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ONTD Original: Pop Superstars Recreate Their Video Choreography LIVE!

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Inspired by the utter ignorance in the reaction to Jennifer López getting the MTV Vanguard Award and how blissfuly unaware some children are about the excellent videography Jennifer Lynn López posses, this post, which comes for her sole stan, is intended to educate those kids as well as remind the rest how good we used to had it.

Before Al Gore's internet became readily accessible, to be a pop star one had to be the complete package: beautiful, talented and charismatic. Nowadays, sadly, we are bombarbed with viral tweets about subpar performances like this one from Dula Peep. To cleanse the palates of you mostly beautiful people, here's a few talented ICONIC pop superstars performances filled with with choreography, looks, stage presence and mostly non-singing.

Jennifer López:

Get Right





Aaliyah

Try Again:






Madonna

Vogue:





Janet

All For You:





Britney

Me Against The Music





BONUS:

If You Had My Love:



First dance break at 2:48



Second dance break at 3:00




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Lupita Nyong’o Covers Porter Magazine

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https://instagram.com/p/BmI2jjglVn_


Lupita Nyong’o reflects on driving change in Hollywood and redressing beauty standards.

“My hair is something that, historically, has been shunned. I mean, how often do you hear ‘You can’t get a job with hair like that’? Natural, African, kinky hair — it’s often been painted as uncivilized or wild. Being featured on the cover of a magazine fulfills me as it is an opportunity to show other dark, kinky-haired people, and particularly our children, that they are beautiful just the way they are.”


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Sharon Tate's Sister Gives Blessing to Tarantino Manson Family Movie

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Quentin Tarantino is making a Manson family movie starring Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, with Margot Robbie playing Sharon Tate, the real life eight months pregnant actress who was murdered by the Manson family in the summer of '69. After initial distrust and anger over the project, Debra Tate, Sharon's little sister, haa given Tarantino her seal of approval.

Source: Debra Tate on Twitter

Paula Abdul goes on The Talk and brings you nostalgia

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Paula Abdul has been making the promo rounds letting everyone know she will be headlining her first solo tour in more than 25 years this fall. Appearing with the ladies of the Talk Paula talked about Forever Your Girl turning 30 this year (!), going on the road solo, taking care of her body and how she literally got her biggest hit, Straight Up, straight from the trash! Also Paula reveals how she came up with the iconic choreography for Janet Jackson's 80s classic Nasty

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjGUPsy6U3g

Jennifer Lopez wearing denim trouser boots

Police were reportedly called after Kendall Jenner’s dog allegedly bit a girl, Kendall denies it

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- Over the weekend, the LAPD was called to the Beverly Glen Deli in LA after a woman called 911 to report that her daughter was bit by a dog.

- The dog in the alleged incident belonged to Kendall. Kendal was there with her boyfriend Ben Simmons.

- According to witnesses, after the dog bit the girl, there were no visible marks. The deli staff put ice on it. When the mother went inside, Kendall and Ben left the scene. The mother alleges that Kendall did not say anything to her daughter. The mother called the police.

- People magazine says the police were called and responded to the call. They determined it to be a civil matter.

- Sources from Kendall said that she did not leave the scene and that her dog was startled but it did not bite anyone.

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Study Reveals Almost No Progress On Diversity Across 1,100 and the Top 100 Grossing Films In 2017

