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First off i highly recommend the Lily gold books they are why choose

Each book of hers had an extra 3 chapters in an epilogue type book .

- Faking with benefits

WANTED: Three fake boyfriends. Must be tall, ripped — and willing to teach me how to kiss.

My name is Layla Thompson, and I am undateable.

Seriously. I’m twenty-eight and I’ve never had a boyfriend. And with my thirties rapidly approaching, I’m starting to lose patience.

Lucky for me, I have three overprotective best friends who are all-too-eager to help hone my dating skills.

There’s Zack, the huge rugby player with the cheeky grin and rippling biceps.

Josh, the boy-next-door with the sculpted jaw and calculating stare.

And Luke, the silver-haired divorcee… who also happens to be my old professor.

After a bad date leaves me crying on their shoulders, the three men are determined to help me find a guy. Together, they agree to be my ‘practice boyfriends’, and come up with a lesson plan packed with fake dates, make out sessions, and classes on flirty texting. In return, I just have to make an appearance on their relationship advice podcast once a week. Easy.

But as my lessons become more and more intense, we soon find ourselves getting in too deep. Every stomach-fluttering touch lingers a little too long, and every molten kiss ends in fireworks. It’s not long before I realise that their friendship isn’t enough for me anymore. I want more.

The guys have been teaching me how to get a boyfriend, and now it’s time I put their lessons to the test.

Three times over.

Faking With Benefits is a sizzling fake dating romance featuring multiple love interests, tons of molten fake relationship heat, and a whole lot of heart. No cheating, and an ultra-sweet HEA guaranteed!

- Nanny for the neighbors

‘To the boys in apartment 5A. Congratulations. You have a kid.’

That’s what the note attached to the abandoned baby carrier says. And now my three gorgeous neighbors are in deep trouble. None of them have a clue how to look after the baby that’s been left on their doorstep.

Luckily, there’s a nanny in the building. I can barely believe my eyes when the sizzling boys next door come knocking for my help. The truth is, I’ve been secretly crushing on the guys in 5A for years—and now I finally have an excuse to meet them all.

There’s Jack, the sweet, nerdy game designer with the infectious smile.

Cyrus, the flirty dancer whose smooth moves melt my brain into goo.

And Sebastian, the ripped businessman with the smoldering stare.

Every day, I go to their apartment to take care of the baby.

And every night, they take care of me. It doesn’t take long for our arrangement to get steamy. Soon, I’m falling for all three of them.

It’s a dangerous game. These men are my bosses, not my boyfriends, and I’ve already told them that romance isn’t in the cards. But every molten look and stomach-fluttering kiss is making it harder for me to stay strong. And when work threatens to tear our fragile family apart, one thing becomes very clear:

I’m sick of being the girl next door.

It’s time this nanny got a promotion.

Nanny for the Neighbors is a full-length reverse harem romance featuring beautiful men, scorching drama, and tons of found family sweetness. No cheating, and an ultra-cute HEA guaranteed!

- Triple duty bodyguards

One celebrity diva in trouble. Three overprotective bodyguards determined to keep her safe.

As one of the world’s most hated celebrities, I’m used to unwanted attention. But when I wake up one morning to find a mysterious man has broken into my house, I know I need security, fast. Enter “The Angels”, my three ex-military bodyguards:

Glen, the Scottish sweetheart with the scarred face and gentle hands.

Kenta, the long-haired soldier with the tattooed skin and secretive smile.

And Matt, the blue-eyed, bad-tempered leader haunted by his military past.

Having three gorgeous men guarding me 24-7 sounds like a dream come true, but it turns out to be a nightmare. They’re always here, watching me. Caring for me. Protecting me. They tell me to ignore them and go about my business, but I can’t even think with them so close. The spark is too intense.

On top of that, we don’t get on. They think I’m a demanding diva. I think they’re overdramatic. When a trip to America sends the guys’ protective instincts into overdrive, the sizzling tension between us finally breaks, and I learn my bodyguards’ biggest secret: they want me.

All three of them.

Meanwhile, my stalker’s behaviour is becoming more and more alarming. He’s photographing me through windows and following me in the shadows. With the premiere for my next movie coming up, will my three bodyguards be able to keep me safe from his clutches? Or will my terrifying pursuer finally get his deadly way?

Triple-Duty Bodyguards is a full-length military romance featuring multiple love interests, stomach-fluttering suspense, and smoldering romance. No cheating, and an ultra-sweet HEA guaranteed!

- Three Swedish mountain men

Three ripped, gorgeous men. One secluded Swedish mountain cabin. It looks like my vacation is about to heat up…

After my ex-boyfriend makes me the target of a cruel online hate campaign, I know I have to get away. The last thing I expect on my trip to Sweden is a moose standing in the middle of the road — or the mysterious, bearded ranger who pulls me from my wrecked car.

Now a storm’s brewing, and I’m being carried into a secluded mountain cabin by a Nordic God rippling with muscle. Inside, I’m greeted by three sizzling-hot Swedish mountain men:

Riven, the cool, collected doctor with the muscled arms and the impeccable bedside manner.

Eli, the flirty ski instructor with the charming smile and dimples I’m dying to kiss.

And Cole, the rugged blonde ranger with the ice-blue eyes and a hammer to rival Thor.

Trapped inside the cabin, we only have the roaring fire—and each other—to keep warm. And things heat up fast. These men look like Gods, kiss like angels, and best of all, they love sharing me. It feels too good to be true.

But I’m not who I say I am. When my mountain men find out my true identity, will they be able to forgive my lies and love the real me? Or will my painful secret shatter our relationship to pieces?

THREE SWEDISH MOUNTAIN MEN is a scorching stand-alone reverse harem romance, filled with love, adventure, and three sinfully gorgeous heroes. No cliffhanger, no cheating, and HEA guaranteed!

#Lily gold #bookworm #book review #books #books & libraries

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spoilertv · 10 months

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#SpoilerTV

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etherealnoir · 2 years

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okay so…….fave white guy: cary grant

(if it has to be a white guy thats still alive lol, then fave white guy: luke thompson (he’s on that bridgerton show))

LOL it doesn’t have to be a white guy that’s still alive.

Let’s see…what about Mr. Grant

In terms of Vintage White Guys he’s not really someone that shows up on my radar that often. I’m sorry I don’t have much in the vein of commentary, because I don’t know ANYTHING about him. Maybe I need to watch a couple of his movies.

Yikes, I Don’t See The Appeal || Not My Type || He’s Alright || I See The Appeal But I’m Different™ || Cute But On Alternating Wednesdays || He Has A Kind Face And That’s Good Enough || Pretty || Gorgeous || I— I Love? We Don’t Deserve Him.

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Luke Thompson…what to say about him? Is his character a Rake? I get that vibe from his face. Another guy that looks aggressively British to me. This is another person I don’t know much about because I’ve never seen Bridgerton and I don’t really know much about the men in the cast. Is he one of the major players in future installments? Will he have a solo season?

Is his character gay?

#najas asks

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yespolkadotkitty · 5 years

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National Treasure

A ridiculous one shot I wrote after being dragged down the rabbit hole by my pals @hopelessromanticspoonie and @just-the-hiddles.

*****

“Okay, let’s take a break from this segment. Y/N, can you do a tea run?”

“Sure.” You took the moment to stretch, assessing that with all the crew members you’d need an extra pair of hands. “I’ll just do a recce.”

It was the final day of filming for a new series of adverts for the National Trust. They wanted to pitch their viewing at a newer, cooler audience, and they’d enlisted a whole load of famous British faces to speak on behalf of the places the NT looked after - “forever, for everyone.”

You were a fan. Especially of this place. You were currently filming at Stourhead, the home of the first ever Palldian villa to be built in the UK. The villa sat, the gem in an estate that included a tranquil lake complete with secluded grotto and statues, and a wishing fountain. When you arrived, some of the other runners had taken turns with you to toss coins into the fountain, making wishes.

You fished your notepad from the back pocket of your jeans and drew the pen from where you’d tucked it into your ponytail. Sexy it might not be, but having a pen there was beyond handy.

“Don’t forget Tom. He’s in the Grotto,” your colleague called as you started off.

The team were spread out. It was going to be a long recce and an even longer trip to get tea, you thought, but you didn’t mind. The day was sunny but a cool breeze ensured tempers hadn’t frayed, which could happen on a long day of filming.

So far the NT had filmed Benedict Cumberbatch at Trelissick Gardens, Luke Evans at Dyrham Park, Emma Thompson at Treasurer’s House, and Dame Judi Dench at Dartington Hall.

The NT had planned for Tom to film his segment in London, at Osterley Park, but filming clashes with the BBC had meant that Stourhead was closer for him.

He’d been friendly and warm when you’d met, and a little tingle of awareness had zinged up your arm when he’d shaken your hand, those summer sky blue eyes meeting yours and holding for a hot second.

You had shaken it off though, ever the consummate professional. Of course you felt a zing. You’d have to be dead not to.

The cool September breeze ruffled the ends of your ponytail as you picked your way down the steps to the Grotto. A gorgeous surprise to visitors who walked around the lake, the Grotto held two marble statues and the bubble of fresh, running stream water. In one of the pools, koi carp swam, delighting all who saw them, especially young children.

The Grotto was habitually slippery due to the springwater that sometimes bubbled over, and you were always careful. You wore work boots on site to protect yourself from any slips. Even so, your toe caught on one stony outcrop and for a second, you were flailing in mid air.

