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ONTD Original: Fashion Montages In Film
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Empowering/Sly Comebacks and Truth Bombs in Film (ONTD Original)
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“What is the truth?” September ONTD Reading Challenge post!
For September's task in the ONTD Reading Challenge, borrow Latoya’s magnifying glass and ask like Oprah:
What is the truth?
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It’s time to read a mystery!
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milfordacademy and myself have come up with 10 suggested mystery titles!
What is the truth?
It’s time to read a mystery!
milfordacademy and myself have come up with 10 suggested mystery titles!
The Blue Place (Aud Torvingen #1)
by Nicola Griffith
A police lieutenant with the elite "Red Dogs" until she retired at twenty-nine , Aud Torvigen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the color of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway into the failed marriage between a Scandinavian diplomat and an American businessman, she now makes Atlanta her home, luxuriating in the lush heat and brashness of the New South. She glides easily between the world of silken elegance and that of sleaze and sudden savagery, equally at home in both; functional, deadly, and temporarily quiescent, like a folded razor.
On a humid April evening between storms, out walking just to stay sharp, she turns a corner and collides with a running woman, Catching the scent of clean, rain-soaked hair, Aud nods and silently tells the stranger Today, you are lucky, and moves on—when behind her house explodes, incinerating its sole occupant, a renowned art historian. When Aud turns back, the woman is gone.
by Nicola Griffith
A police lieutenant with the elite "Red Dogs" until she retired at twenty-nine , Aud Torvigen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the color of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway into the failed marriage between a Scandinavian diplomat and an American businessman, she now makes Atlanta her home, luxuriating in the lush heat and brashness of the New South. She glides easily between the world of silken elegance and that of sleaze and sudden savagery, equally at home in both; functional, deadly, and temporarily quiescent, like a folded razor.
On a humid April evening between storms, out walking just to stay sharp, she turns a corner and collides with a running woman, Catching the scent of clean, rain-soaked hair, Aud nods and silently tells the stranger Today, you are lucky, and moves on—when behind her house explodes, incinerating its sole occupant, a renowned art historian. When Aud turns back, the woman is gone.
The Club Dumas
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Lucas Corso is a book detective, a middle-aged mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found dead, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers, Corso is brought in to authenticate the fragment. He is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, occult practices, and swashbuckling derring-do among a cast of characters bearing a suspicious resemblance to those of Dumas's masterpiece. Aided by a mysterious beauty named for a Conan Doyle heroine, Corso travels from Madrid to Toledo to Paris on the killer's trail in this twisty intellectual romp through the book world.
Confessions
by Kanae Minato
After an engagement that ended in tragedy, all Yuko Moriguchi had to live for was her four-year-old child, Manami. Now, after a heartbreaking accident on the grounds of the middle school where she teaches, Yuko has given up and tendered her resignation.
But first, she has one last lecture to deliver. She tells a story that will upend everything her students ever thought they knew about two of their peers, and sets in motion a maniacal plot for revenge.
The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino
Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko’s next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step.
When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko’s manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there’s something wrong. Kusanagi brings in Dr. Manabu Yukawa, a physicist and college friend who frequently consults with the police. Yukawa, known to the police by the nickname Professor Galileo, went to college with Ishigami. After meeting up with him again, Yukawa is convinced that Ishigami had something to do with the murder. What ensues is a high level battle of wits, as Ishigami tries to protect Yasuko by outmaneuvering and outthinking Yukawa, who faces his most clever and determined opponent yet.
The Good Son
by You-Jeong Jeong
Early one morning, twenty-six-year-old Yu-jin wakes up to a strange metallic smell, and a phone call from his brother asking if everything's all right at home - he missed a call from their mother in the middle of the night. Yu-jin soon discovers her murdered body, lying in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs of their stylish Seoul duplex. He can't remember much about the night before; having suffered from seizures for most of his life, Yu-jin often has trouble with his memory. All he has is a faint impression of his mother calling his name. But was she calling for help? Or begging for her life?
Thus begins Yu-jin's frantic three-day search to uncover what happened that night, and to finally learn the truth about himself and his family.
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the bestselling crime writer for years, she’s intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan’s traditional formula has proved hugely successful. So successful that Susan must continue to put up with his troubling behavior if she wants to keep her job.
Conway’s latest tale has Atticus Pünd investigating a murder at Pye Hall, a local manor house. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but the more Susan reads, the more she’s convinced that there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: one of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.
Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries #1)
by Alexia Gordon
With few other options, African-American classical musician Gethsemane Brown accepts a less-than-ideal position turning a group of rowdy schoolboys into an award-winning orchestra. Stranded without luggage or money in the Irish countryside, she figures any job is better than none. The perk? Housesitting a lovely cliffside cottage. The catch? The ghost of the cottage's murdered owner haunts the place. Falsely accused of killing his wife (and himself), he begs Gethsemane to clear his name so he can rest in peace. Gethsemane's reluctant investigation provokes a dormant killer and she soon finds herself in grave danger. As Gethsemane races to prevent a deadly encore, will she uncover the truth or star in her own farewell performance?
A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham #1)
by Abir Mukherjee
Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, Wyndham has been recruited to head up a new post in the police force. But with barely a moment to acclimatise to his new life or to deal with the ghosts which still haunt him, Wyndham is caught up in a murder investigation that will take him into the dark underbelly of the British Raj.
A senior British official has been murdered, and a note left in his mouth warns the British to quit India: or else. With rising political dissent and the stability of the Raj under threat, Wyndham and his two new colleagues–arrogant Inspector Digby, who can barely conceal his contempt for the natives and British-educated, but Indian-born Sargeant Banerjee, one of the few Indians to be recruited into the new CID–embark on an investigation that will take them from the luxurious parlours of wealthy British traders to the seedy opium dens of the city.
A Spy in the House (The Agency #1)
by Y.S. Lee
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners — and an unusual vocation. Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls is a cover for an all-female investigative unit called The Agency, and at seventeen, Mary is about to put her training to the test. Assuming the guise of a lady’s companion, she must infiltrate a rich merchant’s home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships. But the household is full of dangerous deceptions, and there is no one to trust — or is there?
Packed with action and suspense, banter and romance, and evoking the gritty backstreets of Victorian London, this breezy mystery debuts a daring young detective who lives by her wits while uncovering secrets — including those of her own past.
The Unquiet Dead (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak #1)
by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Despite their many differences, Detective Rachel Getty trusts her boss, Esa Khattak, implicitly. But she's still uneasy at Khattak's tight-lipped secrecy when he asks her to look into Christopher Drayton's death. Drayton's apparently accidental fall from a cliff doesn't seem to warrant a police investigation, particularly not from Rachel and Khattak's team, which handles minority-sensitive cases. But when she learns that Drayton may have been living under an assumed name, Rachel begins to understand why Khattak is tip-toeing around this case. It soon comes to light that Drayton may have been a war criminal with ties to the Srebrenica massacre of 1995.
If that's true, any number of people might have had reason to help Drayton to his death, and a murder investigation could have far-reaching ripples throughout the community. But as Rachel and Khattak dig deeper into the life and death of Christopher Drayton, every question seems to lead only to more questions, with no easy answers. Had the specters of Srebrenica returned to haunt Drayton at the end, or had he been keeping secrets of an entirely different nature? Or, after all, did a man just fall to his death from the Bluffs?
For more ideas... here are other resources
Goodreads lists:
• Best Crime & Mystery Books
• Best Historical Mystery
• Best Literary Mysteries
• Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
• Popular Cozy Mystery Diverse Books
• Best Gay Mystery
• Mystery & Detective Novels by Women of Color
• Best lesbian mysteries
Other Lists:
• DIVERSE MYSTERIES LIST: BECAUSE PEOPLE OF COLOR SOLVE MYSTERIES TOO
• LGBT Mystery & Crime: Books
• Genre Authors of Color – Mystery/Thriller
• Best Crime & Mystery Books
• Best Historical Mystery
• Best Literary Mysteries
• Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
• Popular Cozy Mystery Diverse Books
• Best Gay Mystery
• Mystery & Detective Novels by Women of Color
• Best lesbian mysteries
Other Lists:
• DIVERSE MYSTERIES LIST: BECAUSE PEOPLE OF COLOR SOLVE MYSTERIES TOO
• LGBT Mystery & Crime: Books
• Genre Authors of Color – Mystery/Thriller
What do you plan on reading, ONTD? Favorite mystery novel that you would rec?
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Indie Film Release Guide: August 31st [An ONTD Original]
This week, John Cho’s Searching expands to more cities and joins newcomers Operation Finale and Kin in wide release. In indies, we have some dramas, some comedies, a couple of horror films, a documentary about guide dog puppies, and that Winona/Keanu movie I've been hearing so much about (though I'd avoid the reviews if you want to keep up your enthusiasm).
Note that some of the movies listed are in their first week or two of limited release in the USA, so it may take them a few more weeks (or months) to show up in your local arthouse theater or on VOD. Check out the posts from the past few weeks for more movies that may have just opened near you: August 24th, August 17th, and August 10th.
The Little Stranger
Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Charlotte Rampling, Will Poulter
Writer: Lucinda Coxon
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Plot: After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange things begin to occur.
What you should know: Based on the novel by Sarah Waters
Opens in: Select cities
Destination Wedding
Stars: Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Dj Dallenbach, Greg Lucey
Written and directed by: Victor Levin
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Plot: The story of two miserable and unpleasant wedding guests, Lindsay and Frank, who develop a mutual affection despite themselves.
What you should know: This is the fourth film featuring Winona & Keanu.
Opens in: NYC & LA
Let the Corpses Tan
Stars: Elina Löwensohn, Stéphane Ferrara, Bernie Bonvoisin, Michelangelo Marchese
Written and directed by: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Genre: Thriller
Plot: A grizzled thug and his gang head to an island retreat with a haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion to lay low; however, a bohemian writer, his muse, and a pair of gendarmes further complicate things, as allegiances are put to the test.
What you should know: Based on the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Jean-Pierre Bastid, the film is in French.
Opens in: NYC & LA
Active Measures
Director: Jack Bryan
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: Russian president Vladimir Putin attacks the 2016 American Presidential Election in collaboration with The Trump Campaign.
What you should know: This is the first feature-length doc about the connections between Trump and Russia. The director is doing Q&A’s at the IFC Center in NYC.
Opens in: NYC & LA
Pick of the Litter
Director: Don Hardy, Jr., Dana Nachman
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: Following five spirited puppies from the moment they're born through their quest to become guide dogs for the blind.
What you should know: It’s a movie starring dogs, what else do you need to know?!
Opens in: NYC & LA
Blood Fest
Stars: Zachary Levi, Robbie Kay, Seychelle Gabriel, Tate Donovan
Written and directed by: Owen Egerton
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Plot: Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda. As festival attendees start dying off, three teenagers - more schooled in horror-film cliches than practical knowledge about neutralizing psycho killers - must band together and battle through various madmen and monstrosities to survive.
What you should know: Produced by Rooster Teeth, who also released Lazer Team and its upcoming sequel.
Opens in: Select cities
Reprisal
Stars: Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, Jonathon Schaech, Olivia Culpo
Writer: Bryce Hammons
Director: Brian A. Miller
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Plot: A bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker teams up with his ex-cop neighbor to bring down the assailant, initiating an explosive counterattack that brings all three men to the breaking point.
What you should know: This currently holds a 0% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, kind of remarkable tbh!
Opens in: Select cities
Boarding School
Stars: Luke Prael, Sterling Jerins, Will Patton, Samantha Mathis
Written and directed by: Boaz Yakin
Genre: Horror
Plot: A young boy becomes fascinated with the persona of his dead grandmother and is sent to an isolated boarding school for misfits run by a mysterious headmaster and his wife.
What you should know: The main character is played by the same young man that Kayla is crushing on in Eighth Grade.
Opens in: LA
Ya Veremos
Stars: Mauricio Ochmann, Fernanda Castillo, Emiliano Aramayo, Erik Hayser
Writer: Alberto Bremer
Director: Pitipol Ybarra
Genre: Drama
Plot: A boy makes a list of places to visit and things to see after learning that he could lose his eyesight. To fulfill his dreams, his estranged parents agree to come together and take their son on an adventurous and wacky journey of discovery.
What you should know: It’s in Spanish.
Opens in: Select Cities
An Actor Prepares
Stars: Jeremy Irons, Jack Huston, Ben Schwartz, Matthew Modine
Writer: Steve Clark, Thomas Moffett
Director: Steve Clark
Genre: Comedy
Plot: After suffering a heart attack, a world famous, hard-drinking actor is forced to drive cross country with his estranged son (who testified against him in his parents' divorce) on one last madcap adventure.
