ONTD Original: Aquarius Problems & Problematic Faves

January 27, 2016, 1:46 pm

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Sure the faves are fun, but this is the post you've been waiting for! More infinitely satisfying than having a squeaky clean fave is having a messy one, so let's dive in and see which Problematic Faves and Problems are reppping for team

PROBLEMATIC FAVES
Christian Bale (January 30)

Ohhhhh, goooood for you. Christian Bale is an ONTD staple through and through as he's responsible for Kermit Bale and all of the behind the scenes Terminator drama. He recently had no problems playing a white washed Moses and seems to have anger issues.


Nathan Fielder (February 2)

Nathan Fielder graduated from one of Canada's top business schools with really good grades. This Canadian-Aquarian is one of my personal faves; Nathan is known for the hilarious awkward and sometimes problematic show Nathan For You.


Michael B. Jordan (February 9)

Once he had a shot at becoming ONTD's boyfriend but blew it by talking about how women should behave. Although Fantastic Four could have been mark on his career, he's still talented and Creed seems to be a gaining traction.

Ronda Rousey (February 1)

Kinda like MBJ before her, Ronda had a chance to be ONTD's girlfriend but put us off with her talk of do nothing bitches and general internalized misogyny. She recently suffered a loss after an undefeated streak, but seems to be picking up steam with her entertainment career.

The Weeknd (February 16)

The Weeknd has been tearing up the charts in 2015 and is still going strong into 2016. While his hypnotic beats and melodies are helping his music in dominating our airwaves, a closer look at his lyrics leaves us feeling a little dirty.

Ed Sheeran (February 17)

Ed Sheeran is a total Nice Guy™, and lots of his songs reinforce that vibe. Every time you read an interview of his it seems to scream to him being a Nice Guy™ as well. The music is fine, sure, but he's proof of how being white and male really helps you with your career.

Harry Styles (February 1)

Harry Styles is an ONTD fave, sweet angel cinnamon roll and all that, but he's too famous and rich to be that squeaky clean. His deal with the devil (Kris) have many people thinking he's more calculating than he seems.

Guy Fieri (January 22)

Guy Fieri is the worst because.... Look at him!! His personal style and taste oolong in all things diners, drive-ins, and dives are as unique as donkey sauce makes a great side for Guy's garlic wings. Shine on your crazy diamond. But far, far away.

Jeff Koons (January 21)

Suddenly the Koons is Aquarius.


FLAT OUT PROBLEMS
Ellen DeGeneres (January 26)

Ellen is widely disliked her on ONTD. For foisting those two British children on the public, aiding with Beiber's comeback against everyone's wishes, being a terrible interviewer, and rumors of her being way less than pleasant behind the scenes, Ellen has made our Aquarian naughty list!

Justin Timberlake (January 31)

We have a soft spot for ramen headed, fresh faced boy band member, especially when he was crying during his Punk'd moment. But this blue eyed soul singer still only gave us TWO MINUTES of any NSync reunion and that is a problem. Also, everything that went down with Janet at the Superbowl and the fact that he and Jessica Biel decided not to vaccinate their child.

Dr. Dre (February 18)

Music pioneer Dr Dre has established an incredible career and empire. But he has a pattern in his past of abuse and domestic violence and is responsible for Eminem.

Emma Roberts (February 10)

Yeah yeah she's so ~stylish and mean in kewl way~ but ONTD hates a product of nepotism and this one also happens to have a violent temper. She's been accused of domestic violence against her fiancee on several occasions

Paris Hilton (February 17)

Lots of things can be said about Paris Hilton. Entrepreneur, heiress, sex tape pioneer, racist, socialite, partially responsible for the Kardashians, DJ, small dog enthusiast, and probable awful person. But her era of gossip defined ONTD in the mid 2000s.

Bill Maher / Glenn Beck (January 20/February 10)

Loudmouth racist sexists NEXT.

Sarah Palin (February 11)

Political joke Sarah Palin is like a recurring headache. Life is so great without it and returns are random times to make your head hurt extremely.


Dick Cheney (January 30)

Rumors of him being the actual devil may not be true, but I’m just saying that the devil has never been seen in the same room as Dick Cheney.

Dishonorable mentions: Michael Bay, Jeb Bush, Paul Ryan, Aaron Burr, Wilmer Valderrama, Tom Selleck, Darren Criss, Stacey Dash, Brandy, Bonnie Wright

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January 28, 2016, 11:10 am

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Lauren Taylor, of Disney Channel's "Best Friends Whenever," has allegedly been part of a plot to punish her brother, Jordan, for being gay. According to a facebook post by Jordan's friend, Joshua Kuehl, he has been in jail since November after his mother lied to the police claiming he was a threat to society after he moved out following emotional and physical abuse at the hands of his mother and siblings. According to the post, Lauren also lied to the police to support her mother's claims.




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There's always more to the story, but this is heartbreaking nonetheless.

Sacheen Littlefeather Supports Jada Pinkett-Smith's #OscarBoycott Decision

January 28, 2016, 4:24 pm

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Sacheen Littlefeather, who infamously represented Marlon Brando to reject his Oscar win at the 45th Academy Awards, offers support to Jada Pinket-Smith and her stance on the #OscarBoycott.



The mistreatment of American Indians and the lack of media attention of the American Indian Movement (AIM) take-over at Wounded Knee, South Dakota was cited as the reasons for Brando's rejection. Her speech was met with both jeer and applause.  It has been said that while giving her speech, cowboy icon John Wayne, had to be restrained from dragging Littlefeather off of the stage.



During the telecast, both Clint Eastwood and Raquel Welch made jabs at the Littlefeather's moment. Eastwood, who presented the Best Picture win, stated, "I don't know if I should present this award on behalf of all the cowboys shot in all the John Ford Westerns over the years." This was only the beginning of the ridicule Littlefeather faced over the decades.

AIM leader, Russell Means, said Littlefeather's Oscar moment went on to raise the morale of AIMs members. This moment also resulted in the media's interest in documenting AIM's cause, which included the better treatment of American Indians.

43 years later, the lack of diversity is still a hot topic in Hollywood. Many celebrities have voiced differing opinions on the move made by Jada Pinkett-Smith and her decision to boycott the Oscars.

The Indigenous perspective has been absent in this conversation, even after Leonardo DiCaprio included the concern for Indigenous people and lands in his Golden Globe acceptance speech. I decided to seek out a comment from Ms. Littlefeather on this matter.

In an email to me, Littlefeather says she "sent an email congratulating Ms. Jada Pinkett-Smith on her stand to create diversity at the Academy Awards." She also states, "She [Pinkett-Smith] responded the same day in a personal email to me. We both support one another."

She also says, "I think it is important that we all work together to create diversity within our world and certainly the film industry needs to be reflective of this diversity and get in step with the times 2016."

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ONTD Original: The Best to Worst Debut Pop Music Videos

January 29, 2016, 10:41 am

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Inspired by Gigi Hadid's music video (feat. mediocrely enthused Zayn Malik), this list looks back on the debut pop music videos of the industry's now notable artists.  Videos are rated and ordered based on "star power" (which is based on how likely it seems based on the video that they'd rise up against their contemporaries) and production quality.

Note: Artists are based on their first MV as a solo lead artist and MVs were chosen by the ordered videography date on their Wikipedia pages.  Singers such as Taylor Swift who debuted in a non-pop genre are not included.


The Best

Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time



Very few artists are able to spur a pop culture phenomenon with their first music video.  Everything about the single - from the song, to the wardrobe, to the choreography - skyrocked Britney straight to the top and was a defining bridge from the 90's to the 00's.


Mariah Carey - Vision of Love



Simple and soulful, Mariah's powerhouse vocals take center stage.  It's no surprise that she became a leading diva among her peers.


Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You



While the fashion is cringeworthy to look back on, Justin's solid smoldering camera gaze and precise dance moves set a high standard for what the pop boys should be capable of showing to their fans.


Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love



A gorgeous look back at the 80's, Queen Whitney serves up confidence and vocal prowess that made the public take notice.


Lady Gaga - Just Dance



Back before she started overthinking her artistry, Gags delivered one of the leading dance songs of the past decade and included several of her iconic Halloween costume worthy outfits.


The Decent

Christina Aguilera - Reflection



One of the best Disney musical songs, this video is only plagued by the mediocre green screen magic that the late 90's were so fond of using.


Rihanna - Pon De Replay



The weave is tragically basic, but Rihanna's first single was a club bop.


Beyonce - Work It Out



The video probably wouldn't have suffered as badly without the Austin Powers influence, but Bey's confidence and vocals still stand out.


Madonna - Everybody



Pretty basic 80's video though I was amused by Madge's 20% fem/80% butch outfit.


Janet Jackson - Dream Street



It's hard to find a good quality copy of Janet's debut vid.  I think she and her girl friend in the MV make a cuter couple than the lead guy.


The Meh

Miley Cyrus -  Start All Over ( + Demi Lovato & Selena Gomez's debut videos )



You can tell that these three are products of the same machine because all of their debuts seem very formulatic/use the same elements vs. being creative.  If they didn't have that Disney bump to get that solo career started, I don't think they would have stood out against their peers.

J.Lo - Baila



Notable star potential but terrible lyrics, poor outfit choice and basic video.


Ariana Grande - Put Your Hearts Up



+1 for enunciation, looking healthy and good energy towards simple choreography.  Terribly cheesy video though.


Shakira - Magia



I'm....still not sure this is really her? lol


The Bad

Justin Bieber - One Time



If he didn't have tweens to carry his popularity, this could have just been another Rebecca Black/new money paying for their kid's music hobby type video.

Katy Perry - The Box



A'ight stans - I'm obviously doing her a service by not choosing "Ur So Gay" which was her official first music video.  Her actual first video was off of an unreleased album and the dramatics make Evanescence videos look Oscar worthy.

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ONTD Original: Is Zayn Malik the next Ariana Grande?

February 2, 2016, 8:20 am

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When artists first debut, it is almost guaranteed that they will be compared to those that came befour them. Zayn Malik and Harry Styles have recently been called the "next Justin Timberlake," a staple for any boyband member striving for solo succes. Despite Zayn only having a 3 day old single and Harry having no music, there are high expectations of Timbersnake super-stardom. With this extremely limited content any comparisons seem trivial, but if Zayn had to be compared to anyone, Ariana Grande who was compared to not just a super star, but a legend, Messiah Carey, would be the closest fit. Their many parallels include enunciation, cancellations, high notes, iTunes trajectory, R&B influences, dance ability, and association with Big Sean and Harry Styles.