“Got you.”

You looked up into Tom’s stormy blue eyes. His arms encircled you, the springy curls on his head messy at the top, like he’d been running his hands through them. The corner of his mouth tipped up. You settled your hands on his shoulders, the material of the tweed jacket he wore soft under your palms. He’d really gone for the “country pile” look - tweed, a button down white shirt, jeans and Barbour boots.

“Thanks,” you breathed. “Bit slippery, here.”

He set you down safely. “Pleasure’s mine.”

You looked around, never tiring of the beauty of your home county, and proud that the National Trust worked to conserve green places like this. Secret places, where imagination and nature dreamed hand in hand.

“I love it here,” you said, without thinking, turning a circle to admire the statues and the stony walls, the shadows cast by trees and plants overhead.

“Hard to believe the world is out there, isn’t it? One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”

“Shakespeare?”

He rubbed his cheek, looking embarrassed. “How did you know?”

“I, ah, came to see if you wanted some refreshment. Before we start again.”

His gaze held yours and you saw it. A flicker of naughty in his eyes. “What did you have in mind?”

Your mouth went dry as he moved closer to you, boxing you in against the slick wall of the Grotto. The stone was cool against your back, through your thin black shirt. He smelled fresh, citrussy with just a hint of bergamot and the tang of coffee.

“I’ve thought about this all day,” he murmured, his mouth lowering to yours.

Your heart lurched. “Seriously?”

Your voice came out a squeak, but he didn’t seem to notice.

“The way you bite your lip when you’re thinking. The way your hair sways with your hips when you walk.”

He hadn’t even touched you yet and you were melting inside.

Swallowing your gasp, his lips moved over yours. He was as fantastic a kisser as you’d imagined when you’d watched him kiss Kate in The Hollow Crown, later retiring to bed to indulge in a fantasy only your vibrator had been able to help you complete.

Your pulse raced as his tongue danced with yours, and of their own volition your arms slipped around his neck. You let your fingers tangle in the hair at the nape of his neck, and in response he yanked you closer. All coherent thought left your mind as you felt the length of him hard against your lower belly. Yes.

You groan his name as he nips at your lips. As you wriggle against him, trying to get closer still, Tom slides his hands under you and boosts you up against the uneven, stony wall. Its edges go unnoticed by you as you wrap your legs around his waist. His stubble scrapes your skin and it electrifies his kiss, every nerve ending coming alive in a burst of heat and fire.

“Y/N! Where are you?”

You both jump at the shout from your colleague. Tom meets your gaze and looks guilty, but happy.

“I’ve delayed you.”

“And look how hard I’m fighting to get free,” you tease.

He brushes another kiss over your mouth, tender from his attention. “I’m staying at the B&B down the road. Come see me, later?”

You nod and hop down from his arms to attend to the tea run.

Later, during filming, he sends you a wink as the make up artist finishes fussing with him. Your cheeks heat and you know that after you wrap, you’ll be doing a lot more than drinking tea together.

OK, it’s not a tweed jacket, but I’m limited to what’s on the internet.

Disclaimer: There are no koi carp at Stourhead. I just think they’re awesome.

#imagine tom hiddleston #imagine #fic #light smut #fluff

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moviemeetsmind · 4 years

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film review: “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) * * *

starring Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Emma Watson, Emma Thompson, Ian McKellen, Gugu Mbatha-Raw directed by Bill Condon

You are probably familiar with the fairy tale that has been told and retold so many times before. A young, smart, beautiful maiden whose love turns a beast into a prince. My favorite version is the (animated) Disney one and I think the one by Jean Cocteau (1946) has its charme, too.

I was very sceptical of this movie when it first came out and was heavily advertised. You see, Disney isn't exactly good at live remakes. The only good one I can think of is Maleficent, as for the rest – eh. Not so much.

I must admit, I was positively surprised. It's far from perfect but it has a nice flow and of course stunning visuals. The costumes were gorgeous and the acting decent (I especially liked Dan Stevens, Luke Evans and Josh Gad).

Why do I give it three stars then? Well, unfortunately, the film's biggest weakness was the main actress. Emma Watson might be cute but she simply can't act. Her acting reminded me of Miley Cyrus in her first episode of Hannah Montana. Not facial expressions but grimaces and lines that are delivered like a studied poem. The worst scene was probably the musical number "Be Our Guest". I get it, you sit there before a green screen and don't see a spectacular musical number. But girl, please, use your imagination like other actors do! But no, we get again a bland, expressionless face.

To sum it up: If you can successfully ignore Watson's lack of acting and just focus on the other actors and settings, you're in for a decently good time. But I really hope that this live remake craze will stop soon.

#film review #beauty and the beast #dan stevens #josh gad #live remake #disney #movie #movies

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bakerlooandbeyond · 5 years

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Great Scott! The man's on fire:

Present Laughter | The Old Vic, London : 28 June 2019

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Verdict: Andrew Scott sets fire to Noel Coward

by Patrick Marmion for the Daily Mail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7190745/Present-Laughter-Old-Vic-London-Great-Scott-mans-fire.html

Anyone who thinks Andrew Scott is good on telly had better see if there are any tickets left at the Old Vic.

Great as he was as Moriarty opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock, and magnetic as he was playing the fit young priest opposite Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag, he’s even better on stage.

What you don’t get on screen is the improvisation. Scott knows exactly how to work his audience. At this week’s opening night of Noel Coward’s 1942 comedy he almost shot us a wink, and set the house ablaze. If he tries it again, they’ll have to call the fire brigade.

As Coward’s overwrought and oversexed thespian Garry Essendine — a self-portrait by Coward mocking his own grandiosity and sexual peccadilloes — Scott gives a positively incendiary turn.

The big change, though, is that Matthew Warchus’s clockwork production turns the play into a gay comedy, giving Garry two male suitors…

Warchus may think Coward would approve, because he was gay himself. I think he might have found it too obvious, and anyway, it’s not what he wrote.

Coward valued irony, evasiveness and poise over social crusading, and says as much throughout the play — especially in the character of a deliciously idiotic young playwright (Luke Thallon).

There’s also a slight coarsening of the tone, with Scott sometimes melting down like Basil Fawlty.

Should we worry about this? Scott’s fans won’t. I imagine they will be prepared to walk over red hot coals to see him in the flesh. And they won’t be disappointed. The Dublin-born actor dishes up plenty of ham as he sees off a female admirer: all gushing histrionics, wrist pressed to his forehead.

At other times he’s sulky, sly and acid with a laser gaze. But as the plot escalates it’s face in hands, fingers running through hair and arms flung into a crucifix. And there’s plenty of pirouetting, too — in a whole range of floaty fabrics. The more carried away he gets, the more he sounds like Graham Norton — and the bigger the laughs.

But when he smooches the thick-voiced, indecently handsome Enzo Cilenti, as his Javier Bardem-lookalike Latin lover, the huge Old Vic suddenly becomes silent.

Can Coward’s soda-siphon comedy take such earnestness? I’m not sure. It makes Scott seem more vulnerable — and makes us take him more seriously. But rest easy: we’re soon back into the ding-dong, door-banging mayhem.

Migraine sufferers should be warned: Rob Howell’s staging is unmerciful on the eye. It’s a spread-eagle Art Deco edifice in bright speckled blue with fan windows and chintzy decoration. Along with pop ranging from The Doors to The Shirelles, the idea must be to jar us out of our cosy expectations.

Coward’s trademark silk dressing-gowns are openly ridiculed as the production declares itself thoroughly now and metropolitan.

Scott even drinks straight from a bottle. Horrors!

And if Indira Varma (Luther and Game Of Thrones), as Garry’s wife, adds Cowardian elegance and froideur in a range of swish and stylish outfits, Sophie Thompson maintains the eccentricity with a Jean Brodie-ish turn as Garry’s secretary.

Still, gorgeous and colourful as the supporting acting is, the show belongs to Scott. He eats it alive — and has the audience for dessert.

#review #andrew scott #the old vic #noel coward

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novelconcepts · 5 years

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My ideal Star Wars movie, as decided yesterday while crawling toward five o’clock at work:

I’ll be casting a huge handful of my faves. I’m sure they’ll all be very on board just as soon as they’ve heard my pitch. It’s going to be a gorgeous adventure.

So we’ve got Our Heroes: a stars-in-her-eyes Jedi history buff, played by the glorious Tessa Thompson, and her childhood best friend—mouthy and jaded and utterly uninterested in hokey religions Gina Rodriguez. They’ve never been off-planet, though Gina spends most of her time inspecting star charts for The Inevitable Day when she’s finally able to kick the giant-cow-alien herding lifestyle for a world of Wonder and Glory. Tessa is on board for the adventure of a lifetime, just so long as she’s allowed to visit all the places Jedi once roamed (old temples, battlegrounds, Places Luke Skywalker Once Sneezed—the whole drill).

Everything changes when the fire nation attacks when Tessa’s brother (played by Michael B. Jordan)—who has recently gone off-world for the first time to join the Honor Guard of the Galaxy (the new-age rebel faction)—gets a missive out requesting aid. They’ve been trapped! They need a calvary! Their home planet was the only one within messaging range! Who cares, details, all you need is a spark, etc.