What you should know: OP wonders if her fave will ever be in a good movie again.
Opens in: NYC & LA
S.M.A.R.T. Chase
Stars: Orlando Bloom, Lei Wu, Simon Yam, Hannah Quinlivan
Writer: Kevin Bernhardt, Terence O’Keefe, Robby Henson
Director: Charles Martin
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Plot: A washed-up private security agent has to escort a valuable Chinese antique out of Shanghai but is ambushed en route.
What you should know: Orlando Bloom is still working, so that’s something.
Opens in: NYC & LA
Also opening: Cynthia (Trailer), The Man from Mo’Wax (Trailer), Inventing Tomorrow (Trailer), A Paris Education (Trailer)
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ONTD ORIGINAL: 5 tv-shows that should end in 2019.
The Big Bang Theory is finally ending next year so here are 5 more tv-show that I think should end next year as well. Now I picked these show either because they simply aren't funny anymore, they lost most of it main cast, they don't know what to do with certain characters, re-using the same plot line over and over again and so on.
Enjoy!
The Walking Dead (2010 – )
Seasons: 9
About: Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes gets shot and falls into a coma. When awoken he finds himself in a Zombie Apocalypse. Not knowing what to do he sets out to find his family, after he's done that he gets connected to a group to become the leader. He takes charge and tries to help this group of people survive, find a place to live, and get them food. This show is all about survival, the risks, and the things you'll have to do to survive.
Modern Family (2009 – )
Seasons: 10
About: Told from the perspective of an unseen documentary filmmaker, the series offers an honest, often-hilarious perspective of family life. Parents Phil and Claire yearn for an honest, open relationship with their three kids. But a daughter who is trying to grow up too fast, another who is too smart for her own good, and a rambunctious young son make it challenging. Claire's dad, Jay, and his Latina wife, Gloria, are raising two sons together, but people sometimes believe Jay to be Gloria's father. Jay's gay son, Mitchell, and his partner, Cameron, have adopted a little Asian girl, completing one big -- straight, gay, multicultural, traditional -- happy family.
Grey's Anatomy (2005 - )
Seasons: 16
About: A medical based drama centered around Meredith Grey, an aspiring surgeon and daughter of one of the best surgeons, Dr. Ellis Grey. Throughout the series, Meredith goes through professional and personal challenges along with fellow surgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital.
Supernatural (2005 – )
Seasons: 14
About: The story revolves around two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester as they follow their father's footsteps, hunting down evil supernatural creatures such as monsters, demons, and even fallen gods while trying to save innocent people along the way. Continuing the "family business" after their father's death, the brothers soon discovered that the "hunt" doesn't just involve slashing and hacking monsters and demons but also dealing with more powerful creatures such as angels, reapers, and even Death.
The Simpsons (1989 – )
Seasons: 30
About: This is an animated sitcom about the antics of a dysfunctional family. Homer is the oafish unhealthy beer loving father, Marge is the hardworking homemaker wife, Bart is the perpetual ten-year-old underachiever (and proud of it), Lisa is the unappreciated eight-year-old genius, and Maggie is the cute, pacifier loving silent infant
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What tv-show do you think should end by next year?? // What tv-show do you think when on for to long??
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ONTD Original: Re-Learn The Lessons From VH1's Charm School
It’s back-to-school season. The leaves are crispy, the air is cool, and bright-eyed youngsters are skipping off to class. To prepare you for the schoolyear, let's relearn the important commandments taught to us by VH1’s reality show, Charm School.
On Charm School, contestants from VH1’s dating shows like Flavor of Love and Rock of Love unlearned their trashy ways and became classy ladies.
Even if you are an ONTD-er who is not in school, now is a great time to revisit these timeless, classy lessons.
(Two cuts, to save your browser from the full education of these images and gifs.)
1. Check Thyself Before Thou Wreck Thyself
The first commandment instructs the ladies to remain composed before flipping their shit and beating someone else’s ass or sobbing in the corner with their mascara running. They learned this commandment by shedding the negativity of their old nicknames.
Use this commandment by hiding your crazy around other people to fool them into thinking you have your shit together.
Also, bring your teacher a gift. Maybe a nice apple between your boobs.
2. Thou Shalt Goeth, Girl
The second commandment is about not being a lazy, selfish c*nt. I made a whole damn post about it, but the world did not appreciate my genius because it only got 36 comments.
The ladies' first challenge was to hike to a campsite, then set up camp together.
The next day, they completed an obstacle course as a team.
The moral of this commandment is not to be a lazy bitch. Also, I am a misunderstood genius.
3. Thou Shalt Show Some Class
The girls had their outfits judged, and all of them were deemed “too stripper-ish.” They then had to impress some guy, because women need to impress men in life. Schatar/Hottie won by hiding another bitch’s dress, but she ended up flopping in the challenge.
The girls retaliated by not being classy themselves: They hung Hottie’s stained, dirty panties over her bed for the world to see.
The lesson? If you fuck over other women to impress a man, then karma will fuck you over right back. Also, be classy, even when other bitches are not being classy to you.
4. Thou Shalt Work What Thou Art Working With
In Charm School, you have to work and you have to werk. The ladies had to put on a fashion show to demonstrate their confidence and chic.
Leilene’s team did very well.
Darrah’s team did not.
This commandment teaches that in school or your life, you should always act like you have your shit together, even when you are flopping.
5. Thou Shalt Spit Mad Game With Style
This episode, the Charm School girls had to debate each other… but of course they ended up getting into a screaming match by the end of the episode.
A master debater taught them some rules about debate, but Saaphyri thought these rules were stupid.
She has some better advice for your arguments:
Take Mo'Nique's words to heart:
The lesson is that you should be an eloquent speaker who can back up your arguments, whether you are debating a racist Trump-voter or you are in a comment war on ONTD.
6.Thou Shalt Mind Thy Money
For the sixth commandment, they had to interview for a job, then create a perfume and sell it for a profit. The teams that made the least money lost. They learned one of life’s most important lessons: The rich win and the poor lose in capitalism.
Saaphyri has some key advice for group projects:
The lesson of this episode: Overthrow capitalism.
7. Thou Shalt Payeth It Back
To learn about payeth-ing it back to the community, the ladies had to sell their clothes to a charity thrift store. Again, whoever made the most money, won.
Hottie claimed to own designer couture, but her clothes turned out to be cheap crap that had stains and smelled bad.
Saaphyri, who was desperately poor, gave nearly everything that she had, and still lost. This episode shows that you should help out your schoolmates, because members of the proletariat must stick together to fuck over the bourgeoisie.
But this episode had another important lesson. It comes to us in this classic line from Mo’Nique:
8. Thou Shalt Represent
This brings us to the 8th Commandment. Queen Tiffany Pollard, aka New York, interviewed the girls and taught them how to present themselves to the world. They had to pretend to like her and fake being nice to her.
And now, more advice from Saaphyri.
On answering questions you don’t want to:
On taking the bait from a troll:
Ultimately, the lesson is to be a fake-ass bitch in public until you can be your normal, crazy self in private.
9. Unless Thou Can Play, Thou Wilt Get Played
At the first ever Charm School Prom, the girls were introduced to some "hot" men who were actually losers. Saaphyri was not impressed.
The women were told not to act like sluts, skanks, whores, or hos. (This is one area where Charm School doesn’t really hold up: The slut-shaming.)
But even if you choose to hop on any dick you can, be aware of safety and how you are perceived in public. Like, maybe don’t take a shot of alcohol from the wang of an ice sculpture, like Brooke did.
Saaphyri ended up calling out a sleazy perv who insulted her boobs, and Mo'Nique actually reprimanded her for it.
Remember Mo's important words about alcohol, whether you are partying on campus or listening to some drunk asshole man try to blame his bigotry on alohol:
Anyways, Mo’Nique was shocked by all the ~slutacious behavior.
So if you are an ONTDer who is in school, the lesson is to cross your knees, close your legs, and keep your mouth shut when a man disrespects you.
Just kidding— fuck this lesson. These are the real lessons:
1. Never be impressed by mediocre men who do the absolute least
2. Tell off men who give you shit.
3. When other women slut-shame you, shake it off.
4. Get as much dick as you want
10. Thou Shalt Be Fully Fabulous
However, if there is one lesson that you should learn from Charm School, it is the 10th Commandment: Thou Shalt Be Fully Fabulous.
The winner of Charm School was queen Saaphyri Windsor. In addition to always carrying lip chap, she has some more words of wisdom and life advice.
If you are in school, you go out and kick the schoolyear’s ass. If you are living your everyday life, be as ridiculous and unself-conscious as the fabulous bitches on this show.
Coming soon: Charm School Season 2 and Charm School Season 3 posts.
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ONTD Original: Tom Holland and the Frog
While the meme is staler than an overdue quackson, tholland continues to be the subject of memes. Find out more about the frog meme.
The origin of the meme appears to have started with the text post below from tumblr stating that tholland"looks like he's hiding a frog in his mouth".
What do you think? Scroll the tholland slot machine!
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The meme quickly gained traction, and tholland himself addressed the frog controversy. He confirmed the speculation through instagram stating the rumors are true while finding the entire situation "hilarious".
In the interview below (@ 1:00), the interviewer asked tholland about the frog meme. While clueless banana cucumber smoothie was shown the caption, tholland relates how it was hilarious at first and then became a fixated feature of self-consciousness. In jest or not, he stated that he has accepted the frog.
While it appears tholland has accepted his self-conscious characteristic, the OP adores the characteristic as it makes him unique.
Everyone has the right to feel how they feel about themselves, but no one has to feel their value is compromised by difference. Every characteristic makes you unique, and your uniqueness in of itself is worth celebration <3
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What's next for the cast post-Crazy Rich Asians?
Can't get enough of Crazy Rich Asians? Let's take a look into the cast's next projects!
HENRY GOLDING ("Nick Young")
Henry Golding's next project is less than a month away on Sept 14 in Paul Feig's thriller "A Simple Favor". He stars alongside Anna Kendrick and Blake Likely and plays "Sean", Blake's character's husband. Golding will also lead in the Vietnam-set British drama "Monsoon" by director Hong Khaou about a British Vietnamese refugee who returns to his home country of Vietnam to scatter his parents' ashes.
JIMMY O YANG ("Bernard Tai")
Jimmy O Yang will be the lead in the indie film "The Opening Act" and will plays Will, a young man who gets his big break as stand-up comedian when he emcees for his hero (played by Cedric the Entertainer.) The film is also directed by Asian American actor-director Steve Byrne (Sullivan and Sons) and produced by Vince Vaughn. O Yang also has a voice role in Sony animation's upcoming "Wish Dragon".
CONSTANCE WU ("Rachel Chu")
Constance Wu is back on "Fresh off the Boat" - Season 5 set to return on Oct 5 this Fall. She also lent her voice to the Netflix animated feature "Next Gen" for Nexflix alongside Charlyne Yi and John Krasinski as well to the Sony Animation feature "Wish Dragon" with Jackie Chan, John Cho and more including Crazy Rich Asian co-star Jimmy O Yang .
GEMMA CHAN ("Astrid Leong")
Gemma Chan wrapped up her role as "Minn-Erva" in "Captain Marvel" starring Brie Larson and Jude Law; the film is set to come out on March 8, 2019. For those who want to see her sooner, she also stars in "Mary Queen of Scots" in the racebent role of "Bess of Hardwick" with Margot Robbie and Saorise Ronan. "Mary Queen of Scots" comes out in Dec 2018 in the US.
CHRIS PANG ("Colin Khoo")
Australian actor Chris Pang who played Singapore's popular groom is both starring and producing the indie drama "Empty by Design". He'll star alongside Osric Chau (Kevin Tran from "Supernatural") and Filipina star Rhian Ramos that just wrapped filming in Manila, Phillipines. Pang and Chau also recently participated in a live-action fan film of "Naruto" as Kakashi and Obito respectively that will be out Sept 4 online.
SONOYA MIZUNO ("Araminta Lee")
Sonoya Mizuno who played larger than life bride "Araminta" nabbed the lead in "DEVS" alongside Nick Offerman - the FX series is from Mizuno's long-time collaborator Alex Garland who wrote/directed "Ex Machina" and "Annihilation". Her character is "Lily", an engineer to investigates a secret division of her tech employer in San Francisco after the murder of her boyfriend. She's also set to appear in Cary Fukunaga's Netflix series "Maniac" with Jonah Hill and fellow Asian actor Emma Stone - which you can stream starting Sept, 21, 2018.
