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tokyocyborg · 1 year

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in a pretentious mood tonight and i like using my blog as my brain personified so here are some of my favourite quotes/poems

"I don't want to be the one who mourns everything when everyone else has clearly forgotten. It's mortifying. It's mortifying to be the one who remembers."

Ryan O'Connell

"I am tired of myself tonight. I should like to be somebody else."

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"I was hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it, to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once."

Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"While you wash your body you realize it is not your body. And at the same time, it is the only body you have."

Warsan Shire, Hooyo Isn't Home

"I am doing my best to not become a museum of myself. I am doing my best to breathe in and out."

Natalie Díaz, American Arithmetic

"I want to be myself again. I want to be six. I want to stop knowing everything I know."

Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

"You are embarrassed about your blood, it's redness, the way it is just coming out of you with no concern for anyone's feelings. You are [...] embarrassed to be alive."

Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

"Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined."

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

"'How do you get so empty?' he wondered. 'Who takes it out of you?'"

Ray Bradbury, Farenheit 451

"In a sense, I'm the one who ruined me: I did it myself."

Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

"Nothing has changed. I was the stupid one again. I was the girl who never understood who she was to people."

Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home

"'I am destroying myself so other people can't,' she said. 'And it's the worst kind of control but it's the only form I know.'"

Sue Zhao

"Mother / Eat me and give birth to me again / This time around I'll make you proud."

Maia Baia, Mother

"Who attached these heavy wings on my shoulders?"

Marina Tsvetaeva, On a Red Horse

"I search for you in my dreams."

Li Qingzhao, Tune: The Partridge Sky

"Sometimes I think if nobody spoke to me, I'd never speak again."

Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

"I want to / sin / every time / I am with / him."

Ming D. Liu, He wants to corrupt me. And I let him.

"I couldn't touch you without ruining you, / so I didn't touch you at all."

Mindy Nettifee, All I Had To Say For Myself

"If there is a God then I am going to make him cry."

S. Osborn, Blasphemies at the 5th Street Station

"I am here, alone, at the end of the world. I reach out and touch nothing."

Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (tr. Alfred Brinbaum)

"I considered suicide, but I felt a strange fondness for my body, my life. Scarred as they were, they were mine."

Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

"Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

"This is what our dying looks like. You believe in the sun. I believe I can't love you."

Jericho Brown, Another Elegy (This is what our dying looks like)

"I am in the mood / to be forgotten."

Hanif Abdurraqib, FOR THE DOGS WHO BARKED AT ME ON THE SIDEWALKS IN CONNECTICUT

"It is awful to want to go away and want to go nowhere."

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

"I took a certain pleasure in informing the gender clinic that even though their program told me I could not live as a Gay man, it looks like I'm going to die as one."

Louis Sullivan

"Lie to yourself about this and you will forever lie about everything."

Frank Bidart, Queer

"I am quiet, I bury no one, blood is drying beneath my nails. I do not know which me it belongs to."

Julian Randall, On the Night I Consider Coming Out to My Parents

"I have stopped bringing flowers to the grave of the teenager I used to be."

Blythe Barid, If My Body Could Speak

"My longing for the past is deeper than words."

Tao Yuan-ming, Matching a Poem by Secretary Kuo (tr. Burton Watson)

"The day I died / I didn't tell / my body."

Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home

"(does not dream; is only dreamed of)"

Franny Choi, Soft Science

"Growing up and seeing your parents' flaws is like losing your religion. I don't believe in God anymore. I don't believe in my father either."

Nicola Yoon, The Sun is Also a Star

"Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine."

Richard Siken, Crush

"I needed to be somewhere different. Maybe I needed to be someone different, too."

Heather Davis

"I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come."

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

"To be made of flesh was humiliation."

Alice Munro, Lives of Girls and Women

"Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be devoured?"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Good and Evil

"I am tired. / These people make me feel like I have a hole in the middle of me."