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– The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released their annual report on diversity in film, revealing not much has progressed in film since 2007. Their study includes looking at the 100 most popular films of 2017. Full report can be read here.
– Gender diversity: Prevalence of female speaking characters was 31.8%, up from 31.5% in 2017. Ratio of males to females: 2.15 to 1, across 48,757 speaking characters. Out of the top 100 films in 2017, 33 films depicted a woman lead or co-lead (34 in 2016, 32 in 2015), and of those 33 films, 4 actresses were from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, while 5 were at least age 45 or older. Percentage of female speaking characters across different genres... Action/and or adventure: 24.5%, Animation: 30.7%, Comedy: 42.9%.
– Racial diversity: 70.7% of charaacters were white, 12.1% black, 4.8% Asian, 1.7% Middle-Eastern, <1% Native American, <1% Native Hawaiian, and 3.9% mixed race. 43 films had no black female characters, 64 had no Latino people, and 65 did not have any Asian women characters. In contrast, only 7 were missing white women.
– LGBTQ: Out of 4,403 characters in the top 100 films, only 0.7% were lesbian, gay, or bisexual. Among them, 51.6% were gay, 29% were lesbians, and 19.4% were bisexual. There were no transgender characters that appeared in the top 100 films across 2017. There has been no change over time in the depiction of LGBT characters on screen since 2014. Out of 400 popular films from 2014 to 2017, only one transgender character has appeared. Out of the top 100, 81 films had no speaking LGB characters, and 94 films had no LB women. LGB characters were predominantly white at 67.7%, and only 8 of the 4,403 were teenagers.
– Disability: Only 2.5% of characters in the top 100 films were disabled. The majority were men. Forty-one films in 2017 did not feature one speaking character with a disability. A total of 78 movies did not include one female character with a disability. More than two-thirds (69.6%) of characters with disabilities were male while 30.4% were female. Nearly three-quarters of characters with disabilities were white, while 27% were underrepresented. Only 1 character shown with a disability was LGBT.
– For comparison, here's the ONTD post of the annual study from last year. These are all just numbers and don't meaningfully reflect how these characters and their storylines are written and prioritized, but... see more info including directors with the graphics below.














ONTD, how do you feel diversity is going in film versus television and other formats?

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Ethan Hawke admits his life 'fell apart' after divorcing Uma Thurman &'Middle-class' life is enough

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-The 47-year-old told GQ (Promo for First Reformed) that he is now forced to do commercial films to pay her alimony after their divorce was finalized in 2005. They have two kids, 16 and 20 and one of them is an actress Maya Hawke (Little Women PBS/Stranger Things S3).

-Their divorce came after his career peak with him receiving an Oscar nomination for Training Day. Says that Oscar nomination could've been the beginning of his career as a leading man or more commercially viable parts, but his personal life was falling apart.

-'But I'm 47 years old. I pay my alimony with my acting. I pay my kids' health insurance with my acting. I pay everybody's tuition with my acting. I'm helping various charities with my acting.

-'And ultimately a middle-class lifestyle was always enough for me,' he said. 'Like, I needed to pay my doctors' bills and I needed to get my kids to school—but I don't need three pairs of shoes. One pair of shoes is fine. And I don't need more bedrooms. I don't need bedrooms for fantasy houseguests, you know, that don't arrive.'



The couple in happier times.




(Also shoutout to Gattaca/Underrated Film)

-Hawke insisted in the interview he never wanted — and still doesn't want — to make films just to make money; however he admitted he is now forced to do commercial films to pay alimony.

-The films where he was the happiest are the smaller/the ones that don't pay that much (The Before trilogy, Boyhood, First Reformed, Dead Poets Society).

-'I'd had kind of a frustrating experience, because despite doing some work like Gattaca, Reality Bites, Before Sunrise—I'd done this kind of indie punk-rock version of Hamlet—so I was doing work that I liked, but nothing I was doing was making any kind of mark in a commercial environment.' (Gattaca is where he first met Uma Thurman)

-Said when he did Dead Poets Society, people thought he was the prep school kid which lead to offers like that. Then it was Jesse from Before Sunrise, and Troy from Reality Bites people thought of when they met him.

-Went on a date once and the young woman kept calling him Troy. Says that Scorsese, Pacino, Hackman, Hoffman, Nicholson, De Niro are no longer making the films they made in the hey day because the 'middle class' lifestyle isn't enough.


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Gal Gadot to Star in Hedy Lamarr Limited Series

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- Gal Gadot is close to a deal to headline and executive produce a limited series about film actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr, from "The Affair" co-creator/executive producer Sarah Treem, "The Handmaid’s Tale" producer Warren Littlefield and Endeavor Content
- Israel-born Gadot had been looking to do a project about Lamarr, who has been referred to as a real-life Jewish “Wonder Woman” whose inventions led to WiFi and GPS

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Riverdale Roundup: Parent Flashback Episode, TCAs, Deleted Scenes, and More

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Riverdale was at the TCAs, and it was all about the parents

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-Still no word on Jellybean or Gladys Jones' casting. Skeet hasn't picked up the phone to call Neve.

-A spinoff's being discussed, but it's not Sabrina since that's already through Netflix. They won't say who it'd be about though (please let it be the Pussycats and free them from the main show). Also no crossovers with Sabrina.