ENUNCIATION

Ariana's lack of enunciation is widely known in pop culture, with even Ariana acknowledging she needs improvement. Although she claims to be "working on it," it's clear that it's stylistic slurring or an easier way for her to endlessly belt in the fifth octave by dropping consonants because she could enunciate for broadway in the past and present. Her tongue tension is also a factor to her muffled sound, but it was worse during the Victorious era when she could still enunciate.

"Fan?" Interpretation of Break Free:


True Lyrics:


The criticism of Zayn's enunciation isn't as widespread as Ariana's due to the hype of new #realmusic, but some have pointed out his "mumbling" that became apparent on his demos with Naughty Boy. Those arguably had more mushy mouth than Pillow Talk, but the lyrics were simple and the tempo was slow enough to decipher all the words. With the quicker rhythm in Pillow Talk, it's quite easy to miss the lyrics without a lyric video.



Which lyrics did you miss? Mine included climb on board, piss off the neighbors, my ally, etc.

CANCELLATIONS

Scooter Braun's acts, Justin Bieber and Ariana especially, have been very messy with meeting their obligations. In 2015, Ariana was a no-show at Jonathan Ross with no excuse and cancelled 4 international tour dates, which I believe have still not been rescheduled.

Zayn Malik infamously didn't attend a lot of One Direction's FOUR promo and dropped out of the band in the middle of the OTRA tour. Despite saying, “I’m incredibly disciplined. I realized I can push myself through situations I might not necessarily want to do, but can overcome by being in the moment. No matter what, I can smile and do whatever I got to do," after he went solo, he has already cancelled appearances on Graham Norton and BBC Radio 1 with Greg James on short notice. And to clarify, it was confirmed that he was suppose to show up when Annie Mac of BBC Radio said (audio here):

Well, if Harry Styles ever goes solo, I’m sure he’ll show up.
— Annie Mac on Zayn not showing up to his interview with Greg James

— ♔The1DTimes♔ (@Facts1DWoorld) February 1, 2016

HIGH NOTE WHORES

One of the main catalysts for Ariana being called the "next Mariah" was her ability to whistle. The truth is that Ariana has only whistled in her studio cover of Emotions and homemade videos. She has never whistled in her songs or live on stage. Those notes in "The Way?" VERY high, almost dangerous falsetto. Falsetto is something that both Ariana and Zayn frequently use, leading #youths to deem Zariana the "King and Queen of High Notes."

The Way and Right There Falsetto


You and I Falsetto


Last First Kiss Falsetto


Best Song Ever Falsetto @ 2:54


Falsetto isn't the only register they can hit high notes- Ariana, especially, has looooots of stamina and consistency at the top of her mixed register, despite a raised larynx and tongue tension, hitting multiple Bb5s each night on tour.

Be My Baby Bb5s


Zayn was known for doing the big high notes and adlibs in One Direction and one of his most notable mixed register notes is on Rock Me. Since his departure Liam has taken over the falsetto notes and I believe no one has done this Rock Me note, but Harry has taken over big mixed C5s like in Drag Me Down... Harry's struggle and cracks are real... Zayn has a more pleasant light sound since he is a tenor... but do not look at that throat... cringe... it may not sound like Harry vocal pain but it looks like it close up. Zayn has also hit insane notes for males like G#5s and A5s.

Rock Me

iTUNES TRAJECTORY

Ariana's debut single "The Way" immediately shot up to the top of the iTunes chart due to her strong social media following selling around 200k the first week and debuting top 10 on billboard. Her follow up singles in the My Everything era were HUGE with "Problem" debuting at 400k. Even the front loaded "Focus" had a nice 100k, #7 billboard debut.

Zayn's debut "Pillow Talk" rose to the top of iTunes dethroning Rihanna and Drake's Work. It has already sold 200k and had many streams on Spotify (1 million a day) YouTube, making a top 10 debut almost guaranteed.

R&B INFLUENCES

Ariana's biggest era was more EDM-pop to distance herself from the Mariah Carey comparisons, but her debut album "Yours Truly" and EP "Christmas and Chill" have strong R&B influences. She worked with popular 90s R&B producer, Babyface, on her debut album "Yours Truly," originally named Daydreamin', but changed due to the similarity to Carey's Daydream. Her main influences are Messiah, Whitney, Brandy, India.Arie, etc.

Zayn Malik has been very outspoken about his love of R&B, wanting to be the first R&B singer to win X Factor and to have more R&B songs in One Direction's discography (Naughty Boy and Zayn's songs for FOUR were rejected because the genre didn't fit or because they sounded like I Won't Mind or No Type). When he signed his RCA record deal, he revealed that he left to make #realmusic. For his album, Mind of Mine, releasing March 25th, the day he left One Direction, he worked with Frank Ocean's producer Malay. In interviews, Zayn has cited his The Weeknd, Drake, Usher (he looooves Usher, he even started a fight with some guy from The Wanted cause he bet Usher befour him), R Kelly, Chris Brown, etc.

DANCE ABILITY

Zayn has stated that he's terrible at dancing and it isn't his thing, but here we see his potential with an enthusiastic dance to Usher and him going through with the complex X Factor choreography despite being scared. He will need something to do on stage without 4 other people to fill it up and not dance too.




Ariana Grande has done small cute choreography since her debut, but she decided to step it up and do full dance breaks with her smash hit "Problem."

ASSOCIATES

Zayn and Ariana have both dated members of boybands/girl groups. Zayn was engaged to Perrie Edwards of Little Mix and Ariana dated Nathan Sykes of The Wanted.

Zayn and Ariana both have affiliation with Big Sean and Harry Styles. Big Sean dated Ariana and wrote songs about her with the lovely line "million dollar girl with a million dollar pussy" and was seen partying with Zayn in Vegas when everyone thought he had no friends. He also favorited a tweet about Zayn and Normani being the "Beyonce's" of their groups. Harry Styles was in One Direction with Zayn and they performed, toured, and did shit together. A few iconic moments are Zayn eating a candy thong off of Harry and him playing Veronica in Best Song Ever, showcasing more chemistry with Harry than Gigi in Pillow Talk.



Harry wrote a flop song for Ariana called "Just A Little Bit of Your Heart" which she did one of her worst performances ever for at The Grammys. Her enunciation was bad here with the verses being hard to decipher and the "Just A Little Bit of Your Heart" chorus sounding "Just A Lil Ol Whore."

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ONTD Original: Best Kristen Stewart quotes

February 2, 2016, 2:39 pm

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In honor of Kristen Stewart's latest word vomit on diversity in Hollywood, here is a look back at some of her most profound and intellectual ramblings over the years. Grab a bowl and get ready to get overwhelmed with knowledge by one of the best minds of her generation, ONTD.




1. Kristen Stewart on Hollywood diversity: "Do something" instead of complaining

“Instead of sitting around and complaining about that, do something. Go write something, go do something. And that’s easy to say. Like, f–k, it’s hard to get movies made. It’s a huge luxury. Who gets to just make movies? But that subject is just so prevalently everywhere right now, and it’s boring.”

"Guys make more money because their movies make more money, it makes sense."



2. KStew talks antidepressants: "Why lessen the feeling of anything? Why numb yourself? It's bizarre."

"As far as we know, you have one shot at this and it can be so fucking beautiful, so why lessen the feeling of anything? Why numb yourself? I'm not on antidepressants. I think it's bizarre."

"Self-exploration goes out the door with medication. You go, “Oh god, I have a little stomachache,” and they say, “Here, we can help you with that.” Well, why do you have that stomachache? Maybe it’s because your head’s in your stomach, so maybe there’s something you’re ignoring that you can work out."






3. On plastic surgery

"No, never. Never. I am so freaked out by the idea of doing anything. And maybe that's completely arrogant but I don't want to change anything about myself. I think the women who do are losing their minds. It's vandalism."




4. On acting skills

"Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don’t find that interesting to watch. I never want to see someone who clearly can cry at the drop of a hat. That’s so uninteresting. And so many actresses are so fucking crazy. They’re emotional wrecks, so they pretend to be these characters. But the emotions aren’t coming from the right place. Do you know what I mean?"






5. Comparing being photographed by paparazzis to being raped

"It's so... The photos are so.. I feel like I'm looking at someone being raped." She later apologized for her comment.




6. Calling Twilight fans retarded

In an interview with MSN, Stewart spoke of being trailed by fans as she went from place to place promoting the new vampire movie saying she "kept her head down the entire way."

"I just didn't pay attention," said Stewart. "I was like, 'You guys are celebrating something that has not come true yet. So, you are really retarded and have nothing to do with this creative process and I really don't want to hear you celebrate in front of me. Get out of here! It's my responsibility!'"

She then bragged about refusing media training before starting twilight promo, which was probably a bad call on her part based on... well, this entire post.

7. On beauty campaigns

"I would never work with people who aren't really creative and aren't committed to what they do," the actress told German Glamour. "For example, I would never do a make-up campaign, even though the [final] photos with me would probably look good. Thank you, but it doesn't interest me." She would then went on to star in Balenciaga and Chanel's ads.

Today, she was announced as the new face of the new Chanel make-up campaign.

She of the eternal smoky eye. Kristen Stewart, is chosen as the new face of @CHANEL Make-up https://t.co/wmoiyOXnTIpic.twitter.com/xvErbVnP2I

— VOGUE.CO.UK (@BritishVogue) February 2, 2016

8. On her parents

“My parents are really working class. They make movies." Stewart's parents are in the industry, she became a child actor through their connections. She then got the Twilight role because her boyfriend at the time, Michael Angarano, was doing a movie with Catherine Hardwicke, director of the first Twilight movie, who introduced them. She went on to cheat on him with rpattz.


9. On driving to Russia from London



@ 5:00 mark

During an interview with David Letterman in 2008, Kstew told Letterman what she was planning to do after being done promoting Twilight: “I’m not sure if we end up in London or Berlin but wherever we end up, I’m going to drive to Russia!” David replies, “I hope it’s Berlin, then.”



10. On her height

“I'm 5'6″. I feel like I should be taller. I feel like I'm smaller than my mental stature. I should be 5'10”. 5'10” would be very good.”



11. On how her teachers failed her

“School became genuinely uncomfortable,” she says.“I was feeling a little self-conscious about the acting thing with my peers, but also my teachers became a problem. They didn’t want to do the extra work or put packages together so I could keep up while away. They failed me. My teachers failed me. Not one, but all of them. my teachers became a problem. They didn’t want to do the extra work or put packages together so I could keep up while away. I'm always slightly ashamed in a way, about what I do. I'm slightly embarrassed as I had such serious ambitions when I was younger, I just never imagined that I would ever have a reason not go to school. But then this happened.”




