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A Film Adaptation of the Novel ‘Adam’ Is Facing Backlash Over a Character Who Pretends to Be Trans

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A film adaptation of the book "Adam," about a cis male teenager who falls in love with a lesbian and pretends to be a trans man so he can date her, has received controversy.

Rhys Ernst, a trans man, is directing the movie.

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ONTD Original: Ranveer Singh and his fake image

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From the outset, Ranveer Singh (Bhavnani) is quirky,  high energy (dancing in the middle of busy Mumbai road in Krissh costume) wears the most random clothes etc etc etc. Truly proving that Ranveer does not give a fuck. After all, he’s here to break the barriers of what’s considered normal. (He wore a skirt!!!111) He is different.





One of the biggest “normal” in Bollywood is nepotism. To succeed in this industry, you need to have some solid familial connections. No matter how poor actor you are, the goodwill of your family will provide you with innumerable films to ruin. (Abhishek Bachchan, Shraddha Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor entire careers exist due to this fact.) So, in an industry where nepotism and familial connections help you succeed Ranveer would promote that he was a complete outsider to Bollywood.  Why would he do this? Because he was building his image to be the next Shah Rukh Khan.
At first, he would completely disregard the fact he was related to Anil and Sonam Kapoor’s family. When Ranveer was asked about this connection, he would assert that the Kapoors did not help him throughout his career, and the family would only come into contact during the filming of Dil Dhadakne Do (2015) where both Anil and Ranveer were cast.












(Arjun Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Ranveer Singh) 
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Ranveer Singh claims he has no connections to the industry whatsoever, that he one day gate-crashed a party with a friend at 16 where he met the director Shaad Ali (also at the time working for Yash Raj Films).  The director would eventually let Singh assist him on various adverts and films before making his debut.

Interestingly, on an episode with Koffee with Karan, Singh talks about his relationship with Arjun Kapoor (related to Sonam Kapoor through her father’s side) developed a friendship due to their love of dancing at parties during sleazy Hindi songs. Ranveer would say they developed this friendship during their debut years ( both having debuted at Yash Raj Films around the same year) however, Arjun Kapoor clarifies that they’ve been partying way longer than this before he is cut off.

Also, during Vogue BFF’s Zoya Akthar describes meeting Ranveer at a mutual friend’s party, Ranveer exclaims, “That’s 15 years ago, bro!” 15 years puts this event at 2001 – when he was 16 years old.

Singh also shared on ‘No Filter Neha’ that his girlfriend ditched him for Aditya Roy Kapur, “Ya, he was like every girl’s fantasy in junior college and the girl that I was crazy about that time who is now married with a kid, so she, I was really like, this is like, I was mad about her. It was a good 4-5 years that I was crazy over her. And then she finally broke up with me. It was in order to move onto a certain Aditya Roy Kapur.

Again, placing Ranveer at the age of 16 when he met Zoya Akthar and Shaad Ali and again, Aditya Roy Kapur a nepotism kid, part of the industry that Ranveer claims he has no connections to. Who was the girlfriend? Ahana Deol, the daughter of superstars Dharmendra and Hema Malini, you guessed it, within the Hindi Industry!

It’s not only enough for Ranveer to claim he’s a total outsider he also has to showcase how poor he is. His father Jagit Bhavani is a real estate mogul, rumoured billionaire, whose net worth has been mysteriously wiped off the internet. So Ranveer can make statements like,  “The other day I was cleaning my shoe closet, which has some 100 pairs now. It was a staggering sight. Dad walked past the room and he started crying. He said I remember once you had just two pairs – one for everyday wear and one while going out.”

In an interview with GQ India for their April issue, Singh revealed how he couldn't afford fashionable clothes and would wear second-hand clothing. He said, “When I was studying in Indiana, I couldn't afford a lot of fashionable clothes, and wore a lot of hand-me-downs. At any given point I'd have a pair of all-white Ice Cream sneakers, which I'd very religiously wipe with Clorox to get the stains out.”