Tessa easily convinces Gina it’s time to go, with one small problem—we lack a ship! Every first Star Wars needs a good cantina sequence, so off we go to find the one and only bar on this Planet of Chill Shepherds, where we will meet our fabulous crew of Space Pirates, starring:

Lupine Nyong’o as the charming Force-sensitive captain, because I am personally insulted they put her in a Star Wars movie and didn’t let us see her face

Kristen Stewart as the James Dean fighter pilot, because let’s be honest, Kristen Stewart isn’t playing enough characters that let her wear leather jackets, drop one-liners, and flirt with ladies

Ellen Page as the scrappy weapons specialist with the softest of squishy hearts, who has been low-key in love with Kristen since they picked her out of a bar brawl on a planet far far away (but as they’re Too Close, would never admit it)

Off we go on a glorious rescue mission (act 1) culminating in coming Face to Face with the resident Big Bad of the new Empire-figure—Emma Thompson, who is granted the most luxurious cloak she could possibly desire and full rights to her own makeup (does she want to be aristocratic? Darth Maul scary? wear a Chewbacca mask? Emma Thompson gets what Emma Thompson wants). She is, at all times, flanked by her Left Hand (a terrifyingly speedy lightsaber master played by Anna Kendrick, because my life is incomplete without Anna Kendrick getting solid fight scenes for no reason at all) and her Right Hand (Keira Knightley, an expert tactician who has been nursing Secret Second Thoughts about this whole ruling the galaxy situation for a hot minute now).

A brief battle ensues, with Tessa narrowly escaping a Harrowing Attack thanks to the Force (she will be VERY excited about this later, which will annoy Gina to no end, and delight the shit out of Lupita). They manage to reach the Honor Guard team, which currently consists of Michael (insert adorable sibling reunion here), Gemma Chan, and Jamie Chung. Madcap spaceship escape takes place, and everyone rejoices until—drumroll—Nyong’o discovers A STOWAWAY in the form of Knightley.

Important features for the rest of the series:

Keira has a Zuko-esque Road to Redemption arc, which is far more palatable as A) they do not give her an easy time of it, and B) she hasn’t actually murdered anyone or been jazzed about helping Emma all this time (“Keira! I am your MOTHER!” can come at the end of film 1 or in film 2, depending on highest emotional heartstring likelihood—perhaps not a surprise so much as Pure Rage on Emma’s part)

After an appropriate amount of groveling/distrust/helping save their lives, she sloooowly breaks down Tessa’s barriers. A love story for the ages, because there’s no, like…rampant manipulation and abuse.

Gina finds herself falling for Badass Captain Lupita, because who wouldn’t, but also UGH SHE’S INTO THIS FORCE SHIT HAVEN’T I ALREADY SUFFERED ENOUGH

Ellen and Kristen slow-burn full of longing looks and pangs of jealousy as Kristen is learning not to flirt with everyone who crosses her path. Bonus points for a Steamy Patch-Up sequence after Ellen is injured saving all their asses somehow (probably in film 2).

We all end up back on Shepherd planet for a brief refuel, including a pleasant dinner with Gina’s uncle (Lin Manuel Miranda) and his husband (Manny Jacinto)—until UH OH the Baddies are setting off our Invisible Alien-Cow-Keeping Fence Alarms, you have to all go NOW (there’s a lovely underground tunnel for just such an escape because….black-market cow feed reasons)

A terribly brief, but utterly delightful sequence in which Anna Kendrick With The Loosest Hold On Her Temper Imaginable contends with Lin and Manny’s neighbor, Chris Evans, going out of his way to be sweet as pie and as distracting as humanly possible. If any other straight white boys exist in this trilogy, I have not yet cast them, but I suspect they will largely get to be aliens and droids, because…it’s their turn.

Thandie Newton as the Head of the Honor Guard, because god-dammit, she did not get enough screen-time in Solo.

Many many badass battles, one of the Most Hardcore of which is Ellen Page v. Anna Kendrick (Smol v. Smol, lightsaber duel—have not decided who wins or at what point, but this is likely what triggers the Steamy Patch-Up scene.

Much work left to do on fleshing out, and a whole host of casting to determine (I love a good callback, so we may perchance see Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley back for a cameo; also would love to get Mahershala Ali in as perhaps Thandie’s own Right-Hand badass), but I think we have a really promising start to a film series that would infuriate those who believe Women Ruined Star Wars, and garner a stupid amount of money from everyone else. I’ll be sure to keep the world posted on Disney’s incoming offer.

#star wars #fancast #i sometimes just really like to play a game called How Gay and Lovely Can I Make This #i think i really won here

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Thoughts on who you like to play Sophie, I kind of like this actress Holly Earl. She has the Sophie look to me. I saw someone suggest Alexandra Dowling as well from Musketeers and I can see it. I can't wait for Benedict's season with her and I hope we get TONS of promo for them like we did for Daphne and Simon. Also the perfect Taylor Swift song we need as their instrumental, Invisible String yes?

Oh, I have no idea tbh. I’ll admit I am American so there’s a lot of British actors that I don’t know about. I don’t think it’ll be anybody super famous.

Is this Holly?

I just did a quick google search. I would definitely approve of that casting choice!!! LIKE I SUPER SUPPORT THAT! SHE’S BEAUTIFUL! Alexandra is also gorgeous. I know that a lot of people want diverse casting on Bridgerton and I 100% support that....except with Sophie. Sophie is a woman who is basically a slave in her own damn house and we don’t really need to see more women of color placed in that position. I also know that Tumblr/the rest of the internet is only going to tear apart Sophie and her actress when she finally does arrive on the show because so many people want to see Benedict be Bi/Gay despite the fact that there’s nothing in his narrative to suggest that. And I think if Sophie is played by a WOC it’s only going to add more fuel to the fire and then people will bring race into it and we don’t need that. Tumblr has a way of getting super ugly SUPER fast and I’m not here for that at all.

When it really comes down to it I don’t mind either way. I just want someone to show up and just completely understand who Benedict is as a person. That he isn’t Number 2. A place holder to Anthony if something were to happen to him. That he is capable of beautiful marvelous things and fully supports his artistic talent. I just need someone to show up and just throw Ben for a loop, like whoever reduces him to his “Sophie Sophie Sophie” moments I’m cool with!

OH SAME! I’m going to need to see Luke Thompson and that gosh dang smile in ALL THE PRESS! I’m super excited for their season! Like Imma need Sophia Maria Beckett to punch both her step mother and Benedict in the face please! Don’t hate me anon but I haven’t listened to anything new by Taylor in a while...I know I’m horrible. But I will definitely give Invisible String a listen. :)

#this turned into a novel....sorry #misc: ask #misc: anon #sophie beckett #character: sophie beckett #people: holly earl

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lit--bitch · 4 years

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Current-Reads (27/04/2020 - 03/05/2020) 🐸🍇

(Disclosure: I know a couple people this week, like Billie Collins from The Writing Squad. I know Elizabeth Ellen through Mira Gonzalez and her editorial help with my poetry. Everybody else be a stranger to me. 😢)

Preface as always: Every Sunday without fail I throw up the freshest literature and photography I’ve read over the week, sometimes it’s a book, or a piece I saw in a magazine or an online zine, maybe it’s something I saw on social media, etc. If I add ‘RECOMMEND’ next to a few of the titles, but that’s not to say I don’t recommend all of them, I just love some pieces more than others. Not everything will be everybody’s cup of tea, yanno, c’est la vie. And any titles that you see in bold are hyperlinked so if you click or tap them they’ll direct you straight to the source… or shopping basket.

Bit of an off-week this week, my dog hasn’t been very well so my mind has been elsewhere, and that Annie Ernaux review took it out of me, ha. I was terrified to write negative criticism, openly, and it’s not even like I was saying, “I just didn’t enjoy this writing”, like the Ernaux text genuinely has politically biased implications. It’s really hard writing about the genocide in Algeria and my family, because 1. France has done a lot of work to avoid its discussion so they’re never held accountable, 2. A lot of people don’t really know about it, and 3. A lot of people don’t care, like a lot a people, the annihilation of the Amazigh hasn’t even entered social discourses like it has with Native Americans or the Aborigines, and these are still discourses which are a lot of the time, ignored. Getting people to just be aware of this, takes time, centuries even, and so many voices. I do feel like I’m screaming into a void, and I’m not surprised Fitzcarraldo Editions didn’t pay much attention to the review. It probably seemed impertinent of some random stranger to call out a 78-year-old feminist for her furtive privilege and non-condemnation of France’s role in genocide in Algeria. Afterwards I had a massive cup of tea, and took a minute out. The amazing and lovely work I’ve read this week has been like comfort-food. Current-reads this week include Billie Collins’s The Haircut, an excerpt from ‘Bluets’ from Elizabeth Ellen’s Poems collection which I still can’t believe came out two years ago, and I rediscovered this poem on one of Hobart’s web features. I also read a review Jon Petre did for SPAM zine on Cathy Galvin’s Walking The Coventry Ring Road With Lady Godiva, published by Guillemot Press (which is run by one of my old tutors and friend, Luke Thompson). I adored these beautiful pieces for 3AM Magazine’s Poem Brut series, from Kayleigh Cassidy, to do man and other poems. FINALLY, last but not least, I read two wonderful writers on Split Lip Magazine, one from their 2019 site, JJ Peña’s manguitos, pears and grapefruits, and Threa Almontaser’s I Crack An Egg.

I also want to say beforehand that I check all the writers and their social media (i.e. I stalk them and their bios) to make sure I absolutely get their pronouns correct, I don’t just assume hes and shes, etc. So in case anyone’s concerned about that, dw I do this shit properly.

