#( about && sidney conway. )

[abvndonedbydisney]

[ mitch marner, cis man, he/him. ] ✧･ﾟ is that [ SIDNEY CONWAY ] who just stumbled into town? rumour has it that they’re the [ TWENTY-THREE ] year old child of [ CHARLIE CONWAY ] from [ THE MIGHTY DUCKS ]. i’ve also heard that they’re [ RESILIENT ] but [ SELF-SACRIFICING ] and have [ 2 ] siblings. i could almost swear i heard [ SOMEBODY - JUSTIN BIEBER ] playing when they appeared.

full name: sidney conway.

nicknames: sid or ‘sid the kid’ by his father - because he was named after sidney crosby.

gender: cis man.

pronouns: he/him.

sexuality: bisexual.

age: twenty-three.

date of birth: october 13th.

zodiac sign: libra.

aesthetics: the sound of blades scraping against ice, a shaky exhale visible in the wintery air, bruises worn as badges, messy brown locks of hair hanging in one’s eyes, the heavy burden of burnout gifted kid syndrome.

parents: charlie conway from the mighty ducks.

siblings: two adopted siblings.

𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘.

despite charlie conway having lost faith in the spirit of the mighty ducks, he continued to embody that same spirit throughout his life. after graduating high school with honours despite having to find a balance between studies and sports, he was selected to partake in the nhl draft. he ended up being selected as the second overall pick in the league by the minnesota wild where he was taken on as a prospect. during this time he decided to do a bit of online schooling while he attended training camp before being sent down to the team’s ahl team for a temporary stint. but it wasn’t long before charlie’s skills displayed were enough to have him called up to the wild. it was surreal for the nineteen-year-old, but he was able to adapt and find a place on the team fairly easily.

but certain things came with the sudden fame and attention that were difficult for him to resist the temptation of. one of those things was attractive fans. charlie ended up having a one-night stand for a few but didn’t bother to think about the implications of sleeping around. this resulted in a happy accident, one of the women he slept with texting him that she was pregnant. she wasn’t prepared to become and mother and neither was charlie, but the other options provided weren’t something either of them wanted to look into at the moment. when sidney entered the world, charlie was at the peak of his rookie career but one look at his son made him want to try to make things work.

while the mother of his child didn’t necessarily feel the same way, charlie was determined to make sure that didn’t matter. the boy’s mother stepped in and was there to practically raise sidney, bringing him to every home game that she could when she wasn’t busy working. sidney grew up idolizing both his grandmother and father. his grandmother’s warm heart and empathy and his father’s work ethic and dynamic nature were things he hoped to embody one day. sidney ended up being nudged to follow in his father’s footsteps at a young age, entering peewee hockey at the age of five. while the sport had been something that enthralled him, he learned quickly he enjoyed being a spectator more than actually playing. but that was something he was afraid to tell his father, fearful that he would only end up disappointing him.

sidney’s lack of honesty resulted in the sport consuming his entire life. all he did was attend school, eat, sleep, and practice. every day began to blur. one of the only things that made his life a bit easier was the presence of his two adopted younger siblings, his father wanted to expand their family but still lacked the desire to settle down with anyone. the only other thing that strangely brought joy to his life was another sport: figure skating. he would often spend extra time at the rink just to watch his fellow skaters who rented out the rink for practice sessions. there was something about the gracefulness mingled with the complexity of the sport that drew him in, wishing he could’ve had the chance to pursue it rather than hockey.

but at this point in his life, he felt as if it was too late to turn back from the lie he had spun for himself. everyone believed he liked hockey and that he was good at it. he was a strong two-way forward and captain of his high school team. after high school, he was gifted with the same opportunity that his father had been and was selected for the nhl draft lottery. he was picked first overall by the anaheim ducks, something his father’s career and success no doubt affected. he felt like he wasn’t worthy of all he had been given but he kept that to himself. not to mention it was harder to fool people on his team that he enjoyed what he was doing. one day the mask would fall and he wasn’t sure what he was going to do when that day finally arrived.

𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒.

his ex, the child of connie and guy. they ended on bad terms after sidney left for the nhl.

any other mighty ducks (original movies or game changers) based muses.

[jackstanleyroberts]

The descriptions of the characters of the Extended Cut of Scream (2022) & Scream VI part 2

Hello everybody, if you have seen part 1 that I pulled, well here is part 2 of the characters of the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise. But I haven't finished of it about an new friend group called The Fab Twelve who's now being friends with The Core Four in the Extended Cut of Scream VI when they're all survived the attack in Woodsboro in Scream (2022) & attending to Blackmore University in New York & their friend groups have expanded when they have new friends like Ethan Landry, Stanley Williams, Natasha Longwood, Rory's elder sister Alivia, Quinn Bailey, her older brother Quentin Bailey & his buddy Derek Shepherd including Derek's girlfriend Lillian "Lilly" Davis, Anika Kayoko & her Half-sisters Susie & Hannah Kayoko, Lincoln Jefferson, & Hayley & Holly McDaniel, the daughters of Hallie McDaniel, including Zackary & Caroline Feldman, the son & daughter of Derek Feldman, also Taylor Swanson & Maurice Thompson & new neighbors like Terry & Larry's nephew Anthony "Anton" Mercer, Lilly's Niece Riley Davis, Danny Brackett & his baby sister Danielle. Here's more descriptions of the characters of the franchise.

The Main Characters: The Fab Twelve: Part 2

Joshua Bassett as Connor "Cash" Conway, an Kind, Tough, & Friendly young man who's being friends with Terry & Larry as part of their friend group when they're called themselves The Fab Twelve which the members are Terry, Larry, Lexi, Wendy, Will, Fred, Carrie, Rebecca, Matthew, Lori, Miranda, & Cash.

Joey King as Yvonne Conway, an Beautiful, Funny, & Generous girl who's the older sister of Connor "Cash" Conway & the baby half-sister of the serial killer Jill Roberts. She's loves eating Dino-Shaped Chicken Nuggets & she's the friend of Tara Carpenter.

Supporting Characters:

Julia Rehwald as Katherine "Katie" Jones, an Beautiful, Tough, & Headstrong young woman who's being the girlfriend of Terrence William "Terry" Watkins & she's the cheerleader from Woodsboro High.

Kathryn Newton as Kathleen "Kathy" Williamson, an Funny, Charismatic, & Tough young woman who's isn't afraid to throw down. She's a part of the friend group with Terry & Larry.

Ross Lynch as Ronald "Rory" Williams, the brother of Elanie Williams & Alivia Williams & he's also a part of Terry & Larry's friend group.

Samantha Boscarino as Elaine Williams, the older sister of Roland "Rory" Williams, the younger sister of Alivia Williams, the girlfriend of Lawrence James "Larry" Watkins, & the best friend of Amber Freeman who's being the killer in Scream (2022). She's back in Scream VI to get revenge on Sam & Tara Carpenter who killed her.

Jade Pettyjohn as Graceland "Grace" Prescott, an Kind, Friendly, Loving, & Really Tough young woman who's being friends with Terry & Larry as part of the friend group. She's the granddaughter of Sidney Prescott & Mark Kincaid & the younger sister of Sam & Jenny Kincaid.

Emily Meade as Elena Connors, the girlfriend of Roland "Rory" Williams & she's a part of the friend group in the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise.

Sophia Lillis as Grace-Lynn "Gracie" Moore, an Smart, Intelligent & Kind young woman who's being friends with Terry & Larry Watkins when they're talking about horror movies.

More descriptions of the characters of the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise are coming soon.

Happy Thanksgiving!

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

🔁

forgive me for going a bit insane here, I'm putting it below the cut because it got very out of hand! (this is also definitely not an exclusive list just the ones that came to mind!)

Send me a 🔁 and I’ll list one or more crossovers between our ocs that I’d be interested in talking about

Roni Tanner:

Mercy Bowen

Mia Queen

Piper Pan:

Finley Rider

Isadora Darling

Nerissa

Winnie Pan

Violet Kingsleigh

Terry Bell:

Nerissa

Winnie Pan

Rose Smythe:

Annika Webster

Imogen Allen

Kelsey Doyle

Mia Queen

Bobbi LaCosta:

Jane Forester

Lucas Gilmore

Charlotte Howard-Danes

Eleanor Doose

Eliya Rygalski

Evan Mariano

Gabi Mariano

Holland Bass

The Band (Matt King, Tommy Gilmore, Luca to-be-renamed Bloom, Livi Ruiz, Esme Gerard, Skye Bloom)

Sam Gleason

Carli Tanner:

Ophelia Wayne

Isolde Kean

(Plus other general batman & batman 2022 ocs who could be modified to fit gotham!)

Lila Lupin:

Adriana Flores

Gemini Black

Jessica Stevens

Holly Evans

Athena Prewett:

Bobbie Fortescue

Emerald Evans

Lyarra Vance

Nineve Weasley

Phoenix Dumbledore

Venus Malfoy

Violetta Greengrass

Stella Knight:

Atalanta Jackson

Carissa Grace

Cassandra Aelius

Delia

Lila

Melody Weiss

Gwen Macintosh:

Brandy Hayes

Sherry Unwin

Xenia Hart

Kris Smythe:

Imogen Allen

Sadie Maddox

Roni Stark:

Alessia Stark

Adelaide Stark

Adonis Stark

Aris Stark

Athena Stark

Aurora Hansen-Stark

Ava Potts

Brigid

Ezra Barton

Cora & Orion Royce

Tyler Barton

Zora Wright

Will Parker

(there's definitely more but I have too many mcu ocs so i'm trying to chill)

Rikki Lane:

Chloe Grace Routledge

Cody Maybank

Jo Clarke

Alexa Cantwood:

Cressida Brantley

Crystal Solace

Elyana Chase

Melody Weiss

Stella Beauregard

Victoria Blofis

Drea Jones:

Ana Andrews

Charlotte Jones

Delaney Carlyle

Fallon Parris Jones

Harper Harrison

Jett Jones

Kris Keller

Lyra Lovell

Tanya Conway

Sharon Henderson:

Beth Munson

Camila Nelson

Cara Henderson

Rhiannon Ballard

Samantha Mayfield

Sidney Hopper

Stacey Byers

Valerie Rush

Roxy Winchester:

Ainsley Winchester

Deborah Winchester

Elle Winchester

Esther Colt

Isla George

Nevaeh Murphy

Phoebe Winchester

Trix Stilinski

Cora Hargreeves:

Alice Hargreaves

Andromeda Hargreaves

Audrey Hargreaves

Cassie Hargreaves

Cleo Sullivan

Dahlia Mort

Kamaria Hargreaves

Max Carmichael

Mira Hargreaves

Mireille Labonair

Odessa Hargreaves

Poppy

Sierra Nearing

Vienna Montgomery

Virginia West

Wilhelmina Hargreaves

[vermiculated]

triumphant return of books 2022

I'm not picking the comics randomly; I am picking the mystery omnibuses randomly.