D. H. Lawrence, The Complete Works; The Plumbed Serpent

"I've polished this anger and now it's a knife."

Cathy Linh Che, Go Forget Your Father

"Home is the first grave."

Fatimah Asghar, How'd Your Parents Die Again?

"Who hasn't ever wondered: am I a monster or it this what it means to be a person?"

Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"That's how hearts get broken, you know. When you believe in promises."

Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces

"So much to do today: / kill memory, kill pain, / turn heart into a stone, / and yet prepare to live again."

Anna Akhmatova, The Sentence

"My body is burning with the shame of not belonging."

Warsan Shire

"I want things to hurt- / cigarette smoke to burn my lungs, / glass shards to cut my skin / pavement to rasp against my knees. / I do not want beautiful; / I want a goddam tragedy."

Meggie C. Royer, Tragedies

#got bored idk #poetry #poem #words #writing #quote #spilled ink #spilled words #spilled writing #poetry comp #also posted a version of this on my vent acc #idk i really like this

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viscountessevie · 1 year

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Tagged by the lovely @mermaidsirennikita thanks for the tag! SO SORRY this is months late shxkdjks.

Also to note; I wrote 90% of this post about 4 months ago?? On a call with the brilliant @sophiamariabeckett and @hptriviachamp so that's why they get mentioned alot, anyway let's get to it!

Nickname: S, [Redacted - IYKYK], Sahara,Vi, Evie [I think I’m mostly used to S and Sahara, the latter two are derived from my username lol]

I used to go by Sky when I was younger because people butchered my name but it was also given to me by an ex-friend who tried to whitewash me so I have YEETED that name (will never ever go by it again) and fully embraced my Indian name and culture. Anyways I digress, Sky also earned me the nicknames Sunny, Cloudy, Sunshine.

Sign: A Fire Sign that fits me

Height: 5′0/155cm

Last thing I Googled:

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[Yall thank Trivia for this search and it’s so fitting for me!]

Song stuck in my head: Would’ve, Should’ve, Could’ve by Taylor Swift (also at this moment: Lavender Haze Acoustic version)

Number of Followers: Over 3k (but 80% are abandoned accounts or probably bots - also you gotta remember I've had this account for 8 years over 3 major fandoms so it's accumulation of that)

Amount of Sleep: 3 to 6 Hours - a lot of afternoon naps

Lucky number: 8, 19

Dream Job: Novelist and Screenwriter

The List of People I Wanna Work Woth (ranking in order of how much I wanna to work with them): Simone Ashley, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Zawe Ashton, Frieda Pinto & Dev Patel (tied), Zendaya

Creatives: Wanna write with Mindy Kaling and Trevor Noah, write for Margot Robbie (as executive producer), Cathy Yun, and Jordan Peele

Special mention to Tom Hiddleston, Rahul Kohli and Chloe Zhao for being icons I admire but my writing style/stories and their resumes are in direct conflict 😂

Wearing: A sheer black shirt, it’s giving Simone's Shirt-Dress at Paris Fashion Week

Actually at this very moment (3rd April) though I am wearing this:

The shirt ties in the front and I have cream shorts on. Someone once told me I look like a hot baseball player in this fit lol

Movies/Books That Summarize Me:

Books:

- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (very first book I ever read on my own)

- The Hunger Games series & TBoSaS by Suzanne Collins

- Every single Cecelia Ahern book

(save for her YA series and The Year I Met You)

- Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi

- To All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

- The Celebrity Quartet series by Taylor Jenkins Reid

[Hugo, Daisy Jones, Malibu Rising, gotta read Carrie Soto soon]

- A Lady For A Duke by Alexis Hall

- What I Did For A Duke by Julie Ann Long

Movies:

90s/00s Rom Coms - that entire genre and era changed me as a person.