AWKWAFINA ("Peik Lin") &MICHELLE YEOH ("Eleanor Young")
Awkwafina and Michelle Yeoh are reuniting in the interdimensional film "Everything Everywhere All at Once" from "Swiss Army Man" directing pair The Daniels.
Awkwafina also has many other films/shows come out including her lead role in Lulu Wang's untitled family drama, sci-fi thriller "Paradise Hills" with Milla Jovovich and Emma Roberts, and a self-titled comedy pilot at Comedy Central.
Michelle Yeoh also has quite a slate - "Master Z: Ip Man Legacy", Joe Carnahan's "Boss Level" (which Ken Jeong also stars), Chinese fantasy epic "Nezha" as well as providing a voice to the animated film "Blazing Samurai" about a dog who wants to become a samurai.
REMY HII ("Alistair Cheng")
After much speculation being spotted with the cast, Remy Hii was finally confirmed to be part of the cast of "Spider-Man: Far from Home". Details under wraps on who he will play. The Spider-Man sequel is set to hit screens next year July 5, 2019. He also can be seen the Australian US co-production "Harrow" alongside Ioan Gruffold.
RONNY CHIENG ("Edison Cheng")
Aside from his stint on "The Daily Show", Ronny Chieng's Australian comedic series "Ronny Chieng: International Student" is now streaming in the US exclusively through Comedy Central's app - it follows a Chinese-Malaysian international student's comedy experiences at an Australian university.
KEN JEONG ("Wye Mun Goh")
Ken Jeong's next project is a Netflix comedy special with "Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon M. Chu set to direct. He also has a number of films coming out including the upcoming "Goosebumps 2", "Elsewhere""Departures, "Boss Level" (with Michelle Yeoh) and "The Opening Act" (starring Jimmy O Yang).
HARRY SHUM JR. ("Charlie Wu")
Harry Shum Jr got a high billing despite his only (brief, dialogue-less) scene in the mid-credits as Astrid's ex-beau. His last season of Freeform's "Shadowhunters" comes out this 2019 in addition to a couple of films including "Burn" with Josh Hutcherson and Suki Waterhouse and "Escape Plan 3: Devil's Station" alongside Sylvester Stallone.
JING LUSI ("Amanda Ling")
Jing Lusi is known for playing mean girl "Amanda Ling" in Crazy Rich Asians. Her next project includes a role in Amazon's London-set thriller series "The Feed" with Guy Burnet, Nina Toussaint White and more and will premiere next year. She'll also be seen in the anthology series "The Romanoffs" from Amazon Studios to be released this October.
NICO SANTOS ("Oliver T'sien")
Nico Santos can be seen in the fourth season of NBC's "Superstore" as "Mateo". The new season premieres Oct 4, 2018.
SOURCE:
Henry Golding, Jimmy O Yang, Constance Wu, Gemma Chan, Chris Pang, Sonoya Mizuno, Awkwafina & Michelle Yeoh, Remy Hii, Ronny Chieng,Ken Jeong, Harry Shum Jr., Jing Lusi, Nico Santos
HENRY GOLDING ("Nick Young")
No stone unturned. Uncover the mystery with @HenryGolding, @AnnaKendrick47, and @BlakeLively in #ASimpleFavor - Coming to theaters September 14. pic.twitter.com/IwioE70cr7
— A Simple Favor (@ASimpleFavor) August 28, 2018
Henry Golding's next project is less than a month away on Sept 14 in Paul Feig's thriller "A Simple Favor". He stars alongside Anna Kendrick and Blake Likely and plays "Sean", Blake's character's husband. Golding will also lead in the Vietnam-set British drama "Monsoon" by director Hong Khaou about a British Vietnamese refugee who returns to his home country of Vietnam to scatter his parents' ashes.
JIMMY O YANG ("Bernard Tai")
Jimmy O. Yang (@FunnyAsianDude) joins indie comedy 'Opening Act' https://t.co/CwQ9oZRPkMpic.twitter.com/LGYDUIEHoI
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 29, 2018
Jimmy O Yang will be the lead in the indie film "The Opening Act" and will plays Will, a young man who gets his big break as stand-up comedian when he emcees for his hero (played by Cedric the Entertainer.) The film is also directed by Asian American actor-director Steve Byrne (Sullivan and Sons) and produced by Vince Vaughn. O Yang also has a voice role in Sony animation's upcoming "Wish Dragon".
CONSTANCE WU ("Rachel Chu")
https://instagram.com/p/Bln1mjABYp6
Constance Wu is back on "Fresh off the Boat" - Season 5 set to return on Oct 5 this Fall. She also lent her voice to the Netflix animated feature "Next Gen" for Nexflix alongside Charlyne Yi and John Krasinski as well to the Sony Animation feature "Wish Dragon" with Jackie Chan, John Cho and more including Crazy Rich Asian co-star Jimmy O Yang .
GEMMA CHAN ("Astrid Leong")
https://instagram.com/p/Bkb2X4aFfUe
Gemma Chan wrapped up her role as "Minn-Erva" in "Captain Marvel" starring Brie Larson and Jude Law; the film is set to come out on March 8, 2019. For those who want to see her sooner, she also stars in "Mary Queen of Scots" in the racebent role of "Bess of Hardwick" with Margot Robbie and Saorise Ronan. "Mary Queen of Scots" comes out in Dec 2018 in the US.
CHRIS PANG ("Colin Khoo")
Danny Pudi Set For ‘Babysplitters’; ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Star Chris Pang Joins Osric Chau In ‘Empty By Design’ https://t.co/K2EBKVosTXpic.twitter.com/5Cqe9XLQ1c
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) August 20, 2018
Australian actor Chris Pang who played Singapore's popular groom is both starring and producing the indie drama "Empty by Design". He'll star alongside Osric Chau (Kevin Tran from "Supernatural") and Filipina star Rhian Ramos that just wrapped filming in Manila, Phillipines. Pang and Chau also recently participated in a live-action fan film of "Naruto" as Kakashi and Obito respectively that will be out Sept 4 online.
SONOYA MIZUNO ("Araminta Lee")
Alex Garland's #Devs has been ordered for an eight-episode season on FX. It will star Nick Offerman and Sonoya Mizuno and is set to premiere in 2019: https://t.co/BJQGJVCetVpic.twitter.com/JeCwXjIk1a
— IndieWire (@IndieWire) August 4, 2018
Sonoya Mizuno who played larger than life bride "Araminta" nabbed the lead in "DEVS" alongside Nick Offerman - the FX series is from Mizuno's long-time collaborator Alex Garland who wrote/directed "Ex Machina" and "Annihilation". Her character is "Lily", an engineer to investigates a secret division of her tech employer in San Francisco after the murder of her boyfriend. She's also set to appear in Cary Fukunaga's Netflix series "Maniac" with Jonah Hill and fellow Asian actor Emma Stone - which you can stream starting Sept, 21, 2018.
AWKWAFINA ("Peik Lin") &MICHELLE YEOH ("Eleanor Young")
Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina in talks for film from 'Swiss Army Man' directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert https://t.co/DqqicZioZlpic.twitter.com/xkKen6p5nr
— THR International (@THRGlobal) August 31, 2018
Awkwafina and Michelle Yeoh are reuniting in the interdimensional film "Everything Everywhere All at Once" from "Swiss Army Man" directing pair The Daniels.
Awkwafina also has many other films/shows come out including her lead role in Lulu Wang's untitled family drama, sci-fi thriller "Paradise Hills" with Milla Jovovich and Emma Roberts, and a self-titled comedy pilot at Comedy Central.
Michelle Yeoh also has quite a slate - "Master Z: Ip Man Legacy", Joe Carnahan's "Boss Level" (which Ken Jeong also stars), Chinese fantasy epic "Nezha" as well as providing a voice to the animated film "Blazing Samurai" about a dog who wants to become a samurai.
REMY HII ("Alistair Cheng")
.@CrazyRichMovie Star @RemyHii Joins #SpiderManFarFromHome@SpiderManMovie (Exclusive) https://t.co/gg85oN4GO3pic.twitter.com/vwPTuW1CsB
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) August 14, 2018
After much speculation being spotted with the cast, Remy Hii was finally confirmed to be part of the cast of "Spider-Man: Far from Home". Details under wraps on who he will play. The Spider-Man sequel is set to hit screens next year July 5, 2019. He also can be seen the Australian US co-production "Harrow" alongside Ioan Gruffold.
RONNY CHIENG ("Edison Cheng")
This summer, class is in session. Check out Ronny Chieng: International Student starring @ronnychieng. All episodes streaming August 13.pic.twitter.com/OUnpRyw4K4
— Comedy Central (@ComedyCentral) July 2, 2018
Aside from his stint on "The Daily Show", Ronny Chieng's Australian comedic series "Ronny Chieng: International Student" is now streaming in the US exclusively through Comedy Central's app - it follows a Chinese-Malaysian international student's comedy experiences at an Australian university.
KEN JEONG ("Wye Mun Goh")
.@kenjeong's new comedy special is headed to Netflix! https://t.co/SgHzrmiZYZ
— Netflix Life (@NetflixLifee) August 31, 2018
Ken Jeong's next project is a Netflix comedy special with "Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon M. Chu set to direct. He also has a number of films coming out including the upcoming "Goosebumps 2", "Elsewhere""Departures, "Boss Level" (with Michelle Yeoh) and "The Opening Act" (starring Jimmy O Yang).
HARRY SHUM JR. ("Charlie Wu")
Burn - new film poster: https://t.co/hDCQAJliub#Burn#BurnMovie#JoshHutcherson#SukiWaterhouse#TildaCobhamHervey#ShilohFernandez#HarryShumJrpic.twitter.com/uGdnJrfxC1
— Teaser-Trailer.com (@teasertrailer) August 7, 2018
Harry Shum Jr got a high billing despite his only (brief, dialogue-less) scene in the mid-credits as Astrid's ex-beau. His last season of Freeform's "Shadowhunters" comes out this 2019 in addition to a couple of films including "Burn" with Josh Hutcherson and Suki Waterhouse and "Escape Plan 3: Devil's Station" alongside Sylvester Stallone.
JING LUSI ("Amanda Ling")
#CrazyRichAsians actress Jing Lusi, has been cast in Amazon’s psychological thriller series “The Feed" https://t.co/gupxPpX5JU
— Variety (@Variety) September 1, 2018
Jing Lusi is known for playing mean girl "Amanda Ling" in Crazy Rich Asians. Her next project includes a role in Amazon's London-set thriller series "The Feed" with Guy Burnet, Nina Toussaint White and more and will premiere next year. She'll also be seen in the anthology series "The Romanoffs" from Amazon Studios to be released this October.
NICO SANTOS ("Oliver T'sien")
#Superstore Season 4 y’all!!! Oct 4th! https://t.co/TmABZ9r7Vj
— Nico Santos (@nicosantos) August 13, 2018
Nico Santos can be seen in the fourth season of NBC's "Superstore" as "Mateo". The new season premieres Oct 4, 2018.
SOURCE:
Henry Golding, Jimmy O Yang, Constance Wu, Gemma Chan, Chris Pang, Sonoya Mizuno, Awkwafina & Michelle Yeoh, Remy Hii, Ronny Chieng,Ken Jeong, Harry Shum Jr., Jing Lusi, Nico Santos
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ONTD Original: Ranking the Harry Potter soundtracks
Disclaimer: Entirely subjective
Warning: Media heavy
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8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Nicholas Hooper)
Hooper simply didn't try at all. No theme, no consistency.
Favourites: Flight of the Order of the Phoenix
7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (John Williams)
I feel like the only remarkable thing about this score is Fawkes's beautiful theme.
Favourites: Fawkes the Phoenix
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Nicholas Hooper)
Hooper tried to redeem himself and it kinda worked.
Favourites: Opening, In Noctem, Dumbledore's Farewell
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone (John Williams)
Where it all begins. Classic Williams, notorious themes.
Favourites: Prologue, The Chess Game, Leaving Hogwarts <333
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (Alexandre Desplat)
All hail Alexandre Desplat! Wonerfully dark and ominous. Makes you shiver.
Favourites: Obliviate, Godric's Hollow Graveyard, The Elder Wand
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (John Williams)
Williams's best Potter score, in my opinion.
Favourites: A Window to the Past, Buckbeak's Flight
2. Hary Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (Alexandre Desplat)
Probably the most cohesive of them all.