Blood on the Tracks - Martin Edwards ed The Measure of Malice - Martin Edwards ed This is not the end - Sidney Bell Seven Dead - J Jefferson Farjeon Something Terrible - Dean Trippe Hellboy Omnibus vol 1 - Mike Mignola et al Hellboy Omnibus vol 2 - Mike Mignola et al Hellboy Short Stories vol 2 - Mike Mignola et al Fadeout - Joseph Hansen (@sea-changed!!) Riding the Rap - Elmore Leonard Foreign Bodies - Martin Edwards ed Murder at the Manor - Martin Edwards ed The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison Red - John Logan Liquid City vol 1 - Sonny Liew et al The Third Man - Graham Greene The Friends of Eddie Coyle - George Higgins Green Lantern: Intergalactic Lawman vol 1- Grant Morrison et al The Omega Men - Tom King et al Justice League vol 1 - Geoff Johns et al Shazam vs Superman - Judd Winick et al Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder A Village Life - Louise Gluck Convergence: Infinite Earths vol 1 - Justin Gray et al The Power of Shazam - Jerry Ordway et al Justice - Jim Krueger et al Drawing the Line - Erich Matthes Convergence: Infinite Earths vol 2 - Jeff Parker et al Death Claims - Joseph Hansen Superman: Secret Identity - Kurt Busiek et al The Honjin Murders - Seishi Yokomizo trans Lousie Kawai Shazam vs Superman - Gerry Conway et al Superman: Son of Superman - Peter Tomasi et al Superman: Doomsday - Dan Jurgens et al Lost Country Life - Dorothy Hartley The Immortal Hulk vol 1 - Al Ewing et al Green Lantern: Earth One vol 1 - Corinna Bechko et al Green Lantern: Earth One vol 2 - Corinna Bechko et al Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen - Matt Fraction et al Serpents in Eden - Martin Edwards ed Deathstroke vol 1 - Christopher Priest et al Batman: Universe - Brian Bendis et al Mister Miracle - Tom King et al Eight Faces at Three - Craig Rice The Immortal Hulk vol 2 - Al Ewing et al Flash Gordon: The Man From Earth - Jeff Parker et al Troublemaker - Joseph Hansen The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of - Joseph Hansen Shazam: The New Beginning - Roy Thomas et al

I’m getting better at this, vol 1:

He’s touchy because they’re his weird alien folkways and what does he know about them except Zod’s freaky reinterpretations that mostly seem to culminate in smearing him all over the floor of the universe? He wishes he could know this better, and not be in the position of say, a decent guy trying to patch together a coherent world picture based exclusively on old propaganda reels and guessing at who he might be, only to come up with ‘the villain’ every time.

I’m getting better at this, vol 2:

He had wanted to impress John: to use his best manners, to charm him. How excruciating, to want in a particular way and find it once, several times, and still to be denied it. This is the uncovering that etiquette is meant to preserve him from, making a sword and a shield of his own emotional reticence.

[pscottm]

Arthur writes Ronna McDaniel

Ronna McDaniel, Chairwoman Republican National Committee 310 First Street SE] Washington, D.C 20003 (via webform) February 20, 2022 Dear Chairwoman McDaniel, I wrote you earlier this month, about the events at The Capitol on Jan. 6 after the Trump Festival on the Ellipse. Since then, of course, the Democrats have been absolutely tormenting President Trump through evil legal maneuvers. It's AWFUL death-by-thousands-of-cuts stuff, I tell you. Prosecutors in Georgia, New York State, New York City, and Washington D.C. have convened grand juries to investigate many trumped-up allegations of election fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, violations of the Presidential Records Preservation Act, mishandling classified documents, etc. They haven't yet changed him with incitement of "a coup" on Jan. 6 (PUH-LEEEZ, you & I both it was just tourists engaging in legitimate political discourse). But that is coming! Anyway, all of this is unfairly costing the 45th President huge sums of money, which is why I'm writing you today. With this unprecedented onslaught Democrats are waging purely for political reasons, I believe it's incumbent on the Republican National Committee and indeed the entire party to step up and pay for all of President Trump's and his company's legal costs. That includes attorneys fees, investigators' fees, court filing costs, consultants, document retrieval and copying costs, etc. The party should also pick up the costs for Don Jr.; his fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle; Ivanka and Jared; Eric Trump; Melania Trump; Barron Trump; Rudy Giuliani; John Eastman; KellyAnne Conway; Sidney Powell; Jenna Ellis and Mike Lindell, too. As you know, they were all part of a vast effort to uncover and expose the myriad ways Joe Biden and the Democrats and the Communist Chinese wrongfully and illegally stole the 2020 Presidential Election. And 80% of Republicans -- like me! -- know that is EXACTLY what happened. We have learned everything that happened from Sean Hannity and Alex Jones. And because all the people listed above were working for a RIGHT and JUST cause (at no small expense to their personal bank accounts and reputations) our party should support their political heroism, rather than turn our backs on them. I would be happy to double or perhaps even triple my regular contributions to the RNC, provided you could demonstrate that my additional contributions were going to support our President and his team in their fight for truth, justice and the American way. Sincerely, Arthur Mofodopoulis 308 W. Fisher Street Humansville, MO 65674

Can you believe this guy??

[uppersidedreams]

[ mitch marner, cis man, twenty-two ] Let’s give a warm welcome to one of Sparkwood’s finest, CHARLIE CONWAY !! Before coming here, he once lived on the pages of THE MIGHTY DUCKS. Though now they currently spend most of their time as a STUDENT / HOCKEY PLAYER. If you ask the townsfolk about what they are like, you will hear that they are DETERMINED but also CLUMSY. If they had a theme song it would be HOLD ON - JUSTIN BIEBER.

note: you can find my full muse page here !

bio triggers: n/a.

life was never easy for charlie conway, but that didn’t necessarily mean that it was bad. he was raised by a single mother and grew up in the small town of sparkwood. his father ended up abandoning charlie’s mother soon after she gave birth but she didn’t let this sudden heartbreak shake her will. she was determined to provide her son with the best life possible, working long grueling shifts at the diner to help pay the bills and obtain necessities. as charlie grew up, he found himself spending a lot of time watching television to distract himself at his babysitter’s house. something that always sparked his interest was hockey. he was a big fan of the minnesota wild, the pittsburgh penguins, and the anaheim ducks, looking up to several of the players he watched play on the ice.

due to his love for the sport, he eventually managed to convince his mom to sign him up for peewee hockey. that’s where district five’s hockey team in sparkwood came in. it was a team full of misfits that were easily pushed around on the ice, with no coach truly giving the rag-tag group a chance. but the coaches who didn’t truly care about them didn’t phase charlie, he still loved the game and was passionate to get better as a player. the team didn’t turn around until a man named gordon bombay became their coach. at first, he was reluctant and apathetic, but once he saw the spirit and personalities of the kids he warmed up to them. they soon became a team that no one wanted to mess with: the mighty ducks of sparkwood.

with age, charlie and his teammates moved onto the juniors league and gordon followed them to keep motivating them. charlie’s skills only improved and before long he was named alternate captain to the team. he didn’t have any ambition to move onto being captain and was content with his role on the team, especially since his best friend adam was the captain of their team. but when they graduated high school, adam unexpectedly left their team and began to play for their rival team. charlie was soon named captain of the team and his passion for the game was slowly flickering out. he felt so much pressure on his shoulders. charlie felt utterly betrayed and still doesn’t know how to cope with the aftermath of adam’s departure from the team. he hasn’t bothered trying to speak to the other since then, despite adam’s attempts to reach out.

he still plays hockey now and attends university where he majors in sports management.

HEADCANONS.

charlie plays centre and actually used to be really bad at his position initially. he would always trip over his own feet when trying to navigate the ice. luckily, that was something he grew out of.

he is bisexual, but fairly closeted about his sexuality. he has a lot of internalized homophobia due to the environment that he’s constantly in and the fear his teammates with think he’s into them just because he likes men.

his idol is sidney crosby ! he totally has a crush on him too, but you didn’t hear that from me.

he’s a little on the insecure side and gets really flushed whenever someone compliments him. he’s starved for praise, truly.

he has major trust issues due to both his father and his best friend’s abandonment.

he gives pretty good pep talks before the game despite not initially wanting to be captain.

drinks too much mountain dew to be as healthy as he is.

helps his mom when she has late shifts at the diner because he’s a momma’s boy. <3

[marvelousmrm]

Amazing Adventures #7 (Conway/Adams, July 1971). Another militant protestor, this one a thinly veiled riff an iconic Sidney Poitier character. Pretty sure I feel Not Great about this.

[sunsummoneds]

[ mitch marner, cis man, twenty-two ] Let’s give a warm welcome to one of Sparkwood’s finest, CHARLIE CONWAY !! Before coming here, he once lived on the pages of THE MIGHTY DUCKS. Though now they currently spend most of their time as a STUDENT / HOCKEY PLAYER. If you ask the townsfolk about what they are like, you will hear that they are DETERMINED but also CLUMSY. If they had a theme song it would be HOLD ON - JUSTIN BIEBER. Let’s see how their story unravels this time.

note: you can find my full muse page here !

bio triggers: n/a.

life was never easy for charlie conway, but that didn’t necessarily mean that it was bad. he was raised by a single mother and grew up in the small town of sparkwood. his father ended up abandoning charlie’s mother soon after she gave birth but she didn’t let this sudden heartbreak shake her will. she was determined to provide her son with the best life possible, working long grueling shifts at the diner to help pay the bills and obtain necessities. as charlie grew up, he found himself spending a lot of time watching television to distract himself at his babysitter’s house. something that always sparked his interest was hockey. he was a big fan of the minnesota wild, the pittsburgh penguins, and the anaheim ducks, looking up to several of the players he watched play on the ice.

due to his love for the sport, he eventually managed to convince his mom to sign him up for peewee hockey. that’s where district five’s hockey team in sparkwood came in. it was a team full of misfits that were easily pushed around on the ice, with no coach truly giving the rag-tag group a chance. but the coaches who didn’t truly care about them didn’t phase charlie, he still loved the game and was passionate to get better as a player. the team didn’t turn around until a man named gordon bombay became their coach. at first, he was reluctant and apathetic, but once he saw the spirit and personalities of the kids he warmed up to them. they soon became a team that no one wanted to mess with: the mighty ducks of sparkwood.

with age, charlie and his teammates moved onto the juniors league and gordon followed them to keep motivating them. charlie’s skills only improved and before long he was named alternate captain to the team. he didn’t have any ambition to move onto being captain and was content with his role on the team, especially since his best friend adam was the captain of their team. but when they graduated high school, adam unexpectedly left their team and began to play for their rival team. charlie was soon named captain of the team and his passion for the game was slowly flickering out. he felt so much pressure on his shoulders. charlie felt utterly betrayed and still doesn’t know how to cope with the aftermath of adam’s departure from the team. he hasn’t bothered trying to speak to the other since then, despite adam’s attempts to reach out.

he still plays hockey now and attends university where he majors in sports management.

HEADCANONS.

charlie plays centre and actually used to be really bad at his position initially. he would always trip over his own feet when trying to navigate the ice. luckily, that was something he grew out of.

he is bisexual, but fairly closeted about his sexuality. he has a lot of internalized homophobia due to the environment that he’s constantly in and the fear his teammates with think he’s into them just because he likes men.

his idol is sidney crosby ! he totally has a crush on him too, but you didn’t hear that from me.

he’s a little on the insecure side and gets really flushed whenever someone compliments him. he’s starved for praise, truly.

he has major trust issues due to both his father and his best friend’s abandonment.

he gives pretty good pep talks before the game despite not initially wanting to be captain.

drinks too much mountain dew to be as healthy as he is.

helps his mom when she has late shifts at the diner because he’s a momma’s boy. <3

[sakuswritersblog]

Accidentally Engaged - Part 1 of a Noah Centineo Mini Series

A/N: Hey everyone. The Noah Centineo mini-series I promised you is finally here! This story is based on the movie ‘Accidentally Engaged’ which some of you might be familiar with. I just changed a few bits and pieces of the storyline to adapt it to Noah’s life, but otherwise kept most of the plot the same. If you’ve already seen the film you’ll know how the story ends. I still hope that those who watched it, still decide to read this series since I worked really hard on this idea. Plus you’ll get a little bit of asshole Noah which I had a lot of fun with as well!

This is an AU because a lot of Noah’s lifestyle and family dynamic is different than from his actual life. I had to change these things, so they’d work with the story I was going for. Ps: I have nothing against Camila Mendes!! I actually think she’s amazing, so please don’t hate me for using her as the mean girl.

you can read part 2 here  and part 3 here

****

Everyone had dreams growing up. Some dreamed about being a doctor, firefighter or police officer while others dreamed about marrying a prince or being a wizard and going to Hogwarts. My dream had always been the same. Ever since I was little I wanted to be an actress in Hollywood, playing alongside acting icons such as Angelina Jolie or Leonardo Di Caprio. 

