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

Princess Leia’s gold bikini recently sold for $1,75,000. It’s a terribly low price, given that an R2-D2 droid sold for $2.76 million in 2017, and Han Solo’s blaster fetched $5,50,000. Then again, the late Carrie Fisher, who played Leia, never wanted to feed into men’s fantasies.No fortune for the bikini? She’s probably laughing in heaven.

The Cambridge Dictionary has added 3,200 new words: Boop, chef’s kiss, IYKYK, and face journey (when one’s thoughts play out on their face). Ick is also a legit term now, thanks to the show Love Island, where one of the contestants used it to describe turn-offs in a romantic partner. What’s ick these days? For one X user, it was a person who cut their spaghetti to make it easier to eat.

The Mask, Jim Carrey’s breakout film, is 30 years old this year. Hollywood is no longer making silly, clever comedies anymore. It’s all grand animated films, superhero universes, sci-fi and fantasy. Even the bad guy commits to the silliness “There’s. Always. Time. For. A. Kiss!” Did you know that was Loki’s mask in the movie. Sigh, even Loki stands for something else now.

Ranbir Kapoor’s public statements about his wife, Alia Bhatt, have hit a new low. He made pointed comments on her body when she was pregnant with their child in 2022. Now, he’s said that Bhatt was a loud woman who has let go of her personality and quietened down after marriage. He’s also mentioned that he hopes his daughter, Raha, is quiet. Can he hear himself speak?

Young people do all kinds of stupid things. They’ve swallowed Tide Pods on a dare, they’ve tried to eat cinnamon powder by the spoonful. Now they’re filing their teeth with nail buffers in order to make them look more aligned. Dentists are warning them that will make teeth permanently weak and sensitive. But will they listen? It’s grating on the nerves!

At France’s women-only Camp Chateau, participants start the day with yoga. Afternoons are for making jam, painting, silent hiking, foraging, horseback riding or kayaking. You could skip it all and do nothing. Dreamy, right? But when did wellness get so gendered. Can you imagine prescribing this to men? Boo! Give us a shooting range too.