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Constance Wu on the cover of Time talks Crazy Rich Asians

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  • Says she has been crying every night and getting panic attacks because the pressure for Crazy Rich Asians to succeed is intense

  • Is frustrated by how Asians are seen as interchangeable especially in film casting

  • Producer and novelist of the original source material Kevin Kwan says that they strove to get the enthnicities of the characters accurate but that wasn't always possible (Henry Goulding who plays Nick is British-Maylasian and Sonoya Mizuno is Japanese-British-Argentine but the majority of the rest of the crew are Straits Chinese)

  • Kwan is optimistic that the movie will do well as he believes the love story is universal

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FOX news mistakes Patti LaBelle for Aretha Franklin

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-While trying to pay homage to the Queen of Soul they used an image of Patti LaBelle in the background of the title card that shows "Aretha" performing on the stage.

-Faux News released a statement apologizing for their error and stating "intention was to honor the icon using a secondary image of her performing with Patti LaBelle in the full screen graphic, but the image of Ms. Franklin was obscured in that process, which we deeply regret"

-Only problem? While Aretha and Patti performed at the same event in the photo, they never performed together on stage nor is Aretha anywhere to be found in the photo they used.

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[Not So] Blind Item Time: Cold and Lonely at the Top

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For the tl;dr crowd:
- Meghan Markle thinks her celebrity wedding 'friends' were using her.
- Kate still giving her the cold shoulder behind closed doors.
- Always busy and always has people around, but Harry's her only friend and she wants her mom.

ONTD POLL: Do you feel bad for a social climber who willingly married into the worst imperial, mass-murdering, thieving, emotionally stunted family the world's ever known, after only a year of dating no less, only to realize you bit off more than you could chew and all that glitters isn't actually gold?
BONUS QUESTION: How long do you actually give this marriage?



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TNT orders The Alienist sequel- The Angel of Darkness

Liam Payne scraps debut album and is releasing an EP

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Taking to Twitter and screen capping from the iconic iPhone notepad, 2Paynez has announced his debut album has been scraped and instead he will be releasing an EP of music that would have been on his album.

Liam's highest charting single Strip That Down was released last year and peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Since then he has released Get Low (#91), Bedroom Floor (#98), For You with Rita Ora (#76), and Familiar ft JBalvin (#19 on the Bubbling Under Chart).

Republic really dropped the ball with Liam. His album should've dropped while Strip that Down was still peaking. Wonder if he's going to keep making "hip hop" or change up his style.

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Two rappers contacted Nicki Minaj after she dropped new album with Barbie Dreams

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Nicki Minaj stopped by “The Late Show” Monday night to promote her paperweight of an album “Queen.” Nicki Minaj’s new song “Barbie Dreams” calls out her male hip-hop counterparts who, in Colbert's words, “would not be able to — as the kids say — ‘get with you.’“

“This one's getting a lot of attention for some of the famous men you call out,” says Colbert. Minaj states in the song why a number of guys cannot get with her: Drake, 50 Cent, Eminem, DJ Khaled, Meek Mill and Young Thug are all referenced just to name a few.

Minaj reveals two rappers did reach out to her once the song made the rounds. “I did get a call from one person. I'm not gonna say who,” says Minaj. Colbert then guesses Drake, and she says, “No.”

“Actually two people on that list approached me about it. I'm not saying. I'm not gonna snitch. Only one person so far got a little irritated, but then I explained to him how much I love him and he understands now,” Minaj said. “And then one person, he was just laughing. He was, like, texting me. It was kind of like a mix of, like, cursing me out and laughing at it. I just kept putting, like, this crying face emoji so that it can, like, you know, make things not as bad." [she meant this one: 😂] “I figured that would, like, you know, pacify him, and it did.”

Nicki: buy/stream Queen! 👑 Me:

ONTD, which two are you guess?

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ONTD Original: Old Hollywood Conservatives & Liberals (Bonus)

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During my previous old Hollywood conservatives and liberals posts, I tried to compile politically diverse selections with a mix of popular and lesser-known stars. Because I felt guilty about leaving out some iconic people and since I'm procrastinating on my other ~originals that are each slowing morphing into their own series I decided to put together all the suggestions I received in my previous posts, as well as some celebrities that were in my early drafts but were cut due to limited space, to make a ~trilogy.