   I've always loved acting and jumping into different characters. I joined every drama club in all of the schools I went to and felt at home whenever I was on stage or standing in front of a camera. 

Despite a lot of people telling me to give up and move on from my dreams, I was determined to make them a reality. So, after I finally graduated from college, I packed up my old, boring life in Conway and moved out to Los Angeles, the city where dreams were supposed to come true. Once I got here though reality decided to hit me right in the face. 

Moving out to L.A. didn't launch me to where I wanted to be and I soon started to realize that working in this industry was harder than I first anticipated. The standards and competition I was up against were nothing like I ever expected. I knew that being rejected was part of the job, but it still wasn't easy to deal with, especially if it happened over and over again. I didn't give up though. I went from audition to audition, fighting for my dreams and working my butt off to better myself in every possible way. 

Luckily all of the hard work I put into improving myself eventually paid off and I finally managed to land a small role in an upcoming movie. While a role with less than ten lines wouldn’t seem like much to many people, it meant a lot to me. Now I finally had the chance to prove everyone wrong and most importantly prove to myself that I was good enough.

I was backstage with the makeup artist and stylist who were helping me get ready for my first shoot ever while waiting for my cue to go on set. The movie I was a part of was called Coffeeshop Crush, starring two of the biggest stars in Hollywood right now. The male lead was played by Noah Centineo, the internet's sweetheart who every girl wanted to be with, while the female lead was portrayed by Camila Mendes, a beautiful yet very presumptuous actress. Of course, it was an honor to play alongside these two talented actors, but I didn't really understand the big fuss everyone made about them. 

  “Alright, so we got you your director approved apron. I like this one a lot better than the other one.“ Kelly, the stylist said as she put it on me. I smiled at her, nodding. 

  “So... I saw his abs.“ She said, clearly talking about Noah Centineo. 

  Sidney, the makeup artist gasped, “Seriously?“ Kelly nodded, “Yeah. He just ripped his shirt of right in front of me. He got abs for days.“ She explained, fangirling a little. 

“And what did you do?“ Sidney asked while she continued doing my makeup.

      “What any girl would do, of course. I asked him to take a selfie with me for my Instagram so I can brag about meeting him to all of my friends.“ The both of them just started laughing while I just sat there and smiled, listening to them gushing about Noah. 

  “Are you gonna be able to look into his eyes without stumbling over your lines?“ Sidney asked, looking at me. 

  “I'm sure, I'll manage. I mean he's just a person like everyone else, right?“ I answered, looking back at them. 

“Right.“ The both of them answered simultaneously before starting to laugh. 

   “Okay, we're ready for her. Let's go.“ The assistant interrupted as she walked in to come and pick me up. I nodded and followed her. 

  The set we used for the first scene was a coffee shop where I played the waitress, which was quite ironic considering I worked as a waitress in real life too. 

 “Okay, everyone. Quiet on set! We're running in 3...2...1... and action!“

Noah walked in and sat down in front of Camila, who was already seated at a table. She looked up and smiled at him, “Hi.“ 

 Noah smiled back at her, “I didn't see you last Friday.“ He said, looking at her. 

  “Or the Friday before. But you were here-“ 

 “Three Friday's ago.“ Both of them said at the same time before laughing with each other. 

  “I thought I'd never see you again.“ Noah said, probably making every girl's heart beat faster by the way he delivered this line. 

  “Well, I'm here now.“ Camila responded, looking at him with loving eyes.

  Noah smiled, “Let me buy you a cup of coffee.“ He waved at me which was my cue to walk in. My heart was beating like crazy, but I tried to ignore it. I took a deep breath before walking into the scene with a pot of coffee in my hands and a big smile on my face. 

I started to pour some coffee into Camila's mug, “Can I get you anything else?“ I asked before pouring some into the other mug as well.

Noah shook his head, “I think I got everything I need right here in front of me,“ before he could continue with his next line, the lid of the coffepot slipped off, causing the coffee to spill on both Camila and Noah's clothes. They both gasped before jumping off their seats. 

“Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!“ I apologized, feeling awful about messing up the scene. 

I looked at Camila and apologized again, “I'm so sorry.“ She just glared at me and said, “Uhm no,“ before walking away from me. 

I sighed and turned to Noah, “I didn't know the lid wasn't-“   

“Don't sweat it. Wardrobe has doubles.“ He said, patting my shoulder before walking over to the wardrobe to change. 

Once he left, the director approached me. “You come with me.“ I sighed and followed her, knowing I screwed up. She walked me out of set and immediately fired me. She also told me that someone like me didn't deserve to call herself an actress and that I should probably reconsider my life choices. 

   I left the building, feeling like crap. I got into my car and decided to drive over to my Agent Natalie. I knew she would probably give me one of her famous pep talks, which was exactly what I needed after I just ruined my acting career. 

“Oh honey, you always gotta check your props,“ Natalie told me after I explained what had happened. 

I sighed, pacing through the room. “I know that now. Gosh, I made a complete fool of myself in front of two of the hottest actors in Hollywood right now.“ 

“Oh, please. Camila Mendes is a notorious diva. It was probably her bad karma that caused it to happen in the first place. And Noah... he's sexy and all, but no brain's above. I doubt he'd remember you if he saw you.“ She said, trying to comfort me. 

“Natalie... I know how hard you worked to get me that audition.“ 

  “Forget it, okay? You still got paid and we'll keep it on your headshot until we get you something better.“ 

  “Yeah, but what if this small part could've lead to something bigger? It was the first role I got after two years and I messed it all up.“ 

 Natalie looked at me, a small smile on her face. “(Y/N), it was seven lines. It's not the end of the world or your career. You're still young.“ 

  “So is Camila.“   

“Do not compare yourself to her, (Y/N). You are such a talented actress. So, you're not all lips and lashes like Camila. You're beautiful just the way you are. You look like a storybook princess. You're vulnerable yet you're strong. Honey, you have star quality. That's why I signed you, okay?“ 

I nodded, “You're right. Besides... If I don't believe in myself who will, right?“

Natalie smiled, “See, you are a great actress.“ 

I looked at her confused, “what?“

“Well... even though you're down on your luck and you don't believe a word you just said, you still had me convinced.“

I smiled at her, “Thanks, Natalie.“ 

   I was right about her being able to make me feel better and giving me the pep talk I needed because she did. She was definitely the best agent I could have ever asked for and I was glad to be signed to her. 

“Alright. You go home and get some rest and I'm gonna get you out for a commercial audition on Friday at two in Studio City, okay?“ 

“Oh, I can't. I'm going back home for a bridal shower, remember?“ “Yes, you're maid of honor at your best friend's wedding, right?“

I nod, “The honor is all mine.“ 

“Well, it'll be good for you to get away and not think about auditions and Hollywood for a while. Go and have some fun.“ 

I smiled and got up from my seat, before walking towards the door. “Oh and (Y/N)?“ 

I turned around, looking back at her. “Life is a movie if you let it be. I know.“

Natalie smiled at me. “Alright, go and have some fun. Bye, honey.“ 

“Bye.“ I waved at her before leaving her office and walking back to my car. ****

I was working my early shift at the café that paid for most of my bills while trying to clear my head from yesterday's events. I still couldn't believe that I lost my first ever movie role because of some stupid mistake I made. I know Natalie told me that losing my role wasn't the end of the world or my career, but it definitely still hurt. I let out a breath and pushed all these thoughts away and focused back on my shift.

“Can I get you anything else?“ I asked the couple that seemed to be out on a date, after serving them some coffee. 

  “No, I think we're good.“ The boy answered, smiling at me. I nodded and walked over to the next table to take a new order when I saw that Noah Centineo was the one sitting there. 

“Uh... Noah.“ 

He was staring at his phone and looked up once he saw me standing in front of him. He seemed to recognize me immediately and forced a small smile at me, “Hi.“

“Uhm... Hi.“ I replied, looking at him. 

“You know, I... uh... think I came to the wrong place.“ He said before getting up from his seat and walking right out the door. 

I put the coffeepot down on the table and looked at my co-worker Melody. “Hey, Mel, can you watch my tables for a second?“ She nodded and I followed Noah outside, where he was talking to someone on the phone. 

“Yeah, the menu here isn't so great. We could get some take out.“ I heard him say into the phone. “Okay, bye.“ He ended the call and put his phone back inside his pocket.

I crossed my arms in front of my chest and cleared my throat. Noah turned around and glanced back at me.

“You didn't even look at the menu.“ I said, raising my brows at him. 

 “I just didn't think my publicist would like it here, so.“ He defended himself while fidgeting around with his hands. 

“What? You thought I was gonna pour a cup of coffee in your lap again? I'm not an idiot you know? I wait tables for a living.“ I knew how pathetic my statement sounded after what happened yesterday on set, but I needed to put him in his place. Just because he was a Hollywood star, didn't mean he had the right to be a jerk to everyone around him. 

“Really?“ He asked, raising his brows at me. 

“What exactly are you doing here anyway? Shouldn't you be brunching at the Ivy with some Teen Choice Award winners or something?“ I asked, a hint of annoyance in my voice.

“Uh...I don't even know your name so why are you even mad at me? Besides, you're the one who set our shoot back two hours.“ Noah said, giving me a reproachful glance.

“Seriously? Why does no one blame the prop master for not doing his job?“ I asked, throwing my arms in the air defensively. 

 “Checking your props is practically acting class 101.“ He commented, running a hand through his curly hair.

“Oh, yeah? Since when?“ 

“Since always. I don't know that doesn't really change.“ 

I shook my head, laughing. “Great. I'm getting acting advice from a Disney Channel star.“ 

  “You watched Austin & Ally?“ He asked, sounding a little surprised. 

  I shrugged my shoulders, “Everyone our age did.“   

Noah laughed and pointed a finger at me, “You had a crush on me, didn't you? Come on, admit it, you thought I was cool.“ 

   Now he was really taking it too far. Who did this guy think he was? I don’t think I've ever met someone in my life, who was so full of crap and I seriously had no idea what everyone else loved so much about him. Noah Centineo was an asshole who clearly only cared about himself and his career. 

“I have to get back to work.“ I said, turning away from him. 

  “Okay, but just remember... coffee is better in a cup than on your shirt.“ 

  I decided to ignore his comment and just glared back at him. 

  “I'm joking, girl. It was just a joke.“ Before he had the chance to say anything else, I walked back inside the café, slamming the door behind me.

I grabbed the coffeepot from the table and walked behind the counter.

“Uh excuse me. Was that Noah Centineo you just talked to?“ Melody asked, looking at me. I nodded my head, “Yeah... the one and only.“ 

  “Okay, wow. He sure is hella dreamy.“ She gushed, making me roll my eyes. “Yeah and he knows it. Gosh, that guy is so full of himself it's almost pathetic.“ 

She stared at me for a minute before saying, “Uh huh. You clearly are just saying that to cover up the fact that you two are actually a thing.“ 

I immediately shook my head, feeling a little offended by her assumption. “Ew, no, what the hell. That's definitely not the case. Why would you even say that?“ I asked, looking back at her. 

“Because of this pic, I saw online.“ She said, grabbing her phone.

“What pic?“ 

“The one of you and Noah leaving some VIP lounge in Hollywood.“ 

“I can assure you that it definitely wasn't me.“ 

“Okay.“ She said, clearly not believing me.

“It wasn't, I swear. Why would you even think it was me?“ 

She pulled out a picture and showed it to me.

“I don't know. I mean you can't see her face but she has the same hair as you.“ 

I glanced at it for a second and shook my head, “It's not me.“ I said before walking into the kitchen to make some new coffee. Once I finished my shift and got back home I immediately called my best friend Emily, who's bridal shower I was going to tomorrow. We both talked for a while and I poured my heart out to her, telling her about the last couple of days. She always knew exactly what to say to make me feel better and of course she did this time too. 

  Although I did get some bad news from her as well. Because I was so busy with going to auditions and focusing on my acting career she decided to change my title from 'maid of honor' to 'co-maid of honor'. 

