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Timothée Chalamet and Eileen Atkins Interview - British Vogue May 2020

“Maybe your knuckles weren’t bleeding, but there was ice,” Timothée Chalamet tells Dame Eileen Atkins. He is recounting, with no small amount of awe, how he first came to hear of the legendary 85-year-old actor with whom he is about to appear at The Old Vic. It transpires that Oscar Isaac, Chalamet’s co-star in the upcoming blockbuster Dune, was at the receiving end of Atkins’ fist in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood (all in the name of acting, of course). Chalamet was duly impressed.

“I gave him the worst time of his life,” says Atkins, bristling at the memory, before merrily launching into several candid, very dame-like stories from her time on set – “That was a nightmare movie. A nightmare.”

It is a Saturday afternoon in late February, and the two actors – one a titan of British theatre with an eight-decade career; the other, Hollywood’s most in-demand young leading man, with an insatiable Instagram following – have just finished being photographed together for Vogue. Chalamet, 24, in louche, low-slung denim and a white T-shirt, has folded his Bambi limbs into a chair next to Atkins, whose hawkish frame, in a navy jumper and jeans, belies her 85 years.

“Do you like being called Tim or Timothée or what?” Atkins asks in her warm but brisk RP, all trace of her Tottenham upbringing erased.

“Whatever works,” he replies in a bright American accent, that shock of chestnut hair falling into his eyes. “Anything.”

“So you won’t object to ‘darling’? I call everyone darling. I’m told I mustn’t say it these days.” He assures her he is fine with it: “It’s a rite of passage, being called darling by Dame Eileen Atkins.”

“You always, always, have to put the dame in, otherwise you can’t address me,” she jokes.

It’s good the two are getting all this sorted now. A couple of days after our interview they will begin rehearsals for a seven-week run of Amy Herzog’s play 4000 Miles, in which they star as a grandmother and grandson, each quietly dealing with their own grief. Chalamet takes on the role of Leo Joseph-Connell, a somewhat lost 21-year-old who experiences a tragedy while on a 4,000-mile-long cycle ride with his best friend. Atkins plays Vera Joseph, his widowed 91-year-old grandmother, upon whose Manhattan doorstep Leo unexpectedly arrives in the middle of the night, unsure of where else to go. What follows is a wonderful, and wonderfully witty, study in human relationships, a portrait of two generations with decades between them trying to make sense of the world.

Its stars, who’ve met twice previously, in New York last year, are still very much getting to know each other – and are confident in the appeal. “There are things like this play – hoping I don’t butcher it – where you can just sit back and go, ‘Oh, this is a delicious meal,’” says Chalamet. Atkins agrees. “I have a phrase in mind that I shouldn’t really say because it’s going to sound terrible in print.” Which is? “I find it a dear little play, a really dear little play. I think it should be very moving. But who knows? We might f**k it up.”

It’s unlikely. Atkins has been a regular on The Old Vic’s stage since the 1960s, going toe-to-toe with greats from Laurence Olivier to Alec Guinness, and fellow dames (and close friends) Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Chalamet, meanwhile, is a relative novice, with only two professional plays under his belt. But since his turn as Elio in 2017’s Call Me by Your Name (for which he was Oscar-nominated), his celluloid rise has been meteoric. Roles in Lady Bird, Little Women, The King and Wes Anderson’s upcoming The French Dispatch have not only earned him the slightly fraught badge of “heart-throb”, but proved him to be among the most captivating actors of his generation.

He says he couldn’t resist the opportunity to come to the capital. “There was something exciting about doing a play that feels very New York in London,” Chalamet explains of taking on the part. He’s a diehard theatre fan, too, revealing he saw the six-and-a-half-hour epic The Inheritance – twice. “There are films like The Dark Knight or Punch-Drunk Love or Parasite that can give you a special feeling. But nothing will be like seeing Death of a Salesman on Broadway with Philip Seymour Hoffman or A Raisin in the Sun with Denzel Washington.”

Herzog’s writing particularly spoke to him. “Leo’s in a stasis that was very appealing to me,” he continues. “We find our crisis in moments of stasis, but there’s an irony to it when you’re young, because the law of the land would have you think that to be young is to be having fun, to be coming into your own. But as everyone at this age who’s going through it knows, it’s often a shitshow.”

It’s safe to say that, in casting terms, director Matthew Warchus, also artistic director of The Old Vic, has hit the jackpot. He first took the play to Atkins three years ago, but it was only towards the end of 2019 that Chalamet came on board. When it was announced, in December, that Hollywood’s heir apparent to Leonardo DiCaprio would be making his London stage debut, the news was met with a level of hysteria not usually associated with the 202-year-old theatre’s crowd.

“Oh, my friends have told me who the audience is,” Atkins chimes in when I ask who they think will be coming to see the show. “It’s 40 per cent girls who want to go to bed with Timothée, it’s 40 per cent men who want to go to bed with Timothée, and it’s 20 per cent my old faithfuls.” Is Chalamet prepared for the onslaught? “I think it will be 100 per cent Eileen’s faithfuls,” he demurs.

On the surface, they can seem quite the odd couple. Chalamet, raised in Manhattan by an American dancer-turned-realtor mother and French father, an in-house editor at the United Nations, may be living a breathless, nomadic movie-star life but there’s an iron core of Gen Z earnestness there. He arrives on set with minimal fuss, even deciding to wear the clothes he came in for one shot, before knocking out some push-ups, politely ordering an omelette and generally being divinely well-mannered.

He turns on the star power for the camera, though, and I can confirm it’s as dazzling up close as it is on the red carpet, where he has, famously, casually redrawn the rules for male dressing. From that Louis Vuitton sparkly bib at the 2018 Golden Globes, to a dove-grey satin Haider Ackermann tux at Venice last year, he’s a true fashion darling. Then, of course, there’s his dating life – from Lourdes Ciccone Leon to Lily-Rose Depp – that remains an endless source of fascination to millions worldwide. (All this, it must be said, is of significantly less interest to Dame Eileen.)

Atkins started dance lessons aged three, shortly before the start of the Second World War. By 12, she was performing professionally in pantomime, not far from where she grew up in north London, the youngest daughter in a working-class family. A fast-established theatre star, wider fame didn’t find her until late in life. Despite memorable turns in Upstairs, Downstairs and Gosford Park, it was the 2000 television hits Cranford and Doc Martin, when she was in her early seventies, that finally made her a household name. Today, she lives alone in west London, since her second husband, the TV and film producer Bill Shepherd, died in 2016. She has often spoken of being happily childless, and has zero time for razzmatazz.

And yet, despite their differences, the pair appear perfectly matched. They already have their grandmother-grandson dynamic down pat. Atkins does a fine line in mischievous eyebrow-raising, and at one point recites a limerick that is, honestly, so rude it almost makes her co-star blush. Chalamet, meanwhile, is politeness personified, still trying to work out his thoughts on various subjects, less inclined to give so much of himself away. There is a physical likeness, too, in their delicate features and fine bone structure. They share a naturally melancholic look, one that melts away when they laugh.

