OG Daario Naharis quits Hellboy
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Last week, Ed Skrein—best known as Game of Thrones’ OG Daario Naharis and the “Posh Spice” badguy in Deadpool—was cast in the Hellboy reboot in the works with David Harbour. Full Story
Harry & Meghan: home on the train
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As you know, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have spent much of the month on holiday, starting in Botswana on her birthday August 4th and ending in Zambia at Victoria Falls Full Story
Dear Gossips,
It could be 18 months. The wait could be as much as a year and a half before we get to the final season of Game Of Thrones. This is terrifying to me. Who will I be in 18 months? Who will we be in 18 months? This is melodramatic, no doubt. Read Full Intro
What Else?
When we lived in Vancouver, we used to walk our dogs in the trails and often there would be horses. Most of the trails are off-leash so we’d let our dogs roam. Nothing freaks our dogs out more than horses. Barney took off after seeing a horse once and it took him 10 minutes to come back and find my scent, but only after I hit up a trail where the horses hadn’t been. Full Story
Show Your Work: Taylor Swift is The Matrix
Taylor Swift has been breaking all kinds of records with Look What You Made Me Do – on iTunes, on YouTube, on Spotify. So while the song may not be a hit with critics, it’s undeniable that she’s one of the most powerful forces in music. Full Story
Smutty Social Media, August 28, 2017
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Jamie Foxx and Olivia Munn are best friends? So does that mean she’s met Katie Holmes – has she hung out with them? Been friends for 8 years now. Lucky to have him as a big brother 👊💥 @iamjamiefoxx #aboutlastnight #mayweathermcgregor Full Story
Katy Perry, the frustration
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As I mentioned in today’s open, I only watched the opening hour of the MTV VMAs because Game Of Thrones. Pretty sure I didn’t need to watch the rest of the VMAs though to get a sense of how Katy Perry performed as the host of the show. Full Story
Taylor Swift vs Taylor Swifts
Many of the world’s most famous popstars have practised reinvention. Some reinventions are more clever and more memorable than others. Back in 1990, George Michael burned his leather jacket, his guitar, and his jukebox in Freedom 90 video. He was torching the symbols that he created. And he did it without showing his own face, like the ultimate erasure of a previous identity. Full Story
Game Of Thrones: the limits of loyalty
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All that’s left of Game Of Thrones now is 6 super-sized episodes coming… no time soon. What needs to be accomplished in those remaining episodes is, obviously, figuring out whether or not the wheel will be broken, how secret identities might tear lovers apart, and, yes, dealing with the dead army and the Night King. Full Story
Pink: VMAs best speech
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The last time I wrote about Pink, I made it very clear that I didn’t think she deserved to win MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, especially when music video visionary Missy Elliott has yet to receive this honour. Full Story
Kendrick so Lit
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The VMAs opened with Kendrick Lamar. For the first hour of the show, the literal flames in Kendrick’s performance were the only light in a sea of cringeworthy moments and secondhand embarrassment. Full Story
