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Bravo Charles!

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Entertainment Spotlight: Adrian Holmes, V Wars

With over 100 film and television credits to his name, Adrian Holmes can next be seen starring in Netflix’s highly anticipated, vampire-drama series, V Wars. He is  well-known for his portrayal of Captain Pike on Arrow, and for starring as Nick Barron on Bravo's original series, 19-2, for which he won the 2017 Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Male in a Dramatic Series. In addition to working in front of the camera, Adrian has also tried his hand in producing and co-produced (alongside Step by Step Productions) the docudrama Barrow: Freedom Fighter. Adrian took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to chat with us. Check it out: 

How would you describe V Wars to a five year old?

I probably wouldn’t because it’s pretty dark and not suitable for a 5-year-old. Hahaha! He wouldn’t look at me the same after that’s for damn sure. Ok, well let’s see, “It's about a man trying to find a vaccine for a virus that has infected his best friend forcing him to harm people against his will.” There, how’s that?

What was the first thing you remember being a fan of?

Music, Michael Jackson, for sure. Movies would probably have been Star Wars.

How do you prepare for a scene?

Get familiar with the lines, find the truth in the scene, then once I have that, I find the energy or the mood of the character, and then I throw it all away. You’re then free to listen, play, and have fun, and that’s where you wanna be so you can fly.

Do you have any fun facts about the filming of V Wars that fans would be surprised to know?

Well, the blood was surprisingly quite tasty. Hahaha! It was like a cinnamon flavour which helped since I had to consume quite a bit of it.

What drew you to your role in V Wars?

Besides the genre, I just loved the character of Michael l. He’s a regular guy that’s faced with an inner struggle that he has to somehow deal with. He’s a very conflicted, multi-layered character. I love a challenge, and all those qualities make for a great experience as an actor.

If you could take a masterclass on any subject, what would you learn and who would you want to teach you?

Alive or dead? Haha! Dead would be a toss-up between learning Martial arts with Bruce Lee and Dance with Michael Jackson. Alive would be golf lessons with Tiger Woods or F1 racing with Lewis Hamilton. I definitely have the need for speed. :)

What do you do in your free time?

I enjoy going to the movies, working out, boxing, walks, playing pool, catching up on my library of books that I’ve been promising myself I’d eventually read, but playing golf is definitely my happy place, my sanctuary. It’s very therapeutic to me indeed. I love it!

What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?

Would be from one of my Uncles.  To not worry or stress yourself too much in life. Especially about things you have no control over. Stress is the silent killer. The serenity prayer has thus been my mantra: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

If you woke up tomorrow morning in the world of V Wars, what would you do?

Hahaha! Well, I’d probably RUN!! Hope to find Luther Swann and stay pretty close.

Do you have any secret skills or talents?

Hmmm well... I can juggle three balls, and I’ve got a pretty competitive table tennis game as well, so... Always ready for a good match. ;)

Thanks so much, Adrian! V Wars premieres on Netflix on December 5th.

Photo: Charles Zuckermann

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Not me saying I had to quietly scream internally when I saw @warsofasoiaf tagged me in this post - not because I was mad I was tagged, because the suggestion of such a comparison is like nails on a chalkboard to me. I will never live down GRRM’s five little words to Amok all those years ago - they’re gonna haunt me for the rest of time.