Conservatives



1. Coco Chanel (1883-1971)

Chanel closed her shops during the outbreak of World War II, claiming it was not a time for fashion, and 4,000 female employees lost their jobs as a result of her decision; biographer Hal Vaughan suggests that Chanel used the War as an opportunity to punish the workers who had forced her to close her business operation against her will during a labor strike in 1936, as they had been lobbying for higher wages and shorter work hours
• Chanel's anti-Semitism was encouraged and sharpened by the wealthy elites she socialized with, and she shared the conviction that Jews were a threat to Europe with her inner-circle
When Nazis began seizing all Jewish-owned properties and enterprises, Chanel took the opportunity to gain the full monetary fortune of her Parfums Chanel company, as the directors, the Wertheimer brothers, were Jewish; Chanel used her position as an "Aryan" to claim sole ownership to German officials, claiming Parfums Chanel had been legally "abandoned" by the owners, writing, "you can help to repair in part the prejudices I have suffered in the course of these seventeen years" Ironically, the Wertheimers anticipated the Nazi mandates against Jews and legally turned control over the company to a Christian French businessman, Félix Amiot, and at the end of the war, Amiot returned Parfums Chanel to the Wertheimers
Biographer Vaughan unearthed declassified archival documents that linked Chanel to German intelligent operations; Vaughan traces Chanel's commitment to the German cause as early as 1941 and her work for General Walter Schellenberg, chief of the German intelligence agency and the military intelligent spy network at the Reich Main Security Office in Berlin, and following Schellenberg's release from prison after World War II, Chanel paid for his medical care and living expenses, financially supported his family, and paid for his funeral in 1952
• Chanel avoided being prosecuted because there was no documented evidence of her Nazi collaboration activity; according to Chanel's grand-niece, when she returned home from being interrogated, Chanel said, "[Winston] Churchill had me freed"; some historians speculate that Churchill intervened because if Chanel had been forced to testify at trial, she might have exposed the pro-Nazi sympathies and activities of certain top-level British officials, members of the upper echelon, and the royal family
• Chanel became tyrannical and lonely as she aged, and an interview confirmed a bitter, over-conservative, misogynist and old-fashioned image of Chanel that led to the fashion House's steady decline until the arrival of Karl Lagerfeld



2. Charles Coburn (1877-1961)

During the 1940s, Coburn served as vice-president of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals (MPA), a group that opposed leftist infiltration in Hollywood during the Cold War
Coburn was also a member of the White Citizen's Councils, a group that opposed racial integration
• Piper Laurie wrote in her memoirs that Coburn loved pinching women's bottoms but no one ever considered reporting him for sexual harassment
• Somehow received a Hollywood contract at age sixty despite looking the way he did



3. Laraine Day (1920-2007)

• Day was Mormon and explained that her faith "brings [her] comfort in a confusing world"
Day described herself as "very much a Republican" and was a vocal supporter of Richard Nixon, stating he was "a great man" and the type of person who would "go out of his way to help the American people"
Also supported her longtime Hollywood friend and former costar, Ronald Reagan, and his wife Nancy Reagan, saying, "[he] makes me proud to be an American. His intelligence, capability, and Christian brotherhood are so inspiring and his way of leadership is just superb. I consider myself lucky to have been his leading lady in The Bad Man and a short-subject reel and as a nation all together we are beyond fortunate to have the leadership of such fine people as the Reagan's"
• Endorsed George W. Bush in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections
• Was a member of the MPA and an honorary member of the National Federation of Republican Women
• Day was an active supporter of organizations like The Red Cross and Paralyzed Veterans of America, and in the 1950s she became a board member for SHARE, Inc., an organization that aids women and children suffering from developmental disabilities
• Was President Lyndon Johnson's favorite actress; Johnson was disappointed when he discovered she was a Republican



