January 5th, 2021

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2020 Show Finales graded by TVLine:


  • How to Get Away With Murder

'The ABC drama had quite a few mysteries to solve in its final hour, and it delivered with a series of satisfying reveals: The long-teased Wes twist was explained, Annalise was acquitted and lived a long, full life, and a flash-forward montage revealed where the Keating Four ended up after Middleton. Despite the abundant closure, though,
Murder‘s finale also brought the sudden,[Spoiler (click to open)]back-to-back deaths of Frank and Bonnie, two tortured characters who’d spent years trying to better themselves and let go of their hefty emotional baggage; to watch them perish so tragically, just as they neared a happy-ish ending,left us slightly bitter about the show’s finale choices.'

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MAC Cosmetics Releases a Sims Eyeshadow Palette



Because when you think Sims you think warm neutrals?

and yes, it is real

Makeup twitter was confused and quickly figuerd out that it was just a repackaged Solar Glow palaette from three years ago

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye's 'strange' life - desperate to divorce



In December, People Magazine revealed that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are Living 'Separate Lives'.

Now, the Mirror recaps some of their issues.

They say Kanye is reportedly now based full-time in Wyoming while Kim holds the fort back home.

"[He’s] in a better place when he’s there and Kim needs to be in LA and wants the kids with her," a source told Hollywood Life.

Kim appears to have spent Christmas with her mum and sisters bar a brief appearance from Kanye on December 22.


Deux moi posted this today. Many people are guessing Kanye and Kim.

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Tanya Roberts still alive, rep says day after reporting death



Actress Tanya Roberts is still alive, her representative said Monday, saying the information that she had died Sunday was not correct.

Roberts, 65, has been hospitalized since Dec. 24 after collapsing while walking her dogs, according to her publicist, Mike Pingel.
On Sunday, he passed word that he received through her distraught boyfriend, who had visited her in the hospital, that she had passed.

However, Pingel now says that information was not correct and that Roberts remains hospitalized. It was not immediately clear how the mistake occurred.

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RuPaul on Casting First Transgender Male Drag Queen Contestant

While RuPaul was once against the idea of changing the format of his popular drag competition, it seems he may have a different view now.

"I walked into this thing with an idea of what drag is and the kids have a different idea. They keep changing it."



During the interview RuPaul also says, "This season we have a trans man (Gottmik) who is on our show who is competing with the other drag queens and this man is fantastic. Fantastic!"


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New Books Hitting Shelves This Week


The Wife Upstairs

Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name.

But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates’ most mysterious resident. His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Jane can’t help but see an opportunity in Eddie––not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, he could also offer her the kind of protection she’s always yearned for.

Yet as Jane and Eddie fall for each other, Jane is increasingly haunted by the legend of Bea, an ambitious beauty with a rags-to-riches origin story, who launched a wildly successful southern lifestyle brand. How can she, plain Jane, ever measure up? And can she win Eddie’s heart before her past––or his––catches up to her?

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American Girl's Doll of the Year Is Already Causing Controversy Online



American Girl, the toy company that makes a line of popular dolls, released its annual Girl of the Year for 2021. The doll's name is Kira Bailey, and she is an aspiring koala conservationist living in Australia.

But the doll community online is apparently pretty pissed! Why?

  • The doll has lesbian aunts
  • The doll is blonde and white, and there have only been 5 POC Girls of the Year (there have been 20 total)
  • The doll's story may involve traveling to Australia during COVID


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Poll #2107698
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 263

Did you have an American Girl Doll as a kid, ONTD?

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Yes, 1
54(20.5%)
Yes, more than 1
59(22.4%)
No
150(57.0%)


What should the Doll of the Year actually be like, ONTD?

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McDonald's adds new sandwiches to compete in chicken wars



On Monday, the company announced three versions of a new chicken sandwich, which will be available nationwide on February 24: The Crispy Chicken Sandwich, topped with pickles and served on a potato roll (OP's note; Will potato rolls/bread be the new thing?), the Spicy Chicken Sandwich, which adds a spicy pepper sauce, and the Deluxe Chicken Sandwich, which comes with lettuce, tomatoes and mayo.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company was losing customers to fast casual chains and higher-end burger joints. Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald's USA suggests more chicken products are coming. Spicy Chicken McNuggets launched in the fall, McDonald's first new McNugget flavor in the U.S. since the item was introduced to the US menu in 1983.

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Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde Spotted Together at His L.A. Home After Attending Wedding




The two were seen entering his LA home on Sunday (January 3) after attending his manager’s wedding in Montecito, California.


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Live Viewing Post Georgia Senate Runoff Election

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Courtney Love calls 2004 album, Steve Coogan, and crack, her biggest regrets



-Courtney Love has described a period of her life in the early 2000s as "sloppiness, men, money, drugs, nightmare"
-Her and Steve Coogan had "a couple of shags" at the Sunset Marquis and she had no clue who Alan Partridge (his famous TV character) was, but her band did

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Lest we forget this post: Why is Steve Coogan so hot? An investigation
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Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles' 'Close Friendship Quickly Turned Romantic' on Movie Set


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People has the deets on Wilde Styles

They have been dating for a few weeks

"What started out as a close friendship, quickly turned romantic. Everyone saw it coming. During breaks, he's hasn't been able to stay away and visited her trailer."