Let’s get into it.

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Threa Almontaser’s I Crack An Egg on Split Lip (RECOMMEND): Cooking, family and religion. That’s the fucking trinity here. If it weren’t for the fact that I practised Islam when I was kid and my dad’s Muslim, I wouldn’t understand a lot of these references. The vernacular here is important, because what Threa does, is she makes you aware. She pulls you into her periphery, and then into her focalisation. It’s steeped in her habitus. This poem’s peppered with Arabic utterances, (wallah = I swear to God), references to the imam, henna and hijab. She negotiates the relationships of mother and marriage, tests the tensions in personality, admonishes expectations in the kingdom of her mother’s kitchen. I felt looked in the eye when I read this poem. Women are the backbone of everything. And Threa Almontaser’s one to watch.

Kayleigh Cassidy, to do man and other poems on 3AM Magazine (RECOMMEND): These are so cool, I’ve got a massive smile on my face rn. I loved these visual word collages. Each one is so individual in its own right and they’re so witty and relatable, haha. Particularly ‘to do’ and ‘an idea woke me’... They’re symptomatic of Gen Z anxieties and frustrations, they wrestle between our office selves and our artist selves. Just loved them. Adored Kayleigh’s bio too, “Kayleigh is dyslexic, working class and a massive fan of the moon; full, half or gibbous.”

Billie Collins’s The Haircut (RECOMMEND): Billie Collins’s writing is so familiar and real and intimate. It’s like home to me. I really loved this piece she did for the Writing Squad’s Staying Home series. I’ve been making my way through each of the works on there slowly, they’re so fantastic. Since the lockdown, we’ve been displaced by home haircuts and DIY. This piece is about the intimacy of giving your dad a hair cut written in the form of a contract (it echoes of tenancy agreement also, does anyone else get that?) / a play, I mean it’s amazing. The familial camaraderie and realism makes the scene so accessible and visceral. The opening immediately grabbed my attention: “This is the first time I’ve ever given my Dad a haircut. I’m reluctant, but have agreed to do it on the following terms:

1. PARTY A [Hereafter: THE HAIRDRESSER] agrees to cut the hair of PARTY B [Hereafter: THE HAIRDRESSEE] under the proviso that no matter what happens, no matter the appearance of the resultant effect [Hereafter: THE HAIRCUT], THE HAIRDRESSEE is not allowed to get angry at THE HAIRDRESSER.”

The dialogue is a harmless bicker, which fades away as the focalisation of the speaker comes to the fore. It lessens in wit and exposes a more vulnerable and moving perception to the task in hand. It becomes tender, a moving cut. The ‘I’ finds a poignancy in being guided to cut the father’s hair, and the hairdresser becomes transfixed by other details, of skin and touch, in age and aging. It made me cry. Especially that reference to Tom Waits. Bloody hell, Billie.

‘Bluets’ from Elizabeth Ellen’s Poems collection, HOBART (RECOMMEND): Someone finally says it. Maggie Nelson’s Bluets wasn’t that great. Thank you Elizabeth Ellen. Elizabeth’s writing is like sitting in your trackies eating Chinese food and having a good sob. Other people have said similar things in that vein. It’s really the best of kind of writing, the most accessible and universal. This whole collection is about being messy, about revelling in your messy womanhood, being a messy fucking woman and having messed-up feelings and writing messed-up writing. It’s deeply self-contemplative and irritated, it’s also watchful. ‘Bluets’ is a sneak peek of a collection I adore, and keep going back to. This one poem singularly unpacks the tensions of neatness and neat perceptions of femininity, tight structures and the constrictive corseting of feelings Elizabeth Ellen so abhors. Let it all out. Let it all hang right out.

JJ Peña’s manguitos, pears and grapefruits (RECOMMEND): This work is just absolutely gorgeous, and it was in Split Lip over a year ago. There is a tartness, a bitter acidity, a bite that you find in these sweetnesses from JJ Peña. The way we’re all hanging fruit from a family tree. The intergenerational trauma. The pain and weight of parental imperatives and suppositions. It’s the honesty and the enviable metaphor that makes this work so beautiful, it’s so vivid. Like: ‘the island treasures into golden sunsets & moons, into pandulce plazas & beaches where women who eat the sun walk around. no other place, he says, bleeds & blooms the sun.’ The language is so enriching, you can so clearly envision what he’s talking about, and how these landscapes and skies collide with more sinister and unpleasant experiences, of secret-keeping, sexuality and rape.

On a personal level I connected with this writing for the way JJ negotiates with questions of heritage and self-identity. There’s a huge pain in being divided between lands and culture and blood. When I was a kid, I used to tan like my Algerian father, I’d go mahogany, and I’d get crocodile skin in the sun. My mum used to have to rub olive oil on me. Now, I’ve still got that thick Kabyle-girl, North African skin from my dad, but since I’ve grown up, I don’t tan like that anymore, for whatever inexpicable reason, I burn worse than my English mother. And I’m lighter-skinned than her too, like cheesecake white. And I understand what JJ means when he refers to his father, who in ‘grapefruits’, declares: i got that peña blood. wood skin. My father’s the same. And I get it, I don’t know why I’m not the same either, JJ. But I think the exact same thing: I might have hardened skin if I’d spent my life working in my grandmother’s fields, picking olives.

I’d hate to give any more away about this writing, so go ahead and read it and have a look at some of JJ’s more recent work in Barren Magazine.

Jon Petre, on Cathy Galvin’s Walking The Coventry Ring Road With Lady Godiva, SPAM zine (RECOMMEND): People never recommend reading a review of a book, they always just omit that part, and recommend the book straight-off. But a lot of the time, I wouldn’t know half of what to read if it weren’t for reviews. And writing reviews takes up a lot of time and a lot of reflection. I feel it’s necessary to review reviews, because they’re equally a piece of writing in and of themselves, and therefore an extension of the art being reviewed. I really loved this piece from Jon Petre. It not only made me want to buy Cathy Galvin, it made me want to read more of Jon. The review is as much an explanation of this psychogeographical poetry and Coventry’s ‘edgeland’ landscapes, as it is a wonderful piece in its own right. It is informative and witty, and its descriptions are succinct, measured and quite beautiful actually. I just loved this part in the opening paragraph: ‘I have always wanted to explore the edgelands. They are everywhere, hidden in plain sight, an alt-highway running into the hidden psyche of ostensibly dull places. If you want to get to the heart of somewhere stick to the edges.’

I also really enjoy the way Jon relays and quotes sections of the poems, he’s selective and careful. He recreates the oscillations in Galvin’s collection in his sentence structures: ‘Coventry’s punk scene is an especially positive part of the story ‘England’s dreaming Pistols and punk / peaches on beaches’ are up against ‘that figure head – / not what she seems, the Queen, the fascist regime’. Revolution and radical change has to start somewhere, as Lady Godiva herself proved – why not at the Coventry ring road?’

He’s chatty, he’s got a voice. ‘Galvin is clearly having a lot of fun mixing her references to Coventry history and other texts – quoting The Specials alongside Dante, which is 100% my shit – and stitching letters to Phillip Larkin and legalese about the ring road’s construction into art.’ He’s not sterile, he doesn’t write reviews that border on pretension, he’s not a ridiculously irritating sesquipedalian-ist (someone who likes to use big words, irony intended). He makes the books he reviews worth investing in, and you don’t need 10 tabs open to look up words he’s saying. He writes with precision and with feeling. SPAM zine in general is absolutely fabulous, and boasts some amazing writers.

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Right, I need a cup of tea. Next week’s review is Tiana Clark’s I Can’t Talk About The Trees Without The Blood. Absolute bleeder. I might be slower to the take next week because I’ve got my MA viva (on Zoom, wahey) and all sorts, so bear with me. Stay safe love-bears.

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Rhetorical Ink Reviews: Beauty and the Beast (2017 Live Action)

**Careful for SPOILERS below**

I will be the first to admit that I’m a HUGE Beauty and the Beast fan. I had the book as a kid, wanted to be Belle, and have had a large fascination with the story and believe it spurned me into wanting to draw more.

So, the Live Action adaptation had HUGE shoes to fill for me before even going in. I tried to look at the film as a standalone and not judge it based on the predecessor...a VERY hard task when watching, I might add.

My best friend saw it with me and she loved it! What did I think? Well, putting ten thoughts alone would not do my favorite childhood movie justice. So instead, I am doing a Top Ten Likes and Top Ten Dislikes. Careful for spoilers!

My Top Ten Likes of Beauty and the Beast (2017):

10. The set and costumes: Everything has layers and detail and colors that pop but also makes sense for the time period. I LOVED the costumes and even the yellow gown, considering the wardrobe “makes it” in this, grew on me quickly. As for the sets? They are beautifully ornate and have a classic “other worldly” look to them. I could watch the movie over and over to gawk at the scenery and character designs.

9. The Opening Scene: Nothing will ever live up to the deep voice of the narrator and the stained glass...but there was something so fresh about how we started on the Prince, how the dance unfolded, and how the Enchantress appeared. She looked gorgeous and the classic French scene was a welcome addition (more so than others...but we’ll talk of that soon). In any case, it is a worthy contrast from the beginning, when he’s surrounded by beautiful girls, to late when there’s only Belle.

8. Kevin Kline as Maurice: Kevin Kline is a fine actor, and he brings such a charm and dignity to the formerly bumbling character. I still like Maurice in the animated movie, but it makes more sense for Belle’s father to be an artist and hopeless romantic than a “world famous inventor.” Kline’s performance was a highlight for me and definitely added to the movie as a whole.

