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SMH at CNN.

Re: Brittany Snow (ex-Daisy, GL):

He’s so adorable. I love him.

Sveta’s comments are very interesting. Clearly, Garbiñe and Sam built some success with two Grand Slam titles under that partnership, but something about that relationship is no longer serving Garbiñe very well. She seems... troubled, both on and off court.

The new showrunner says she plans to make the revival more Latina (because Los Angeles, duh) and “less cis” with trans actors playing trans characters.

Meanwhile, Sabalenka’s been hacked on Instagram.

Incredible shot.

Ok thanks. I apologize. I do recommend watching the older versions.

I’ll say nothing. 😑 This is an interesting piece that suggests how Black Panther might prevail in the night’s biggest category without the nominations that usually accompany a Best Picture winner.

ASIB

That Donald Freakin’ Sutherland hasn’t been nominated is shameful. Basically the whole Ordinary People cast was nominated that year except him. Sam Rockwell was snubbed year after year, and then he was nominated for Three Billboards and won his first time out. Now they’ll name-check him anytime he sneezes in a movie.

An interesting thread of active actors who’ve never been Oscar-nominated, which puts the whole Glenn Close/Amy Adams “overdue” narratives in some perspective (in that at least they were invited to the party, not that they aren’t deserving). Donald Sutherland Jamie Lee Curtis Ewan McGregor Cillian Murphy Guy Pearce Thandie Newton Bill Nighy Idris Elba Brendan Gleeson Michael Sheen Steve Buscemi John Goodman Jim Carrey James McAvoy Kevin Bacon John Cusack Robin Wright Kirsten Dunst

The Rio matches look insane.

She’s getting roasted in her mentions.

Yeah, I’m betting they open with Queen.

Wow. If that’s real, why is Stefanos blowing up girl’s spot like that? Speaking of Naomi:

A lot of the foreign soaps (which air in primetime or early evening) have had amazing promos with high production values. EastEnders has had quite a few great ones over the years. A U.S. soap would never had the budget or the promo time allotted (no corporate ads on the BBC) for something like these (and it’s much easier to license popular music in the U.K.). I don’t watch EE so I have no clue if the stories were any good.