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Match Review: Everton Women 0-2 Manchester United Women

Another league cup game, another league cup win.

Where to begin on this one. It was a better game than the Leicester match, with a rotated team. I don't know Everton well enough to know how much they rotated - but they certainly weren't as resilient as the Foxes.

A goalmouth scramble in the 15th minute saw United take the lead, with a claim from Melvine Malard for the last touch but an official ruling of an own goal by Everton keeper Courtney Brosnan.

Brosnan struggled with aerial threats for large parts of the game, which is inevitable versus Williams and Malard up top, but for all that she grew into the match... you don't stop Maya Le Tissier hitting an absolute thunderfuck shot into the top bins. LORDY was that a hit.

Literally like watching prime Scholesy, just absolutely boshed high and in the corner.

With the men's side, we've queried people buckling under pressure when being made captain, or falling short of duties. For Maya, it seems like the missing piece of the puzzle. She has been sensational so far this season.

United were on the whole a lot more dangerous in this game than last, with 16 shots and 7 on target - far less hit & hope than vs Leicester City. Possession was also heavily in United's favour - 65/35 respectively. Passing accuracy... I would have liked to have seen. I think United have been wasteful with the double DM picks, so to see a deeper Miyazawa and Emma Watson in CAM... it would have been nice to see how we fared. Is the dog-leg 10-8-6 triad better than two 6s and a 10 for the passing and possession? Is Skinner too cautious, or right to respect opponents whilst using overlapping full backs?

Debuts for Emma Watson and LB Jess Simpson (pictured above in a Saf/Leah sandwich) were nice touches, and well deserved. Both have suffered with injury, as have Leah and Anna Sandberg. A start for Hayley Ladd was also welcome. All played pretty well too - Watson is more CAM than RW where she drifted late on, but maybe it was the knock to the leg she took that hindered that comfort. Otherwise all were solid in their respective duties.

I would have liked to have seen Lucy Newell get some minutes however; she wasn't on the bench, but did Dominque Janssen need more time when we subbed the likes of Geyse to rest them? Contradictory behaviour. Dom is reliable but it would have been a good test of young talent, and Lucy has shone with both England and with West Bromwich Albion Women - her childhood team whose academy she rose through. Use her or loan her. Don't alienate her. We run the risk of losing Grace Clinton as is, and she was a similar hot prospect youth signing who, with loans, excelled. Minutes matter.

Next up for United is that hard, overdue tie away at Chelsea on Sunday - noon kickoff. We cannot afford to lose if we're serious about bagging a European spot. We have to fight for something.

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endless list of my favourite couples:

22. Kate & Richard (the love punch)

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lol that’s fair.

They did try with Kathy Bates in the Matlock reboot. But it was awful. I felt bad for Kathy that the show was that bad. Under better writers it could have worked.

And I appreciate they tried to bring in a Black lead for the Ironside reboot. But again, it was awful.

They need to stop rebooting these shows and create new fun murder mysteries with people over 55. And character actors we’ve all loved who have sadly been forgotten.

Richard Dean Anderson would be fun! Sam Jackson would be spectacular. With the right scripts, Eddie Murphy could do it. Forest fucking Whittaker would be BRILLIANT. Lawrence Fishburn. Sigourney Weaver. Jeff Bridges. Morris Chestnut would be fabulous. Gabriel Union. Julie Walter. Kurt Russell. Mary J Blige. Goldie Hawn. Helen Mirren. Candice Bergen. Diane Keaton. Ted Danson. Christine Baranski. John Goodman. Dan Ackroyd. Mary Steenburgen. Pierce Brosnan. Denzel. Kim Cattrall. Jamie Lee Curtis. Emma fucking Thompson. Hell, even Rosie O'Donnell.

Every one of these-- with the right setting, the right studio, and the right writers would be absolutely brilliant. We have so many actors who are incredibly talented and could 100% be the next Columbo or Jessica Fletcher.

Don't fucking reboot them. Give them the honour of being the NEWEST best one, not trying to live up to someone else's shadow.

You know, it's genuinely sad to me that aging favourite character actors no longer have any fun murder-mystery tv shows to guest-star as murders on.

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Review: Wicked (Part One)

Fellow Ozians...I am happy to report that as of five hours ago (yeah, it took me over four hours to write and edit this!!), my mother and I have seen the film adaptation of the first act of the Broadway musical Wicked! I have been both so excited and anxious anticipating this movie ever since it was first announced -- that excitement rose to a fever pitch seeing the footage released to the public, and at long last, I've finally seen the full movie!!

For those of you who wish a spoiler-free review, I will just say this film surpassed all of my expectations. And my expectations almost had to be high for something inspired by a beloved film like The Wizard of Oz, let alone for a musical that is so dear to my heart. This movie celebrated and embraced all of what Oz is -- not just the Schwartz musical, but the original book, the Maguire novel, and the 1939 classic -- while still bringing a fresh, new, and different kind of color to the material that makes it stand apart on its own merits. Its messages were timely, its visuals were incredible, and the level of talent in every conceivable area from casting to costume and scenic design is in the stratosphere. This film truly defied gravity...and everyone, theater fan or not, needs to see this.

For those of you who want to read a more comprehensive, spoilerific review, check under the cut! 💚

The Good!

+Maybe it's appropriate that we start the "good" section with our Good Witch, Ariana Grande as Glinda. I have to admit, I was initially skeptical when I heard she'd been cast, as I was afraid that she -- like Emma Watson, Pierce Brosnan, and Russell Crowe before her -- had been chosen for the part for her fame and not for her appropriateness for the role. After all, my main frame of reference for Ariana Grande was as a very talented mezzo-range pop singer with a great belt who often didn't enunciate her words very well. I had no idea if she could play a role that was designed for Kristen Chenoweth, the quintessential over-the-top, comedic first soprano. Thankfully after seeing the released clip of What is This Feeling?, all of my worries were laid to rest, and after seeing this film? Quite frankly, Ariana ate and left no crumbs with this performance. Her vocal range was only matched by both her comedic timing and sympathetic performance. Throw verbal slings and arrows at me if you want, but I actually think Ariana even did better than Kristen Chenoweth did in making Glinda a relatable character, rather than just a punchline. Glinda's resentment of Elphaba's relationship with Madame Morrible and longing to prove herself to the sorceress was really well accented here, and the instant regret Glinda feels upon learning Elphaba stuck her neck out for her with Madame Morrible and yet was just about to enter the Ozdust dressed in the "ugly" hat Glinda gave her was palpable. More excellent acting from Ariana came in the opening scene where Glinda returns to Munchkinland, and you can see the visible flickers of pain in her expression seeing everyone rant about how no one will mourn "the Wicked Witch" and the Munchkins pulling the wooden witch set to be burned into the town square. I always felt this subtext before while listening to the song and seeing the musical, but I felt Ariana embraced the interpretation I'd always had in my head that when Glinda sings of how "the Wicked's lives are lonely" and when the Munchkins sing that "the Wicked cry alone," Glinda envisioned herself as the truly wicked one...because now, in this moment, the two most important people in her life are gone, and she's left to mourn them alone, with no one else likely ever to know her suffering.