7. “Kill the Beast!” I’ll talk more about some other songs below, but this was by far my favorite number; this is EXACTLY what I was hoping for with this song in live action form. It does not disappoint. Speaking of “Kill the Beast...”

6. We see Gaston and Lefou learning where the castle is: A big question I had as a kid was, “How did they know where to go to find the Beast?” In this, we get our answer. Lefou and Gaston actually follow Maurice to the woods, where he believes he can route them to the Beast’s castle. This backfires on him, but in any case we learn how Gaston and Lefou knew where to go in the first place.

5. Belle is more an inventor....and a teacher: It makes sense for Belle to be as learned as she is to be more of the inventor. I loved the little scene where she does her own laundry with the contraption she made and is trying to teach a little girl to read. After having to sit through a preview for a CGI movie where the boy character is an inventor and the girl, lo and behold, wants to just be a dancer...it’s nice to see “ahead of their time” people represented in a modern movie’s version of a classic time period.

4. Lefou paying off the people to dance and help during “Gaston:”

It was a little tidbit to note for the film, but Lefou pays off the people to help dance in the “Gaston” music number; and Belle does pay for the food in the market she gets. It’s little touches like that which help to cement this story in a more “realistic” world.

3. The ensemble of side characters:

This entire cast was well-chosen. Josh Gad as Lefou? Perfection; he was born for the role! Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts? She’s about as close to Angela Lansbury as you can get for this role, I feel. Ewan McGregor as Lumiere? I was on the fence about this casting, but it works so well. Luke Evans as Gaston? He fits the part great. Sir Ian McKellan as Cogsworth? Again, I had no clue what to think, but he may have been my favorite in the whole side cast. Even Stanley Tucci and the Wardrobe’s actress were great choices. They really did a perfect job casting the side characters...but as for the main characters...

2. Dan Stevens as The Beast/The Prince:

This WAS perfect casting! I know they’ve altered the voice and distorted it to sound similar to the animated Beast. But seriously, the motion capture work on his face and his range of emotion are perfect here. It’s hard to believe, but I care more for his character as the Beast than the animated (for reasons below); plus, the main thing: He looks SO much better as the human Prince. From the opening to the end scene, he may be my favorite character, actor, and part of the film. Definitely a genius casting choice and excellent performance!

1. All of the added scenes of Belle and The Beast learning about one another:

If I had one, minuscule complaint with the original Beauty and the Beast, it is that we don’t get many scenes of Belle and the Beast “falling in love” and getting to know one another. He saves her, gives her a library, and then they just sort of fall in love post-dance...obviously, it’s not a huge issue, since you’re pacing this out in movie format.

However, I feel this movie allowed more time for these two to connect. Also, they found common ground; first, with their love of literature, but second, with losing their mothers and how their father’s shaped who they were: The Prince’s with hate, and Belle’s with love. It was a beautiful duality and connection created between them and it helped to make the ending better and more satisfying.

Of course, especially considering the movie is based on a staple of my childhood, it CERTAINLY has flaws, as noted below.

My Top 10 Dislikes of Beauty and the Beast (2017):

10. The obvious Enchantress:

I do like the twist of The Enchantress being Agathe, a character we see throughout the story...perhaps she’s keeping the magic strong? However, there are a lot of problematic elements of her being in the movie so much. For one thing, she saves Maurice, which is good, but then when Maurice confronts Gaston, she doesn’t do anything. She could have stopped all of our conflict! Also, at the end, while she shows up and it does make sense in a technical sense...she just vanishes. Belle doesn’t even see her...what was the point? In the animated movie, the spell was broken without her having to be there. Having her there didn’t answer questions; it created more! It just seemed awkward at times.

9. Gaston’s “post-war” blood rage?

While I appreciate them trying to flesh out Gaston’s character...this was their choice? He’s got post-war bursts of rage? I love how the animated movie treated Gaston just as the jerk-bro who becomes jealous and can’t stand that Belle chooses someone over him. Here, his villainous outbursts are “justified” by his post-war blood lust. It just seemed almost like a distraction and didn’t seem warranted for me. Gaston is a near-perfect villain. Let Luke Evans do a good job of playing him without trying to make him too complex. Gaston’s not smart enough for that.

8. The unnecessary additional songs:

Maybe I’m in a minority here, but I wasn’t crazy about the new songs. The Soundtrack of Beauty and the Beast is nearly flawless. Even the special edition with “Human Again” is okay. The Broadway songs they add...are okay. “Evermore” is not a terrible song (we’ll talk more about it below), but the song about “Sunny skies” and “Evermore” are not necessary to make the story better. If you wanted to include them in a “Director’s Cut,” that would have sufficed for me...I just didn’t see the need for them here...again, I’ll touch back on this point twice below.

7. Don’t bring an arrow to a gun fight:

In the original, Gaston was a hunter, so it made sense he had multiple weapons at his disposal. It also made sense for the time period. And he hunted a lot of deer-like animals, so it seemed fitting that he would shoot an arrow at the Beast and then stab him with a knife....hunting tools for the type of game he hunted.

In this? We just full blown (literally) gun the Beast down. Gaston shoots the Beast three times in the climax. At the very least, he still uses a club like the original. It just seemed like overkill and to me, didn’t make as much sense as keeping like the original would have.

6. The rushed beginning and scenes out of place:

The opening, I loved; however, once that scene was over, the first thirty minutes seemed SO rushed! They rushed through “Belle,” then moved some scenes around, and quickly went through the reprise! There wasn’t the “wedding proposal” scene with Gaston and Belle! I did LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the reaction of Maurice and Chip, but there were little scenes that were skimmed over and rearranged that just seemed to rush the opening and didn’t let us the audience “settle down” into the film. It’s not until we’re at the scene of Belle running away from the castle that the movie starts to slow down. The editing of the movie in those places was a little disappointing to me.

5. Lefou and the lack of controversy:

Okay, so the last week has been filled with news stories about how Lefou is the first openly gay character in a Disney film. It was a huge source of controversy...but....in all seriousness......you wouldn’t really know that watching this film. It’s clear he cares for Gaston, but the animated picture portrayed that as well. He shares two seconds with a male character at the very end of the movie in a brief dance...but that’s it. All that press and controversy for a tiny scene that seems inconsequential. Eh. Come on, Disney. Commit or not; don’t try to play up something that’s halfway even developed.

4. The Enchantress’s book:

I loved the extra scenes with Belle and Beast developing their relationship over the course of a few scenes. However, one comes out of nowhere and does nothing to the plot as a whole. At one point, the Beast shows her a book the Enchantress gave him as a “joke.” It is able to take them anywhere you think of; and Belle chooses the room she was born in, where her mother dies of the plague. While I DO love a few things about this: the fact that it connects Belle and the Beast more, and it explains what happened to her...it’s never used again. The book is just a one-time only plot device. The scene it was used in was SO out of place! I would have rather Belle had known why her mother died and just talked it out with the Beast than having used this forced book that logically doesn’t fit in with the story.

3. The Beast’s Song, “Evermore:”

I don’t dislike “Evermore,” I don’t...but...in the animated movie, when Belle leaves Beast, he is so heartbroken. He lets out a howl of despair, knowing his only chance of happiness has left him, potentially forever. Here, he immediately bursts into a Phantom of the Opera style musical number. Maybe upon reviewing, I’ll appreciate it. But I loved how the original was so organic and raw...this seemed almost too Broadway and too theatrical.

2. Emma Watson’s facial expressions vs. animated Belle:

I love the original because of the animation, mainly. The expressions and line work showed SO much emotion. Now, I like Emma Watson a lot as an actress. BUT, aside from the wolf scene on....her facial expressions are so subdued. This is most apparent in “Be Our Guest.” Belle in that musical number is in AWE! She is so excited, bewildered, and amazed...but here? She just smiles and watches the show. Granted, Emma Watson would have been watching a Green Screen throughout this; but STILL. She doesn’t even seem in shock or awe...and that I sorely missed in this film. Now, after the wolves attack Belle, Watson’s acting becomes more pronounced. I just wish she could have acted a little more in-character through some of the CGI numbers.

1. The cut out comedy:

When I asked my brother if he was thinking of seeing the movie, he asked about the fight scene at the end:

Brother: “Do they have the part where Lumiere burns Lefou’s butt? Or Cogsworth with the scissors?”

Me: “No.”

Brother: “What?! How could they?”

There is so much physical comedy in the original that works; here, and yes, I understand that it is “physically” impossible some of the things they do, I still was hoping there would be more of the original comedy. For example, Cogsworth taking Belle on a tour of the castle isn’t even in the FILM! “If it’s not baroque, don’t fix it.” SERIOUSLY.

THE VERDICT?

The original is near-perfect for me. Still today, it is the better film. If you love the original and are expecting a closely faithful adaptation; they try, but it’s a miss there, because some of the best parts are either condensed or left out.

If you love Beauty and the Beast, but you’re comfortable with them altering parts and want to see new additions to the story? You’ll probably like this!

The original is still better though. If you don’t want to spend the $10 at the theatre, just wait until the DVD or Blu-Ray comes out and watch the original in the meantime.

If you’ve never seen the original Beauty and the Beast? PLEASE watch that one first; it’s better. If you’ve already seen the live action one? STILL go view the animated version; you’ll appreciate it more.