Their upcoming play, which premiered to rapturous reviews Off-Broadway in 2011, “about a block” from Chalamet’s high school, LaGuardia, could have been written for them. “Other than not being American, I’m very like the old woman,” says Atkins of the Pulitzer-shortlisted play. “I can’t be bothered to learn the internet.” If there’s one thing she won’t tolerate in rehearsals, it’s people on their phones. That’s the only thing that will “piss me off ”, she says, brusquely.

Ah, phones. Are they really the symbol of generational disconnect? “It’s easy to point to these things,” Chalamet says, tapping his phone on the table, “as the cause or the symptom, but I think my generation is a guinea pig generation of sorts. We’re figuring out the pros and cons and limits of technology.”

Equally, Atkins is keen to distance herself from some of the criticism levelled at her age group. “There’s a saying isn’t there: if you’re not very left wing when you’re young, you’re heartless. And if you’re not very right wing when you’re old, you’re foolish. I’m not political, but I’m not with this government I can assure you – and I’m not with Brexit. I wanted to wear a sweater saying ‘I did not vote Brexit’, because it was all old people who did. Not me, not me,” she snaps. “I went on the march.”

Both are in agreement that intergenerational friendships are too rare these days. “So. Important,” Chalamet says, hitting the table between each word. “There is so much to learn from people who have walked the path of life. That’s why I’m so looking forward to these next couple of months.”

Atkins is thoughtful on the matter. “I don’t miss the fact I don’t have children, but I do envy my friends who have grandchildren,” she says. “About five or six years ago I met a couple of young people – they are just about 30 this year – and, do you know, we go out together. And people immediately say to me, ‘Are these your grandchildren?’ And I say, ‘No.’ And they say, ‘Your godchildren?’ And I say, ‘No, they’re just friends.’ Everybody thinks there is something weird about all three of us. They just don’t get it. But the boy makes me laugh more than anybody and the girl is enchanting. I have more fun with them than I do with almost anybody else.”

I remind Atkins about her description of today’s youth as being overly serious. “I do call them the New Puritans, yes,” she says, before motioning to her young co-star. “He probably drinks like a fish.”

Chalamet, currently single, is remaining tight-lipped about plans for his new London life, and how many late-night manoeuvres in Soho or Peckham it may involve. “I’ve got friends here, which is nice. But I’m here for this – to be terrified at The Old Vic.”

Before we leave, there is a final thing to clear up – Atkins’ aforementioned limerick. “Do you know about the Colin Farrell situation?” Eileen asks Timothée. No, comes his reply. “Better get it over with now because someone will tell you,” she says, proceeding to explain how, when she was “69, about to be 70” and filming Ask the Dust with a 27-year-old Farrell, “he made a pass at me. He came to my hotel room. He was enchanting. I let him chat for two hours, thoroughly enjoying it, but no not that. He was very cross I didn’t.”

But then, she explains guiltily, she later told the story during “some stupid TV show” (Loose Women), where despite her best efforts at keeping Farrell’s identity secret, the internet did its thing and news got out. An apology to Farrell was required. “So I left a limerick on Colin’s phone…” she says. She clears her throat: “There once was a **** of a dame…” she begins, in her imitable theatrical timbre, before reeling off one of the filthiest rhymes I’ve ever heard.

There is a moment of stunned laughter. “Wow, that’s sincerely amazing,” comes Chalamet’s response, as Atkins finishes the verse. He gives her a solemn oath: “I promise I won’t hit on you.”

4000 Miles is at The Old Vic, SE1, from 6 April

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seldnei · 6 years ago

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Okay, look, I know it seems kinda scary because Election Day IS ALMOST HERE and EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED, and now we get all the analysis of early voters and all that razzmatazz. Here are my thoughts so far:

1. Fuck the media. Like, seriously, I read WaPo and the Times and I like my mainstream news, but, still, fuck them. They’re after clicks and readers just like the rest of the internet. Ignore the news; go vote.

2. Ya know, they talked about early voting being in favor of the Democrats in 2016, and look how well that worked out. Seriously, fuck that. Just vote.

3. The GOP only has a 1 in 7 chance of taking the House? Yeah, Trump had a 1 in 4 chance of winning the presidency and he managed that shit, so don’t get complacent, go vote.

4. The Dems only have a 1 in 7 chance of taking the Senate? Yeah, Trump had a 1 in 4 chance of winning the presidency and he managed that shit, so don’t lose hope, go vote.

FUCK THE POLLS, FUCK THE MEDIA. JUST GO FUCKING VOTE.

#VOTE MOTHERFUCKER VOTE

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DNC 2020: Obama blasts Trump's 'reality show' presidency - BBC News

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Barack Obama accused Donald Trump of treating the US presidency like “one more reality show”, in a withering speech to the Democratic convention.

The former US president said his Republican successor “hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t”.

At the White House, Mr Trump hit back that he was only elected because of the “horror” Mr Obama left Americans.

On the third night of the Democratic conference, Kamala Harris accepted the vice-presidential nomination.

Kamala Harris savages Trump ‘failure of leadership’

The grand finale of the four-night convention will see Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden deliver a speech on Thursday.

The Biden-Harris ticket will challenge President Trump and his Vice-President Mike Pence for the White House in the election on 3 November.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Democrats to abandon the cheering throngs and razzmatazz that are the hallmarks of the quadrennial party convention in favour of a virtual event of pre-recorded and live speeches.

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Media captionJoe Biden: Will it be third time lucky in 2020?

What did Obama say?

On Wednesday night, Mr Obama unleashed possibly his most scathing attack yet about Mr Trump, speaking live from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

He said: “He has [Mr Trump] shown no interest in putting in the work. No interest in finding common ground.

“No interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends.

“No interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves.”

He said the consequences of the Trump presidency have been “our worst impulses unleashed, our proud reputation around the world badly diminished, and our democratic institutions threatened like never before”.

The former president lamented “the circus of it all, the meanness and the lies and the conspiracy theories”.

“Do not let them take away your power,” he implored American voters. “Do not let them take away your democracy.”

Mr Obama encouraged voters to elect his former vice-president, Mr Biden, in 76 days’ time – praising him as “my friend” and “a brother”.

According to the Associated Press news agency, sources close to Mr Obama say he fully supports Mr Biden, but is concerned about engagement among younger voters and especially voters of colour.

Former US presidents mostly observe a dignified public silence about their successors.

But Mr Obama warned four years ago while still in office that he would regard it as a “personal insult” if Americans elected Mr Trump, then the Republican candidate and a former star of TV’s The Apprentice.

The 44th president has become gradually more outspoken about his successor as he has watched him dismantle his legacy.

On Monday night at the Democratic convention, Michelle Obama delivered an impassioned attack on her husband’s successor, painting him as incompetent and “clearly in over his head”. Her salvo was especially striking to many Americans because US first ladies, serving and former, tend to carefully steer clear of the political fray.

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Media captionMichelle Obama: Trump is “wrong president” for US

How did Trump respond?

During a White House news conference on Wednesday, Mr Trump was asked about his predecessor’s remarks.

“I see the horror that he’s left us and the stupidity of the transactions he made,” the US president said.

“Look at how bad he was, how ineffective a president he was, he was so ineffective, so terrible.

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“Now President Obama did not do a good job, and the reason I’m here is because of President Obama and Joe Biden.”

