The Brunch round-up for February 28: The week and how it made us feel

We spent December LOLing at cats knocking over Christmas trees. Now it’s #RamadanCats season, with videos of kitties confused as to why their humans are eating at 4am. They’re joining the family at suhoor, squinty-eyed, expecting treats. How are they the main character every single time?

Boomers hate tech, but they love history. Naturally, they dissed YouTube when it went live in 2005. Now, London’s V&A has acquired an early watch page of YT’s first video (of some dude at the zoo) from 2006. It’s an artefact from the birth of Web 2.0. How old do you feel now?

Wikipedia editors, it seems are secret rage-baiters. One keeps changing pop queen Zara Larsson’s profile picture on her page, back to an image she finds unflattering. “Where’s my nice picture? Can I disapprove these pictures?” she says in a video. “I will never stop, so you better stop, because I will never stop.” Stay petty and vigilant, eds.

Surprise. Googling Jacob Elordi Mpreg doesn’t lead to fanfic. Instead it goes to the American TV network, Shudder, which is banking on the actor’s fame to re-promote the 2019 horror anthology The Mortuary Collection. It’s true, guys. Elordi played a pregnant man before he was Frankenstein’s monster and a kinky Heathcliff. He belongs to us freaks.

We’re hearing that Mia Goth (our fav eyebrowless person) has privately filed for divorce from Shia LaBeouf (our fav celebrity red flag). They filed before but reconciled. Goth’s fans are cheering. LaBeouf has plagiarised articles, got into bar brawls, admitted to an internet addiction, and SA’d women. Why did you stay so long, Mia?

We usually tap out by #5 of any movie franchise. Not Toy Story 5. The OG toys are up against an iPad (Greta Lee) this time. There’s also a GPS hippo and a toilet-training tech toy (Conan O’Brien). Plus, look! Woody’s balding. Millennials can totally relate too.

The Gorillaz say their new album, The Mountain, is inspired by India and its spiritual traditions. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett insist it’s legit – they travelled to India for it too. By India, they mean an ayurveda retreat in Kerala, meeting monks in Jaipur, and spotting cows and elephants. Who’s gonna tell them they’ve been tourist-trapped?

We’ve seen Yuko Yamaguchi’s art for 46 years, but only learnt her name now that she’s retiring. Damn. The woman who designed Hello Kitty and her universe is putting away her pens at age 70. Sayonara Yuko-san, we’re all a little bit kawaii because of you.