10 Things I Hate About You

Legally Blonde

Confession of Shopaholic

Adding A Barbie Section at the request of Belle & Trivia:

Mermaid’s Tale, An Island Princess and of course Princess & The Pauper changed everyone's lives

Contemporaries:

Mr. Malcolm’s List

The Batman

Do Revenge

Look Both Ways

Emily

Shows (Added this in cos Shows have shaped me more than movies):

Wizards of Waverly Place

Gossip Girl

The Royals

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The Mindy Project

All Michael Schur shows except Parks & Rec (it was fine but not my vibe)

Jane The Virgin (BUT I do not claim S5)

Favorite song: Changes depending on the day but I will always go back to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Special Mention: Right Where You Left Me and Nothing New by TS

Favorite instrument: Guitar to play because I played it when I was 8; piano and violin to listen to - I really am a strings bitch huh

Aesthetic: I love dressing up in different styles and aesthetics tbh and I would say I dress how I feel. I dress up more when I'm happier and have a lot of statement pieces, more casual when I'm feeling lazy or depressed. But with the statement pieces, I'd say I'm giving theatre kid and I like to dress up like a Hollywood starlet sometimes lmao.

Favorite Author: I have no idea tbh. There's not one single author I've read all their books and liked. Hmm maybe Lemony Snicket but I haven't read Asking All The Right Questions yet. But all the books and authors listed above are a good range.

Ohmygod Cecelia Ahern - I've read and loved all her books!! Shoutout to my mom for getting me into her books during my teen years

Favorite Animal Noise: Rattlesnakes, Elephant’s Trumpet with the whole show of their trunks, Seal clapping and Hyena giggles

Random: So this section is the reason I didn't finish this post when Caro tagged me in it months ago lmao sorry C but now I have a fun random fact to share!

I'm currently on vacation in a tropical country rn and the villa I'm staying in feels so much like Donna's Villa in Mamma Mia - I love it so much! (I might reblog and share pictures of this place in the future but rn I'd like not to doxx myself lol) It's hella homey and I LOVE all the animals here; they have 4 dogs and 2 cats who are all my besties now. (I've never been a big pet person and now I want one)

#Tag Games #Caro tag #Belle tag #Triv tag #Get To Know Me #The Viscountess Rambles

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waitingforusff · 11 months

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Cap. 8- Você ainda está disposto a me conceder um pedido?

Lee Know

-Eu estive pensando e não acho que seja uma boa ideia você aparecer no programa de entrevistas hoje a noite. – eu encaro o gerente Zhao, aquilo é sério?

-Por que?

-Você ainda pergunta por que? Depois da sua briga com o Key, você ainda quer dar margem para falatório?

-Eu acho que eu daria margem para falatório caso eu não aparecesse, certo? fui convidado para esse programa há meses, não posso simplesmente cancelar por causa de um vídeo imbecil.

-Você devia ter pensado nisso antes de brigar com o Key.

-Um monte de Stays vão assistir só por causa da presença do Lino. – Chan hyung me defende. – vocês não podem simplesmente fazer isso, onde está o comprometimento da empresa com os fãs?

-Ele não vai, já ficou decidido e ponto final.

Fico de pé e saio da sala de reuniões, odeio quando me tratam feito uma criança irresponsável e acima de tudo odeio não pode cumprir com os meus compromissos, sou uma pessoa de palavra, não poder cumpri-la é a mesma coisa que me mandar deixar de ser quem sou.

Me enfio no quarto, mas é claro que não consigo ficar sozinho, em menos de cinco minutos todos os outros membros do Stray Kids estão lá.

-O que você está pensando em fazer? – Hyunjin me encara e eu dou de ombros.

-Eu não sei, a verdade é que eu queria mesmo participar do programa, as pessoas estavam contando comigo e eu odeio ser um desapontamento principalmente para as fãs.

-Só não faça nenhuma bobagem.- Seungmin me encara.

-Não vou fazer.