Ranveer Singh said to Conde Naste Traveller, “We didn’t have a lot of money when I was growing up. So, my parents would save up and save up for that one big summer holiday abroad; I remember going to Indonesia, Singapore, Italy, but most often it was the US – we had a lot of family there. And December was always Goa with my grandparents.”

Funnily enough, there is one interview that states that “Singh, who grew up in an affluent family in Khar, Mumbai, says they provide for everything, leaving his money untouched. “I have all the comfort that I need and it is mostly provided to me by my father and my family... Whatever I am making is pretty much there and ready to be invested.”


This is not the only part he’s exaggerated about his life. “You can check with the women, but I know that I’m the best boyfriend."  Ranveer Singh boasts in an interview in 2014, he would repeat this continuously over the next few years. In particular, he would brag about this in an episode of Koffee with Karan alongside contemporary, Ranbir Kapoor in 2017. If Ranveer had been spouting this for many years, why did this claim matter during this moment this most?

Simply because Ranveer Singh had built his image around being the opposite of being a ‘Ranbir Kapoor’. For those who don’t know Ranbir Kapoor, he is from the lineage of the so called “first family of Bollywood” a total insider, self-admitted cheater, (despite his denials) a playboy. He would date Deepika Padukone for a short while before he cheated on her. Thus, starting Deepika Padukone’s persisting ‘victim image’. This was Ranveer’s moment to remind the audience that he, Singh, was better than Kapoor.   A true visual comparison.


An episode of Koffee with Karan, where a ‘jury’ comment on the season’s iconic moments. (Credits: Buzzfeed India, 4th panel translation: “He’s saying so much about himself.”“He’s like no one saying this about me, so I’ll say it myself.”)

Ranveer Singh in 2012, within a week after he broke up with Anushka Sharma; would start releasing articles confirming his relationship with Deepika Padukone.


Ranveer & Deepika’s (or their shortened portmanteau: Deepveer) relationship would go on to become #relationshipgoals. A relationship beneficial for both as it became the perfect marketing strategy over the past few years.  A recent example of this in work would be Deepika's MET Gala appearance, where she failed to make an impact and instead had received criticism for not following the theme. Deepika would post a series of pictures on Instagram, the first justifying her look, the next few her actual look. She would also start a paid trend on Twitter India (reaching #2) "Deepika at MET".  When that failed to make an impact outside of a few PR articles; that night in the midst of partying at Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja's wedding reception, Ranveer Singh would suddenly be caught on camera calling her and commenting on the MET pictures on Instagram.

Suddenly the narrative became how sweet Ranveer Singh was to spare a moment for his 'lady love' no matter how busy he was at a family function. Bringing back Deepika's MET Gala appearance and his perfect boyfriend façade to the forefront of the media’s attention.


















Of course, Ranveer bragging about being the “perfect” boyfriend in what seems to be an average, mutually benefitting PR relationship is not in itself a problematic situation. Fake? Sure, but understandable. The problem with being the “perfect” boyfriend, like his struggler image, is that Ranveer slips up and reveals his misogyny underneath.  For example, in 2016, during an interview with Harper’s Bazaar Ranveer himself admitted, “See the thing is, I am smarter than all the chicks I have met till date. Their EQ is much higher than mine, but IQ, I am yet to be taken by surprise.”

This is not the first time Ranveer has spoken in a demeaning manner about women, in his debut episode of Koffee with Karan he made the following comments about Kareena Kapoor

She used to come to Otters club, I was a kid at the time and I used to just look at her, and she ushered me into you know?” I went from child to boy.”

Kareena who at the time was cast for Ram Leela opposite him would drop out of the film, feeling uncomfortable by Singh’s comments. When asked about this, he would comment "Now I don’t feel that rush of excitement [for her]. My feelings have waned. (laughs) I’ve grown up. I was effusive about my admiration, but I didn’t do anything wrong. It came and bit me in the face. People really judge you." Effectively shifting the blame back to Kareena Kapoor.