+Ah, but yes, I can't talk about our Good Witch without bringing up our "Bad Witch," Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. I never had any doubts about Cynthia's casting after seeing her performance in the biopic Harriet and hearing her sing in the revival cast for The Color Purple, and as I knew she would be, she was absolutely fan-friggin'-tastic. Elphaba has been one of my favorite Broadway musical characters from the time I was in middle school, and Cynthia just brought so much passion, courage, sass, and compassion out of her. It just made me fall in love with Elphie all over again. When I was young, there was a period where I stopped singing solos in public -- it was right around the time when my voice changed, and to top it off, I'd had my self-confidence completely eroded by a Severus-Snape-esque Drama teacher, so I really wasn't up for putting myself out there for people to judge me. Point being, the very first song I sang at an audition in high school after this stretch was The Wizard and I, which was the one song that I identified with more than any other at that particular time in my life. Cynthia's performance of The Wizard and I brought all of those wonderful, soaring feelings rushing back to me -- I wanted to just throw my arms out and sing along with her at the top of my lungs. And yet no matter how good that performance was, it paled in the face of her finale, Defying Gravity. My GOD, GIRL!! Admittedly half of what made it so strong was Cynthia's heartbreaking performance as Elphaba realizing her whole image of the Wizard was a lie and that powerful righteous anger that bubbled up in response to it, but her vocal performance cannot be understated. I've listened to the CD track of Cynthia singing Defying Gravity a good five times just while typing this out, and I swear, my heart takes flight every time I reach the end.

+I have to put a separate bullet point attached to both of the prior ones just to point and scream at the amazing chemistry these two actresses had throughout the entire film. The casting of Elphaba and Glinda in particular is so crucial that anything wrong with their performers, either as individuals or as a pair, would've sunk the entire project. But in every single scene these two women were in, they both stole the show. They were peers and equals in every sense of the word. I never once felt like Cynthia was overshadowing Ariana or vice-versa -- they both shone like stars, separately AND together, and their rivalry-turned-friendship came across so believably. One of the single biggest changes I loved was in the Ozdust Ballroom scene when Elphaba starts dancing. In the show, it's oddly silent and uncomfortable, with Elphaba just looking weird as everyone stares at her, but in the movie, there's much more of a hostile, bullying air to how everyone surrounds her. There's actual mocking in their body language and lines, and yet Elphaba knows she can't run off crying: she's fenced in by this bubble her classmates have formed around her. So she just grits her teeth and dances to no music, pretending she doesn't care -- and so Glinda, rather than just stepping in and acting weird herself so as to show support, is also standing up to the others bullying her. Her "friends" even tell Glinda to stop and she says no. She isn't just using her own popularity as a shield around Elphaba -- she's really sticking her neck out, potentially sacrificing her own dignity and respect from everyone in the future, the way Elphaba stuck her neck out for her with Madame Morrible. Glinda had always envied Elphaba for being in the sorcerer's seminar, but Elphaba was willing to put that on the line for Glinda's sake -- now Glinda is willing to give up the social acceptance Elphaba had always envied on the line for Elphaba's sake. I believed that Elphaba and Glinda truly loved each other in this film. Without that, this film would never have succeeded.

+I have to give a nod to Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero too. Fiyero quite frankly is a character that I feel needs a really good actor to play him, because truthfully he gets much, MUCH less development than either of his female co-stars. In the wrong hands, Fiyero can come across as too much of a "boy toy" that Glinda and Elphaba fight over and that Elphaba gets as a "prize" over the more popular and traditionally feminine Glinda because she's "not like other girls." But in this film, Jonathan and the screenwriters did a nice job accenting how Fiyero -- unlike a lot of the student body of Shiz -- approaches Elphaba with no preconceptions. Elphaba's immediately defensive about her "verdigris" when meeting Fiyero, and he's just like "*shrug*" Later on, after Elphaba is "Galindafied," Fiyero tells her she doesn't have to act like that. And finally, when Elphaba puts everyone to sleep with the poppies (BEST! CHANGE! EVER, OH MY FRIGGIN' GOD, THAT IS GENIUS, WHAT AN AMAZING HOMAGE TO THE ORIGINAL BOOK AND FILM, WHY THE HELL DIDN'T THE OG MUSICAL DO THAT?!), Fiyero is the one who immediately busts out the lion cub and proposes setting him free. Yeah -- FIYERO does it! NOT Elphaba! AND THAT IS PERFECTION! Why? Because Fiyero is the rule breaker. He's the one who's been kicked out of multiple schools, the one who thinks nothing matters. Elphaba is the one -- at this point anyway -- who has always tried to color inside the lines: to be the dutiful older sister, to be the star student, to prove herself as worthy to Madame Morrible and the Wizard. And all of this is why Elphaba finds Fiyero attractive!! In the musical, this element can so often get lost -- oftentimes there's so much focus on why Fiyero chooses Elphaba over Glinda, but not nearly enough on why Elphaba loves Fiyero. And to soften this love triangle's edges further, Fiyero honestly never acts likes he's that romantically into Glinda. He doesn't actually act that romantically interested in anyone besides Elphaba, because in the beginning, he's so locked in his "nothing matters but knowing nothing matters" chain of thinking that he's sort of just breezing through and flirting casually with everyone. (As a side, Fiyero may have never been straight in either the musical or book, but here? This boy is a pansexual icon and I stan him so hard.) But yeah, Fiyero is kind of taken out of his laidback, playfully nihilist fog by Elphaba, and that's ultimately why he becomes smitten with her. He's not choosing Elphaba over Glinda, because truly, Fiyero never actively chose Glinda. He was kind of just shrugging through the whole "You're perfect; you're perfect; so we're perfect together" bit. But with Elphaba, she got him to care. She got him to engage, and think, and feel things strongly, and honestly give a damn about both himself and the real world for once. And Fiyero's display of this by wearing a poppy in remembrance of both Dr. Dillamond and the memory of bonding with Elphaba and then giving it to her before she left was really tactfully done.