Sure, Henry VIII was reported to be very athletic and handsome in his youth and became heavier later in life. You know who else experienced similar situations? Edward IV. George IV. William the Conqueror. (To give just a few examples, of course.) This is not, in other words, a situation unique to Henry VIII, nor is it rare in fiction - in fact, it’s such a trope that TV Tropes has a whole page called “Formerly Fit” (to say nothing of its pages on the related tropes “Adipose Rex” and “I Was Quite a Looker”). Indeed, even GRRM himself has used this trope a few times outside the context of Aegon IV. Robert Baratheon goes from “tall and handsome” in his youth, "muscled like a maiden’s fantasy” and “sitting his horse like a horned god” to “a fat man, red-faced under his beard, sweating through his silks”, who “walked like a man half in his cups”; Mace Tyrell is described as “a once-powerful man gone to fat, yet still handsome”; and while the statue made of Illyrio Mopatis in his youth shows a boy “lithe and handsome” and “poised to duel with a bravo's blade in hand“, Illyrio in the main novels is “a grotesque fat man” with “a huge white belly and a pair of heavy breasts that sagged like sacks of suet”, whose “bedrobe [is] large enough to serve as a tourney pavilion”. Nor indeed would GRRM have needed to think only of Henry VIII in order to decide on this physical depiction of Aegon IV: by depicting Aegon as “grossly fat [and] barely able to walk”, with “legs too weak to support his belly“, GRRM contrasts the king with both his sister-wife Naerys (described as “small of frame (and made smaller by having little appetite), with very fine features”) and his brother Aemon (that (outwardly) sterling example of knighthood, naturally excelling at the joust and swordplay and eventually dying in defense of his brother-king); by having Aegon die “a horrible death, his body so swollen and obese that he could no longer lift himself from his couch, his limbs rotting and crawling with fleshworms”, GRRM employs the classic literary tradition of having literal physical decay echo moral or spiritual decay (which he has done so successfully with both Tywin’s corpse and the city of Volantis). Far from simply copy-pasting Henry VIII’s physical journey onto Aegon IV, then, the author I think is using a trope with which Henry VIII is popularly associated (but which is not specific only to him) and which he himself has utilized to make thematic and character points about Aegon IV. 

Additionally, it bugs so much to equate Aegon IV’s “womanizing ways” with Henry VIII when Henry was far from the most openly lascivious monarch (especially by the standards of his own time). To be clear, I am not suggesting that Henry VIII never had extramarital sexual relationships - he absolutely did. However, compare Henry VIII, who tended to be pretty discreet in his extramarital relationships, with his contemporary Francis I, who installed two consecutive noblewomen in the official role of the king’s mistress at his court. Compare Henry VIII, who acknowledged exactly one extramarital child, with his contemporary Charles V, who fathered four extramarital children. And this is to say nothing of the many, many monarchs before and after Henry VIII who pursued any number of extramarital affairs and had any number of extramarital children: @warsofasoiaf​ correctly refers Augustus the Strong, and I would also think that Louis XIV (with his multiple official and unofficial mistresses and at least 13 extramarital children he fathered by them) and Charles II (with his likewise many official and unofficial mistresses and at least 13 extramarital children fathered by him on them) are both as much if not more inspirations for Aegon IV compared to Henry VIII. To liken a man who was married to one woman - and for much of that marriage happily - for more than 20 years, who I think it’s fair to say did not set out with the goal of marrying six women in turn, who had exactly three specific, verifiable extramarital sexual relationships (about each of which we know extremely little), to a man who “did not count a night complete until he had spent himself in a woman”, who had the City Watch ensure that “the brothels - and even the decent women of the city - were available for [his] lusts”, and who “claimed he had slept with at least nine hundred women” over the course of his life, seems totally nonsensical to me. As much as I can say GRRM may have been drawing on (the popular image of) certain of Henry’s wives for some of Aegon’s mistresses - vivacious, perhaps ambitious dark-haired Barba as a vague Anne Boleyn analogue; her “best-loved” opposite Melissa Blackwood as Anne’s opposite and Henry’s supposedly best-loved; Jane Seymour; Bethany Bracken as a sort of take on Katherine Howard - I think there’s just as much to draw on here from other famous royal mistresses (indeed, I’m very much convinced that Barba Bracken was named by GRRM after Barbara Villiers, while Melissa Blackwood may owe more than a bit to Louise de Kerouaille).

I can believe GRRM was generally inspired to give Aegon IV aspects of a broad, over-the-top caricature of the popular imagination of Henry VIII. I’m certainly not here to lionize or elevate Henry VIII as a shining example of human decency. But simplistically equating the historical figure of Henry with the fictional figure of Aegon is so completely off-base to me.