The actual maid of honor now was our friend Ashley, who organized the bridal shower and also most of the wedding next weekend. Even though I'd been fired as the maid of honor, I still looked forward to going back home to Conway. It would be good for me to leave Los Angeles for a while and to focus on my friends and family back at home. I was excited to see them and hoped that it would distract me from all of the madness in my life. 

****

After a long flight and a two-hour drive, I finally arrived at my best friend's house where she held her bridal shower. 

I parked my car and knocked at the door. When no one answered, I checked if the door was unlocked and when it was I entered the house. 

  I walked through the familiar place until I reached the backyard where a lot of people were already waiting. I saw all of my friends gathered at a table and smiled. 

“You guys seriously started without me?“ I asked, walking towards the table they were sitting at. My friends Ashley and Jane squeaked before running over to greet me. Emily followed them with a big smile on her face. 

Ashley and Jane both looked me up and down once we pulled apart from the hugs.

“Oh my gosh, that color looks so good on you! And the L.A. weather must be good to you too  because you're tanned as hell!“ Jane said and Ashley nodded. 

“You look so hot, girl. Come on, let's take a selfie for Instagram.“ Ashley pulled out her phone and held it in front of our faces. I smiled at the camera and we took a couple selfies before both of them started asking me question after question.

“Oh my gosh, I heard you're filming a movie with Noah Centineo! The Noah Centineo. Is that really true?“ 

“Yes, is he as hot as he is in person? Is he tall and oh my gosh did you touch his hair?“ 

“Yeah, did you? What does he smell like? Are his eyes really that sparkly?“ 

  I let out a breath, feeling a little overwhelmed about this whole situation. I loved my friends a lot, I really did, but they were really hard to be around sometimes.  

“So... the maid of honor has finally arrived.“ Emily said, saving me from this crazy situation.

Ashley cleared her throat, looking at Emily. “I mean co-maid of honor.“ She corrected herself, smiling at us. 

“I'm just teasing, (Y/N). When you're here, I want you to do everything you can. And when you're not, I just wanna help out.“ Ashley said, smiling at me. 

  I smiled back at her. “Thanks, Ash. I think it's really sweet of you to help out while I'm stuck in L.A.“ She nodded before she and Jane disappeared to grab some champagne.   

Emily walked over to me and hugged me. “It's good to finally see you, (Y/N).“ She said once we pulled apart from each other. 

I nodded and linked my arm with hers, “It's so good to be home. I missed you guys so much.“ 

  “and we missed you.“ She smiled at me before we walked back to the table. 

“By the way, I didn't tell anybody that you got fired.“

“Thank you. I really don't feel like talking about it.“ 

“I know and you're welcome.“

We sat down at the table and waited for the others to arrive. Once everyone was there, we raised our glasses in a toast to officially celebrate Emily's bridal shower. 

  “So, how's Los Angeles, dear?“ Allison, Emily's mother, asked me

. “It's good. I'm going to lot's of auditions and also work at this cute coffee shop. I really like it there.“ I answered, looking at her. 

  She smiled at me before Jane asked me another question. “So... is Noah Centineo really that tall? Or just kinda tall?“ 

  I sighed, “No more questions about Noah, okay? Today is all about Emily.“ I looked over to my best friend and smiled. 

  She nodded her head and smiled back at me. “Yeah, (Y/N)'s right. Today's all about me. You guys know that I love being the center of attention.“ 

We all laughed at her comment before we moved on to open her gifts. 

  While Emily was opening her presents I went back inside the house to grab some more champagne for us, when I ran into Jake, Emily's fiancé. He was six years older than all of us which we often liked to tease him about. 

  “Hey, grandpa.“ I said, waving at him. Luckily he was a cool guy and immediately played along. 

  “(Y/N?) Is that you?“ He asked, doing a terrible grandpa voice.

I laughed and pulled him into a hug. “It's good to see you, Jake. Congrats.“ I smiled at him.  

“Thank you. And thank you for flying all the way in from Los Angeles. I know it means the world to Emily.“ 

 I nodded and grabbed the bottle of champagne before going back outside. Jake followed me and I stopped in my tracks to look at him. 

“Uh, since when does the groom join the bridal shower?“ I asked, raising my brows at him. 

   “Since the groom's poker tournament ended two hours ago.“ Jake said before making his way outside. I shook my head laughing before following him. 

   On my way out I ran into Dylan, my childhood crush and best friend for years. I barely recognized him. He lost so much weight since the last time we saw each other and looked even better than I remembered him.

“Dylan, oh my gosh, I didn't even recognize you.“ He smiled and pulled me into a hug. 

“Hey, (Y/N). I missed you.“ Dylan said once we pulled apart from each other.   

I looked him up and down, a proud smile on my face. “You look great. How much weight did you lose? I mean you look... wow.“ 

I blushed a little and Dylan laughed. “It's okay, (Y/N). You can ask.“ 

“How much weight did you lose?“ I asked again. 

“58 pounds.“ 

My eyes widened. “Wow, that's incredible. When did this all happen? I mean the last time I saw you was barely a year ago.“  

Dylan nodded, “Yeah, I know. It happened after grad school. I took spring break off, got a personal trainer and been focusing on my body ever since.“ He explained while we walked back inside to sit down at a table. 

  “and what are you doing now?“ I asked, looking at him. 

“I'm a project manager at a tech firm near the beach.“ He replied.

“Wow, that's amazing. Congrats. I didn't know you moved back here.“ 

  “I didn't. I'm close though. I visit on and off. I got back here for Jake's poker tournament which didn't go too well for him.“ Dylan laughed and I joined him. 

  “Yeah, he's awful at poker. My grandma plays better than him.“ I joked and Dylan laughed again. 

  “I destroyed him. But anyway, what about you? How's L.A. treating you?“ He asked, looking at me. 

  “It's good. You know... dreams don't disappear.“ 

  Dylan nodded, “Yeah, they don't. You know what does though? People.“ 

  “Ouch, was that directed to me?“ I asked but he shook his head. “No, of course not. I just... missed you a lot.“ 

  “I missed you too, Dylan. But you were the one that ran off to Atlanta for college, remember?“ 

  He sighed, “Yeah, but that's still a closer drive back home than from Los Angeles.“ 

  Before we could continue with our conversation, Ashley walked in and joined us at the table. She kissed Dylan on the cheek and sat next to him. 

  “Now I know what was taking so long for you to get that champagne.“ 

Ashley said, looking at me. “Did you two have some time to catch up?“ She asked and Dylan nodded. 

  “So... how long have you two been together?“ I asked looking at them. 

“Two months.“ Both of them said and I nodded. 

“Well... I'm happy for you guys.“ 

Ashley smiled, “Thanks. So babe, are you ready to go home?“ 

Dylan looked at her confused, “I thought we'd stay a little longer. I haven't seen (Y/N) in a while. It'd be nice to you know... talk a little more.“ 

  “Okay, sure. Let's go back outside then.“ She said, getting up from her seat. 

   I could tell how jealous she was and that she didn't like how close I and Dylan still were. I didn't really blame her though. Dylan and I had a lot of history together. At some point in our lives, we both had feelings for each other. Things got really complicated between us though, which ultimately lead to the end of our friendship. Thankfully a lot of time has passed since then and we're now back at being friends. 

“Yeah, let's go.“ Dylan said before getting up from his seat. I followed him and the three of us went back outside.

It had gotten dark outside when we joined the others and most people had already left the bridal shower. Ashley, Jane, Jackson, Dylan, Emily and I were the only ones left and we all gathered around at a table. 

“(Y/N), you have to tell us. Have you been dating any celebrities?“ Jane asked, clearly a little tipsy from all the champagne and wine she'd been drinking all day.

  “Not really. There were a couple of guys I really liked but they all ended up being total psychos so nope, no dating. Especially no one famous.“

“What about that director guy Zeke?“ Ashley asked but Jane shook her head,“No, we hate that guy. He dumped her on her birthday.“ 

“He didn't really know that it was my birthday, but whatever. That was a lifetime ago. Besides, I just wanna focus on my career right now. So it's fine.“   “Well, that's a good thing.“ Dylan commented.

“Yeah, but that's all by choice, right? Of course, all the guys adore her out there.“ Emily said, smiling at me. “and I totally respect that you wanna focus on your career. That takes a lot of dedication.“ 

  “It sounds like it's paying off though. I mean with this big movie role and all.“ Ashley added, looking at me. 

  “Wait, you booked a movie? That's awesome! Congrats, (Y/N).“ Dylan said, sounding all proud. 

  “When does it come out?“ Dylan asked curiously. 

  “I don't know. My scene might get cut anyways.“

“Wait, why would your scene get cut? I mean don't they need you in the film? I thought you were like a lead character.“ 

“I wouldn't say that, exactly.“ I responded, looking back at Ashley who was the one asking me all these questions. 

  “You guys it's complicated. You know she has to sign like a non-disclosure deal and all that stuff. She isn't really allowed to talk about it.“ Emily chimed in, saving me once again. 

  “Yeah, she's right.“ I said, mouthing a 'thank you' at her. 

  Jane's phone beeped and she immediately started squeaking. “Oh my gosh... no way. That's you, (Y/N)!“ She said, showing me a picture on her phone. 

It was the same picture Melody showed me the other day of Noah Centineo and some girl leaving a VIP lounge in Hollywood. 

She showed the picture around the table. “She's the mystery girl! The one that's been kissing Noah Centineo.“ Jane said and Ashley looked at me. 

  “You said you worked with Noah?“

“Yeah, I did.“

“So you guys are more than co-workers then?“

“Yeah... are you?“ 

  Everyone had so many questions about me and Noah which made me a little uncomfortable. I felt like I was being interrogated by the police or something. 

“I wouldn't really say that.“ I replied, looking back at them.

“Then... do you even know him?“ Ashley questioned, raising her brows at me.

“Yeah, I do. He just showed up at my work yesterday.“ 

“Then it is true! You're dating Noah Centineo!“ Jane laughed, nudging my shoulder. 

  I didn't really know what to do. Everyone was staring at me and I felt really pressured which is why I said, “Yeah. It's true. It's all true.“ 

  “I just want to know if he's coming to the wedding because I want him to sign my bridesmaid's dress.“ 

  “Oh, really?“ Emily asked, giving her a weird look. 

  “I don't know what the big deal is. It's not like I'm gonna wear it again.“ 

  I shook my head, “No, he's not gonna come to the wedding.“

“Oh, he isn't? Why not?“ Ashley asked curiously. 

“Because no one knows yet. It's a publicity thing, you know. So you guys can't say anything.“ 

“About what?“ A familiar voice asked, causing me to turn around. My parents were standing behind me and I immediately got up from my seat to greet them.

   “Mrs. (Y/L/N), you didn't tell us your little girl was dating Noah Centineo.“ Ashley said, looking at my mom.

“Well... I... I didn't know.“ My mother said, looking at me surprised.

“Uh, hi mom. Dad.“ 

  “Who's Noah Centineo?“ My dad asked, confused.

“Oh don't worry, honey. He's a cutie.“ Mom said, patting his shoulder.

“What are you guys doing here?“ I asked, looking back at them. 

  “We were just driving by and we didn't really know if you had a ride home or not.“ My mom answered. 

  “You're staying with us, right?“ 

“Yeah, but my stuff is in the car. I can meet you guys at home, though?“

“No, we can hang. Can't we?“ “No, you know what? I'm exhausted. Let's go.“ 

“Sure, honey,“ Dad replied before he and mom turned around to go back to their car. 

  I waved at my friends before walking towards the house. Once I got inside I saw that Emily was already waiting for me. 

  “So, is it true? About Noah?“ She asked, looking at me with questioning eyes.

“Of course it is, why would I lie?“

“Maybe because you don't want any of them to know you got fired from your job? Look, (Y/N), it's okay if you're struggling. I promise you all of them will understand.“ 

   “It's just like I said. I can't say anything.“ I felt awful about lying to my best friend, but I was already too caught up in all the lies.