12. On then-boyfriend Robert Pattinson's love of licking her armpits

"'My God, I'm so in love with my boyfriend. I wish he was here now. I think I want to have his babies. God, I miss him. I love the way he smells. And him me. Like, he loves to lick under my armpits. I don't get this obsession with washing the smell off. That smell of someone you love. Don’t you think it’s the whole point?' The journalist wrote at the end of this quote, said about a month before Stewart's cheating scandal: "Looking back, the exchange still feels surreal. It took place just three weeks before those incriminating pictures were allegedly taken. Was she even talking about Pattinson? Was she having on me? Who knows?"



13. Her #iconic apology after being caught cheating with married director Rupert Sanders

"I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected. This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry."


awkward

Bonus: her poetry

My Heart Is A Wiffle Ball/Freedom Pole

I reared digital moonlight
You read its clock, scrawled neon across that black
Kismetly... ubiquitously crest fallen
Thrown down to strafe your foothills
...I'll suck the bones pretty.
Your nature perforated the abrasive organ pumps
Spray painted everything known to man,
Stream rushed through and all out into
Something Whilst the crackling stare down sun snuck
Through our windows boarded up
He hit your flint face and it sparked.
And I bellowed and you parked
We reached Marfa.
One honest day up on this freedom pole
Devils not done digging
He's speaking in tongues all along the pan handle
And this pining erosion is getting dust in
My eyes
And I'm drunk on your morsels
And so I look down the line
Your every twitch hand drum salute
Salutes mine...


praying she #blesses kanye's WAVES with her poetry #genius


edit: oop forgot my favorite one

Kristen Stewart: "Why is everything so easy for me?" via .@ricky_rawpic.twitter.com/59Gry9PcUF

— Suleiman (@Payitforward87) January 26, 2016

ontd, are you as deep and smart as kstew is?don't forget to go see her in her next movie directed by woody allen in theaters later this year!



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ONTD ORIGINAL: Puppy Bowl Puppies That Share Their Names w/ Celebrity Babies

February 3, 2016, 8:40 am

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ATTICUS is a husky/lab mix who shares a names with Casey Affleck's son. This name also used to be the #1 baby choice name in ONTD baby posts before Go See a Watchman came out.



BELLA is a rat terrier. Yolanda and David Foster's less successful model daughter is also named Bella!



BIJOUX is a Great Dane. Bijou Philips (it's close enough okay) is a scientologist and the daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas. "California Dreamin'" is a great song. Go watch Chungking Express. Also, according to Wikipedia, Bijou Phillips dates Evan Dando of the Lemonheads when she was 15 or 16.



BROOKLYN is a German Shepherd. Brooklyn Beckham is the son of David and Victoria Beckham and is also the photographer for Burberry's new campaign for some reason.



HARPER is a pit bull. Pretty much everyone in Hollywood has a baby named Harper, including the Beckhams, NPH and David Burtka, Dave Grohl, Bill Hader, Jenna Fischer, Lisa Marie Presley, Shonda Rhimes, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Eddie Vedder, and some D-List celebs whose names I do not recognize! When I was in elementary school, everyone was named Jessica. I guess there are multiple Harpers running around in each school.



OTIS is a bulldog who shares his name with the children of Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde and Tobey Maguire (just to be clear, they're in separate relationships -- this is not a triad).



PIPER is a border terrier. Gillian Anderson, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Sarah Palin all have children named Piper. What did you think of Cuba on The People vs. OJ last night, and why did FX change the name from American Crime Story? I used three different hashtags live tweeting it last night.



SAILOR is an Australian cattle dog and shares his name with Liv Tyler's son.



SCOUT is an Australian shepherd. Demi Moore and Bruce Willis named one of their daughters Scout.



STELLA is Doxie/chihuahua mix and the only name Hollywood loves more than Harper is Stella. Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, Matt Damon, Clark Gregg and Jennifer Grey (had no idea they were an item???), Elisabeth Shue, Lorraine Bracco and Harvey Keitel (wtf they had a baby together?), Dave Matthews, Tori Spelling and her piece of shit husband, Ellen Pompeo, an Dylan Walsh all named their babies Stella.


Pretty much every one of those dogs shares its name with a Hollywood Spawn, except for maybe Miss Sassy and Puddin Pop. Go to the source to see the rest of the starting line up. Found via EOnline, where you can watch an extremely awkward interview with Sarah Hyland who does an impressive job staying on brand for Swiffer!

And of course this is a pet post. Show me your doggies and kitties to b/c you can't have a puppy bowl without a kitty cat halftime show!

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ONTD Original: Disney Stars With The Best Pop Music

February 9, 2016, 6:12 pm

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Disney Stars With The Best Pop Music

Some of the best pop music in the last 15 years has come from Disney, I'ma go ahead an take a look at the hits that Disney Girls gave us before they went mainstream

Selena Gomez

Notable DC Credits: Wizards of Waverly Place, Another Cinderella Story, Princess Protection Program
Highest Charting Single: Charli XCX ft. Selena Gomez - "Same Ol Love"
Notable Songs: "Come & Get It", "Naturally"
Best Effort: "Good For You"
What's She Serving: On GFY Selena serves; chaste child-icon turned instagram thot, 1 1/2 octave range, whisper queen succesor, and like all GGGB she features a black record on ha 'coming out' record, black rappers are the new Maxim magazine for the gorls


Hilary Duff-Knowles-Carter


Notable DC Credits:Lizzie McGuire, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Cadet Kelly
Highest Charting Single:"With Love"
Notable Songs"My Kind", "Arms Around A Memory", "Stranger", "Who's That Girl", "Where Did I Go Right"
Best Effort: It's a toss up between;"Happy" &"The Getaway"
What's She Serving: strength, subtly and earnesty, soundtrack from JLO's movie 'Enough', vocal acrobat, melisma, vibrato, booming grammy award winning chorus, lilith fair acoustics



Lindsay Lohan

Notable DC Credits: Parent Trap, Life Size
Highest Charting Single: "Confessions (Daughter To Father)"
Notable Songs: "Bossy", "Rumors", "Over", "I Live For The Day", "Speak"
Best Effort:"Nobody Til You"
What's She Serving: lindsays vocals always serve the gorls husk, depth, maturity, singer-songwriter, pining and longing, pop masterpiece, cultural cornerstone, eligibility for a rock n roll hall of fame nom in 2029


Demi Lovato

Notable DC Credits: Sonny With a Chance, Princess Protection Program, Camp Rock
Notable Songs: "Give Your Heart A Break", "Cool For The Summer"
Best Effort: "Stop The World"
What's She Serving: not scream and shout like present demi, just another coffeehouse singer-songwriter, baby Ingrid Michaelson, inspiration, emo/goth 00s mcr stan liking this song in secret, when ha friends ask she say "yea demi has one cool song", lilith fair


Hayden Panerabread


Notable DC Credits: Tiger Cruise, Ice Princess

Notable Songs: "Wake Up Call"

Best Effort: "My Hero Is You"
What's She Serving: child prodigy, vocal gymnastics, barefoot in the studio, a glass of chianti, diane warren ballad


Miley Cyrus
Notable DC Credits: Hannah Montana
Notable Songs: "Wrecking Ball", "Can't Be Tamed"
Best Effort: "Liberty Walk"
What's She Serving: inspiration, dove campaign, vocals where u can hear her singing through ha gums, country twang no matter the genre, white co-captain cheerleader named briana in a hs in kentucky just breaking up with ha boyfriend going on with ha ~gurlz~ to get cold stone

Aly & AJ
Notable DC Credits: Phil Of The Future, Pixel Perfect
Notable Songs:"Rush"
Best Effort: "Potential Break Up Song"
What's She Serving: sweden, swedish-pop, autotune, revenge, mormon-pop, tatu

Carly Rae Jepsen
Notable DC Credits: The Little Mermaid On Ice
Notable Songs:"Call Me Maybe", "Tiny Little Bows", "Kiss", "Turn Me Up", "I Know You Have A Girlfriend", "Tonight I'm Getting Over You", "Tonight I'm Getting Over You ft Nicki Minaj", "Curiosity", "Good Time", "More Than A Memory", "Drive", "Sweetie", Run Away With Me, Emotion, I Really Like You, Gimme Love, All That, Boy Problems, Making The Most Of The Night, Your Type, Lets Get Lost, LA Hallucinations, Warm Blooded, When I Needed You, Sweet Impossible Love
Best Effort: The Album Event E MO TION
What's She Serving: princess of pop




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Favorite Disney / 00s Teen Bops?
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1. Eriko Imai



In the 1990s, there was J-pop girl group SPEED. With their youngest being 12 at the time of their debut, these four girls surprised audiences with their decidedly mature image and sold over 20 million albums within 3 years, making them one of Asia's biggest girl groups at one point. Their original run lasted from 1996-2000, and while they have reunited since, they are not at the levels of their former glory. One of the members, Eriko Imai (32), has recently announced her intentions to run for Japanese parliament under the Liberal Democratic Party. Her key issues are disability advocacy due to her experience as mother of a deaf son and American military presence in Okinawa as she, like her other former band members, is from Okinawa. The Liberal Democratic Party hopes that she will invigorate young voters as well.


2. Clay Aiken



Placing 2nd on the 2nd season of American Idol, Clay Aiken (37) is mostly known music-wise for his single "Invisible" and singing some Christmas songs. His fans are known as Claymates, and he shakes their ovaries or something. In 2014, he ran for Congress in North Carolina's 2nd congressional district wanting to "fix Washington" and won the Democratic primary a day after his main opponent fell down in his home and died. He ultimately lost in the general election however, so I guess God really does work in mysterious ways y'all.

3. Peter Garrett



Midnight Oil was an Australian band that lasted 1976-2002 that won 11 Australian Recording Industry Association awards and was indicted in the ARIA Hall of Fame. Its former lead singer Peter Garrett has had a relatively prolific political career compared to those above, serving in the Member of the Australian Parliament for Kingsford Smith (2004-2013), the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts (2007-2010), and Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth (2010-2013). His main political stances include flip-flopping on the environment and trying to get parents of indigenous children have their welfare payments suspended if their children are found to not be attending school.

4. Sonny Bono



Sonny Bono (1935-1998) is probably best well known as the late ex-husband and musical partner of Cher. He also served as mayor of Palm Springs, California 1988-1992 and a Republican member of Congress representing California's 44th district from 1995 until his death. He apparently decided to go into politics after he got frustrated trying to open a restaurant in Palm Springs and having problems with the local government in getting it going. As mayor, he supported the creation of the Palm Springs International Film Festival. As congressman, he tried and failed to extend copyright during his time in office, but a similar bill passed later that is sometimes known as the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in his honor, one that did massively extend the life of copyright arrangements.