Aegon IV seems a pretty close comparison to Henry VIII, with their womanising ways and obesity in later life. How do they stack up when compared as kings? Was Henry as incompetent as Aegon?

Both did demonstrate a rather marked incompetence at war (he seemed adequate early in life in Daeron's Dornish War, I'm talking about after he became a king). Although Henry never accidentally burned down a forest with medieval napalm, he did bankrupt the realm to shortly conquer Boulogne - although kings were chronic bankrupts. Aegon IV didn't completely split the Faith of the Seven, but Henry didn't (to my knowledge) fritter away priceless heirlooms.

I will defer to @goodqueenaly when it comes to Henry's wives and womanizing. I've always seen him more as Duke Augustus the Strong in that respect, who did have multiple bastard children.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

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MY TOP TEN CHRISTMAS MOVIES

Now that December is finally here, the McGrath household can upgrade the nightly Christmas movie from Hallmark seasonal romance to accepted Christmas classic. (Although in admitting defeat on winning the girls over on Miracle on 34th Street - either version) - I have to acknowledge that the list of films that we can all agree on as festive classics is a little shorter than I would like.

Here is my list of top ten Christmas movies -

10. The Santa Clause (1994) - John Pasquin

John Pasquin’s cinematic debut, he had previously worked on numerous T.V. shows including Newhart and Thirtysomething, opens with the risky gambit of having Santa fall to his death from the roof of Scott Calvin’s home. Calvin (Tim Allen), believing his home is being burgled, confronts Santa and startles him into plummeting to his doom. Before you know it, and after much urging from his son Charlie (Eric Lloyd), Calvin has donned the big red suit and his transformation into Santa has begun.

The Santa Clause combines rather broad comedy - there is much fun to be had with Calvin’s overnight weight gain and Charlie’s class presentation on how his Dad is actually Santa - with the usual Christmas sentiment. In this particular case, the healing of Scott’s relationship with Charlie and ex-wife Laura (Wendy Crewson).

A pre-Buzz Lightyear Allen gives a virtuoso performance as the would-be St Nick, and that went a long way to making the film a hit at the box office, spawning two sequels The Santa Clause 2 (2002) and The Santa Clause 3 (2006).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpzB4ubEqIE

9. The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) - Bharat Nallur

I reviewed this thought-provoking film on how Charles Dickens’ saved Christmas at the time of it’s release -

https://pardontheglueman.tumblr.com/post/169301253898/the-man-who-invented-christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx3ctBjG6yI

8. Get Santa (2014)  - Christopher Smith

When the always over-generous Empire film magazine only gives a movie two stars, then you know that you are going out on a very thin limb indeed. Still, a lot of what I want from a Christmas movie - a story about redemption, likeable characters with likeable lead actors, a splash of humour, a touch of Christmas magic, and, finally, a guaranteed have-to-make-a-quick-exit-to-the-kitchen-to-compose-myself ending - are all present and correct here. And Get Santa really delivers - like a hard-working postman trudging through six feet of snow on Christmas Eve just to make sure that your Auntie Maureen’s card can take its proper place on your mantelpiece.

Get Santa has a best of British cast too; Rafe Spall as ex-con Steve, Jodie Whittaker as his estranged wife and Jim Broadbent as a banged up Santa. Throw in Stephen Graham, Warwick Davis and Joanna Scanlan and you have the second best cast Christmas movie ever (nothing is ever going to beat Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore and Henry Travers in IAWL).

This may be the film on the list that you are most likely to have not seen, so in an effort to shore up support for this selection, I call my star witness - Mark Kermode who had this to say in his three-star Guardian review ‘It’s sweet -natured fare, boosted with spirited comic performances (Broadbent is a particular treat) and served up with plenty of DIY sparkle’.

7. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Henry Selick

Tim Burton’s unique vision of Christmas/Halloween is brought to life by Henry Selick, a gifted animator who had worked for Walt Disney Studios and in a freelance capacity before making his name with this masterpiece. I simply didn’t get this on release (my admittedly old-fashioned notion of what constitutes a Christmas movie forming a great big mental road block to a full appreciation of the imagination, visual style, black humour, gothic charm and exquisite pathos on display here), and it was only through a recent viewing with my children as part of our Halloween movie get togethers that I finally saw the light. Jack Skellington (voiced by Chris Sarandon) is a captivating character, brought to life by Danny Elfman’s songs and Selick’s ground breaking animation, and his desperate quest for belonging is one that we can all sympathise with, especially at Christmas. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGiYxCUAhks

6. Remember The Night (1940) - Mitchell Leisen

This is a golden-age of Hollywood classic screwball comedy, starring the legendary Barbara Stanwyck, arguably the greatest comedienne in Hollywood history, Fred MacMurray, arguably the nicest guy in film history (at least until his turn as the murderous Walter Neff in Billy Wilder’s terrific noir Double Indemnity), and penned by arguably the funniest man in film history, Preston Sturges.

James Harvey in his 700-page opus Romantic Comedy in Hollywood (From Lubitsch to Sturges), which is, arguably, the best ever book about Hollywood, reveals that it was the shabby treatment (in Sturges’ not so humble opinion) of his screenplay, and the slow pacing of Leisen’s direction, that drove the screenwriter to extraordinary lengths to gain control of his own movies - basically making a deal with Paramount that he would sell them his next screenplay for a nominal sum of ten dollars as as long as he got to direct the picture. That deal changed movie history, setting the precedent of a writer / director that Orson Welles was soon to follow with Citizen Kane (1941).

The plot is a unique one, not that it truly matters in a Sturges movie, and centres around hardboiled career criminal Lee Leander (Stanwyck) having to choose between spending jail in Christmas or being released into the custody of her prosecuting attorney John Sargant (MacMurray). Hey, I didn’t say it made any sense! Of course, the season works its magic and, hey presto, one reformed criminal later Christmas love is in the air!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKcLcT9dOFk

5. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) - Brian Henson

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the greatest Christmas story ever written, and arguably the main reason that Christmas in Britain is celebrated in quite the way that it is today (see The Man Who Invented Christmas above). There have been all manner of adaptations down the years, and here it is re-imagined as a vehicle for Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy and co in a way that works beyond anybody’s wildest expectations.

All the human drama, the pathos, the cry from the heart for social justice that Dickens conveyed in his peerless book survives this, the most unlikely of screen adaptations. Much of the credit must go to Michael Caine, who despite sharing top billing with a bunch of muppets, emerges as a genuine contender for the crown of greatest screen Scrooge. Throw in a script by Jerry Juhl, which has The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens, narrating his ghostly tale with a straight face, and Paul Williams’ super sing-along songs  “Marley and Marley” “One More Sleep ‘Till Christmas” and “Thankful Heart” , and you have an all time Christmas classic that can be enjoyed by everyone from 1 to 92. Bravo!  

4. ELF -  (2003)  John Favreau

Elf is the Shawshank Redemption of Christmas Movies - no matter who, where  or when you poll an audience, this charmingly comic celebration of Christmas always punches above its weight, getting the better of some very famous films in the process. Elf finished 10th in the IMDB poll for Greatest Christmas Movie and came 2nd in both the Time Out and Radio Times polls. It’s A Wonderful Life always, always comes top, but as someone who is still reeling from Citizen Kane losing first place to Vertigo in Sight and Sound’s celebrated Greatest Movie poll, I can see a time when Elf goes one better too.

Elf has a career-best performance from Will Ferrell, a winningly elfin turn from Zooey Deschanel and a series of fine cameo’s from Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Faizon Love and Peter Dinklage as “angry” elf Miles Finch to recommend it, but it’s the hard to beat combination of laugh-out-loud set pieces, father and son second chances, and an opposites attract love story to top them all that makes this a genuinely affecting festive treat.