(Also, note Otters club is a very exclusive club, of which many Indian celebrities are a part of)

Ranveer’s only gotten into hot water over his sexism once and that was during the Jack & Jones controversy.




It took actor Siddharth to call out the misogyny in the advert before it caught media attention.

It would take a few days before an “official statement” would be released where a “source” claimed that Ranveer was upset by the controversy. Ranveer Singh is mighty upset that his image took a severe beating after a Jack & Jones advertisement that showed him picking up a miniskirt-clad girl on his shoulders with the tagline ‘Take you work home’.

“Ranveer never ever thought endorsing a clothing brand would bring him disrepute. He is someone who is extremely image conscious and has deep respect for women. He is hurt that the tagline written by those who conceptualised the ad went terribly wrong. He has told the brand that it shouldn’t have happened and their writers should have been more careful with their words.”

Ranveer’s official apology would come nearly a week after Siddharth raised the issue: "It was important to give the brand the creative freedom while designing the campaign but I guess we got it wrong on one of those billboards. I am sorry this happened but it is a thing of past. We rectified it immediately by having the hoarding taken down as early as possible from over 30 cities overnight.”

Ranveer’s image is more important than his actual work, remember the barriers he was breaking by subverting the norm and wearing a skirt at the GQ Awards? When asked about it his fashion choices, said that he would never cross-dress as that is a bit too extreme. When he was reminded about the time when he had worn a skirt for an award show, he said, "Yeah but...That's like a man's skirt."















Recently, a blind was released:A leading fashion magazine thought it had an innovative cover in mind when it approached a young leading actor and a sprightly female star for its next issue. While the gorgeous pair does look lovely together, the male star had some misgivings. He wasn’t too happy to bephotographed with the leading lady because, er, she has just got married. He thought a photograph with her would affect his ‘young’ image. Tch, some men just refuse to grow up.














It’s not surprising that Ranveer has outdated thoughts about women, when he asked about feminism in 2017, Ranveer replied,“I believe in gender quality, so I feel like it’s lopsided being on the either side of the coin, you know? By being a ‘meninist’ and ‘feminist’, you’re essentially already submitting and subscribing to the fact that there’s an imbalance. Why won’t we just accept the equal status goal and move on?"

This image break-down, doesn't contain his unhealthy obession with sex, including his boasting that he lost his virginity at 12. I also didn't cover that racist, sexist,  homophobic, roast he did with All India Bakchod.






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James Ransone cast as adult Eddie in IT sequel, Andy Bean as Stan

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After the official casting of Bev, the clussy king</strike> sequel casts James Ransone for the adult Eddie. James is mostly known for being in second season of The Wire, Generation Kill, and the deputy in the Sinister movies. Un-career related, in 2006, Ransone saved his neighbor from being raped and fighting off the assailant.

Andy Bean has also been cast as Stan. Bean is known for HBO's Here and Now and the Starz series, Power. Even though Bill Hader and James McAvoy are in talks for roles, they are still up in the air.

Eddie was the neurotic one in the group and Pennywise's choice form was a leper for terrorizing him. Has time changed Eddie? We will find out when it heads to theaters Sept.9, 2019.

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Cameron Monaghan on Gotham's Jeremiah not being called the Joker

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There was a small amount of controversy over Cameron Monaghan revealing that Warner Bros won't let the Gotham showrunners refer to Jeremiah as the Joker because they didn't want to "dilute" the brand. He addressed it on Twitter.



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SPOILERS (?) Deadpool affected by the end of Avengers: Infinity War.