-O gerente Zhao pediu para que ninguém te deixasse sair. – I.N me encara.

-O que?

-Pois é, acho que ele tem medo que você de alguma forma vá parar na emissora de TV.

-Isso é ridículo, ele não pode me trancar aqui.

-De certa forma ele pode sim. – Han dispara.

-Shiu, eu ainda não te perdoei pelo que você fez com o colar da doida.

-Colar de quem? – Bang Chan pergunta e eu faço um gesto negativo com a cabeça.

-Esquece, longa história.

Lizzy

-Os índices do canal começaram a cair depois que retiramos o vídeo do ar. – estou mais uma vez na sala de reuniões enquanto meu chefe expõe a situação da empresa. – precisamos urgentemente de algo, qualquer coisa, preciso de uma ideia pra nos salvar, ou infelizmente começarei a fazer cortes.

Cortes. Sei que se isso acontecer serei uma das primeiras a ir para a rua. Respiro fundo e toco o colar que mandara consertar naquela manhã. O que minha mãe faria? Se ela estivesse no meu lugar o que ela faria para salvar o próprio emprego?

Ao tocar o colar lembro de algo.

“Faça um pedido. Eu vou realizar seu pedido seja o que for.”

Não. Não posso contar com alguém como ele para salvar meu emprego, mas... Foi ele quem me colocara naquela situação em primeiro lugar, certo? Ele me metera naquele problema, nada mais justo do que me ajudar a sair dele.

-Alguém tem alguma ideia? – meu chefe pergunta novamente e meu coração dá um salto.

Pego o celular do bolso e encaro meus contatos. “Idiota arrogante”.

-Eu acho que deveríamos mudar o caminho. – Mindy começa com um sorriso de deboche. - depois do fracasso da Lizzy em tentar se aproximar dos garotos do Stray Kids, bem...

-EU POSSO CONSEGUIR UMA ENTREVISTA EXCLUSIVA COM LEE KNOW! – disparo e todos ao redor da mesa em encaram.

-O que? – meu chefe me encara e eu respiro fundo.

-Ele está me devendo um favor e bem, eu posso cobrar isso.

-Por que Lee Know estaria te devendo um favor? – Mindy me encara.

-Não é da sua conta. Enfim, eu posso tentar falar com ele.

Meu chefe faz um gesto negativo com a cabeça.

-Você já causou problemas demais para Lee Know.

-Eu? E os problemas que ele ME causou? – deixo escapar, então respiro fundo, ninguém sabe o que aconteceu.

-pensaremos em algo, por favor, podem voltar ao trabalho.

Quando saímos da reunião eu encaro a Laura.

-Eu vou encontrar o Lee Know. – disparo. – ele disse que eu poderia pedir o favor que quisesse, então pedirei isso.

-Você vai confiar seu emprego a alguém como ele?

-Que escolha eu tenho? Se não aparecermos com uma solução, eu sei que serei a primeira a ir para a rua e bem, se eu for pra rua, quem vai pagar o aluguel?

Retiro o celular do bolso e respiro fundo.

“Ei, você ainda está disposto a me conceder um pedido?”

Lee Know

Quando todos saem do quarto me atiro de costas na cama, o que vou fazer? O gerente Zhao não tem o mínimo direito de me trancar daquela maneira.

Escuto o meu celular vibrar e o pego entre os dedos, ao encarar a tela abro um pequeno sorriso.

“Ei, você ainda está disposto a me conceder um pedido?”

Ela fora direta. Nem um bom dia se deu ao trabalho de dar. Certo, ela não gosta de mim, por que me daria bom dia?

Fico encarando a tela do celular e uma ideia me vem a mente.

“Claro, te disse que concederia. O que você quer?”

“Preciso que dessa vez você realmente me conceda aquela entrevista.”

“Feito!”

Por um instante ela não responde, acho que está espantada por eu ter concordado tão rápido, mas a verdade é que eu não tenho muito tempo.

