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ONTD ORIGINAL: A look at all the trash men in Hollywood (Part 2)

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Hollywood's worst kept secret finally received the attention it deserved thanks to the amazing and brave women who came forward with their stories. Harvey Weinstein was properly exposed for the vile piece of shit he truly is. While Hollywood wants to act shocked, there are many more men like Weinstein in the industry whether they are producers or actors. In light of the stories and accusations, I have decided to take a look at all the men in Hollywood who have been accused of abuse or harassment or who are just straight up trash.



Casey and Ben Affleck

Being a piece of shit seems to be the standard for the Affleck brothers. While working on I'm Still Here with Joaquin Phoenix, a producer for the film had alleged that she was repeatedly harassed over the course of filming. The producer, Amanda White, claimed that Affleck ordered a crew member to show his dick to White. She also claims that Affleck referred to women as cows and told her it was time for her to have kids after learning her age. The story only gets worse from here. White also says that during filming, Joaquin Phoenix and Affleck had locked themselves in her room with two women where they also had sex with them. Keep in mind that Affleck was also married to Joaquin's sister at this time. Affleck also used physical intimidation and sent her abusive text messages after she refused to stay with him. This was not the only woman Affleck harassed. He also harassed the film's director of photography, Magdalena Gorka. Gorka faced a similar pattern of abuse and harassment. Affleck and other members of production openly talked about engaging in sexual activities with Gorka and would suggest that she had sex with the camera assistant. In one instance, the crew had traveled to New York for the film. Instead of getting a hotel, Affleck and Phoenix offered up their hotel. Phoenix offered Gorka to stay in his room while he sleeps on the couch. Gorka woke up in the middle of the night and found Affleck in her bed. The actor was in his underwear and shirt and was caressing her back. She ordered him to get out, which he questioned, and then he left in anger. Gorka informed her agent of what happened and quit the project. The news and allegations resurfaced last year. He was rewarded for his work in Manchester By The Sea as he won more than 40 awards. He's also working next with Alfonso Cuaron on a TV series.

Ben Affleck may have gone to church to atone for his sins but we sure as hell won't forget them. Along with Harvey Weinstein's demise, Ben Affleck's transgressions have also come to light. While Ben issued some half ass statement after staying quiet, Rose McGowan called out Affleck on twitter. McGowan had told Affleck decades earlier about what Weinstein did.The day only got worse for Ben as a fan recalled a time when he groped Hilarie Burton's breasts on TRL. Burton replied back to the fan and said she hadn't forgotten it. ONTD Detectives looked into it and found the original footage. As we all know, Ben is really great at half ass statement and this time wasn't any different when he apologized on twitter for what he did. Annamarie Tendler, a makeup artist, recalled the time when Affleck groped her at the Golden Globes in 2014. He grabbed her ass and stuck his finger into her crack. Affleck tried to play it off as a mistake. According to Jen Statsky, writer for Broad City and The Good Place, multiple women had the same experience as Annamarie that same night. Affleck was also seen asking a TV host to expose her breasts and mocked those who are disabled. Video shows Affleck touching the host's breasts. He's seen telling her that she should have her "rack" on display. Anne-Marie Losique has come out and said that the whole interview was staged. Ben also wanted Emily Ratajkowski in Gone Girl so he could motor boat her breasts. Also, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck basically worked together to bury any negative press against his POS brother Casey Affleck. David Fincher also thinks Ben is suspect AF because he could come up with fake conversations on the spot and said that he would be suspicious of Ben.

Marlon Brando

Brando's costar in the Last Tango in Paris, Maria Schneider, told the Daily Mail that the rape scene in the film was not included in the script. Schneider, who passed away in 2011, was 19 when that scene was shot. Schneider believed that she couldn't refuse to do the scene. Bernardo Bertolucci and Marlon Brando came up with the idea to shoot the assault scene and did not tell Schneider about it. Schneider said that Brando didn't console her or even apologize after the scene was shot. Brando was also involved in an eight year affair with Rita Moreno in which he cheated on her countless times and forced her to have an abortion. He also dated then 15 year old Jackie Collins when he was in his early 30's. Brando's daughter Cheyenne also accused him of molesting her.

Mel Gibson

In July 2010, Mel Gibson had been recorded during a phone call with Oksana Grigorieva in which he suggested that if she got "raped by a pack of n******", it would be her fault. Gibson also admits to hitting Oksana and said that she "deserved" it. She claimed that Gibson punched her in the face, gave her a concussion, and knocked her teeth out during a confrontation. He also called her a bitch and a whore. Gibson has also made homophobic and anti semitic remarks. He accused those who are Jewish for all the wars in the world. Mel just wishes that everyone would move on and Hollywood sure as hell did. Andrew Garfield didn't mind Mel's remarks and the Academy nominated Mel for best director for his film Hacksaw Ridge.


