#showbiz monkey

[oldshowbiz]

and Adam as himself

[bitter69uk]

“On the door and throughout the house NO SMOKING signs were prominently displayed … even there she clung to the cocoonlike existence she was leading at the Ravenswood. She kept the curtains drawn in the large downstairs sitting room, preferring subdued illumination to the harsh light reflected by the sand and sea. If that meant sacrificing a view of the water, it was a small price to pay. Throughout the entire house she duplicated the gold-and-white-and-cream colour scheme widely associated with her. Present too were the Louis XIV chairs and tables, a white fur rug, numerous favourite paintings and photos of herself and a profusion of mirrors which captured her image with satisfying frequency. There was also a copy of the sculptured nude that graced the piano in her Ravenswood apartment sitting on the baby grand. From the long row of shower stalls, numerous enough to accommodate a football team, to the staircase mural featuring a series of nude gladiators to her upstairs suite with the inevitable mirrored ceiling and satin-covered bed, the house reflected its owner. Mae seldom ventured out into the punishing sunlight, not wishing to dry out and coarsen her pink-and-white complexion. She never considered swimming, but sometimes at night she and [long-term boyfriend Paul Novak] would go wading.”

Was just reading about how Mae West’s palatial 1920s-built Mediterranean-style former beach house in Santa Monica is currently on the market for US $6 million and it reminded me of the passage above from the 1984 biography Mae West: The Lies, the Legends, the Truth by George Eells and Stanley Musgrove. The boudoir of this house was the location for the famous 1964 Diane Arbus photoshoot with West for Show magazine (including this shot with her pet monkey).

[dailyanimatronics]

[ID: a redraw of official art that shows mitzi mozzarella on stage with one leg up, holding a white cane. she's wearing a blue sparkly dress with a suit jacket, bowtie, and small top hat. behind her is her name in yellow, with red behind it. the rockafire explosion logo is on the left and on the right is a label that says "monkees medley / continued / the rockafire explosion." /end ID]

[alpha-mag-media]

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[elceeu2morrow]

'Louis Tomlinson has proven he's not just an ex-boyband star, he's a rocker'

Some know him as 'that guy from One Direction', others, including myself know him as arguably one of South Yorkshire's finest exports but Louis Tomlinson is only getting better, writes Daniel Bird

Image: Mirrorpix/Daniel Bird

Daniel Bird Assistant Showbiz Editor 17:31, 12 Nov 2023

Louis Tomlinson may only have two solo albums but he's proving to be one of the artists people should keep an eye on.

Having burst onto the music scene in 2010 as one-fifth of One Direction – a band created by Nicole Scherzinger on The X Factor after all five members were rejected, he's proven he's not just an ex-boyband singer. While singers from bands tend to keep a low profile and venture into other industries after a split, Louis is on a one-way ticket to becoming a mega-star in his own right.

Known for never losing his Doncaster accent and humour, the 31-year-old is currently embarking on his Faith In The Future World Tour, performing to thousands of die-hard fans every night – which he deserves credit for.

Although he may have come from one of the biggest bands of all time, the cheeky chap isn't afraid of getting up close and personal with fans – much to the dismay of his security who leap into action when he jumps off stage and runs to the barricade to see fans. In recent weeks, Louis has seen his expensive vests ripped off him, with fans even going as far as tickling him.

This, however, hasn't stopped him from putting on an incredible show. Despite only releasing two studio albums as a soloist (his second topping the Official UK Charts), he's pushing himself to the limits and playing arenas across the world. Most recently, he performed to around 21,000 fans at Manchester's AO Arena on November 11.

Walking onto the stage may be daunting for some, but Tomlinson showed no signs of fear as he opened with The Greatest – ironically, perhaps the greatest opening track. Throughout the night, he performed hits including Kill My Mind but also paying tribute to his One Direction days, belting out Drag Me Down and Where Do Broken Hearts Go. But since his pop days, Tomlinson has edged towards a more EDM and synth sound before finding his comfort in rockier tracks. He'd previously stated he'd taken inspiration from the likes of Sam Fender, Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys and Manchester legends, Oasis.