He added: “They did such a bad job that I stand before you as president.”

In a subsequent tweet, Mr Trump said: “Welcome, Barack and Crooked Hillary. See you on the field of battle!”

The president is expected to accept his re-nomination as the Republican candidate from the White House lawn next week during his party’s convention.

Who else spoke at the convention?

On Wednesday night, Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee, also assailed the man who thwarted her White House ambitions.

Speaking from her home in Chappaquiddick, New York, she said: “I wish Donald Trump had been a better president. But, sadly, he is who he is.”

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Media captionWhat do young Democrats think of Joe Biden?

The former first lady and ex-secretary of state added: “For four years, people have said to me, ‘I didn’t realise how dangerous he was.’ ‘I wish I could go back and do it over.’ Or worst, ‘I should have voted.’

“Well, this can’t be another woulda coulda shoulda election.”

She added: “Vote like our lives and livelihoods are on the line, because they are.”

What does Kamala Harris believe?

‘Vice-presidents aren’t cute’

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Obama’s legacy on the ballot

Barack Obama and Donald Trump are exchanging barbs in near real time now. While the former president has offered oblique criticism in the past, in his Democratic National Convention speech he attacked the current president by name.

For more than three years, Trump has treated the 2016 election – one he narrowly won – as a full-throated repudiation of his predecessor and governed accordingly. That has been a risky assumption, given that polls indicate Mr Obama is currently one of the most popular political figures in the nation, while Mr Trump has been net negative for most of his presidency.

Wednesday’s clash suggests that the forthcoming election between Mr Trump and Joe Biden, Americans will be more than just a choice between two men, it also will be one between two legacies – Mr Obama’s and Mr Trump’s.

And both the current and former presidents are treating it accordingly.

A simple guide to the US election

How you can be US president without winning most votes

#blasts #obama #presidency #reality #trump #Politics

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DNC 2020: Kamala Harris savages Trump ‘failure of leadership’

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Kamala Harris has popular her historical nomination because the US Democratic occasion’s vice-presidential candidate, working with Joe Biden for the White Dwelling.

In a speech to her occasion convention, the predominant US woman of color on a predominant-occasion label assailed President Donald Trump’s “failure of management”.

The California senator pledged to discuss “truths” to the American public.

Mr Biden and Ms Harris will hiss Mr Trump and his Vice-President Mike Pence within the election on 3 November.

The coronavirus pandemic has compelled Democrats to desert the cheering throngs, fanfare and razzmatazz of the fashioned occasion convention in favour of a digital occasion of pre-recorded and stay speeches.

The big finale of the four-evening convention will scrutinize Mr Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, raise a speech on Thursday.

What did Kamala Harris notify?

“We’re at an inflection level,” she mentioned, speaking stay from a largely empty hotel ballroom in Mr Biden’s fatherland of Wilmington, Delaware.

Attacking Mr Trump, she persisted: “The fixed chaos leaves us adrift. The incompetence makes us truly feel timid. The callousness makes us truly feel alone. It be loads.

“And this is the item: We can raise out greater and deserve so indispensable more.

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“We must always elect a president who will bring one thing varied, one thing greater, and lift out the predominant work.”

Ms Harris – the kid of immigrants from India and Jamaica – pledged that she and Mr Biden would revive a nation fractured by the coronavirus pandemic and racial stress.

“There would possibly perhaps be not any such thing as a vaccine for racism,” she mentioned. “We possess bought to set out the work.”

She persisted: “Donald Trump’s failure has price lives and livelihoods.”

“Correct now, we now possess a president who turns our tragedies into political weapons,” she added.

President Trump impulsively hit attend, tweeting about Ms Harris’ outdated attack on Mr Biden over his file on stride disorders, while they had been each and each competitors for the Democratic White Dwelling nomination.

The second came at some level of a stay TV debate final one year, though Ms Harris prefaced those remarks by telling Mr Biden: “I raise out no longer think you are a racist.”

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Media captionKamala Harris: ‘My mother would possibly perhaps perhaps perhaps well never possess imagined this second’

Also on Wednesday, susceptible US President Barack Obama launched his most withering advise attack but on Mr Trump, accusing his Republican successor of treating the White Dwelling like “every other actuality say”.

A post-apocalyptic speech

The now-reliable Democratic vice-presidential nominee faced somewhat of a hiss, having to straight away educate Barack Obama, the occasion’s most liked and rhetorically gifted baby-kisser.

What Ms Harris equipped used to be somewhat of an amalgam – particular individual that on occasion connected and on occasion plodded. It used to be part biographical introduction, part gross sales pitch for Mr Biden and – most severely – part frontal attack on structural racism.

Even supposing she’s been attacked by some on the left for her prosecutorial background, Ms Harris tried to flip that correct into a earnings for a total election viewers, speaking of how she consistently tries to combat for justice.

Her speech delivered with smiles and warmth, but it took blueprint in a rather haunting environment – a room constructed to duplicate a occasion convention hall, but devoid of the cheering crowds.

All of it had a a shrimp post-apocalyptic feeling, which makes it seem that the emptiness of the latest pandemic- nation is a sense Democrats deserve to spotlight – and lay at Mr Trump’s toes.

The first dim woman and South Asian American on a predominant US presidential label, she mentioned she inherited a keenness for public service from her immigrant mother, Shyamala Gopalan, a biologist.

“I support concerned with that 25-one year-extinct Indian woman, all of 5 toes broad, who gave start to me.

��On that day, she perhaps will possess never imagined that I would possibly perhaps be standing outdated to you now and speaking these phrases: I settle for your nomination for vice-president of the US of The US.”

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Ms Harris is a susceptible San Francisco district felony expert and California felony expert total who joined the Senate in 2017.

She made headlines by grilling two Trump nominees, Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court docket justice and William Barr for felony expert total, at some level of Senate committee hearings.

Ms Harris launched her presidential present in January final one year as a first-rate-tier candidate, most attention-grabbing to scrutinize her campaign fizzle amid criticism that she had struggled to train a coherent imaginative and prescient for blueprint of job.

Who else spoke on the convention?

Mr Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama launched a fierce attack on the latest occupant of the White Dwelling.

Mr Obama, who has largely refrained from attacks on Mr Trump since leaving blueprint of job, accused him of treating the US presidency like “every other actuality say”.

The susceptible US president mentioned his Republican successor “hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t”.

On the White Dwelling, Mr Trump hit attend that he used to be most attention-grabbing elected thanks to the “fright” Mr Obama left American citizens.

On Wednesday evening, Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee, also assailed the man who thwarted her White Dwelling ambitions.

Talking from her dwelling in Chappaqua, Original York, she mentioned: “I wish Donald Trump had been a greater president. Nonetheless, sadly, he is who he is.”

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Gabrielle Giffords, the susceptible Arizona congresswoman who used to be shot within the head when greeting supporters in 2011, highlighted gun violence within the US.

“Words as soon as came without anguish, but on the present time I struggle to discuss. Nonetheless I truly possess no longer lost my advise,” she mentioned.

“The US desires all of us to discuss out, even whenever you wish to combat to hunt down the phrases. We’re at a crossroads. We can let the shooting continue, or we are able to act. We can supply protection to our households, our future. We can vote.”