"They were in Montecito, California this weekend for a wedding. They were affectionate around their friends, held hands and looked very happy."

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Harry Styles Called Olivia Wilde His ‘Girlfriend’ While Officiating His Friend’s Wedding
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Original Black Eyed Peas Member Kim Hill Responds to Will.i.Am



Will.i.am thinks their success is the reason they aren’t considered a “black” group.

“In 2004, Black Eyed Peas, we were just trying to get on. I’m a Black dude, but when you think of Black Eyed Peas, we go so big that…and it hurts, it still hurts a little bit that we’re not considered a Black group because we got that big. When you think of Black Eyed Peas…it’s no longer urban or Black culture, which is…it’s not good for the black community that Black Eyed Peas is not looked at as a Black group because we had international success."

The music group Black Eyed Peas was formed in 1995. Kim Hill was replaced with Fergie after the group drifted from their roots and aimed for a more pop sound and aesthetic. Hill responds to Will.I.Am.

“You’re not in those Black roots anymore. So, I don’t understand how you’re not even going to talk about the Black girl that you had in your group and you’re going to skip to 2004 and you say, ‘I don’t understand how the Black community isn’t embracing us,’ For you to make that statement as if the onus is on the Black community to celebrate you and the band when you didn’t celebrate us. It’s almost like there’s this cultural smudging.”

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Dexter Revival News


[Spoiler (click to open)]'Brown will star as Kurt Caldwell, the primary villain of the show. Caldwell is described as the unofficial mayor of the small town of Iron Lake. He’s realized the American dream by going from driving big rigs, just like his father did, to now owning several trucks and the local truck stop. Powerful, generous, loved by everyone – he’s a true man of the people. If he’s got your back, consider yourself blessed. But should you cross Kurt, or hurt anyone that he cares for, God help you.'


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In "we been knew" news, Emma Stone is pregnant



- Emma Stone was seen on a walk in Los Angeles with a friend on December 30 where she was seen cradling her burgeoning belly, as rumors swirl she is expecting her first child with husband Dave McCary
- The 32-year-old still has yet to personally address widespread pregnancy rumors with her husband, who the ultra-private actress married in secret last year
- But a source says Stone is indeed pregnant and 'just loves married life'
- Rumors of Stone's pregnancy first started swirling months ago in September.

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26 Times Teen Dramas Actually Cast Teen Actors


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5/26 Examples Of Teen Dramas Casting Teen Actors That Will Open Your Eyes To How Many Times They Don't:

- James Lafferty was 18 when the first episode of One Tree Hill aired.

- Sasha Pieterse was 14 when the Pretty Little Liars pilot aired.

- Alexis Bledel was 19 when Gilmore Girls first aired.

- Michelle Williams was 17 while the first season of Dawson's Creek was airing.

- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was 18 when Never Have I Ever dropped on Netflix.
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Differences Between The "Tiny Pretty Things" Show And Novels


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well that show was a trip, and pretty different from the books

5/17 Differences:

- The Archer School of Ballet is set in Chicago in the TV show instead of New York, like in the book.

- Neveah was a pretty different character

her name in the books was Gigi (Giselle) and she had a different family background

- In the show, the French dancer Nabil has a few more redeeming qualities

and he was not a muslim in the books, the show added that whole Islamophobia angle

- Bette is still the perfect ballerina, but with a twist.

the "gets boyfriend with an adorable family who brings her back to life after her ordeals." was June's story in the books

- So many naked butts.

way more sex on the show, way more

Locked Down trailer



Locked Down, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway debuts on HBO Max in the US on January 14. Directed by Doug Liman and written by Steven Knight with a supporting cast including Ben Stiller, Mindy Kaling and Ben Kingsley. This is one of the first projects that has been filmed since the first lockdown that specifically addresses the pandemic.

'Just as they decide to separate, Linda (Anne Hathaway) and Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor) find life has other plans when they are stuck at home in a mandatory lockdown. Co-habitation is proving to be a challenge, but fueled by poetry and copious amounts of wine, it will bring them closer together in the most surprising way.'

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Johnny Depp fails to get $100M countersuit tossed; Amber Heard now allowed to sue for defamation



More bad news for embattled star Johnny Depp. Just weeks after being found guilty by the UK High Court of being a "wife beater", a judge in his Virginia case against Heard has denied Depp's request to have her $100M countersuit tossed out.

Fairfax County Judge Bruce White says Depp's accusations that Heard's claims of abuse during the couple’s marriage was an elaborate hoax have the ability to 'injure Heard's reputation'. Therefore he is allowing the actress to countersue Depp for defamation.

Heard's $100M case will now head to trial later this year, while Depp's Virginia trial begins on May 3rd.

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