“O que aconteceu? Você ainda está aí?”

“O que você está armando?”

“Como assim?”

“Você concordou muito fácil.”

“Te falei que faria qualquer coisa que você pedisse, estou feliz que não me pediu um rim.”

Mais uma vez ela demora para responder.

“Olha, eu falei sério quando disse que você poderia me pedir qualquer coisa. Me senti mal pelo colar, ok? Então eu estou falando a verdade quando digo que sim, vou te dar a entrevista.”

“Quando?”

“Você pode vir na agência hoje no fim da tarde, por volta das seis?”

“Posso.”

“Ótimo. Te vejo mais tarde então.”

“Está certo.”

Coloco o celular de lado com um sorriso no rosto. Perfeito!

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parasiteicons · 3 years

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elizabethsway · 2 years

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I am not a science person but I was watching (yes, I watch too much tv) this show called Put Your Head on My Shoulder, when I heard a funny line that I wish I can use.

Basically, this guy is super smart and I think his teacher or advisor was bothering him with questions, so he sat down and put on some goggles before looking to the man that was pestering him. In order to get the guy to pop off, he said "I'm doing an experiment, but there's only one set of goggles."

In other words, go away I don't want to be bothered. I love it. It is sassy and reminds me of my favorite way that I have ever heard someone say that they lied. It was Jeremy on The Mindy Project and he said something along the lines of "It was a fiction, and I, it's author" when describing how he tricked and lied to his coworkers.

There are many fun ways of to get your point across and I know a lot of people prefer to reduce language to things like "lol", "sus" or even in the form of emojis, but I love it when people elaborate words into elegant strokes of art.

I'm not even that good at it myself, but I get so giddy just hearing people be so playful with the arrangement and elaboration of the words they choose to use.

Gu Weiyi - Lin Yi

Jeremy Reed - Ed Weeks

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tribeca · 5 years

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“The performances on this list have been delivered in films as disparate as a rollicking musical drama, a horror movie in which the unspoken political implications chill the spine almost nearly as much as the images on screen, and a subdued character study about the sort of American woman who is rarely made the focus of American movies. If these performances share anything in common it is that, like the best screen acting, they have lingered in the mind of moviegoers long after the cinematic experience has come to an end.” —Matthew Eng

The 11 Best Female Film Performances of Early 2019

(Source: TribecaFilm.com)

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mrcheyl · 3 years

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Mindy Zhao by MrCheyl

Album

#mywork #photographers on tumblr #photography #Mindy

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tabloidtoc · 3 years

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People, May 10

Cover: Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade

Page 3: Chatter -- Mindy Kaling on technology woes, Amy Adams on wanting to go into acting because of Grease, Gal Gadot on telling her daughters Maya and Alma about her pregnancy, DJ Khaled on using Rihanna's skin-care line, Christie Brinkley on showing off her body on Instagram at age 67, Whoopi Goldberg on writing a superhero movie about an older Black lady

Page 4: 5 Things We're Talking About -- Michael Keaton returns as Batman, Jane Fonda recalls her first and best kiss, Maya Rudolph would give Bridesmaids another go, the stars of ER scrub in one more time, popcorn and donuts team up

Page 7: Contents

Page 8: StarTracks -- one day before Prince William and Princess Kate's youngest child Prince Louis turned 3, Kensington Palace released a new portrait of the little royal to mark the occasion; Kate snapped the photo of Louis, who wore a school uniform and backpack as he rode his bike outside their home in London ahead of his first day of preschool

Page 9: JoJo Siwa and mom Jessalynn went for a roller-coaster ride at Disney's Hollywood studios in Florida, Madonna in a three-piece Gucci suit for dinner at West Hollywood staple Craig's