-Josie and Kevin might officially become stepsiblings as RAS teased a possible wedding between Sierra McCoy and Tom Keller

-Hal is still in the picture. Lochlyn Munro joked about being the hottest dad in the prison. Possible roadblock to Falice. They're really going to lean into the Hot Dads thing and beat that into the ground

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When this script cover was first tweeted out, fans speculated it would be the flashback episode given the fact that Archie is in no way a nerd nor is Jughead a jock. It seemed more likely that this would be the much teased flashback episode where we'd see what the parents were like as teenagers (lol at Sheriff Keller being a spoiler princess then).



And indeed, it was confirmed that the fourth episode of the upcoming season will be a flashback episode where the teen actors will play their parents (get ready to laugh at Cole as a young Skeet Ulrich or KJ as Luke Perry). It will also reveal a dark secret that their parents have been keeping since their high school days.



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For some reason the cast was featured in Emmy Magazine





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In an attempt to get you to buy season two on DVD, certain deleted scenes have been released




Ya gotta go to the sites for these following two though





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Lana Del Rey Confirms Big Dick Energy + Has Rat Up Her Sleeve

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It's been tea Lorde/Taylor Swift/St. Vincent producer Jack Antonoff has been working with Lana Del Rey, possibly on her upcoming album. Some fans are skeptical of Lana working with a more ~pop producer, while others are excited to see the #Change.
The two flaunted matching suits on social media, with Lana stating she has 'a little rat' up her sleeve:


Are you guys here for the duo?

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The former sugar baby confirms that she's now a big daddy with #BDE.
Will the self loathing twink stans relate to her growth and evolution?



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ONTD Original: Old Hollywood Conservatives

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1. Fred Astaire (1899-1987)

• Although he never publicly discussed his political views, Astaire was a conservative and lifelong Republican
• Astaire was a founding member of the Hollywood Republican Committee along with stars like Bing Crosby and Ginger Rogers
Astaire was religious and attended church, was supportive of American military action, and was dismissive and critical of the increase of vulgarity and open sexuality in film during the 1970s



2. Brigitte Bardot (1934-)

Is an Islamophobe and has been fined 5 times for inciting racial hatred
• Bardot's husband Bernard d'Ormale is a former adviser of France's main fair right party
• In 1973, Bardot retired from acting at age 37 to focus on being an animal rights activist
• In her 1999 book Le Carré de Pluton, Bardot made racist, misogynist, and homophobic remarks
Disapproves of miscegenation (interracial relationships)
Hates feminism and criticized the Me Too movement
• Aged poorly



3. Pat Boone (1934-)

• Boone is a conservative Republican, and has campaigned and endorsed Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Mitt Romney
• Boone considered running for office on a pro-war platform in 1968
Was a vocal supporter of the Vietnam War and was very critical about Democrats who opposed the Iraq War, and suggested that opponents of the war and Bush (like the Dixie Chicks) were unpatriotic and did not "respect their elders"
Is homophobic and compared gay rights protests and demonstrations to terrorism, and claimed unless they were checked, "hedonistic, irresponsible, blindly selfish goals and tactics of homegrown sexual jihadists will escalate into acts vile, violent and destructive"
Compared liberalism to cancer
• Is pro-Israel and defended Mel Gibson after the actor was recorded going on a vicious anti-Semitic tirade after he was being arrested for drunk driving
Participated in the racist claims that Barack Obama was ineligible to serve as president because he was Muslim and didn't celebrate Christian holidays, despite the fact that Obama and his administration prepared and hosted Christmas events for military personnel and groups of children
• In 2011 Boone received a lifetime achievement award at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
• Devoutly religious and called the scientific theory of evolution "absurd" and "nonsensical"



4. Gary Cooper (1901-1961)

• Was a conservative Republican like his father, and voted for Calvin Coolidge in 1924 and Herbert Hoover in 1928 and 1932
• During the 1944 presidential election, Cooper heavily campaigned for Thomas Dewey, and because his activities were unpopular with the general public the studio later told him to stop antagonizing fans who didn't share his political views
• Cooper was a founding member of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (MPA), which was a very conservative and traditional organization
Appeared as a "friendly witness" before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947, though he avoided naming anyone he suspected of having communist sympathies or ties in Hollywood and later said he regretted having been a witness
• Was the last American movie star to visit Nazi Germany before the outbreak of World War II; he also stated that MGM's Three Comrades (1938), a cautiously anti-Nazi film, should not have been made
Cooper said it was "very un-American" to suggest that the Constitution was out of date and that Congress was unnecessary
• Had an audience with Pope Pius XII in Rome, became more serious about faith and began attending church regularly; he was baptized as a Roman Catholic in 1959 How typical of an aging/dying man, who allegedly hit a woman and had numerous affairs with actresses like Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, and Lupe Velez, to seek religion while facing his own mortality but I digress
• Tragic hairline



