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The devil is coming to a theater near you

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Grab your crucifixes! William Friedkin, director of one of the best horror films ever made (this point is non-negotiable, ONTD), and Satan himself have partnered up again to make the new documentary "The Devil and Father Amorth." Father Amorth, who passed away after filming was completed, was the "Vatican Exorcist"; the film follows his ninth and last exorcism on a woman named Rosa.*

YES, the film will feature footage from the exorcism!

It was recently announced that The Orchard acquired rights to the film and plans on releasing it to theaters on April 20th; a digital worldwide release will follow soon after. No trailer yet.

* Although Father Amorth has actually claimed to have performed "thousands" of exorcisms.

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Sandra Oh was surprised by 'Killing Eve' lead role offer

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During the "Women Breaking Barriers" panel at this year's Sundance, Sandra Oh talked about being offered a lead role in the upcoming series Killing Eve.

"I was flipping through the script going, 'Where's the doctor? Where's the receptionist? What part is it for?' And my agent said: 'Eve!'" Oh said that she was taken aback: "I realized that this far into the game, I still was thinking that way. You know what I mean? You get script after script, and as an actress of color... it's years and years of compounding a belief system, right? You realize at some point it's like someone's waking you up and saying, 'You don't need to be part of that belief system anymore.'"

According to BBC America, Killing Eve "centers on two women; Eve is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade security services operative whose desk-bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is an elegant, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Killing Eve topples the typical spy-action thriller as these two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other(OP: gayyyyy), go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse."

Oh was on the panel with journalist Elisabeth Sereda, Queen Sugar's Tina Lifford, Octavia Spencer (this was also the panel where Spencer recounted the story of how Jessica Chastain helped her achieve pay parity, previously on ONTD), Welle Entertainment president Cathy Schulman and cinematographer Reed Morano.

Killing Eve is set to premiere on Sunday, April 8 at 8/7c.

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CBC Female Comedy Series "Workin' Moms" S3 ep 4 streams online

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CBC TV has renewed the all female "Workin' Mom's" series for season 2. The show has received generally great reviews. It follows a group of 30's women navigating the life/work/sex/ continuum, with a wink and laughs. With a solid core of all women writers, the series plows through akward and endearing times. They have husbands who are delightfully human, not jerks. Production values are a little shy, which is more a projection of tight budgets I'm sure. Sippy cup Spit takingly funny (Review below)
Links below include the CBC streaming site as well as some suggested for the USA and reviews:

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https://www.onitube.com/search/videos?search_query=workin+moms
https://putlockerss.cc/watch/workin-moms-season-2-episode-3-the-holy-hole.html

http://picklemethis.com/2017/03/29/i-love-love-love-workin-moms/
http://www.savvymom.ca/article/workin-moms-new-cbc-comedy-spit-sippy-cup-funny/

"The Shape of Water" Accused of Plagiarism by Pulitzer-Winning Playwright’s Estate

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The estate of Paul Zindel, a late Pulitzer-winning playwright, claims that writers of "The Shape of Water," Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, plagiarised the story from a 1969 play by Zindel.

Zindel's play, titled "Let Me Hear You Whisper," is about a cleaning lady working in a biology lab who forms a bond with one of the dolphins being tested on, and teaches him to communicate with her. After finding out the scientists are going to kill and examine the dolphin, she breaks him out of the facility.

Fox Searchlight's response: "Guillermo del Toro has never read nor seen Mr Zindel’s play in any form. Mr. del Toro has had a 25-year career during which he has made 10 feature films and has always been very open about acknowledging his influences. If the Zindel family has questions about this original work we welcome a conversation with them."

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ONTD ORIGINAL: Look back at Camila Cabello problematic behaviors + New informations emerge

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Music newest pop star is problematic

Camila Cabello’s disturbing usage of racial and homophobic slurs is something her team is desperately trying to erase (but the internet is written in ink Roger)
Take a look at her repeated offenses, leaked messages, how her mom belittled Normani’s racial bullying, etc.


