{"id":31788,"date":"2016-02-07T01:44:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T06:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=31788"},"modified":"2016-06-27T23:12:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T03:12:29","slug":"the-week-in-review-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/the-week-in-review-62\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog this week.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m doing a big <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/jewel-of-the-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jewels of the Month<\/a> series: a 14-day Valentine&#8217;s Day\/anti-Valentine&#8217;s Day countdown. I&#8217;ve got something for everyone, alternating between Valentine\u2019s Day gift ideas for the lovebirds and anti-Valentine\u2019s Day designs suitable for self-gifting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-1-of-14\/\" target=\"_blank\">Valentine\u2019s Day\/Anti-Valentine\u2019s Day Countdown: #1 of 14. Good things come in little heart pendants packed with diamonds<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-2-of-14\/\" target=\"_blank\">Valentine\u2019s Day\/Anti-Valentine\u2019s Day Countdown: #2 of 14<\/a>. &#8220;<span class=\"st\"><a href=\"http:\/\/genius.com\/38939\" target=\"_blank\">You hear this finger? Oh it&#8217;s upside down. Here, let me turn this motherfucker up right now<\/a>.<\/span>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-3-of-14\/\" target=\"_blank\">Valentine\u2019s Day\/Anti-Valentine\u2019s Day Countdown: #3 of 14. I want to wear red sequins and ruby-eyed skulls<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-4-of-14\/\" target=\"_blank\">Valentine\u2019s Day\/Anti-Valentine\u2019s Day Countdown: #4 of 14. When you have zero fucks to give about Cupid<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-5-of-14\/\" target=\"_blank\">Valentine\u2019s Day\/Anti-Valentine\u2019s Day Countdown: #5 of 14. Rubies for National Wear Red Day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-6-of-14\/\" target=\"_blank\">Valentine\u2019s Day\/Anti-Valentine\u2019s Day Countdown: #6 of 14. Inspired by Beyonce&#8217;s &#8220;Formation.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, last Sunday, I handed out my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2016-sag-awards-is\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Dressed and Wear What You Want honors for attendees of the Screen Actors Guild Awards<\/a>.\u00a0 Before I chose Alicia Vikander and Carol Burnett, respectively, I did linger over Susan Sarandon, seen here with her daughter Eva Amurri.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 395px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/507614708\" target=\"_blank\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 150.379747% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/507614708?et=2XzX8wFwSShSKxVWCw2g5g&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=afNsjGmSdtGPtTETIU1QNWmyyEot-OJBpbiPjXAMYIw=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"395\" height=\"594\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2016-critics-choice-awards-is\/\" target=\"_blank\">I do appreciate a white pantsuit<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/nora-ephron-1941-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">good cleavage at any age<\/a>. Plus, my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haircaptain.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">hair guru Keith Carpenter<\/a> sometimes works with Susan, so I always keep an eye out for her just in case she has a Keith &#8216;do. I thought it was cute that Susan and Eva were a little matchy in the way they bared some skin at the waist. Basically, I thought she looked great, but, for me, she wasn&#8217;t particularly daring. For other people, she was too daring: There was a big outcry over the fact that Susan&#8217;s d\u00e9colletage was on display while she introduced the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/see-susan-sarandon-s-smooth-response-after-outfit-was-called-t71781\" target=\"_blank\">In Memoriam tribute<\/a>. Obnoxious television personality Piers Morgan just had to tweet about it.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Would Susan Sarandon wear this to a funeral? No.<br \/>\nIt was thus horribly inappropriate for an In Memoriam tribute. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hMoGChJY8D\">pic.twitter.com\/hMoGChJY8D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piersmorgan\/status\/694877615333732352\">February 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/center>Um, what? She wasn&#8217;t at a funeral. She was at an awards show. I suspect that an actress who was younger than Susan&#8217;s 69 years could get up there showing side-boob and not get called out for it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=SMH-Rings\" target=\"_blank\">SMH<\/a>. I&#8217;m so bored with people policing women&#8217;s bodies.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog this week. I&#8217;m doing a big Jewels of the Month series: a 14-day Valentine&#8217;s Day\/anti-Valentine&#8217;s Day countdown. I&#8217;ve got something for everyone, alternating between Valentine\u2019s Day gift ideas for the lovebirds and anti-Valentine\u2019s Day designs suitable for self-gifting. Valentine\u2019s Day\/Anti-Valentine\u2019s Day Countdown: #1 of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/the-week-in-review-62\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[387,10,598],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-awards-shows","7":"category-celebrities","8":"category-week-in-review","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31788"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33263,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31788\/revisions\/33263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}