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Tale As Old As Time... My Thoughts on the New Beauty and the Beast Movie!

So, this week I went to see Beauty and the Beast for the fourth time (I have no self control, don’t judge me!) and felt like I should finally write down my thoughts on it! I’ll try to be as coherent as possible, but I have SO much love about this film I’m not entirely sure how possible that is.

SPOILER WARNING! I can’t promise that this post will be spoiler free, so I would suggest not reading this until you’ve seen the film. You have been warned!

So the thing I love the most about this film, is how both close and different it is to the original. The original film was never one of my favourite Disney films, I loved it, but not the same way I love films such as Tangled and Big Hero 6. However, the way that this film pays homage to the original, while at the same time giving the characters more of a backstory, and therefore making them more three dimensional, I thought was incredible. Take Belle for example. She has always been a strong female protagonist, and one of the first Disney princesses to really fight for what she thinks is right. However, Emma Watson’s Belle really takes this further, and as a result we have a strong female, who still has just the right level of vulnerability through the stories of her mother and childhood, that we can sympathise with her. The same occurs with Beast. We learn from the beginning of the film that he is cruel and cold of heart, but we never learn why in the original. The small details of his cruel father “twisting him up to be just like him” made us empathise with the Beast, and root for him rather than just seeing him as a love interest.

Also, the music is fantastic! I have always loved the music of the original, but the songs in this film are taken to another level. The only song I can think of that is cut from the original is the reprise of Gaston, and all the classics other than this remain. However, Alan Menken has done an incredible job of adding new songs such as Evermore and Days in the Sun, two personal favourites of mine. The music and vocal performances of it are just magical, and gave me goosebumps for the majority of the film, all four times I’ve seen it! The only thing that let the music down in my opinion was Emma Watson’s singing voice. To me it just felt slightly too autotuned and fake, where you’d expect a Disney princess to have a natural voice. However, I do believe that Emma played the part of Belle wonderfully, and really brought a new strength to her that she previously didn’t have, I just wish they hadn’t autotuned her, as I really don’t think it’s necessary.

On that same note, I feel like the casting was absolutely perfect! Dan Stevens did an incredible job as the Beast, and made a perfect prince towards the end of the movie. The CGI of the Beast was fantastic, and looked so real I eventually forgot that the Beast wasn’t real. On a slight side note, I like that we don’t completely see the Prince’s face until Belle does after the transformation. When we see him in the opening section, his face is masked by makeup and his hair by a wig, much in the way that he is masked by cruelty and greed. All of the household objects were cast perfectly, notable Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, Sir Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Emma Thompson as Mrs Potts and my personal favourite, Nathan Mack as Chip.

My personal favourite characters and actors however, were Luke Evans and Josh Gad as Gaston and Lefou. Gaston has always been a favourite character of mine, as you never really know if you’re meant to love or hate him. I feel that Luke Evans really brought that sense of Gaston’s blinding ego, while at the same time just being gorgeous and making me fall for him. I may as well be a bimbette! And then Josh Gad had me in stitches for the majority of the movie in his role of LeFou. There has been a lot of talk about Disney making LeFou an openly gay character, and whether this was a good choice or not. I personally think they could not have found a better way to improve his character. Although this representation was extremely subtle, I feel like it’s much better to show this than to shun the idea of gay characters, and I’m glad that Disney took this risk with LeFou!

So those are just a few of my thoughts on the new Beauty and the Beast film, although I could talk about this film all day!

Let me know your thoughts on the film, and make sure you catch it in cinemas while you still can because it is truly beautiful!

Thank you for reading!

TTFN!

Rachel

Xox

Ps: This post is not sponsored, I just have SO much love for this film <3

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I have seen Beauty and the Beast and I have a lot of things to say so.. here I come (spoilers, spoilers everywhere).

I won't lie, I went to the cinema with a lot of skepticism and apprehension because I legit thought it was going to be average at best. See I've always loved the animated version and it holds a sacred place in my Disney-fan small heart, so I was a bit scared they'd ruin it because well, what if the Beast is horrible, what if Lumière and Cogsworth and the whole family are completely messed-up, what if everything goes wrong, what if Emma Watson isn't a good choice for Belle after all, what if Be Our Guest is terrible, what if all the songs lose their magic even though Alan Menken is back for the soundtrack, what if what if what if.

My experience was a bit different than it would've been if I had seen the film in my regular cinema. You see, Beauty and the Beast was my very first IMAX experience (and my eyes took their time to adjust to the incredible visuals). It was amazingly beautiful, especially during a few scenes I'll mention later. Mind you, I didn't love everything in this live-action, but my global impression is more than positive. My expectations were low to say the least, and gods was I wonderfully surprised.

I got chills the moment I heard the first notes of the prologue, mostly because of the nostalgia. I think Alan Menken adapted the soundtrack as best as could be done, but some parts lacked a bit of the original magic in my opinion. The prologue has always been my favourite instrumental part, and the beginning of it wasn't as powerful as the original one (once we get to the enchantress, the instruments take you somewhere else entirely though). The introduction is narrated by Emma Thompson, and that was a wonderful idea. I've always loved her voice and damn she does the job. Everyone needs to know that.

A song was written for the film to present the arrogant and empty Prince as well as the people who lived with him; I disliked it, very much. There are two songs I always skip while listening to the soundtrack, and it's one of them. It made me feel nauseous at the very sight of the Prince, the whole scene was incredibly disgusting to my eyes and ears. Not because the actors and the song were terrible, but because of the toxic atmosphere coming from all these people.

Then the Enchantress showed up. She had some Galadriel vibes, she was mesmerizing. It was my « oh, I guess it won't be so bad » moment, that's when I decided I would stop living in fear of every single scene. The Enchantress my dudes, the Enchantress was perfect. Something I loved in this version is that they covered every narrative error (there might be new ones but I didn't see them); the Prince hasn't been a Beast for 10 years so he wasn't 11 at the time but already a grown-ass bitch; the Enchantress erased everyone's memories of the castle and the people who lived in it, thus why no one ever looked for them. Also, every time a petal falls, the dishes lose a bit of their humanity (until they turn into litteral objects once the rose has died) and the castle crumbles a little. I think it makes the whole thing a bit more adult, it adds a dark side to an already quite gloomy story (when you think about it).

I loved the way Belle's song was filmed, the choregraphy was incredible, and my heart melted when Emma Watson sang the part about the book she's reading. Of course it's also the time we get introduced to Gaston. LeFou and Gaston's dynamic is amazing, they're both far more fabulous in the live-action. Their dialogues never failed to make me laugh, and a few scenes with Maurice were just perfect.

Since I'm talking about Maurice, another moment created for this film was a short song sang by him once Belle comes back home, and I loved it. Maurice has a real personnality here, you get attached to him quite quickly, Kevin Kline did a wonderful job. You learn a lot of things about Belle's mother. Every single character has a real backstory here and it was interesting to discover all these new things (even the Enchantress is a more or less regular character). Even Philippe is still a mighty hero.

The first time Belle and Beast meet was great, they changed it a bit because her father doesn't want to leave so she throws him out of his cell and locks herself in it. Also it's Lumière who opens the door to show Belle her new room, so it clearly shows than the Beast does not give a single fuck about Belle at the time when he was a bit more polite in the animated.

Once we go back to the village, it is of course, time for Gaston's song, and it's beautiful, though less exaggerated as could be anticipated (animation has no limits right). LeFou steals the show here (and he's totally gay for Gaston). There's an instrumental part in the song where everyone is dancing on the tables and all and it was so cool you guys. I was waiting for this scene to come and I was not disappointed.

I didn't rly mention Lumière & Co before please forgive me; Ewan McGregor's completely failed French accent is the best thing I've ever heard, everyone is perfect in their roles but what can I say Lumière has always been my fave. The design of everyone in the castle in so on point my dudes ! I gotta say I have a bit of a problem with the permanent duck-face of the Beast but hey they did their best (plus you only notice it when he's not moving and the camera is focused on his face).

But now my dear friends, now is the time to talk about the very best thing in this film. The song we all waited for (nO I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT EVERMORE YOU LITTLE SHITS), the song that made me wish I could visit that bloody castle when I was a kid..

Be. Our. Guest.

You guys. Fellow bros. You all need to see and listen to Be Our Guest. It's perfect, it's a magical experience, Ewan McGregor is wonderful, the choregraphy is so mind-blowing the special effects team probably had a few nervous breakdowns while doing Be Our Guest and it was worth all the struggle. IT WAS SO FUCKING GORGEOUS ALL THESE COLOURS *coughs* srsly watch this film in IMAX if you can. I couldn't stop smiling during the whole scene (also I cried a little because I loved it so much but shhhh). There are no words to truly express how I felt during that moment, I wanted to sing along and annoy everyone in the cinema but I didn't 'cause I'm a nice person. It was flawless.

The way the Beast and Belle slowly discover each other is still lovely af, especially when he shows her the library (in a different way than he does in the animated and I gotta say I prefer this version, it was funnier but still in character). They spend a lot of time together reading lots of books and you can feel time passing by where it could seem like the story took 3 days to happen in the animated (and thus giving assholes a reason to shout WOW STOCKHOLM SYNDROME WOW WOW)

And while we see a romance blossoming we can also observe Gaston revealing his rotten core, his charming mask falling to show us what a monster he is. Luke Evans is absolutely terrifying in this film. He just seems kinda dumb at the beginning but then LeFou fails to calm him and the real beast of the film is released. We see it when Gaston tries to kill Maurice by leaving him unconscious in the woods after failing to find the castle, but in the Mob Song it's truly terrifying. I've read a few reviews and everyone agrees that the Mob Song in the live-action is far, far better than the animated one. The only complain I have is that the camera doesn't focuse on Gaston during the whole thing, and it's not a very important detail so yeah, the Mob Song slays (also Luke Evans sings divinely and LeFou has a great line in the song you need to listen to it just for that tbh).