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- During the end of Infinity War, Thanos managed to get the 6 infinity stones and killed half the population of the universe.
- Yesterday, Ryan Reynolds was on Colbert and you can see what happened to Deadpool during the Infinity War ending.
- Deadpool's final words: 'OH WTF?! THANOS?! YOU DONT HAVE THE BUDGET FOR THIS--!!'



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ONTD, what would've been your final words if you were at the end of Infinity War?

Hilary Duff Takes Feud with "Ass**le" Neighbor Public

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Hilary Duff went on an epic social media rant this morning, taking her feud with her New York City neighbor (whom she identified by name as Dieter Addison) public.

In a series of videos on her Instagram Stories, she said:

"Calling all New Yorkers with asshole neighbors—really open to any advice you have. My neighbor smokes cigarettes and weed all night long. My apartment reeks. Seriously, what do I do?"

"We know your parents pay your rent. We know you've never worked a day in your life—must be nice. Have some respect for your neighbors who work hard to live in that building. Don't be a dick dude—and put your trash down the shoot."


She then found Addison's Instagram page, which is private, and took video of the page while typing comments over it, including:

"Found youuuu. I know your still sleeping. I really hope your hang over hurts."

"And another thing….stop breaking all your furniture when you fight with your girlfriend or boyfriend … it scares me and my kid. Therapy is cheaper"

She posted another video of herself drawing cat ears and whiskers on Addison's instagram photo, followed by yet another video of herself with an Instagram filter of cat ears and whiskers, saying ""Meowww Dieter meowww".

She finally ended her posts with "Dieter get a vape".

Addison is the grandson of a wealthy industrialist. He told Page Six that he lives with a sober companion and while he admits to being a heavy smoker of cigarettes, he says he is hiring a lawyer to respond to Duff's claims because he hasn't smoked pot for months. He also pointed out that their building allows cigarette smoking and that's why he chose it.

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Xtina and J*mes C*rden Sing "Fall In Line"

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The J*mes C*rden Youtube channel just unveiled a "Fall In Line" outtake for the carpool karaoke episode with Xtina showing us ha legendary pipes while J*mes C*rden unnecessarily performs along too.

Catch the first TRUE duet performance with Demi Lovato on the Billboard Music Awards May 20th!

I really enjoy all the songs she's released thus far and there's been amazing female pop collabs in the past few years. I hope the video measures up to the song.


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Every Romance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ranked

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14. Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War)

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10. Thor and Jane Foster (Thor, Thor: The Dark World)

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6. Bruce Banner and Natasha Romanoff (The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War)

T’Challa and Nakia

4. T’Challa and Nakia (Black Panther)

Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter

1. Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter (Captain America: The First Avenger)



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ONTD Original: Lesbian Artists to Check Out

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We can all use some more lesbian music in the world (or at least I think so). If you're tired of Tegan and Sara, St. Vincent or Hayley Kiyoko, I thought I'd rec some gay women who I've been jamming to recently.


Ria Mae
Ria Mae is a Canadian pop singer from Halifax. As a teenager, she spent most of her time in her room writing songs and teaching herself guitar. In her music video for her single 'Gold', she portrayed a lesbian relationship. Ria has said she struggled with playing an alternate version of her sexuality in a music video, but after some consideration she changed her perspective: "I had this gut feeling, like, 'Shut up. It's good, and it's important.'"

Other song(s) to check out: Gold, Ooh Love, Girlfriend

King Princess
King Princess is only 19 and just released her debut single '1950' in February (Harry Styles tweeted out a lyric from the song, which gave it a little boost). The song is inspired by one of her favorite books, 1952's The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, which later became the film Carol, and draws parallels between hidden desire and lesbian love. King Princess is also the first artist signed to Mark Ronson's record label and her EP, Make My Bed, will be out June 15th.

Other song(s) to check out: Talia

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
Thao Nguyen is the lead musician of the band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down. Her biggest influences are folk and country with bit of hip hop and punk. Thao is able to convey melancholy and gentleness with a good amount of playfulness in her music. She's collaborated with Joanne Newsom, Andrew Bird, and Mirah.