Besides, she would never find out the truth anyway. After I leave Conway and get back to L.A. this whole story won't be relevant anymore. No one's going to talk about it and I won't have to worry about explaining myself to my family or my friends. 

“Okay, fine. I just don't understand why you wouldn't have told me.“

“Yeah and you could have told me about Dylan and Ashley too, you know.“ I said, looking at her reproachfully. 

  Emily sighed, “I just didn't know how to tell you. They started dating when he got back and I didn't even think it would last in the first place.“

“It's fine. It's just kind of weird, you know? Ashley used to make so much fun of him back in school.“ 

“Yeah, but he's a lot different than he was in school.“

“I guess. I mean he looks great.“ 

“Yeah. But so does Mr. Noah Centineo.“ Emily said, wiggling her brows at me. 

“I'm so sorry about how all of that came up. Today really should have been about you and not me.“ 

“It's okay. I'm just glad that you came.“ 

“Yeah, me too.“

“Hey, but no more secrets, okay?“ Emily looked at me.

I nodded, “okay. No more secrets.“ 

  I felt horrible. I know I had to tell her the truth, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I kind of liked that everyone thought I was Noah Centineo's mysterious girlfriend, even though it wasn't true. It just felt really good to have this kind of attention from everyone which makes me feel even worse about lying to all of them. 

“Anyway, I have to go now. Bye. See you soon.“ I said, waving at Emily before grabbing my bag and leaving her house.

****

I woke up the next morning with some surprising news. Apparently, the whole internet world was talking about me and Noah Centineo, which I knew was Ashley and Jane's fault. 

Everyone assumed that I was Noah's secret girlfriend and even pictures with my face were going around the internet. Some newspapers and magazines even talked about it. So of course when I landed back in Los Angeles people were going crazy. Paparazzi were following me everywhere and even a few girls approached me and asked for a picture.

It was insane. Of course, I wanted to be famous and always dreamed about being in magazines and newspapers, but not like this. I didn't want to be famous because of a  celebrity I supposedly dated. Especially if that celebrity was Noah Centineo. It was my own fault that all of this was happening though. I never should have lied about being with him in the first place. I mean I didn't really lie, it was more like a misunderstanding that lead to a lie, but still. It was what got me into this mess. A mess I didn't really know how to get out of. A few days had passed since I got back and people were still talking about me and Noah. I was working my morning shift at the café. Almost everything seemed normal, except for the fact that a lot of paparazzi were gathered outside, taking pictures of me. 

“All the paparazzi sure love you a lot.“ Melody said, looking out the window. 

“Yeah, try to go to an audition at 8 am with three cars chasing after you.“

“Ohh, poor you.“ She said, rolling her eyes. “You said you two weren't dating though?“

 “No, we're not. This whole thing was just a big misunderstanding. Noah Centineo wants nothing to do with me.“ 

“Then why is he here?“ Melody asked, pointing towards the door. I followed her gaze and saw Noah, who had just entered the café.

“Oh no.“ I said, walking over to him. 

  His arms were crossed in front of his chest while he was staring back at me.

  “Noah, I'm so sorry about everything. I swear I didn't tell anyone we had a thing it was just a huge misunderstanding.“ I explained, looking at him.

“But you did tell people it was you in the picture?

“No...“

He raised his brows at me. 

“Well yes, I mean not really. Look, they all said it was me and I just didn't tell them no. I went home for a bridal shower last weekend.“

“Ugh, bridal shower. You're the bridesmaid?“

I nodded. 

  “Yeah... those can be pretty rough,“ Noah said, hiding his hands in his pockets.

“Yeah, tell me about it.“ I replied, thinking back at how crazy the bridal shower had been before adding, “look, I just didn't want to tell them I got fired, okay?“

“So you told people we were together instead?“ He asked, giving me a weird look.

I sighed, “You don't know these girls. They create fantasies in their heads.“

“Well, it clearly looks like they're not the only ones.“ He glanced at me.

“Hey, if you want me to go out there and tell everyone it was a lie, I'll do it.“ I said, pointing outside to the paparazzi. 

   Noah put his hand on my shoulder and pulled me over to one of the tables. 

“Actually... there's something I need your help with.“ 

“My help with what?“ I asked once we sat down at the table.

“I was kind of hoping we could break up. In public.“

I looked at him confused, “Break up? Why?“ 

  “No one can know who was really with me in the photo that night so I kinda need people to keep thinking it was you.“

“Who is it?“ I asked curiously. 

  “It's complicated. If people find out I was dating this woman it could ruin both of our careers.“ He explained. 

  “Well, you didn't really seem to care about helping me save mine.“ 

“You didn't ask.“ 

  I rolled my eyes at that. 

“But I am. I'm asking for your help here. Besides, this looks like it might be pretty good press for you.“ Noah looked over his shoulder and pointed over to the window where all of the paparazzi were taking pictures of us. 

“It's not the kind of press I'm looking for. If I actually get famous I want it to be because I played the perfect part and not because I was the chick dumped by Noah Centineo in public.“ 

“Well... what do you want then? Money?“ 

“No. I'm not gonna lie for money.“

“It's not lying, it's acting. Besides, you didn't have a problem lying to your friends back home.“ 

  I sighed. He had a good point.

“Alright, just tell me. What do you want?“ 

 “We have to break up in a way where neither of us gets humiliated.“

Noah nodded, “Yeah, I completely agree. But we need to do it fast. Like this weekend fast.“ 

   “I'm not around this weekend.“

“This can't wait. In my experience, these things get out of hand pretty quick.“

“You know, this is perfect actually. You wanna do it this weekend? Then you come with me to a wedding.“ 

  Noah shook his head, “No. Definitely not. No way. No.“ 

  “This is the least you can do, Centineo,“ I said, looking at him. 

 Noah sighed, “Okay, fine.“ 

I grabbed a napkin and wrote down the details for the flight he had to book.

“So here's the flight you have to book. And you also have to promise not to embarrass me, okay?“ I said, before handing him the napkin.

“Pretty sure you'll be able to do that on your own, (Y/N).“ Noah said as we both got up from our seats. 

   I reached out my hand and Noah took it, giving it a gentle shake. When he reached over to shake my hand, the napkin I gave him earlier, fell down to the floor. I reached down to get it but Noah held me back. “I got it.“ He knelt and grabbed it.

   As he was kneeling, people immediately started clapping while all of their eyes were focused on us. Oh no, this can't be happening, I thought to myself as I looked at everyone's reaction. 

Noah immediately got back up and looked at me. “Okay. No more dropping things.“   

“Woah... that got crazy fast.“ I said, feeling a little overwhelmed about this whole situation. 

  People were still clapping, some of them even cheering loudly. 

  “Okay, so this weekend?“ He asked and I nodded. He then wrapped his arm around me and smiled, “We're getting married!“ 

  I immediately jumped into character and smiled as well. “Yes. This is the happiest day of my life.“ 

“Nice.“ Noah whispered before kissing me on the cheek. We posed for the cameras and acted like the happy newly engaged couple for a while until Noah had to leave.

I didn't really know what was going to happen this weekend. The plan was that Noah Centineo, who was now my fake fiancé, and I had to somehow convince my friends and family that we were actually together, before publically breaking up with each other. I knew how crazy this whole plan was, but at least it was going to be a weekend nobody would ever forget.

[jackstanleyroberts]

The cast of the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise Part 2

Aloha everybody, sorry for the delay because i was starting part 2 of the storyline of the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise, but i'll be starting part 2 of the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise. What if Neve Campbell is shown up the 6th installment without pay dispute? But if you liked part 1, here's part 2 of the cast of the Extended Cut of the Scream franchise.

Synopsis: The four survivors of the Ghostface attacks & their new friends leave Woodsboro & headed to New York for a fresh start. Soon they're all about finding themselves in the fight of their lives when a another killer starts a bloody rampage & the other survivors also find themselves in a plot where nobody is safe & beyond suspicion.

Scream VI (Extended Cut) Cast:

Melissa Barrera as Sam Carpenter

Jenna Ortega as Tara Carpenter

Mason Gooding as Chad Meeks-Martin

Jasmin Savoy Brown as Mindy Meeks-Martin

Jack Roberts (me) as Terrence William "Terry" Watkins

Chosen Jacobs as Lawrence James "Larry" Watkins

Meg Donnelly as Lexi Hicks

Olivia Scott Welch as Wendy Hicks

Jacob Bertrand as William "Will" Hicks

Jackson Brundage as Frederick "Fred" Hicks

Emily Rudd as Carrie Tatum Riley-Weathers

Isabelle Fuhrman as Rebecca "Becca" Bishop

Braeden Lemasters as Matthew Bishop

Deja Monique Cruz as Laura "Lori" Sanchez

Ysa Penarejo as Miranda Rodriguez

Joshua Bassett as Connor "Cash" Conway

Joey King as Yvonne Conway

Ross Lynch as Ronald "Rory" Williams

Jade Pettyjohn as Graceland "Grace" Prescott

Emily Meade as Elena Connors

Sophia Lillis as Grace-Lynn "Gracie" Moore

Kathryn Newton as Kathleen "Kathy" Williamson

Julia Rehwald as Katherine "Katie" Jones

Melissa Collazo as Isabella "Izzy" Yales

Hayden Byerly as Damien "Dame" Yales

Akiel Julien as Malik Hubar

Karan Brar as Craig Karbar

Odessa A'zion as Susan Winters

Violett Beane as Eleanor "Ellie" Winters

Madison Davenport as Gabrielle "Gabby" Stafford

Talitha Eliana Bateman as Yolanda Preston

Gabriel Bateman as Philip "Phil" Preston

Megan Stott as Kimberly "Kim" Watson

Charlie Plummer as Samuel Johnathan "Sam" Kincaid

Katherine Langford as Jennifer Annie "Jenny" Kincaid

Rachel Zegler as Emily Jones

Annalise Basso as Andrea Lewis

Jodelle Ferland as Joanna Thompson

Rachel Fox as Angela Stewart

Mackenzie Foy as Luna Stewart

Jimmy Bennett as Andrew "Andy" Anderson

Mickeey Nguyen as Sylvester Bradford

Brandon Soo Hoo as Takahashi Bradford

Courtney Cox as Gale Weathers

Hayden Panettiere as Kirby Reed

Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott

Joe Keery as Johnny Landry

Jack Champion as Ethan Landry

Dermot Mulroney as Wayne Bailey

Liana Liberato as Quinn Bailey

Logan Lerman as Quentin Bailey

Judah Lewis as Derek Shepherd

Brec Bassinger as Lillian "Lilly" Davis

Jessica Stroup as Riley Davis

Michael Rainey Jr. as Anthony "Anton" Mercer

Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Susie Kayoko

Havana Rose Liu as Hannah Kayoko

Devyn Nekoda as Anika Kayoko

Josh Segarra as Danny Brackett

Kiernan Shipka as Danielle "Dani" Brackett

Anthony Ramos as Nicholas "Nick" Rodriguez

Rachel Sennott as Theresa "Tree" Hicks

Ed Speleers as Alexander "Alex" Miller

Madison Iseman as Alexandra "Allie" Miller

Spencer Locke as Ellen Hoffman

Brianne Tju as June Dawson

Denyse Tontz as Laura Morris

Holland Roden as Gloria Smith

Addison Rae as Natalie Foster

Emily Alyn Lind as Audrey Owens

Sarah Bolger as Simone Martin

Elizabeth McLaughlin as Jessie Crane

Finn Wolfhard as Stanley Lance "Stan" Williams

Natalie Alyn Lind as Natasha Longwood

Taylor Russell as Holly McDaniel

Paige Hurd as Hayley McDaniel

Logan Miller as Lincoln Jefferson

Emily Tennant as Cynthia Cooper

Tequan Richmond as Maurice Lakewood

Zac Godspeed as Tyler Ferguson

Daniel Sharman as Kurt Parker

Jordan Elsass as Taylor Ferguson

Emma Roberts as Jillian "Jill" Roberts

Samantha Boscarino as Elaine Williams

India Eisley as Alivia Williams

Milo Manheim as Zackary "Zack" Feldman

Stefanie Scott as Caroline "Carol" Feldman

Anna Sawai as Alexis Williams

Haley Lu Richardson as Bethany "Beth-Ann" Lewis

Mekai Curtis as Reginald "Reggie" Stark

Kaia Gerber as Taylor Swanson

Jeremy Ray Taylor as Maurice Thompson

Wyatt Oleff as Wyatt Matthews

Jaz Sinclair as Jordan Harris

Jaeden Martell as Landon Andrews

Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis

Benjamin Flores Jr. as Edward Baker

Fred Henchinger as Darren Blake

Tony Revolori as Jason Carvey

Samara Weaving as Laura Crane

Henry Czerny as Dr. Christopher Stone

Roger L. Jackson as the voice of Ghostface

The storyline of this (The Extended Cut of Scream VI) is coming soon after this.