(if you've seen the film you'll notice I didn't talk about Evermore because I hate that song even if the idea of the Beast climbing his castle to see Belle leaving breaks my heart, I think it was ridiculous. Sorry guys)

OH ALSO I FORGOT but there's a new song taking place after Belle enters her room for the first time, and everybody sings in it, it's kind of a different version of Human Again but better in my opinion. It's so lovely, the lyrics are simply beautiful.

aNYWAY this is getting quite long so I'll try to make it quick. The battle between Lumière & Co and the villagers is really cool, it's also the moment Gaston betrays LeFou so he decides to join the good guys, because LeFou actually is a nice person.

I'm kinda disappointed Gaston's hair isn't loose when he fights the Beast in this version because I just really love long hair and it made him look even more insane. He also uses a gun instead of a knife and shoots the Beast four times if I recall well. His eyes are cold af while he does it but I think killing someone with a knife is more personal and shows more hatred than using a gun, so I was a tiny bit « meh » during that part, but it was still breath-taking. Gaston telling the Beast he's there to kill him because Belle sent him, then the last spark of hope leaving the Beast's eyes THEN BELLE SHOWS UP AND GASTON GETS FUCKING REKT BY THIS GIGANTIC ANGRY LION anyway it was great I just like to rant about details no one else notices.

But then !! shit happens !!! the Beast dies before Belle tells him she loves him, the last petal falls, Lumière & Co turn into objects, despair and sorrow is everywhere, tHE CURSE IS NOT BROKEN BUT DO NOT FEAR MY DUDES THE ENCHANTRESS ENTERED THE CASTLE WITH ALL THE OTHER VILLAGERS AND SHE SAW THAT BELLE LOVED HIM SO SHE BREAKS THE CURSE HE COMES BACK TO LIFE AND HE TRANSFORMS

THE RIDICULOUS FIREWORKS ARE NOT THERE IN THE LIVE-ACTION

DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I WAITED FOR THOSE SILLY THINGS TO GO AWAY ???

HAVE YOU ANY IDEA HOW LONG I WAITED ?

TWELVE YEARS

IN AZKA- wait a second

anyway

I absolutely loved the transformation, the music was beautiful and there was a golden mist and petals around the Beast it was so, so perfect. THEN BELLE SEES HIS EYES AND SHE'S LIKE « IT IS YOU » AND I'M LIKE YES IT'S HIM YOU FUCKING IDIOT DIDN'T YOU SEE HIS PORTRAIT IN THE FORBIDDEN WEST WING THAT DOESN'T EXIST okay no I didn't think that but I could have

Then everyone becomes human again and we see Cogsworth trying to run away from his newly-returned wife, Lumière and Plumette discreetly leaving because they're horny af, Mrs Potts hugging Chip and everyone's happy and Gaston's corpse is rotting somewhere and LeFou has a new boyfriend and people sing and everything's fine now, and I'm so happy I saw this film in IMAX it was absolutely worth it and you should all give it a try even if you're an annoying purist motherfucker like me (jfc this is a very long review I'm so sorry).

#beauty and the beast #batb

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Okay, so here’s an actual review of Beauty and the Beast WARNING THERE ARE SPOILERS HERE

- JOSH GAD JOSH GAD JOSH GAD JOSH GAD JOSH GAD - okay I’m done - No I’m not. I really loved LeFou’s expanded role and character development. I was skeptical about them making LeFou Disney’s first gay character because his role in the first movie was really not very positive. But I’m very pleased that they changed that! - THE VISUALS WERE SO GORGEOUS OHMYGOD PRETTY SCENERY PRETTY CASTLE PRETTY DRESSES PRETTY MOVIE PRETTY LUKE EVANS PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY - I have never cared for Emma Watson as an actress (though I do admire her as a person and as a humanitarian) and I’m afraid that hasn’t changed a whole lot. She wasn’t as bad as I thought she would be, although her voice was still the weakest of the cast. - Luke Evans is bae forever and ever and ever and ever and I love his face and I love him and LUKE EVANS IS PERFECTION. His Gaston was SUPER SCARY, such a far cry from the mostly comedic villain from the original. And also Luke Evans. Because Luke Evans. - Speaking of the original, I LOVED the changes that kept it closer to the fairy tale, like Maurice being a merchant and Belle asking for a rose. - I found myself sincerely wishing for some of the Broadway songs. The new additions were vastly, vastly inferior to songs that already existed. I get that they wanted some original songs so they could try to go for Best Original Song at the Oscars, but the two new ones already had songs that filled the exact same narrative purpose and were better songs— Human Again for Days in the Sun and If I Can’t Love Her for Evermore (which I really did not like at all). They kept playing an instrumental version of Home in the background and it was really grating on my nerves because just sing it. And I really wanted Me to show up, too. But that might just be me being a RAGING LUKE EVANS FANGIRL. - I almost actually ruptured something laughing at the Gaston number, “I just remembered I’m illiterate…..” - Emma Thompson’s version of the title song was gorgeous. - The scene with the objects turning inanimate broke my soul. Especially Chip. Chip was not okay. - THAT ARRANGEMENT OF THE TRANSFORMATION MUSIC AAAHHHHHHHHH

The whole movie was so good please go see it don’t be like that one theatre in Alabama just get off your couch and go see this movie it is that good.

#beauty and the beast 2017 #batb spoilers #beauty and the beast spoilers #tale as old as time

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In Touch, May 3

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Prince William and Prince Harry's reunion ruined

Page 1: Contents

Page 2: Zen Zone -- Got Stress? Find coping mechanisms that work for you -- Camila Cabello meditating

Page 5: Usher definitely made it rain during a recent visit to a Las Vegas strip club but one exotic dancer accused him of using fake money with his face on it but the nightclub Sapphire was quick to come to Usher's defense revealing that he actually dropped thousands in real cash as wells as generous tips for the entire staff, Number of the Week -- 1 million estimated dollar value of a pair of Nike Air Yeezy sneakers Kanye West wore on the Grammys stage in 2008, Makeover of the Week -- Lucy Hale went blonde, Shock of the Week -- Shonda Rhimes surprised by fans' outrage that Rege-Jean Page is not returning for Season 2 of Bridgerton, Ex of the Week -- Justin Theroux says ex Jennifer Aniston make him laugh

Page 6: Crib of the Week -- Bethenny Frankel's Greenwich estate, Winners of the Week -- ER fans as the show's cast including George Clooney participates in a virtual reunion to benefit charity, Losers of the Week -- Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler are sued for $500,000 by a cable installer who claims their dog bit him

Page 8: Up Close -- in a never-before-seen photo taken by Kate Middleton at Balmoral Castle in 2018 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip pose with seven of their great-grandchildren: Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Isla Phillips, Lena Tindall, Mia Tindall, Savannah Phillips; Prince William and Duchess Kate also shared a photo of them with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip and Prince George and Princess Charlotte from 2015

Page 9: Jason Momoa wearing a Dirty Pink Nakoa Tee and a dog, Tom Cruise chills between shots with Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson on the set of Mission: Impossible 7

Page 10: Moms and Their Sidekicks -- Kim Kardashian and her son Saint both wearing neon yellow, Eva Longoria and her son Santiago have some fun in the sun, Serena Williams and daughter Olympia don matching swimsuits

Page 12: Lenny Kravitz on a beach with a guitar, Derek Hough does girlfriend Hayley Erbert's makeup

Page 13: Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista in Florida, Kylie Jenner on her private jet

Page 16: Bachelor Nation stars Jason Tartick and Matt James are no match for Nikki Bella and Brie Bella at Wrestlemania 37 in Tampa where the twins were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame

Page 17: Megan Thee Stallion getting a lift from beau Pardison Fontaine, Chris Hemsworth and Thor: Love and Thunder co-star Matt Damon watch Rob Whittaker win a UFC bout in Byron Bay, Australia

Page 18: Smooth Operators -- it's 62-year-old Madonna looking like she's 22, Lisa Rinna getting her second vaccination shot, Teresa Giudice

Page 20: ACM Awards -- After arriving in a pink convertible Miranda Lambert and Elle King kicked off the 56th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, Carrie Underwood

Page 21: Little Big Town performing in front of Broadway's famed honky-tonks, Blake Shelton performing, Maren Morris performed with husband Ryan Hurd, Luke Bryan accepted his Entertainer of the Year trophy from home

Page 22: Could the Kardashians' next big reality TV special feature one of the sisters walking down the aisle? Try two -- Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson and Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are both getting hitched, and naturally momager Kris Jenner is hoping to turn their wedding joy into ratings gold and it would be Kris' dream to throw a double wedding and film the entire bash -- Khloe and Tristan are on board and even famously marriage-shy Kourtney is seriously considering it now that she's fallen head-over-heels with the rocker even though she was always against a big, showy ceremony, but something about being with Travis has changed her mind -- Kris is already scouting venues in Malibu and it'll be at a private estate and the cost of the whole production could be upward of $10 million and it will be amazing with all the adorable Kardashian kids in the bridal party -- the only drama will be Khloe and Kourtney fighting, because they both like to be in charge and they both have their eye on the same gorgeous gown