4. Joan Collins (1933-)

Collins is a member of the British Conservative Party, stating "The Labour Party doesn't care about the British people"
Although she described herself as politically "right-wing", she admitted in her own biography that she once collected welfare in the United States
• Was a supporter of the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and was invited to attend Thatcher's funeral in 2013
• Is a fervent monarchist and favors Brexit
• Collins has publicly supported numerous charities for decades, including the International Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children



5. Joan Crawford (1904-1977)

Crawford initially aligned herself as a Democrat who supported and admired the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt; Crawford once said, "The Democratic party is one that I've always observed. I have struggled greatly in life from the day I was born, and I am honored to be a part of something that focuses on working-class citizens and molds them into a proud specimen. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Kennedy have done so much in that regard for the two generations they've won over during their career course"
• Was an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee
• However, Crawford became much more conservative following her marriage to Republican Alfred Steele, a Pepsi Cola Chairman and CEO
• After Crawford joined the Republican Party, she befriended Richard Nixon, who at the time was legal counsel for Pepsi Cola, and was with Nixon in Dallas for a Pepsi Cola bottlers convention the day before John F. Kennedy was shot
• After Carole Lombard died in an airplane crash, Crawford was asked to take over her role in They All Kissed the Bride (1942); Crawford donated her salary to the Red Cross, the organization that found Lombard's body, and fired her agent for taking his usual 10%
Illegally obtained/bought her adopted children from sketchy orphanages; her daughter Christina Crawford later wrote about the abuse she faced in her autobiography Mommie Dearest and claimed her mother only adopted children to raise money and publicity rather than the desire to be a responsible and caring parent



6. Yvonne De Carlo (1922-2007)

• De Carlo, a native Canadian, became a naturalized US citizen and was an active Republican
• De Carlo campaigned for Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford
In a 1976 interview, De Carlo stated, "I'm all for men and I think they ought to stay up there and be the bosses and have women wait on them hand and foot and put their slippers on and hand them the pipe and serve seven course meals, as long as they open the door, support the woman, and do their duty in the bedroom, etcetera"
• Was devoutly religious and wrote in her autobiography, "God has saved me and mine from some pretty sticky situations. For me, religion is a little like being a Republican or a Democrat. It's not the party that counts, it's the man"
• While working as a dancer, De Carlo was once arrested by immigration officials and deported back to Canada



7. Clint Eastwood (1930-)

Although he currently identifies as a Libertarian, Eastwood has also been affiliated with the Republican and Independent Parties; Eastwood claims he voted for Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, Richard Nixon in 1968 and 1972, Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984, Ross Perot in 1992, and John McCain in 2008
• Attended Richard Nixon's victory celebration in 1972 and was appointed to serve on the National Council of the Arts by Nixon later that year
• Voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California in 2003 and 2006
• Is anti-war and disapproved of the US's wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq
Eastwood was a guest speaker at the 2012 Republican National Convention and spent much of a largely improvised speech addressing an empty chair representing President Barack Obama
• Although he said he did not endorse Trump, Eastwood said he could see where Trump was coming from, and when asked if he preferred Trump or Hillary Clinton, Eastwood went with Trump
Ex-partner Sondra Locke claims Eastwood manipulated her into having two abortions in the 1970s and sabotaged her directorial career after their split
• Maintains that all his films are apolitical and dislikes when people try to discern political and social agendas in his work; Eastwood called the notion that his 2014 film American Sniper was a pro-War on Terror, pro-Republican, and patriotic film a "stupid analysis"
• Once claimed that racism was the one trait he despised most in other people
• Disapproves of welfare but supports unemployment insurance, environmental conservation, gun control "to a degree", the right to abortion, and same-sex marriage
Sexual assault is featured in many of his films; Clintwood has made sixteen films in which a female character is killed, twelve depicting rape or attempted rape, and eleven showing a woman physically battered
• Although he implies that he grew up poor by frequently referencing the Great Depression, Eastwood's family actually lived in a wealthy part of town, had a swimming pool, belonged to the country club, and each drove their own car
• Was elected as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in 1986, appointed to the California State Park and Recreation Commission in 2001, and was appointed to the California Film Commission in 2004
• Likes to date short women, calling them "little dollies", "squirts", or "shrimps"
Criticized political correctness, saying, "We are killing ourselves, we've lost our sense of humor" and called the current generation the "pussy generation"
• Aged poorly