3. A Christmas Carol (1999) - David Jones

Of the umpteen takes on Dickens’ grasping miser, of which Alastair Sim’s turn as Scrooge (1951) is by far the most celebrated, I just prefer Patrick Stewart in this excellent T.V. movie. This may seem a deliberately obscure choice, but that is far from the case. Firstly, there is an A-list cast featuring Richard E Grant, Saskia Reeves, Dominic West and, at the top the bill, Stewart himself. 

As Screen Rant describes it, ‘Stewart plays a far more blunt, bitter and straight forward version of the miser... without feeling maniacal’. In short, he underplays the part, keeping the mugging down to a minimum. The clincher, though, is Stewart’s handling of the scene when he awakes to find it is still Christmas morning and that the spirits have granted him a second chance at life after all. He tries to emit a happy, life-affirming laugh, but is so unused to the sensation that he almost chokes himself. Wonderful stuff! There will be all the usual Scrooges to choose from this Christmas - Sim, George C Scott and Albert Finney amongst them, but the Stewart version will be there somewhere in the middle of the night on ITV3. If you peruse the Radio Times long enough you’ll find it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vviOGFiGrHc

2. Miracle on 34th Street - George Seaton (1947)  &  Les Mayfield (1994)

Okay, a bit of false accounting going on here in grouping the two films together. The original is the better version, but I’ve always loved the re-make too. After all, who can’t bring themselves to believe in Dickie Attenborough as Kris Kringle! Both films are perfectly cast - the romantic leads John Payne and Maureen O’ Hara are convincing enough in the black and white original, but are probably just shaded on the chemistry front by Dylan McDermott and Elizabeth Perkins. The unhappy children are sensationally cast, with Natalie Woods and Mara Wilson coming out even. The unthinkable happens, though, when it comes to the playing of Kris Kringle, because although Dickie scores a fab 9 out of 10 on my Santometer, Edmund Gwenn, who picked up a best supporting actor Oscar for his Kringle, scores a perfect 10.

The Oscar-winning original story, by Valentine Davies, must be known to just about everyone by now - a perfectly nice old man, given to the belief that he is really Kris Kringle, becomes, more by accident than design, Macy’s famous department store Santa. No sooner is he in post, than Kris begins to challenge the corporatisation of Christmas, directing customers to other toy stores all over town, where hard up parents can buy their presents at discount prices. He is about to face the sack, when Macy’s realise that he is a great loss leader for them, prompting arch rivals Gimbles to try and nobble him. Kris is committed to an institution for the insane on cooked up charges, and a battle rages to secure his release by Christmas Eve, so that the children of the world won’t be disappointed on Christmas morning! Each film uses an interesting plot device to allow a judge, desperate not to be seen as the man who gives a court ruling that Santa doesn’t exist, a way out without losing face, and there is a happily romantic final scene to round things off in the accepted festive manner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibDD8Y3IJrg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCNbTAtD-jU

1. It’s a Wonderful Life - Frank Capra (1946)

I reviewed this seasonal great for Wales Arts Review last Christmas -

https://www.walesartsreview.org/rewatching-its-wonderful-life/

The next best Christmas films - The Bishop’s Wife, Arthur Christmas, A Christmas Story, Christmas in Connecticut

Merry Christmas to all.