5. Walt Disney (1901-1966)

• Disney was a supporter of the Democratic Party (likely influenced by his father who was quite liberal) until the 1940 presidential election
• Disney was a founding member of the anti-Semitic and anti-Communist MPA
• In 1947, Disney served as a "friendly witness" before the HUAC
• Also participated in the blacklisting movement and would not hire many artists for Disney films based on rumors about them
Disney has been accused of anti-Semitism and racism (and his films definitely depict gross racial stereotypes), and often aligned himself with anti-Semites and bigots Birds of a feather and all that
• Became anti-union when the 1941 animator's strike caused him to lose money



6. Clark Gable (1901-1960)

• Although he didn't speak publicly about politics, Gable was a conservative Republican
• His third wife, Carole Lombard, was a liberal Democrat and convinced him into supporting President Franklin Roosevelt
• In 1944, Gable became a member of the MPA, along with several other conservative actors and filmmakers
• "Assisted"HUAC in its efforts to find communists in Hollywood
• Did not allow himself to be photographed on set reading books because he fearfully believed it would undermine his macho screen image
• Disliked Gone with the Wind (1939), where he played Rhett Butler because he said it was "a woman's picture"
• Following the death of Lombard in 1942, Gable enlisted in the army to honor her, as she had been killed in a plane crash while on tour selling war bonds
Gable had a gun collection valued at $500,000 that was kept in a special gun room in his house
Gable managed to vote for Richard Nixon by mail in 1960 a few days before his death from a severe coronary thrombosis (blood clot inside a blood vessel of the heart)



7. Charlton Heston (1923-2008)

• Despite being a supporter of Democratic politicians (Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy) and civil rights in the 1960s, Heston became a conservative Republican as he aged (campaigned for Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and George W. Bush, and supported Richard Nixon in 1972)
• Was pro-life and gave the introduction to Eclipse of Reason (1987), an anti-abortion documentary
Although he discussed gun control in 1968, he later became the president and spokesman of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) from 1998 until 2003; in Michael Moore's 2002 film Bowling for Columbine, Moore criticized an 1999 NRA meeting that took place in Denver, Colorado shortly after the Columbine high school massacre as thoughtless and after being questioned as to why he thought gun-related violence was much higher in the US, Heston replied: "we have probably more mixed ethnicity"
Believed in reverse-racism: complained that the Actors' Equity Association's refusal to allow a white actor to play a Eurasian role in Miss Saigon was "obscenely racist"
Believed in Rachel Dolezal's delusionaltheory of transracial identity: after being initiated by blood into the Miniconjou Lakota Nation while filming The Savage (1952), he said that although he had no American Indian heritage, he believed he was "Native American" because he didn't want the term to be referred exclusively to American Indians



8. Hedda Hopper (1885-1966)

• Hopper was a fervent Republican and was a guest to numerous conservative rallies
Hopper was a driving force behind the Hollywood blacklist and was a leading member of the MPA
After her career as an actress failed dwindled, Hopper became a columnist and would spread vitriol to people she believed were uncouth and un-American
• Hopper successfully spearheaded the blacklist of Ingrid Bergman, who became pregnant by a married man out of wedlock, and cooperated with the FBI to destabilize Charlie Chaplin's career due to his Communist sympathies and because he remained a British citizen and did not try to become a US citizen

• Due to her extreme conservatism, many people in Hollywood privately called her a Nazi, and when this was brought up to her she cried and said, "All I've ever tried to be is a good American"



9. Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

• Reagan was actually a liberal Democrat in the 1940s but by the time John F. Kennedy became the president in 1960, Reagan was already turning into a right-wing Republican
• Reagan's first wife from 1940 to 1949, Jane Wyman, was a conservative Republican and she claimed that their political differences were a reason for their divorce
• Served as Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and US President from 1981 to 1989
During his presidency, Reagan spurred the War on Drugs, increased military spending, repeatedly supplied weapons to US enemies (Iraq, Iran, Nicaraguan rebels, etc.), mostly ignored the HIV/AIDS crisis, and more
Literally said: "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles"
• Helped pave the way for other celebrities to go into politics regardless of political experience
• Mediocre actor