8. William Holden (1918-1981)

• Although he never involved himself in any political campaigns and never endorsed a candidate, Holden considered himself a moderate Republican
During a time when most conservative Republicans were supporting the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Holden joined the Committee for the First Amendment to oppose the Hollywood blacklist; Holden was later upset by the blacklisting of his close friends Dalton Trumbo and Larry Parks
• Moved to Switzerland for tax reasons in 1959 and did not return to Hollywood until 1967
• Was First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's favorite actor; Kennedy was very disappointed when she found out Holden was a Republican



9. Dennis Hopper (1936-2010)

• Hopper has donated to the Republican National Committee
Claimed he was the first person in his family to be a Republican
• Voted for George W. Bush
Despite being a conservative Republican, Hopper endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 US presidential election because he did not approve of John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate



10. Loretta Young (1913-2000)

• Young was a lifelong conservative Republican and supported Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan
• Was an active member of the Hollywood Republican Committee
Young was a devout Roman Catholic and considered abortion a mortal sin; Young had an illegitimate daughter with Clark Gable that was covered up in Hollywood and presented as an adoption
It wasn't until she learned of the concept of date rape that Young realized Gable had raped her; Young believed it was a woman's job to fend off men's advances and felt that there was a moral failing on her part since Gable had been able to force himself on her
Despite her death in August 2000, Young endorsed George W. Bush for president in the November election by means of absentee ballot


Liberals



1. Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968)

• Bankhead came from a prominent political family in Alabama; Bankhead's grandfather and uncle were US Senators and her father served as a member of Congress for eleven terms
Bankhead's support of liberal causes, such as civil rights, broke with the tendency of the Southern Democrats to support a more typically aligned agenda; Bankhead often opposed her own family publicly
• Due to her considerable civil rights support, Bankhead was the first white woman to appear on the cover of Ebony magazine
• Campaigned for Harry Truman's reelection in 1948 and was invited to sit with him during his inauguration after he was elected
While viewing the inauguration parade, Bankhead booed the South Carolina float that carried then-Governor Strom Thurmond, a segregationist, who had run against Truman on the Dixiecrat ticket, which had split the Democratic vote
• Although she was linked romantically to starlets like Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Hattie McDaniel, and Billie Holiday, Bankhead never publicly called herself a bisexual; Bankhead, however, described herself as "ambisextrous"



2. John Garfield (1913-1952)

• Garfield was a Democrat and supported the Committee for the First Amendment
In 1951, Garfield was brought in to testify before the HUAC; Garfield refused to name any Communist sympathizers during his testimony and despite rejecting Communism, he was blacklisted in the Red Channels
• In his statement read before the HUAC, Garfield stated, "I am no Red . . . I am a Democrat by politics, a liberal by inclination, and a loyal citizen of this country by every act of my life"
Garfield, only 39, died in 1952 of coronary thrombosis, which had allegedly been agitated by the stress of his blacklisting; Garfield was the fourth actor to die after being subjected to HUAC investigation
• Shortly after Garfield's death, the HUAC closed its investigation of him, leaving him in the clear



3. Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)

Hepburn lived in Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II and worked with the Dutch resistance; Hepburn's uncle was executed by the Germans, her half-brother was deported to Berlin to work in a labor camp, and she witnessed public executions and the transportation of Dutch Jews to concentration camps
Hepburn was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in 1989; Hepburn stated that she was grateful for receiving international aid after living under Nazi-occupation in her youth and wanted to show her gratitude to the organization
• While working with UNICEF, Hepburn traveled the world to visit orphanages and meet with political leaders
Hepburn was shocked by the amount of devastation she saw during her years with UNICEF, and she would go on to say, "The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much, because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering" and "taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicisation of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanisation of politics"
• Donated the salaries she earned for her final projects to UNICEF
• UNICEF honored Hepburn's humanitarian work by unveiling a statue, "The Spirit of Audrey", at its New York headquarters in 2002
• Hepburn received a Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President George Bush in 1992
Was offered the role of a Japanese bride opposite Marlon Brando in Sayonara (1957) but turned it down because she "couldn't possibly play an Oriental"
• Stayed gorgeous her whole life