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A friend recently told me that I was the last person he had contact with and the last hug he’d received since the current policies went into action. That news came somewhat bittersweet as that was almost 45 days ago and his last human physical contact. I’m lucky enough to have someone here with me whom still tolerates me each and every day, happily me thinks. But I put together a list of the best hugs & huggers that I can recall and thought I would share them with you now. 1. CHARLES BRADLEY The man who wanted to hug the world. I honestly had intended for Charles to be #1 & #10 because he gave the best damn hugs and would scream his lungs out and then get into the crowd and hug his fans. When my brother and I went to take his portrait in Portland that year I even asked for a second helping. Man I miss him. 2. JR BOURNE. Such an infectious soul he is walking amongst us, very happy we met. 3. GEORGE MOREIRA Such a force of love & reckoning this human being is. We miss him daily and FT just doesn’t do justice. 4. JUSTIN EMILIO 6’3” tall and with those basketball playing arms of his, yer damn right! He aint heavy, but sure is my brother and whilst we have snuck in a few distanced encounters it will be nice to properly seal those visits. 5. THE LEACOCKS Good people come from good homes, can’t argue that. My wife is from that same stock and so much love & respect shared all round. Viv and Divina are amazing parents and their children are incredible and present and everything we need this next generation to be. Bravo to them. 6. THE OCKENFELS Same rules apply here and such an incredible family that is aware and thoughtful and creative and joyous. So much love in that house. 7. THE GUNNS. Two amazing brothers also from good stock and out sharing this planet with us. Such a force of love these two are. Also going to pool Miranda McDougall into this slot by default, cause lets’s face it; she deserves to be. 8. JOSIE Think that picture speaks for itself really. I love her. 9. ADI DUNCAN Don’t let that cool gaze fool you, once this gem get her mitts on you it’s over, a force of love indeed in a small package. (at Life) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_p91QeFpxa/?igshid=6rmae7ac7srb

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Sold Last Year, Whoopi Goldberg’s Former Palisades Home Back on Market for $9.6M

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Last year, Whoopi Goldberg sold her Pacific Palisades, CA, home faster than you can say “Sister Act.” The very same mansion is now back on the market for $9.6 million.

As we reported in 2018, the co-host of “The View” placed her sumptuous art deco digs on the market for $8,795,000 in January. By February, the luxury property had been snapped up by a buyer for $8.8 million. 

Now those buyers—who have made only minor renovations to the space—have turned around and bumped up the asking price by nearly a million bucks.

Even without many alterations, the higher price is justified, according to listing agent Dan Urbach with Compass.

“Sold over the asking price nearly two years ago, the property is back on the market at a higher price point, due to the resiliency of the Pacific Palisades and Palisades Riviera markets,” he said.

Urbach added that the location is also a major factor.  “This architectural gem is located on one of the most desirable and coveted streets in the Riviera section of Pacific Palisades.”

Aerial view

Jeff Ong, courtesy of Compass

Lush landscaping

Jeff Ong, courtesy of Compass

Original checkerboard foyer

Jeff Ong, courtesy of Compass

Living room with French doors

Jeff Ong, courtesy of Compass

Library with built-ins

Jeff Ong, courtesy of Compass

Pub

Jeff Ong, courtesy of Compass

Updated kitchen

Jeff Ong, courtesy of Compass

Pool

Jeff Ong, courtesy of Compass

Along with its eye-catching design, the former home of the award-winning comedian has quite a Hollywood history. 

Originally built in 1933 for Vicki Baum, author of “Grand Hotel,” it was later owned by the late English screen star David Niven. Goldberg, whose given name is Caryn Elaine Johnson, owned the gated estate from 1993 through 2018.

Set on just over a half-acre, the main house is surrounded by lush landscaping and mature trees. The approximately 7,000-square-foot main house features many original elements, including a black-and-white checkered floor in the foyer, as well as crown moldings, fireplaces, and a vintage pub.

A large, updated kitchen with a huge island with bar seating and stainless-steel appliances looks out to the swimming pool. The living room includes a fireplace and French doors that open out to a patio.

The layout also features a dining room, a library with built-ins, and a family room. The five en suite bedrooms include the master suite, which comes with an onyx-clad master bathroom. The grounds also include a separate guesthouse.

Although the current owners didn’t stay long, their original goal wasn’t just a simple flip. According to Urbach, they had planned to restore and expand the home, but never began the project and instead found another home that was better suited for their family.

Indeed, the listing notes that the property provides options for the next owner, stating that it is “an exceptional opportunity to restore the house to its 1930s grandeur, or build anew on one of the premier streets in the Palisades Riviera.”

