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About yesterday’s ending.... Night battles.....it can be hard to see at times. I prefer day battles. 😄

Taylor's top 3: Me!: 65.2 million Look What You Made Me Do: 43.2 million Bad Blood: 20.1

Rolling Stone: Taylor Swift’s ‘ME!’: What the Hell Is Going on Here?

Funny thing is, the video made think of the sitcom because there's a lot of attention to detail, a lot of inside stuff the fans will get, the call backs, and clues. It's more than just a video to the hardcores. LOL. It adds another element of it being a game, or a puzzle for us. She knows us. I love it! The "me-eeeee.......whoooo-whooo-whooo" is stuck in my mind. I really how I put the song with WANEGBT and Shake It off - lead singles that don't have the best lyrics, but they're catchy and fun. It's certainly a lot better than the previous lead single: LWYMMD (though the video is still my all time favourite of hers). One of my favourite parts is "Spelling it fun" because loves scrabble and won a spelling bee competition when she was younger. She's such a dork. LOL Yeah, the music production reminds me a bit of Shake It Off - I think it's the drum beats/marching band. Another production aspect I really like is the "And there's a lot of cool chicks out there" part - the voice is not as loud and there's a bit of distortion. The song was produced my Joel Little. I really like this work with Lorde. This is Taylor's first time working with him. It was also Taylor's first time working with Dave Meyers who co-directed the video with Taylor (her first). "‘ME!’ is a song about embracing your individuality and really celebrating it, and owning it. I think that with a pop song, we have the ability to get a melody stuck in people’s heads, and I want it to be one that makes them feel better about themselves."

Can't wait!! I'm very surprised we're getting new music this early. I'm just so used to the Big Machine Records schedule with a single in late summer and album release in the fall. But now she's with a new record label, things are already different. Promotional wise, I hope she's going to promote the album this time, unlike her last album. LOL. As a fan, of course I want to see more photoshoots, interviews (newspaper, magazines, tv shows) and performances. She barely did any promo for reputation. I don't think it'll be the massive promotional push that 1989 got though. I just want maybe 80% of that! If the fan theory based on this photo is correct, the new album will be somewhere in between county-pop (first 4 albums on the left) and pop (last 2 albums on the right). If it means she's going back to more guitars and drums, I might FINALLY get my pop-rock album that I've been waiting for. With all the pastels/colours/softness of her Instagram pictures, and her Elle Magazine piece (What I've Learned before turning 30*), it might suggest that the new album will have a lot happy songs and love songs. * Lesson 25: I remember people asking me, “What are you gonna write about if you ever get happy?” There’s a common misconception that artists have to be miserable in order to make good art, that art and suffering go hand in hand. I’m really grateful to have learned this isn’t true. Finding happiness and inspiration at the same time has been really cool. We'll find out in 5 days!

Really excited about those Canadian teens! 👏🙌 They might even make me pay attention to non Grand Slam tournaments. I’m still a bit sad about Genie Bouchard. She had it all for about a year but could never get back to that level. She was a marketer’s dream but she just couldn’t win matches.

Saw the Kerber "drama queen" comment. Talk about being a sore loser. She couldn't handle getting beat by an 18 year old twice in 6 days. Bianca had to retire today due to that injury. Guess she wasn't faking it, eh, Kerber.

Congrats to Andresscu! That was big for Canadian tennis - winning a premier tournament like this. This moment was awesome to see. It was so candid. We got to see her admit that she's struggling, but more importantly, we got to see how much she wanted to win. I've never seen it before. When did they allow coaches to talk their player? I always thought it was dumb that coaches weren't allowed to coach their players during the game. It was like out of a movie or TV show where a coach gives a good pep talk and the player/team goes out in wins. Bianca battled through injury, the heat, and losing 3 match points where she could've easily mentally shut down but she got through that. And she's only 18. What a fighter. On March 18, 2018, she was ranked 196. One year later she's ranked 24. Keep it up! "I want this so bad!" You know how inspiring that's going to be for people, especially those girls in Canada playing tennis?