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ONTD Original™ - Halloween Edition: The Psychology Behind 12 Episodes of 'The Haunting Hour'

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Between 2010 and 2014, there was a little known young adult, episodic anthology by the name of The Haunting Hour that aired on the Hub Network (later Discovery Family). It was mainly a supernatural show partly based on two collections of short stories, 'The Haunting Hour' and 'The Nightmare Hour,' by R.L. Stine. Executive producers of the series included Dan Angel and Billy Brown, who collectively worked on series such as Animorphs, Goosebumps, Night Visions, and The X-Files. Like Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Haunting Hour used horror as a metaphor for everyday issues. There were times where episodes had heavier themes, hence why every episode had a parental advisory suggesting that viewers watch with their families. At its core, The Haunting Hour is is aimed toward children and teenagers, but there was still something in most episodes that appealed to the adult psyche.

Many of these types of "best/scariest episodes" lists about TV shows become a bit monotonous. So in a better effort to connect the series to real life as well as make this more worthwhile of a read, the psychology of themes or aspects in each episode is briefly explored. If you live in the U.S.A. and you have Netflix, seasons one and two are available to stream right now. With no further ado, here are twelve episodes of The Haunting Hour and some psycho-babble about each one. Beware of spoilers, by the way.

Season 2, Episode 11 - "Scarecrow"
A mysterious man gives Jenny a scarecrow to get rid of the crows eating her crops. Her brother, Bobby, is weary of his sister accepting the gift.

As Jenny tries to display the scarecrow, it disappears when she's not looking. Bobby claims not to have anything to do with it, though. The next day, the scarecrow is posted in the field. More strange things happen: Bobby's cows go missing, and his friend Amy calls about something evil coming their way. He goes to visit Amy, but she along with everyone else in town is nowhere to be found. It looks as if everyone has vanished into thin air. Back on the farm, Jenny is now gone, too. The mysterious man that gave Jenny the scarecrow tells Bobby that scarecrows are part of a plan to end the world. The stranger finally turns into a scarecrow, which Bobby sets on fire. Everyone Bobby knows and loves is gone, and he wanders the world alone. In an alternate ending that was shown later, Bobby becomes a scarecrow, too. He and the stranger are presumably the only ones left in the world at that point.



Why we want the world to end
The world came to an end without warning for Bobby. However, some people in real life are prepared for or at least consumed with the idea of the world's end.


Dr. Daniel Sullivan from the University of Arizona thinks that people's fascination with the world ending is rooted in our desire to reduce the real evils and dangers of life. It is easier to expect danger to come from a single source rather than accept that evil is complex and unending.

"Doomsday Is Postponed Again: Here's Why We're All So Obsessed With The End Of World, According to Psychology." Newsweek, 26 September. 2017, http://www.newsweek.com/doomsday-postpone-again-heres-why-were-obsessed-end-world-according-psychology-670860.


Season 1, Episode 6 - "The Red Dress"
Jamie and her best friend work at a country club frequented by Zack, the guy Jamie is smitten with. However, Jamie does not think he would be attracted to someone like herself.

While perusing the belongings at a thrift shop called The Raven's Chest, Jamie spots a beautiful red dress. The blind owner, Abigail Raven, tells her the cost, but Jamie cannot afford the dress. Jamie returns that night and tries on the dress, which she ends up stealing. Jamie wants to return the dress later, but she now has Zack's attention. She keeps it for the time being. The longer she holds on to the dress, the more Jamie believes that Abigail is stalking her. She can't enjoy finally having Zack to herself because of how scared she is of Abigail. After going to the dance with Zack, Jamie returns home to find Abigail's pet raven from the shop. Jamie calls out to Abigail in the house, if she is there, and says that she can have the dress back. A hand suddenly grabs Jamie and pulls her inside her room. The next morning, Jamie wakes up, but she cannot see anything - she has gone blind. Back at The Raven's Chest, Abigail puts Jamie's glasses in a glass case. She opens her eyes, revealing that she is no longer blind. Abigail says, "Everyone must pay."



Revenge - worth it or not?
Jamie stole a dress from a blind woman, but Abigail took her sight. Is the idea of an "eye for an eye," pun unintended, really worth it?


Author Peg Streep says that most people never get past the fantasy part of revenge. That alone is enough to satiate one who feels like they have been wronged. Your moral compass basically won't let you carry out the revenge scenario you've concocted in your head. The difference between revenge and punishment is with punishment, one is trying to improve the transgressor's behavior while serving that person a deterrent so that they do not repeat the actions that got them punished in the first place. Revenge is about making the transgressor suffer. In the end, the act of revenge may have a cathartic effect, but it might also make participants feel worse. They will be left to stew over their actions even more.

"The Psychology of Revenge (and Vengeful People)." Psychology Today, 19 July. 2017, https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/tech-support/201707/the-psychology-revenge-and-vengeful-people.

Season 2, Episode 5 - "Pumpkinhead"
Scott and his brother Dave want to go out on Halloween night, but the town has a curfew in place since three kids went missing last year.

With their mother at work, the brothers force their sister, Allie, to take them to get bigger pumpkins to carve. They sneak onto a farmer's forbidden pumpkin patch, where they steal some gourds after being told by the owner to leave and never return. The pumpkins they took turn out to be unusable so they watch a movie. Allie and Dave race back to the farm when they realize that Scott is missing. They assume their brother went back to the farm. Dave waits in the car as Allie searches for her other brother on the grounds. The farmer confronts her and reveals that he beheaded the the three missing kids from last Halloween for trespassing . He replaced their heads with pumpkins. Back at the car, Dave sleeps as a Pumpkinhead approaches outside.