Stay Tuned!

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News Appeals court orders Flynn judge to defend actions, as legal scholars weigh in - The Washington Post

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An appeals court docket Thursday ordered the reach to a dedication in Michael Flynn’s case to defend his actions after Flynn’s attorneys asked that his conviction be brushed off all of a sudden, as requested by the Justice Department.

A three-reach to a dedication panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit took the abnormal step of ordering U.S. District Mediate Emmet G. Sullivan to respond within 10 days accusations from Flynn, President Trump’s frail national security adviser. The court docket additionally invited the Justice Department to commentary.

The uncover comes as just scholars from across the political spectrum debated the case’s implications for judicial independence and the Structure’s separation-of-powers manufacture.

“This case doesn't involve a dedication by the Govt Branch merely to ‘plunge’ a prosecution,” nonetheless a “on the subject of unheard of dedication” to brush off a case after it has been received, wrote a community of about 20 just consultants, led by Harvard legislation professor Laurence H. Tribe, in a transient the community requested to file Friday.

Sullivan final week paused Flynn’s case and invited start air teams and a retired federal reach to a dedication to argue against the Justice Department’s May possibly well 7 question to toss the frail three-megastar odd’s conviction. Sullivan additionally asked the retired reach to a dedication to look at whether or no longer Flynn may even be pleased dedicated perjury while pleading guilty to mendacity about his pre-inauguration contacts with Russia’s ambassador.

Flynn’s attorneys responded Tuesday by asking the D.C. Circuit to intervene, accusing Sullivan of bias and overreaching into what they known as prosecutors’ abnormal authority to reach to a dedication whether or no longer to plunge a case.

Sullivan’s orders “show his thought to continue the case indefinitely, rubbing salt in Total Flynn’s start wretchedness from the Authorities’s misconduct and dangerous him with felony contempt,” Flynn attorney Sidney Powell wrote. Conservative just analysts and commentators be pleased additionally weighed in on the controversy, announcing the Justice Department may additionally easy be allowed to undo Flynn’s conviction without judicial interference.

“Below the American Structure, the three separate branches are expected to conflict with one one other,” Tim Lynch, frail director of the Cato Institute’s venture on felony justice, wrote these days for the Federalist Society. “Even easy … judges need to admire the prerogatives that tumble at some level of the constitutional boundaries of the manager branch. The prerogative to prosecute, or no longer prosecute, is one amongst those prerogatives.”

But others disagreed.

Tribe acknowledged his community will question to file a chum-of-the-court docket transient, announcing the circuit panel’s uncover “makes it your entire more pressing” and that the panel may additionally easy snarl Flynn’s question because granting it may most likely be “a excellent abuse of judicial authority.”

Requiring Sullivan to exonerate Flynn within the “public curiosity” as the authorities and Flynn question would manufacture the court docket a “subordinate” of the Department of Justice and power it to be “complicit” in an “inexplicable about-face,” they wrote. They argued the federal judiciary may be handled as “an company located on the manager branch group chart headed by the President.”

Courts “make no longer merely make the bidding of the manager branch,” nonetheless in its assign be pleased self reliant judicial authority, especially after a case has been totally prosecuted, a guilty plea entered and a sentence urged, the transient argued. It acknowledged, “The separation of powers protects this Court’s authority to total the resolution of this case, free from the interference of the Govt Branch.”

Tribe’s co-signers embody constitutional legislation scholars, the frail legislation college deans of Harvard, Yale and the College of Chicago, and the president of Columbia College. Republican signers embody George T. Conway III, the conservative attorney and husband of the president’s White Home counselor, Kellyanne Conway; Trevor Potter, frail Federal Election Commission chairman; and Richard Painter, George W. Bush’s frail chief White Home ethics attorney.

Individually Friday morning, 16 frail Watergate prosecutors suggested the appeals court docket to reject Flynn’s petition, announcing he had no longer exhausted his appeals and may reach again if Sullivan refuses to brush off his conviction.

The community argued judges are required “to exercise self reliant judgment when deciding a motion to brush off federal costs.” They additionally argued that Sullivan’s preliminary “housekeeping orders” appointing a frail reach to a dedication to oppose the authorities’s motion and pondering about start air views “had been totally within that court docket’s powers.”

“Just judgment is totally knowledgeable by an adversary presentation in which no longer all parties are singing from the same hymnbook,” the frail prosecutors wrote.

The prosecutors be pleased asked to enter the case because the Trump Justice Department’s effort to exonerate Flynn “departs so dramatically from settled just tips” and prosecutorial norms that it suggests it used to be “tailor made” attributable to his ties to the president, they acknowledged.

They cited Richard M. Nixon’s October 1973 uncover to fireplace the special prosecutor investigating the damage-in at Democratic headquarters, which led his attorney odd and deputy attorney odd to resign within the “Saturday Evening Bloodbath,” which triggered impeachment lawsuits.

The appeals court docket uncover Thursday came from the D.C. Circuit came from Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Robert Wilkins and Neomi Rao.

In response to the uncover Thursday, Powell acknowledged, “Obviously the court docket is taking the shriek very significantly, as it may most likely additionally easy.”

Federal judges most regularly can no longer commentary publicly on the deserves of pending issues start air first payment lawsuits. The Justice Department did no longer all of a sudden respond to a matter for commentary.

Earlier this month, the Justice Department moved to toss out the guilty plea of the final word-ranking Trump adviser convicted in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation. The department concluded that Flynn may additionally easy by no plot had been interviewed by the FBI and therefore his lies concealing his Russian contacts had been immaterial to any crime.

Critics dispute the department’s lag, announcing it distorted details and perceived to again the president’s private political pursuits by giving an aide impunity to lie to authorities investigators.

Flynn pleaded guilty to mendacity in an FBI interview on Jan. 24, 2017, to conceal conversations with Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador on the time. The conversations tantalizing talks ahead of Trump took office about warding off U.S. sanctions and diverse insurance policies imposed slow in President Barack Obama’s administration after Russia interfered within the 2016 presidential election.

Sullivan location oral arguments for July 16.

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Storm blasts central US with snow, ice and wind, killing 2

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MINNEAPOLIS — A storm system stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes buffeted the central U.S. with heavy winds, rain, hail and snow, forcing flight cancellations, creating treacherous road conditions and killing at least two people, including a sleeping 2-year-old Louisiana girl.

This photo provided by Nebraska State Patrol show stranded motorists on Interstate 80 near Sidney, Neb., Friday, April 13, 2018. A potent spring storm system that’s expected to persist through the weekend raked across the Midwest. (Nebraska State Patrol via AP)

In the upper Midwest, the early spring storm brought snow to a region pining for sunshine and warmth. More than 200 flights were canceled Saturday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and blizzard conditions forced the airport in South Dakota’s biggest city, Sioux Falls, to remain closed for a second straight day.

The Minnesota Twins home game against the Chicago White Sox at Target Field was also snowed out Saturday, marking the first back-to-back postponements of baseball games in the stadium’s nine seasons.

Authorities closed several highways in southwestern Minnesota, where no travel was advised, and driving conditions were difficult across the entire southern half of the state. The National Weather Service predicted that a large swath of southern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, would get 9 to 15 inches (23 to 38 centimeters) of snow by the time the storm blows through on Sunday, though only a few inches had fallen on the area as of midday Saturday.

“It’s a cool experience for me, the best Minneapolis experience,” said Niko Heiligman, of Aachen, Germany, who braved the snow to take a walk along the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis. “I’m only here for the weekend, so I guess that’s how it goes. There’s snow and it’s cold. So it’s good.”

A band of 6 to 18 inches (15 to 46 centimeters) had fallen by Saturday morning across central and northeastern Wisconsin, with another round on the way. A blizzard warning was issued for the northern half of Wisconsin, which was expected to get another 14 inches (36 centimeters) by Sunday evening. Winds as high as 55 mph caused blowing and drifting snow, along with ice shoves in Green Bay. The National Weather Service warned of potential coastal flooding along Lake Michigan. The storm system brought ice to southern Wisconsin. Some areas, including Fond du Lac and Sheboygan, are expected to get a quarter-inch of ice accumulation by Sunday morning.

Snow and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph (64 to 80 kph) were whipping through parts of South Dakota for a second-straight day Saturday, causing blizzard conditions that made travel all but impossible. While the blizzard warning was lifted in the western part of the state, it remained in effect for much of southern and eastern South Dakota. No travel was advised in Sioux Falls, where police said the blowing snow made it hard to see anything. Interstate 90 remained closed across the eastern half of South Dakota, from Vivian to Sioux Falls. I-29 remained closed from Sioux Falls north to Summit.

This photo provided by Nebraska State Patrol show stranded motorists including several trucks on Interstate 80 near Sidney, Neb., Friday, April 13, 2018. A potent spring storm system that’s expected to persist through the weekend raked across the Midwest. ( Nebraska State Patrol via AP)

Huron, an eastern South Dakota city of about 13,000 people, received 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow. The state’s second-largest city, Rapid City, got 9 inches (23 centimeters). The southeastern corner of the state was expected to get 8 to 12 inches (20 to 30 centimeters) of snow by Sunday morning. Winds remained strong, with gusts of 40 to 50 mph (64 to 80 kph).

The storm knocked out power to thousands of customers in Michigan, which was expected to get more snow and ice throughout the weekend. Western Michigan and the state’s Upper Peninsula were getting wind gusts of 50 mph (80 kph).

One of the two storm-related deaths occurred Friday on snow-covered Interstate 80 near Chappell in western Nebraska, where the State Patrol said an Idaho truck driver lost control of his semitrailer and slammed into a semi that had become stranded. Rollo Ward, 61, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died at the scene.

The other death happened early Saturday in northwestern Louisiana when a storm toppled a tree onto a mobile home in Haughton, killing a sleeping 2-year-old girl inside. Lt. Bill Davis of the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office said four adults and a 15-month-old child who were also in the recreational vehicle were not hurt.

In Arkansas, a tornado ripped through the tiny Ozark Mountain town of Mountainburg on Friday afternoon, injuring at least four people and causing widespread damage. Video showed uprooted trees, overturned cars, damaged buildings and downed power lines. In Conway, powerful winds damaged several buildings at the University of Central Arkansas on Friday, including the roof of a freshman dormitory that was evacuated. No injuries were reported.

The storm made its mark in Texas, too, where hail stones the size of hen eggs fell on areas south of Dallas and Fort Worth, said weather service meteorologist Patricia Sanchez. In Austin, high winds and rain downed tree limbs and lightning struck a couple of houses, but there was no major damage reported in the city, according to fire officials.

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From Troll Farm to Trump

Assessing the life of Russian troll posing as a far-right American

One of the most influential voices on the American far right in 2016–17 was actually Russian.

Over the course of little more than eighteen months, a Twitter account posing as an ultra-conservative American run from the notorious “troll factory” in St. Petersburg, Russia, was repeatedly quoted by the mainstream media, interacted with top officials, and may have fed disinformation to the Trump campaign.