When not in Manhattan at the ABC studios of “The View,” Goldberg lives in New Jersey. The talented 63-year-old performer is one of the few to have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony awards.

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Patton Oswalt Helps Twitter Troll Raise Money for Medical Bills 

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Kill ‘em with kindness, indeed. Patton Oswalt proved to be a shining example of the old adage when he helped out a man, who was giving him a hard time on Twitter, pay for his medical bills.

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‘Real Housewives’ Star Tamra Judge Purchases Pool Party Pad in Orange County

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Cut Fitness must be doing a booming business because gym owner and “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Tamra Judge just bought a beautiful Mission Viejo, CA, home for $1.63 million.

The O.C. mainstay posted a sneak peek on Instagram of the home’s killer backyard, along with a bikini emoji and the message, “We are the owners of a new backyard, Oh ya, it came with a house. Who’s ready for a pool party at the Judge’s (sic).”

But despite the post racking up more than 35,000 likes, it was removed, according to the Orange County Register. Maybe the fitness maven didn’t want to boast, but this 4,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom home on the end of a cul-de-sac is worth bragging about.

Without question, the home’s most jaw-dropping feature is the backyard, which was built for entertaining on a big scale.

The pool has not one, not two, but three waterfalls and a spa. It’s adjacent to a covered bar with a TV, where you can catch episodes of your favorite reality show. The entire area is tiled with travertine to keep feet cool even on hot days. The home sits on a ridge line, which offers lovely backyard views.

Pool

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The sunken outdoor living room sits at the opposite end of the pool and is centered around a cozy fireplace. Lush landscaping offers privacy and tranquility.

Outdoor living room

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The home’s interiors are equally cool and refined with a gray and white palette punctuated by splashes of cerulean and cobalt blues.

Living room

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The intra-O.C. move could fuel even more rumors about Judge’s future with the “Real Housewives” franchise. The new house, along with a reportedly cryptic message about it being a second home for the couple, may signal her departure from reality TV and a search for a fresh start. According to Page Six, Judge is considering departing the show in an effort to reconcile with her 18-year-old daughter, Sidney Barney.

If that’s indeed the case, this looks like the perfect house to host a good ol��� Orange County family reunion.

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‘Real Housewives’ Star Tamra Judge Purchases Pool Party Pad in Orange County

Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Cut Fitness must be doing a booming business because gym owner and “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Tamra Judge just bought a beautiful Mission Viejo, CA, home for $1.63 million.

The O.C. mainstay posted a sneak peek on Instagram of the home’s killer backyard, along with a bikini emoji and the message, “We are the owners of a new backyard, Oh ya, it came with a house. Who’s ready for a pool party at the Judge’s (sic).”

But despite the post racking up more than 35,000 likes, it was removed, according to the Orange County Register. Maybe the fitness maven didn’t want to boast, but this 4,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom home on the end of a cul-de-sac is worth bragging about.

Without question, the home’s most jaw-dropping feature is the backyard, which was built for entertaining on a big scale.

The pool has not one, not two, but three waterfalls and a spa. It’s adjacent to a covered bar with a TV, where you can catch episodes of your favorite reality show. The entire area is tiled with travertine to keep feet cool even on hot days. The home sits on a ridge line, which offers lovely backyard views.

Pool

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The sunken outdoor living room sits at the opposite end of the pool and is centered around a cozy fireplace. Lush landscaping offers privacy and tranquility.

Outdoor living room

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The home’s interiors are equally cool and refined with a gray and white palette punctuated by splashes of cerulean and cobalt blues.

Living room

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The intra-O.C. move could fuel even more rumors about Judge’s future with the “Real Housewives” franchise. The new house, along with a reportedly cryptic message about it being a second home for the couple, may signal her departure from reality TV and a search for a fresh start. According to Page Six, Judge is considering departing the show in an effort to reconcile with her 18-year-old daughter, Sidney Barney.

If that’s indeed the case, this looks like the perfect house to host a good ol’ Orange County family reunion.

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