She called former President Barack Obama a "nigg*"

Camila first got caught on June 2013
Her old “stan twitter” account ratchetandsassy has a disturbing number of tweets either tweeted, favorited, or retweeted, that contain racist/homophobic language. She even went as far as calling former President Barack Obama “ma nigga.” It was also revealed that she used to be a huge Larry fan.



She also favorited tweets mocking Perrie, especially her relationship with Zayn and tweets about Harry being a fag**t.


(she retweeted this during One Direction trip to Africa)

After user alunageorgepost about her problematic behaviors, Camila made an “heartfelt” apology on twitter. People believe her. In her defense, she was only 15 years old when she tweeted/retweeted/favorited most of those tweets.

The thing is, apologies only count if they’re sincere. (And repeating the same action you apologized for demonstrate a complete lack of sincerity)



Camila called former black groupmate Normani a "nig**r"

On January 2016, new shocking messages (including facebook messages where Camila calls Normani the n-word with “er”) surface after hackers leak Camila facebook/twitter/instagram messages and much more.
Some media even reported some of the leak messages (but of course, didn’t mention the racism and focused on the fact that she hooked up with the ugliest member of 5SOS) HERE& HERE
The now suspended UK hackers posted a now deleted video of them accessing Camila's best friend Marielle's twitter account and going through the DMs. (the screenshots are still available though). We also see that she wanted to punch Ally in the face every time she spoke.
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They also got access to Camila’s facebook page connected to her main private facebook account




The hackers also posted her conversation with Marielle on instagram (where she again uses racial slurs)
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Camila and her best friends Marielle & Sandra Guzman regularly had open conversations on twitter where they used the n-word and Camila was never phased by it.
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***Note that the conversations on twitter and instagram happened AFTER her apology the first time she got caught for using homophobic & racial slurs.***


Her obsession with Harry Styles, conversation with Taylor Swift, etc.

The hackers also had access to her notes where it is revealed that she was jealous of Lauren, DEEP OBSESSION with Harry Styles and a letter to 5SOS member Michael Clifford




On top of that, the group of hackers leaked unseen photos, old unseen rehearsal footages, conversations with Taylor Swift, Charlie Walk (proving that her “spontaneous” collaboration with Shawn Mendes was planned with him behind the other Fifth Harmony members back), unheard music, a video of Harry wishing Camila a happy birthday, etc. Most videos are now deleted but there was a post about it on ONTD with hundreds of member who witnessed them (you can go through the comments)

Conversations with Michael Clifford



Conversation with Taylor Swift


Conversation with Charlie Walk (chairman of music label Republic)
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Conversation with a certain "Arturito" (people are speculating that it might be her current manager Roger Gold)
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Note: Quick reminder that Roger is the same man who wrote her a disturbing birthday message for her 20th birthday. He's 48.



A couple of the leaked photos, videos, demos, etc.
Some photos leaked by the hackers





Harry wishing Camila happy birthday


Demos





She used the BLM movement to cover her racist behaviors
Following the leak, her team tried to do everything in their power to delete any information. They got the hackers got suspended & most of the videos are now deleted.
People rightfully called out Camila for her very problematic behaviors. Her answer to all the negative backlash she was receiving online? She posted a cover of Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” and called out her haters by completely revamping the bridge “You tried to make me insecure/ You tried to break me, maybe ‘cause you couldn’t love yourself.” By doing that, she switched the whole narrative into her being the victim of fans “bullying” her and the media completely fell for it.



She also voiced her support for the BLM movement after the incident even though she’s part of the problem. She showed support to the Black Lives Matter movement in order to scrape the rumors that she's racist.Taking advantage of black suffering in order to cover your casual racism and elevate yourself is sick and she should be held accountable.