Page 10: Stars on Set -- Rachel Brosnahan was pretty in pink while filming season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with costar Alex Borstein in NYC, John Cena flashed a peace sign when he took a coffee break while filming The Suicide Squad spinoff series Peacemaker in Vancouver, Tika Sumpter and James Marsden shot an action-packed scene for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in Vancouver

Page 11: Katie Holmes was spotted on a Connecticut set preparing to film the drama The Watergate Girl in which she'll play Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, Awkwafina and Bowen Yang filmed the upcoming season of Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens in NYC, Melissa Benoist suited up for Supergirl in Vancouver

Page 12: Brooke Shields who is recovering after breaking her femur in a gym accident walked arm in arm after a lunch with husband Chris Henchy, Britney Spears and boyfriend Sam Asghari posed for a photo before attending a friend's wedding

Page 15: Stars in the Sun -- Maren Morris flaunted her new tan while enjoying a tropical getaway, Simone Biles and boyfriend Jonathan Owens cuddled up during a trip to Florida, Lindsey Vonn caught some waves and some rays while paddleboarding in Tulum, Derek Hough cooled off in the ocean during a beach day in L.A., Brie Larson enjoyed a dip while on vacation in Hawaii

Page 17: Scoop -- Life After Their Split -- how Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are moving on

Page 18: Inside Caitlyn Jenner's run for governor

Page 20: Heart Monitor -- Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young ready to wed, Pete Davidson and Phoebe Dynevor going public, Zac Efron and Vanessa Valladares split, Billie Eilish and Matthew Tyler Vorce new couple?

Page 23: Jana Kramer and Mike Caussin's messy divorce

* Susannah Constantine -- my royal friendship with Princess Margaret

Page 24: Open House -- French Montana

* Baby Boom -- the latest on Hollywood's growing families -- Marie Kondo and Takumi Kawahara welcomed a son, Nick and Lauren Carter welcomed their third child

Page 27: Ed Helms talks life after The Office

Page 29: Passages, Why I Care -- Lisa Kudrow is working with doctors at UCLA to end the stigma surrounding mental health issues

Page 31: Stories to Make You Smile -- most cats can't stand the water but 8-month-old Marlin can't get enough and his Instagram is @carolinejarvis, a first grader's airplane kits give wings to kids' travel dreams

Page 35: People Picks -- Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

Page 36: Limbo, One to Watch -- Shadow and Bone's Jessie Mei Li

Page 37: Pose, Pet Stars

Page 38: The Handmaid's Tale, Thomas Rhett -- Country Again: Side A, Q&A with Olivia Holt

Page 39: The Mosquito Coast, Inspiring America: The 2021 Inspiration List

Page 41: Books

Page 42: Oscars 2021 -- The Return of Glamour -- the show was unconventional, just 170 guests were allowed in L.A.'s Union Station, and COVID restrictions were strictly enforced, but stars did their part to bring back some movie magic

Page 43: Andra Day

Page 44: Fabulous Fashion -- crop tops, ball gowns and bows ruled the red carpet -- Angela Bassett, Zendaya, Carey Mulligan, Maria Bakalova

Page 45: Margot Robbie, Reese Witherspoon, Viola Davis, Amanda Seyfried

Page 46: Behind the Scenes -- Regina King -- the actress closed out awards season in a custom Louis Vuitton creation

Page 48: Shine Bright -- there's no such thing as too much bling -- Laura Pausini, Vanessa Kirby, Zendaya

Page 49: Maria Bakalova, Daniel Kaluuya, Glenn Close, Tiara Thomas

Page 50: Very Well Suited -- these sharp dressers put their own twists on the tuxedo -- Lakeith Stanfield, Colman Domingo, Paul Raci, Tyler Perry, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Kim

Page 53: Getting Ready with Andra Day

Page 55: Getting Ready with Angela Bassett

Page 56: Romance on the Red Carpet -- these couples only had eyes for each other -- Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher, Halle Berry and Van Hunt, Chloe Zhao and Joshua James Richards, Riz Ahmed and Fatima Farheen Mirza

