EDITOR’S NOTE
Happy Sunday. Hear me out: Serving a warm basket of these treats is perhaps the most impressive party trick of all time — and, I promise, the hardest part is getting the pan. But that isn’t the only game changer I learned about this week…
If fall’s chocolate-brown takeover felt too cool (same), you’ll be happy to discover it’s out for spring — and these less intimidating, surprisingly versatile colors are taking its spot.
Apologies to crewnecks and V-necks, but this CBK-approved shirt style is what Fashion People wear to look chic, refined, and like they summer in the south of France.
I hadn’t thought about this frankly horrific reality TV competition since the mid-2000s — but it’s getting a documentary, and I’m even more invested than I was in the ANTM one.
These are the seven hacks pastry chefs use to take boxed brownies to the next level, and I can confirm number two yields the most incredibly fudgy texture ever.
If you, like me, spend 90% of your time in sneakers, these are the six collabs worth knowing about this season. Personally, I’ll be buying the Veja one ASAP.
— Melissa Goldberg / Senior Editor / Washington, DC
💁♀️ The headband that dominated middle school hallways is making a comeback, at least according to Paris Fashion Week. On behalf of hair everywhere, we apologize in advance.
😎 Sure, classic black leggings are great. But this surprisingly elevated alternative looks expensive enough for a nice dinner out. Just ask Beyoncé and Katie Holmes.
👀 Spring’s hottest styling trick? Flaunting the thing you’ve been taught your whole life to hide.
👑 Slip skirts, you’ve had a good run. But this exceptionally ’90s style is coming for your Cool Girl crown — and we need a minute to process.
🦋 Gen Z has discovered the life-giving power of what was once millennials’ favorite place to hang out. Who’s gonna tell them about AOL chat rooms next?
Just when it seemed like Jessie Buckley’s feelings about cats might be the year’s biggest Oscars controversy (and that’s putting it generously), Timothée Chalamet said, “Hold my Ping-Pong paddle.” Sorry, what he actually said was “no one cares” about ballet or opera, during a conversation with Matthew McConaughey, adding: “I just lost 14 cents in viewership. I just took shots for no reason.” No surprise, the comments largely didn’t land en pointe — inspiring genius promo codes (Seattle Opera, we were unfamiliar with your game), a not-so-subtle Jeopardy! dig (did someone say, “Shady Categories for $1,000”?), a Saturday Night Live joke (Colin Jost, touché), and many heated responses from professional singers and dancers worldwide (these pirouettes? scathing). Plus, in what may be the only positive thing to come out of this controversée, celebs have come out of the woodwork to declare their loyalty to the Opera and Ballet Fan Club, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Doja Cat (well, sort of), and Nathan Lane (note to self: you don’t want him to call you this). Even the principal of Chalamet’s prestigious performing arts alma mater posted an Instagram message to Lil Timmy Tim with big “we’re not mad, just disappointed” energy.
Of course, we should probably mention this isn’t the first time Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend has come for the classical arts: Chalamet — whose sister, mother, and grandmother were all ballerinas, mind you — made similar comments in resurfaced clips from The Graham Norton Show and a screening of The King (we don’t remember it either). Perhaps that explains why all the backlash hasn’t affected Timmy one bit. While everyone has spent days dissecting what he may (or may not) have meant, Chalamet has continued what has felt like a three-year press tour for Best Actor glory — playing Ping-Pong in China, striking Dragon Ball Z poses on Japanese TV, and basically doing anything except apologizing. But tonight’s Oscars might make that tricky. Ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, a few questions remain: Will he and Jenner show up in Marty orange tutus? If he wins, will he thank “the arts”? Or will he get up there and reenact this iconic Center Stage scene? Will he have an intensely awkward run-in with Misty Copeland? Who knows, but we’ll be tuning in. Mostly so we can mark things off on our first Oscars Bingo Card (click here to screenshot it). Good luck to all.
Looks like the Kelce family has some news to add to this year’s Christmas card. No, not that Travis finally made a decision about his future in the NFL (inspired, in part, by a certain overachiever), but that Donna is rumored to be renovating her Florida home — a story TMZ dramatically broke with an “exclusive” report. The big plans? According to the outlet, to replace a set of windows and six doors (groundbreaking stuff). Naturally, the “news” had the internet working overtime: Other iconic pieces of architecture sent their congrats, endless memes were made (this one still has us cackling), millennials added it to their list of generational milestones, and X was momentarily fun again (let us enter into evidence: exhibit A). Even some Kelce family members joined in, with Jason sharing his own “breaking” news (Jason, only two hours??) and Kylie delivering this hilariously deadpan response (someone give her an Oscar). Not to mention, Donna herself chimed in, fact-checking TMZ and explaining the whole thing is so she can “save money on heating and air conditioning” (relatable). The only (soon-to-be) Kelce we haven’t heard from? Taylor. Though maybe she’s saving it for the next album.
Here’s one for the history books: Raye installed a plaque outside her ex’s favorite pub — and the message is savage. Guess we know where her husband isn’t.
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Wouldn’t you know it, Nicole Kidman is once again gracing our TV screens with another murder mystery — not that we’re complaining. In Prime Video’s Scarpetta — based on the Patricia Cornwell book series — Kidman plays smart, obsessive Kay Scarpetta, who’s just returned to the role of Virginia’s chief medical examiner after being pushed out years earlier. As Kay and her husband (Simon Baker) settle back into his family home, where they’re living with her sister, Dorothy (Jamie Lee Curtis), and Dorothy’s detective husband, Pete (Bobby Cannavale), Kay receives a major case: the grisly murder of a woman that reads suspiciously similar to the career-defining one she and Pete worked on 28 years earlier. Or so they thought. As the story jumps between 1998 and present day, one question looms: Did they pin it on the wrong suspect? And if so, has Kay’s entire career been a lie?
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Skimm’d by: Jamie Feldman and Melissa Goldberg. Fact-checked by Jordan Mamone.
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