+I bet you're thinking I'm going to talk about the Wizard or Madame Morrible next, but you're wrong! I'm actually going to talk about Dr. Dillamond. I completely forgot that Dillamond was voiced by Peter Dinklage until I saw the credits, but DAMN, were Dillamond's scenes powerful in this. Obviously Dinklage is a talented actor, and that helps, but there were also some really good new additions to the script in his scenes that just put them over the top. The first big change that I really like is that the song Something Bad -- a song I quite honestly never liked that much, compared to the rest of the soundtrack -- had its context changed from Dillamond talking to Elphaba alone in his classroom to a private meeting in his home with other Animals. To be honest, the original scene in the musical always felt a bit forced since I had trouble seeing a stately, sophisticated professor and mentor like Dr. Dillamond talking to Elphaba like she was a peer and confiding his fears about the growing fascistic state to one of his students. In this case, though, Elphaba merely overhears him talking with other adult Animals and then talks to Dillamond about it afterward, which makes much more sense. The song was also changed so that Dillamond now only lets out a "baa" by accident at the end, rather than twice, which makes it much more chilling, whereas in the original musical, it's played as both eerie and a little bit funny. But yeah, other additions include one of the Animals talking about leaving now while they still have a voice and Elphaba getting angry at her fellow classmates when they're not even going to say anything after Dillamond got ushered out...even earlier, near the very beginning of the movie, we see after Elphaba loses control of her powers that the carved image of the Wizard was put up to cover a collection of scholarly-looking Animals...and yeah, considering our current political climate, this couldn't be more relevant. I'm so friggin' delighted that a movie musical has decided to lampshade its relevant messages and themes for a change, rather than blatantly ignore them. *side-eyes the HELL out of Beauty and the Beast (2017)*

+Okay, okay, NOW I'll talk about the Wizard. I immediately loved the casting of Jeff Goldblum in the part, given that he does have that kind of approachable, adorkable quality despite being an older man, and given how many Apartments.Com commercials I've seen him in, I knew he could play a salesman, which is exactly what the Wizard is at his core. Goldblum did such a great job playacting as this artsy, paternal "Uncle Walt" showman-type who's become so eccentric and lonely because of the role he's placed himself in, but (unlike Elphaba) is not willing to sacrifice that role and the worship and acclaim he receives through it, even if it means he'll never be truly himself or loved for who he is. If anything, he's willing to double-down on that role and tell even bigger and more damaging lies just to hold onto the conditional "love" of Oz's people. His little replica of Oz with the TBD-colored brick road leading to the Emerald City was such a cool idea, as was his little replica of both himself and Elphaba, which I really hope will be played up for angst in the second part. >D Another great element of the Wizard in this film -- that yes, was largely from the stage musical but was plused so much here -- is that the Wizard's "magic" is in truth very mechanical. His mask is controlled by levers and gears; his model is full of electric lights; his entire Emerald City, in fact, is filled with electric lights. In truth the Wizard's "magic" is only a cold imitation, his servile monkey soldiers are all identical in appearance, and all of this comes from the mind of a man from a patriarchal, colorless world that's nothing like our beautiful, untamed Oz. This makes a perfect contrast for Elphaba, whose magic is borne of her intense compassion and righteous anger on behalf of the Animals of Oz. It is truly nature and traditional femininity at war with machinery and toxic masculinity.

+The supporting cast all around was pretty damn good. I might have one nitpick below, but acting-wise, everyone had amazing chemistry, and the script really did its best to add more material for all of the major relationships that still felt very true to the original musical. We see more of Elphaba and Nessarose's childhood, building up that there were good times and that some of Elphaba's "outbursts" were in defense of Nessa (which is something great to accent in Elphaba's character!! That her power often comes from righteous anger not for her own sake, but others!). We see Elphaba helping Dr. Dillamond pick up a broken vase of poppies and replant them after his interrupted lesson, touching both on why Dillamond takes a liking to her enough to trust her with his worries about Oz and on Elphaba's inherent compassion for the struggles of Animals. We see Morrible and Elphaba practicing magic together, with Morrible deliberately trying to encourage Elphaba's righteous anger, which ends up being the key to unlocking her powers. We see Boq not being the least bit uncomfortable about or coddling around Nessarose despite her being in a wheelchair, even while he's so clearly just spending time with her because Glinda asked him to, which explains part of why Nessa takes to Boq so much.

+On that note, I L-O-V-E how the filmmakers depicted Nessarose!! One of the aspects of this musical that has not held up over time is their rather ableist depiction of Elphaba's younger sister. In the original musical, Nessa's frailty and helplessness is emphasized just about every time she appears, from Elphaba originally being ordered to board with Nessa like a servant so she can tend to her to Boq just twirling her around to simulate dancing with her at the Ozdust. But here, Nessa has agency -- she wanted to "start over" at Shiz without Elphaba or her father around, and she starts up a conversation with some other students immediately after arriving. Elphaba's outburst in the musical was initially a bout of over-protectiveness in response to Nessa being taken out of her care, but here, it's Elphaba standing up for her sister after the headmistress tries to wheel her chair away without Nessa's consent and despite Nessa's objections. Sure, there's some tension between Nessa and Elphaba, and obviously there's a lot of favoritism by their father toward Nessa, but the film accents how sympathetic Nessa is, rather than how fragile she is. And to top it all off, they cast Marissa Bode, an actress who actually uses a wheelchair in real life, to play Nessa!! In just about all productions of the original musical, Nessa has been played by abled actresses who used a wheelchair as a prop, rather than as a real mobility aid, and this change is so beyond refreshing.

+The design of the practical sets in this film is -- for lack of a better word -- breathtaking. The level of detail, the mix of influences, the use of color and texture...all of this could only come from people at the absolute top of their field. And yet these choices were not skin-deep -- sure, it looked pretty, but there was function and feeling to every visual. From the stained glass reflecting different colors onto Elphaba's face when she dreamed over the Wizard "degreenifying" her to the old world influences in Shiz University's architecture emphasizing its age and elegance to the little circular window in the cafeteria door creating a "halo" around Glinda's head in What is This Feeling? to the swanky, illicit Ozdust ballroom being literally "underground" by being hidden under a lake full of fish...this all took a lot of vision and thought, and the finished result tickles both the creative and intellectual side of one's brain. I honestly can't wait to listen to audio commentaries from the scenic and costume designers about their creative processes for this film.

