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What is the best way to financially help Ukraine? Is it better to go through organizations or gofundmes or something else I'm not aware of?

Thanks for asking, nonnie. That's very kind of you. If you or anyone else has some spare change and wants to give, here are a few ideas:

United24 is the official fundraising platform established by President Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian governmental members and directs money to all areas of the country.

The Olena Zelenska Foundation is primarily focused on medical, humanitarian, and educational aid across the country and was founded by the First Lady.

Stand for Ukraine gives you a range of charity options, depending on whether you want to donate directly to the military, or you would prefer to fund non-lethal or humanitarian aid, etc.

Come Back Alive is the main fundraising platform for the Ukrainian military. You can choose to donate to air defense, heavy weapons, demining, medical aid, overall combat equipment, etc.

Donate to Ukraine's Defenders also offers various (carefully vetted) links and options to donate to rebuilding projects, private medical assistance programs, initiatives for democracy, and others.

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ok but honestly i am BEGGING everyone to be extremely cautious while reading news, make sure to read multiple sources, EDUCATE YOURSELF please. as someone who is really interested in and follows journalism, it has been really worrying seeing headlines about trump attempting to manage who is alowed to report about the white house, and now the washington post limiting information that they publish, as well as the president of the united states regularly speaking and posting blatantly and objectly false facts. all of this is just screaming censorship, if you live in the us i would highly recommend making sure to read international news as well as local news as a comparison. just in general make sure you are reading multiple viewpoints and sources.

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My Final Oscar Predictions: Will Win, Could Win, Wild Card Win

With the Oscars only four days away, I figured it was time to finally lock in my predictions. Here I'm doing my will win (my final prediction) my could win (my second pick) and my wild card win (my third pick). Thanks to the chaos of this year, the could wins and wild card wins are possible in a lot of cases. Here goes!

Best Picture

Will Win: Anora

I think all three of the movies that I'm listing in this category have an equal shot at winning the night's ultimate prize. My pick here is purely me going with my gut.

Could Win: The Brutalist

See above. My gut is just telling me Anora a little harder.

Wild Card Win: Conclave

With the BAFTA and the SAG ensemble win behind it, as well as just being a solid, sturdy pick, it'll be Conclave if not Anora or The Brutalist.

Best Actor

Will Win: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

With the exception of SAG, he's won all the major precursors and is probably the most consistently awards-loved part of The Brutalist.

Could Win: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Has been the only other Best Actor nominee to really catch up with Brody (notably winning SAG). He's definitely been campaigning hard, I just don't think it's happening this year.

Wild Card Win: Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

I feel like the more obvious pick here would be Ralph Fiennes for Conclave, but it just doesn't seem like he's getting much love individually for that film. So I went with Stan, who I was surprised to see on a secret ballot and who I think might get some political love in voting, even if it doesn't translate to a win.

Best Actress

Will Win: Demi Moore, The Substance

Has won most of the major precursors, has a great narrative, it just seems like things are aligned in her favor.

Could Win: Mikey Madison, Anora

This is yet another category where the "will win" is not guaranteed. Madison's story is interesting: she was the frontrunner until the Globes, seemed to slip away, and then came back with the Independent Spirit Awards. I'm leaning a little more towards Moore, but I still think she can pull off a win.

Wild Card Win: Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here

There is a third option, which is that Moore and Madison split the vote and Torres winds up taking the win. She had a shock win with the Globes, and it's still possible for her.

Best Supporting Actor

Will Win: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

This is the pick I'm the most confident in. He's won every single precursor and has been the favorite the entire season. It's going to be him.

Could Win: Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

If you'd asked me a week ago I'd probably have put Strong at the bottom for most likely to win Best Supporting Actor. However, he did show up on multiple secret ballots - while I know that that's a very small sample size, it's still much more than I was expecting.

Wild Card Win: Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

If for some reason it's not Kieran Culkin, and if the secret ballots misled me, it'll probably be Guy Pearce.

Best Supporting Actress

Will Win: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

While Emilia Pérez has been embroiled in controversy after controversy and has destroyed its chances in most categories, Saldaña, the favorite before the major controversy, seems to have escaped relatively unscathed. Of course we won't find out if that's really true until Sunday night, but there haven't been any major warning signs against her win.

Could Win: Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

Once again I am being guided by the secret ballots and hope that I am not being led astray. If anyone is going to prevent Saldaña's win, I think it's Jones.

Wild Card Win: Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

Potentially random guess, but between Isabella Rossellini having about eight lines in Conclave and my gut telling me that Ariana Grande's campaign is dead in the water, I think Barbaro is my third place pick.