Page 57: Steven Yeun and Joana Pak, Leslie Odom Jr. and Nicolette Robinson, Paul Raci and Liz Hanley Raci, Aaron Sorkin and Paulina Porizkova

Page 58: Best in Show -- there were A-list stars, groundbreaking moments and social distancing as Hollywood gathered safely to honor the best movies of the year -- Reese Witherspoon

Page 61: Alan Kim, Angela Bassett, Rita Moreno

Page 62: Major Moments -- these artists broke barriers during the most historic ceremony ever -- Emerald Fennell, Chloe Zhao, Daniel Kaluuya

Page 63: H.E.R., Anthony Hopkins, Yuh-Jung Youn with Brad Pitt, Mia Neal

Page 65: Yuh-Jung Youn and Daniel Kaluuya and Frances McDormand, Elton John and Dua Lipa, Andra Day and Winnie Harlow

Page 66: Cover Story -- Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union -- Dream Team -- the actress and NBA champ open up about protecting their family, fighting for what's right and why they're stronger than ever

Page 72: George Floyd's Killer Found Guilty -- We Can Breathe Again -- friends and family of the Minneapolis man killed by police rejoice after a jury's verdict and vow with supporters to keep fighting systemic racism

Page 76: Bethenny Frankel -- what I know now -- the irrepressible former Real Housewives star and businesswoman is newly engaged and back as a boss with a new show

Page 80: A Son Lost to Suicide, A Father's Mission -- we loved him every day, but it wasn't enough -- after the shocking death of his 12-year-old son, Brad Hunstable has a message for parents: talk to your kids about suicide

Page 84: Andrew McCarthy -- I was never suited for fame -- the beloved actor, and author of a new memoir, looks back on his enduring films, surviving his '80s stardom and how his affiliation with the so-called Brat Pack was a mixed blessing

Page 88: Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton's 10-year anniversary -- remembering the big day -- those who made the wedding a fairy tale share their memories

Page 92: Country Singer Thomas Rhett -- fame, family and finding my way -- the star opens up about overcoming struggled with his wife Lauren in their 8-year-marriage and learning to put their family first

Page 98: Murdered Soldier Vanessa Guillen's Fiance -- every day I pray for justice -- a year after losing the love of his life, Juan Cruz is determined to make sure the Army specialist's legacy is never forgotten and that her tragic death inspires lasting change

Page 102: George W. Bush -- painting with a purpose -- the former president avoided making waves, until his party's nativist prompted him to use his art to celebrate immigrants

Page 106: Pop Star Julia Michaels -- how I learned to love myself -- the singer talks falling in love, managing anxiety and writing hits for Britney Spears and Selena Gomez

Page 116: One Last Thing -- Josh Duhamel

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gankyoursoul · 4 years

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Cap. 8- Você ainda está disposto a me conceder um pedido?

Yibo

-Eu estive pensando e não acho que seja uma boa ideia você aparecer no programa de entrevistas hoje a noite. – eu encaro o gerente Zhao, aquilo é sério?

-Por que?

-Você ainda pergunta por que? Depois da sua briga com o Bang Chan você ainda quer dar margem para falatório?

-Eu acho que eu daria margem para falatório caso eu não aparecesse, certo? fui convidado para esse programa há meses, não posso simplesmente cancelar por causa de um vídeo imbecil.

-Você devia ter pensado nisso antes de brigar com o Bang Chan.

-Um monte de unicorns vão assistir só por causa da presença do Yibo. – yixuan me defende. – vocês não podem simplesmente fazer isso, onde está o comprometimento da empresa com os fãs?

-Ele não vai, já ficou decidido e ponto final.

Me enfio no quarto, mas é claro que não consigo ficar sozinho, em menos de cinco minutos todos os outros membros do Uniq estão lá.

-O que você está pensando em fazer? – Wenhan me encara e faço uma careta. Não faço a mínima ideia.