+Oh yeah, and can we talk about the costumes?! Obviously yeah, they look really pretty and it's clear that a lot of good materials and a healthy budget went into their creation (which is so refreshing *eyes TF out of Disney again because seriously WTF is up with the new live-action Snow White's cheap-ass Halloween costumes?*), but there's also so much character put into the costume design, even in the most minor, bit-part characters. One of my favorite aspects is how the Shiz students have a standard color palette (blue/gold/gray), but they can mix and match costume pieces to make everyone more of an individual. There are skirts, pants, shorts, pants with a half-skirt on the side, skirts with pants underneath, skirts with tights, sweaters, jackets, vests, hats, scarves, glasses, colorful socks, trainers, heels, Mary Janes...everyone can be comfortable and make their own statement about the character they play, even if they have no real lines, and I just LOVE that!! It accents all the more how Oz should be a very diverse and colorful place, and yet it's currently persecuting and marginalizing the Animals that once helped make it so diverse and colorful.

+The DANCING, HOLY FRIGGIN' SHEEZ. What is This Feeling? is where it shone the most, but I still have to scream about it, because the whole sequence is just so unbelievably good. The integration of step dance gave the whole number such an amazing rhythmic quality, almost making the ensemble the glue that sews Glinda and Elphaba's rivalry together. And yeah, from an allegorical sense, that's ingenious! Because think about it -- Elphaba wouldn't resent Glinda so much if she wasn't so universally praised and beloved by the public at large, while Glinda wouldn't feel she has so much to prove and feel like Elphaba is stealing her thunder and spotlight if it weren't for society's expectations. I was actually really bummed to find out the step dance rhythm isn't in the recording found on the Wicked film CD, because that element added so much to my love of the sequence. The dance choreography in the other scenes was impressive too, I just really had to gush about that main one.

+I knew this film wanted to do justice to the original musical, but I had no concept of just how much it would pay loving homage to the 1939 film and the Oz books too!! This film leans into the dark tone of Maguire's original novel more than the original musical ever did, especially in its political messaging -- I'm sorry, I don't see the musical ever having the Munchkins haul out a wooden witch figure to burn in effigy, and not just because doing so on stage would be dangerous. Besides that, though, we have some of the credits using the same font as the original Wizard of Oz's title screen; Glinda at one point yanking out some "ruby slippers" for Elphaba to try on in the Popular sequence; Elphaba smuggling the lion cub out of school on a bike that looks suspiciously like Miss Gulch's; and at the end of The Wizard and I, we see the Deadly Desert that surrounds Oz (referenced in the books), as well as a rainbow in the far-off distance! Oh, yeah, and did I mention that Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel have cameos during One Short Day and they actually take a moment to embrace the girls playing their respective parts?! My heart!!

The Not-So-Good...

+There were a few points where I felt the music was stretched out a bit too much, just for the sake of either showing off the singer's voice and/or sets and costumes or for the sake of being different. I get changing the end of What is This Feeling? because you're trying to surprise your audience and any fans of Wicked will know how the original song goes, but there was no need to stretch out Popular with two extra "la la la la"s before the grand ending. I also feel the break in One Short Day with Kristen and Idina did go on too long -- as happy as I was to see them, that kind of cameo is best done in moderation, especially when one considers anyone watching this either now or in the future who don't know who the hell either woman is.

+Compared to their co-stars, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible was the weak link singing-wise. She played the role superlatively from an acting perspective, and to be fair Madame Morrible is more of an acting part than a singing part in the musical, but compared to Cynthia, Ariana, Peter Dinklage or even Jeff Goldblum, her singing voice just wasn't on pier with her acting.

+Although the film decided to show Elphaba's childhood, which was yet another great idea, it missed out on the opportunity presented to them to introduce the Wizard supposedly being able to read the Grimmerie and being the Chosen One of the narrative earlier on. As devastating as it was for Elphaba to learn the truth about the Wizard not being able to cast magic or read the Grimmerie in the film, it would've been so much worse if the film established that this narrative was such a lucrative and prevalent lie that even children were indoctrinated in it.

Yeah, that's really all I can conjure up in regards to critiques! This film truly was an amazing, beautimous ride, and I loved every minute of it! Please, do yourself a favor and go watch this film! Watch it multiple times! I sure intend to! We need films like this -- ones with powerful, timely themes, chock-full of talented performers, and meticulously crafted by passionate artists that aren't afraid to buck convention. We don't have to accept limits because someone says they're so, and this film knows that. Big-budget movie musicals rarely make bank and almost never live up to their source material, and yet this film is proving this preconception wrong. That deserves to be celebrated! Celebrate it with your money at the box office, and let's shake things up in Hollywood! Let's prove that we don't want an artificial imitation of magic, but something real. Something with real sets, real vision, and real talent -- like this film. Jon M. Chu, I look forward to seeing the second part of this masterpiece next November, but in the meantime, I hope you know your future is unlimited! And to all of you, "thank goodness" you stuck with me this long to read all this...now please, fly off to your closest theater and watch Wicked! You won't regret it!!

Overall Grade: A+

[pop-pop-pop-popculture]

My Favorite 2023 Met Gala Outfits

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*this is out of random order!!!!*

Jenna Ortega

Rihanna

Gigi Hadid

Anne Hathaway

Aubrey Plaza

Elle Fanning

Keely Shaye Smith-Brosnan

Sean “Diddy” Combs

Olivia Rodrigo, much to my surprise

Teyana Taylor

Rita Ora

Ben Platt

Stormyz

Whitney Peak

Penelope Cruz

Russell Westbrook

Stephanie Hsu

Quannah Chasinghorse

Serena Williams

Barry Keoghan

Halle Bailey

Angèle

Nicola Peltz Beckham

Maya Penn (simple yet elegant, and gorgeous!)

Karen Elson

Stella McCartney

Baz Luhrmann

Maya Hawke

Catherine Martin

Alexa Chung

Joan Smalls

Ava Max

Imaan Hammam

Amber Valletta

Vittoria Ceretti

Labrinth

Jennie Kim

Pusha T

Ke Huy Quan

Usher

Chi Ossé

Daisy Edgar-Jones

Bella Ramsay

Glenn Close

Ashley Graham

Phoebe Bridgers

Alton Mason

Maude Apatow

Miranda Kerr (simple yet elegant, and gorgeous!)