SPEED - White Love music video
Eriko Imai news source
Eriko Imai Wikipedia source
SPEED Wikipedia source

Clay Aiken - Invisible music video
ONTD post about Clay's opponent dying

Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart music video
Midnight Oil Wikipedia source
Peter Garrett Wikipedia source

Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe music video
Sonny Bono Wikipedia source

ONTD Original: Does Rihanna's Puma collection make light of WW2 Kamikaze pilots?

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Putting random Japanese and other Asian scripts on clothing is nothing new to fashion, and Rihanna isn't exactly known about her sensitivity towards those of Asian descent. All that considered though, have the choices made in the Fenty x Puma FW16 show gone too far?



Very clearly written on legs is "神風特別攻撃隊" and this repeats itself in other spots. This is read Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kougekitai which translates to the Kamikaze Special Attack Unit.

Here's the Wikipedia describes this unit as:
The Kamikaze (神風?, [kamikaꜜze] ( listen); "divine wind" or "spirit wind"), officially Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (特別攻撃隊 "Special Attack Unit"?), abbreviated as Tokkō Tai (特攻隊?), and used as a verb as Tokkō (特攻 "special attack"?), were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy warships more effectively than was possible with conventional attacks. During World War II, about 3,860 kamikaze pilots died, and about 19% of kamikaze attacks managed to hit a ship.[1]



In this photo, if you turn your head, you can see that written on them is "天皇陛下万歳." This is read as Tennouheika Banzai. You may know "banzai" as a positive exclamation of "ten thousand years" or wishing someone a long life.

However, here's what Wikipedia has to say about this particular form of the phrase:
During World War II, banzai or its full form Tennōheika Banzai! (天皇陛下万歳?, "Long live His Majesty the Emperor") served as a battle cry of sorts for Japanese soldiers.[8] Ideally, kamikaze pilots would shout "banzai!" as they rammed their planes into enemy ships; although Japanese popular culture has portrayed this romanticized scene, it is unknown if any pilot actually did so. Its confirmed use by ground troops, however, was heard in numerous battles during the Pacific Campaign, when Japanese infantry units attacked Allied positions. As a result, the term "banzai charge" (or alternatively "banzai attack") gained common currency among English-speaking soldiers and remains the most widely understood context of the term in the West to this day.

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ontd, let me know if you got some good pics of the written pieces or notice anything else suspect about the writing. i could literally find no news sources talking about this so i made an original.

ONTD Original: Worst Album Covers

February 14, 2016, 2:47 pm

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With the release of SwishWaves The Life of Pablo on TIDAL, TIDAL users had their eyes assaulted by the MSPaint-chic cover (Then again, it's probably divine punishment for even using TIDAL). By mild demand on ONTD, I will now show some of the worst albums to my recollection.

1. Born This Way - Lady Gaga

Once upon a time, Lady Gaga was praised for her costumes, music videos, and album covers. Gaga sets a new standard in the music scene as her peers became increasingly dramatic in their visuals in response to Gaga's success. However, her visuals became increasingly questionable as her popularity declined. While there are many embarrassing Lady Gaga looks to choose from, nothing tops the Born This Way album. Maybe it's because the koons isn't in me, but the album makes no sense. How is it related to the album title or theme? Is she supposed to be a motorcycle going on the right track? Is she stating that she was born motorcyclekin? Regardless, the album cover was a clear sign of worse things to come: ARTPOP.

2. Itano Tomomi - SxWxAxG

Itano Tomomi was arguably one of the most successful AKB48 girls. She established herself as the face of Shibuya. She had some of the strongest releases among the girls that had solo career. But just when it looked like she would solidify her place in the Japanese music industry, her image and music took a turn. Whether it's an attempt to discard her image as a member of AKB48 or a failed attempt at switch to a neo-gyaru image, her new image was ultimately in vain. Her debut album sold a little over 20,000 copies. It's okay Tomochin, the world is simply not ready for the guilty pleasure song known as SWAGGALICIOUS.

But that's enough about her career, we're here for the album cover. Just look at how edgy she is. Metaphorical weed. The bandanna. The SxWxAxG themed swag. She edgy. Yes. So edgy that it's 360 degrees.


3. Miley Cyrus - Bangerz

Speaking of image change... We have Miley. I think no commentary is needed tbh.

4. U2 - Songs of Innocence

So remember that time U2 released that free album on iTunes? Let me put on a tinfoil hat as I explain to you the conspiracy behind it. You see, the album cover features a picture of Larry (Drummer of U2 and no relation to the One Direction ship) hugging his shirtless son on the waist. Yeah, so I think it isn't an album. I think it's incestuous gay porn disguised as an album. Actually, doesn't ONTD have an incest kink? ... Yeah, I'm sure some of you guys now regret deleting that album now. It's okay. It's not first cousins. Not at all.


5. Ayumi Hamasaki - Party Queen

Oh Ayu. Queen of J-Pop and duck lips. During the album's era, Ayu added a new backup singer to her entourage: Tim "Timmy" Wellard (Hint: Google Image search him). Being the generous queen she is, she let him produce some songs for the album and featured him in music videos (And probably the direction of the album/era). What we're left with is Ayu failing to twerk while singing "SHAKE IT, SHAKE IT SHAKE IT SHAKE IT", going around with a pink wig, and this album cover. Keep in mind that this is Ayumi Hamasaki: The queen of J-Pop and the richest woman in Japan. She has five music videos exceeding one million USD in production cost. She is known for lots of symbolism and deep messages in her visuals. Yet, here we are with a cheap and tacky cover.

Fun Fact 1: A twitter fan tweeted that she looked sad in the album covers. She responded "yesssssss youre a genius". So I guess she's a ~sad~ party queen.

Fun Fact 2: The album covers are actually recycled images from a magazine shoot. Economic queen tbh.


Source: Written by xhurlyburly
What other albums do you think deserve the title of "Worst Album Cover"?

ONTD Original: A Brief Overview of Japanese Music Trends

February 14, 2016, 8:44 pm

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Although many people think of Ayumi Hamasaki, AKB48, and JE when they think of J-Pop, the Japanese music scene and its trends actually quite different from what people remember in the past. Here is an update of what's trending in Japan, what's flopping in Japan, and the gray in-betweens.

Trending
1. Groups with Non-traditional Idol Images (E-Girls, Sandaime J Soul Brothers)

Before I go into detail, I want to clarify what I mean by "idol image". Some of these artists do not label themselves as idols nor do they want to. Some people debate whether they are idols despite denying the label. However, the bottom line is that they market themselves in a way similar to idols, but their image does not fit the traditional idol image, so "idol image" is used to capture this aspect while staying neutral in the debate.

As suggested in the disclaimer, these are acts market themselves like an idol (e.g., dipping into multiple entertainment fields and selling an image to get by in these fields, marketing strategies such as handshake events) but do not have have a visual image of a traditional idol. They tend to market towards teen and young adult women instead of men. Some even reject the "idol" label because of the connotation that idols are not trained singers/dancers. With the idol boom declining, gravitation towards these types of groups may be a reflection of this decline.

LDH (A growing entertainment agency founded by HIRO, leader of EXILE) in particular is noteworthy of this trend. Although EXILE/EXILE TRIBE itself isn't doing as well as it once did, its sister group (E-Girls) and "sub-unit" (Sandaime J Soul Brothers) are among the most popular acts right now).








2. Indie Bands (Gesu no Kiwami Otome, Sekai no Owari)

Another effect of the idol boom declining is the rise of indie bands. Although only a few top the charts, the presence of indie groups in the charts and media has been steadily increasing. Music/variety shows are beginning to cater towards these "new" acts through a broadcast dedicated to them and even an entire music show dedicated to rising indie acts (Both bands and otherwise).

As of right now, there are two groups that are commonly seen as the leaders of the indie band boom: Gesu no Kiwami Otome and Sekai no Owari. Both of these acts have strong consistent presence in the digital charts in particularly (Debuting at the top and staying and/or reappearing in the top 10 for many weeks). That said, there are some concerns from those that follow this scene in particular. Gesu no Kiwami Otome's guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Kawatani Enon is involved in one of the largest recent scandals about two weeks prior to the band's album release. The media found out that he secretly married a non-celebrity last year and had an affair with variety talent Becky within the past year through his wife leaking LINE chats (Click here and here for the full messy details because it's amazing). Many are concerned that this scandal would not only hurt Gesu no Kiwami Otome's sales, but it would also pop the growing indie bubble. On the one hand, Gesu no Kiwami Otome's album debuted #1 on Oricon despite the scandal. On the other hand, some believe that their sale numbers (About 72,000) could have been higher if the scandal never happened. It should also be noted that Sekai no Owari's vocalist Fukase in particular tweeted out support for Kawatani's music during the scandal.

Fun Fact 1: Fukase is Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's ex-boyfriend.

Fun Fact 2: Fukase tweeted that they broke up in code as seen here.

Fun Fact 3: Kyary later took a picture of herself wearing a hat containing the coded message.


Fun Fact 4: The girl in Sekai no Owari's Mr. Heartache music video wore the same dress as Kyary, possibily representing her and a response to the hat.













3. Cover/Tribute Albums (Utada Hikaru, globe, Mika Nakashima, JUJU)

Cover albums have been trendy for several years now in Japan, so it's not exactly a new trend. Japan REALLY loves their classics such as Every Little Thing's "Time Goes By", Utada Hikaru's "First Love", and m-flo's "let go". Some even made careers around it. A noteable example is JUJU. Although JUJU already established her career prior to her cover albums, her cover album "Request" is among her best selling albums (As well as Japan during the year of its release) and released multiple decently selling cover albums from there.

Furtheremore, there is a new trend within cover albums: tribute albums. The Japanese music industry is hitting a point where many infamous and influential acts are hitting major annivesary milestones. Utada Hikaru hits her 15th anniversery as a music artist last year. globe recently celebrated their 20th anniversary. Mika Nakashima is currently celebrating her 15th year in the music industry. After the success of Utada Hikaru's tribute album, people are releasing annivesary tribute cover albums left and right. It has even benefitted those that are currently struggling despite the fact that it's not their own release. For example, Ayumi Hamasaki's contribution to Utada Hikaru and globe's tribute albums caught positive attention from the general public, and her cover even charted on the digital charts for a few weeks. Although this trend may sound boring, these tribute albums usually allow the artist to sing in their typical style and genre, so it creates a nice contrast to the original.