Halloween is beneficial
Two of the protagonists in "Pumpkinhead" wanted to have a fun Halloween, but the adults wouldn't let them - for good reason. However, do kids and teens really need Halloween?

In an article penned by Nick Nedeljkovic, he determines that for the most part, yes, the youth do benefit from participating in Halloween. Especially the younger ones. While costuming gives kids a confidence boost, it may also encourage temporarily acting out and defiance. Children can use their costumes to combat their fears, especially of death. A downside, at least for adults, is that Halloween can cause kids to act more demanding and mischievous.

"What Halloween Teaches Us About Child Psychology." Matific, 27 October. 2016, https://www.matific.com/us/en-us/blog/2016/10/27/what-halloween-teaches-us-about-child-psychology.

Season 1, Episodes 21-22 - "Scary Mary"
Hannah, a teenager that does not like to look at herself in mirrors or photographs, plays a game with her friends called "Scary Mary."

The game supposedly summons the spirit of Mary, a vain girl that died in a farmhouse fire. If one does the ritual properly, Mary will appear before the summoner and steal their face so that she can become beautiful again. The spell works and Mary's masked servants abduct Hannah through a mirror. With Hannah stuck in the mirror world, Mary, disguised as Hannah, takes over her life in the real world. Eventually, Hannah's friend Eric rescues her from the mirror reality before she suffers the same fate as Mary once did.



Avoiding mirrors boosts self-esteem
Hannah said she didn't like to look at images of herself, which could have been a sign of low self-esteem.

Back in 2011, blogger Autumn Whitefield-Madrano wrote about an experiment that went viral: she believed that not looking at the mirror for an extended period of time (a year) would help her self-esteem. Those who held their own similar experiments felt less worried about how others perceived them, or they were less inclined to be self-deprecating about their bodies.

"Does Not Looking In Mirrors Really Help Your Self-Esteem, Or Could It Hurt It? Here's What The Science Says." Bustle, 26 March. 2015, https://www.bustle.com/articles/72194-does-not-looking-in-mirrors-really-help-your-self-esteem-or-could-it-hurt-it-heres-what.

Season 2, Episode 6 - "Brush with Madness"
Corey is upset after finally meeting his idol, graphic novel artist Alan Miller, at a convention. The teenager's overzealous approach scares the artist off.

Corey then steals some of his paint brushes, which he uses to create his own comic and a new villain called the Mad Artist. Soon, Corey realizes that every panel he paints is actually predicting future events pertaining to his life. This puts his best friend, Emma, in danger as the Mad Artist has become real himself. In coming to help Emma, who has been taken by the Mad Artist, Corey allows himself to be abducted, too. The two are restrained, left helpless as the Mad Artist lowers a machine saw over them. Everything up to that point was revealed to be part of Alan Miller's new comic, which was inspired by his encounter with Corey. As Miller destroys the comic in a paper shredder, he says that Corey will "never read it." Corey and Emma's screams are heard, implying that they died in real life.



When idol admiration stops being okay
Corey looks up to Miller and lets him know that well into their meeting. However, the way he presents himself to the artist was more aggressive than Miller would have liked. Is Corey's behavior okay?

Psychologist Shira Gabriel did an experiment that showed that those individuals with favorite celebrities scored higher on self-esteem tests. This was attributed to the subjects' admiration of their respective idols, which was said to help reinforce two important pieces of healthy childhood development: community and belongingness. Reasonable idolatry is viewed as healthy in any age group, but when it starts to affect one's personal life in negative ways, that is considered to be something called celebrity worship syndrome.

"The Psychological Effects Of Idolatry: How Celebrity Crushes Impact Children's Health." Medical Daily, 25 October. 2015, http://www.medicaldaily.com/psychological-effects-idolatry-how-celebrity-crushes-impact-childrens-health-358604.

Season 3, Episode 15 - "Séance"
Carla's sister, Naomi, and her friend Tracey try to scare Carla with the legend of Cyrus Clayton, a disgruntled sawmill worker that killed his boss after being fired for drinking on the job. Clayton then lost his leg in a freak accident.

Naomi and everyone conduct a séance to contact Clayton. To further scare Carla, Naomi's friend Dylan pretends to be Cyrus Clayton. Naomi and her friends begin to wonder if they took things too far and if the séance actually did summon Cyrus. Their fears are temporarily quelled once Carla admits that she was pranking them back. She finally introduces the real one-legged Cyrus, who is holding an axe and asking the other three which one of them is gonna give him a leg.



The truth about séances
Like in horror movie where people resort to conducting séances as a gag, Naomi and her friends use it as a way to bully Carla. Are real-life séances any more or less real?

Professor Richard Wiseman, also a magician and the author of Paranormality, says that seances are built more on framing and suggestion than anything else. Once participants in a séance believe there is a spirit involved, they won't accept another explanation. How the séance is set up helps, too: for instance, susceptibility is increased if you darken the room to heighten senses. Séances are ultimately not real, as many people already know.