Favourites: Lily's Theme, Statues, Courtyard Apocalypse
1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Patrick Doyle)
Fresh, consistently good throughout, and oh-so-beautiful. The score we all deserved. God, how I wish there was a better movie to go with it. :(
Favourites: Harry In Winter, Neville's Waltz, Foreign Visitors Arrive, Do the Hippogriff
source 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Fav piece of Potter music, ONTD?
Warning: Media heavy
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Nicholas Hooper)
Hooper simply didn't try at all. No theme, no consistency.
Favourites: Flight of the Order of the Phoenix
7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (John Williams)
I feel like the only remarkable thing about this score is Fawkes's beautiful theme.
Favourites: Fawkes the Phoenix
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Nicholas Hooper)
Hooper tried to redeem himself and it kinda worked.
Favourites: Opening, In Noctem, Dumbledore's Farewell
5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone (John Williams)
Where it all begins. Classic Williams, notorious themes.
Favourites: Prologue, The Chess Game, Leaving Hogwarts <333
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (Alexandre Desplat)
All hail Alexandre Desplat! Wonerfully dark and ominous. Makes you shiver.
Favourites: Obliviate, Godric's Hollow Graveyard, The Elder Wand
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (John Williams)
Williams's best Potter score, in my opinion.
Favourites: A Window to the Past, Buckbeak's Flight
2. Hary Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (Alexandre Desplat)
Probably the most cohesive of them all.
Favourites: Lily's Theme, Statues, Courtyard Apocalypse
1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Patrick Doyle)
Fresh, consistently good throughout, and oh-so-beautiful. The score we all deserved. God, how I wish there was a better movie to go with it. :(
Favourites: Harry In Winter, Neville's Waltz, Foreign Visitors Arrive, Do the Hippogriff
source 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
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ONTD Original: 25 Living Old Hollywood Stars
This list includes old Hollywood performers who were active in or before 1950. As always, I tried to include popular and lesser-known stars, though, of course, there are many, many more living celebrities from this era that were not included. You can find a longer list here.
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1. Julie Gibson
Birthday: September 6, 1913 Happy birthday queen of living! 🎉
Age: 105
Occupation: Actress, singer
Years active: 1937-1984
Fun facts:
• Gibson is the oldest living performer from the Golden Age of Hollywood
• Also worked as an accent coach
• Dubbed vocals for Betty Hutton and Diana Lynn in some of their films and also supplied English voices for foreign stars in Italian and French cinema
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2. Norman Lloyd
Birthday: November 8, 1914
Age: 103
Occupation: Actor, director, producer
Years active: 1932-present
Fun facts:
• Lloyd is currently the oldest working Hollywood actor as of 2018
• Was married to his wife, Peggy Lloyd, for seventy-five years until her death in 2011
• Was close friends with Alfred Hitchcock
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3. Olivia de Havilland
Birthday: July 1, 1916
Age: 102
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1935-1988
Fun facts:
• Had a legendary feud with younger sister Joan Fontaine that lasted until Fontaine's death in 2013
• Was the first actress to successfully sue Warner Brothers in the mid-1940s
• Holds the record for thanking the most people (27) in her Oscar acceptance speech
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4. Kirk Douglas
Birthday: December 9, 1916
Age: 101
Occupation: Actor, producer, director, author
Years active: 1946-present
Fun facts:
• Douglas received $50,000 for saying "coffee", the only English word in a 1980s Japanese commercial
• In 1991, he survived a helicopter crash that killed the two other occupants; he was left with a debilitating back injury
• Costar and friend Burt Lancaster angered him when he hid Douglas' shoe lifts that he wore to make him appear taller in his films
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5. Marsha Hunt
Birthday: October 17, 1917
Age: 100
Occupation: Actress, model, activist
Years active: 1935-2008
Fun facts:
• Hunt is very liberal and became an activist for progressive causes after she was blacklisted
• She and her husband became foster parents after her only daughter, born prematurely, died a day after her birth
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6. Fay McKenzie
Birthday: February 19, 1918
Age: 100
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1918-1981
Fun facts:
• McKenzie's parents were both in show business
• Made her screen debut when she was ten weeks old as Gloria Swanson's baby in Station Content (1918)
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7. Dusty Anderson
Birthday: December 17, 1918
Age: 99
Occupation: Actress, pin-up model
Years active: 1944-1951
Fun facts:
• Became a painter after retiring from making films
• Also after retiring, she moved from Beverly Hills to Majorca with her director husband and their two adopted daughters
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8. Sono Osato
Birthday: August 29, 1919
Age: 99
Occupation: Dancer, actress
Years active: 1933-1959
Fun facts:
• Is of mixed descent: Irish/French Canadian mother and Japanese father
• Osato began her dancing career at 14 before becoming a theater and later a film actress
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9. Norma Miller
Birthday: December 2, 1919
Age: 98
Occupation: Dancer, choreographer, comedian, writer, actress, singer, songwriter, creative director
Years active: 1932-present
Fun facts:
• Known as the "Queen of Swing"
• Is named after her father, Norman, who died from pneumonia a month prior to her birth
• Joined the dance group Whitey's Lindy Hoppers in 1934 when she was only 15
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10. Carol Channing
Birthday: January 31, 1921
Age: 97
Occupation: Actress, dancer, singer, comedian
Years active: 1941-present
Fun facts:
• Is of mixed descent: German/Jewish mother and African American/German father
• Allergic to bleach so she uses wigs to achieve her trademark poofy blonde hair
• Said being included on Richard Nixon's Enemies List was the highest honor of her career
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11. Betty White
Birthday: January 17, 1922
Age: 96
Occupation: Actress, comedian
Years active: 1939-present
Fun facts:
• White is the oldest person to host Saturday Night Live (she hosted in 2010 at 88 years old)
• Was originally offered the role of Blanche in The Golden Girls (Rue McClanahan was offered the role of Rose) but they switched roles after the pilot's director suggested they do so since they had already played similar roles before
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12. Carl Reiner
Birthday: March 20, 1922
Age: 96
Occupation: Comedian, actor, director, writer
Years active: 1947-present
Fun facts:
• Is one of the oldest celebrities who is active on Twitter (where he mostly rants about Trump so #NotAllMen?)
• Reiner married Estelle Lebost, who was about eight years his senior, in 1943 (at the time, it was frowned upon for the woman to be older) and they remained married for sixty-four years until her death in 2008
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13. Doris Day
Birthday: April 3, 1922
Age: 96
Occupation: Actress, singer, activist
Years active: 1939-2012
Fun facts:
• Day is the last surviving person mentioned in the Grease (1978) song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee"
• Briefly dated Ronald Reagan after his divorce from Jane Wyman
• A car accident in 1937, which badly damaged her legs, ruined her dream of being a dancer; she was wheelchair-bound during most of her teenage years
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14. Janis Paige
Birthday: September 16, 1922
Age: 95
Occupation: Actress, singer
Years active: 1944-2001
Fun facts:
• Was hired as a singer at the Hollywood Canteen during World War II after graduating from high school and moving from Tacoma to Los Angeles
• Paige's voice was nearly irreparably damaged in 2001
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15. Machiko Kyō
Birthday: March 25, 1924
Age: 94
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1936-2006
Fun facts:
• Trained as a dancer before going into acting
• Received a Golden Globe nomination for her only role in a non-Japanese film as a geisha in The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
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16. Eva Marie Saint
Birthday: July 4, 1924
Age: 94
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1946-present
Fun facts:
• Behind only Olivia de Havilland, Saint is the second oldest female Oscar recipient
• Was married to her producer and director husband, Jeffrey Hayden, for sixty-five years until his death in 2016
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17. Angela Lansbury
Birthday: October 16, 1925
Age: 92
Occupation: Actress, singer, songwriter, producer, writer
Years active: 1943-present
Fun facts:
• Former husband Richard Cromwell (who was sixteen years her senior) married her in the hopes that it would turn him heterosexual; Lansbury maintains she had no idea Cromwell was gay until after they separated
• Married her second husband, actor Peter Shaw, in 1949; they were married for fifty-four years until his death in 2003
• Her daughter was a follower of Charles Mansion's cult/gang but Lansbury took her daughter to Ireland to help her overcome her drug problems following Sharon Tate's murder
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18. Dick Van Dyke
Birthday: December 13, 1925
Age: 92
Occupation: Actor, comedian, singer, dancer, writer, producer
Years active: 1947-present
Fun facts:
• Because of his notoriously, hilariously awful attempt at a Cockney accent in Mary Poppins (1964), the "Dick Van Dyke accent" became a slang term for unsuccessful British accents by Americans
• Overcame alcoholism in the 1970s and later quit smoking; he admitted quitting smoking was harder than quitting drinking
• Made his acting debut playing baby Jesus in a church Christmas pageant where he apparently cried the whole way through
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19. Sidney Poitier
Birthday: February 20, 1927
Age: 91
Occupation: Actor, director, author, diplomat
Years active: 1947-present
Fun facts:
• Was the first black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role in 1963
• The name Poitier actually came from Charles Leonard Poitier, an English planter who immigrated to Cat Island from Jamaica in the early 1800s; in 1834, his wife's estate had 86 slaves who ended up taking the surname
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20. Harry Belafonte
Birthday: March 1, 1927
Age: 91
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, actor, activist
Years active: 1949-present
Fun facts:
• Performed at John F. Kennedy's inaugural gala in 1961
• Guest hosted The Tonight Show in February 1968, substituting for Johnny Carson, and two of his interviewees were Martin Luther King, Jr. and senator Robert F. Kennedy
• Refused to perform in the South from 1954 to 1961 due to racial discrimination
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21. Ann Blyth
Birthday: August 16, 1928
Age: 90
Occupation: Actress, singer
Years active: 1933-1985
Fun facts:
• Blyth was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Joan Crawford's scheming, ungrateful daughter in Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Sustained and recovered from a back injury after tobogganing in Snow Valley in 1945
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22. Jane Powell
Birthday: April 1, 1929
Age: 89
Occupation: Actress, singer, dancer
Years active: 1944-present
Fun facts:
• Sang at Harry Truman's inaugural ball in 1949
• Due to her fear of needles and after discovering she was pregnant, Powell got her ears pierced while delivering her daughter so she could wear the diamond earrings her husband bought her
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23. Robert Wagner
Birthday: February 10, 1930
Age: 88
Occupation: Actor, producer, suspected murderer
Years active: 1950-present
Fun facts:
• Admitted to having affairs with Yvonne De Carlo, Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Anita Ekberg, Shirley Anne Field, Lori Nelson, and Joan Collins in his memoirs
• Allegedly had a four-year relationship with Barbara Stanwyck, who was more than twenty years his senior; they kept it a secret to avoid potential damage to their careers
• Named a person of interest in Natalie Wood's drowning case in February 2018 because investigators concluded that his story "just doesn't add up"
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24. Julie Andrews
Birthday: October 1, 1935
Age: 82
Occupation: Actress, singer, author
Years active: 1945-present
Fun facts:
• In 1950, Andrews discovered she was conceived as a result of her mother's affair with a family friend
• Walt Disney wanted her for the role of Marry Poppins and allegedly told her he was willing to wait for her to give birth after she informed him of her pregnancy
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25. Dean Stockwell
Birthday: March 5, 1936
Age: 82
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1945-2014
Fun facts:
• Began his career as a child actor under contract to MGM during the 1940s
• Stockwell is an accomplished artist; he creates digitally enhanced photographs and original collages, and also wrote several small compositions while attending college
• Has one of the worst Wikipedia pictures I've ever seen