4. Eartha Kitt (1927-2008)

• Was a devoted liberal Democrat
Kitt received substantial professional setback after making anti-war comments at a White House luncheon during President Lyndon Johnson's administration; when asked about the Vietnam War by the First Lady, Kitt said, "You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot", which caused Mrs. Johnson to cry
• Kitt's career suffered from a government-led blacklisting and she spent most of the next decade performing in Europe and Asia
• A CIA dossier, containing details about Kitt's sex life and family history, along with negative comments from former colleagues, was published in The New York Times
• Kitt was active in many social causes, focusing mostly on underprivileged youth, and was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Like many other politically active celebrities of her time, the CIA kept Kitt under surveillance, beginning in 1956
Kitt was a vocal supporter and advocate for LGBT rights, appeared at many LGBT fundraisers, and considered same-sex marriage a civil right



5. Canada Lee (1907-1952)

Lee was a champion of civil rights in the 1930s and 1940s, and helped pioneer roles for African Americans
• Lee spoke to schools, sponsored various humanitarian events, and spoke directly against the existing segregation in the US's armed forces, while also acknowledging the need to win World War II
• Appeared at numerous USO events and won awards from the United States Recruiting Office and the Treasury Department for his help in selling war bonds
• Despite the threat of miscegenation laws, Lee had a love affair with publisher and peace activist Caresse Crosby from 1934 until the mid-1940s
With the rise of anti-Communism, Lee became "too controversial" and in 1949, the FBI offered to clear his name if Lee would publicly call Paul Robeson a Communist but Lee refused, saying, "All you're trying to do is split my race"
• Lee was blacklisted and died of kidney failure at age 45 in 1952




6. Arthur Miller (1915-2005)

• Miller went to Salem, Massachusetts to research the witch trials of 1692 after Elia Kazan appeared in front of the HUAC and named eight members of the Group Theatre who had been fellow members of the Communist Party and helped end their careers
In 1953, the HUAC began to take an interest in Miller after the opening of Miller's play The Crucible, which Miller likened to the HUAC's investigations, and Miller was denied a passport to attend the play's London opening the following year
When Miller applied for a routine passport renewal in 1956, the HUAC sent him a subpoena to appear before the committee
Before attending his hearing, Miller asked not to name names, which the chairman agreed to; however, the committee reneged the chairman's promise and since Miller refused to comply, a judge found him guilty of contempt of Congress in 1957 and he was sentenced a fine and a prison sentence, blacklisted, and disallowed a US passport
• In 1958, Miller's conviction was overturned by the court of appeals because they ruled that he had been misled by HUAC's chairman
• After campaigning for the freedom of dissident writers, the Soviet Union banned Miller's works in 1969
• Miller wrote a screenplay dealing with corruption on the New York waterfront called "The Hook" but would not change the antagonists from corrupt union officials to Communists
• Miller's son, Daniel, with Inge Morath was born with Down syndrome in 1966, and against his wife's wishes, Miller had him institutionalized; Morath visited Daniel often but Miller never did, though his son-in-law, Daniel Day-Lewis, apparently visited Daniel frequently and persuaded Miller to meet with him
• At the time of his death, Miller lived with his girlfriend Agnes Barley who was approximately 55 years younger than him



7. Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

Monroe was a lifelong liberal Democrat and the FBI kept a file on her due to her leftist politics
When Monroe began having an affair with playwright Arthur Miller, Fox feared Monroe would be blacklisted, as Miller was being investigated by the FBI for Communist allegations and had been subpoenaed by the HUAC; the studio tried to convince her to end the affair but Monroe refused, calling the studio heads "born cowards"
Monroe jeopardized her career when she appeared with her then-husband Arthur Miller at his HUAC hearing
• After she converted to Judaism following her marriage to Miller, Egypt banned her films
Monroe was close friends with Ella Fitzgerald and helped further Fitzgerald's career by arranging for her to sing in upscale nightclubs, some of which were segregated; Monroe would sit at the front table during Fitzgerald's performances, which would garner the nightclubs and Fitzgerald considerable publicity
• In 1962, Monroe's visit with Frederick Vanderbilt Field, who was in Mexico in a "self-imposed exile" due to his participation in progressive and Communist organizations, was monitored by the FBI out of concern over Monroe's alleged Communist connections
Was an original silence breaker; during an interview, Monroe said she received many offers to advance her career in exchange for sexual favors, and when she didn't sleep with the married head of Columbia Pictures early in her career, the studio dropped her contract
• In her last interview, Monroe asked the reporter to end the article with the following quote: "What the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers"
• Although Monroe's death was ruled a probably suicide from a barbiturate overdose, there have been lasting conspiracies that she was murdered due to her alleged affairs with John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy



8. Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995)

Although her father, Robert, was an active conservative Republican who served as a media consultant at the White House for President Dwight Eisenhower, and was concerned with Communist influence in Hollywood and was a friendly witness before the HUAC, Montgomery was a progressive liberal Democrat and an outspoken feminist
Montgomery was one of the earliest celebrities to support LGBT rights and advocate for patients with HIV/AIDS; Montgomery volunteered with the AIDS Project Los Angeles and the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) during the height of the AIDS epidemic
• An outspoken supporter of women's rights, Montgomery was pro-choice throughout her life
• Montgomery was a critic of the Vietnam War
• Lent her voice as narrator to two political documentaries that were critical of US foreign policy: Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988) and The Panama Deception (1992); the latter documentary won an Oscar
• Served as a grand marshal at the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade in June 1992



9. Rod Serling (1924-1975)

Serling enlisted in the army during World War II and his experiences made him anti-war; Serling saw death every day, at the hands of his enemies and allies, and through freak accidents such as one of a private who was decapitated after a food crate dropped from a plane above
• While serving the military, Serling's division first saw combat in the Philippines, and Serling was transferred to the 511th demolition platoon nicknamed "The Death Squad" for its high casualty rate; according to Sergeant Frank Lewis, the leader of the demolitions squad, "He screwed up somewhere along the line. Apparently he got on someone's nerves" and Sergeant Lewis also said he didn't think Serling was suited to be a field soldier because he didn't have "the wits or aggressiveness required for combat" and sometimes Serling would go exploring on his own, against orders, and get lost
Serling constantly clashed with television executives and sponsors over issues like censorship, racism, and war
His stories often reflect his liberal views, particularly his views against racism and war, as well as portraying the darker side of humanity ruled by paranoia, hatred, and ignorance
• Considered The Twilight Zone episode "He's Alive", which examined the subject of Fascism, the most important episode he ever wrote for the series
• Was an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War and supported Eugene McCarthy during his presidential campaign in 1968
• Supported the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)



10. Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)

• After mostly retiring from acting, Taylor dedicated her time to philanthropy
• Taylor's sixth husband, John Warner, was a Republican politician from Virginia, but the couple divorced after Taylor became bored and depressed with being a politician's wife
• After converting to Judaism in 1959, Taylor became an active supporter of Jewish and Zionist causes; Taylor purchased $100,000 worth of Israeli bonds which led to her films being banned by Muslim countries throughout the Middle East and Africa
Taylor was one of the first celebrities to support and take part in HIV/AIDS activism and has helped raise more than $270 million for the cause
• She co-founded the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) in 1985, and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation in 1991
Persuaded President Ronald Reagan to acknowledge AIDS for the first time in a 1987 speech and publicly criticized presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton for their lack of interest in combatting AIDS
• Taylor was honored with awards for her philanthropy, including the GLAAD Vanguard Award in 2000 and the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2001
• Was a close friend of Michael Jackson but could not give evidence at his trial due to illness
• Did not attend the Academy Awards in 2003 due to her opposition to the Iraq War