** Note: Mika Nakashima's tribute album isn't released yet, so there aren't any videos for it

4. Kana Nishino

If you were following the J-Pop scene but fell out, I'm sure you're asking "But who's the top female soloist right now"? Well, we're now at that part. Kana Nishino is currently the most popular female soloist. Although it might not be so obvious if you are strictly looking at physical sales (Her singles tend to sell about 50,000 or less copies and chart around 5-7. While her album sales are impressive and consistently top the charts with six figure numbers, they still pale in comparison to past female artists at their peak), her frequent appearance in music shows, awards, and digital sales tell a different story. Her singles have consistently hit double platinum in digital sales within 6-12 months, her releases always tops the chart for several weeks, and girls LOVE downloading ringtone versions of her songs.

What makes Kana so successful though compared to other artists? If you were to ask me, it's the fact that she embraces the digital era (Something that the Japanese music industry as a whole has been resisting and falling as a result). Kana actually started as a model with a strong blog following before she ventured into music. This following allowed her to find somewhat immediate success. Furthermore, she and her team embraces digital sales and the cellphone-digital culture tied to digital sales. Her songs are consistently targetting gyarus, teenage girls, and young adult women (All of whom fall under the cellphone-digital culture demographic). Finally, she also adapts well to trends while maintaining the girl-next-door image. This can be seen by how her look changes with the current fashion trend with each album. Most recently, she's embraced country pop and her sales are even stronger than before.







Declining
1. Female Soloists (Ayumi Hamasaki, Koda Kumi, Mika Nakashima, Otsuka Ai, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)

Now for the depressing part following Kana. Unfortuantely, Kana is more or less the exception to the female soloist scene at the moment. Although there are newer female soloists that have found their place as a popular indie artist, female soloists aren't doing too well compared to the past. Those that are more familiar with J-Pop in the past would immediately recognize pretty much all the names of the people I listed in the section. The decline could be attributed to many potential reasons. It could be due to the idol boom in the mid-late 2000s creating more interest in groups than soloists. It could be due to inability to change with music trends. It could be due to their management failing to adapt to an increasingly digital market. While all of these artists have established themselves as household names that everybody recognizes, all of them have seen steady decline in sales over the years and have yet to recover from it.

2. Conventional Idol Groups (AKB48/48G)

I'm pretty sure people are cheering for this right now. Yes, AKB48 and its sister groups (With the exception of Nogizaka46) is on the decline (As well as conventional idol groups in general). AKB48 has been seeing a steady decline in sales for a while now. Their last single broke their weekly million sales streak despite the fact that it was the leader's/general manager's graduation single. Their latest album was originally anticipated to be a contender to be the top selling album last year, but it fell significantly short compared to the top two by six figure margins (Sandaime J Soul Brother's PLANET SEVEN and Arashi's Japonism). There are several factors that may be the cause of it.

One obvious explanation is the changing music scene. Bubbles don't last forever. AKB48's success alligned well with the idol boom. This can be seen by the rise of other idol groups such as Morning Musume and Momoiro Clover Z. Furthermore, AKB48's decline is happening at the same time as these two idol groups, so it's clear that there's a waning interest in idol groups. Some also attribute the decline to the graduation system. Even during AKB48's peak, people only recognized certain (aka the popular) members. As these members graduate, people recognize less members. Although management has made clear attempts to push certain girls to maintain face recognition, it doesn't appear to be as successful as they had hoped. Finally, the group is highly reliant on physical sales. Although their digital sales aren't bad, it pales in comparison to their physical sales. As digital sales become more popular in Japan, it's not surprising that the best selling artist in the physical charts is experincing pains from this shift.

3. Quirky/Weird Japan (LADYBABY, BABYMETAL)

... Or rather, they're usually never trendy to begin with in Japan. I just felt that it's necessary to address this part. Although they gain international recognition, many of these types of acts are far from popular in the domestic market. Although one may point out that Kyary falls under this category and became huge, Kyary was already popular prior to becoming a music artist. She's already a successful fashion blogger and model in the Harajuku scene. She's already recognizable to the general public (Though not as much as she was after her music debut). Although BABYMETAL is a somewhat exception, it should be noted that despite some general public recognition, their domestic sales are low (approx 30,000 range) compared to what you'd expect from their international popularity.

Grey Areas

1. Namie Amuro

Ah Namie. The long enduring prong of the  J-Pop trinity. Prior to the release of her album "_genic", Namie was a clear exception to the decline in female soloists in Japan. Her previous studio album and ballad best album each sold about 250,000 copies within its first week: the highest in physical copies sold for a female solo artist for their respective years. However, her latest album sold about half of previous album sales: a very huge drop. Some believe that she's simply on the decline. Others argue that the decline is due to a lack of promotion (Some of whom say this is due to switching management during the album's era). Either way, this drop in sales forces one to wonder if Namie's drop in sales is a sign of waning popularity or bad marketing. For Namie's sake, let's hope for the latter.

That said, she released a new single with sale numbers mirroring past singles, so maybe it's a sign that her popularity is not to blame for "_genic"'s relatively lackluster sales.

2. JE's Male Idol Monopoly and Love Dream Happiness (LDH)

Finally, we're at the part where we talk about the monopoloy known as Johnny and Associates/Johnny's Entertainment. The agency represents the vast majority of mainstream male idols. Ever watched a J-drama? At least one of the guys is a Johnny. Remember that one Japanese male idol group you liked in the past? Probably under that agency. The agency more or less controls the Japanese male idol industry for multiple decades, but cracks are starting to appear. With owner Johnny Kitagawa aging, there is increasing concern about the successor to the company. This concern created a faction war within the company with certain acts represented by a potential successor. Recently, one of the potential successors decided to leave the agency/company. This allegedly caused SMAP (One of the top two male idol groups in Japan) to consider disbanding with four of its five members leaving the agency. Although this did not happen at the end, it's clear that internal turmoil is affecting how the agency is run. The incident also forces one to consider who else on the roster can hold up the company once SMAP and Arashi eventually disband. Although JA has numerous successful acts, none of their more recent acts hold up to SMAP or Arashi's status.

Meanwhile, LDH (See non-traditional idol image) is currently enjoying the success of Sandaime J Soul Brothers. The group was in a neck-to-neck race with Arashi for the top selling album of 2015. Although Arashi won in the end, it's showing that the monopoly JA holds onto the male idol industry might not be as strong as it once was. Considering that LDH also manages other male groups such as Generations, EXILE, and THE SECOND, it is not out of the question to see a future where Johnny and Associates has to share the market with LDH. That said, it is still a gray spot for multiple reasons. While SMAP nearly disbanding forces JA to consider about the future, there is definitely time to find and/or develop their next breakout group. Furthermore, everything isn't smooth sailing for LDH either. The agency itself (The people in it already did) has been attempting to branch into other media such as manga, movies, and dramas for the past year. However, their track record has been far from stellar. Meanwhile, Johnny and Associates already established themselves in television and movies. Until LDH gets over its growing pains, this advantage may be the key to maintaining JA's male idol monopoly.

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              - Referenced via External Links 1 / 2 / 3
- Written by: xhurlyburly

Sorry for taking so long to post this when I said I would release it in a few days as a series. It became too Wikipedia on Part 1, so I dropped the idea for a while until I decided to just do the trends section as a standalone post.

All formating and lost text issues should be resolved now (e.g., Namie Amuro's part)

ONTD Original: ALLEGED Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare) a/k/a Judith Remelt/Lewis Controversies

February 14, 2016, 8:45 pm

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tl; dr: Basically, Cassie is being sued right now by Sherri Kenyon, the author of the Dark Hunters series. Kenyon claims Cassie originally used darkhunters and changed it to shadowhunters, promising not to place emphasis on it, but now is with the TV series being named Shadowhunters instead of Mortal Instruments.

There are also similarities between The Mortal Instruments and The Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. Both have Valentine an evil unknown biological father, the name Infernal Devices, special weapons, etc. and the Engines series is known as Predator Cities in the US despite the author not liking it. Some suspect it's because even tho his series was made in 2001, it didn't come to the US til 2012 which was when Cassie's series got really popular.

Everything else is fandom wank, her Ron/Ginny incest fic, allegations of bullying, past possible fanfic plagiarism, etc.

Disclaimer: Everything I write in this post is legal and will NOT infringe on fair use or have defamatory claims. Cassandra Clare is a limited-purpose public figure, meaning she is not a household name, but has willingly put herself in the public eye through her writing of the popular young adult books turned movie/TV series, The Shadowhunter Chronicles. "Limited-purposepublicfigures,likepublicfigures,have at leasttemporaryaccess to themeans to counteractfalsestatementsaboutthem.Theyalso voluntarilyplacethemselves in thepubliceyeandconsequentlyrelinquishsome of theirprivacyrights.Forthesereasons,falsestatementsaboutlimited-purposepublicfiguresthatrelate to thepubliccontroversies in whichthosefigures{C}{C}{C}{C} areinvolvedarenotconsidereddefamatoryunlesstheymeettheactual-malicetestsetforth in Sullivan."  There is no malicious intent from the original OP aka me and no proof numbers wise that Ms. Clare's reputation has been damaged, since she is still one of the most successful YA writers, regardless of previous controversies. These previous controversies will be reported on by me and NOT be taken as 100% true or false. I do not have the means to know whether or not these are libel and will only report on the allegations. Actual text from works in this
post will be cited under fair use. No passages from any of Cassandra Clare's own copyrighted works from the published series, The Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, Bane Chronicles, etc will be use. The, Cassandra Claire's fanfiction, "Mortal Instruments", is credited to Claire for writing and belongs to JK Rowling under copyright law due to the use of her characters and exact settings (ex. Hogwarts or The Burrow). This does not infringe on Ms. Rowling's copyright because she has publically stated she is okay with fanfiction and cannot infringe on Ms. Clare's since it does not belong to her. This is likewise for her fanfiction series, "The Draco Trilogy."Copyright for excerpts of lifted lines also goes to Pamela Dean.My post also falls under commentary/criticism. Futhermore, I am not suggesting anything Cassandra Clare did is legally wrong.

CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING PUBLISHED WORKS:

SHERRILYN KENYON'S DARK HUNTER
Author of the Dark Hunters series, Sherrilyn Kenyon, has recently filed a lawsuit, stating that Clare's series is so similar to hers that Clare's publisher once printed 100,000 copies of her book referencing Kenyon's series and originally used dark hunters, before promising she wouldn't put great emphasis on the term shadowhunter (it is now the name of the TV series). Other similarities include a line of warriors who protect humans from demons, how a young person becomes the hunter, and both having enchanted swords that are "divinely forged, imbued with otherworldly spirits, have unique names, and glow like heavenly fire."