SOURCES: Julie Gibson 1 | Norman Lloyd 1 | Olivia de Havilland 1&2 | Kirk Douglas 1&2 | Marsha Hunt 1 | Fay McKenzie 1 | Dusty Anderson 1&2 | Sono Osato 1 | Norma Miller 1 | Carol Channing 1 | Betty White 1 | Carl Reiner 1 | Doris Day 1&2 | Janis Paige 1 | Machiko Kyō 1 | Eva Marie Saint 1&2 | Angela Lansbury 1&2 | Dick Van Dyke 1&2 | Sidney Poitier 1 | Harry Belafonte 1&2 | Ann Blyth 1&2 | Jane Powell 1&2 | Robert Wagner 1&2 | Julie Andrews 1&2 | Dean Stockwell 1
1. Julie Gibson
Birthday: September 6, 1913 Happy birthday queen of living! 🎉
Age: 105
Occupation: Actress, singer
Years active: 1937-1984
Fun facts:
• Gibson is the oldest living performer from the Golden Age of Hollywood
• Also worked as an accent coach
• Dubbed vocals for Betty Hutton and Diana Lynn in some of their films and also supplied English voices for foreign stars in Italian and French cinema
2. Norman Lloyd
Birthday: November 8, 1914
Age: 103
Occupation: Actor, director, producer
Years active: 1932-present
Fun facts:
• Lloyd is currently the oldest working Hollywood actor as of 2018
• Was married to his wife, Peggy Lloyd, for seventy-five years until her death in 2011
• Was close friends with Alfred Hitchcock
3. Olivia de Havilland
Birthday: July 1, 1916
Age: 102
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1935-1988
Fun facts:
• Had a legendary feud with younger sister Joan Fontaine that lasted until Fontaine's death in 2013
• Was the first actress to successfully sue Warner Brothers in the mid-1940s
• Holds the record for thanking the most people (27) in her Oscar acceptance speech
4. Kirk Douglas
Birthday: December 9, 1916
Age: 101
Occupation: Actor, producer, director, author
Years active: 1946-present
Fun facts:
• Douglas received $50,000 for saying "coffee", the only English word in a 1980s Japanese commercial
• In 1991, he survived a helicopter crash that killed the two other occupants; he was left with a debilitating back injury
• Costar and friend Burt Lancaster angered him when he hid Douglas' shoe lifts that he wore to make him appear taller in his films
5. Marsha Hunt
Birthday: October 17, 1917
Age: 100
Occupation: Actress, model, activist
Years active: 1935-2008
Fun facts:
• Hunt is very liberal and became an activist for progressive causes after she was blacklisted
• She and her husband became foster parents after her only daughter, born prematurely, died a day after her birth
6. Fay McKenzie
Birthday: February 19, 1918
Age: 100
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1918-1981
Fun facts:
• McKenzie's parents were both in show business
• Made her screen debut when she was ten weeks old as Gloria Swanson's baby in Station Content (1918)
7. Dusty Anderson
Birthday: December 17, 1918
Age: 99
Occupation: Actress, pin-up model
Years active: 1944-1951
Fun facts:
• Became a painter after retiring from making films
• Also after retiring, she moved from Beverly Hills to Majorca with her director husband and their two adopted daughters
8. Sono Osato
Birthday: August 29, 1919
Age: 99
Occupation: Dancer, actress
Years active: 1933-1959
Fun facts:
• Is of mixed descent: Irish/French Canadian mother and Japanese father
• Osato began her dancing career at 14 before becoming a theater and later a film actress
9. Norma Miller
Birthday: December 2, 1919
Age: 98
Occupation: Dancer, choreographer, comedian, writer, actress, singer, songwriter, creative director
Years active: 1932-present
Fun facts:
• Known as the "Queen of Swing"
• Is named after her father, Norman, who died from pneumonia a month prior to her birth
• Joined the dance group Whitey's Lindy Hoppers in 1934 when she was only 15
10. Carol Channing
Birthday: January 31, 1921
Age: 97
Occupation: Actress, dancer, singer, comedian
Years active: 1941-present
Fun facts:
• Is of mixed descent: German/Jewish mother and African American/German father
• Allergic to bleach so she uses wigs to achieve her trademark poofy blonde hair
• Said being included on Richard Nixon's Enemies List was the highest honor of her career
11. Betty White
Birthday: January 17, 1922
Age: 96
Occupation: Actress, comedian
Years active: 1939-present
Fun facts:
• White is the oldest person to host Saturday Night Live (she hosted in 2010 at 88 years old)
• Was originally offered the role of Blanche in The Golden Girls (Rue McClanahan was offered the role of Rose) but they switched roles after the pilot's director suggested they do so since they had already played similar roles before
12. Carl Reiner
Birthday: March 20, 1922
Age: 96
Occupation: Comedian, actor, director, writer
Years active: 1947-present
Fun facts:
• Is one of the oldest celebrities who is active on Twitter (where he mostly rants about Trump so #NotAllMen?)
• Reiner married Estelle Lebost, who was about eight years his senior, in 1943 (at the time, it was frowned upon for the woman to be older) and they remained married for sixty-four years until her death in 2008
13. Doris Day
Birthday: April 3, 1922
Age: 96
Occupation: Actress, singer, activist
Years active: 1939-2012
Fun facts:
• Day is the last surviving person mentioned in the Grease (1978) song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee"
• Briefly dated Ronald Reagan after his divorce from Jane Wyman
• A car accident in 1937, which badly damaged her legs, ruined her dream of being a dancer; she was wheelchair-bound during most of her teenage years
14. Janis Paige
Birthday: September 16, 1922
Age: 95
Occupation: Actress, singer
Years active: 1944-2001
Fun facts:
• Was hired as a singer at the Hollywood Canteen during World War II after graduating from high school and moving from Tacoma to Los Angeles
• Paige's voice was nearly irreparably damaged in 2001
15. Machiko Kyō
Birthday: March 25, 1924
Age: 94
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1936-2006
Fun facts:
• Trained as a dancer before going into acting
• Received a Golden Globe nomination for her only role in a non-Japanese film as a geisha in The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
16. Eva Marie Saint
Birthday: July 4, 1924
Age: 94
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1946-present
Fun facts:
• Behind only Olivia de Havilland, Saint is the second oldest female Oscar recipient
• Was married to her producer and director husband, Jeffrey Hayden, for sixty-five years until his death in 2016
17. Angela Lansbury
Birthday: October 16, 1925
Age: 92
Occupation: Actress, singer, songwriter, producer, writer
Years active: 1943-present
Fun facts:
• Former husband Richard Cromwell (who was sixteen years her senior) married her in the hopes that it would turn him heterosexual; Lansbury maintains she had no idea Cromwell was gay until after they separated
• Married her second husband, actor Peter Shaw, in 1949; they were married for fifty-four years until his death in 2003
• Her daughter was a follower of Charles Mansion's cult/gang but Lansbury took her daughter to Ireland to help her overcome her drug problems following Sharon Tate's murder
18. Dick Van Dyke
Birthday: December 13, 1925
Age: 92
Occupation: Actor, comedian, singer, dancer, writer, producer
Years active: 1947-present
Fun facts:
• Because of his notoriously, hilariously awful attempt at a Cockney accent in Mary Poppins (1964), the "Dick Van Dyke accent" became a slang term for unsuccessful British accents by Americans
• Overcame alcoholism in the 1970s and later quit smoking; he admitted quitting smoking was harder than quitting drinking
• Made his acting debut playing baby Jesus in a church Christmas pageant where he apparently cried the whole way through
19. Sidney Poitier
Birthday: February 20, 1927
Age: 91
Occupation: Actor, director, author, diplomat
Years active: 1947-present
Fun facts:
• Was the first black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role in 1963
• The name Poitier actually came from Charles Leonard Poitier, an English planter who immigrated to Cat Island from Jamaica in the early 1800s; in 1834, his wife's estate had 86 slaves who ended up taking the surname
20. Harry Belafonte
Birthday: March 1, 1927
Age: 91
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, actor, activist
Years active: 1949-present
Fun facts:
• Performed at John F. Kennedy's inaugural gala in 1961
• Guest hosted The Tonight Show in February 1968, substituting for Johnny Carson, and two of his interviewees were Martin Luther King, Jr. and senator Robert F. Kennedy
• Refused to perform in the South from 1954 to 1961 due to racial discrimination
21. Ann Blyth
Birthday: August 16, 1928
Age: 90
Occupation: Actress, singer
Years active: 1933-1985
Fun facts:
• Blyth was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Joan Crawford's scheming, ungrateful daughter in Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Sustained and recovered from a back injury after tobogganing in Snow Valley in 1945
22. Jane Powell
Birthday: April 1, 1929
Age: 89
Occupation: Actress, singer, dancer
Years active: 1944-present
Fun facts:
• Sang at Harry Truman's inaugural ball in 1949
• Due to her fear of needles and after discovering she was pregnant, Powell got her ears pierced while delivering her daughter so she could wear the diamond earrings her husband bought her
23. Robert Wagner
Birthday: February 10, 1930
Age: 88
Occupation: Actor, producer, suspected murderer
Years active: 1950-present
Fun facts:
• Admitted to having affairs with Yvonne De Carlo, Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Anita Ekberg, Shirley Anne Field, Lori Nelson, and Joan Collins in his memoirs
• Allegedly had a four-year relationship with Barbara Stanwyck, who was more than twenty years his senior; they kept it a secret to avoid potential damage to their careers
• Named a person of interest in Natalie Wood's drowning case in February 2018 because investigators concluded that his story "just doesn't add up"
24. Julie Andrews
Birthday: October 1, 1935
Age: 82
Occupation: Actress, singer, author
Years active: 1945-present
Fun facts:
• In 1950, Andrews discovered she was conceived as a result of her mother's affair with a family friend
• Walt Disney wanted her for the role of Marry Poppins and allegedly told her he was willing to wait for her to give birth after she informed him of her pregnancy
25. Dean Stockwell
Birthday: March 5, 1936
Age: 82
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1945-2014
Fun facts:
• Began his career as a child actor under contract to MGM during the 1940s
• Stockwell is an accomplished artist; he creates digitally enhanced photographs and original collages, and also wrote several small compositions while attending college
• Has one of the worst Wikipedia pictures I've ever seen
SOURCES: Julie Gibson 1 | Norman Lloyd 1 | Olivia de Havilland 1&2 | Kirk Douglas 1&2 | Marsha Hunt 1 | Fay McKenzie 1 | Dusty Anderson 1&2 | Sono Osato 1 | Norma Miller 1 | Carol Channing 1 | Betty White 1 | Carl Reiner 1 | Doris Day 1&2 | Janis Paige 1 | Machiko Kyō 1 | Eva Marie Saint 1&2 | Angela Lansbury 1&2 | Dick Van Dyke 1&2 | Sidney Poitier 1 | Harry Belafonte 1&2 | Ann Blyth 1&2 | Jane Powell 1&2 | Robert Wagner 1&2 | Julie Andrews 1&2 | Dean Stockwell 1
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Indie Film Release Guide: September 7th [An ONTD Original]
The Nun is probably going to destroy the box office this weekend thanks to basically no wide release competition. But if you’re not interested in scary nuns, and still want to catch something new, there are other options. This week, we’ve got several documentaries, a few dramas, and a couple of horror films.
Note that some of the movies listed are in their first week or two of limited release in the USA, so it may take them a few more weeks (or months) to show up in your local arthouse theater or on VOD. Check out the posts from the past few weeks for more movies that may have just opened near you: August 31st, August 24th, and August 17th.
Kusama: Infinity
Director: Heather Lenz
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: Artist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.
What you should know: You can find her work exhibited in museums all over the world, from The Broad in Los Angeles to the Tate Modern in London.
Opens in: NYC & LA
I Am Not a Witch
Stars: Maggie Malubwa, Nellie Munamonga, Dyna Mufuni, Nancy Murilo
Written and directed by: Rungano Nyoni
Genre: Drama
Plot: Shula is the first child taken to a traveling witch camp, where she is told that should she cut the ribbon and attempt to escape, she will be cursed and transformed into a goat.
What you should know: Won a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
Opens in: NYC
Cold Skin
Stars: Ray Stevenson, David Oakes, Aura Garrido, John Benfield
Writer: Jesus Olmo, Eron Sheean, Albert Sanchez Pinot
Director: Xavier Gens
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Plot: In 1914, a young man arrives at a remote island near the Antarctic Circle to take the post of weather observer only to find himself trapped in a watchtower besieged by deadly creatures which live in hiding on the island.
What you should know: According to the IMDB trivia section, the only prominent female character doesn't have any dialogue.
Opens in: Select cities & on demand
Hal
Director: Amy Scott
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: Filmmaker Hal Ashby's obsessive genius leads to an unprecedented string of Oscar-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg rise to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature plays out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.
Opens in: NYC
Bisbee ‘17
Director: Robert Greene
Genre: Documentary
Plot: An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.
What you should know: Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2018.
Opens in: NYC
Five Fingers for Marseilles
Stars: Zethu Dlomo, Garth Breytenbach, Kenneth Fok, Dean Fourie
Writer: Sean Drummond
Director: Michael Matthews
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Plot: Lives change forever when Tau, the young lion, kills two corrupt policemen in a South African shanty town.
What you should know: The film is in Xhosa and Southern Sotho.
