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# Fugs & Pieces, December 21st, 2018
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-pieces-december-21st-2018-12-2018/
- Published: 2018-12-21T20:00:53.000Z
- Updated: 2018-12-21T21:29:22.000Z
- Description: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:00

Merry Christmas, if you celebrate it, and happy end of the year to us all! We're heading into our year-end coverage here at GFY, so pop back here over the holidays if you get bored -- and get plenty of rest, as the Golden Globes are JANUARY 6TH! We'll be in awards season before you know it.

To read:

I was a huge fan of Laverne and Shirley as a kid, and I LOVE *A League of Their Own* and *Big*[I enjoyed Linda Holmes's take on Penny Marshall, who died this week.](https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/677871318/remembering-penny-marshall?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).

This is really interesting, at The Ringer: [Blind Item Revealed: How a Scorned Form of Gossip Changed Hollywood](https://www.theringer.com/2018/12/13/18138512/blind-item-revealed-how-a-scorned-form-of-gossip-changed-hollywood?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Also at The Ringer, get ready to argue![ The 40 Best Movie Musicals of the Past 40 Years](https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/12/20/18149632/best-movie-musicals-ranking?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Speaking of people who've had their share of BIs, [Lainey goes deep into this Eliza Dushku/CBS settlement](https://pubx.co/L5nMWZ?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). (Michael Weatherly has been the subject of MANY unflattering blind items since he was on *Dark Angel* and was suspected of being a real dickhead for years by the gossip community.)

If you haven't read Dushku's own take on this, [it's well worth your time.](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/12/19/eliza-dushku-responds-what-happened-cbs-took-job-and-because-objected-being-sexually-harassed-was-fired/OCh7h0pwg4Aq7xfwOUasyO/story.html?%5F&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (At the Boston Globe.)

I literally cried reading this essay: [My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley](https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/12/14/lin-wang-charles-barkley?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \[WBUR\]

Also at Lainey, this was MY question about the *Where'd You Go Bernadette* adaptation as well: [Is this movie a mess?](https://pubx.co/Wgdmas?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I must note that I loved the book.

This is really good, at Quartz, and more interesting than you'd think it would be from the headline:[ People fall off cruise ships with alarming regularity. Can anything be done to stop it?](https://qz.com/1443797/why-do-people-keep-falling-off-cruise-ships-because-people-keep-stepping-onto-them/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (This is why I always say, if you want to murder someone, take them on a cruise.)

THIS IS A HEADLINE, at DCist: [After Bloodbath, The National Zoo’s Naked Mole-Rats Finally Choose Their Queen](https://dcist.com/story/18/12/17/after-bloodbath-the-national-zoos-naked-mole-rats-finally-choose-their-queen/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). 2018!

The AV Club [has a fabulous interview with Sandy Powell](https://film.avclub.com/sandy-powell-on-designing-the-gorgeous-costumes-for-mar-1830987863?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), who did the costumes for both *Mary Poppins Returns* and *The Favourite* this year.

Interesting, at The Atlantic:[ "The Coming Commodification of Life at Home: As internet-connected devices and appliances accumulate, one academic foresees 'the monetization of every move you make.'"](https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/12/smart-home-devices-data-privacy/578425/?utm%5Fsource=twitter&utm%5Fcontent=edit-promo&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=the-atlantic&utm%5Fterm=2018-12-18T16%3A29%3A26)

At Pajiba, this is the kind of intel we need going into prime tv-watching time: [The Ten Best Netflix Original Movies of 2018](https://www.pajiba.com/netflix%5Fmovies%5Fand%5Ftv/the-best-netflix-original-movies-of-2018.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Likewise, relevant to our interests at Pajiba -- and I will accept congratulations from you for spelling "relevant" correctly, as it is my Waterloo of spelling: ['Crazy Rich Asians,' 'The Favourite,' 'A Wrinkle in Time,' 'Black Panther,' and Our Favorite Outfits From 2018 Films](https://www.pajiba.com/film%5Freviews/our-favorite-outfits-and-lewks-from-2018-films.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Speaking of binge-able TV shows, at Celebitchy: [Richard Madden: It’s actually realistic that bodyguards sleep with their ‘principals’](https://www.celebitchy.com/601698/richard%5Fmadden%5Fits%5Factually%5Frealistic%5Fthat%5Fbodyguards%5Fsleep%5Fwith%5Ftheir%5Fprincipals/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). IS IT, RICHARD MADDEN? Listen, I liked *Bodyguard* a lot, but it's not, like, a paragon of realism.

This is great, about Claire McCardell at the Washington Post: [A Dress for Everyone. ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2018/12/12/feature/the-designer-who-radically-suggested-that-women-should-wear-whats-comfortable/?utm%5Fterm=.e22b1b0c6909&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

[It's David Beckham's beauty routine](https://intothegloss.com/2018/12/david-beckham-house-99/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)! \[Into The Gloss\]

An excellent essay from Daniel Ortberg at The Goods: [The best $6,250 I ever spent: top surgery](https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/18/18141006/daniel-ortberg-essay-top-surgery?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

[An excellent look at Michelle Obama's book tour wardrobe, at The Root.](https://theglowup.theroot.com/yes-we-know-michelle-obamas-becoming-is-a-blockbuster-1831229848?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Those Balenciaga boots!! Well, what else do you wear to chat with the erstwhile Carrie Bradshaw?

Really interesting, at the New York Times: [The Itsy-Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie, Very Litigious Bikini](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/business/kiini-bikini-lawsuit-ipek-irgit-solange-ferrarini.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

And, finally:

NOW it's Christmas.