10. Jane Russell (1921-2011)

• Russell was a prominent supporter of the Republican Party and even attended Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration
• Sided publicly with an industry panel that wanted to remove "provocative" scenes in one of her movies
Was pro-life and opposed abortion in any circumstance, including rape and incest
• Was a supporter of Iraq War
• Became a born-again Christian before the term was even coined, Russell regularly hosted Bible study at her home
Literally said, "I always say I'm a mean-spirited, narrow-minded, right-wing, conservative Christian . . . I am not politically correct" but also "not a racist"



11. Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)

A liberal Democrat who was concerned about "poor people" and outspoken about racism, Sinatra grew conservative with age
• Admired John F. Kennedy and would party and womanize with him when Kennedy visited Hollywood and Las Vegas but was snubbed after Kennedy decided not to stay with Sinatra while visiting California due to the revelations of Sinatra's ties to organized crime with the mafia
Sinatra became less vocal about racial issues after changing his political affiliation in 1970
• Sinatra endorsed Ronald Reagan (donating $4 million to his campaign) and Richard Nixon
• Was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985 by Reagan



12. Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990)

• Was a staunch conservative Republican
Opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency because she believed that since she managed to become a success despite her disadvantaged background, others should be able to do so without government assistance or intervention
• Became an early member of the MPA in 1944
• Publicly supported HUAC's investigations
• Fan of Ayn Rand and persuaded Warner Bros. to purchase the rights to The Fountainhead before it became a best-seller



13. James Stewart (1908-1997)

• Was a loyal conservative Republican, and supported and campaigned for Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan
• Stewart was the first movie star to enter the service for World War II, though he did not discuss his time in the military due to his traumatic experiences he had in killing other people and watching friends die
Supported the Vietnam War and after his adopted stepson was killed in action in Vietnam, Stewart maintained that he did not die in vain
• Despised Vietnam War draft dodgers and called them "cowards"
• In 1985, Stewart was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by his friend Ronald Reagan
• Along with actors Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas, and Gregory Peck, Stewart issued a statement calling for support of President Lyndon Johnson's Gun Control Act of 1968 after US Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination
Although they had different political views, Stewart was close friends with actor Henry Fonda, and after a fistfight during a political argument they never discussed politics again to maintain their friendship
• Tragic hairline, later wore toupees by the early 1950s



14. Shirley Temple (1928-2014)

Was a conservative Republican and a vocal supporter of the Vietnam War, and during her failed run for Congress she argued that the US needed to send more troops to Southeast Asia
• Temple became involved in foreign affairs after her run for Congress, and was appointed as a delegate to the 24th United Nations General Assembly (1969) by President Richard Nixon, the US Ambassador to Ghana (1974-1976) by President Gerald Ford, the first female Chief of Protocol of the US (1976-1977) by President Jimmy Carter, and the US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) by George H. W. Bush
• While serving as the US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, Temple witnessed important moments in the country's fight against Communism: she was in Prague in August 1968 the day Soviet-backed forces invaded, and while stranded on a hotel roof she witnessed an unarmed woman gunned down on the streets by Soviet forces



15. Gene Tierney (1920-1991)

• Tierney was a lifelong conservative Republican and was a supporter of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in particular
Had a love affair in the 1940s with future president John F. Kennedy, who broke it off because of his political ambitions
Despite voting for Richard Nixon, Tierney did send a congratulatory note to Kennedy for his victory in the 1960 presidential race



16. John Wayne (1907-1979)

• Was a vocal and prominent conservative Republican for the majority of his life, though he claims he considered himself to be a socialist in his first year of college, described himself as liberal during his younger years in Hollywood, voted for Franklin Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election, and differed with Republican Party over the Panama Canal issue
• Took part in creating the conservative MPA in 1944, and was elected as the organization's president in 1949
Was asked to run for national office in 1968 by wealthy Texas Republican Party backers despite having no previous political experience but declined because he believed the public would never seriously consider an actor in the White House
• Actively supported Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan
• Spoke on opening day at the 1968 Republican National Convention
Was racist, classist, and homophobic, and literally said: "I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility" and "I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from [the Native Americans] . . . There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."
• Aged poorly


Honorable Mentions
Although there was a fair share of conservative ladies in old Hollywood, it probably comes to absolutely no one's surprise that it was much easier to find male conservatives. So in an effort to keep the list relatively even, I narrowed it down to some of the more vocally conservative stars. Some honorable mentions: June Allyson, James Cagney, Claudette Colbert, Bing Crosby, Alain Delon, Betty Grable, Cary Grant, Tippi Hedren, Steve McQueen, Ethel Merman, Robert Mitchum, Laurence Olivier, Ginger Rogers, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, and Jane Wyman.


