The Brunch round-up for October 4: The week and how it made us feel

This week, we’re crawling on all fours, partying at the supermarket, trying on face bras, and ignoring AI Ralph Lauren’s advice

Breaking from type. In 2017, Nicole Kidman announced that she’d work with a female director at least once every 18 months. Eight years on, the collab count is 27, and just look at the roster. Babygirl, The Perfect Couple, Expats, and (can’t wait!) Practical Magic 2. Along the way she’s perfected playing the Rich White Firebrand With A Secret. We don’t mind. Sip wine, Nicole. Wrap your cardigan tighter against the breeze. We’ll never give you up.

If a show has Nicole Kidman playing a Rich Lady In A Cardigan With A Secret, you bet we’ll be watching it.

The Skims face bra claims to lift our chins and jaw. But is it worth looking like a mummy in bed?

Pulling a muscle. Put the gua sha away. Take the red-light mask off your wishlist. Skims just released a bra for the face. The Seamless Sculpt Face Wrap is made with the same material as their bodysuits and promises to lift our chins, cheekbones, and jaw as we sleep. Is it worth looking like an Egyptian mummy in bed? Would someone post a review?

Who wants styling tips from AI Ralph Lauren? We’re so over the whole preppy look.

Supermarkets are holding grocery raves. Can’t wait to hear the beet drop! (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Adding to cart. Hinge shminge! The best spot to find a partner these days is the grocery aisle. In Spain, singles are placing pineapples in their shopping baskets to indicate to other shoppers that they’re open to dates. Now, supermarkets are holding grocery raves. What’s the playlist: Black Eyed Peas, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cranberries or Honey Singh?

The FIFA World Cup’s official ball is out. The Trionda (Spanish for “triwave”) is a geek’s dream. (INSTAGRAM/@MATCHBALLFIFA)

Having a ball. The FIFA World Cup is nigh. We love what they’ve done with the ball. It’s called the Trionda (Spanish for “triwave”) and its panels are a geek’s dream. Each has three points but is connected by curves that fit together to make the ball more perfectly round. Now, the a six-panelled ball Brazuca from 2014 made gameplay unpredictable. Will the triangle triumph?

The site of Julius Caesar’s assassination is crawling with stray kitties. Was he the OG cat whisperer? (INSTAGRAM/@GATTIDITORREARGENTINA)

Saying pspspsps. So, the spot where Julius Caesar was assassinated is now, 20 centuries later, a cat sanctuary. It all started when the site was excavated in 1929 and stray cats began showing up. (Who told them?) Today, the Rome Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary is a huge tourist attraction. We always felt that old Julius had tabby energy.

What’s scarier than the monsters in Stranger Things’s final season? Grown adults playing little kids.

Watching the clock. Remember when it didn’t take nine years to put out 34 episodes of a TV show? The first season of Stranger Things was in 2016. We’re only getting the final season this year. The monsters are scary. The grown adults playing little kids is creepy. Meanwhile, Wednesday, which released in 2022, with release S2 this year. Poor Pugsley Addams looks like someone fed him a growth potion. Why can’t they film two seasons side-by-side?

The Quadrobics fitness trend has people crawling like animals. We bet Darwin didn’t see this twist coming. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Staying biped. Ssh, don’t let the gym bros and girls know, but a new fitness trend just dropped. Quadrobics involves getting down on all fours and moving like an animal. The furry community started it, now it’s mainstream. Enthusiasts have been spotted crawling in parks and clambering up stairs like dogs, scaring children. There are tutorials on how to leap like a cat, gallop like a horse, and climb rocks like mountain goats. If Charles Darwin could see this, he’d be very disappointed.

From HT Brunch, October 04, 2025

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