Music video directed by Dianna Agron
Other song(s) to check out: When We Swam, Meticulous Bird, Holy Roller

MUNA
MUNA definitely have a Haim vibe, but with a much more 80s power pop sound. Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin first met at the University of Southern California. They've been called a queer girl band since their first releases. After some hesitation about that, they've seen seemed to embrace that title.
Other song(s) to check out: Crying on the Bathroom Floor, Winterbreak, Everything

Torres
Torres is an alternative pop singer from Georgia. Her music is reminiscence of St. Vincent, Bjork, Fiona Apple and Brandi Carlile. Her most recent album Three Futures is about owning her sexuality and desire, this comes through with songs like Skim, Righteous Woman and To Be Given a Body. She's said about the record that she wanted it to be "unapologetically lustful, rather than being the object of desire."

Other song(s) to check out: Jealousy and I, Helen in the Woods

Marika Hackman
Marika Hackman is a singer-songwriter from England. Her alternative folk style is in a similar vein to Laura Marling. Her lyrics can be dark and melancholic, yet her songs are full of insights about living today as a gay woman. Her song 'My Love Cindy' is inspired by 'The L Word'. It started as an inside joke with her girlfriend about a character calling someone 'my lover Cindy'; "we thought 'my lover Cindy' was so funny. We decided it would be a really great band name." Marika is currently in a relationship with singer Amber Bain from the band The Japanese House.

Other song(s) to check out: Boyfriend, Time's Been Reckless, Ophelia

This is my first ONTD Original, I hope it's okay. Feel free to share your fave lesbian artists in the comments!

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Hilary Duff's Neighbor Feud Part II: He Says Her Boyfriend Punched Him Today Over Smoking

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Hilary Duff's feud with her neighbor over his smoking habit just got worse.

Dieter Addison says “I had to call the police this morning because Hilary’s boyfriend, Matthew Koma, barged in and tried to punch me in the face. I tried to avoid his fist, but he hit me on the head.
So I pushed him out of the apartment, but I didn’t assault him.”

Addison says he’s been getting “a lot of hate mail and threats” from Duff's fans as a result of her public rant: “It is so bad I’m going to have to get a bodyguard." He says that he tried to accommodate Duff's complaints since she moved in last January, turning down his music and offering to have his own contractor fix the building's ventilation system so she wouldn't smell his cigarette smoke, but no one from building management ever got back to him to okay the repairs.

It's unclear if the alleged punching incident happened before or after Duff went on her Instagram rant this morning , calling Addison an "asshole" and "Dieter the [eggplant emoji]" and saying he's never worked a day in his life (he says he works in his family's real estate office).

She accused him of smoking both cigarettes and weed and said it makes her apartment "reek"; he responded that he has a sober living companion and hasn't smoked weed in months, but that their Manhattan building allows cigarette smoking and that's why he chose it.

A spokesman for Matthew Koma says "These allegations are untrue."

Duff's representative says “Hilary and her young son have been subjected to excessive secondhand smoke, late night noise, garbage in the hallways, and an overall hazardous living environment from this man for months now. She tried numerous times in polite ways to handle this situation including countless sessions with the landlords of the building. As every mother knows, protecting your kid has to come first and foremost and that is her primary goal. She reached a breaking point after a 15 hour work day and yet another sleepless night.”

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ETA: Duff in 2012, just after her son was born

How Sofi Tukker's Tucker Halpern went from the NCAA to being a Grammy nominee

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You may know their songs "Best Friend" or "Batshit" (the latter is currently being used in iPhone 8 Red commercials), but do you know how the duo behind Sofi Tukker met?