"The psychology of spiritualism: science and seances." Rawstory,  20 October. 2013, https://www.rawstory.com/2013/10/the-psychology-of-spiritualism-science-and-seances.

Season 2, Episode 8 - "Mascot"
Willie and Drake petition to replace their school's current mascot, Big Yellow, with a new mascot.

Thinking that Big Yellow is behind the disappearance of the student replacing him, Willie and Drake look into the history of Big Yellow. No one on staff seems to know anything about Big Yellow or who the student inside of the costume is. Willie goes to confront Big Yellow one night at the school. He enters the auditorium to find the Big Yellow costume with the removed head resting on the seats. As Willie turns his back to it, the headless Big Yellow rises up behind him. Drake goes to the next basktetball game and calls Willie, who he hasn't seen in a while. He can hear his friend's cell phone ringing inside of Big Yellow. Willie and the student that went missing earlier are trapped inside of the digestive system of Big Yellow, who is actually a real monster and not just a student in a costume.



Coping with fear of masks and costumes
The boys in "Mascot" could have benefitted from a healthy fear of Big Yellow. Do people really fear mascots, though?

Yes. There is a diagnosed fear of those wearing masks and costumes called masklophobia. It is especially common in children, and some link it to the fear of clowns, too. Experts think the fear stems from people's expectations of how a human should look. When those affected see someone that is obviously a person, but in a mask or costume, they become confused and scared. Treatment includes cognitive-behavioral therapy and systematic desensitization.

"What is Maskaphobia or Fear of Masks?." Very Well,  19 August. 2017, https://www.verywell.com/maskaphobia-or-fear-of-masks-2671868.

Season 1, Episode 17 - "Catching Cold"
Marty becomes obsessed with a mysterious ice cream truck that he can never seem to catch in time. The mailman tells Marty that there was once a boy named James that eventually caught the elusive ice cream truck, but once the child entered, he never got out.

After the truck gives him a free sample, Marty refuses to eat any other ice cream. Marty manages to stop the truck one night by laying out tire spikes from his father's police car. Inside the truck, Marty meets an adult man that refuses to take any money. The man is actually James, all grown up. He reveals that the truck has no driver, and it runs on souls. James leaves the truck, forcing Marty to take his place. The truck drives off with Marty forever trapped inside.



Proof that ice cream makes you happy
Marty's obsession with ice cream got him in trouble. Was it worth it?

In an experiment on twelve subjects, sometimes a fatty solution was injected via a gastric feeding tube with its tip in the person's stomach. Other times, it was another solution, such as a salty one. They watched visuals of sad human facial expressions while listening to morose or neutral classical music. When the respondents were given the fatty solution, the intensity of their sad emotions were reduced by almost half, which is comparable to the results of taking a prescription antidepressant. They also noted that giving the subjects the fatty solution before administering the imagery and music helped reduce subsequent sadness.

"Fatty acid–induced gut-brain signaling attenuates neural and behavioral effects of sad emotion in humans." The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 25 July. 2011, https://www.jci.org/articles/view/46380?key=d4c77fedce32ebbd4d8a.

"Why Ice Cream Chases the Blues Away." Psychology Today, 26 July. 2011, https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-sense/201107/why-ice-cream-chases-the-blues-away.

Season 3, Episode 8 - "My Imaginary Friend"
Shawn has an imaginary friend name Travis, who Shawn's brother David thinks is a bad influence.

David is suddenly able to see Travis as well. This puts David in danger as Travis tries to kill him. Shawn comes between them during a fight. Now understanding who Travis really is, Shawn turns on him and Travis disappears. The ordeal forces Shawn to realize that he was going through a phase, and that he needs to get rid to all of his imaginary friends. Shawn tearfully says goodbye to David, who fades away like Travis did.



Having imaginary friends is normal
For Shawn, having imaginary friends helped him cope with his home life. A study by the University of Washington and University of Oregon says that by age seven, over fifty percent of kids will have an imaginary friend.

Eldest or only children are more likely to create them, too. These invisible friends can be born out of a need for imaginative play, or out of boredom and loneliness. Parents shouldn't worry because kids do usually know the difference between real and pretend. These imaginary friends tend to go away when children enter school, where it's socially frowned upon to have them.

"Why kids invent imaginary friends." Today's Parent, 26 October. 2016, https://www.todaysparent.com/kids/school-age/why-kids-invent-imaginary-friends.

Season 3, Episode 16 - "Detention"
Audrey, a jock nicknamed Halftime, and homecoming queen Kate are all stuck in detention with nerdy Gabe. As their time in detention furthers, strange things start to happen, and Audrey sees a devilish face in the door window.

Halftime admits to a janitor that he rigged the homecoming queen ballot box for Kate, but Kate refuses to confess to the detention teacher that she cheated to win. As the detention room's environment becomes more chaotic, Audrey finally reveals that she threw a smoke bomb at Kate and Halftime's float in the homecoming parade, causing an accident that took both their lives. Gabe turns out to be some kind of higher power that can change forms (he was both the teacher and the janitor), and he was assigned to be their guide in this sort of purgatory where they must atone for their actions. However, Kate has not admitted to her wrongdoings, and she believes she deserves to be dead. Audrey reminds her that they used to be friends, and their reconciliation frees them from purgatory. The girls and Halftime are sent back in time to the day of the homecoming parade before the accident.