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rauthschild · 5 years ago

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“This Is America And It’s A War Zone” Cry Slams Into “There’s Not Going To Be An Election Night” Reality

By: Sorcha Faal,

A disquieting new Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) report circulating in the Kremlin today confirming that Russian intelligence and law enforcement officials are preparing to meet with their American counterparts, says the main focus of these discussions will be centered on how to best mitigate what is likely to be an outbreak of civil war in the United States in the coming months—a civil war whose dimensions of are currently unfolding in the socialist Democrat Party stronghold city of Portland-Oregon, where radical mobs are now burning Christian Bibles—and where after the Associated Press released a horrifying account of the mass violence occurring in this socialist city, it was followed last evening with socialist mobs targeting police with high-powered lasers and over 150 shots being fired at fearful residents, that led to one of them fearfully crying “This Is America And It’s A War Zone”—an actual war zone being prepared for by socialist Democrat Party leaders such as US Congressman Jim Clyburn, who after saying “Trump is Mussolini, riots are peaceful, and federal agents are terrorists”, then declared that “President Trump has no intention of peacefully transferring power if he loses the November election”—and to understand this declaration, one must know that it’s joined with socialist Democrat Party leader US Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi saying that “mail-in voting is essential for Americans health”—mail-in voting being forced on the American people by socialist Democrat Party stronghold States like Nevada, that in the dead of night a few hours ago, used a state of emergency to pass a law mandating mail-in voting and ballot harvesting in a move President Trump has vowed his forces will fight in court—a court battle urgently needed as the already going broke United States Postal Service has ended overtime and cut back services making it unable to handle tens-of-millions of mail-in ballots for this election, and has it being asked: “How many races will be called with thousands of ballots on the floor of local post offices?”—but is the exact strategy being employed by the socialist Democrat Party, as they need this election to be plunged into uncertain chaos so they can claim victory for themselves—a victory though, no one will ever be able to be certain of—and most certainly will not know about after this election is held on 3 November—which is why Brandon Finnigan, the founder of Decision Desk HQ, that delivers election results to media outlets, has just sounded an alarm explaining to the American people this grim reality: “I don’t think it’s penetrated enough in the average viewer’s mind that there’s not going to be an election night”.

According to this report, joining the warning issued by Decision Desk HQ founder Brandon Finnigan to the American people that “there’s not going to be an election night” is the Republican Secretary of State of Ohio, Frank LaRose, who has just warned his citizens that “You can’t think of Election Day as a single movie — you have to treat it as maybe a trilogy”—warnings now being joined by Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, who says his site is planning a round of education aimed at “getting people ready for the fact that there’s a high likelihood that it could take days or weeks to count this election”—and Brandon Finnigan himself further warning: “The usual razzmatazz of a panel sitting around discussing election results — that’s dead”.

As to what is actually occurring with the 2020 United States Presidential Election due to be held on 3 November, this report details, one must first know about the critical date of 12 June 2020—a date that’s best described with the fearful words “On the second Friday in June, a group of political operatives, former government and military officials, and academics quietly convened online for what became a disturbing exercise in the fragility of American democracy”—fearful words contained in a little noticed article published last week by the Boston Globe titled “A Bipartisan Group Secretly Gathered To Game Out A Contested Trump-Biden Election. It Wasn’t Pretty”—wherein it describes how a group of socialist Democrat Party elites from the Obama-Clinton Regime, along with rabid anti-Trump leaders within the Republican Party (aka Deep State), formed themselves into a group calling itself the Transition Integrity Project to “game out possible results of the November election”.

Far from these Deep State operatives gaming out anything having to do with this election, however, this report details, what they actually plotted was a scheme to throw this election into total chaos—best exampled by one these plotters, Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown law professor and former Defense Department official in the Obama-Clinton Regime, saying “All of our scenarios ended in both street-level violence and political impasse”—while Nils Gilman, a historian who leads research at a think tank called the Berggruen Institute and was an organizer of this exercise, said about President Trump: “He doesn’t have to win the election… He just has to create a plausible narrative that he didn’t lose”—and saw Edward Luce, the US editor of the Financial Times, who played the role of a mainstream media reporter during one of the simulations, saying” The more demonstrations there were, the more demands for recounts, the more legal challenges there were, the more funerals for democracy were held, the more Trump came across as the candidate of stability…possession is nine-tenths of the law”—with the final determinations generated by this plot being:

In multiple scenarios, officials on both sides homed in on narrowly decided swing states with divided governments, such Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina, hoping to persuade officials there to essentially send two different results to Congress.

If a state’s election is disputed, a legislature controlled by one party and governor of another each could send competing slates of electors backing their party’s candidate.

In one scenario President Trump invoked the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to use military forces to quell unrest.

The scenario that began with a narrow Biden win ended with Trump refusing to leave the White House, burning government documents, and having to be escorted out by the Secret Service.

The team playing Biden in that scenario, meanwhile, sought to patch things up with Republicans by appointing moderate Republican governors, including Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, to Cabinet positions.

In another scenario President Trump won the Electoral College — and thus, the election — but Biden won the popular vote by 5 percentage points.

Biden’s team retracted his Election Night concession, fueled by Democrats angry at losing yet another election despite capturing the popular vote, as happened in 2000 and 2016.

Trump sought to divide Democrats — at one point giving an interview to The Intercept, a left-leaning news outlet, saying Senator Bernie Sanders would have won if Democrats had nominated him.

Meanwhile, Biden’s team sought to encourage large Western states to secede unless pro-Democracy reforms were made.

And a scenario that doesn’t look that different from 2016: a big popular win for Joe Biden, and a narrow electoral defeat, presumably reached after weeks of counting the votes in Pennsylvania, and for this war game, they cast John Podesta, who was Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, in the role of Mr. Biden. They expected him, when the votes came in, to concede, just as Mrs. Clinton had.

But Mr. Podesta, playing Mr. Biden, shocked the organizers by saying he felt his party wouldn’t let him concede. Alleging voter suppression, he persuaded the governors of Wisconsin and Michigan to send pro-Biden electors to the Electoral College.

In that scenario, California, Oregon, and Washington then threatened to secede from the United States if Mr. Trump took office as planned.

The House named Mr. Biden president; the Senate and White House stuck with Mr. Trump.

At that point in the scenario, the nation stopped looking to the media for cues, and waited to see what the military would do.

In these plotters’ scenario having California, Washington and Oregon seceding from the United States, this report concludes, Russian intelligence agencies have previously warned Communist China is preparing a 500,000-strong invasion force to flood into them once Biden declares himself the winner of this election—but critically to be noted, is a Biden win far from being assured, as documented yesterday by Russian military intelligence sources warning about President Trump’s planned “October Surprise” revelations about Roswell and the criminal investigation being run by feared US Attorney John Durham against these coup plotters—and to understand why these Deep State operatives are so terrified they’re actually war gaming out how to start a civil war with this election, one need only look at the Engagious Swing Voter Project, that for 17-months has been tracking voters in swing states, all of whom, despite what the lying polls claim, still support President Trump—and though a crushing blow to socialist Democrats and their leader Joe Biden, comes nowhere close to the horror they have after a new poll shows President Trump will cruise to an election victory because he’s being supported by an astonishing 40% of America’s black voters—a shock poll socialist Democrats won’t even publically acknowledge—but they surely know is true, and is why today they’ve begun flooding American black voters with a multi-million-dollar ad campaign.