SOURCES: Coco Chanel 1 | Charles Coburn 1&2 | Laraine Day 1&2 | Joan Collins 1&2 | Joan Crawford 1, 2&3 | Yvonne De Carlo 1&2 | Clint Eastwood 1, 2&3 | William Holden 1&2 | Dennis Hopper 1&2 | Loretta Young 1&2 | Tallulah Bankhead 1&2 | John Garfield 1&2 | Audrey Hepburn 1&2 | Eartha Kitt 1&2 | Canada Lee 1 | Arthur Miller 1, 2 | Marilyn Monroe 1, 2, 3, 4&5 | Elizabeth Montgomery 1, 2&3 | Rod Serling 1&2 | Elizabeth Taylor 1&2

ONTD, who is your old Hollywood fave and how messy were they?

A small New Music Post 🎶

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King Princess - Upper West Side



Christine and the Queens - 5 dollars



Allie X – Not So Bad in LA



Superorganism - The Prawn Song



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what new music have you been listening to lately??

ONTD this is Emma Willis! Celebrity Big Brother is BACK and in eye of the storm!

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ONTD ORIGINAL: The Accuracy of Films Adapted from Books

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So years and years ago, I made a psot talking about book to movie adaptations, so here's another with more recent works.

Books get adapted to films all the time. Jurassic Park, Trainspotting, Silver Linings Playbook. But how accurate are some of them?
Of course, it doesn’t matter as long as the final product is good - but some movies are more accurate than others.

There will be spoilers but a lot of these books and movies aren't new. Caution is exercized for the second entry on the list.
Dreamworks Animation has adapted a lot of children’s books into movies, from "The True Meaning of Smekday" (Home) and "The Boss Baby", to "Captain Underpants", the very first one was…Over The Hedge, give or take. It was a comic.
But another one is How To Train Your Dragon, the second best Dreamworks movie ever made.

Accuracy: 10%
An instance where the change is for the better, as names were the only things that remained intact.

  • Dragons weren’t the enemies.


  • Hiccup's mother was always around.


  • Toothless was originally a tiny green dragon who could talk. Like, a person! He was a real smartass. I like Movie!Toothless better.


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Recently (Like, this week recently), a comedy movie starring all Asian people in twenty five years came out - Crazy Rich Asians, based upon the Kevin Kwan novel of the same name. But how faithful is the flick?

Very mild spoilers.

Accuracy: 80%, but arguably the movie improved it.
Since this is a very new movie, I’ll be vague;

  • Small changes that leave the gates open for a sequel were made.

  • A few characters are mentioned, but not seen as they were in the book.

  • Some have slightly bigger roles than they did in the first book.


  • One character’s entire personality is modified - No, I’m not talking about actually giving Nick and Rachel one - and YMMV on how good of a change it was.I'm of two minds with it.

Crazy Rich Asians is in North American Theaters right now.

What movie based upon a book was distributed very badly in the latter half of 2016?
If your answer wasA Monster Calls, then Gold Star!

The book cover is mostly the same.
Accuracy: 95%
I read this book two days before seeing the movie came out and was astounded that the only subtraction was a best friend who had little to do in the original story at all.
Considering maybe a hundred people saw it in North America, not many people would know how accurate it was. It’s very good. Please watch it.
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But what’s coming up in the somewhat near future? Why, it’s Disney’s long-gestating Artemis Fowl adaptation.
Accuracy: ???
While the Kenneth Branagh movie isn’t slated to come out until August 9th, 2019, what has come out about the long-awaited film shows some big things are changing.
From MovieWeb;

  • “Nonso Anozie (Cinderella) plays the Fowl family bodyguard, named Butler, and Tamara Smart (The Worst Witch) plays Butler's niece Juliet.”

  • In the books, Butler and Juliet were siblings and Eurasian.

  • Commander Julius Root will be played by Judi Dench - So expect a gender change there.

  • To the surprise of no one, Holly’s nut-brown skin has been ignored (Because Disney isn’t going with brownface - This isn’t Aladdin, after all), as she’s played by Lara McDonnell. The one improvement is that she’s around Artemis’ age, because it would get weird if they proceeded to later books - But let’s be honest, that’s not happening.

