten-favorite-items-so-far-this-year-2-04-2024/) Me too!

SALE KLAXON: [J.Crew is doing -- as I type this -- up to an extra 60% off sale items with the code "SHOPSALE.](https://rstyle.me/+tTGsx3Z6rB5-loH1oAXV8g?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)" That's a lot! Maybe I'll [pull the trigger on this striped button-down](https://rstyle.me/+S%5F5j3QjjEPWt2NVRNPz0UQ?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) now! \[Affiliate link\]

At Vulture: [Diddy’s Open Secrets: The rap mogul shook off decades of rumored bad behavior with wholesome PR revamps.](https://www.vulture.com/article/diddy-allegations-lawsuit-analysis.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Fascinating: [$17,000 to Watch the Masters? How Sports Entice Deep-Pocketed Fans.](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/business/masters-map-and-flag-luxury-fans.html?ugrp=m&unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.lU0.90Jm.3JNImwbIs6i2&smid=url-share&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[NYT, gifted link\]

Also fascinating, at Texas Monthly: [What Is Alex Jones Doing in This Tiny Far West Texas Town?](https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/what-is-alex-jones-doing-in-terlingua/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Spoiler: He's not on a silent retreat giving back to the community. (Also, this town sounds pretty wacky?)

I love RHoBH and Applegate, but this was probably the right call: [Christina Applegate Reveals Why She Turned Down the Opportunity to Join the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.](https://socialitelife.com/christina-applegate-reveals-why-she-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-join-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Lainey takes us back down memory lane on [the occasion of Suri Cruise's 18th (!!) birthday.](https://www.laineygossip.com/katie-holmes-tom-cruise-gossip-nostalgia-brought-to-you-by-suri-cruise-18th-birthday/78053?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Cathy Horyn reports: [The Real Reason Taylor Swift Dresses Like That: A close read on a decade of outfits.](https://www.thecut.com/article/taylor-swift-style.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

I talked about this in DWB this week, and hard agree: "[Kelly Clarkson might be giving Bethenny Frankel a run for the title of 'worst divorce in history' ](https://www.laineygossip.com/kelly-clarkson-must-be-exhausted-as-divorce-from-brandon-blackstock-drags-on/78044?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)after her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock recently fired back against a lawsuit shefiled last month." \[Lainey\]

Cosmo asks, [Did Millennials Kill Astrology?](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a60248344/astrology-millenial-gen-z-attitudes-poll/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Sometimes I think the internet was a mistake. At Wired:[ The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived.](https://www.wired.com/story/yahoo-boys-real-time-deepfake-scams/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Wow: [Huge Disneyland expansion to add new rides, restaurants and hotels wins OK](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-16/disneylands-plan-to-expand-reimagine-park?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). This is going to create a LOT of jobs in that area, but also I sympathize with the folks in Anaheim who are worried about traffic. \[LA Times\]

Mercury retrograde is retrograding. We had [an impromptu chat about our worst tech nightmares](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/your-unexpected-late-morning-lunchtime-chat-technical-difficulties-today-04-2024/). We also [chatted about our favorite cookbooks! ](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/your-afternoon-chat-whats-your-current-favorite-cookbook-2-04-2024/)

Related, at Eater:[ ‘The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook’ Was Ahead of Its Time](https://www.eater.com/24126253/the-vilna-vegetarian-cookbook-fania-lewando?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Oooh, I'm so into[ this Le Creuset braiser that looks like a FLOWER](https://rstyle.me/+C1b4qLFbKuAVD6gMC0m9BA?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). \[affiliate link\]

Ugh: [Review: Look, You Knew ‘Back to Black’ Was Bad, BUT STILL!](https://www.pajiba.com/film%5Freviews/review-amy-winehouse-biopic-back-to-black-is-utterly-uninterested-in-its-own-subject.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[Pajiba\]

The Ringer dives deep on the [10 Most Memorable Dystopian Movies.](https://www.theringer.com/movies/2024/4/16/24130350/10-most-memorable-dystopian-movies-civil-war?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

*\[Photo: Getty Images\]*