Image: Mirrorpix/Daniel Bird

Nowadays, fans can expect the odd pop hit but also enjoy punk rock as well as indie pop and soft rock.

However, despite being in the business for almost 14 years, Louis remained grounded and acknowledged that Manchester was the start of his career. Between songs, he recalled his first audition for The X Factor in front of Simon Cowell, Scherzinger and Louis Walsh, being in the city. He told fans: "This is where I did my very first audition, so to be back here on my own it definitely feels full circle and I couldn't have done that without you.

[burnt-kloverfield]

Nope is a beautifully crafted movie, but having to sit through my family asking questions about "what does the shoe have to do with anything?" And "the monkey parts of the movie don't make sense" is awful because the movie is so good because of the symbolism and the parallel narrative surrounding the animals and looking in the eye. Is it a spectacle or is it respect?

I love this movie so much because it's tied together so beautifully because of these literary devices. It's a whole masterclass in storytelling.

And I sound so pretentious when my stepmom asks "what's up with the shoe?" and I have to go "nothing specific except that it's a reference and symbol of a 'bad miracle' that OJ asks about. It's this serendipitous miracle, this impossibility, this brief moment that you focus on while the world is falling apart around you, and this is a symbol that relates to the freak stuff falling from the sky that kills the dad and also relates to the fact that there's a whole alien going on while OJ and Emerald are trying to move on and make a life for themselves. All of these different situations are parallel situations that relate to each other. The monkey is the horse is the alien is the hollywood showbiz industry is the camera is the eye is the TMZ guy on the motorcycle. They're all related to each other. Pick up the metaphors!"

[alex-turners-world]

Okay, yeah, that's why Breana and Taylor are my favorites. Kirsten looks like Louise. She didn't even know Nick had three kids. /// Taylor, no. She was horrible to fans just because she was cheated on, she shouldn't be favorable. Breana and Kelly, yeah, they're the only normal ones. Kirsten and Louise are exactly the same, only Kirsten managed to marry Nick and have kids with him. /// Taylor really said some very questionable and nasty things. And I don't condone her past behavior. But she's become more likable to me these days. Arielle lost my sympathy the second she sided with Israel. But yeah, Breana and Kelly win. Classy women. /// At least Taylor is a well-known person in showbiz, being a model for Playboy magazine and other projects, but who the hell knows Louise? 😂 /// Louise will also be nicer and sweeter after Alex dumps her /// Yeah, she's a nobody. Sometimes I wonder what I would do if I had never snuck into Alex's life.

I agree that Taylor was a real racist bitch, self-centered and rude to fans when she was dating Alex. Taylor is not my favorite either. And if you think about it it seems to indicate that those are the type of women Alex likes, real stupid, empty-headed women, since Louis is also racist and mocks apologies for the rape of women, pretends to be an independent and self-sufficient woman when he is just a kept parasite. Taylor got the Playboy contract and more, just for being Alex's girlfriend (therefore it is not her merit). Arielle is clearly stupid like the others, supporting those murderers. Alexa, even though she pretends to be indifferent to Alex, takes every fucking opportunity to sneak in and continue riding on Alex's fame. For example: when the Monkeys released the song There'd Better Be a Mirrorball, the stupid girl came out in a sequin dress pretending to be a Mirrorball (the photos are on her Instagram and fans wrote comments referring to the song). Another example is when she gave an interview to VogueLondon about how she dressed in the past and talked about being the girlfriend of a rock star and the ridiculous girl rolled her eyes 🙄 when she mentioned it, and she even referenced the song Knee Socks. She's literally always keeping an eye on what Alex is doing. You literally can't make one out of all of them. The real problem is Alex choosing women who are mentally unstable.

I agree that Alex is a real problem here. He chooses shallow and problematic women, so I think there's a huge possibility that he's just as shallow and problematic himself, he's just smarter and doesn't have social media and just in general doesn't talk much, so we wouldn't know. There's still hope in me that he's a better person than all his gfs, but with each new gf this hope fades away.

