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Contact Points with Phyllis Hyman

One common element is a dramatic sense of style and being a late bloomer (Phyllis paid for hers).

#zawe ashton #phyllis hyman

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Shoot, Phyllis was my Beyonce and still is! Zawe’s resemblance to Phyllis is remarkable. And Zawe’s lip-syncing would be good, based on that Joyce Vincent portrayal. Her facial expressions and gestures were emotionally convincing and her own voice sounded pretty decent just under the track. And I always thought that if I could do T&Z TikToks, one would be to “The Sunshine in My Life,” mostly because of the individual shots of them with umbrellas and rain-shadowed shots from that “Betrayal” trailer.

This post inspires a musical tribute.

If they ever do a Phyllis Hyman biopic, they need to call Zawe.

#phyllis hyman #gone too soon #zawe ashton #dream roles

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It says it all. I freaking love this! 🥰

Just a nice Twitter post (I will never call it X…)

#zawe ashton #tom hiddleston #hash #glorious purpose

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Sometimes T-Shirts Come True

Choose wisely.

#zawe ashton #Pam Grier admiration

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When he touches his core like that he’s coming from deep within.

#tom hiddleston #missing the real ones in that moment 🥹

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A Blast from the Hash Past: Zawe on a Mission

The Betrayal era reveals a lot. You have to admire the resolve Zawe’s actions took, if not the logistics. This is a determined woman responding to the pull of the life force.

Zawe was spotted leaving her apartment carrying 2 large boxes as well as an overnight bag and some clothes. She quickly hailed a cab uptown and headed towards where Tom has been living during the broadway run - September 17, 2019 (x)

LMFAO can y’all imagine if these pics had come out back then?

#zawe ashton #pap pics #betrayal #hash

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Touch Grass Sunday: Maybe Try a Flyover

Sailing over grass isn’t as easy as it looks.

#animal #animals #funny #humor #meme #cute animals #baby animals

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Zawe Ashton attends the Miu Miu Literary Club during Milan Design Week at Circolo Filologico Milanese on April 17, 2024 in Milan, Italy.

#zawe ashton #zawe #miu miu #milan design week

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#zawe ashton #miu miu literary club

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Zawe in Milan.

Zawe at Milan Design Week 2024 (Miu Miu Literary Club) 💕

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His siren accent wasn’t bad, either.

Tom, in a perfect New York accent:

"Hey, Loki! Put your dog on a leash—it's after 9!" 👮 🛑

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A very important video on the money Glasgow made from the empire and especially Scotland role in the slave trade

#black history #black british history #black scottish history #uk politics #uk history #scottish history #the british empire #enslavement

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Ah, Nature: Snoop Knows Whaz Up

Plizzanet Earth needs to be for real! His is the most compelling nature voiceover heard since the estimable Benedict Cumberbatch struggled to pronounce penguins.

Plizzanet Earth with Snoop Dogg – Iguana vs. Snakes

#snoop dogg #jimmy kimmel #Plizzanet Earth

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Touch Grass Sunday: Run, If You Have To

Get to that grass by any means necessary.

#animals #giraffe #lion #escape

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And the portrayal of these connections and near misses are the swoon worthy elements. They make up the montage sequence of your movie’s opening.

Like I said zawe is lucky and Tom hiddleston is the best and hes sexy you need glasses

Ahhh them. I'm gonna answer this nicely in hopes of maybe helping with growth? Love isn't "luck". What is initially physically attractive to many? Is often determined by what society tells you is.

I've been fortunate enough to have lived long enough to see "beauty standards" change. I remember when people didn't want BBLs or curves. I've seen the cute TikToks where moms would show their teen daughters the "hot guys" from back in the day and the girls would just go "Eww!". Figuring out what you really want, or don't, often comes with experience; the variety of people you get to be around and care for in life, and how open you are. Often "pretty" people become ugly through their actions, vice versa, and everything in between...

It's a whole package thing. In my deep MCU days, Tom didn't cross my radar because he came off as feeding on the attention and fame. I mean he was cute back then but in a twinky way, IMO. Boyishness makes me want to mother you, not think you're hot. But for the younguns I get it. The housewives? My lip is curling up and I'm side-eyeing a bit... at least for back then. Plus his fandom came off like too many I've encountered that treat white men and their characters like they are infallible, but need protecting somehow?.... Again it added to that little boy sense of him. Since then, (in my parasocial speculations), he's acquired some wrinkles and wisdom and learned that what he thought he had in all that Hollywood attention, wasn't "real" and now he actually does seem attractive because he's a grown man, now. Now, it's if Gene WIlder and Lee Pace could have a middle-aged baby, it would be Tom. All those things that drew such a following back then came off as performative and people-pleasing to me. The lack of boundaries, the talking over people, and going on and on... My grandma would have said he was smelling his upper lip. He was academically intelligent but often came off as socially naive, IMO, and I think most could infer the most naive stumbles he made in that era...*ahem* Zawe was one of many Black women from before I knew of Tom who I rooted for in the industry. ... Many of whom, you don't see much anymore, sadly. But the difference in their journey IMO & her accomplishments w/o the money, gender, and racial privileges her partner has, says a lot about the kind of character Zawe possesses. Again, parasocial! ... but I see a man who encountered a grown woman not enamored by or deeply entangled in the industry but had carved out her own path despite lacking all those things the industry demands you have to have, to succeed. A smart person would be impressed by that and her authentic kindness, sense of humor, intelligence, and joy in what she does...on top of being what he likes physically (we not gonna act like that man does not always ping or have the best onset chemistry when a leggy woman is around).