Opens in: NYC, Tucson
Alright Now
Stars: Cobie Smulders, Jessica Hynes, Richard Elis
Written and directed by: Jamie Adams
Genre: Drama
Plot: A rock musician enrolls in college after she breaks up with her boyfriend and her band falls apart.
What you should know: Her character is not Robin Sparkles (but probably should be).
Opens in: LA, and available VOD
The Apparition
Stars: Vincent Lindon, Galatéa Bellugi, Patrick d'Assumçao, Anatole Taubman
Writer: Jacques Fieschi, Xavier Giannoli, Marcia Romano
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Genre: Drama
Plot: A journalist is sent by the Vatican to investigate a young girl claiming to be visited by the Virgin Mary.
What you should know: It’s in French
Opens in: Select Cities
Susanne Bartsch: On Top
Director: Anthony Carrona, Alexander Smith
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: An intimate immersion into the world of New York City nightlife and fashion icon Susanne Bartsch. Along with launching the careers of RuPaul and Marc Jacobs, her legacy includes raising millions of dollars for the fight against AIDS.
What you should know: RuPaul is an executive producer.
Opens in: LA
Mara
Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Javier Botet, Mitch Eakins, Lance E. Nichols
Writer: Jonathan Frank
Director: Clive Tonge
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Plot: A criminal psychologist investigates the mysterious strangling death of a man in his bed. She soon meets members of a community who tell her about a centuries-old demon that kills people in their sleep.
What you should know: A “mara” is a creature from Scandinavian folklore that takes the shape of a woman and rides people as they sleep to give them nightmares.
Opens in: NYC & LA
Also opening: Nelly (Trailer), Bleeding Blue (Trailer), Age of Summer (Trailer), Peppermint (Trailer)
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Seen anything recently? Plan to see anything this weekend? Have you seen any of Kusama's work?
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ONTD Original: Tom Holland and The Dog
The production behind "Holland and The Quackson [x]" and "Holland and The Frog [x]" brings you the last sequel to the trilogy "Holland and The Dog".Though this is no meme. It is about a boy and dog. Mostly about dog because dogs are the best. The ONTD Original presents a compilation of tholland sharing his dog's adventure with the public.
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ONTD Original: Happy birthday Freddie! Top 5 Freddie Mercury Solo Songs
In honor of Freddie (and because OP already did a Top 10 songs by Freddie Mercury), I chose some highlights of his solo career, which spans two albums and other singles.
Remember that this is a subjective list and that I had to narrow it down from many songs that I genuinely enjoy.
5. Love Kills
Written by: Freddie Mercury
Originally, this song was supposed to be a Queen project, which you can tell by the fact that Brian May and Roger Taylor released a ballad version of Love Kills that they had been keeping in the vaults. However, before Queen’s vision took shape, iconic producer Giorgio Moroder, who at the time was making a new pop soundtrack for a new release of the German expressionist classic “Metropolis” somehow got in contact with Freddie’s team and managed to include Love Kills in the soundtrack. The song became a modest hit and has charted in different countries between 1984 and 2006. This song is a fun, electropop piece that may not appeal to everyone’s taste.
Fun fact: The song was nominated for a Razzie for Worst Original Song, and it was Freddie Mercury’s first solo effort under his own name. Also, because of Freddie’s collaboration with this project, he got the rights to use Metropolis footage for Queen’s Radio Ga Ga video.
4. Mr. Bad Guy
Written by: Freddie Mercury
The title track of Freddie’s just barely successful first solo album, Mr. Bad Guy’s tongue-in-cheek lyrics, referencing himself and probably some Queen lyrics, and its rich instrumentation make for one of the best tracks of the album. The album might not be Queen II or Sheer Heart Attack (and its production leaves a lot to be desired, since many songs sound like demos), but it is a very fun album with many “bops,” and it contains, ironically, the most personal and self-reflective songwriting done by Freddie throughout his career.
Fun fact: This was the first time Freddie recorded a song with a full orchestra providing the instrumentation.
3. In My Defence
Written by: Dave Clark, David Soames and Jeff Daniels
In My Defence was written for the stage musical Time, and Freddie recorded it a few months after the release of Mr. Bad Guy. It’s a wonderful rock-inspired power ballad where Freddie shows his incredible vocals and capacity to emote—and all you hear was his first take! Dave Clark, the creator of the musical, was so happy with Freddie’s In My Defence that he asked him to also sing the title song “Time,” which is another great solo song that didn’t make it to this list.
Fun fact: On April 1988, Freddie attended a charity-gala performance of the musical, where he performed four songs: “Born to Rock'n'Roll”, “In My Defence”, “Time” and “It's In Everyone of Us.” It is his first and only solo (live) performance ever.
2. I Was Born to Love You (1995 version)
Written by: Freddie Mercury
Another song from Mr. Bad Guy, and despite its straightforward and kind of cheesy love lyrics, it gets its spot on the list because it is just so infectious and happy. This particular version was re-worked by Queen and included in the posthumous album “Made in Heaven” and it is markedly different from the “Mr. Bad Guy” version: the original song had a very prevalent synthesizer sound and was more dance/pop (since that was the genre of the record); while the Queen version is a bit longer, favors rock instrumentation, including a patented Brian May guitar solo, changes the tempo of some phrases and uses short sample vocals from A Kind of Magic and Freddie’s posthumous solo hit Living On My Own.
Fun fact: Upon its original 1985 release, the song found modest success and charted at 11 in the UK, and also charted in Germany, Japan, Ireland, South Africa, Switzerland and the US. However, it seems to be quite popular in Japan, since it appeared twice more in the Japanese Oricon Chart: in 1996 at #45 and in 2004 at #1.
1. The Golden Boy
Written by: Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Tim Rice
In 1988, Freddie joined forces with renowned Spanish soprano Monserrat Caballé to record the album “Barcelona,” an opera-inspired, classical crossover album (before the genre became popular in the 90s) where Freddie demonstrated his extraordinary vocals chops and ability to adapt to different genres. Honestly, if it were up to me, the entire Barcelona album would be here, but as that wouldn’t make for a short list, I picked The Golden Boy. In true Freddie fashion, it’s a four-part song that mixes ominous instrumentals and a gospel choir, and narrates the story of two lovers and their eventual fallout.
Fun fact: The song was performed (but mimed instead of being sung live) at the La Nit festival in Barcelona. Watch the video for both the amazing song and the incredible performance energy shown by Freddie and Montserrat.
And that is the end of this list! Sadly, Mr. Bad Guy isn't easily available, so we can only hope it gets re-released one day. However, if you're interested in Freddie's solo output, there are vast collections of rare vocals demos and unfinished songs; and a special edition of "Barcelona" was released in 2011, including brand new orchestrations.
Thanks for reading!
Sources: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Happy belated birthday to this legend! Are you familiar with Freddie's solo music?
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90's Bass is Back: Here's 8 Newer Songs Keeping the Sound Alive
90's Bass is Back: Here's 8 New Songs Keeping the Sound Alive |
Here's a somewhat #TBT. Are you vibin' ONTD?
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ONTD Original: The Most Important School Lessons From VH1's "Rock of Love: Charm School"
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Last time, I made a post about the lessons from Flavor of Love: Charm School.
This time, we will focus on Rock of Love: Charm School, with Sharon Osbourne. Each episode had one Charm School Commandment that you can use in your schoolyear.
Class is in now session.
1. Thou Shalt Rock Together
For the first challenge, the girls had to do an obstacle course on the beach, then assemble a stage. Megan and Brandi C. refused to work, and Frenchie had no idea what she was doing.
They learned that you will usually have one or two people on your group who is a lazy bitch, and you will probably be the one to do all the work.
2. Thou Shalt Rock It With Style
The ladies had to give each other makeovers to look less skanky.
The most stylish bitch in the house was Lily, Megan’s pet chihuahua.
Megan cheated on the challenge, and Rodeo got expelled for being upset about the cheating. The lesson is that some sheisty bitch will try to fuck you over, and you will get in trouble for it if you don’t play your cards right.
To quote Saaphyri, the winner of Season 1:
3. Thou Shalt Be Takin' Care of Business
The girls had to put together a marketable, talented band. They got to select several musicians, then style them. Megan wanted only cute people in her band.
Then, the bands competed. But one band’s lead singer got everyone’s attention… in a bad way. Because the girls put her in an outfit that gave her a huge cameltoe.
Ultimately, Megan was expelled, taking Lily with her.
4. Thou Shalt Not Rock Rude
Sharon Osbourne’s friend, the Duchess of Birmingshire, came for a visit, and the ladies were to entertain her.
But first, they had to learn some fancy etiquette.
The ladies sampled some spotted dick, and didn’t really know what it was.
Ultimately, this lesson is about being polite in public until you can be yo natural skanky self with your friends.
5. Thou Shalt Rock Thy Body
The women learned about the finer things in life, sampling fine cigars, caviar, and alcohol.
They then had to make faux public service announcements warning about the dangers of sex, drugs, and booze.
The lesson is to play hard, but play responsibly. That way you won’t puke on Bret Michaels.
6. Thou Shalt Rock At Love
Bret Michaels rejected all the Charm School contestants, so they needed some love advice.
To learn how to win men using their personalities instead of their looks, Sharon whacked them with the ugly stick using prosthetics.
Brandi C. had some thoughts about this challenge:
And Sharon did, too.
7. Thou Shalt Express Thyself
The classmates had a lot of anger at each other, so they used sock puppets, then had an emo poetry slam where they had to express their feelings for each other.
I hate slam poetry, so I won’t post it, but ultimately you need to not be passive-aggressive, even when communicating with bitches you hate. Instead, write emo poetry about them.
8. Thou Shalt Know Who Thou Art
For the 8th challenge, the girls designed their own t-shirts for Ed Hardy. If that isn’t peak 2007, then I don’t know what is. French music legend Johnny Hallyday was there too, for reasons unknown.
Their shirts had to reflect their “personal brands.” Heather designed a shirt with her own face on it.
This lesson means that you should present yourself the way you want to be seen: As a fierce, shameless queen.
9.Thou Shalt Rock Unto Others
The 9th commandment was about giving back to others. Destiny was raised in a trailer park and was on welfare; her family had to get their Christmas presents from a charity. Brandi M. was raised by a single mother on welfare. Lacey's parents are rich and give her money so she can live a "punk" lifestyle.
The girls worked in teams with contestants who had been expelled. Megan actively tried to sabotage the other teams so that Lacey would win.
The lesson? Capitalism is a brutal economic system based on making the rich richer and the poor poorer, so you should help people who have been fucked over by it.
10. Thou Shalt Be Fully Rockin'
When it was down to the final two ladies, the judges had a tough time choosing a winner. However, only one could win, and Brandi M. won $100,000. Destiny was offered an unpaid internship at a jeans company.
The final lesson that you should carry with you is that some people will get a shitload of money and some people will get shit, but you should always be the best, most fucking awesome person you can.
And when you come across some toxic bitch, just twirl on that hater.
Mods i accidentally deleted this last night, i wanted to cry. if you don't approve this i understand, because i'm dumber than Hottie.
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ONTD ORIGINAL: heartbreak songs that pierce our soul (aka despecho songs) en español
We all have suffered heartbreak, so we know how it feels like and all the stages to get through it, artists use that pain and sorrow to make art about it, and hispano-american singers are not different, we are very dramatic and a bit extra and passionate about things, so of course our heartbreak songs (despecho or desamor like we call it) are going to be like that, and that makes you to either cry your heart out every time you hear them (especially after a bad breakup) or being angry/getting the confidence to once and for all end that shitty relationship that was taking a toll on you.
So here we have a list of despecho songs, some are for that period of time when you just want to cry and express all your pain and some are for that period of time where you are like “fuck them” with your ex and realize you are better without them, all of the songs are damn good , so, enjoy!!!
La Copa Rota- José Feliciano
La Copa Rota has a salsa versión (made by Alci Acosta) and a rock? One made by Andres Calamaro, but in my opinion the best one that truly captures the sadness and angst of the lyrics is this one, José Feliciano has a beautiful voice and yes it’s kinda sad when you butcher this song in the karaoke but who cares? You are just expressing your pain.
The part that punches you in the heart:
“Mozo, sírvame la copa rota
Sírvame que me destroza esta fiebre de obsesión
Mozo, sírvame la copa rota
Quiero sangrar gota a gota el veneno de su amor”
Fue un placer conocerte – Rocío Durcal and Juanga (Dios lo tenga en su gloria)
Rocío Durcal and Juanga made an amazing duo, the most iconic songs sang by Rocío were written by JuanGa, both have amazing voices, both are hispano-american icons, yeah Rocío was born in Spain but a lot of people don’t know that/ignore it because she got famous in México, and both of them are known for their songs about love and heartbreak, when will your faves?