Deceased and illegal aliens who ALWAYS vote by mail.

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Crimson - What was an event that’s shaped you to be who you are today?I'd say a defining moment for me was the 2000 election. I was eleven years old and it was the first time I really understood what was going on in the world, especially politically (my parents keeping me sheltered from the Clinton scandals) as well as the first time I kinda understood that adage about life not being fair. Gore won that election. He had the votes. But an archaic system and a few badly designed ballots meant that the loser got to be president and Gore was painted as a sore loser for saying "hey, this is sorta messed up." And while I didn't get truly engaged in politics until a decade later, that was the event that marked me.Light Pink - Do you have stuffed animals?I have a teddy bear named Teddy, because I wasn't the most original four year oldBlush - Are you single?Super duper singleAmaranth - What’s your favourite emotion?Rightful prideCherry Blossom - How are you feeling right now?Tired, a little anxious, but mostly goodHollywood Cerise - What are your ambitions?Those change constantly. I want to work in the legal field, working to enact social justice through the court systemRazzmatazz - Favourite TV Show?So many, but I have been loving the Arrowverse shows lately (LoT is my favorite (fight me) closely followed by Flash), Parks and Rec will always have my heart, but Brooklyn 99 is my favorite comedy. Rose - Where do you feel most comfortable?My parents have this hammock in their backyard, on a summer day (particularly Shabbos), with a good book and a nice breeze, it is heavenFrench Rose - What is your favourite flavour?Salted caramelCameo Pink - Favourite movie?It seems like a fake answer, but Casablanca is a classic for a reason. That last scene was the apex of film making and can never be topped. Roman Holiday is my favorite romance and The Producers is my favorite comedy (I once broke up with a boy because we watched the Producers together and he thought it was stupid, and I knew that I could never be with a man who didn't understand true comedy).

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TI did good this year! In terms of preparation, I mean. These picks are probably godawful, a losing combination of switching between going with my gut or my heart or my head. But, I have seen all but THREE of the nominated films (2 animated, 1 foreign language), which is, I think, very good for someone with no connections for screener access. Also, I thought it was, on the whole, a good group of nominees, in that I only wanted to die while watching, like, 3 of the movies.

So, without further ado, my mostly informed picks for tonight!

Best picture: “Arrival” “Fences” “Hacksaw Ridge” “Hell or High Water” “Hidden Figures” “La La Land” “Lion” “Manchester by the Sea” “Moonlight”

La La Land has been “controversial” since more than festival-goers saw it because it’s been the front runner for so long. But it will surprise few to learn that I think it’s great! Deeply considered and moving, and with thematic depth, plus the kind of razzmatazz I’m a complete sucker for. Frankly, I don’t see a ton of differences between it and, say, Mad Max: Fury Road in terms of craft and skill displayed, but it’s been dinged because the perception is that it is light and unserious and a rip-off or what-have-you. Or too jazzy, or maybe the wrong kind of jazzy? Anyway, it’s definitely winning, and in a line-up with only 2.5 movies I didn’t as least think were “mostly good” (Hacksaw is pretty bad, Lion is meh-nipulative, and Hidden Figures is a little obvious, but otherwise I like ‘em all!), I’m not really mad about it and probably would vote for it because it appeals to my taste so specifically.

Will Win: La La Land Should Win: La La Land Dark Horse: Moonlight

Lead actor: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea” Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge” Ryan Gosling, “La La Land,” Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic” Denzel Washington, “Fences”

The most high profile competitive race, despite it being one of the weaker categories this year. The battle of the narratives is strong here, and I wonder if it’s been overblown a little bit. BUT, the competitor is who I would pick, so I’m going to lean into hope and go in that direction. Garfield is nominated for the wrong movie (you didn’t see Silence, but he was great), and he’s kind of a cartoon in Hacksaw with his VERY broad accent. Gosling’s charming, but the center of the so-called “backlash” against LLL with his jazz love. Captain Fantastic is a bad movie that buys into Viggo’s characters world-view too much to be anything but self-indulgent claptrap and also has no support anywhere else. Affleck’s got the momentum and a great performance, but Washington’s got the monologues. Both playing frustrating characters, one for talking so much without doing enough listening, the other for not communicating at all. My vote goes to the excellent August Wilson interpretation, again, due to personal taste leanings.

Will Win: Denzel Washington Should Win: Denzel Washington Dark Horse Smart Pick: Casey Affleck

Lead actress: Isabelle Huppert, “Elle” Ruth Negga, “Loving” Natalie Portman, “Jackie” Emma Stone, “La La Land” Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”

GREAT category. God, so many great female lead performances this year. My personal pick is probably the sadly un-nominated Annette Benning in 20th Century Woman, who is so subtle and great and does some of the best “watching and listening” acting you’ll ever see. But Ruth Negga probably takes the subtle and unshowy slot, and she’s terrific too, so I can’t complain too much. Given this choice selection, I’d go for the probable winner, because, seriously, Emma Stone is charming and funny and deep and complicated in La La Land, plus she gets to do a big 11 o’clock number. Huppert’s probably the potential upset, she’s got momentum and gets to do a LOT of different unusual things in Elle. Portman never seemed to reach full potential, but she’s a strong center in Jackie once you get used to the big choices and latch on to the movie’s wavelength. Streep Streeps it up and does all the things you love.

Will Win: Emma Stone Should Win: Annette Benning Emma Stone Dark Horse: Isabelle Huppert

Supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight” Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water” Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea” Dev Patel, “Lion” Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”

Another strong category, though the Shannon nomination for that nothingburger of a movie is regrettable (he’s at least the CORRECT supporting actor to go with). Bridges is great, turning on a dime when The Big Dramatic Thing happens at the end of that terrific movie, having kept you laughing the whole way to that moment. Patel’s fine, but his section of the movie does not fulfill the potential suggested by in the first part. Mahershala Ali is another great watching and listening performance, and his raw and simple connection with Little, especially in the scene where he explains what “faggot” means to him, is so delicately beautiful. Hedges, though, is unexpected and confounding in the best way. His character is trying his best to make the best of a bad situation, giving his all, even though he’s not grown up enough to have that be enough all the time. It’s a terrific honest and unexpected portrait of grief in a movie full of contrasting pictures, and I’m really excited to see what he does next.

Will Win: Mahershala Ali Should Win: Lucas Hedges Dark Horse: Jeff Bridges

Supporting actress: Viola Davis, “Fences” Naomie Harris, “Moonlight” Nicole Kidman, “Lion” Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures” Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”

Octavia would not be my Hidden Figures pick (how about that Janelle Monae, huh?) but she does have that killer line in that great scene with Kirsten Dunst. Kidman I sadly found forgettable (but check out Big Little Lies on HBO, you guys). Naomie Harris gets the most recognizable/predictable arc in Moonlight, but she sells the hell out of it. And doing it in three days!? That’s incredible. Michelle has the big scene that’s the closest we get to catharsis in Manchester, and is maybe doing the best job of “Supporting” in a way that many of these other performances aren’t. But holy hell does Viola deliver everything you would want her to in that part. I have no beef with her placement here, and she gives great watching/listening, great monologuing, and has the best scene of the movie (that night time phone call) centered on her. Gosh it’ll be great to see her win.