Why childhood friendships end
Like for many people, Audrey and Kate were once close friends before they drifted apart in high school.

This is a common occurrence in adolescence as people want more freedom at that age. They want to explore, but sometimes friendships disallow that. It's also not to say that friends can't remain close while still going their separate ways. Both people must be aware of this as they stay in communication and share with each other their new experiences. For those friendships that just don't pan out in the long run, the one left behind should treat losing a friend with some appreciation. You were able to be best friends in the first place so you recognize the value. This prepares you for making another close friend, as long as you are open to it.

"Adolescence and the Loss of a Best Friend." Psychology Today, 3 September. 2012, https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence/201209/adolescence-and-the-loss-best-friend.

Season 2, Episode 15 - "Stage Fright"
A high school's drama club is putting on a musical rendition of "Hansel and Gretel" in spite of learning that misfortune befell other schools that performed the same play.

On opening night, the show is a complete disaster. On top of technical difficulties, actors and stagehands begin to disappear. At the end, the cast and staff are all bound and gagged on stage by a mysterious woman. She is the witch that the play is about, and she cursed the story because it was always mistold. The audience, full of parents not realizing that this isn't part of the show, listen as the witch informs them of how her story is being told incorrectly. The witch didn't eat Hansel and Gretel; she ate their parents. As the exits are magically sealed and the lights are turned off, the parents can be heard screaming.



A psycho-analysis of "Hansel and Gretel"
"Hansel and Gretel" is one of those classic fairy tales that most people know of, but not everyone understands what it really entails.

The basic story has a poor father and stepmother discarding their children in the woods because they can no longer care for them. They find their way home once, but the stepmother orders the father to do away with them again. The children come upon a gingerbread house that they consume, not knowing that inside is a witch. The witch, having planned on eating Hansel and Gretel, is killed, and the kids return home with the witch's jewels in hand. Austrian psychoanalysist Bruno Bettelheim examined the fable from Sigmund Freud's point of view. Poverty in the story is presented as something that makes those inflicted by it less inclined to be sensitive to the suffering of others. Even though their parents abandoned them, Hansel and Gretel still desire to be at home. The first time around, Hansel used pebbles to help them get home. This indicated his maturity, something that was absent when he used breadcrumbs later. Birds ate the crumbs, preventing him and his sister from finding the path home. Moreover, the gingerbread house is a symbol for a mother - like a mother, the house feeds the children. The witch is also symbolism for a mother. Both she, the stepmother, and the house are all viewed as bad things. Many analysts ponder if the witch and the stepmother, who died of unknown causes before the children came home again, were one and the same as both perished almost simultaneously. Bettelheim states that the children's id, therefore their impulses, caused them to get in trouble (i.e., eating the gingerbread house). If they had used their ego to control their id, they could have avoided what was to come.

"Hansel and Gretel – Psychological Perspective." Edu Nepal, 22 May. 2015, http://edunepal.info/hseb/xii-english/hansel-and-gretel-psychological-perspective.html.

Season 2, Episode 4 - "Flight"
Josh is flying alone for the first time on a plane to visit his divorced father. In mid-flight, he learns that an adult passenger seated near him is actually a ghost being pursued by the Grim Reaper, who is disguised as an elderly woman.

The ghost, Vincent, refuses to go with the Reaper, though. This causes the plane to malfunction. Josh is able to get through to Vincent, who is ready to move on. On the ground, the old woman implies that she will be seeing Josh again very soon.



Children's death anxiety
The child in "Flight" was not so much scared of Death itself, but of what would happen if one does not comply by his (or her) rules.

There is such a thing as the fear of death (thanatophobia), but one must be affected by it for at least six months before being diagnosed. Freelance writer and parent Ellen Himelfar says that it's best to be direct and swift when young children start to develop death anxiety. Parents should speak of death in biological terms rather than abstractly, and also to avoid spiritual crutches as talks of "so-and-so has gone to heaven" can be more confusing. Have kids focus on the now and not what could happen one day.

"Children and the fear of death." The Telegraph, 7 September. 2014, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/11075311/Children-and-the-fear-of-death.html.




What were you scared of as a child, ONTD?

New Season Intro for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

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In a room comprised entirely of green screen, Rachel Bloom stands on a platform, her blue gown and long dark wig blowing in fan-created wind. She's performing a group number with...well, no one. A monitor for the crew reveals she's acting opposite herself, dressed as an Eminem-style rapper. Famed music video director (and No. 1 Taylor Swift supporter) Joseph Kahn watches the take and yells cut. Her hand movement is too similar to the Carrie Underwood-esque country artist she performed as the day before. Let's try it again.

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how does this one compare to the previous themes?