[missyourflight]

some stuff i read and watched in june:

taskmaster (s1-5): haven't done an early seasons rewatch in so long, s4 and 5 are basically perfect 2 me. incredible that mark watson manages to be both my favourite type of taskmaster guy (hopelessly despairing) and also nearly won the thing lol. nish forever obviously

silo: got well into this! probably at some point apple will stop throwing millions at sci-fi shows but i'm going to enjoy their folly in the meantime

mission: impossible ii: hadn't seen this one! the weakest of the lot but the john woo of it all is undeniable

mission: impossible iii: PSH outrageously good as the villain, hi keri russell

mission: impossible - ghost protocol: so much fun, especially the sequences where you can see brad bird's animation brain going

mission: impossible - rogue nation: ILSA my beloved, the opera sequence is so gorgeous, no notes!

mission: impossible - fallout: it's good when henry cavill reloads his arms, it's better when tom cruise is sprinting around london rooftops and breaking his ankle etc, my most basic trait is that i Love when they're in london like oooh tate modern. anyway i'm very ready for dead reckoning

asteroid city: the bits about making art really got to me! the vending machines were cool!

joint security area: crash landing on you prepared me for this, blank check weren't lying when they said it was homoerotic, song kang-ho forever etc

dodie smith, the town in bloom: the most delightful narrative voice i've read in Ages and v funny. easy to sell me on 1920s theatrical shenanigans

k patrick, mrs s: So hot and butch, i liked the butch friendship stuff almost more than the sex stuff. more sexy lesbian novels Please

kj charles, the secret lives of country gentlemen: another winner from KJC, my most reliable romantic comfort reads. this time it's smugglers!

alice slater, death of a bookseller: sticky little thriller about being poisoned by true crime, great sense of place, So many pints of dark fruits

laura kay, wild things: bisexual disaster in love with her best friend, tragically very me- and also george russell-coded, god i want to swim in a pond again

SOME STUFF I SAW AT ROCK WERCHTER

the dj on the first nigt who played a mash up of i'm gonna be (500 miles) into temperature and then the 1d cover of one way or another into little lion man (deeply cursed fandom flashbacks etc)

weyes blood with candelabras and glowing hearts and amazing adam curtis projections on the big screen behind her

king princess sending the gay girls of belgium absolutely wild - "you wanna hear a sad lesbian song?"

matty healy is a dickhead but he's very good at being the frontman of the 1975. like if ben whishaw was straight and kind of disgusting

stormzy!!! literally the rain was pouring during blinded by your grace pt 2

mumford and sons - this whole festival was like being borne back ceaseless into the past but the cave still fucks me up, marcus really in his ken marino era, face-wise

PUP - i do believe if this tour doesn't kill you, i will to be a wholly perfect song, they had a trans flag on stage, best vibes of the festival

sigur ros - sometimes you just want to be in a massive barn with thousands of people with your faces turned up in the dark feeling like you're inside the sound somehow

muse - fucking incredible live band still!! every time i'm see them i'm floored by how hot chris the bassist is and then i forget about it and then i see them again and i'm poleaxed etc. they had a tech meltdown during knights of cydonia at the encore so we got showbiz instead!!

christine and the queens - beautiful and terrible as the dawn

jacob collier - asked if we wanted to get funky then put on a special hat, bit george russell-coded in the face

arctic monkeys - sometimes you just want to be in a field with one of your oldest friends singing the songs of your youth!! i love the 70s act actually! there are so many sexy songs on AM!! the skies finally cleared for the beautiful full moon, thank you belgium, good night

[earthsickwithoutyou]

Showgirls 1995 - (contains spoilers)

This review may contain spoilers.

I think there's actually a good movie in here somewhere, buried underneath all the trappings of glamor, glitz, monkeys and profoundly weird yet somehow not hot pool sex. The first few times I saw this I only saw the camp, but on this viewing, I could see some meaning and light shining through in a cutting allegory about the cruelties and shallow nature of show business. Pretty cool! Granted my first two-ish viewings of the movie were on scrambled pay-per-view I didn't pay for when I was a teen in the 90's 😂. Ah, memories! 😄🥰

But Nomi and Cristal are *the ship.* Too bad everytime she had the chance to shoot her shot, Cristal put her foot in her mouth. We all get awkward around our crushes. :/. Oh for the version with a Nomi/Cristal love story...it would bode terribly for all the villains in this Vegas showbiz world if those two joined forces, as well!