• June Allyson and her husband Dick Powell successfully persuaded Ronald Reagan to switch political parties in 1962
• James Cagney, who became more conservative as he aged, once said he regarded his move away from liberal politics as "a totally natural reaction once I began to see undisciplined elements in our country stimulating a breakdown of our system . . . Those functionless creatures, the hippies . . . just didn't appear out of a vacuum"
• In her 2016 memoir, Tippi Hedren wrote that Donald Trump is a celebrity friend
• Ethel Merman was a frequent guest at the Eisenhower White House and has also said, "Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect the most"
• Mickey Rooney was a staunch conservative Republican but later in life he claimed he supported the man and not the party; he said he was proud of Barack Obama and his policies

• Despite their divorce, Jane Wyman voted for her ex-husband Ronald Reagan in the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections


SOURCES: Fred Astaire 1&2 | Brigitte Bardot 1&2 | Pat Boone 1&2 | Gary Cooper 1&2 | Walt Disney 1&2 | Clark Gable 1&2 | Charlton Heston 1&2 | Hedda Hopper 1&2 | Ronald Reagan 1&2 | Jane Russell 1&2 | Frank Sinatra 1&2 | Barbara Stanwyck 1&2 | James Stewart 1&2 | Shirley Temple 1&2 | Gene Tierney 1&2 | John Wayne 1&2 | Honorable Mentions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

ONTD, who is your favorite old Hollywood conservative?

The most underrated DC Comics movie is on Netflix

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- 2005 movie about cynical occult detective Constantine
- possibly suffered from bad timing, as it was released around the time of Catwoman, Elektra, and Fantastic Four and a few years before The Dark Knight and Iron Man
- audiences were maybe tired of Keanu saving the world (...nah)
- enjoyable noir style film that doesn't take itself too serious
- in conclusion, dceu should hire keanu ty for coming to my ted talk

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DC Double feature: Birds of Prey villain revealed + When to expect Batwoman CW series

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-It is being reported that crime boss Black Mask will be the villain of Birds Of Prey

-It is also being reported that Harley will be recruiting Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to help her save Cassandra Cain. Black Canary is being rumored to be the leader of the team.





-Since TheCW/Berlanti were given the green light to bring Batwoman into the CW-verse they were wasting NO TIME!

-They are aiming for a mid-season launch for the tv series should the pilot do well.

-Batwoman will make her CW debut and live action debut in the 3-part crossover later this year in Supergirl/Arrow/Flash.

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The Bachelorette- it all comes down to this. FINALE post

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Buckle up, fam, we have our 3 hour finale tonight. Becky has her two final choices, a decent guy and a horrible person- who will she choose?

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Johnny Depp's 'City of Lies' Pulled a Month Before Release

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  • City of Lies, the film in which Johnny Depp plays the detective investigating the murders of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G., has been pulled from its September 7th release date.

  • No new date has been set.

  • Depp has had a lot of bad press lately, including a Rolling Stone profile that detailed his lavish spending and money management troubles, making a publicity campaign for this film tough.

  • He recently settled a lawsuit with his business managers.

  • He's being sued by a crew member from City of Lies who alleges that Depp punched him. The crew member says was fired after he refused to promise not to sue.

  • Depp still has Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald coming up in November.


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Is this just because of recent bad press, or is something else gonna come out about him?

Ariana Grande to have a Sweetener Slumber Party with her fans

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-in order to promote her upcoming album, our fave slurring songstress is having a Sweetener slumber party with her Los Angeles stans
-international stans are PRESSED
Source: Ari's Twitter
Would you want to have a slumber party with your fave? #11DaysTillSweetener

Dwayne Johnson's Aquarium Visit Blasted

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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson posted photos and videos of himself at the Atlanta Aquarium with his family over the weekend. The images show him interacting with animals like a sea lion and a beluga whale, as well as viewing huge whale sharks in tanks and declaring his "awe". Predictably, there's been a backlash from animal lovers.