-Tucker Halpern is 6'8 and was playing basketball for Brown in the NCAA until an autoimmune disease kept him in bed for 8 months, so he started making music on his laptop.
-Eventually he got to go back to Brown and scored a winning shot, but knew his basketball career was over
-He promised his parents he would graduate from his art history and architecture programs, but secretly knew he wanted to be a DJ
-He met Sophie Hawley-Weld at an art show and asked her to sing to some of his music
-Sophie had a fellowship to teach yoga and music in Brazil after graduation, but Tucker persuaded her to continue with her music instead
-Their first song, Drinkee, was nominated for a Grammy 2 years later
-Now they are headliners and touring until the end of 2019; Tucker's health problems are under control

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How Maluma is captivating America one heart at a time

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Coming off a sold out show at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City, Colombian superstar Maluma (born Juan Luis Londoño Arias) spoke to Haute Living Magazine about his tour, his first bilingual album, 'F.A.M.E.,' out Friday, and his plans for the future.

  • The costumes for the F.A.M.E. Tour are custom Dolce and Gabbana - the artist considers the designers friends and closed their Milan menswear show in January


  • While remaining coy about his romantic life, the "Cuatro Babys" singer admits that he "fucking loves" the frenzied reaction he gets from fans, particularly women, around the world


  • He counts Héctor Lavoe, Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson among his greatest influences, and primarily listens to music from the 1980s and '90s


  • During the recording sessions for 'F.A.M.E.,' he recorded a great deal of English material but feared alienating his fanbase - only two "all English" songs made the final tracklist


  • When asked what he would like the world to know about him, he responded, "I would say that Maluma, the artist, has been reborn. Something new is happening—it has been in the making in the last three to four years. I want to take over the world one heart at a time, and for those that are reading this interview I just want to tell you: Get ready because I am going to be very soon close to you. India, Dubai, Tokyo—wherever you are reading this interview—I’m going to be there!"












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    Have you pre-ordered 'F.A.M.E.'?

    Disney to release new book showing Mother Gothel's side of the story

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    Disney has released a new excerpt from the latest book in Serena Valentino's Villains series, "Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch."

    Valentino writes "I will explore the back history of Mother Gothel, including her time as a young girl living in the Dead Woods with her mother Manea Queen of the Dead, and her sister witches Primrose and Hazel - and eventually leading us to the events surrounding Rapunzel. I am so exited to explore this complex and intriguing character who I personally see as one of the most frightening villains in the Disney pantheon."

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    Celebs react: Ronan Farrow drops another bombshell, Trump calls immigrants "animals"

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    - Someone in the gov noticed data regarding Michael Cohen was deleted from a federal database and leaked the information.
    - Tr*mp called undocumented immigrants "animals" as our government puts their children in military warehouses.
    - Tr*mp's financial forms admit he paid Stormy Daniels after multiple denials.
    - Senate Intelligence Committee releases statement today that Russia DID attempt to help tr*mp win the 2016 election (the House aka Devin Nunes said they didn't lol).

























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    Dylan Sprouse Calls Out Jared Leto

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    - Dylan Sprouse took to Twitter to call out Jared Leto for allegedly sliding into the DM's of young girls/women.

    - Leto has not responded to the accusation thus far.


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    Is Jared Leto finally going to be next?

    Murphy Brown: Where Are They Now promo

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    -Ahead of it's launch later this year, CBS has released a Where Are They Now promo (you know...since they havent shot anything yet)

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    New Backstreet Boys - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

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    Las Vegas residers and cruise headliners Backstreet Boys are back in the midst of stiff boyband competition (PRETTYMUCH) with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", serving choreo and a snappy electronic dance tune.


    Honestly A+ for effort. Much better than In a World Like This where they were a rotten banana version of 1D.


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    Promo for The Americans 6x09

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    Jennings, Elizabeth
    5/23/2018

    In the penultimate episode of the final season, Elizabeth wrestles with competing loyalties, and Philip has an encounter
    that turns into much more than he had bargained for. Written by Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg; Directed by Chris Long.

    Another brilliant episode full of masterclasses in acting.
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