Survivor 35x04 - "I Don't Like Having Snakes Around"

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After a tribe shuffle, the newly formed blue (Levu) tribe lost immunity. Joe successfully played his hidden immunity idol negating the votes cast against him, sending Alan home 2 - 0.


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Please put unaired spoiled discussion under an LJ Spoiler cut!

Lindsay Lohan claims America didn't care when she was being abused by ex-fiance

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In an Instagram post on Wednesday, actress Lindsay Lohan accused 'America' of not caring about the abuse she says she suffered at the hands of her ex-fiance. Calling herself a #strongwoman, she stated that 'we all make our beds' and that there is no need to 'blame anyone' as 'karma will always take its toll'.




Caption: Whatever anyone says, I am FOR #womenempowerment as if most women in America cared how I was abused by my exfiancé... when not one person stood up for me while he was abusing me... you could only imagine what it feels like to come out as a #strongwoman BUT, acknowledge this, we all make our own choices and wake up in our own beds in the morning. I prefer to go to my home and wake up alone. #BESTRONG let us not blame anyone as #karma will always takes its toll 𗁡𗁨𗁡❤️ #womensrights

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Lohan made headlines last week when she posted - and then deleted - a video in which she said she "feels very bad for him".

Rose McGowan defended Lohan's comments in a Twitter post last week, writing:


Source: Rose McGowan on Twittter


Just hours earlier, McGowan posted two screenshots identified as having been between Lohan and her then-agent, Evan Hainey, as well as other parties. The first tweet, which McGowan said she was sent anonymously, included Hainey's phone number, and resulted in her Twitter account being temporarily suspended. The second tweet, again between Lohan, her agent and other parties, is still up on McGowan's account:




Source: Rose McGowan on Twitter


First Trailer for Lena Waithe's Showtime Series "The Chi"

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The Chi is a powerful coming-of-age drama series about an interconnected group of working-class African-Americans on Chicago's volatile south side, who remind us that no matter what, the human spirit is strong and hope never dies. The series, which explores the humanity behind the headlines sensationalizing the South Side of Chicago, will premiere on Sunday, January 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

It stars Jason Mitchell (Detroit, Mudbound), Jacob Latimore (Detroit, Sleight), Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Queen of Katwe), Alex Hibbert (Moonlight), Yolonda Ross (The Get Down), Armando Riesco (Bull) and Tiffany Boone (The Following). Sonja Sohn (The Wire), Jahking Guillory (Kicks), and Steven Williams recur.

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tbh I had no clue this was a thing until right this moment but my body is ready

Mr. Robot 3x03 Promo "eps3.2_legacy.so"

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Non-spoiler-y episode description:
The former interim CTO of E Corp returns.
"hi. im tyrell wellick. former interim CTO of E Corp. ive been gone for a while. its time for an AMA!"

Watching it now on the west coast!

Also, why doesn't USA post their promos straight away to their Youtube channel?


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GRRM Pays Tribute to the Passing of Roy Dotrice, Actor and Audiobook Narrator of the ASOIAF Series

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The world became a little poorer this week. Roy Dotrice has died. He was ninety-four.

Roy first took up acting in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II, and went on to become one of the giants of British stage and screen, decorated by the Queen. He set a record for his one-man play BRIEF LIVES, and performed the key role of Mozart's father in the film of AMADEUS, among a hundred other credits. He was a supremely gifted actor.

He was also my friend. He lived in the United Kingdom and I lived in New Mexico, so we did not see each other often, but whenever we did get together, it was a delight. I will always treasure the memory of the dinner I shared with Roy and his wife Kay (who passed away a few years ago) at his club, the Garrick, a centuries-old haunt of the legends of the British stage. That was a truly amazing evening. The last time I saw Roy was in Los Angeles, however, at the party his daughter threw him on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

Many of the news stories about Roy's death identified him as a GAME OF THRONES cast member. He was that, of course. He played the pyromancer Hallyne in two episodes during our second season... and, as with everything he did, he played him wonderfully.

Truth be told, Roy might have had a much larger role in the series. When we first cast the show, he was our choice to play Grand Maester Pycelle, and I have no doubt that he would have been magnificent in that role. Sadly, health problems forced him to bow out. Julian Glover stepped up and performed admirably in his stead, but sometimes I still wonder at what might have been.

Roy's association with GAME OF THRONES runs far deeper than the television series. He was also the reader of the audiobooks of all five volumes of the series... though calling him a "reader" does not truly reflect his work. Roy performed those books. He gave every character his (or her) own distinctive voice, despite the fact that there were hundreds of them. So many, in fact, that the Guinness Book of World Records recognized him for voicing the most characters in an audibook for his work on A GAME OF THRONES, a record he still holds today (though actually I suspect he broke it himself for his readings of the later books).

I loved what Roy did on the audiobooks. He did not just read my words aloud, he brought them to life, in a way few actors could. And the fans agreed. Roy did the audiobooks for A GAME OF THRONES, A CLASH OF KINGS, and A STORM OF SWORDS, to great acclaim. When it was time to record A FEAST FOR CROWS, however, he was unavailable. Off doing a play in Birmingham, I was told. So my publishers used another reader. But the fans were having none of it. After the audiobook of FEAST was released, Random House received so many complaints that they had no choice but to go back and re-record the book with Roy, and release a second version. So of course when it was time to tape A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, there was never any question as to who would read it.