The part that pierces your heart:
“Si me hubieras querido
cuando yo te pedía
que me amaras un poco,
que me hicieras feliz,
yo me hubiera quedado
para siempre contigo;
pero no fue posible,
y hoy me tengo que ir ”
Déjame llorar – Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner has a lot of iconic songs and him and his sons write for other artists (his sons wrote vente pa’ca) so the guy is a legend in hispanoamerica and knows how to write, you can feel the pain in the lyrics and the sadness.
The part that reminds you how good it was and how everything fell apart:
"Cuántas nostalgias durmiendo en el desván
He declarado mi vida en soledad
Hago canciones de amor que nunca olvido
Pues sobre nubes de otoño las escribo solo
Millones de hojas cayendo en tu cuerpo
Otoños de llanto goteando en tu piel"
Un Buen Perdedor - Franco de Vita
This power ballad and (like Mexicans say) rolononon made by italo-venezuelan singer Franco de Vita is a great song and every person you know has heard it and probably has sung it con sentimiento, it’s a must for despechados whose ex broke up with them because another person.
The part that makes you cry like a baby:
“Sin embargo esperaba
Que te quedaras pero
El agua hay que dejarla correr
Mientras yo me tragaba palabras
Que no pude decir
Claro que se perder
No será la primera vez
Hoy te vas tu, mañana me iré yo
Seré un buen perdedor
El mundo no cambiará
Alguien sin duda ocupe tu lugar”
No te hago falta – Ana Gabriel
Mexican-chinese and (allegedly) lesbian queen Ana Gabriel is one of the most important artists in hispano-américa and like most of our iconic artists she sings about despecho and desamor, this song is powerful for the lyrics and her voice, it’s also a hit in karaokes.
The part that makes you cry:
“Yo no te hago falta, eso ya lo se
Ni ahora ni mañana siempre ha sido así
Busco una salida, yo no se que hacer
Estoy desesperada, voy a enloquecer
Yo no te hago falta ni antes ni después,
Tu no sientes nada, es triste saber”
Rata de dos patas – Paquita la del Barrio
This is Paquita’s most famous song, nada que hacer, every person and their mothers have heard this song, your primo metalero even knows it and probably has sang it, with passion, you can’t help it to sing it everytime you hear it because it’s that good and expresses all the hate you have against that bastard who broke your heart
The part that speaks to your soul:
“Maldita sanguijuela
Maldita cucaracha
Que infectas donde picas
Que hieres y que matas
Alimaña
Culebra ponzoñosa
Deshecho de la vida
Te odio y te desprecio”
El último Adiós - Paulina Rubio
This song isn’t sad at all so it’s for that time when you realize you were too good for that bastard so fuck him, even if thee begs you are not going to return, I don’t like la chica dorada that much but this song was a hit at the time and it’s so good for karaokes.
The part you sing with passion:
“Aunque vengas de rodillas
Y me implores y me pidas
Aunque vengas y me llores
Que te absuelva y te perdone
Aunque a mi me causes pena
He tirado tus cadenas
Y te dedico esta ranchera
Por ser el último adiós”
Amigo en el baño de Kany García
This ICONIC song was a hit because it talked about something we are not very open in latin-america: vibrators and female masturbation, yeah sometimes a vibrator is better than a man because it gives you pleasure and isn’t an asshole and at least makes you orgasm.
The best part:
“Que fui a una tienda
que lo que he comprado
me sirve mejor que el estar a tu lado
que dos baterías me han funcionado
mejor que tus besos y que tus abrazos
ya no diré yo más nunca te extraño
pues no me hacen falta ya más tus engaños
para dar migajas y hacerme más daño
mejor soy feliz
con mi amigo en el baño “
Pa'ti no estoy – Rosana
All my straight female Friends have sang this song after they break up, it’s like THE “empowering break up song” for them, it’s for when you are over your ex and you want to let go all the resentment you have against them but still show him he ain’t shit, a hit when you are reunited with your female friends and want to talk shit about men.
The part my friends sing con ganas:
“Yo Me voy a plantar al campo
O a la orilla, la marea
Deseo que todo te vaya de vicio
Me voy, ahí te quedas
Me voy a vivir tranquila
Sin pausa pero sin prisa
Deseo que todo te vaya de lujo
No espero visita
Así que no vayas
Que pa' ti no estoy
Yo pa' ti no estoy”
Honorable mentions:
Jesse & Joy- ¡Corre! (I don’t like this song but it was such a hit and everybody and their mothers here love it so it deserves a mention)
Me voy - Julieta Venegas
Mala gente de Juanes
Llueve por dentro – Luis Fonsi
Estoy Pensando - El Grupo Niche
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Let's discuss despecho songs !!!
So here we have a list of despecho songs, some are for that period of time when you just want to cry and express all your pain and some are for that period of time where you are like “fuck them” with your ex and realize you are better without them, all of the songs are damn good , so, enjoy!!!
La Copa Rota- José Feliciano
La Copa Rota has a salsa versión (made by Alci Acosta) and a rock? One made by Andres Calamaro, but in my opinion the best one that truly captures the sadness and angst of the lyrics is this one, José Feliciano has a beautiful voice and yes it’s kinda sad when you butcher this song in the karaoke but who cares? You are just expressing your pain.
The part that punches you in the heart:
“Mozo, sírvame la copa rota
Sírvame que me destroza esta fiebre de obsesión
Mozo, sírvame la copa rota
Quiero sangrar gota a gota el veneno de su amor”
Fue un placer conocerte – Rocío Durcal and Juanga (Dios lo tenga en su gloria)
Rocío Durcal and Juanga made an amazing duo, the most iconic songs sang by Rocío were written by JuanGa, both have amazing voices, both are hispano-american icons, yeah Rocío was born in Spain but a lot of people don’t know that/ignore it because she got famous in México, and both of them are known for their songs about love and heartbreak, when will your faves?
The part that pierces your heart:
“Si me hubieras querido
cuando yo te pedía
que me amaras un poco,
que me hicieras feliz,
yo me hubiera quedado
para siempre contigo;
pero no fue posible,
y hoy me tengo que ir ”
Déjame llorar – Ricardo Montaner
Ricardo Montaner has a lot of iconic songs and him and his sons write for other artists (his sons wrote vente pa’ca) so the guy is a legend in hispanoamerica and knows how to write, you can feel the pain in the lyrics and the sadness.
The part that reminds you how good it was and how everything fell apart:
"Cuántas nostalgias durmiendo en el desván
He declarado mi vida en soledad
Hago canciones de amor que nunca olvido
Pues sobre nubes de otoño las escribo solo
Millones de hojas cayendo en tu cuerpo
Otoños de llanto goteando en tu piel"
Un Buen Perdedor - Franco de Vita
This power ballad and (like Mexicans say) rolononon made by italo-venezuelan singer Franco de Vita is a great song and every person you know has heard it and probably has sung it con sentimiento, it’s a must for despechados whose ex broke up with them because another person.
The part that makes you cry like a baby:
“Sin embargo esperaba
Que te quedaras pero
El agua hay que dejarla correr
Mientras yo me tragaba palabras
Que no pude decir
Claro que se perder
No será la primera vez
Hoy te vas tu, mañana me iré yo
Seré un buen perdedor
El mundo no cambiará
Alguien sin duda ocupe tu lugar”
No te hago falta – Ana Gabriel
Mexican-chinese and (allegedly) lesbian queen Ana Gabriel is one of the most important artists in hispano-américa and like most of our iconic artists she sings about despecho and desamor, this song is powerful for the lyrics and her voice, it’s also a hit in karaokes.
The part that makes you cry:
“Yo no te hago falta, eso ya lo se
Ni ahora ni mañana siempre ha sido así
Busco una salida, yo no se que hacer
Estoy desesperada, voy a enloquecer
Yo no te hago falta ni antes ni después,
Tu no sientes nada, es triste saber”
Rata de dos patas – Paquita la del Barrio
This is Paquita’s most famous song, nada que hacer, every person and their mothers have heard this song, your primo metalero even knows it and probably has sang it, with passion, you can’t help it to sing it everytime you hear it because it’s that good and expresses all the hate you have against that bastard who broke your heart
The part that speaks to your soul:
“Maldita sanguijuela
Maldita cucaracha
Que infectas donde picas
Que hieres y que matas
Alimaña
Culebra ponzoñosa
Deshecho de la vida
Te odio y te desprecio”
El último Adiós - Paulina Rubio
This song isn’t sad at all so it’s for that time when you realize you were too good for that bastard so fuck him, even if thee begs you are not going to return, I don’t like la chica dorada that much but this song was a hit at the time and it’s so good for karaokes.
The part you sing with passion:
“Aunque vengas de rodillas
Y me implores y me pidas
Aunque vengas y me llores
Que te absuelva y te perdone
Aunque a mi me causes pena
He tirado tus cadenas
Y te dedico esta ranchera
Por ser el último adiós”
Amigo en el baño de Kany García
This ICONIC song was a hit because it talked about something we are not very open in latin-america: vibrators and female masturbation, yeah sometimes a vibrator is better than a man because it gives you pleasure and isn’t an asshole and at least makes you orgasm.
The best part:
“Que fui a una tienda
que lo que he comprado
me sirve mejor que el estar a tu lado
que dos baterías me han funcionado
mejor que tus besos y que tus abrazos
ya no diré yo más nunca te extraño
pues no me hacen falta ya más tus engaños
para dar migajas y hacerme más daño
mejor soy feliz
con mi amigo en el baño “
Pa'ti no estoy – Rosana
All my straight female Friends have sang this song after they break up, it’s like THE “empowering break up song” for them, it’s for when you are over your ex and you want to let go all the resentment you have against them but still show him he ain’t shit, a hit when you are reunited with your female friends and want to talk shit about men.
The part my friends sing con ganas:
“Yo Me voy a plantar al campo
O a la orilla, la marea
Deseo que todo te vaya de vicio
Me voy, ahí te quedas
Me voy a vivir tranquila
Sin pausa pero sin prisa
Deseo que todo te vaya de lujo
No espero visita
Así que no vayas
Que pa' ti no estoy
Yo pa' ti no estoy”
Honorable mentions:
Jesse & Joy- ¡Corre! (I don’t like this song but it was such a hit and everybody and their mothers here love it so it deserves a mention)
Me voy - Julieta Venegas
Mala gente de Juanes
Llueve por dentro – Luis Fonsi
Estoy Pensando - El Grupo Niche
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Natalia Kills' Album "Trouble" Turns 5 This Week!
𝙷𝙰𝙿𝙿𝚈 𝟻𝚃𝙷 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝚃𝙷𝙳𝙰𝚈  We sought JUSTICE for Teddy a while back, but one of the most underrated pop albums turned 5 this week on Sept. 3rd. From her electro/synthpop debut Perfectionist (2011) to the sophomore Trouble (2013), Natalia Kills aka Teddy Sinclair transitions into more hard hitting hip-hop beats and loud guitars. She delves into topics regarding her upbringing that molded her into the troublemaker she is, where instead of a 'rags to riches' story, it's 'penthouse to pavement'. As her story goes, the repo man came "one day, the police came and the next moment my father was in jail and absolutely everything we had was gone. My parents lost everything and to be honest to this day they still haven’t recovered. When I got older, I didn’t talk to either of them much because by then, I had given them all my money, I couldn’t help them anymore." This lead her to rocky teen years of failed gigs, bad record deals (hi Verbalicious!), and couch surfing at friend's places. Trouble is a classique among the niche pop community that recognizes Teddy's growth as an artist and songwriter since Perfectionist. From confessions to fun bops in between, here's a brief look back into the album with some quotes I've pulled from the legend herself.  |
1. Television
"Television" as well as "Saturday Night" are good summaries of the album's content. Everything from the dramatic soap opera-like intro, the colorful lyrics, to the bloody scream at the end that transitions to the second track's police sirens makes this a strong opener.
"I feel with this album… I'm confronting and marking down every bad thing, and making that into something important," she continues, "because all that bad stuff, it stays with you, it defines you, it changes you.
Whether it’s through strength or apprehension, through fear and hesitation or defiance and overcoming, it never leaves you. And I wanted to confront who I am and who I’ve been and everything that made me why I am how I am head-on -- and most of it's bad, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good music, good intentions, good entertainment, even."
2. Problem
This chaotic anthem had an even more grittier demo which I personally preferred.