Devon Aoki

Lily James

Jeremy Scott

Nicole Kidman

Amy Fine Collins

Emma Ratajkowski

Gisele Bündchen

Kaitlyn Dever

Kim Petras

Grace Elizabeth

Jodi Comer

Suki Waterhouse

Jared Leto (he came as Choupette (literal cat costume), Karl’s cat!!!!)

Kendall Jenner

Kim Kardashian and Cardi B (they’re both pieces of shit, and I hate myself for liking their outfits)

I love that the stylists for the people I went all out and, for some, were camp-esque.

Kind of...

Paris Hilton

Yung Miami

Tems

Burna Boy

Alex Newell

Jennifer Lopez

Amanda Harlech

Dua Lipa

Irina Shayk

Quinton Brunson

Margaret Qualley (I like the dress and shoes, but I’m not, like in love)

Bad Bunny (I like the head-to-toe white, but I’m not crazy about the outfit????)

Lily Collins

Lily Aldridge

Ashley Park

Eh... / I Don’t Know... / Indifferent

Olivier Rousteing

Karla Bruni

Zac Posen (lookin’ dapper there, though, sir!)

Cara Delevingne

Lala Anthony

Chloe Fineman

Karlie Kloss

Brian Tyree Henry

Ice Spice

Robert Pattinson

Donatella Versace

Kate Moss

Lila Moss

Camila Morrone

Yes and No

Mary J. Blige

Madelyn Cline

Alexandra Daddario

Jeremy Pope (yes for the cape and no to everything else)

Viola Davis

Allison Williams (I love the shade of orange and the dress itself, but the whole look is still a no from me)

Ariana DeBose

Sydney Sweeney

Um...

Erykah Badu

Conan Gray

Doja Cat (edit; 11 PM - she’s supposed to be Choupette too?!)

Lil Nas X

What the ACTUAL Fuck?

Pedro Pascal

Erykah Badu

Lil Nas X

No

Bradley Cooper

Nick Jonas

I Don’t Give a F*ck

Priyanka Chopra

Emma Chamberlain

Kylie Jenner

Vanessa Hudgens

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I’m sure there are tons of more attendees, but I didn’t care to do more research because I am tired. I’ll probably research more tomorrow and reblog this. (I purposely left off some people out of pure, genuine laziness)

▪️ May 1, 2023 ▪️

[themoomoorn]

2024 Media Wrapped, because I don't use Spotify I guess

None of these lists are in any particular order. Feel free to ask me my thoughts on any of these too.

Films

Nosferatu (Played with live orchestral accompaniment)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Son of the Bride (Revisited)

Blue is the Warmest Color (Revisited)

The Secret of the Grain

Chicken with Plums

The Cakemaker

Esther (Amos Gitai film)

Sunset Boulevard

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

A Streetcar Named Desire

Farewell, My Concubine

The Three Faces of Eve

The Long, Hot Summer

His Girl Friday

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The World of Suzie Wong

Love is a Many Splendored Thing

Splendor in the Grass

Spaceballs!

All Roger Moore James Bond Films

Both Timothy Dalton James Bond Films

All Pierce Brosnan James Bond Films (All of these are revisits as Brosnan was the Bond of my childhood)

Challengers

Thelma and Louise

Young Guns

Boyz N the Hood

Pretty in Pink

The Prince of Egypt

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Anime

Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Revisited)

Outlaw Star (Revisited)

Rose of Versailles (Revisited)

Oniisama e...(Revisted)

Fushigi Yuugi

My Happy Marriage

Ranma 1/2 (2024 Netflix Reboot)

Record of Lodoss War (OVA Series and Chronicles of the Heroic Knight television series)

Magic Knight Rayearth I and II

YuYu Hakusho (Revisited)

El Hazard: The Magnificent World

Heroic Legend of Arslan (1993 OVA version)

InuYasha: The Final Act

My Neighbor Totoro (Revisited)

Castle in the Sky (Revisited)

Manga

Emma (A Victorian Romance)

Bride's Story

Pokemon Adventures/Pokemon Special (Through the Ruby/Sapphire Arc)

Prince Freya

Record of Lodoss War: Lady of Pharis

Heroic Legend of Arslan

Persona 5: Mementos Mission

Witch Hat Aetelier

Chainsaw Man

Red River/Anatolia Story

Basara

Video Games

Fire Emblem Engage (Azure Gleam route only)

Tactics Ogre Reborn

Live a Live Remake

Octopath Traveler

Triangle Strategy

Unicorn Overlord

...And now, 2025.

[goodcryunicorngifs]

W.I.P.

Andrew Garfield

Andy Samberg

Anne Hathaway

Beyoncé

Bill Hader

Blake Lively

Candice Swanepoel

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Pine

Chris Pratt

Dakota Johnson

Dave Grohl

David Tennant

Dua Lipa

Emma Mackey

Florence Pugh

Gisele Bündchen

Hailey Baldwin Bieber

Hannah Waddingham

Hunter Schafer

Jason Sudeikis

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jenna Ortega

Jennie Kim

Jennifer Lawrence

Jimmy Kimmel

Joe Alwyn

John Krasinski

John Mulaney

Jon Hamm

Juliette Freire

Karlie Kloss

Kendall Jenner

Kevin Hart

Kieran Culkin

Kim Jisoo

Kim Kardashian

Kim Seokjin

Kira Kosarin

Kylie Jenner

Lais Ribeiro

Lalisa Manoban

Lucien Laviscount

Madelaine Petsch

Maisie Peters

Margot Robbie

Matt Smith

Matthew MacFadyen

Miley Cyrus

Min Yoongi

Niall Horan

Oliver Cohen Jackson

Olivia Rodrigo

Park Chaeyoung

Park Sooyoung

Paul Rudd

Pedro Pascal

Perrie Edwards

Peter Capaldi

Phoebe Bridgers

Pierce Brosnan

Regé-Jean Page

Robyn Fenty

Rosalia

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Reynolds

Sabrina Carpenter

Sadie Sink

Sarah Snook

Seth Meyers

Shakira

Shane Madej

Sophie Turner

Sthefane Matos

Sydney Sweeney

Taylor Hill

Taylor Swift

Thais Braz

Theulyn Reis

Toheeb Jimoh

Tom Hanks

Tom Hiddleston

Travis Kelce

Vitoria Moraes

Whoopi Goldberg

Zayn Malik

[bloodcrosses]

I like wigs x

For several years I suffered from severe trichotillomania. I eventually shaved my head and bought myself wigs to wear. At first they were ordinary brown to match my real hair colour, but then I got more adventurous- one of my faves is a blue one called Grunge. ;)

They're good for my self esteem (which is low most the time) and good for my desire to have my own look. My friends had (the few I had) did their own thing. But I knew if I walked into school with a piercing or a tattoo, I'd be laughed right out. There's a difference between being different and being a target. Didn't matter what it was. I wore a bomber jacket? Piss take time, "are you trying to be Pierce Brosnan, Emma Real Last Name!" It might seem strange, but one reason I no longer use my Real Last Name is because I'm haunted by that sneering, which still triggers me to this day.