He's a leg-locked king (apologies or you're welcome for the imagery). He seems to be a gentleman and Zawe is not one of his little fangirls. They come across as equally enamored, and grown, and I would like to think they have a healthy loving partnership. Which makes them both extremely lucky.

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And since we’re letting our hair down . . .

I have to admit I had seen at least two Tom Hiddleston movies and he didn’t stick with me (maybe because he had such a small part in Nicholas Nickelby and because I had the flu [as it turned out] when seeing King Kong: Skull Island). From there, I had a vague awareness of him through osmosis and the background noise of everyday media. I have come to appreciate him somewhat more personally and professionally, but spend most of the time strictly focused on him and Zawe as a couple who navigate their own course.

I only got into this fandom because of a lifetime supporting artists who are people of color and are treated as occupying lesser plain in the public eye. So when I read about T&Z, looked up more stuff about them, and fell in love with the audacity of it all and fell in love with their love. And it struck me that while observing this relationship, mostly only at its surface, I got intrigued with the idea of peeling back the public facade. IMO, their Betrayal era yielded the most depth of detail about them so far. So I caught up quite bit on their careers and interviews and such because I think their love story is cinematic.

From my parasocial perch, I think about how they would “bump into each other” as acquaintances, even finding themselves randomly seated together at a play. It’s all a captivating, romantic story. And when I start feeling what I need to do is cover a wall with their images and some tidbits on stickees and some pins and yarn to make connections, I get out and touch grass.

As I said from the beginning, paraphrasing that old Fred-and-Ginger quote—“He gave her class and she gave him sex appeal, or vice versa.” Those two have a certain indefinable chemistry. It’s cerebral and physical. It’s dorky and sophisticated. Who could make this up? They just feel right together. And we’re lucky to have these rare birds show us how grownups conduct their lives.

Like I said zawe is lucky and Tom hiddleston is the best and hes sexy you need glasses

Ahhh them. I'm gonna answer this nicely in hopes of maybe helping with growth? Love isn't "luck". What is initially physically attractive to many? Is often determined by what society tells you is.

I've been fortunate enough to have lived long enough to see "beauty standards" change. I remember when people didn't want BBLs or curves. I've seen the cute TikToks where moms would show their teen daughters the "hot guys" from back in the day and the girls would just go "Eww!". Figuring out what you really want, or don't, often comes with experience; the variety of people you get to be around and care for in life, and how open you are. Often "pretty" people become ugly through their actions, vice versa, and everything in between...

It's a whole package thing. In my deep MCU days, Tom didn't cross my radar because he came off as feeding on the attention and fame. I mean he was cute back then but in a twinky way, IMO. Boyishness makes me want to mother you, not think you're hot. But for the younguns I get it. The housewives? My lip is curling up and I'm side-eyeing a bit... at least for back then. Plus his fandom came off like too many I've encountered that treat white men and their characters like they are infallible, but need protecting somehow?.... Again it added to that little boy sense of him. Since then, (in my parasocial speculations), he's acquired some wrinkles and wisdom and learned that what he thought he had in all that Hollywood attention, wasn't "real" and now he actually does seem attractive because he's a grown man, now. Now, it's if Gene WIlder and Lee Pace could have a middle-aged baby, it would be Tom. All those things that drew such a following back then came off as performative and people-pleasing to me. The lack of boundaries, the talking over people, and going on and on... My grandma would have said he was smelling his upper lip. He was academically intelligent but often came off as socially naive, IMO, and I think most could infer the most naive stumbles he made in that era...*ahem* Zawe was one of many Black women from before I knew of Tom who I rooted for in the industry. ... Many of whom, you don't see much anymore, sadly. But the difference in their journey IMO & her accomplishments w/o the money, gender, and racial privileges her partner has, says a lot about the kind of character Zawe possesses. Again, parasocial! ... but I see a man who encountered a grown woman not enamored by or deeply entangled in the industry but had carved out her own path despite lacking all those things the industry demands you have to have, to succeed. A smart person would be impressed by that and her authentic kindness, sense of humor, intelligence, and joy in what she does...on top of being what he likes physically (we not gonna act like that man does not always ping or have the best onset chemistry when a leggy woman is around).

He's a leg-locked king (apologies or you're welcome for the imagery). He seems to be a gentleman and Zawe is not one of his little fangirls. They come across as equally enamored, and grown, and I would like to think they have a healthy loving partnership. Which makes them both extremely lucky.