  • Perhaps most egregously is Artemis himself - The casting described him as “Warm-hearted, with a great sense of humor,”. The entire point of the book is the fact that that isn’t Artemis.

But, we shall see.

source: me, reading books and watching movies, and MovieWeb.

Do things have to be accurate for you to enjoy them? Were you also emotionally compromised by the Cirque Du Freak movie that I didn't mention because I don't have all day to list what's wrong with it?

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween - International Trailer

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Halloween comes to life in a brand-new comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine’s 400-million-selling series of books.

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Did the Russo Bros. accidentally reveal the title for Avengers 4?

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Possible spoilers, so...here...have a gif of shirtless Thor as a banner for my spoilery post.





- The Russos posted (and deleted 2 min later) a post that said 'Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity'.
- People think one of those three words could be the title of Avengers 4.
- The Russos mentioned the closest someone's been to the title was 'Avengers: Forever', that'd make 'AVENGERS: ETERNITY' the most likely choice to be the title for Avengers 4.
- 'Avengers: Eternity' could mean the Eternals are coming into the MCU sooner than expected.

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i kinda like it...

Ariana Grande’s new album Sweetener is out now!

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Love is Lit 🔥 ❤️ and so is Ariana Grande’s latest album Sweetener ! Add it to your morning coffee ☕️ and on your commute to work and stream it here!


ONTD, favorite songs so far?
Are you skipping Pete Davidson?


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Summer Bop Alert: Maggie Rogers - "Give a Little" MV feat. Riverdale's Camila Mendes

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Enjoy cute sk8r girls enjoying summer and some silly choreography. Fun fact: Cami and Maggie are friends from college.

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Omarosa releases tape of Lara Trump offering her to join the Trump campaign after being fired

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• On this on going season of The Apprentice, Omarosa Manigault Newman released a secret recording of Trump's campaign official Lara Trump offering her a $15,000-a-month job after she was fired from The White House.

• “I saw this as an attempt to buy my silence, to censor me, and to pay me off," says Omarosa of the recording.

• She released these tapes to corroborate the quotes and allegations in her new book Unhinged.

• Omarosa ends her interview with a message to 45 and the current Trump administration: “I’ll just say this to them: I’m not going anywhere. I’m not going to get bullied. I’m not intimidated. I'm going to go toe-to-toe with him, everything he throws at me - believe me, my tapes are much better than theirs - I'll do what I have to do to protect myself.”

• Lara Trump said she was “absolutely shocked and saddened” by Omarosa's betrayal.









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"Made For Now" - Janet Jackson ft. Daddy Yankee

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Janet is back with the reggaeton single "Made For Now" in a festive and choreo filled video a la Escapade/Together Again!

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Ariana Predicted She Would Marry Pete When She Hosted SNL in 2016

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- When she hosted SNL in 2016 she had a huge crush on Pete and said her friends would make fun of her for it.
- She said she left the writer's meeting saying she would marry him.
- At the time she was with her backup dancer Ricky Alvarez and he was with Cazzie David.

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Petener is streaming now!

Mitski's New Album "Be the Cowboy" Releases + Is Available to Fully Stream Right Now

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– Mitski has released her fifth studio album "Be the Cowboy" following the release of music videos/singles "Geyser" and "Nobody", which is available to stream on Spotify right now.
– Mitski's also had several interviews lately about her career and new album available below.












ONTD, what do you think so far?

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Calvin Harris, Sam Smith - Promises (Lyric Video)

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Calvin Harris drops his new single “Promises” featuring Sam Smith and it’s no “Latch.” This release comes shortly after his recent single and H&M Bop “One Kiss” with Dua Lipa.




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Teens React to *NSYNC

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Praying that one day there'll be an *NSYNC Reacts to Teens Reacting to *NSYNC vid a la the Backstreet Boys. I need Joey to see his little fanboy ("that's my main man Joey Fatone!!!") going hard to Tearin' Up My Heart lol.

ONTD, what's your favourite *NSYNC song/video? Mine's Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy) bc JC slays the bridge, but woof that video is Problematic

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