Camila's mom dismiss Normani's racial attacks in order to victimize her daughter

On August 6th 2016, Normani took a break from social media after being cyberbullied by Camila's fans because she called her "quircky and cute" during an interview for Galore. In her deparure letter, she explains "I can't subject myself any longer to the hate".
THE VERY NEXT DAY following Normani's announcement, Camila's mom (Sinu Cabello) decided to like a tweet criticizing her decision to leave.
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She brushed off the reasons why Normani left as if it were silly matters. Not only was her skin compared to feces, Normani's face was also photoshopped onto lynching of Mary Turner, she was called by various racial slurs and got compared to monkeys in multiple occasions. Sinu instead decided to like a tweet saying that she should "focus on the good."
She also liked a bunch of hate tweets toward her daughter for the sake of victimizing her at a time when support was being given to Normani, a member who constantly been bombarded with racist hate from day one.
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What kind of mom likes a bunch of hateful tweets about her daughter? The kind of mom who wants to switch the positive support the black member is receiving to her own daughter.


Also, Camila never directly called out her fans for racially harrassing Normani. Can't afford to lose their support for her solo career.



Why the leak is most likely real

1. Her team tried desperately to delete any proof of the leak. The hackers were suspended and a lot of the evidences are now gone. Why would her team work overtime to erase fake evidences?
2. She never denied or said they were fake. Camila denied plenty of rumors in the past. She 100% would've used the situation to victimize herself if they were fake. Instead, she just blocks anyone who even mention the incident or believe the hackers in order to keep her replies and timeline clean. The fact that she didn't adress the hack when it gained a certain proportion speaks volume.
3. Her friend Marielle also didn't address the veracity of the messages and simply deleted her twitter account right after the incident.
4. The hackers released tons of unseen videos and photos (some messages are filled with them), personnal demos and information the fans didn't have access before.
5. Contrary to popular belief, you can access iMessages simply by logging into someone else's iCloud on a new iPhone. iClouds are notoriously known for being easy to hack.
6. Her team/5H team has been contacted by the press and they were asked about the leak messages (more specifically the fact that she wanted to punch Ally in the face for having a crush on Harry Styles smh). They simply answered "no comment". No PR team would answer that if the leak was false.
7. She allegedly had 2 facebook accounts arround the time she joined Fifth Harmony; one account as "Karla" and another as "Camila". And changing your facebook name is not hard.

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The same Facebook messages seen earlier, but from a different device
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Post was made using in part informations from previous posts by alunageorge (x), d00ditsemily (x) and illyrias_pet (x)

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Camila has been exposed. Jay Harmonizer, where u at?
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Lorde was the only AOTY nominee to not be offered a solo performance spot + her mom tweets about it

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The Grammy's reportedly asked her to be part of a group Tom Petty tribute instead of her own solo performance and she turned it down. The other nominated men were asked to do solo performances.

Lorde's mother tweeted this excerpt about her daughter and the Grammys from an article about sexism in music:



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Rita and Grace Jones to headline Henley festival + Rita does Grammy week and hangs with Bebe Rexha

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Rita will be headlining Henley festival with Grace Jones and the English National Opera.

Rita also has become fast friends with fellow Albanian popstar Bebe Rexha and is celebrating Grammy week by showing the world how to make the Rita Blossom which is her new signature cocktail. It is one of the official cocktails of the Grammys.






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Nicole Eggert Says Scott Baio Molested Her At Age 14; He Responds: She Seduced Me 'Years Later'

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Nicole Eggert is best known for her stint on Baywatch, but before that she was on the Scott Baio-starring show Charles in Charge for four years, starting when she was only 14. Baio was 26 at the time.

On Saturday, she alleged on Twitter that Baio began molesting her during her first year on the show and that it continued for the next three years.






Scott Baio then posted a video, filmed and directed by his wife, on Facebook Live. (You can view the video here - sorry, it won't embed: https://www.facebook.com/381726605193429/videos/1831250976907644/ ) He says that Eggert "teamed up" with Alexander Polinsky, who played her younger brother on Charles in Charge, to make abuse claims against him in November 2017, and that his lawyers sent them a cease and desist letter but they then posted their charges on social media (Polinsky has now deleted whatever it is he posted about Baio).

He says on January 16, he got an email from the producer of the Dr. Oz Show telling him that they were producing an episode with Nicole focusing on her claims against Baio.