The account was exposed thanks to a whistle-blower in Russia. There is no indication that any of the accounts with which it engaged knew its true origin. Thus, it would be wrong to point to it as evidence of any conscious collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. What its brief, but spectacular, life exposes is the ease with which genuine Trump supporters, the American media, and the administration itself, were fooled by an impersonator.

The case also underlines Russian operatives’ skill in achieving an impact at the highest levels — and evading detection for so long.

The account

The account known as @TEN_GOP claimed to be the “unofficial Twitter of Tennessee Republicans.” It has now been suspended, but archives of its profile remain, showing that it had 129,000 followers as of July 2017.

Screenshot from archive of the @TEN_GOP account. Archived on July 4, 2017. (Source: Twitter)

The account was both outspokenly pro-Trump and extremely well-connected. According to research by the Daily Beast, senior members of the Trump campaign including Kellyanne Conway and Donald J. Trump Jr. amplified its posts. As reported by Think Progress, Trump himself thanked its backup account, @10_gop, in a tweet on September 20.

Tweet from Trump replying to @10_GOP. Archived on October 18, 2017. (Source: Twitter)

In May 2017, @TEN_GOP repeatedly tweeted a link to an online petition on the White House’s We The People platform calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich. According to residual traces online, its posts were shared over 500 times.

Capture of tweets amplifying @TEN_GOP’s promotion of the petition. (Source: Twitter)

The petition was attributed to a user called “JF”; no further personal information was available online. The We The People petitions website does not require any personal information to register an account, making it unclear whether “JF” was an American.

Instructions for participation in the online petitions platform. (Source: petitions.WhiteHouse.gov)

It gathered just short of 70,000 signatures before the 30-day time limit expired — just under the 100,000 signatures required to trigger a response from the White House, but a significant number nonetheless. Kremlin supporters have regularly alleged that Rich leaked DNC emails in summer 2016, thus exculpating Russian hackers.

The page promoted by @TEN_GOP’s tweets. (Source: petitions.whitehouse.gov)

In fact, @TEN_GOP repeatedly insisted on the importance of such an investigation, as the below archived tweet shows.

(Source: archive.is)

Thus, @TEN_GOP was an active and aggressive member of the American far-right community, not only commenting on political issues, but steering internet users towards political action through the petitions page.

However, according to an investigation by Russian news outlet RBC published on October 17, based on information from a whistle-blower, @TEN_GOP was set up by the “troll factory” in St. Petersburg in order to comment on “political questions.”

Diagram showing the range of accounts on Facebook (dark blue) and Twitter (light blue) created by the troll factory. (Source: rbc.ru)

The revelation is remarkable. @TEN_GOP managed to masquerade as an American and unofficial organ of a major political party for over eighteen months, despite the fact that, according to Buzzfeed, the genuine Tennessee Republican party repeatedly complained about it. In that time, it built a powerful online following, interacted with senior Trump supporters and was widely quoted in the media.

Mainstream outlets including the Huffington Post and Washington Post quoted it as a conservative voice. Kremlin outlet RT quoted it on a range of issues, including denial of the claim that Russia interfered in the election, the Barcelona terror attack, a Trump threat against Toyota, and an attack on Clinton’s health.

Far-right American site InfoWars, itself known for spreading and amplifying false information, quoted the account on race trouble in Sweden, race relations in the United States, and, again, on its denial of the claim of Russian election interference. Breitbart and Fox News also quoted it repeatedly. Far-right activist Jack Posobiec complained when it was suspended and welcomed its successor, @ELEVEN_GOP.

It is unlikely that any of these sites were aware that @TEN_GOP was a Russian disinformation agent; little about the account’s behavior suggested its origin. What these citations show is the effectiveness with which the account managed to pose as a genuine voice on the American far right, and to fool far-right activists online.

Clinton, Blumenthal, and Benghazi

Much of @TEN_GOP’s commentary can be viewed as provocation or “triggering”, making aggressive comments in an apparent attempt to increase general divisions. Some was more active, such as its promotion of the petition.

On at least one occasion the account helped to spread specific disinformation about Clinton, which Trump ended up quoting just a few hours later.

On October 10, 2016, Wikileaks published the second in a batch of emails hacked from Clinton campaign manager John Podesta. The entire U.S. intelligence community concluded that the hacks were conducted by Russian intelligence.

One email was sent by Clinton advisor Sidney Blumenthal, and quoted a Newsweek article by Kurt Eichenwald on the death of four American diplomats in Benghazi which included the sentence:

“One important point has been universally acknowledged by the nine previous reports about Benghazi. The attack was almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect the United States personnel and an American consulate in Libya. If the GOP wants to raise that as a talking point against her, it is legitimate.”

Very quickly, a number of apparently far-right American accounts began tweeting this sentence, but mis-attributing them to Podesta himself in order to claim that Clinton’s own staff blamed her. Most of the accounts involved have since been suspended, but they have left traces. The posts began with @Republic2016, which tweeted the fake news with an image of the text with a very characteristic pattern of highlighting.

Screenshot of the @Republic2016 tweet. Archived on October 10, 2016. (Source: Twitter)

Like @TEN_GOP, @Republic2016 was highly active, aggressively anti-Clinton, and effectively anonymous; there is insufficient evidence to conclude whether it was another troll factory product or an American account.

The same image was uploaded to pro-Trump Reddit feed /r/the_donald, which served as one of the main focal points of online trolls.

The upload to Reddit. Note the pattern of highlighting. (Source: Reddit)

It was also tweeted by a user nicknamed “Microchip”, a known bot herder and troll, who has been repeatedly suspended from Twitter, but appeared inactive as of October 2017. (Its handle at the time was @WDFx2EU7.) This was the account which was most involved in sending the topic viral, picking up over 2,000 retweets in short order.

Screenshot of the tweet by “Microchip”, from a now-suspended account. Note the identical highlighting and the high number of retweets.

A few minutes after Microchip, @TEN_GOP tweeted a very similar message, linking to an image of the same quote.

Retweet of the @TEN_GOP tweet, posted to Facebook, and showing the text and link to image. (Source: Facebook)

The link has been deleted, but a Google image search for the shortened URL confirms that it was the same quote, with the same pattern of highlighting.

Results of Google image search for the shortened URL tweeted by @TEN_GOP; note the pattern of highlighting. (Source: Google)

As further confirmation, the investigative group Bellingcat confirmed the quotation shared by @TEN_GOP was the same as that shared by “Microchip”:

Screenshot from Bellingcat article on the spread of the Clinton / Benghazi claim; note the embedded tweet from @TEN_GOP and the phrase “with this quotation”. (Source: Bellingcat)

@Republic2016, “Microchip” and @TEN_GOP, who tweeted within a few minutes of one another, drove the Twitter traffic on the misattributed quote, which was then widely shared in far-right circles.

The false story broke into the mainstream a few hours later, when Trump interrupted himself at a rally in Wilkes-Barr, Pennsylvania, to read out the identical text, interspersed with comment, as transcribed by Politfact:

“ ‘The attack was almost certainly preventable’ — Benghazi. ‘Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect the United States personnel and an American consulate in Libya’ — he meant Benghazi. ‘If the GOP wants to raise that as a talking point against her, it is legitimate.’

At the time, Trump was incorrectly accused of taking the lines from Kremlin outlet Sputnik, after it wrote an article using the same quote; the Bellingcat article, cited above, was among the first to point out that Trump could equally have taken the lines from a tweet.

In fact, the Sputnik writer, who lost his job over the incident, subsequently stated that he took the quote from the @TEN_GOP tweet:

Extract from article in Paste magazine, showing the attribution of the Sputnik story to @TEN_GOP. (Source: PasteMagazine.com)

According to Politfact and Business Insider, both writing some days after the event, the Trump campaign did not reply when asked what the source for Trump’s misquote was.

Two questions

The identification of @TEN_GOP as run from the “troll factory” raises two questions. The first is: was it the source for Trump’s remarkable, and inaccurate, intervention in Pennsylvania? If so, it would mean the direct transmission of disinformation from the Russian troll factory to a presidential candidate (and future president).

This can only be answered by members of the Trump campaign. The open-source evidence indicates that @TEN_GOP could have been the source. As later events were to show, the account interacted with leading figures in the Trump campaign; it had thousands of followers, making it a significant voice on the far right. Even the Sputnik error singled it out as a source of some importance in the far-right community. All this makes it a plausible candidate.

However, the account is not the only one. The post on Reddit is one possibility; the tweet sent viral by “Microchip” is another. A number of other Twitter feeds on the American far right which picked up on “Microchip” may also have been involved. @TEN_GOP may have been the source, but need not have been.

Open sources cannot answer the question of where the Trump campaign found their quote, but they do provide enough evidence to make the question worth asking. Regardless of distribution chain from online virality to then-candidate Trump’s mouth, there is overwhelming evidence that the Russian troll farm, via @TEN_GOP and other accounts, either sourced the content or helped amplify it to viral status.

The second, and larger, question, is: how many more such accounts are still in operation? @TEN_GOP staved off all attempts to have it shut down over eighteen months, and built a huge following (although how many of those followers were bots is unclear). Moreover, while the account has been shut down, there is no indication that the person (or team) who ran it has. Indeed, backup accounts @10_GOP and @ELEVEN_GOP were reportedly set up, although these, too, are now suspended.

Again, this is not a question which can be answered yet. Anonymity on social media, especially Twitter, is still remarkably easy, and anonymous accounts can still enjoy remarkably high levels of trust. Many lessons need to be learned: by the media who quoted the account too credulously, by social-media users who shared its posts too blindly, and by the platforms themselves, as they consider their response to the challenges, not just of 2016, but of 2017, 2018, and beyond.

The success of @TEN_GOP should not be seen as cause to panic, still less to launch any ill-considered reaction; but it is a warning. A fake account run from Russia managed to pass itself off as an American, take a leading voice in domestic debates and, at least, interact with the president’s close aides. For the health of online debate, and the social-media platforms themselves, intensive work must be done to expose any other such accounts — and to develop policies for identifying and preventing them more effectively.

Ben Nimmo is Senior Fellow for Information Defense at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (@DFRLab).

Follow along for more in-depth analysis from our #DigitalSherlocks.

From Troll Farm to Trump was originally published in DFRLab on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Five days to celebrate Central, LR Nine

A guide to the coming events.

Events marking the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School by nine African-American schoolchildren started weeks ago, but here's what's happening in the five-day run-up to the commemoration ceremony on Sept. 25 and in days following.

THURSDAY 9/21

'Education by Design: The History and Design of Little Rock Central High School and Dunbar Jr./Sr. High School.' 6 p.m. Dunbar Magnet Middle School, 1100 Wright Ave., preceded by 5 p.m. reception at Pyramid Art, Books and Custom Framing, 1001 Wright Ave., and 5:50 p.m. unveiling of works by Dunbar and Central High School students in the Dunbar Sculpture Garden behind the school building. Free.

The architecture of the Central High School (opened in 1927) and Dunbar (1929) — both the work of Little Rock's Wittenberg and Deloney firm — and how the design was meant to meet educational goals will be the subject of this talk by Little Rock architect Kwendeche and architectural historian Mason Toms, design coordinator for Main Street Arkansas. The event is part of the June Freeman Lecture Series of the Architecture + Design Network and the University of Central Arkansas's "Imagine if Buildings Could Talk: Mapping the History of Little Rock Central High School" project. (See Sept. 23 and 24 events.)

FRIDAY 9/22

Performance by the CORE Dance Company. Noon-1 p.m. Arkansas Arts Center Atrium. Free.

CORE, the Atlanta-based dance company whose "Life Interrupted" work was about the internment of Japanese Americans in Arkansas camps during World War II, returns to Arkansas for more site-specific choreographed performances. At the Arts Center, the company will perform in conjunction with the exhibit "Will Counts: The Central High School Photographs," a collection of the famous shots photographic journalist in 1957, including his world-famous picture of Elizabeth Eckford being heckled by white students. The company, company will perform again at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at Central's Commemorative Garden.