Will Win: Viola Davis Should Win: Viola Davis Dark Horse: Michelle Williams, I guess, but c’mon.

Best director: “La La Land,” Damien Chazelle “Hacksaw Ridge,” Mel Gibson “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins “Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan “Arrival,” Denis Villeneuve

Oh, hey, I haven’t had the chance to say anything about it yet, but Arrival is really great and full of ideas and feelings, and to see it nominated here is great! But this is a Jenkins/Chazelle race, and La La Land fever is definitely strong within the Academy.

Will Win: Damien Chazelle Should Win: Really, I’d be glad do see anyone but Gibson, but I guess I’d go with Denis Villeneuve in the interest of spreading the wealth? Dark Horse: Barry Jenkins

Animated feature: “Kubo and the Two Strings,” Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner “Moana,” John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer “My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras and Max Karli “The Red Turtle,” Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki “Zootopia,” Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

This is one of my “I haven’t seen them all categories” which is too bad because I like seeing animated films a bunch, but Zucchini and Red Turtle have not made it to my neck of the woods yet. I liked Zootopia a lot, though I found its second half less engaging on second viewing, and I think the villain is telegraphed a bit too heavily. But that beginning, and getting to know the world, plus its thematic depth will make it a worthy winner. Kubo is GREAT and fun and moving, perhaps a bit let down by its vocal cast, but otherwise gives you everything you could want in an animated film. But Moana is a Disney musical, and if you haven’t figured it out already, I’m a sucker for those (they make me cry just by, like, structure? Like, opening establishing musical numbers emotionally move me to tears just because they exist?). And it’s one that doesn’t forget it’s a musical halfway through.

Will Win: Zootopia Should Win: Moana Dark Horse: Kubo and the Two Strings

Animated short: “Blind Vaysha,” Theodore Ushev “Borrowed Time,” Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj “Pear Cider and Cigarettes,” Robert Valley and Cara Speller “Pearl,” Patrick Osborne “Piper,” Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

This crop was just ok this year, I thought, though seeking out the shorts is always one of my favorite parts of Oscar season. Borrowed Time was my surprise favorite, and is heftier than you think it’s going to be. Pear Cider is... a lot, and not always in a good way, but the style is good. Blind Vaysha’s a bit much, but has got a great Caroline Dhavernas voice-over. Piper’s level of detail is jaw-dropping. And Pearl’s got tech innovations and well-calibrated sentimentality, so that gives it the edge for me.

Will Win: Pearl Should Win: Borrowed Time Dark Horse: Piper

Adapted screenplay: “Arrival,” Eric Heisserer “Fences,” August Wilson “Hidden Figures,” Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi “Lion,” Luke Davies “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

I mean, am I gonna not give a theoretical award to August Wilson? Well, predictions-wise, yes, but god that script is so deep and fascinating. This is an easy area for them to recognize the great achievement of Moonlight, and it is certainly a win I can get behind, three well-told connected stories is no easy feat.

Will Win: Moonlight Should Win: Fences Dark Horse: Arrival

Original screenplay: “20th Century Women,” Mike Mills “Hell or High Water,” Taylor Sheridan “La La Land,” Damien Chazelle “The Lobster,” Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou “Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan

20th Century Women! That’s a hell of a script, and it moves so beautifully and delicately. What a wonder of a miracle that movie is! The Lobster is prickly and the dialogue is very mannered, but the conceptual originality is undeniable. Hell or High Water has a lot more on its mind than you go in expecting, and was a huge surprise favorite for me, with some terrific duet scenes (Pine and his kid! Pine and Bridges!) and wonderful cameo sized characters (Texans with guns! Waitresses!). In hopes of a “spread the wealth” mentality, I’m predicting Manchester, though, as it’s not favored much elsewhere, and it certainly is written with depth and insight.

Will Win: Manchester by the Sea Should Win: 20th Century Women Dark Horse Smart Pick: La La Land

Cinematography: “Arrival,” Bradford Young “La La Land,” Linus Sandgren “Lion,” Greig Fraser “Moonlight,” James Laxton “Silence,” Rodrigo Prieto

These are all great!

Will Win: La La Land Should Win: Moonlight Dark Horse: Moonlight

Best documentary feature: “13th,” Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish “Fire at Sea,” Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo “I Am Not Your Negro,” Raoul Peck, Remi Grellety and Hebert Peck “Life, Animated,” Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman “O.J.: Made in America,” Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow

Many of these are also great! And the three that are centered on the African American experience are a nice trilogy together. But, c’mon, OJ is a TV miniseries.

Will Win: O.J.: Made in America Should Win: I Am Not Your Negro Dark Horse: 13th

Best documentary short subject: “4.1 Miles,” Daphne Matziaraki “Extremis,” Dan Krauss “Joe’s Violin,” Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen “Watani: My Homeland,” Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis “The White Helmets,” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Boy, this is an emotional killer of a category. After seeing all 5 in one night on the big screen, I tweeted “Saw all the Oscar doc shorts tonight, and they were crushing, but if seeing all of any 1 category would make one a better person, that's it.“ and I stand by that. Illuminating and tough, a great group of shorts.

Will Win: The White Helmets Should Win: Watani: My Homeland Dark Horse: Extremis

Best live action short film: “Ennemis Interieurs,” Selim Azzazi “La Femme et le TGV,” Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff “Silent Nights,” Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson “Sing,” Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy “Timecode,” Juanjo Gimenez

This was definitely the weakest shorts category. I enthusiastically liked one of them (Sing) and thought another one was fun (Timecode), but the rest I found inaccessible (Ennemis Interieurs) or verging on sappy (La Femme/Silent Nights). My cynical self thought Silent Nights (sentimental, but deals with Important Social Issues) would win the moment I saw it, though I have heard of no one who is a fan. Still gonna guess it, so I can be pleasantly surprised when it loses.

Will Win: Silent Nights Should Win: Sing Dark Horse: Ennemis Interiurs

Best foreign language film: “A Man Called Ove,” Sweden “Land of Mine,” Denmark “Tanna,” Australia “The Salesman,” Iran “Toni Erdmann,” Germany

I was blown away and cannot stop thinking about The Salesman. That movies got staying power, plus it received extra attention with the awful Travel Ban, so that makes it an easy prediction. I haven’t seen Land of Mine. Tanna was pretty and simple and unique, but didn’t really hold together upon reflection. Ove is pitched right to the older sentimental voter, and I guess it’s a pretty ok version of that story. Toni Erdmann’s got the cool film fan vote, and it had like 3 of my deepest, most gut-busting laughs of the crop, but it took a long time for me to get on board with it.

Will Win: The Salesman Should Win: The Salesman Dark Horse: Toni Erdmann

Film editing: “Arrival,” Joe Walker “Hacksaw Ridge,” John Gilbert “Hell or High Water,” Jake Roberts “La La Land,” Tom Cross “Moonlight,” Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Another easy area for La La Land to rack up a sweep, and it’s certainly got rhythm and pizzazz going for it. Moonlight’s got some terrific wordless sequences though, and can hold a long shot with the best of them.