"Bad acting" blah blah blah, "unlikeable character" WHATEVER. To *you*! I find Nomi delightful. She's obviously endured trauma and come out rattled in some very jarring ways. I loved how she stayed true to herself and found something like a good person beneath her own selfish ambitions, much like the movie itself has some hidden layers if you care to look. If you don't, it's still entertaining and fun for the extreme camp!

I was in a very sad mood today and this movie cheered me up, which is honestly the nicest thing you can really say about a film. Also, it's in the Criterion Collection now, ya hear? Fuck dem haters. 🥰

Also, Elizabeth Berkley is a queen, idk what anyone says. She's fearless in this!

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[oldshowbiz]

[shit-talk-turner]

Does anybody knows how Alex met with any of his girlfriends? I’m curious //

Johanna - pub in London 2005 - I'm sure there's a source for this, but I can't find it at the moment.

Alexa - T in the Park 2007 - https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a64931/monkeys-star-flirts-with-popworld-host/

Arielle - Coachella 2007 - the photos on her instagram page

Taylor - No idea

Louise - The million dollar question!

these aren’t 100% corroborated, even with the news source, but that’s the stories we’ve heard

[glorious-blackout]

When Muse played Rock Werchter last night they had technical difficulties that forced them to ditch Knights of Cydonia as an encore and play Showbiz for the first time in years instead... 

All I’m saying is we just need someone to interfere with Arctic Monkeys’ sound at the end of their set so we can finally get Hello You live 🙏

[alpha-mag-media]

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[saintmeghanmarkle]

Did anyone else know from the very beginning? [Toronto native here with some insight] by u/lesetoilles

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I'd like to know if I'm one of the few here who knew right off the bat that Meghan was trouble. And I'm not talking about the wedding, or the Africa interview, or even Oprah. I'm talking... 2016 unconfirmed rumours swirling around about Harry potentially being linked to Meghan Markle. Let me take you on a journey of everything I thought and believed that has led to my current-day vindication of those feelings when I see forums like this one.

First off, I was born and raised in Toronto. I knew of Meghan Markle's existence at least a couple years before she met Harry. My sister's friend, a freelance writer in the city, heard about an event that MM was either organizing or hosting (can't remember) in Toronto. Consensus about her behaviour toward staff was - and I quote - "she was a scathing b****". Now keep in mind, this likely would have been 2014/2015... she was an absolute nobody and there would have been no need to spread mistruths about someone so barely relevant. For me at the time, it was just an interesting tidbit of information about Rachel from Suits. My brother also met her once at a party. Nothing too interesting to report from his account lol, just that she was "super skinny" and "looked bored of everyone" and "didn't say hi despite being introduced".

Meghan was a regular at an exclusive lounge, Soho House (Toronto location). For anyone who might not know, to get in you either have to know someone who is a member, or you have to be a member with a couple thousand dollar fee. As she frequented it, there was talk about her and amongst these whispers was the rumour of her being a "yacht girl" (aka an expensive prostitute). To take this rumour a step further, some actually said afterwards that THAT is how Harry met her. Now I don't know if that's true... but I'll tell you one thing and it's that no fibre of my being believes that BS of a "blind date by a mutual friend." Please. Spare me.

Now onto Cory Vitiello. Meghan loves to correct articles that list dates that overlap the two relationships. I can tell you that the relationships ABSOLUTELY overlapped and she 100% did CHEAT on Cory with Harry. Everyone in Toronto within those circles knew that to be fact and Cory didn't hide the fact that she blindsided him. She moved out of his home only after her relationship with Harry became public. Now why was she even with Cory? Well, she's always been a social climber, we know this. And at the time (after being married to a producer only gave her a few non speaking roles in movies) she was using Cory to elevate herself... via the cooking world. Look up "Meghan Markle cooking" and take note of all the guest appearances she makes on daytime TV either cooking something, talking about recipes, or even acting as "celebrity" guest judged on Chopped jr. Lol. Who do you think was getting her these gigs? They were all around that time. This girl was really scraping bottom of the barrel but at that time, it was something.