PHILIP REEVE'S THE MORTAL ENGINES QUARTET (MORTAL ENGINES, PREDATOR'S GOLD, INFERNAL DEVICES, A DARKLING PLAIN)
There are also similarities between Philip Reeve's "The Mortal Engines Quartet" and Clare's "The Mortal Instruments" and "Infernal Devices" series. One of Reeve's books is also called the "Infernal Devices," the same name as one of Clare's series. Content similarities include the use of "special weapons" like Reeve's ODIN, Diamond Bat, Jinju 14, and the Nine Sisters and Clare's Mortal Instruments (Mortal Cup, Sword, Mirror) and a few shared character names like Magnus and Valentine. In The Mortal Engines, Thaddeus Valentine is the biological father of the unknowing female protagonist, Hester Shaw who wishes to get revenge on him for killing her mother and who she believes to be her father when she is young. In The Mortal Instruments, antagonist Valetine Morgenstern is revealed to be the father of female protagonist, Clary Fray. The Mortal Engines series came out in the UK in 2001, but was not published
in the US until 2012. When it was published here, it was called Predator Cities or The Hungry City Chronicles, leading some to suspect it was because of the original title's similarity to the now YA best seller and soon to be movie. Although, the similarites haven't been addressed by either author or publisher, Reeve did say this about the new title:

What are 'The Hungry City Chronicles'?

When the Mortal Engines books were first published in the United States my then U.S. publisher, Harpercollins, felt that they needed a series title, and they chose The Hungry City Chronicles.  I've never liked it and I never use it, so you won't find it mentioned anywhere else on this site!

CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING FANFICTION/FANDOM:

THE DRACO TRILOGY
  
The Draco Trilogy was an extremely popular epic fanfiction. It had many lines taken from shows like Buffy, but these were taken as a game of "easter eggs," where you would have to guess where certain witty one liners came from. What created the most controversy and resulted in Cassie's ban from fanfiction.net was passages used from Pamela Dean. The full long debacle is from Avacado on journalfen or a shorter version on Fanlore, but here is their short excerpt of the similarities between The Hidden Land and Draco Sinister.

Draco opened his eyes, or thought he did. He could not see anything with them, not blackness, not anything. Harry, he tried to say, but he had nothing to say it with – no throat, no voice. It was like dreaming, and knowing he was dreamin
g, but not being able to wake himself up.

"Harry!" he called out, and this time he heard his own voice, and jumped.

Ted opened his eyes, or thought he did. He could not see anything with them, not blackness, not anything. He did not seem to have eyes, or anything else. Randolph, he tried to say, but he had nothing to say it with. It was like dreaming, and knowing you were dreaming, and trying to wake up by remembering the bed, and the pillow, and the color of your pajama sleeve: it was like the time just before the trick worked and you woke up.

"Randolph!" said Ted, and jumped. He had a voice, and ears to hear it, and a nervous system to make him jump when he was startled.

LAPTOP GATE
Cassie announced that her laptop was stolen along with her roomate and boyfriend's. Over $2000 was rasied by around 300 people in 10 hours. More donations were taken for a hospital toy drive, since she said a box of toys she meant to donate was stolen too. The amount of money used for donations, laptops, or possibly kept for personal use was never told and Fan History Wiki allegedly said over $10,000 was raised. There was a lot of "fandom wank" over people being upset that money couldn't be raised like that for their own causes, such as cancer, and suspicion that not all the money was used for the charity drive or laptops. Some people even alleged that the apartment was not broken into in the first place. Read more at FanLore.

ALLEGATIONS OF CYBER BULLYING
People from the Harry Potter fandom have accused Clare of cyber bullying in the form of threats, censorship, and "in person" action. These allegations include threats to delete any mention of plagiarism, finding a number from your IP address and calling the person or their parents, and even having the police or the person's university confront you about Clare's own accusations. You can read more about one person's point of view and claim of Cassie trying to get them kicked out of their university.

POPULAR FANFICTION WRITER TO PUBLISHED AUTHOR
Note: Plagiarized lines or passages (ie. Buffy or Pamela Dean's works) from any of her fanfiction have not been used in her public works to my knowledge. However, certain elements that are technically original and Clare's ideas have been reused. For example, the "father-son falcon scene" was used for Draco/Lucius Malfoy in The Draco Trilogy and Jace/Valentine in The Mortal Instruments. Another reused element is simply a title. The Mortal Instruments is the name of her popular YA series, while Mortal Instruments is the name of her now deleted fanfiction about Ron/Ginny. It is not illegal or copyright infringement to repost a deleted fanfiction, since Clare doesn't own copyright and J.K. Rowling allows fanfiction, so enjoy one of the only copies online. Like the cut says warning: incest, smut, NC-17. Since it's too long, here's some snippets plus a link.

Link to full fic http://pastebin.com/Dqr63QZx
"Do you think she takes his clothes off for him?" Ginny says softly to Ron, and she is leaning towards him, her hands following her voice, sliding across his stomach, cool and damp, rainwater slicking the path of her fingers as they slide up under his shirt. "Does she unbuckle his belt and slide his zipper down or does she let him do it, does she sit and watch him and touch herself?" She is half in his lap now, straddling him, her nightgown rucked up around the tops of her thighs. She smells of girl, damp and heavy, of sweat and rain. "You can touch me," she says. "If you want to."

"He rolls her onto her back, trying to cushion her body with his hands and arms but she wriggles free of him, hooking her thumbs into the waistband of her panties, dragging them down."You too," she says, tugging at him; their clothes are so wet it is like peeling away tissue paper, the kind that comes in expensive boxes of chocolates. They are only as naked as they need to be: his pajama bottoms down around his knees, her dress pushed up under her breasts."

"Now, she is whispering, and he thinks how small she is, and that he cannot possibly fit himself into her, that he will break her in pieces and then break himself."

"He has stopped fighting Charlie now. There is no point. He can see that in the look on her face – the silent triumph that Harry, of course cannot see. But Ron knows his sister’s face as well as he knows his own, and in her eyes he finds the answer to the question he had asked her the night before: What was the point? This silent triumph is more than the knowledge of conquest: it is the finally-realized greed of a girl with six older brothers, who is used to waiting to get what she wants. Ron remembers when they were children – and he is so far from a child now – how she hung on to him when she learned to ice-skate, and the way she healed his cuts and scrapes when she was learning Medical Magic, and the way he was always the one she tried everything on,
be it spells or cooking. He should not be surprised now, he knows. This is hardly the first time she has used him for practice."

Source: PasteBin, Guardian Books Twitter, SHERRILYN KENYON V. CASSANDRA CLARE, a/k/a JUDITH RUMELT, a/k/a JUDITH LEWIS and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, FanLore, Philip Reeve Web Archive, Wikipedia,ONTD, Avacodo Journel Fen Web Archive

ONTD Original: Best and Worst TV Love Triangles

February 16, 2016, 3:39 pm

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As I was putting this together, this seemed to be a very over done plot device. I decided to keep it to shows that have already ended, or have more than 4 seasons, because who knows if they fall into the Best or Worst Category (looking at Michael/Jane/Rafael, Matt/Karen/Foggy, Souza/Peggy/Jason).

Pretty sure this is the most over done writing trope used in television. Any time a new show introduces a triangle, ONTD all lose interest, but that doesn't mean some shows haven't done it well. I know that most of y'all will disagree, but isn't that why we're here, to share ideas and attempt to educate each other?


Best

Tim/Lyla/Jason
Friday Night Lights


Tim and Jason are best friends together living the dream in Dillon, TX. Jason is the quarterback with the cheerleader girlfriend, Jason is the rough around the edges mysterious one. They're all besties. However, when Jason is paralyzed, Tim avoids going to see him at the hospital. Lyla confronts Tim one night and in her hysterics, kisses Tim. Thus starts the triangle of the Dillon Panthers.

Despite my girl Minka's acting, this triangle is so damn good. Jason and Lyla's dreams for the future have just been crushed. When Lyla hits her rock bottom, who else would be there to catch her but Dillon resident Bad Boy Tim Riggins? He finally acts on his feelings, and the drama that ensues is delicious. Tim and Lyla are discovered, and Lyla chooses Jason. The show also deals with the repercussions of Lyla's decision well, she is targeted as the school slut, gets her locker vandalized by schoolmates, while Tim gets off free. Eventually, her and Jason don't work out, his paralysis becomes too much for the couple to handle, and after a bout of cleansing herself with Jesus, Lyla finds her way back to Tim.


Meredith/Derek/Addison
Grey's Anatomy


We all know the iconic monologue, "Pick me, choose me, love me." And that's what makes this triangle one of the greats. Meredith Grey falls for her attending surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital, not knowing that he's married and fled NYC and his wife to start over. Eventually, his wife, Addison tracks him down and wants to give their marriage another try. For some reason, Derek agrees to this, despite CLEARLY wanting to be with Meredith still.

Blah blah blah, Meredith tries to move on with a hot vet, Derek gets pissy and jealous, Derek's bestie and Addison's former lover, McSteamy comes to win Addison back, and blah blah more shit that I can't remember because it's been ages happens. Derek and Meredith have sex on a hospital bed, she forgets her panties, I think, and eventually the two find their way back to each other.


Noel/Felicity/Ben
Felicity


I mean, this show is completely centered on this triangle, so clearly it has to make it's way on the best list, DESPITE HOW EVERYONE FEELS ABOUT NOEL. Felicity loves Ben, follows Ben across the country to NYU, meets Noel her RA, Noel falls in love with Felicity, Felicity falls for Noel, Felicity finds out Noel has a girlfriend, Noel breaks up with girlfriend to be with Felicity. Fast forward, Noel and Felicity break up, Felicity loses her virginity, Noel gets pissed, Noel wants to try again with Felicity, but not Ben is interested and Felicity gets hella confused.

Blah blah more happens over the shows four seasons, but I still am on season 3 so I can't tell you what. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Rachel/Ross/Emily
Friends


Rachel is trying to woo hottie Joshua, and begs Ross to take her boss' niece out to a show. He reluctantly agrees, but then quickly jumps headfirst into a relationship with Emily. All the while, Rachel is still trying to get Joshua to be her boyfriend. After a series of embarrassing acts of desperation on Rachel's end, Joshua exits the picture. When she's bummed about it, she realizes that Joshua isn't "the one she's sad about." Ross and Emily realize that long distance between London and NYC is the WORST and agree that they should get married, because that seems smart. Emily is insecure about Rachel, blah blah. Rachel decides that she won't go to the wedding, but then she does, and Ross says Rachel's name at the alter and YOU GUYS KNOW THE REST.