Will Win: La La Land Should Win: Moonlight Dark Horse: Moonlight

Sound editing: “Arrival,” Sylvain Bellemare “Deep Water Horizon,” Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli “Hacksaw Ridge,” Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright “La La Land,” Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan “Sully,” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Arrival made up all those alien noises, which were really essential to you buying into the movie. Deepwater Horizon was a better watch than I expected, and it certainly explores all the different ways an oil rig can blow up with sound. Sully’s got those birds. Don’t forget the birds. But this is a big war movie category, and the most high profile one of the night will *sigh* probably win here.

Will Win: Hacksaw Ridge Should Win: Arrival Dark Horse: La La Land (sweeps can be powerful, you guys)

Sound mixing: “Arrival,” Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye “Hacksaw Ridge,” Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace “La La Land,” Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth

I watched Michael Bay’s Benghazi movie and all I got was vague credibility when predicting this lousy Oscars category (it was bad). Musicals do well here, though I think La La Land is weaker than many think here because a lot of folks complain that they couldn’t understand the lyrics (I thought the mixing was fine, but they maybe should have chosen singers with more powerful voices?).

Will Win: La La Land Should Win: Arrival Dark Horse: Hacksaw Ridge

Production design: “Arrival,” Patrice Vermette, Paul Hotte “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock “Hail, Caesar!,” Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh “La La Land,” David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco “Passengers,” Guy Hendrix Dyas, Gene Serdena

Sweepin’ gonna sweep. How bout Hail, Caesar!, tho?

Will Win: La La Land Should Win: Hail, Caesar! Dark Horse: Arrival

Original score: “Jackie,” Mica Levi “La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz “Lion,” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka “Moonlight,” Nicholas Britell “Passengers,” Thomas Newman

Original musical! I’ve been humming and feeling the great instrumental themes form La La Land since I saw it.

Will Win: La La Land Should Win: La La Land Dark Horse: Jackie

Original song: “Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” “La La Land” — Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” “Trolls” — Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster “City of Stars,” “La La Land” — Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul “The Empty Chair,” “Jim: The James Foley Story” — Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting “How Far I’ll Go,” “Moana” — Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

This is a heartbreaker category, where is Popstar? Where is Swiss Army Man? Where is Sing Street? Why those La La Land songs? I’ve gotta go with my sort-of Twitter buddy Lin Manuel Miranda (he followed me for a little while, OK? Get off my back!), even if he’s many not who most are predicting. Plus, if Pasek and Paul lap him and EGOT in a year, I’ll be pissed at how rude that is.

Will Win: “How Far I’ll Go” Should Win: “How Far I’ll Go” (really for the second reprise, but it’s good at first too!) Dark Horse: “City of Stars” (though Audition is better, and Someone in the Crowd’s the best song in the movie)

Makeup and hair: “A Man Called Ove,” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson “Star Trek Beyond,” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo “Suicide Squad,” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

Realistic old person makeup is hard to bet against, and I really don’t want to live in the Oscar Winner Suicide Squad world. Star Trek’s got really good work in this category, too, though.

Will Win: A Man Called Ove Should Win: Star Trek Beyond Dark Horse: Star Trek Beyond

Costume design: “Allied,” Joanna Johnston “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Colleen Atwood “Florence Foster Jenkins,” Consolata Boyle “Jackie,” Madeline Fontaine “La La Land,” Mary Zophres

This is far from my best/most knowledgable category, but I’ll be happy if contemporary memorable designs from La La Land get it as expected.

Will Win: La La Land Should Win: La La Land Dark Horse: Jackie

Visual effects: “Deepwater Horizon,” Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton “Doctor Strange,” Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould “The Jungle Book,” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon “Kubo and the Two Strings,” Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

Did you see all those animals in the Jungle Book? And the note at the end about how it was filmed in California? That was really cool. Doctor Strange was great fun in this area too. But Kubo had a special features real showcasing this work during the credits, so it moves up in the running for me.

Will Win: The Jungle Book Should Win: The Jungle Book Dark Horse: Kubo and the Two Strings

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Bollywood Actresses with PCOD and How They Treated The Condition

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There is an old English proverb that goes something like this, “life is not a bed of roses.” What is signified via the metaphor is that everyone has to face some problems and struggle in life to survive. All of us have to face some obstacle and hindrance in our respective lives – each and every one of us has our very own battles to fight and prevail. That becomes our life’s story. And practically no one is spared this battle of life; irrespective of whether you are rich or poor, educated or illiterate, men or women, all of us have to face our own battles in life. It is such a universal human condition that even world renowned celebrities are not spared. Recently, quite a few world renowned celebrities such as Emma Thompson and Victoria Beckham, have come out in public and shared with us all how they have been fighting their own battle with a health condition PCOD or the Polycystic Ovarian Disease. Since then, a number of prominent Bollywood celebrities have also taken to the public forum to share awareness about the condition as well as inspiring several thousand women all over India not to surrender to the disease, rather to fight on. They have uninhibitedly shared with us how they have braved this medical condition as well as telling us what remedial measures they adopted for themselves and succeeded in their battle against PCOD. So, today we shall take some time to spare a few words on this issue of some serious public importance and wide concern. And ever since Bollywood actresses have started to come out to share their stories of their respective fight against PCOD for obvious reasons, they have not only made national headlines but have played a significant role in spearing awareness about this medical condition among all and sundry.

Three Bollywood actresses have so far made their fight with PCOD public and they are Sonam Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan. These three Bollywood divas have inspired thousands of women all over this country who are also battling this medical condition, have infused new fighting spirit and zeal to carry on and to never surrender. These three Bollywood actresses have made their medical condition public all that they did to combat the condition in the first place. So, for this article, we will go over the details of their struggles and what they opine and advise other women also diagnosed with the same disease.

1. Sonam Kapoor: Actress Sonam Kapoor is the daughter of famous Bollywood Actor Anil Kapoor, and has earned a name for herself with her talent and hard work as a world class actress. A flawless beauty and the ultimate fashionista, Sonam has been one of the leading ladies of B-town for quite some years now, having bagged a National Award as well. But it was only when she publicly disclosed the fact that she had suffered from PCOD and that she had fought a lot to win the battle that she captured the imagination of the millions of Bollywood fans and came to be considered as one of the strongest actresses in Bollywood history. And this is what Sonam Kapoor has to say about her fight against PCOD. Sonam claims that she had always been an overweight kid and that she was diagnosed with PCOD when she was just in her teens. Like any other normal human being, she was listless for the first few weeks, terribly disheartened and understandably depressed. It took every bit of courage that she could manage to muster to finally get out of that mood and then try to take stock of her life, to take charge of her life and steer it out of it. The plump kid took initiative and with the proper diet and exercise regime, she not only won her battle against adolescent obesity, depression, diabetes and hormonal imbalance (that had apparently been responsible of unnatural hair growth on her face). Her timely switch to a healthier lifestyle did the trick and now she is a national heartthrob and a diva. That’s right, the girl who allegedly gained over 35 kilograms in under 5-6 months is now on the cover of the world’s leading fashion and lifestyle magazines, consistently being voted as one of the hottest actresses in the entire country. Her photo shoots are national news events and her attires and dress up becomes the golden standard of fashion statement in the country nowadays.