Next up: Jessica Frickin Mulroney. It may be hard to believe, but Jessica Mulroney has pull in Canada. She is married to Ben Mulroney (the SON of a former Canadian prime minister). The Mulroneys have associations to some of the highest elite in Canadian showbiz AND more importantly, politics, including the Trudeaus. It is no coincidence that MM would find herself associating with people of this calibre. But most importantly, Jessica Mulroney is NOTORIOUSLY known for being... horrible. Treats everyone poorly, racist, intolerant, selfish, greedy and spoiled. I (and all of Toronto I assure you) literally jumped for joy when Sasha Exeter exposed her. And have you noticed MM hasn't talked to her since? She was the latest flying monkey to be shelved by the narcissist. She even posted a pathetic instagram story with a quote about "distancing from friends" recently. Lol. But anyway, bottom line, I didn't trust anyone who would be friends with Jessica Mulroney.

So knowing all of this about MM, when she started dating Harry, I didn't buy for a SECOND that it was authentic. I already had my preconceived notions about her, which truthfully, I think is more than most people had since 99% of the world didn't even know who the hell she was. The 1% being mostly watchers of Suits lol.

Then the blind items started pouring in. Take a gander, and note how some blind items knew about the Diana angle 5 whole years before MM smudged her eye makeup and gave that Oprah interview and they knew how she would use it to manipulate him...

2016: https://blindgossip.com/no-dignity/

2017: https://blindgossip.com/rescue-me/ | https://blindgossip.com/vacation-ingratiation/ | https://blindgossip.com/beware-the-beehive/ | https://blindgossip.com/my-iconic-fiancee/

2018: https://blindgossip.com/appalling-frustrating-and-embarrassing/

2019: https://blindgossip.com/wounded-little-boy/ | https://blindgossip.com/the-big-plan/ | https://blindgossip.com/her-own-game/

2020: https://blindgossip.com/alarming-around-the-children/

I couldn't find them all but I do remember also reading ones about her completely ditching her dogs, wearing Diana's perfume on their dates, and how she had a coffee table book of Diana. In 2017, Ninaki Priddy, MM's childhood best friend for like two decades gave an interview and shared photos where she claims MM cut both her and Trevor off savagely (shelving) but also that MM had an obsession with Princes Diana: 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5137785/Meghan-Markle-revelations-friend-knew-best.html 

This article from 2018 innocently calls attention to the fact that MM actually wrote about the Duchess of Cambridge on her blog, the Tig in 2012: 

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a22727998/meghan-markle-blog-princess-kate/

She refers to her as Princess Kate and there almost seems to be a passive aggressiveness when describing her wedding. I don't know about you, but I think MM's master plan would have been William. He's more her age and he was a mega heartthrob when she was a teenager. I digress.

Now despite all of this, I tried to be reasonable. I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt. But my intuition was screaming at me: she is a narcissist and she is manipulating him! And step by step, month by month, year by year, she proved ALL my instincts to be true...

- "My family is the family she never had." Until she discards them just like she did her own.- He needs to save her, rescue her, she's trying to be Diana... cue Megxit, cue Oprah, cue the me you can't see bombshell where she told him she would kill herself AND their unborn child if it wasn't for the fact that he "already lost a woman."- The fake doe eyes she gave him at the wedding and her "dupers delight" smirks in nearly every picture/video of her- Even just the fact that their relationship moved SO fast. Dating. Engaged. Married. Baby. Within 2 years. It makes me laugh that she reminded the whole world of "Waity Katie" (of course with the intention of taking a dig at Kate). William took his time with Kate so she could truly decide if that was the life she wanted. If Harry had any scruples, he would have done the same.- This relationship is TEXTBOOK narcissistic abuse, and if the roles were reversed, people would be talking about it more.

Anyway well, that was my rant. I'd love to know if anyone was staunchly anti-Meghan as I was from as early as 2016! Intuition, insight, or otherwise?

Posted by u/lesetoilles (2 years ago)