Something about this song seemed close to be a cult hit when it was used in a shoe commercial and cameo'd in We're the Millers and Pitch Perfect 2. If you liked this song, her previous track "Break You Hard" off of Perfectionist is probably the next closest song she has to this sonically.
3. Stop Me
Another killer cut with tribal drums and a megaphone effect on her voice in the chorus, Natalia recollects the time when she went to Paris with a friend and caused some shameless trouble at a low point in her life.
"I put my high heels on so I'm closer to god"whew.
4. Boys Don't Cry
She already had a couple of one-night stand songs ("Not in Love" and "Nothing Lasts Forever") and "Boys Don't Cry" is another one of them. The kick-kick-kick-snare is heavily 60's Ronettes inspired, and the song's cheekiness is in the vein of her previous song "Kill My Boyfriend".
Now in the band Cruel Youth, Teddy looks back fondly on this song and "Outta Time" where she expressed her love for 60's music.
5. Daddy's Girl
Natalia once said she'd write letters to her dad while he was in prison, and this song has the same sentiment of keeping the bond while counting down 'seven years' until he's released.
"There’s a lyric in the song where I’m saying, 'Let them take it all the way / The sweet Rozay, the Cartier/ Stop the warden, call your name / I’d give you all my freedom, babe.' It’s basically like, I’d trade all of these luxurious things we’ve ever had just to have you come back to me. So that’s what the champagne and Rolex symbolizes on the cover."
6. Saturday Night
“Saturday Night is the soundtrack to my life. It’s strange because music and movies always portray being young as these invincible years of freedom, opportunity and love, but when I was a teenager I didn’t have any of that…I wanted to make a song and a video that showed how messed up youth can be— having no control, money or guidance.
Every time it felt like the world had ended and time had stopped, it seemed to just keep going no matter what. Time has no consideration for sadness…time doesn’t care about regrets or impatience…days and weeks go by and eventually you realise it’s all part of a cycle, it’s all just another Saturday night.”.
7. Devils Don't Fly
"Most of my songs start with a memory that will haunt me for a long time, until I’m brave or crazy enough to confront it and turn it into something permanent by acknowledging that it was real, because my songs are so personal, I almost always have to be alone when I write them.
Sometimes I’m in bed or at 5am on my kitchen floor, but I can’t go on until the song is finished. Then, I can look back at it all and see the past from a distance like looking at a beautiful sad painting that makes no sense, but you can’t help but look at it anyway.”
8. Outta Time
"For every boy who ever loved me and tried to save me."
9. Controversy
“A me-watching-you-watch-me-watch-you kind of thing.... “Controversy” is not even a song. It’s a list.
It was my observation of a twisted generation who doesn’t find anything twisted anymore. Growing up in the nineties, the TV’s your babysitter and the Internet is your school dance where you’ll meet all the boys or the fucking pedophiles or whatever. You know, instead of reading magazines and getting advice from your peers, it’s all full-exposure. I wanted to just list everything non-shocking that should be.”
10. Rabbit Hole
"My teenage years were spent trying to survive in London on my own and rebelling against the abnormality.
I tried to grow up too fast and create some stability, but I always got it wrong. I had left home, gotten in a horrible relationship, quit my job, run away to Paris, joined a cult, signed a bad record deal, been taken away in the back of police cars, tried to burn my house down and dreamed of ending it all. And I hadn’t even turned 18."
11. Watching You
12. Marlboro Lights
"My song ‘Marlboro Lights’, it is a song I wrote about being in love with someone who doesn’t love you back as much. Every time you have an argument, every time they walk out and they leave you there and you’re crying on the bedroom floor and you want to just die. You want to just jump off of the roof. You want to walk out in front of a bus. You’d do anything for a bullet. That kind of real emotional pain.
And just that one image of them maybe being with you again, the way they just touch your face or smoke their cigarette. That one thing that they do, the way they do it and no one else does it? If you could just have that moment once more, that’s why you don’t kill yourself and that’s why you don’t punish them and you don’t leave them and you let them come back every single time. You live for that moment."
13. Trouble
#JusticeForFeelMyself This song leaked online and didn't appear on the album. Originally the song had a sample of a freeze dance game from her childhood that added a nice little element to the song.
Natalia on the song: "I finished the album, but I kept making songs. So it leaked on to the internet. I have so many songs I recorded that haven’t leaked and will possibly be a part of my next album or maybe a repackaging, deluxe edition of Trouble. Once a week I make a couple of songs, I’m surprised the other ones didn’t leak as well. “Feel Myself” was a really fun song to make. It has this really playful and bitchy feeling to it.
"Finally I’m not looking for forgiveness, rather, I’m at a place where it means more to own up to all the wrong things I’ve done and to bring some kind of power to them. Sometimes there are no answers or antidotes.
I used to want to make all the bad stuff go away, but now I just want to look it dead in the eye and feel the full force of it. The point of writing Trouble is to turn the worst bits of my life into what will be the best ones.”
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ONTD Original: Female Rappers To Check Out
 I figured since Nicki's been canceled, Cardi should be canceled, Iggy canceled herself, and Azealia never was it's time to invested in some more female rappers. I know there are a shit ton of female rappers out at the moment, but many ONTDers don't know about them or more than likely ya'll don't listen to hip hop and just want to complain. I will admit that while I've heard of most of these ladies I don't listen to a ton of them. Let's change that together, today. I think all 50 or so ONTDers can band together and give these ladies a few streams. Spread the word to your twitter compadres. Rave about them on ATRL/OneHallyu/KTT/LSA (maybe not, cuz all those sites hate women). Maybe we can get one of these ladies on the Hot 100.  Rico Nasty I won't lie; I like trap music, so Rico Nasty speaks to me. In terms of women likely to blow up in the future Rico Nasty is next up. Her sound is very mainstream and she's gaining fame very fast.  Molly Brazy Molly Brazy is a trap rapper from the Motor City. Ms. Brazy takes influence from Nicki Minaj and her own hardships to create music that place her among the rap patheon.  Lizzo One of the more well known women on the list, Lizzo has been featured in mainstream publications and on here. She had a song her label was very obviously trying to push (Good As Hell), but it went nowhere. Still, that shows that they believe she can gain mainstream success, and she probably will.  CupcakkeYa'll (and twitter) love this girl. She ain't for me, but she seems like she's a sweetheart so keep doing the damn thing babygirl.  NonameNoname is a rapper and activist based out of Chicago. Another rapper with notoriety, Noname is a part of the same class of Chicago rappers as Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa. Unless the trap and Soundcloud eras of hip-hop let up then Noname probably won’t see too much Hot 100 success. That’s fine though, because she occupies a lane that will bring her commercial and critical success in the future.  070 ShakeA gay, Latina rapper from New Jersey. She’s more Soundcloud rap than trap or anything else. She’s signed to G.O.O.D Music; both Kanye and Pusha T saw her potential. Don’t let that dissuade you tho, I think she makes nice bops for the crowd who likes Lil Uzi Vert and crew (so me).  Tierra Whack She has the flow of a Thugga clone but the creativity that none of the clones (or their daddy) can touch. She artsy, and if ya'll like the artsy black girl aesthetic then she's the girl for you.  Princess Nokia She threw soup on that racist white man last year and kicked a white boy outta her show who disrespected her so that's enough reasons to stan. She put out a moody emo rock rap album earlier this year, so if you're into the whole Juice Wrld/Lil Peep sound then you might like that album. Her other stuff is good too, but is more regular rap than soundcloud rap.  Dreezy Idk what Dreezy's up to these days but she had a minor hit with Jeremih a couple of years ago called 'Body'. She makes good trap style music. Her voice isn't for everyone tho, she got a lot of shit for sounding like a little boy singing about sex. She can't help what she sounds like so I can’t make fun of her for that.  Dej Loaf She's from Detroit so I feel obligated to include her. Ms. Loaf of bread was poised to become a big rapper too (probably why her label is giving her more poppier sounding songs) and had two hits in the past, 'Try Me' and 'Back Up' with mild Detroit legend Big Sean. She still has the potential to blow up so don't sleep on her. She also has a great sense of personal style, but it looks like she wiped her Instagram recently so all of her lewks are gone. Other rappers to check out Saweetie, Jean Deaux, Asian Doll, Kash Doll, Cuban Doll, Bali Baby, BbyMutha, DreamDoll, Maliibu Miitch, Kari Faux, Kamaiyah, Junglepussy, Chynna, Dai Burger, Tink, Tommy Genesis, Qauy Dash, IAMDDB, Stefflon Don. Ontd, who are your favorite female rappers? Source |
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ONTD Original: Comparing/Contrasting BTVS: The Movie/Tv show
Having recently rewatched BTVS: The Movie I was compelled to compare/contrast what we know in the movie vs. the tv show! There were a lot of things that changed once Buffy was adapted for tv.
Buffy
Differences:
The Movie: Buffy has no last name. Buffy is in her senior year of high school when called to be The Vampire Slayer by Merrick. Hemrey High Stadium is kept in tact after Buffy defeats all the vampires.
Tv Show: Buffy is known as Buffy Summers. Buffy is in her sophomore year of high school when called to be The Vampire Slayer by Merrick. Buffy burns down Hemrey High Stadium in order to kill all the vampires inside.
Similarities:
In both universes Buffy is the most popular girl in her class and is known to be stuck up and basic at school. Both are cheerleaders at Hemerey.
Buffys Mom
Differences:
The Movie: Buffys mom has no given name in the film but she seems to be very superficial and doesnt seem to be that interested in her daughters life.
Tv show: Joyce is very much the average mom, very caring, and into her daughters life.
Similarities:
Both were married when Buffy was first called to be The Slayer.
The Watcher
Differences:
The Movie: Merrick has lived thousands of lives with his eternal duty to train the slayer until the day that Vampires no longer walk the Earth.
Tv Show: There is a whole council of Watchers whose lives are devoted to fighting the forces of evil. Since there is a council that has dated back centuries, there is no single watcher that watches over whichever Slayer is activated at the time. We meet Merrick very briefly but even those few seconds you can tell that he is nothing like his movie counterpart.
Similarities:
Merrick is the one to tell Buffy that she has been called to be The Chosen One and gives her first round of training.
Vampire Slayers
Differences:
The Movie: Slayers are born with a unique mole on a specific part of their body that allows The Watcher to notice them. They also have Vampire Like PMS, whenever a vampire is around they get cramps as their own unique spidey sense
Tv Show: Slayers are not born with any physical marks that are unique to them though The Watchers Council is able to identify Potentials through magic, girls who may be called once the current Slayer is dead. Some are trained since birth while others are not found until after they've been activated. Slayers don't have cramps when Vamps are around, they may be able to feel vamps after they are well acquainted with them but it is very less defined.
Similarities
They both follow the same lingo: Into Every Generation There is a Chosen One... blah blah blah
Both Buffys have prophetic dreams.
Vampires
Differences:
The Movie: Once someone is turned into a vampire their physical features change. They get bat like ears, fangs, and the ability to fly. Once a vampire is slayed, their bodies do not seem to shatter into a poof of dust. They just lay there like a normal corpse.
Tv Show: Vampires in the tv show are able to hide their true nature a lot easier, they keep their normal facial features until they are ready to reveal their true nature in which their force turns more vicious with different colored eyes, fangs, rigid forehead. They are not able to fly. Once slayed, Vampires turn to dust as to not leave any evidence of their bodies.
Similarities
Both have the same weakness to wood and holy water. While it isnt completely clear in the movie if you must drink a vampires blood to turn into a vampire we can assume that both must be near death and drink the vamps blood to be sired.
The Big Bad
Differences:
The Movie: Lotho is an ancient Vampire who has been killing Vampire Slayers for a millennia. He seems to hunt them down and is just rude.
Tv Show: From what we know in the tv show, Buffy doesnt seem to have had a big bad when she was first called. She just fought a bunch of vamps but once she gets to Sunnydale she faces The Master who is an ancient Vampire who has killed Vampire Slayers throughout history. He was stuck on The Hellmouth and needed The Slayers blood to finally release him.
Similarities:
Both Lotho and The Master command a group of vampires and have trusted generals. In the movie it was Amilyn who is a bit of a goof. In the tv show it is Darla and Luke.
Side fun fact:
Ben Affleck had a cameo in the movie! As did Ricki Lake.
Along with Hillary Swank who had a much bigger role as one of Buffys friends.
Seth Green had a cameo that was cut from the film as a vampire.
Source: Me + BTVS The Movie + BTVS Tv show
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