'William Grant Still's Neglected Masterpiece "Troubled Island." ' 7 p.m. Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Free.

Opera in the Rock will perform William Grant Still's "Troubled Island," an opera in three acts about the Haitian revolution, with libretto by Langston Hughes and Verna Arvey. Still completed the opera in 1939; its world premiere was March 31, 1949. It ran only three nights; Still was told by a friend that the critics voted to pan the opera because "the colored boy has gone far enough." The composer, who was raised in Little Rock, was the first African-American to conduct a major U.S. orchestra (the Los Angeles Philharmonic). Another first: "Troubled Island" was the first grand opera by an African-American composer to be produced by a major American company, the New York City Opera. Vocalists performing this concert version of Still's opera are Ronald Jensen-McDaniel, Nisheedah Golden, Kenneth Gaddie, Satia Spencer, Candice Harris, Christopher Straw and LaSheena Gordon, with accompaniment by Janine Tiner. Earlier in the day, Arlene Biebesheimer, Opera in the Rock's Artistic Director, will talk about Still's work as part of a noontime "Lunch and Learn" session, also at Mosaic Templars, featuring a selection of recordings of Still's compositions.

Dedication of 'United' Sculpture 1:30 p.m., front lawn of Central High School. Free.

The 2016 Sculpture at the River Market Public Monument Competition donated this sculpture to Central High to mark the 60th anniversary of its desegregation. The work, "United," by Colorado Springs sculptor Clay Enoch, features two figures facing one another and holding incomplete rings. The unjoined rings indicate that there is still progress to be made in race relations, the artist says.

'Civil Twilight: Reflections on Fear, Courage and Resilience,' open rehearsal. 5-7 p.m. Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Commemorative Garden, 2120 Daisy L. Bates Drive. Free.

The CORE Performance Company has created a dance/spoken word event, in collaboration with local poets Leron McAdoo and Marcus Montgomery and the Central High Wrighteous Poetry Club to commemorate the desegregation of Central. This is an open rehearsal; the main performance will be at 6 p.m. Sept. 24, as part of the ACANSA Arts Festival.

Central High Tigers Football Game 7 p.m. Quigley Stadium.

The Tigers take on North Little Rock Wildcats.

SATURDAY 9/23

March for Education 8 a.m. from the "Testament" sculpture of the Little Rock Nine on the grounds of the state Capitol to Central High.

The march, sponsored by HAD2 motivational company, is designed to highlight the connection between the Capitol and the school.

Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Festival, "The Power of Us through Community, History, and Art." 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dunbar Magnet School, 1100 Wright Ave. Free.

This third annual festival, sponsored by the Dunbar Historic Neighborhood Association, features a health fair, children's activities, Zumba with Miss Lady Magazine, 3 on 3 basketball tournament, Dunbar history exhibit, Dunbar garden tours, Horace Mann alumni oral histories, a poetry slam, an "Old Town Motown Social," food and more.

'Reflections of Progress' symposium 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Clinton Presidential Center Great Hall. Free.

Circuit Judge Wiley A. Branton Jr., son of the civil rights leader who led desegregation efforts in the 1940s and beyond in Arkansas, is the opening speaker in this symposium in which panels will discuss the events leading up to the 1957 crisis, the "Lost Years" of 1957-1959, and 1959 to present.

'Imagine the Inclusive School of the Future Art Contest' 9:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Central High Visitor Center. Free.

Juried exhibit of work by students in grades 6-12 at Bryant High School, Conway High School, Episcopal Collegiate School, Lake Hamilton High School, Lisa Academy, Central High, Pulaski Heights Middle School, Southside High School (Fort Smith) and St. Joseph Catholic School (Paris), sponsored by the University of Central Arkansas's College of Fine Arts and Communication.

'A Day of Remembrance: The 60th Commemoration of the Desegregation Crisis at Little Rock Central High School.' 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Hampton Building, 1102 Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive.

Bi-annual youth summit sponsored by the John Cain Foundation and the New Africa Alliance with presentations by poet Chris James and others.

Moncrief Institute for College and Career Readiness Forum Noon-2 p.m. Mosaic Templars Cultural Center.

Former Razorback basketball star Sidney Moncrief's nonprofit Moncrief Game Changer will lead Q&A and small group discussions on banking, education, insurance, entrepreneurship and other topics with high school and college students. Lunch will be served. Registration required; email moncrief04@gmail.com.

Central High School Architectural History Bus Tours Noon-5:30 p.m. Central High Visitor Center. Tickets free; reserve by calling 450-3451.

See and hear about important sites and their architectural styles in the Central High neighborhood, from the homes of Ernest Green and Daisy and L.C. Bates to the historic Magnolia/Mobil service station across from Central High and more. Buses leave at on the hour from noon to 4 p.m. for the 90-minute tours, developed by historians Dr. Kimberly Little of UCA and Mark Christ and Kylee Cole of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Repeated at same hours Sunday, Sept. 24.

High school and college student ensemble performances Noon-6 p.m. Magnolia/Mobil service station. Free.

High school and college student singers will fill the outdoor stage at the restored gas station across from Central High, a project coordinated by UCA and the Oxford American Literary Protect. Hear the UCA Dixieland Band at noon; the Mann Middle School Band, 1 p.m.; the Dunbar Middle School Band, 2 p.m.; the North Little Rock High School Band, 3 p.m.; the Parkview Jazz Band, 4 p.m.; and the Central High School Band, 5 p.m.

'Imagine the Inclusive School of the Future' award ceremony 4-5 p.m. Central High Visitor Center. Free.

While the students sing at the Magnolia/Mobil station outside, winning artworks in the exhibition, sponsored by UCA, will be announced. Show continues through 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24.

Oxford American Jazz Series: 'No Tears Suite' 6 p.m. Magnolia/Mobil Station Station. Free.

This 30-minute jazz ensemble "pop-up" concert features pianist Little Rock Chris Parker's composition, inspired by Melba Pattillo Beals' memoir "Warriors Don't Cry" about her experience as one of the Little Rock Nine. Local jazz artists joining Parker for the performance are: bassist Bill Huntington, drummer Brian Blade, tenor saxophonist Bobby LaVell, trumpeter Marc Franklin, alto saxophonist Chad Fowler and vocalists Kelley Hurt and I/J. Routen. Following the suite's premiere, the ensemble will take on works by Pharoah Sanders, Charles Mingus, John Stubblefield and Sam Rivers.

'Imagine if Buildings Could Talk' video projection and music 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Central High School façade.

Imagine, if you can, a video projected on the school's facade that uses special effects to transform the entrance with vivid color, animates the statues over the front entrance (representing ambition, personality, opportunity and preparation), and projects historic photographs from 1957 along with visions of the future. Better, go see Scott Meadors' 9-minute 3D mapped video, which will be projected in loops over the evening, with music composed by percussionist Blake Tyson. Both are professors at UCA. (Teaser at renderwalk.wordpress.com.) Repeated at the same times on Sunday, Sept. 24.

'Mavis Staples Live.' 7-9 p.m. Robinson Center. $45-$65, available through Ticketmaster.

Mavis Staples has been singing about civil rights, Jesus and what it means to an African-American in the South since she was a child in Mississippi. She went on to fame as part of the Staple Singers with her father, Pops Staples, and siblings, and because of that fame, her website tells us, they weren't lynched when they were falsely accused of a robbery at a West Memphis gas station — the police chief recognized them. Stax-era recordings "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself" and her moving "Down in Mississippi" bring down any house; she's an artist you've got to see and if her rousing concert at Christ Church Episcopal in 2013 was any indication, she's still got it in spades. Before Mavis comes on, a community choir will set the joyful mood. The event is a fundraiser for the Little Rock Nine Foundation, a mentorship program for young people.

SUNDAY 9/24

ACANSA gospel brunch 11 a.m. Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road. $45.

The 100-voice-strong, award-winning St. Mark Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir will perform; ticket price includes brunch. (See the ACANSA schedule for more information.)

'Children of the Little Rock Nine,' a panel discussion 3 p.m.-5 p.m., Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave.

Children of the Nine will take the spotlight as they talk about their parents' role in the 1957 crisis impacted their lives. The event is co-sponsored by the Clinton School for Public Service and the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.

Interfaith service 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Robinson Center.

Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was baptized and ordained, and other faith leaders will lead a service featuring readings from the Bible, the Mishnah Sanhedrin and the Quran. A community choir led by Darius Nelson of St. Mark Baptist Church and Kyle Linson of First United Methodist Church will sing.

'Civil Twilight: Reflections on Fear, Courage and Resilience.' 6 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Commemorative Garden, 2120 W. Daisy Gatson Bates Drive.

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and "Little Rock Nine" opera composer Tania Leon will make remarks at dance/spoken word event with CORE Performance Company (see Sept. 22 entry.)

Complexions Contemporary Ballet 8 p.m., UA Little Rock Center for Performing Arts. $35 ($15 student, military).

Founded in 1994 by two former members of the Alvin Ailey, Complexions is a diverse, experimental company that has performed worldwide. (See the ACANSA Arts Festival schedule for more information.)

MONDAY 9/25

Commemoration ceremony 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Central High School's Roosevelt Thompson Auditorium. Registration required; go to the ceremony link at centralhigh60th.org.

President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker and the eight living members of the Little Rock Nine have been asked to share their thoughts at this event, held 60 years to the day that the Nine entered Central High School. The auditorium is at capacity, but will be broadcast on monitors in the school's Matthews Gymnasium. Other participants will include Harvard professor and historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., who will give a lecture later in the evening; Governor Hutchinson; Cameron Sholley of the National Park Service; Mayor Mark Stodola; City Manager Bruce Moore; Central High Principal Nancy Rousseau and the student body presidents of LRSD high schools. The Philander Smith College Choir will perform. Parking will be at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds, and a shuttle will be provided.

'Mind Blazin' forum Noon-1:30 p.m. Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Free, reserve at mosaictemplarscenter.com.

Luncheon and forum on educational and social disparities in Little Rock facilitated by poet and public school advocate LeRon McAdoo and his wife, Central High communications instructor Stacy McAdoo.

'Teach Us All' 6 p.m. Riverdale 10 VIP Theater.

The Netflix documentary "Teach Us All," its premiere timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Central's desegregation, examines educational inequality in Little Rock and America then and now using the crisis at Central High as a framework. The film addresses the LRSD's takeover and asks, "60 years later, how far have we come — or not come — and where do we go from here?" The film was directed by Sonia Lowman, produced by the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes and distributed by ARRAY, the film collective that heightens awareness of people of color and women directors.

TUESDAY 9/26

'Sounds in the Stacks' 6:30 p.m. Fletcher Library, 823 N. Buchanan St. Free.

Piano and sax duo Robert "Frisbee" Coleman and son Franko Nilsson Coleman will perform as a part of the Central Arkansas Library System's Arkansas Sounds project.

WEDNESDAY 9/27

'A Conversation on Education in Arkansas with Commissioner Johnny Key and Dean Skip Rutherford.' Noon. Sturgis Hall, Clinton School for Public Service. Free

Rutherford, dean of the Clinton School, will interview state Department of Education Commissioner Key. Question No. 1: How can the state justify the takeover of a school district with 50 schools because six were out of compliance? No. 2. When with the state return the Little Rock School District to Little Rock? No. 3. Why does he limit conversation with the public to forums like this one? Et cetera.

Jazz in the Park: Rodney Block 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. History Pavilion, Riverfront Park.

Free jazz concert by trumpeter Rodney Block, the final park concert of the season.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters Toast and Roast of Darrin Williams Sr. 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Metroplex Event Center. $200-$3,000.

Former Central High School student body president and state Rep. Darrin Williams of Little Rock, the CEO of Southern Bancorp, will be honored. The annual fundraiser benefits the Big Brothers/Big Sisters' work with children in need.

Five days to celebrate Central, LR Nine

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