With Roy gone, I have no idea who will can possibly get to do the audiobooks for THE WINDS OF WINTER and A DREAM OF SPRING. But whoever it is, they will have a hard, hard act to follow.

For all the great work he did on A SONG OF ICE & FIRE, my own memories of Roy Dotrice go back earlier, to the three years we worked together on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST for CBS. Great memories, for me; that was a wonderful show, and a joy to work on. We had an amazing team of writers, and of course a terrific cast, with the likes of Jay Acovone, Linda Hamilton, Jo Anderson, the incredible Ron Perlman... and Roy, of course, as Father. It was an honor and a privilege to write for him.

Those years on B&B meant a lot to Roy as well. Just last month, he posted a farewell messages to all the BEAUTY AND THE BEAST fans around the world.

Such a fine actor. Such a sweet man.

Everyone who knew him is sad today.


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Wendy Williams Goes In On Joanna Krupa

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Following her remarks on exercise and being fit, Wendy Williams addressed some hot topics and responded to Joanna Krupa (who said there's no excuse not to exercise etc.)


At 11:10
- On Krupa, Wendy says "Stop judging people's lifestyles just because you work out all the time. You're 38 years old, you've never had children, you don't have a man right now,  [maybe you'll understand?] when you get a full life that might include something other than just you, I realize single people can have a full life, but she's judging so she's different."
- Says she's a beautiful girl but tells her to stop judging the rest of us.
- She also talked about Azalea Banks, says if RZA had seen someone spit in her face he'd have either left with her or said something?
- Tells jason derulo to get better security and to get employee who was asleep during time of the roberry (of his house) under a lie detector test

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Do you think Wendy's right about Krupa?

SVU Promo for 19x05: Didn't We See This Before?

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Next week on SVU, a (probably) tired remake of that iconic Season 10 episode with the missing girl who "returned" to her family years later, except it totally wasn't her, and her "sister" knew she was a fake because she had killed the real missing sister, so she tried to kill the fake on a rooftop, and SVU will never be that good or that dramatic ever again.

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ONTD, did you watch last night's Afterschool Special? I guess we were due for a dud. By the way, this was Rollins-centric, Ice T had the week off, and Barba and Carisi were barely in the episode, so for ONTD's flawless standards this was a hard pass. Save yourselves.

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The 2017 awards season begins! Gotham Awards nominations announced, 'Get Out' with the most nods

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Best Feature
-- Call Me by Your Name
-- The Florida Project
-- Get Out
-- Good Time
-- I, Tonya

Best Documentary
-- Ex Libris – The New York Public Library
-- Rat Film
-- Strong Island
-- Whose Streets?
-- The Work

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
-- Maggie Betts for Novitiate (Sony Pictures Classics)
-- Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird (A24)
-- Kogonada for Columbus (Superlative Films/Depth of Field)
-- Jordan Peele for Get Out (Universal Pictures)
-- Joshua Z Weinstein for Menashe (A24)

Best Screenplay
-- The Big Sick, Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani (Amazon Studios)
-- Brad’s Status, Mike White (Amazon Studios)
-- Call Me by Your Name, James Ivory (Sony Pictures Classics)
-- Columbus, Kogonada (Superlative Films/Depth of Field)
-- Get Out, Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures)
-- Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig (A24)

Best Actor
-- Willem Dafoe in The Florida Project (A24)
-- James Franco in The Disaster Artist (A24)
-- Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out (Universal Pictures)
-- Robert Pattinson in Good Time (A24)
-- Adam Sandler in The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (Netflix)
-- Harry Dean Stanton in Lucky (Magnolia Pictures)

Best Actress
-- Melanie Lynskey in I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore (Netflix)
-- Haley Lu Richardson in Columbus (Superlative Films/Depth of Field)
-- Margot Robbie in I, Tonya (NEON)
-- Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (A24)
-- Lois Smith in Marjorie Prime (FilmRise)

Breakthrough Actor
-- Mary J. Blige in Mudbound (Netflix)
-- Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics)
-- Harris Dickinson in Beach Rats (NEON)
-- Kelvin Harrison, Jr. in It Comes at Night (A24)
-- Brooklynn Prince in The Florida Project (A24)

* The 2017 Best Actor/Best Actress nominating committee also voted to award a special Gotham Jury Award for ensemble performance to Mudbound, The award will go to actors Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, and Jonathan Banks.