Everyone knows "I, Ross, take thee Rachel." They just do, and honestly, this was a really well done story line, yeah it exposes how shitty everyone involved is, but if it didn't happen, we wouldn't have gotten Monica and Chandler. And ONTD seems to really love them despite Monica/Richard being superior.


Duncan/Veronica/Logan
Veronica Mars


Forgive me, I just really wanted to include them. This may not be the best, because let's be real, Veronica deserves better than ALL of her love interests, Pez included. I was still rooting for Leo to win back Veronica's heart.

Veronica and Duncan love each other, but their mothers overlapped sexual partners, and Duncan's mother forced Duncan to break up with Veronica fearing that they were half siblings. Gross and a valid reason. However, Duncan didn't tell shit to Veronica and just fucking ghosted her. RUDE. Logan's mother killed herself, but convinced himself that she was still alive and asked Veronica to help him find her. They got close, and eventually realize that they have feelings for each other, SWOON. But then when Veronica solves Amanda Seyfried's murder, it comes out that Duncan and her aren't related, and Veronica convinces herself that Logan's rage is enough to break up with him and get back together with Duncan. Blah blah, Duncan is revealed to be the father of comatose Meg's baby, and decides to kidnap her and skip out to Mexico to protect their baby from Meg's abusive parents.

Logan and Veronica find their way back to each other once Duncan is never mentioned again, lolz.

This triangle is one of my faves, because of the natural progression Logan and Veronica had, and let's be real, NONE of us saw Veronica and Duncan getting back together in Season 2 coming. Logan's snarky, douchey insults directed towards them made watching his man pain in Season 2 enjoyable.

Pacey/Joey/Dawson
Dawson's Creek


ONTD's favorite show, you all know how this story goes. Just for good measure though. I saw "Smart People" this weekend, and you can see Josh's naked ass, and him in tighty whities for a good solid 15 minutes (the bulge is huge). Buy your tickets now! Show closes March 6th!





Worst

Barney/Robin/Ted
How I Met Your Mother
FOOTAGE NOT FOUND

I hate this triangle more than life itself. I can't even rehash it because it's so stupid. Why would you go through ALL that trouble, of Robin letting Ted down, of Ted letting her go like a balloon, Barney reforming for her, AN ENTIRE SEASON OF THEIR GODDAMN WEDDING WEEKEND, to break them up 4 minutes into the finale.

Robin deserved better than both these pieces of shit.

Stefan/Elena/Damon
The Vampire Diaries


This entire show was built on the fact that Stefan and Elena are soul mates, two dopplegangers destined to find one another in each life. Damon was always lurking in the shadows, in love with Stefan's girls. Well, eventually fans started dominating the writing, and because they were obsessed with Nina and Ian being an in real life couple, Julie Plec decided that it would be cool to just retcon the past however many season when Elena became a vampire and allow Damon to be her true love/soulmate. IT BACKFIRED THOUGH, and Ian and Nina broke up in real life. While this provided ONTD with all the laughs and great posts, it ruined the show. Nina was forced to act with someone she could no longer stand, and Ian became insufferable. Nina was able to get the hell off that show, forcing Elena into a coma that she would wake up from when her bff Bonnie died. Well, I guess Damon just burned up her body so that Elena is gone for good. Further proof that nothing good came from this stupid ass love triangle.

Ross/Rachel/Joey
Friends


I know all the Ross haters out there prefer Rachel/Joey, but it just did not make sense why a woman like Rachel would EVER find anything about Joey attractive after knowing him for as many years as she did. Sorry.

The only good thing that came from this triangle is the episode, "The One Where Ross is Fine." David Schwimmer should have won an Emmy for this episode.



Jake/Olivia/Fitz
Scandal


You hate Fitz, I hate Jake, this triangle is stupid. Olivia IS NEVER GOING TO GET OVER FITZ' BASIC WHITE PRESIDENTIAL ASS, and Jake refuses to take no for an answer. It's boring, Olivia needs to love herself and dump both these ass holes, but for some reason Shonda thinks we want this. I don't. I'd rather them bring back Norm Lewis, because he is a dish.

Jack/Amanda Emily/Daniel
Revenge


To be fair, I did love this triangle initially, but then it got weird, and I hated everything about this show. Emily was in love with Jack in childhood, and Jack was always in love with her. She comes back for revenge, doesn't tell him who she is, and falls for the person she is using as a pawn, Daniel. I think Daniel cheats on Emily, and then the Real Emily comes into town, who's pretending to be Amanda Clark, and Jack falls in love with her, and then Emily gets jealous, and then Amanda dies and then all of a sudden Emily hates Daniel and then more people die and I stopped watching.


Serena/Dan/Blair
Gossip Girl



Ugh. What a WASTE of a good pair. Dair was a breath of fresh air, Penn and Leighton's chemistry was off the CHARTS, but again, the Chair shippers and their OTT stanning influenced the writers and it was ripped from us. Doesn't matter that they ruined all the past seasons stories by making Dan in love with Blair from day one, only to ruin it all again and make it so that Dan was actually in love with Serena.

MESS. Dair 4 Eva!

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Okay, ONTD, please tell me your favorite or most hated love triangles. <3

ONTD Original: The Best of In Touch Weekly's "Double Creature Feature"

February 18, 2016, 10:00 am

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Okay, so In Touch Weekly might not be very reliable as a tabloid, but there is one area where it can do no wrong: its Double Creature Feature. Every week, the magazine runs a a picture of a celebrity's animal doppelgänger, submitted by the pet's owner. Have you ever seen a chihuahua that looks like Steve Buscemi? YOU HAVEN'T????!!!! Well, sit back, because you are in for a treat. Following is the best of In Touch Weekly's Double Creature Feature.














In Touch Weekly took a lot of heat for running an image that compared Solange Knowles's afro to a poodle's fur.



































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(Okay, so the last two aren't from In Touch Weekly, but they are pretty uncanny.)




Do your pets looks like any famous people?

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ONTD Original: The Metamorphosis of Kylie Jenner : A Tale of Appropriation of Black Culture

February 18, 2016, 9:11 pm

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This is the True Story of how a rich, white girl from Calabasas, California went to great lengths to transform herself into a black woman.

WARNING: This post features graphic shots that your eyes may not be able to bear. If you are sensitive to inflated lips, oompa loompa levels of orange, unblended weaves, extreme discoloration, this is not the post for you.

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Humble Beginnings: In All Her White Glory

On August 10, 1997 Kylie Kristen Jenner was born in Los Angeles, California. Kylie is the youngest daughter of Caitlyn Jenner (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch and Welsh) and Kris Jenner (English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Dutch). Despite popular belief, Kylie Jenner is not mixed with Armenian.





At the age of 10, Kylie Jenner became a regular on E! reality television series that chronicled the lives of her family. In these early years of television production, Kylie lived life as a privileged Caucasian young girl. She was cute and full of life. It was too early to see any signs of what was to come.









Instagram Fame: Where It All Begins

223 weeks ago, Kylie Jenner joined Instagram. Given her family name and television fame, Kylie was able to quickly cement her presence on social media. Note: This is where it all began.





Caption :Tyga <3

Nothing to see here really. Typical teenager behavior. You slowly start to notice her slightly fuller lips. Most of ONTD would say she looked her best during this period.









Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.





Over the next few months we start to observe a drastic change in the size of Kylie's lips and skin color. Her lips doubled in size and her look began to mirror other black women on social media. Kylie started frequently hanging out with Heather Sanders (IG model, entrepreneur, baby mama of Trell(Tyga's BFF)). She quickly morphed into a Heather Sanders understudy.







Here she is shouting out her inspiration, Heather Sanders.





She was so "inspired" by Heather's look that she made it into a lucrative business!









Her lips just got bigger and bigger and bigger.



And so did her ass and hips.











Then Kylie did the unthinkable. The lip injections, alleged ass injections, tans were just not enough. So, she abandoned her race to become a black woman.





Her skin got even darker




Oh, the appropriation does not stop there!







She even brought out some fried chicken!






A grill! So Houston, Texas.



Borderline blackface?





Her shtick did not last long before she got called out by many people. Most notably, an enlightened young woman by the name of Amandla who was over her shit.

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— Amandla (@amandlastenberg) July 13, 2015

However, all of the criticism did not stop Kylie. Nothing was going to get in the way of her full transformation. She had already begun building an empire with her new image. Impressionable teens everywhere wanted to get the lips of a black woman Kylie look!





Her likes on IG continue to soar. People have become accustomed to her stolen, watered down, digestible look. In 2016, Kylie is known as a trendsetter for young girls. She even recently scored a six figure Puma deal.

Kylie's metamorphosis is complete.











Well thanks to the Internet, Kylie Jenner is able to hop on trends found within black communities much more rapidly. Look to see much more cultural appropriation in the future. Perhaps bantu knots, silk bonnet wraps, kinky curly weaves, complete surgical skin transformation. Who knows what is to come, the possibilities are endless.

What we know for sure is that she shows no signs of stopping yet.









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Thank you for your time and patience. I put this together really quickly so my apologies if it isn't all you hoped for.

ONTD Original: Are These Black Women the Source of Kylie's New Look?

February 19, 2016, 10:48 am

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This is a follow up post to ONTD Original: The Metamorphosis of Kylie Jenner: A Tale of Appropriation of Black Culture




If you want to know the key to Kylie's Rachel Dolezal-esque transformation, come on in.

WARNING: Kylie may or may not be a real messy bitch, a liar, a scammer, who loves robbery and fraud. Proceed with caution.

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This is Jordyn Woods. She is one of Kylie's closest friends but is also a childhood friend of the Smith children.

At first glance you would think these two were siblings. Except they are not and Jordyn is mixed.







Well it seems as though Kylie may have gotten her inspiration for her braids and blue hair from her pal.



















Don't worry guys, Kylie made sure to thank her for her contributions.



What a great way to celebrate your birthday.

The cake reads: "Happy Birthday N***a"

@sabrinadunn She says "my friends love me" while at Kylie's house while Kylie and 2 other friends sing happy bday. k. pic.twitter.com/pjqL08n3Te

— SD. (@sabrinadunn) September 24, 2015

Next up we have Heather Sanders. You may recognize that name from the first post. Heather Sanders is a business woman who owns an online store, Sorella Boutique. She is also rapper King Trell's girl. King Trell also happens to be best friends with Kylie Jenner's boyfriend, Tyga. According to Kylie they met at Kendall's Sweet 16 and she has been obsessed with her and her clothing line ever since. Obsessed does not even cut it.





