Sonam says that she really enjoys coconut water. And while she practises no restraints or restrictions on her diet, she does her best to avoid excess salt and sugar. She also consumes cucumber juice to boost her energy levels. She is a regular dancer and she swims. She has the habit of eating after every two-hour interval to keep her metabolic rate at an optimum level. She is also a fan of jogging and is an ardent advocate of Pilates.

3. Kareena Kapoor: She is one of those actresses who require no introduction. She hails from the legendary Kapoor family of the Bollywood industry, She has acted in some of the biggest Bollywood movies in history and has to her credit 6 Filmfare awards and is one the highest paid actresses of Bollywood, but she shook the nation when she came out in public to let the world know that she too was diagnosed with PCOD and that she is winning the battle (keeping it under control) through will power, lifestyle changes. Sleep, stress management, regular exercise and proper diet – these are key ingredients to Bebo’s health and fitness and success against PCOD. She advocated the consumption of coconut, ghee, jaggery and aliv seeds in proportion as they help by opening up skin pores. Raw banana and yam are also her favourites. She advices us to consume sprouted vegetables that assist in tackling PMS, migraine, etc. To all this dietary suggestions, she advocates backing up lifestyle with regular exercise to keep the hormone levels at bay. She also advises calcium and vitamin B12 to help in providing relief during period cramps.

3. Sara Ali Khan: She is the new kid in the block. Her Bollywood career started just recently in 2018 with her debut performance in the movie “Kedarnath.” She is the daughter of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan and actress Amrita Singh. But what really got the general crowd emotional was the story of her life before all the jazz and razzmatazz. As a teenager, Sara was struggling with obesity and she was diagnosed with PCOD. She had to work really hard; exercise and diet, to get into shape and also to stay on top of her medical condition. Her story inspired millions of young women in our country and she continues to be a source of inspiration. She made her story public at the popular talk show “Koffee with Karan” and she has been in the limelight ever since.

Sara followed a strict dietary regime that consisted of egg whites and toast or idlis for breakfast; chapatis daal, vegetables, salad and fruits for lunch. Her snacks constituted upma while she had chapatis accompanied with green veggies for dinner. She prefers to eat oats before workout and post work out Sara goes for protein shake, tofu, salad and legumes. Sara advises women with PCOD to take their exercise seriously. From yoga to swimming to hitting the gym on a regular basis – you must follow up on everything if you want to stay on top and ahead of the disease. Sara admits that it is difficult to manage your weight if you are diagnosed with PCOD; however, she refuses to acquiesce to the fact that just because it is hard that it cannot be done. She is truly an inspiration to us all.

So dear readers, tell us what you think of today’s short piece on some famous Bollywood actresses and their fight against PCOD. The article was meant to inspire all of you beautiful women to stay strong and positive. More power to us all. I really hope that you enjoyed the article and we look forward to hearing from you. So do not hesitate to drop a line or two in the comments section below.

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Democratic convention: Republicans defectors to back Biden

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US Democrats fill kicked off their occasion convention to politically crown Joe Biden as their White Condominium candidate for November’s election.

Monday’s speakers will encompass aged US First Lady Michelle Obama and disaffected participants of President Donald Trump’s Republican occasion.

The four-night jamboree will culminate in Mr Biden’s speech on Thursday in a largely empty ballroom in Delaware.

Mr Trump fiercely attacked Mr Biden and Democrats earlier within the day.

Democrats scrapped plans for a crowded occasion extravaganza with balloon drops and your total other political razzmatazz in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, due to the pandemic.

However it indubitably is unclear whether the largely virtual time table of pre-recorded speeches and not utilizing a stay target audience can generate the same stage of enthusiasm as pre-pandemic gatherings of the occasion faithful.

What’s going to occur on Monday?

The opening night of the convention is being dubbed by occasion organisers “We the Folks”.

John Kasich, a aged Ohio governor who ran towards Mr Trump in 2016, will tackle the convention, calling on American citizens to disclaim the president a 2d time length reasonably than job.

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In step with pre-released excerpts of his remarks, Mr Kasich will endorse Mr Biden, announcing: “We can all see what goes on on in our country on the present time and your total questions which could perhaps well perhaps be facing us, and no one particular person or occasion has your total answers.

“However what we enact know is that we can enact better than what we now had been seeing on the present time, clearly.”

Bernie Sanders, the left-fly Vermont senator who changed into Mr Biden’s vital competitor for the length of the Democratic occasion’s contest to recall a challenger to Mr Trump, will also tackle the convention.

He’ll utter: “My chums, I utter to you, and to everybody who supported other candidates in this vital and to individuals who could perhaps well also honest fill voted for Donald Trump within the last election: The longer term of our democracy is at stake. The longer term of our economy is at stake. The longer term of our planet is at stake.”

Mrs Obama, who recorded her keynote tackle earlier than Mr Biden announced his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, six days ago, will characterize the Democratic White Condominium nominee as a “profoundly decent man”.

She is going to tout his trip as vice-president below her husband, President Barack Obama, who will tackle the convention on Wednesday.

“He changed into a great vice-president. He knows what it takes to rescue an economy, set at bay an epidemic and lead our country,” Mrs Obama will utter.

“And he listens. He’ll uncover the reality and have faith science.”

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Within the video, she appears to be to be seated in a dwelling room in entrance of a Biden for President imprint and family photos.

Alongside with Mr Kasich, three other high-profile Republicans are on the time table for the convention’s opening night.

They are California businesswoman Meg Whitman, aged Contemporary Jersey Governor Christine Whitman and aged Contemporary York congresswoman Susan Molinari.

While their inclusion has left the Biden group of workers claiming a colossal coalition, some Democrats are grumbling that the Republican invitees will dissipate precious time that also can fill gone to progressive speakers or lesser-known rising stars.

However Cedric Richmond, a Louisiana congressman and Biden advertising and marketing campaign co-chair, rejected that conception, announcing, “remember tonight’s theme is ‘We the Folks,’ not ‘We the Democrats’.”

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How did President Trump hit again?

Talking to the BBC on Air Force One as he flew again from a day out to the presidential swing-balloting states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, Mr Trump lashed out at Mr Kasich.

“He changed into a loser as a Republican, and he’ll be a loser as a Democrat,” the president said on Monday. “The fellow changed into a vital loser as a Republican.”

In some unspecified time in the future of a advertising and marketing campaign speech earlier within the day in Mankato, Minnesota, Mr Trump warned that if Mr Biden obtained in November, news retailers would lose their audiences.

“No person’s going to desire to mask sleepy Joe,” Mr Trump said. “We can cease up with one very expressionless socialist country that can stagger to hell.”

He also said the coronavirus-crippled US economy changed into a heaven-despatched check for him.

“That is God checking out me,” Mr Trump said. “He said, ‘You know, you did it once.’ And I said, ‘Did I enact a huge job, God? I’m the handiest one which could perhaps well also enact it.’

“He said, ‘That you just mustn’t utter. Now we will fill you enact it again.’ I said, ‘Enough, I agree. You obtained me.'”

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