Page 23: Colton Underwood, the former Bachelor who came out as gay on Good Morning America, is filming a new reality series following his emotional journey -- he says he emotional, but emotional in such a good, happy, positive way and he's the happiest and healthiest he's even been in his life and that means the world to him and he thinks overall the reason why now is because he got to a place where he didn't think he was going to share; he would have rather died than say he was gay -- the new series will be very cathartic for him because Colton had so much shame surrounding his sexuality, but now he's proud of who he is

* Macaulay Culkin and girlfriend Brenda Song surprised fans by announcing they welcomed a son named Dakota -- Macaulay, who recently admitted people assume he's crazy or damaged because of his troubled early rise to fame, is happy to be settled down and he's finally overcome the demons of his childhood

Page 24: Cover Story -- Prince William and Prince Harry reunited in grief, torn apart by Meghan Markle -- the brothers' attempt to heal their rift is cut short when Harry is ordered back home because Meghan was in a panic -- it was obvious from William and Harry's body language that they had let go of some of their animosity

Page 26: Prince Philip's unforgettable funeral

Page 28: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez -- why it finally ended -- A-Rod dumps J.Lo after the fight to end all fights -- Jennifer became overbearing and demanding after the latest cheating scandal

Page 30: Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul: The truth about their friendship -- after nearly 20 years, how do Paula and Simon really feel about each other? They miss the heyday of American Idol

Page 36: Mother's Day Gift Guide -- picture of Chrissy Teigen and her kids Miles and Luna

Page 40: Animal Overload -- Julianne Hough and a chickadee, Kerry Washington honoring her dog Josephine Baker with some athletic wear with the dog's face on it, Kelly Osbourne snoozes with her dog Oat, Nicole Richie with her dog and lizard

Page 46: Horoscope -- Taurus Channing Tatum turned 41 on April 26

Page 48: Last Laughs

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5 huge questions after UFC 217: Can GSP really compete with the middleweight elite?

UFC 217 was every part blended martial arts followers may’ve requested for — after which some.

Fixed drama, a trio of title modifications and the dramatic return of one of many sport’s biggest fighters left followers and critics debating whether or not the UFC’s second journey to New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard was its greatest present in historical past.

However contemplating the dramatic altering of the guard in three divisions, UFC 217 left extra questions than solutions concerning the future. Let’s check out greatest ones dealing with UFC:

1. Can GSP really compete towards the UFC’s greatest middleweights?

Asking that query might sound foolish on the floor contemplating Georges St-Pierre is the brand new 185-pound champion, having dramatically defied cage rust, age and a four-year break from the game to submit Michael Bisping. However at 38, there is a case to be made that Bisping wasn’t even the fifth greatest fighter in his division. In spite of everything, following an upset of Luke Rockhold by way of gorgeous first-round TKO in 2016, Bisping’s reign has consisted of 46-year-old Dan Henderson, a nagging knee damage and a 13-month layoff.

If UFC president Dana White has his means, St-Pierre will return after therapeutic as much as face interim champion Robert Whittaker, probably in Australia, the place the red-hot “Reaper” is from. However like anybody else within the prime 5 of the middleweight rankings, the 26-year-old Whittaker is not any joke and is 7-Zero since shifting as much as 185.

St-Pierre, 36, relied on his grit and Corridor-of-Fame method to outlast Bisping and overcome a bout with fatigue within the second spherical that slowed him down. However GSP nonetheless absorbed punishment to get there — together with sizable cuts and heavy bleeding from his nostril and eye — and admitted after the match he was harm a number of instances. And that was Bisping. How a lot injury would St-Pierre have to accrue so as to out-grind bigger middleweights like Rockhold, Yoel Romero, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Chris Weidman?

The true debate for GSP comes all the way down to muscle and the way a lot time he put in rebuilding his physique. Dropping muscle to maneuver again all the way down to 170 is way extra harmful than slicing weight, significantly late in a fighter’s profession. One has to look no additional than how boxer Roy Jones Jr.’s profession fell aside at age 34 when he moved as much as heavyweight for one struggle and tried to chop practically 20 kilos of muscle to return again down two divisions.

White advised reporters that the Whittaker struggle was “a achieved deal,” but additionally mentioned he hadn’t talked to St-Pierre, who skipped the publish struggle information convention for a visit to the hospital. St-Pierre was requested contained in the cage by Joe Rogan whether or not he would marketing campaign at middleweight and offered a really noncommittal reply.

“Effectively this isn’t actually my actual weight. I did it for the problem,” St-Pierre mentioned. “There was a time in my profession I used to be too busy. The challenges have been one after the opposite and I used to be too small to go up. I used to be even small for welterweight. Now, I am nonetheless welterweight dimension, however I made a decision to take a shot as a result of I placed on muscle mass. There’s a level that it is an excessive amount of however now I am on the level the place it’s OK.”

The unavoidable truth is likely to be this: St-Pierre could make rather more cash in search of superfights at welterweight towards smaller opponents, the place the likes of Conor McGregor, Tyron Woodley and the Diaz brothers (Nick and Nate) presently compete. Below new possession, UFC additionally would not maintain as a lot leverage to threaten fighters as previously and St-Pierre has lengthy been somebody to stay to his weapons. Whichever division he decides to remain is probably going the place he finishes his profession.

2. Is 125 kilos actually the perfect weight for Demetrious Johnson vs. TJ Dillashaw?

Instantly after former champion TJ Dillashaw rallied to knock out Cody Garbrandt to regain the UFC’s bantamweight crown in Saturday’s co-main occasion, any speak of a right away rematch between the hated rivals and former teammates was placed on the again burner. As a substitute, each White and Dillashaw have been very matter of undeniable fact that his subsequent struggle can be a transfer down 10 kilos to lastly give pound-for-pound king and flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson the superfight he has coveted.

The concept for Johnson-Dillashaw is not a brand new one and was tossed round forward of UFC 213 in July after Garbrandt’s again damage pressured him to tug out of the initially scheduled Dillashaw struggle. Each fighters have been extremely prepared to make the struggle, however White’s reveal that the bout will take at flyweight, the place Dillashaw has by no means competed, would not appear to take advantage of sense for all events.

Johnson owns the UFC’s report for title defenses, however has by no means been a large enough draw to justify Dillashaw needing to return to him. He additionally would possibly find yourself receiving a pronounced benefit ought to Dillashaw be compromised by the load. Contemplating each are elite champions, a catchweight struggle the place neither title is on the road aside from P4P king of the game is likely to be apropos.

It may make simply as a lot sense for the struggle to be at bantamweight, the place “Mighty Mouse” campaigned earlier than UFC created a 125-pound division. A victory in that case would even additional stamp Johnson’s declare that he is the best fighter within the sport’s historical past.

To his credit score, Dillashaw immediately dismissed issues late Saturday that dropping 10 kilos from his already ripped body would possibly go away him weak. “The rationale why I look so lean at 135 kilos is the way in which I work,” mentioned Dillashaw, who walks round at 150 kilos. “I put muscle on, I am not an enormous 135er.”

Three. Ought to a Rose Namajunas-Joanna Jedrzejczyk rematch be computerized?

This one is straightforward: Sure. Whereas not each UFC champion will get the posh of a right away rematch following a detailed or stunning defeat (Rockhold and Dillashaw included), somebody with the resume of Jedrzejczyk is definitely deserving. Coming into the struggle one win shy of equaling Ronda Rousey’s report for UFC title defenses by a feminine, the speak was more and more changing into whether or not “Joanna Champion” was already the perfect girls’s fighter in historical past. Three minutes and three seconds later, Jedrzejczyk shockingly tapped out resulting from strikes. Her loss on Saturday was fast, gorgeous and thorough, and positively a feel-good story for Namajunas. However this one has “run it again” written throughout it.

four. Ought to Tyron Woodley be retroactively pardoned after Stephen Thompson’s efficiency?

This can be a bizarre one, proper? Tyron Woodley, the UFC’s welterweight champion, endured criticism from none aside from White himself for the way technical and calculated (i.e. boring) his two-fight stand with Stephen Thompson was over the previous 12 months. However Woodley, who fought to a majority draw and majority resolution win over Thompson, let his voice be heard after watching “Wonderboy” systematically confuse and break down fellow prime contender Jorge Masvidal on Saturday.

Woodley has definitely confirmed he is prepared to play it secure so as to safe a victory. His sleepy five-round resolution over Demian Maia in July as soon as once more drew the ire of White, who claimed the shortage of leisure was the rationale Woodley missed out on combating a returning GSP. However that does not take away from how little respect general that Woodley — who possesses an elite mixture of pace, energy, wrestling and smarts — has repeatedly acquired from followers, critics, UFC and even oddsmakers, who put in Woodley as a betting underdog for eight straight fights till Maia.

5. Is there any probability Paulo Costa is as dangerously good as he seems?

Each UFC middleweight might be asking themselves the identical query after Costa, previously often called Paulo Borrachinha, walked down and destroyed former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks on Saturday. Costa, a local of Brazil, is constructed like a Greek god and fights at an unyielding tempo. Comparisons to a younger Vitor Belfort would not be out of the query on this case. Of his three UFC wins, none have been as spectacular or as essential as Hendricks, which now formally proclaims the 26-year-old as one to look at as he climbs the ladder.

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