Kylie at the very least wears clothing from her boutique so we will not be hearing anything from Heather anytime soon.











Here comes Blac Chyna! As most of you already know Blac Chyna is a model, entrepreneur, woman of many businesses. She is also Kylie Jenner's boyfriend's baby mama. Oh, did I forget to add that she is dating Kylie's brother? We are all familiar with the story that Tyga left Blac Chyna for underaged Kylie. What we haven't heard much of is how Kylie over the course of a few months with Tyga transformed into Chyna-lite.

























Hmmmm.





As of today, no one is certain if the two women are on good terms. After this investigation, I would not blame Chyna for not wanting to be cordial.





Above I have posted pictures of black women who are the closest to Miss Kylie Jenner. As you can see the resemblance is uncanny. Kylie's entire aesthetic is also similar to many young adults her age on social media but it is important to note that a large part of the current 'exotic' look online comes from black women. So, sure Kylie may just be following trends or she may really be single white femaleing her black friends, but, at the end of the day she continues to appropriate black culture and profit. Her actions are toxic and she should be held accountable. Especially in a society where this is beautiful.



And this is not.

What happens when MAC posts a photo of a beautiful black woman's NATURAL lips on Instagram pic.twitter.com/4bGoT7xiN9

— Ashley Alese Edwards (@AshleyAlese) February 18, 2016

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ONTD, should the directors of Single White Female remake the film starring Kylie Dolezal?

ONTD Original: People Who Have Worked With Dr. Luke After Lawsuit or: A Blacklist

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Dr. Luke (pictured left, songwriter, producer, not a real doctor) has been in a legal battle with Kesha since October of 2014.

Dr. Luke, real name Lukasz Sebastian, is being sued for sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, gender violence, civil harassment, violation of California's unfair business laws, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and negligent retention and supervision.

This, however has not stopped many artists from working with him after all these allegations have been brought to light.

I've compiled a list of people who have worked with him. I will include only those artists who have worked with him after the lawsuit was filed, so from 2015-Now.



Ciara- Jackie


Ciara's sixth studio was released on May 1, 2015. Dr Luke co-wrote and produced Special Edition, Dance Like We're Makin' Love, Kiss N Tell, Give Me Love, and Lullaby.


Fifth Harmony - Reflection


Fifth Harmony's debut album was released on January 30, 2015. Dr. Luke produced and co-wrote This Is How We Roll.

Flo Rida - My House



Flo Rida's fourth extended play was released April 7, 2015. Dr. Luke produced and cowrote Once In A Lifetime.

R. City - What Dreams Are Made Of



Their debut album was released October 9, 2015. Dr. Luke produced and cowrote Like This, Locked Away, Checking for You, Take You Down, Broadway, Over, Make Up, Again, Live By The Gun, Slave To The Dollar, Save My Soul, Crazy Love, Don't You Worry, Our Story

R. Kelly - The Buffet



His 13th album was released December 11th, 2015. Dr. Luke produced Marching Band.

Becky G - Album TBA



Her second album does not have a release date or name. Dr. Luke produced and cowrote "Lovin' So Hard, Break a Sweat, You Love It.

Elliphant - Living Life Golden



Elliphant's second studio album is set to be released March 25 2016. Dr Luke produced and cowrote Love Me Badder.

Lunchmoney Lewis - Album TBA



His debut album is still a rumor, but Dr. Like produced and cowrote Whip It and Ain't Too Cool.





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ONTD Original: Music Struggles From the Pre-Digital Era

February 20, 2016, 12:09 pm

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Now that we've all gotten used to on demand access to our favorite music, it's hard to recall just how miserable it was sometimes to be a music fan before digital. Let's reminisce on just how much time and money we wasted hunting down our favorite tracks back in the day.

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1) WAITING HOURS TO HEAR YOUR FAVORITE SONG ON THE RADIO



Was there anything worse than parking yourself in front of the radio for hours while waiting to hear your fave just ONCE? Usually so you could record the song onto a carefully curated cassette mix. Bonus points if the DJ didn't talk over the intro.

2) SPENDING ALL YOUR MONEY ON CD'S



Tower Records (and to a lesser extent Sam Goody) took the lion's share of my childhood allowance.

3) THE PAIN OF TRUE GEOGRAPHIC SEGREGATION



Britney Spears' Born To Make You Happy music video was released only outside the US (while we got the relative snoozefest From The Bottom of My Broken Heart). The closest US Britney stans came to being able to experience the Born music video was a 30 second teaser inserted on one of her other CD singles. I'm still bitter.

4) THE DEATH OF THE CD SINGLE



While the CD single remained popular worldwide until the early 2000s, they were largely phased out in the US starting in the 90s. This led to countless dollars wasted on whole albums just to get the single.

5) SEARCHING IN VAIN FOR THE "VIDEO VERSION"



Artists just loved remixing their videos for MTV/BET/VH1, but very rarely were these edits made available for purchase. Most of Xtina's first singles had album edits, radio edits, AND video edits! FML

6) GETTING DUPED BY COLUMBIA HOUSE



34 CDs for a penny was just too tempting.

7) THE LISTENING STATION AT THE MUSIC STORE



Nothing more awkward than jamming out to a new CD when there's a bank queue behind you waiting to do the same thing.



ONTD, what are your favorite memories of this bygone era and what music did you go crazy to track down?

ONTD Original: Your Faves Best Workout Songs

February 21, 2016, 8:17 pm

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Your Faves Best Workout Songs


Lets delve into our faves best workout songs (remixes not included, like how easy would that be?)


Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For
What You Waiting For
Album: Love.Angel.Music.Baby
Other WO songs from ha discography: Crash, Yummy, Serious, Hollaback Girl
What's the song serving in a gym setting: frantic, gwen sings and she's talking to someone else, the stupid ho, but Gwen is actually the stupid ho, youre the stupid ho, preeminent comeback workout song, racism, appropriation, working your core but not eating right
Inspiration: ★★★★ / Perspiration ★★★


Jennifer Lopez - "On The Floor"
On The Floor
Album: idk tbh
Other WO songs from ha discography: Lets Get Loud, Dance Again, Get Right
What's the song serving in a gym setting: puerto rican from the bronx, 24 hour fitness, ymca gym, mar(icon), forgetting your gym locker and having to bring your shit with you while you workout, playing your ipod too loud, serving masculine but ur ipod is blaring gaga, did i say puerto rican? puerto rican twink, yonkers, your parents sending u to boston to live with your sister because ur gay, having ur phone while working out and a grindr message notification going off, willing to let pitbull fuck, bb cream & foundation but nothing else, a slight contour for the club, masc boyfriend with a metro pcs phone, puerto rican gorls, drunk off coquito, mixed matched socks
Inspiration: ★★★ / Perspiration ★★


Britney Spears - "Do Somethin'"
Do Somethin
Album: Greatest Hits
Other WO songs from ha discography: Work Bitch, I Wanna Go, Womanizer, Anticipating
What's the song serving in a gym setting: working out for a club body, high top sneakers, tank tops with the sides cut out, denim shorts, fitted hat, white, gay, beard, masc4masc but ur not masc, he isnt either, gin & tonic, treadmill so slow ur almost walking, having your phone with you while you work out, wearing accesories to the gym, david barton gym, seltzer water
Inspiration: ★ / Perspiration ★★★


Lady Gaga - "Applause"
Applause
Album: ChartBop
Other WO songs from ha discography: Telephone, Scheisse
What's the song serving in a gym setting: redemption, everybody made fun of you in HS, jenny jones/ricki lake geek to chic guest, suddenly the koons is baked chicken and broccoli 5 days a week, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, someone asking you to turn ur ipod down while youre working out, a comeback, inspirational,
Inspiration: ★★★★ / Perspiration ★★★

Janet Jackson - "All For You"
All For You
Album: All For You
Other WO songs from ha discography: bitch check ha discography
What's the song serving in a gym setting: over 30 yrs old and killin it, comeback, cardio AND weight training, clean eating but treating yourself, not having your phone at while you're working out, going out on the weekend with friends for cute drama free fun, tight tee at the club but nipples not protruding as to say i'm here for fun not for ur entertainment, great job, brings your own water to the gym rather than paying for a new one every time, this song is serving ULTIMATE gym workout bitch get into it
Inspiration: ★★★★★ / Perspiration ★★★★★


Madonna - "Jump"
Jump
Album: Confessions On A Dancefloor
Other WO songs from ha discography: Her entire discography
What's the song serving in a gym setting: preeminent inspirational workout music, good workout song, madonna is jillian michaels on this song, two more minutes on the stairmaster, shouldnt have scarfed down that dry ass boston market turkey, you're lifting weights, lunges and running to this
Inspiration: ★★★★★
/ Perspiration ★★★★

Ariana Grande - "Break Free"
Break Free
Album: Emancipation of RiRi
Other WO songs from ha discography: All My Love (ft Major Lazer)
What's the song serving in a gym setting: preeminent gay anthem, lgbtq champion in song form, grand marshall at nyc pride, like her and zedd really did that, gay, electro workout, breakup, redemption, sweatin like a drag queen in flats, crying on the stairmaster, straight cardio, youre not lifting weights to this, this is for the twink sisses
Inspiration: ★★ / Perspiration ★★


Fergie - "Fergalicious"
Fergalicious
Album: The Duchess
Other WO songs from ha discography: doesnt matter
What's the song serving in a gym setting: fergie is giving u ULTIMATE workout song, U L T I M A TE, she is serving u optimal work out song, shes serving white girl with black friends, white girl that says the n word shes serving, dark lip liner in 2016, k-swiss, will fight a black girl, AND LOSE, nose ring, she's serving u this haircut in 20 yrs, she's servving u "can i speak to the manager" in 20 yrs, she's serving u HONDA minivan in 20 yrs, she's serving u french tips in 20 yrs bitch she is serving ur ass apple bottom jeans boots with the fuckin fur gorl, get into ha at the gym sittin on the bike playing candy crush sis, this bitch is drinkin arizona iced tea bitch get into ha, fergie tho is servin us ultimate workout song, legendary

Inspiration: ★★★★★★★★★★/ Perspiration
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Carly Rae Jepsen - "Turn Me Up"

Turn Me Up

Album:Grammy Award Winning "Kiss"

Other WO songs from ha discography:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Rae_Jepsen_discography

What's the song serving in a gym setting: carly is serving pop queen

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