Hundreds of comments have been posted calling the photos cruel and angrily criticizing Johnson for promoting the captivity of whales and other large creatures in relatively small tanks, while others have come to his defense and argued that the aquarium is fostering an understanding of sea creatures.







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Dynasty Shocker! Is Cristal being resurrected?!

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-A few months ago it was reported that Nathalie Kelly was being let go from Dynasty.

-Today they just dropped another major bombshell, Nathalie may be gone from the series but Cristal is ALIVE!!!!
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-Ana-Brenda Contreras is taking over the role of Cristal and is being noted as "The real Cristal"

-Pedowitz claims that this was planned half way through Season 1 and he was shocked to see Nathalie announce her departure from the show before they were able to drop this kind of surprise on us.
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Weekly Creepy News: August genre releases by women, Ken Liu's stories may get AMC series, & more

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This week’s creepy post explores what’s new in paranormal pop culture and more! Curated by myself and loglady!

BOOKS & COMICS
New Beasts of Burdenminiseries; Navajo artist Shaun Beyale discusses his comic, Ayla, The Monster Slayer; and Sharlene Teo talks her debut novel, Ponti, which was inspired by Malaysian mythology.
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  • Beasts of Burden is back with a new miniseries, which will go on sale on August 22nd.

  • Synopsis from the source:

  • A heroic pack of canines known as the Wise Dogs set off on a mission to clean up a Pennsylvania corridor plagued by seemingly unrelated occult disturbances that include a fire salamander and a horde of mutant lurkers. A link is found among the various disturbances, leading our heroes to a mountain village inhabited by a survivalist witch-cult who have discovered the existence of a ”Blood Lure” attracting occult forces, creatures, and many more terrors to Burden Hill!

  • Writer: Evan Dorkin

  • Artist: Benjamin Dewey

  • Cover Artist: Benjamin Dewey; Rafael Albuquerque




  • Upcoming comic book Ayla, The Monster Slayer by Navajo artist Shaun Beyale is about Native people living in a post-apocalyptic world.

  • Beyale wanted to create contemporary characters; he says we don’t see many Native characters in post-apocalyptic media, and that “[a]s indigenous people, we’re living in a post-apocalyptic world right now.”

  • On his characters and Native stereotypes: “Indigenous women are always portrayed in a more derogatory way, they’re not really shown to have value. But traditional Navajo society was a matrilineal society, the women were the strongest and they had a lot of the power. For me, I wanted to make my main character be a strong, indigenous female.”

  • The comic takes place in New Mexico, where Beyale is from, and will feature traditional Navajo monsters as well as cryptids like Bigfoot.




  • Singaporean author Sharlene Teo's debut novel, Ponti, explores the Malaysian myth of pontianak, which is a "woman who dies in childbirth, and comes back to haunt neighbourhoods."

  • Teo explains: “I was very interested in how this ghost enters the domestic space. Young girls are scared of her, men are scared of her. But she’s basically a young woman who’s a predator. I thought that was an interesting subversion.”

  • On the horror genre, Teo says: "I think horror is the genre that is most reflective of ‘contemporary now’, because we live in a strange horror show now." However, Ponti is not horror, and instead focuses on the "female experience in an Asian setting", exploring loneliness and tragedy.

  • Ponti was released on April 19th, check it out on Goodreads!




SERIES & SHORTS

"A Harlem 9-year-old takes on racism and gentrification in the trailer for sci-fi/drama series" in the upcoming Little Apple, and Apple casts its sci-fi drama series, See.




  • Official synopsis:Little Apple is a contemporary coming of age story about a young Harlem girl finding her voice in a society that often silences women and people of color. The first season features 6 episodes exploring themes of: gentrification, the erasure of Native Peoples, Black feminism, microaggressions, Black Girl Magic and more."

  • Little Apple is played by Milan Williams.

  • The show was filmed in Harlem and its executive producers, Riley S. Wilson and Lisa Cortés, are both Harlem residents. Wilson was interviewed for the website Shadow and Act., discussing, among other things:

  • Why they chose to set the series in Harlem: “What's been happening in Harlem is somewhat of a microcosm of what's been happening all over the country. Cities, neighborhoods, communities, people are debating their identity. Harlem is encountering the same debate; the community is in flux and so is Little Apple”;

  • What he hopes viewers will gain from the series:“I hope viewers are empowered to speak truth to power, to move against complicity and to understand that it is possible (and somewhat imperative) to engage with youth about what's happening around the country.”