He then plays a tape recording from several years ago of Nicole telling an interviewer that Baio took her virginity but it was "years later" (after Charles in Charge) and she wanted it to happen because she was embarrassed to still be a virgin. Baio shows a Charles in Charge script with a date from the last season, when Nicole would have been 18 years and 4 months old.

"I remember her coming to my house, one time, and seducing me. Any normal, heterosexual, red-blooded American guy, the outcome would have been the same...she seduced me, she came in the house and started kissing me. Way after Charles in Charge was done."

He says Dr. Oz killed the planned Eggert show, but then he got a call from Harvey Levin at TMZ. TMZ also decided not to run the story after a call from Baio's lawyers.

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Katie Holmes Looks Smitten With Jamie Foxx in Rare Public Appearance at Pre-GRAMMYs Bash: Pics! |

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Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx are spotted looking all loved up at Clive Davis Grammy charity gala.




Katie looked smitten as Foxx, 50, whispered in her ear and put his arm around the back of her chair.


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Michelangelo the Ninja Turtle Visits The Met's Michelangelo Art Exhibit

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The Met currently has a Michelangelo exhibit that runs until February 12. A few days ago, they had world renowned crime fighter and pizza lover Michelangelo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles come and check out the works of his namesake.

Him admiring at one of the drawings has become a bit of a meme










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Do you support your local arts? Who's your favorite Ninja Turtle?

Pre-telecast Grammy Winners

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As the Grammys are only going to show 9 (!) televised awards at tonight's telecast, most of the awards are being presented rn! Watch live at https://www.grammy.com/


Neil deGrasse Tyson Paul Schafer (annoying letterman guy) and a bunch of nobodies are taking turns hosting this.

Awards they will be presenting:






Best Pop Vocal Album
Ed Sheeran - ÷ (Divide)

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Various Artists - Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Portugal. The Man - “Feel It Still”

Best Country Song
Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton) - “Broken Halos”

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Little Big Town - “Better Man”

Best Country Solo Performance
Chris Stapleton - “Either Way”

Best Rap Song
K. Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) - “HUMBLE.”

Best Rap Performance
Kendrick Lamar - “HUMBLE.”

Best R&B Album
Bruno Mars - 24K Magic

Best Urban Contemporary Album
The Weeknd - Starboy

Best R&B Song
Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Ray Charles McCullough II, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, and Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars) - “That's What I Like”

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Childish Gambino - “Redbone”

Best R&B Performance
Bruno Mars - “That's What I Like”

Best Alternative Music Album
The National - Sleep Well Beast

Best Rock Album
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding

Best Rock Song
Foo Fighters, songwriters (Foo Fighters) - “Run”

Best Children's Album
Lisa Loeb - Feel What U Feel

Best American Roots Performance
Alabama Shakes - “Killer Diller Blues”

Best Roots Gospel Album
Reba "The Colonel" McEntire - Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Hillsong Worship; Ben Fielding & Brooke Ligertwood, songwriters - “What a Beautiful Name”


Best New Age Album
Peter Kater - Dancing on Water

Best Song Written for Visual Media
Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli’i Cravalho) - “How Far I'll Go”

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Justin Hurwitz, composer - La La Land


Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Various Artists) - La La Land

Best Musical Theater Album Dear Evan Hansen

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books, & Storytelling)
Carrie Fisher - The Princess Diarist


Best Tropical Latin Album Rubén Blades Con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta - Salsa Big Band

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) Aida Cuevas - Arriero Somos Versiones Acústicas

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album Residente - Residente

Best Latin Pop Album
Shakira - El Dorado


Best Surround Sound Album
Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers (Jane Ira Bloom) - Early Americans

Best Remixed Recording
Dennis White, remixer (Depeche Mode) - “You Move (Latroit Remix)”

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Charles Moniz, engineers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer (Bruno Mars) - 24K Magic

Best Historical Album
Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Leonard Bernstein) - Leonard Bernstein - The Composer

Best Album Notes
Lynell George, album notes writer (Otis Redding) - Live at The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists) - The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition

Best Recording Package (tie)
Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty) - Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition)

Carlos Dussan, Juliana Jaramillo, Juan Martinez & Claudio Roncoli, art directors (Magín Díaz) - El Orisha De La Rosa


Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Randy Newman, arranger (Randy Newman) - “Putin”

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
John Williams, arranger (John Williams) - “Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can”

Best Instrumental Composition
Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés) - “Three Revolutions”

Best Music Film
Various Artists - The Defiant Ones

Best Music Video
Kendrick Lamar - “HUMBLE.”


Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Jeff Lorber Fusion - Prototype

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Kraftwerk - 3-D the Catalogue

Best Dance Recording
LCD Soundsystem - “Tonite”





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Jack Antonoff is now dating a model following his break up with Lena Dunham

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- Jack is now dating Carlotta Kohl, a model, after breaking up with Lena Dunham.

- ONTD thought Jack was dating Lorde after detectives noticed Lena deleted a photo of Lorde off of her instagram. Jack went the typical route and is now dating a model.

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Why Justin and Selena's Relationship Will Work This Time Around...Really

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Selena Gomez and Bieber are still going strong their 50th time around, and according to sources it will last this time as outlets are reporting.
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Why?

Well because EVERYTHING is different according to close sources. Such as...
- Justin is more open in his feelings and a gentleman to Selena
- He keeps in touch more often now while they travel

- He wears his heart on his sleeve
- Bieber doesn't have any felonies processing at the moment.
- Bieber and his mom are close and she keeps him centered
- Selena and her mom fixed their issues, much of which had little to do with Bieber

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Do you believe in this true love story, ONTD?

Smashing Pumpkins reunion won't include original bassist D'arcy Wretzky

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Billy Corgan has been teasing a reunion with the original lineup, and even posted a photo on Instagram recently featuring himself, Jimmy Chamberlin, and James Iha. His caption was questionable af, as it said, "So many memories when you put the three of us together." What about D'Arcy Wretzky?



In a recent interview, D'Arcy seemed to confirm the reunion by saying, "My apologies to all of the Smashing Pumpkins fans out there who are excited about this oncoming reunion tour of the original members of the band. I know this is a huge disappointment for me, as well, but it's not going to happen [with me]."

She said that the band has chosen to go with another bassist.

The photo in question:
https://instagram.com/p/BeBGPl3Dhxx


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Never Before Revealed Secrets of Teen Mom Megastar & Hip Hop Mogul Debra Danielsen-Mers EMBA

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- Site names Debra as Teen Mom's biggest star right off-the-bat

- Discusses the re-release of her book about the treacherous world of online catfishing and Cyber Crimes. The book explains how even infallible business women like Debra can fall prey to the covert tactics of a dirty catfisher (you guys should check it out, *has been named "Best True Book of 2015 & 2018").

- Debra reveals the major changes in the new release of her book are "the updates"



- Discusses her generous spirit and love of reaching out to help others (believes this also made her susceptible to the traitorous catfisher)

- Is able to see why a catfisher might have done such a thing to her and can forgive them, although her fans aren't quite there yet

- States that Dr. David supports all women in contrast to her ex-husband who had 22 affairs and told lies

- The interview ends there and fans wait anxiously for the conclusion which is supposed to be posted today


"Is it just me, or does anyone else think it's too damn cold and miserable outside to workout?"

Read full interview here


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LIZ Interviews with Paper Magazine + Notion for "Queen of Me" and "Could U Love Me"

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- Queen of underground pop LIZ says "Queen of Me" is about how she used to seek validation from men as an artist and now being more confident, and loving yourself first.
- She signed onto a major label record with Columbia Records but her A&R left, and experienced poor management who did not consider what she wanted to do
- Was able to keep busy by continuing to write and work with producers
- "When I Rule the World" was planned to be on a debut album
- "Could U Love Me" is a letter explaining all of her flaws to people she falls for
- More music coming this year, and possible Kim Petras collab (:/)



- Editorial is inspired by "Woman in Sun Dress" by Cindy Sherman and David LaChapelle




I'm still holdin out for a Charli XBOX collab


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REACT: Do Teens Know 90s Music?