Anyway, if you want a cool wig , I get mine from Lush Wigs. I've modelled some of them (Saturn and Grunge). Foe the record I was not paid for this, promise!

[hollywoodfamerp]

WELCOME TO THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL GALLIA

Right in the middle of Milan, you'll find our home away from home for this trip. The Excelsior Hotel Gallia is a five star luxury escape known for its remarkable spirit and prestigious pedigree. When you're not enjoying our fashion show or the rest of what the city has to offer, our celebrities will be able to relax at the spa and salt cabin, enjoy a plethora of the best Italian cuisine, and take in the sights of the city at the rooftop bar.

Under the cut is the roommates list. Couples have been roomed together and everyone else was randomized by a generator. If you have been roomed with another fc that you play, please message us politely and we will fix it asap! Roommates are subject to change due to unfollows, follows, activity check etc. so please like this post to keep up to date on any changes.

PLEASE LIKE THIS SO YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF UPDATES!

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Josephine Skriver

Adria Arjona and Mason Mount

Akanishi Jin and Lee Sunmi

Alexa Bliss and Joe Jonas

Alycia Debnam Carey and Wong Kunhang

Ana de Armas and Jensen Ackles

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh

Anne Hathaway and Xu Minghao

Anya Taylor Joy and Vanessa Merrell

Ariana DeBose and Miles Teller

Ariana Grande and Emma Mackey

Ashley Fliehr (Charlotte Flair) and Demi Bennett (Rhea Ripley)

Ashton Irwin and Harry Styles

Aubrey Plaza and Renee Rapp

Austin Butler and Beyoncé

Awsten Knight and Renee Paquette (Renee Young)

Bae Joohyun (Irene) and Maxence Danet-Fauvel

Barry Keoghan and David Tennant

Bella Hadid and Troian Bellisario

Benson Boone and Manu Ríos

Bill Skarsgard and Lauren Jauregui

Billie Eilish and Mazz Murray

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Brittany Baker and Cha Eunwoo

Byun Baekhyun and Megan Thee Stallion

Cameron Boyer and Christina Aguilera

Candice Swanepoel and Tom Hardy

Cari Fletcher and Victoria de Angelis

Cate Blanchett and Choi San

Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (Ten) and Jackson Wang

Chloe Bailey and Josh O’Connor

Choi Minho and Kim Ahyoung (Yura)

Choi Soobin and Jeon Wonwoo

Chou Tzuyu and Lupita Nyong’o

Chris Evans and Naomi Scott

Chris Pine and Sam Claflin

Christian Yu and Kim Jisoo

Christopher Bang (Bang Chan) and Hwang Hyunjin

Cillian Murphy and Jonathan Bailey

Colby Lopez (Seth Rollins) and Rebecca Quin (Becky Lynch)

Dakota Johnson and Sam Heughan

Damiano David and Ethan Torchio

Danny Amendola and Olivia Culpo

Diamanté Quiava Valentin Harper (Saweetie) and Kim Hongjoong

Dove Cameron and Sophie Turner

Dua Lipa and Joseph Quinn

Elizabeth Lail and Jason Sudeikis

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski

Emma Stone and Vanessa Hudgens

Georgia Tennant and Liam Hemsworth

Gigi Hadid and Ryan Gosling

Glen Powell and Romee Strijd

Hailee Steinfeld and Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Hailey Baldwin and Luke Hemmings

Halle Bailey and Olivia Rodrigo

Hannah Waddingham and Jenna Lyons

Harry Kane and Momgo Hirai

Isabela Merced and Lily Collins

Jack Grealish and Lily James

Jack Lowden and Saoirse Ronan

Jang Gyuri and Veronica Merrell

Jenna Ortega and Perrie Edwards

Jeon Jungkook and Lucy Hale

Jeremy Allen White and Maika Monroe

Jessica Chastain and Madelyn Cline

Jessica Lange and Sarah Paulson

Joe Burrow and Rylee Arnold

Joe Keery and Kelsea Ballerini

Joe Locke and Kit Connor

Jonathan Good (Jon Moxley) and Nick Robinson

Jordyn Woods and Niall Horan

Joshua Hong (Hong Jisoo) and Kim Taehyung

Jung Wooyoung and Taylor Hill

Jung Yoonoh (Jaehyun) and Lee Taeyong

Kang Seulgi and Pedro Pascal

Kathryn Hahn and Shawn Mendes

Kendall Jenner and Sabrina Carpenter

Kim Jongin (Kai) and Lee Taemin

Kim Jungwoo and Lucas Wong

Kim Mingyu and Sana Minatozaki

Kim Minjeong (Winter) and Yoo Siah (YooA)

Kim Namjoon and Min Yoongi

Lee Donghyuck (Haechan) and Mark Lee

Lee Felix and Sydney Sweeney

Lee Jeno and Na Jaemin

Lili Reinhart and Zoë Kravitz

Margot Robbie and Sebastian Stan

Matt Smith and Tate McRae

Mercedes Justine Varnado (Sasha Banks) and Pamela Martinez (Bayley)

Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan

Natalia Dyer and Tom Holland

Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez

Nick Jonas and Selena Gomez

Olivia O’Brien and Rihanna

Park Seonghwa and Shemar Moore

Paul Mescal and Zendaya Coleman

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

Xiao Dejun (Xiaojun) and Yoo Jimin (Karina)

Vanessa Kirby and Zac Efron

Taron Egerton and Valentina Zenere

Chris Hemsworth and Skeet Ulrich

[ulkaralakbarova]

Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Rose Morgan: Barbra Streisand Gregory Larkin: Jeff Bridges Hannah Morgan: Lauren Bacall Henry Fine: George Segal Claire: Mimi Rogers Alex: Pierce Brosnan Doris: Brenda Vaccaro Barry: Austin Pendleton Candy: Elle Macpherson First Girl Student: Ali Marsh Sara Myers: Leslie Stefanson Female Professor: Taina Elg Felicia: Lucy Avery Brooks Felicia (Video): Amber Smith Claire’s Masseur: David Kinzie Rabbi: Howard S. Herman Reverend: Thomas Hartman Trevor: Trevor Ristow Mike (Student): Brian Schwary Randy (Student): Randy Pearlstein Stacie (Student): Stacie Sumter Taxi Stealer: Cindy Guyer Taxi Driver: Thomas Saccio Waiter: Andrew Parks Jimmy the Waiter: Jimmy Baio Henry’s First Date: Emma Fann Henry’s Second Date: Laura Bailey Justice of the Peace: Mike Hodge Gloria: Anne O’Sullivan Female Student: Sandi Schroeder Female Student: Kiyoko M. Hairston Male Student: Ben Weber Male Student: Christopher Keyes Female Aerobic Instructor: Lisa Wheeler Male Aerobic Instructor: Kirk Moore Make-Up Artist: Regina Viotto Hair Colorist: Paul LaBreque Waiter: Rudy Ruggiero Mr. Jenkins: William Cain Doorman: Adam LeFevre Irate Woman: JoAn Mollison Opera Man: Carlo Scibelli Male Student: Eli Roth Girl in Commercial (uncredited): Milla Jovovich Film Crew: Theme Song Performance: Barbra Streisand Screenplay: Richard LaGravenese Casting: Todd M. Thaler Production Design: Tom H. John Executive Producer: Cis Corman Casting: Bonnie Finnegan Editor: Jeff Werner Original Music Composer: Marvin Hamlisch Director of Photography: Dante Spinotti Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge Original Story: Gérard Oury Co-Executive Producer: Ronald L. Schwary Location Manager: Declan Baldwin First Assistant Director: Amy Sayres Director of Photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak Producer: Arnon Milchan Production Accountant: Tamara Bally Original Story: André Cayatte Hairstylist: Susan Germaine Makeup Artist: Randy Houston Mercer Chief Lighting Technician: William Ward Rigging Gaffer: James Malone Production Coordinator: Lori Johnson Camera Operator: Dick Mingalone Casting Assistant: Gayle Keller Sound Editor: Mark Larry Sound Editor: Steven Ticknor Sound Editor: John M. Colwell Assistant Costume Designer: Kevin Brainerd Actor’s Assistant: Renata Buser Sound Editor: Chuck Neely Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark Steadicam Operator: Gregory Lundsgaard Makeup Artist: Edouard F. Henriques Production Supervisor: Ray Quinlan Camera Operator: Patrick Capone Theme Song Performance: Bryan Adams Set Decoration: Alan Hicks Supervising Sound Editor: Charles L. Campbell Assistant Sound Editor: Jerry Edemann Assistant Editor: Marilyn Madderom Stunt Coordinator: Vince Deadrick Jr. Art Direction: Teresa Carriker-Thayer Script Supervisor: Karen Kelsall Production Sound Mixer: Tom Nelson Craft Service: Roger Poirier Supervising ADR Editor: Gail Clark Burch Assistant Property Master: Travis Wright Second Unit Director of Photography: Richard Quinlan Orchestrator: Jack Hayes Unit Publicist: Stanley Brossette Property Master: Thomas Saccio Transportation Co-Captain: Dennis Radesky Assistant Sound Editor: Keith Edemann Additional Editing: Alan Heim Foley: Alicia Stevenson Supervising Music Editor: Charles Martin Inouye Orchestrator: Torrie Zito Boom Operator: Daniel Rosenblum ADR Editor: Laura Graham Chief Lighting Technician: Jay Fortune Rigging Grip: Matthew Miller Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O’Connell Sound Editor: Ronald Eng Sound Editor: Harry Cheney Sound Editor: Richard C. Franklin Hairstylist: John Quaglia Sound Editor: Leonard T. Geschke Scenic Artist: Leslie Salter Camera Operator: Gary Jay First Assistant Camera: Steve Adcock Sound Editor: John H. Arrufat Foley: Marko Costanzo Still Photographer: David James Music Supervisor: Jay Landers Assistant Sound E...

[alexlacquemanne]

Juin MMXXIV

Films

Le Jour le plus long (The Longest Day) (1962) et réalisé de Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald et Darryl F. Zanuck avec Patrick Barr, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Curd Jürgens, Georges Wilson, Irina Demick et Christian Marquand

Magic in the Moonlight (2014) de Woody Allen avec Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Simon McBurney, Jacki Weaver, Hamish Linklater et Erica Leerhsen

Mosquito Coast (The Mosquito Coast) (1986) de Peter Weir avec Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Conrad Roberts, André Gregory et Martha Plimpton

Ne le dis à personne (2006) de et avec Guillaume Canet et aussi François Cluzet, André Dussollier, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nathalie Baye, François Berléand, Jean Rochefort et Gilles Lellouche

Casablanca (1942) de Michael Curtiz avec Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet et Peter Lorre

Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire (1972) d'Yves Robert avec Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc, Paul Le Person, Jean Carmet, Colette Castel et Jean Saudray

Le Retour du Grand Blond (1974) de Yves Robert avec Pierre Richard, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc, Michel Duchaussoy, Jean Bouise, Paul Le Person, Colette Castel et Henri Guybet

Married Life (2007) d'Ira Sachs avec Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, David Richmond-Peck et Timothy Webber

Un poisson nommé Wanda (A Fish Called Wanda) (1988) de Charles Crichton avec John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson, Patricia Hayes et Geoffrey Palmer

Séries

Doctor Who Season 1

Dot and Bubble - Rogue - The Legend of Ruby Sunday - Empire of Death

Maguy Saison 5

L'esthète à claques - Vélo de Rose - Cinémaguy - Tableau d'horreur - Accident de sagesse - Anniversaire moi fort - Kidnapping-pong - L'appel de la mère - Racket sans filet - Vaudou dingue - Médecin retraitant - Propriétaires à terre - Sans crime ni raison - Adultère à délit - Déclics et des claques - Libido bloquée - Achat échaudé - Voirie aux larmes - Méprises de vue - Bouchon en carafe - Marquis dit mieux - Épidémies à la porte - Flagrant délire - Une étoile est nue - Train d'ennuis - Bombages ingrats - Toutou ou rien - Gala galère - Le majordrôle - Brouillon de culture - L'éventaire de rien - Qui s'y frotte s'hippique - Télécom… hic ! - Totem à la folie - Météorite initiatique - Mensonges d'une nuit d'été - Plumeau d'ordre - Taj Mahal où ? - La paix niche en Belgique - Les loyaux de la couronne - La cave se rebiffe - La valse a mis le temps

Totally Spies! Saison 7

Totalement talentueuses - Invasion de grosses bestioles gluantes - Fromage et lune de miel

Le Coffre à Catch

#170 : Yoshi Tatsu, et si c'était lui le futur de la ECW? - #171 : Y2J Chris Jericho à la ECW ! - #172 : Les adieux de Sheamus ! - #173 : Vance Archer nouvelle star : info ou intox?