  • See will be an “eight-episode, sci-fi series takes place in a future where humanity has lost the ability to perceive the world with sight”

  • Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) is writing; Francis Lawrence is directing

  • The cast now includes Yadira Guevara-Prip, Nesta Cooper, Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard




TELEVISION
AMC is developing a series based on the short stories of Ken Liu.





  • Looks like author and translator Ken Liu’s vast short story collection - he’s written over 100 since 2002 - will be the inspiration behind a possible upcoming series at AMC called Pantheon.

  • Craig Silverstein (Turn) will serve as showrunner, producer, and writer.

  • “If it’s produced, Pantheon will be an animated show ‘based on a series of short stories by [Liu] about uploaded intelligence.’”




FILM
Upcoming August genre film releases that were written and/or directed by women! Hocus Pocus is getting a special 25th anniversary release later this year. Overlord, a new film produced by J.J. Abrams, will be premiering at the upcoming Fantastic Fest. We have an article discussing the representations of mental health in horror films. And for true crime fans, a throwback to the news coverage after the Amityville murders.


Upcoming Releases


This list features all the August releases written, directed by, or centered on women. Out of those, we have chosen five upcoming genre films written and/or directed by women.

  1. Madeline’s Madeline” – Directed by Josephine Decker; Written by Josephine Decker and Donna di Novelli (Opens in NY; Opens in LA August 17). A theater director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously. Release Date: August 10.

  2. Along Came the Devil” – Co-Written by Heather DeVan (Also Available on VOD). After a troubled childhood, Ashley searches for a connection, and unknowingly invites in a demonic force, which leaves her loved ones fighting for her soul. Release Date: August 10.

  3. Summer of 84” – Co-Directed by Anouk Whissell. After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous. Release Date: August 10.

  4. Let the Corpses Tan” – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Hélène Cattet. A grizzled thug and his gang head to an island retreat with a haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion to lay low; however, a bohemian writer, his muse, and a pair of gendarmes further complicate things, as allegiances are put to the test. Release Date: August 31.

  5. The Little Stranger” – Written by Lucinda Coxon. After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange things begin to occur. Release Date: August 31.





  • Overlord is an upcoming film produced by J.J. Abrams through his production company Bad Robot, and is directed by Julius Avery. The film stars Jovan Adepo and Wyatt Russell.

  • Synopsis from the source: American paratroopers dropped into occupied France on the eve of D-Day discover a secret Nazi lab carrying out terrifying and bizarre supernatural experiments.

  • Overlord will premiere at the Austin film festival, Fantastic Fest, which takes place from Sept. 20-27. Release date for theaters is November 9th.

  • Trailer for the film at the source!





  • This year is the 25th anniversary of the beloved film, Hocus Pocus.

  • On September 4th, a special-edition 25th anniversary Blu-Ray will be released.

  • Best Buy will also be releasing an exclusive Steelbook, based on the spell book from the film.


True crime time...



  • Check out this throwback to the news coverage after Ron DeFeo, Jr, killed his parents in the now infamous Amityville house.

  • The murders happened in 1974, and the Lutz family moved in 13 months later, after the house sat on the market. After moving in, the Lutz family claimed to experience paranormal activity.

  • Their experiences lead to the 1977 controversial nonfiction book, The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson, which became the basis for the (many) Amityville Horror films.


Thinkpiece...



  • The author of the article talks about growing up with mental illness (depression and OCD) and how horror helped him escape from the real horrors of his life, but how the genre misrepresents mental illness as well as perpetuate stigma around it.

  • Usually mental illness is depicted in horror as a plot device to provide context to a villainous character.

  • One prominent example being Psycho, using Dissociative Personality Disorder to depict a violent antagonist, despite there being no major evidence of the disorder leading to violent behavior.

  • ”It’s only in recent years that horror films have begun to handle the subject with more thoughtfulness, using well-crafted stories and character representation.”

  • The author lists Meloncholia, The Babadook, and Hereditary as examples of films moving in the right direction in terms of mental illness representation.

  • Please read the entire article at the source!!




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