Damn. Was hoping he’d recover from his stroke. 😥 Loved 90120 as a teen. RIP Luke.

Box Office: 'Green Book' Scores Biggest Post-Oscar Bump in 8 Years

Yeah, I agree with what you're saying, that ratings also depends the type of movies that are nominated, movies that general audiences will go see. Also, look at the release dates for those three big movies. BP: February 16. BR: November 2. ASIB: October 5. Lots of time for people to check out those movies. Oscars 2020: How Netflix Plans to Win Best Picture With Scorsese's Mob Drama

Really? That's ridiculous. How are people suppose to care about an awards show if they haven't seen those nominated movies? I think that also plays a factor in ratings. For me, I saw 4 out of the 8 Best Picture nominees, and 3 of them were in the last week before the Oscars.

I like the idea of movies from streaming companies having to spend a certain period of time (2 months maybe?) in the theatres, before moving them to their streaming platform, for it to be considered for the Oscars. Also, what about moving the Oscars (and other awards) back a month? It would give people more time to see more movies, especially those that are released just before the cut off date in December.

Just glad it wasn’t Black Panther.

Yes! Olivia Colman with the upset! Once again her speech was great and funny. I love her British kookiness and humour.

I haven't seen any of them. LOL @Faulkner I'll spoiler tag your post in case there's someone like me. I guess I'll watch for how that person gets there then.

@Faulkner Um.....is that major spoiler? I was planning on watching ASIB this weekend. 😬

Usually, there's 1-3 favourites who take the lead in the race after the guilds, but this year's Best Picture is so unpredictable. I'm kind of uncomfortable with Black Panther winning because it got shut out in all the major categories (writing, directing, acting). Does a movie deserve to win if they didn't even get one nomination on those categories? For me, it's a no. And in the technical categories, it didn't get a nomination for Best Film Editing or Cinematography which, IMO, are the two biggest technical awards. I agree with those who said if that you're gonna cut some categories, cut the shorts. I also like the idea of merging the sound editing and sound mixing. Here are my predictions: Best Picture: Roma Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón - Roma Best Actor: Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody Best Actress: Glenn Close- The Wife Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali - Green Book Best Supporting Actress: Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk Best Original Screenplay: Green Book – Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly Best Adapted Screenplay: BlacKkKlansman – Screenplay by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee Best Animated Feature Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Best Original Score: Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat Best Original Song: "Shallow" from A Star Is Born – Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt

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My girl. I follow her very closely, so these views aren't surprising. She is socially liberal. I thought the pressure on her to speak out was very unfair. I think people should speak out whenever they feel like it, not because pressure. I'm glad she spoke out in a respectful and articulate way. I knew I chose the right one to be all time favourite. Okay, back to lurking. PS. Fuck Kavanaugh. And other PS, thanks to everyone who posts links to news, or news from Twitter - this thread is my go to place for finding what's happening politically.

Congrats to Naomi being the first Japanese woman to win a grand slam. I didn't get to see the match but saw the highlights. The way Naomi plays, wow, I think she could be tennis' next big thing. I know it's just one grand slam, but I think she *could* be Serena's heir apparent. It really sucks that this win for her was overshadowed with controversy. I never understand why players can't get coaching - to have communication. Coaching is a big part of sports and I wish tennis would change this rule.

Djoker! Can't believe the big three are still going strong like this, when it was suppose to be done years ago. The next wave isn't here yet!

Wow, surprised Serena lost. I just caught the last game - I missed both matches today. I do like the idea of going to tie-breaks after 10-10 in the 5th set.

Finally!! Agreed that this Wimbledon 5th set rule is ridiculous. Gotta change it. Isner looks like Justin Hartley.

Well considering his career was supposed to be over years ago, what’s happening now, and in recent years, is a plus. Tennis players don’t usually last this long. If you were Roger you’d take the most money too. Can’t blame him for taking the deal. And when you’re the best, you’re going to get pimped. Look at Serena. The two GOATS deserve it and have earned it.