Breakthrough Series – Long Form
-- Atlanta, Donald Glover, creator; Donald Glover, Dianne McGunigle, Paul Simms, executive producers (FX Networks)
-- Better Things, Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K., creators; Dave Becky, M. Blair Breard, Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon, executive producers (FX Networks)
-- Dear White People, Justin Simien, creator; Yvette Bowser, Justin Simien, Stephanie Allain, Julia Lebedev, executive producers (Netflix)
-- Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator; Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Harry Williams, Jack Williams, executive producers (Amazon)
-- Search Party, Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, Michael Showalter, creators; Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, Michael Showalter, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, executive producers (TBS)

Breakthrough Series – Short Form
-- 555, Kate Berlant, Andrew DeYoung and John Early, creators (Vimeo)
-- Inconceivable, Joel Ashton McCarthy, creator (YouTube)
-- Junior, Zoe Cassavetes, creator (Blackpills and VICE)
Let Me Die a Nun, Sarah Salovaara, creator (Vimeo)
-- The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes, Nancy Andrews, creator (YouTube)


Source: https://twitter.com/Variety/status/921015831760457729

Mayim Bialik Apologizes For Controversial Harvey Weinstein Op-Ed

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"I want to addess my op-ed in the NY Times, and the reaction to it. Let me say clearly and explivitly that I am very sorry. What you wear and how you behave does not provide any protection from assault, nor does the way you dress or act in any way make you responsible for being assaulted ; you are never responsible for being assaulted. I applaud the bravery of the women who have come forward. I support these women as we seek out and demand accountability from the only ones responsible for assault and rape : the people who perpretrate these heinous crimes. I am motivated and driven to work hard to empower women. I am truly sorry for causing so much pain, and I hope you can all forgive me."

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Louis CK & Just For Laughs Founder come under scrutiny for sexual assault claims

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*Journalist went to Just for Laughs festival to find out more about Louis CK abuse allegations
*Louis CK was considered a friend of JFL
*Asked comedians about the Cosby allegations, then the Louis CK allegations
*JFL found out she was asking questions, and said LCK was family-- and that she shouldn't attack their family on their "turf"
*Ultimately left before getting kicked out

Surprise, surprise, word comes out about JFL...





*Rozon has quit over allegations of sexual assault
*Apologizes for anyone he has offended in his life (ok)
*Multiple women have come forward about abuse spanning years, including assaulting minors

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Sorry mods, I started this as a comedy roundup and forgot to remove some things!

Post-Weinstein Hollywood: Casey Affleck to star in Alfonso Cuarón TV series

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Casey Affleck will star in and executive produce a horror TV show about a cult, to be produced and directed by Alfonso Cuarón.

Premium cable and streaming outlets are interested in buying it (I hope we find out which ones, so we can drag them).

If you need a refresher on Casey Affleck's past allegations of sexual abuse, check out this recent ONTD post.

Alfonso Cuarón was one of the people who signed the petition to free Roman Polanski.

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Michelle Williams Opens Up about Depression & Suicidal Thoughts

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- Michelle opened up about having depression during an appearance on The Talk.
- She didn't realize that it was depression until much later when she was in her 30s.
- She had been suffering since she was around 13 but didn't know what to call it.
- Matthew Knowles minimized her feelings when she discussed them with him, telling her she didn't have anything to be depressed about because Destiny's Child had signed a multi-million dollar deal and was going on tour.

This tweet links to video of Michelle discussing her depression.


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Fullmetal Alchemist Roundup

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New trailer is out! We finally see Colonel Mustang (Dean Fujioka), Riza (Renbutsu Misako), and the Homunculus in action. MISIA will also be singing the theme song called "Kimi no Soba ni Iru yo" (you can hear the snippet around 0:25-0:56 in the trailer) as well.



- US premier on November 19 at Anime NYC
- Sori Fumihiko, the director, will also make a rare appearance
- Worldwide premier on October 25 at Tokyo International Film Festival
- hits Japanese theaters on December 1



Pouch bags


Keychains / Big tote bags


Ballpoint pens / Mugs


Croquis (Some kind of sketchbook?) / Masking tapes


Keys / Necklaces


Even more goods HERE, HERE and HERE.

Most of these can be preordered through various shops (which you'll probably need proxies/forwarding services) in Japan or buy them at Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition (tickets required) in Tokyo/Osaka.



Are you looking forward to this movie? Do you think it's going to be a hit or a disaster?

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I, Tonya (Official Teaser)

How Lena Dunham and 'American Horror Story' Delivered a Timely Look at Feminism

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  • On last episode of 'American Horror Story' Lena Dunham played Valerie Solonas, the real-life radical feminist who shot Andy Warhol and penned the SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto. In the show it's revealed that after being arrested for shooting Andy Warhol she masterminded what were believed to be the Zodiac Killer's murders but was in fact her own 'cult' murdering men and the women who would sleep with them.

  • Ryan Murphy said "I was interested in the SCUM Manifesto and how it relates to the Trump-Clinton of it all. [Valerie] feels unheard and not allowed to be herself, so it's a narrative within Cult's story and also about how the women within Evan's cult have helped this man have all of this power, and as soon as he has the power he completely disregards what they want or what they need."

  • Says Lena Dunham, "It was a wild honor to play history's most demented feminist prophet, Valerie Solanas. The latest season of American Horror Story is the first piece of art work to truly address the rampant pain and insanity of this post-election world. It's surreal and it's all too real. I've loved every second of the series, just like I loved every second of embodying Valerie- her pain, rage, fear, loss and weird hat collection... his one's for all my ladies crying out to be known as more than a shadow. This one is for the people who refuse to play the game."

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Scarlett Johansson steps out for dinner with Bobby Flay

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