La croisière s'amuse Saison 6

Pourquoi pas un mariage ? - Péchés de vieillesse - L'Amour sauvage - Une secrétaire intérimaire - À s'arracher les cheveux - C'est loin l'Amérique ! - Romance à bas prix - Ça, c'est de la classe !

Affaires sensibles

Radio Paris, Radio Vichy, Radio Londres : les ondes de choc - Normandie 44 (1/4) : Le rempart du mensonge - Normandie 44 (2/4) : Dans l'œil du bunker - Normandie 44 (3/4) : Le jour de gloire - Normandie 44 (4/4) : Des civils sous les bombes - L'affaire Guingouin : l'honneur bafoué d'un résistant - Mincemeat, l'homme qui n'existait pas - Enigma ou la guerre invisible - Dunkerque, mai 1940 : une défaite, mais aussi une victoire - Chirac, échec et mat : la dissolution ratée de 1997 - Danielle Darrieux dans le train de la honte - Dans les bas-fonds de la République - La tuerie de l'Ecole polytechnique de Montréal

Castle Saison 6

Tout feu tout flamme - Un monde d'illusions - La Rançon de la gloire - Habillée pour le cimetière - Bienvenue dans l'âge ingrat - La Chambre 147 - Lazare - La Voie du ninja - L'Agneau de Wall Street - Le Meurtre du samedi soir - Sport de rue - Veritas - Le Grand Jour

The Hour Saison 2

Une heure qui en dit long - Une heure critique - Une heure, des disparitions - Une heure, une source en danger - Une heure de paradis - Une heure de courage

Les Brigades du Tigre Saison 4

Le Village maudit - Les Demoiselles du Vésinet - Bandes et Contrebandes - Cordialement vôtre - Les Enfants de la Joconde - L'Ange blanc

The Grand Tour Saison 2

Coups de vieux

Spectacles

Un Grand moment de solitude (2015) de et avec Josiane Balasko et aussi Kader Boukhanef, Justine Le Pottier et George Aguilar

Ben l'Oncle Soul: Live Paris (2011)

Un Singe en hiver (2014) de Stéphane Hillel avec Eddy Mitchell Fred Testot, Evelyne Dandry, Gérard Loussine, Chloé Simoneau et Stephan Wojtowicz

Quincy Jones symphonique (2019)

Le duplex (2024) de Didier Caron avec Claire Nadeau, Pascal Légitimus, Francis Perrin et Corinne Touzet

Billy Cobham's Spectrum 50 Project (2023) au Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival

Le Placard (2015) de Francis Veber avec Philippe Magnan, Laurent Gamelon, Zoé Félix, Laurent Paolini, Marie Facundo, Elie Semoun et François Levantal

Livres

Le jour le plus long de Cornelius Ryan

Kaamelott, tome 6 : Le Duel des Mages d'Alexandre Astier, Benoît Bekaert et Steven Dupré

Les aventures de Tintin, tome 21 : Les bijoux de la Castafiore d'Hergé

Les aventures de Tintin, tome 15 : Tintin au pays de l'or noir d'Hergé

[junipuzzle]

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

"deez nuts" by Victor Barocas

Time: 6:38

Theme: ★★★★ Cluing: ★★★★ Fill: ★★★.5

Favorite Clues:

5A: Stone on a set (4) good use of capital obfuscation

Welcome to Tuesday, gamers, where the puzzles are smooth and the theme is just a little bit trickier. Today we have a nice punny theme revolving around moving the letter D from one word of a two-part phrase to the other in order to make a joke. Spiced rum becomes SPICE DRUM, and so on. It's an interesting theme, applied consistently, and the revealer was well timed, but it didn't quite have that pizzazz I like with punny themes - you're pushing the boundaries, why not go farther? Certainly up to par, but not quite an eagle.

I thought the fill was mostly good, with the exception of the NE corner - TALIA Shire crossing Brosnan role STEELE was a messy natick, and VERDI was a name I needed some crosses to fill. Add the fact that LOVE DONE was probably the weakest of the theme fill, and it took me a little while to get things done. The top half in general was a little tricky compared to the bottom, but outside of that corner it wasn't too much of an issue. Happy solving!

Answers to noted clues:

5A: EMMA Stone

[harryfeatgaga]

So I watched this rom-com recently with Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson and it was pretty funny (kinda cliché but funny), and a random thing that has stuck with me since I watched the movie is a part where Emma Thompson’s character is giving advice to a younger woman and telling her that something that’s probably even more important than loving your spouse/partner is simply liking them first lol.

SO TRUEEEEEE

[joshuamyra]

Their nest egg stolen out from under them by a deceitful French financer, a divorced couple recruit their former neighbors to help them steal the $10 million diamond that their nemesis has just purchased for his fiancée. Richard (Pierce Brosnan) and Kate (Emma Thompson) may no longer be married, but they still quarrel like a couple who have spent their entire lives together. Meanwhile, their once-secure future comes crashing down all around them when scheming French CEO Vincent Kruger defrauds Richard's investment firm, and steals his pension fund. Indignant after learning that Kruger has just purchased a $10 million diamond for his fiancée, Kate proposes that they nick the rock, enlisting their former neighbors (Timothy Spall and Celia Imrie) -- who long to see their favorite couple reunited -- to help them pull off the elaborate heist in the scenic French Riviera.

[filmes-online-facil]

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Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker) é o modelo da mulher moderna, dividindo seu tempo entre os afazeres domésticos como mãe de família e os profissionais, decorrentes de seu trabalho. Ela sofre com a falta de tempo para o marido Richard (Greg Kinnear) e os filhos Emily (Emma Rayne Lily) e Ben (Julius Goldberg/Theodore Goldberg), um problema que aumenta ainda mais quando passa a trabalhar com Jack Abelhammer (Pierce Brosnan) na criação de um fundo.