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Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Knew the Song 8/8 Knew the Artist 5/8
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Knew the Song 1/8 Knew the Artist 1/8
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
Knew the Song 1/8 Knew the Artist 1/8
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Knew the Song 3/8 Knew the Artist 1/8
Korn - Freak On a Leash
Knew the Song 0/8 Knew the Artist 0/8
Faith Hill - This Kiss
Knew the Song 4/8 Knew the Artist 1/8
*NSYNC - Tearin' Up My Heart
Knew the Song 4/8 Knew the Artist 4/8



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What are your Top 5 favorite songs from the 90's??

Indian Actress Writes An Open Letter To "Padmaavat" Director Over The Film's Misogyny

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(You have to click on the link to read her open letter. It's lengthy, but a great read.)

Indian actress, Swara Bhasker, has penned an open letter to prominent Bollywood director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, over the misogyny in his film "Padmaavat". The letter, titled "At The End of Your Magnum Opus… I Felt Reduced to a Vagina – Only", criticizes Bhansali and the film for glorifying the archaic and brutal act of jauhar (mass self-immolation).

- Bhasker felt that the film presented the act of jauhar in a glamorized way and did not do enough to juxtapose it with commentary making it clear that it is a barbaric practice that should be done away with. She says, "Then in the climax, breathtakingly shot of course – hundreds of women bedecked in red like Goddess Durga as bride rushed into the Jauhar fire while a raving Muslim psychopathic villain loomed over them and a pulsating musical track – that had the power of an anthem; seduced the audience into being awestruck and admiring of this act. Sir, if this is not glorification and support of Sati and Jauhar, I really do not know what is."

- She feels that some of the dialogue (and the voiceover at the end) in the movie tried tying committing jauhar with upholding one's honor. She says, "There were more than three instances of the ‘good’ characters of your story speaking of Sati/Jauhar as the honourable choice, your female protagonist – epitome of both beauty, brains and virtue sought permission from her husband to commit Jauhar, because she could not even die without his permission; soon after she delivered a long speech about the war between Satya and Asatya, Dharm and Adharm and presented collective Sati to be the path of Truth and Dharm."

- Bhasker says that it sends a harmful message, especially since the "death before dishonor" mentality is still pervasive in parts of Indian society. She explains, "Sir, you agree that Sati, and Jauhar are not practices to be glorified. Surely, you agree that notwithstanding whatever archaic idea of honour, sacrifice, purity propels women and men to participate in and condone such practices; that basically Sati and Jauhar, like the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Honour Killings, are steeped in deeply patriarchal, misogynist and problematic ideas. A mentality that believes that the worth of women lies in their vaginas, that female lives are worthless if the women are no longer controlled by male owners or if their bodies have been ‘desecrated’ by the touch of ; or even the gaze of a male who doesn’t by social sanction ‘own’ or ‘control’ the female."

- Bhasker explains, "Women have the right to live, despite being raped sir.
Women have the right to live, despite the death of their husbands, male ‘protectors’, ‘owners’, ‘controllers of their sexuality’.. whatever you understand the men to be.
Women have the right to live — independent of whether men are living or not.
Women have the right to live. Period."


- She says that Bhansali has the right to make films of his choice and to do it however he wants, however, that does not exempt him or his art from being questioned and criticized.

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Mods, I added the source for the tweet. Swara is really brave for saying this and I hope she doesn't get blacklisted. Of course, there are bunch of men trying to mansplain to her about why she's wrong.

Promo for Nashville (CMT) 6x05 - "Where the Night Goes"

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Deacon and Jessie's relationship deepens; Darius invites Juliette to get more involved with the movement while Avery voices his opinion; Gunnar, Will and Avery search for a female voice for the band; Jonah's ex releases a song about Maddie.

Nashville airs on CMT, Thursdays 9pm
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thoughts? i thought hayden acted that scene very well. LOVED the nsync bit. nhf any retcon of avery being a bad partner, he's been good to juliette???
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