Best Director

Will Win: Sean Baker, Anora

This is based purely off of my prediction for Anora to win Best Picture.

Could Win: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

See above.

Wild Card Win: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

I do think it's really just down to Baker and Corbet, but since I have to make a third place pick I think Fargeat is the most likely of the remaining directors.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Will Win: Peter Straughan, Conclave

Has won before, is the only film in this category I think can win Best Picture, it's happening.

Could Win: Joslyn Barnes and RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Has gotten a surprising amount of screenplay love previously.

Wild Card Win: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing

If it's winning anything it's winning screenplay. Seems possible.

Best Original Screenplay

Will Win: Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

Screenplay (both adapted and original) is an interesting category because it's one the Academy enjoys using to reward films that don't win Best Picture - maybe it's just because of the fact that there will always inherently be one winner that doesn't win Picture. I think A Real Pain could be another example of this, regardless of which movie wins the big title.

Could Win: Sean Baker, Anora

This is another category I'm unsure of. Again, I have Anora winning Best Picture, but like I said above, the Academy loves to give this award to movies that don't win big. I'm a little more confident on A Real Pain, but this is very much possible.

Wild Card Win: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist

See everything I said above about Anora. Very possible, but I'm less convinced of it than the other two, since I feel that it's gotten much less love for its screenplay compared to them.

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GEORGINA SPARKS in GOSSIP GIRL (2011)

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As much as i hate JKR i will not tolerate any slander or hatred aimed towards the kids that get casted in the Harry Potter reboot.

If they get accurate aged kids then they’re gonna be between 10-12/13 years old to represent year 7’s (11-12.) Chances are they’re child actors aiming for a big break which shouldn’t be biased on who they author of the books are or they are being pushed by their parents which is something that happens more often than not.

I refuse. point blank refuse to fuckin ‘cancel’ any kids casted. They are children and they deserve a chance.

I won’t be watching it. But i will not obliterate a child’s chances to succeed based on a woman’s shitty view of human beings

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The Brutalist (2024)

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FTH 2025 auctions are open for bidding!

Remember:

Bids placed before 8am EST on Feb 25 or after 8pm EST March 1 are NOT valid (please let us know if you see an early bid and we'll delete it)

The tag page is the easiest way to find auctions within your fandom. This post explains how to search multiple tags at once.

The auction-tracking spreadsheet we shared last year will not work for this year's auctions, but here is an updated version! Make your own copy of the '2025 FTH Watchlist Template' and replace the example auction info with the details of the offers you want to track. Copy and paste the formula that checks the auctions for bid data into as many rows as you need.

Unfortunately, notifications are NOT working for individual auctions this year, so please check those bid sheets regularly.

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Remember, László. We tolerate you. Joe Alwyn as Harry Lee Van Buren in The Brutalist (2024, dir. Brady Corbet)

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Happy (?) Twin Peaks Day!

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What do you think of the HOTD writers placing Saera in Westeros (at least for a time) instead of Lys/Volantis?

This is a good question, but I’ll admit that I haven’t really thought about this in a lot of depth. I do have some thoughts, though.

My major thought is that this was probably done more for convenience than anything else. I don’t doubt that “whose bastards are Hugh and Ulf” was a major conversation in the writers’ room, and once it was decided that Hugh is Saera’s son (and I really do love the fact that Saera’s son claimed Vermithor) some of her plot needed to be changed up for location convenience.

If they ever do address Saera again, my guess is that she’ll probably have ran off to Dorne initially and started her “kingdom” there. Maybe she’ll have moved to Lys/Volantis later in life.

Ultimately, I don’t think this changes too much about Saera. From what I can tell it seems like she’s been kept pretty consistent from F&B to HOTD - telling Hugh that he’s just as good as Viserys and Daemon seems in character for her. And even if she didn’t leave Westeros initially, I still doubt that Jaehaerys would have wanted to bring her back to King’s Landing.

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🕯️🕯️🕯️Emily appears as Alicent to haunt Aemond at Harrenhal in season 3 🕯️🕯️🕯️

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happy laura palmer asparagus for dinner again does this mean i'll never grow up february 23rd to all those who celebrate

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You look so much like your mother in certain lights.

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Nine Albums That Got Me Through 2024

Tagged by @pathetic-girlwoman thank you!

Top to bottom left to right:

Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain

Cacophony by Paris Paloma

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan

Natural Born Losers by Nicole Dollanganger

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo

SAVED! by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter

Babylon by Justin Hurwitz

House of the Dragon (Season 1) by Ramin Djawadi

Tagging @lovelybeautifulwasteland @thewingedwolf @amberofember @mariska @kimwexlers-brownhair