-Eu não sei, a verdade é que eu queria mesmo participar do programa, as pessoas estavam contando comigo e eu odeio ser um desapontamento principalmente para as fãs.

-Só não faça nenhuma bobagem.

-Não vou fazer.

-O gerente Zhao pediu para que ninguém te deixasse sair. – Sungjoo me encara.

-O que?

-Pois é, acho que ele tem medo que você de alguma forma vá parar na emissora de TV.

-Isso é ridículo, ele não pode me trancar aqui.

-De certa forma ele pode sim. – Seungyuon dispara.

-Shiu, eu ainda não te perdoei pelo que você fez com o colar da doida.

-Colar de quem? – Yixuan pergunta e eu faço um gesto negativo com a cabeça.

-Esquece, longa história.

Lizzy

Ao tocar o colar lembro de algo.

“Faça um pedido. Eu vou realizar seu pedido seja o que for.”

-Alguém tem alguma ideia? – meu chefe pergunta novamente e meu coração dá um salto.

Pego o celular do bolso e encaro meus contatos. “Idiota arrogante”.

-Eu acho que deveríamos mudar o caminho. – Mindy começa com um sorriso de deboche. - depois do fracasso da Lizzy em tentar se aproximar dos garotos do Uniq, bem...

-EU POSSO CONSEGUIR UMA ENTREVISTA EXCLUSIVA COM WANG YIBO! – disparo e todos ao redor da mesa em encaram.

-O que? – meu chefe me encara e eu respiro fundo.

-Ele está me devendo um favor e bem, eu posso cobrar isso.

-Por que Wang Yibo estaria te devendo um favor? – Mindy me encara.

-Não é da sua conta. Enfim, eu posso tentar falar com ele.

Meu chefe faz um gesto negativo com a cabeça.

-Você já causou problemas demais para Wang Yibo.

-Eu? E os problemas que ele ME causou? – deixo escapar, então respiro fundo, ninguém sabe o que aconteceu.

-pensaremos em algo, por favor, podem voltar ao trabalho.

Quando saímos da reunião eu encaro a Yi Yi.

-Eu vou encontrar Wang Yibo. – disparo. – ele disse que eu poderia pedir o favor que quisesse, então pedirei isso.

-Você vai confiar seu emprego a alguém como ele?

-Que escolha eu tenho? Se não aparecermos com uma solução, eu sei que serei a primeira a ir para a rua e bem, se eu for pra rua, quem vai pagar o aluguel?

Retiro o celular do bolso e respiro fundo.

“Ei, você ainda está disposto a me conceder um pedido?”

Yibo

Quando todos saem do quarto me atiro de costas na cama, o que vou fazer? O gerente Zhao não tem o mínimo direito de me trancar daquela maneira.

Escuto o meu celular vibrar e o pego entre os dedos, ao encarar a tela abro um pequeno sorriso.

“Ei, você ainda está disposto a me conceder um pedido?”

Ela fora direta. Nem um bom dia se deu ao trabalho de dar. Certo, ela não gosta de mim, por que me daria bom dia?

Fico encarando a tela do celular e uma ideia me vem a mente.

“Claro, te disse que concederia. O que você quer?”

“Preciso que dessa vez você realmente me conceda aquela entrevista.”

“Feito!”

Por um instante ela não responde, acho que está espantada por eu ter concordado tão rápido, mas a verdade é que eu não tenho muito tempo.

“O que aconteceu? Você ainda está aí?”

“O que você está armando?”

“Como assim?”

“Você concordou muito fácil.”

“Te falei que faria qualquer coisa que você pedisse, estou feliz que não me pediu um rim.”

Mais uma vez ela demora para responder.

“Olha, eu falei sério quando disse que você poderia me pedir qualquer coisa. Me senti mal pelo colar, ok? Então eu estou falando a verdade quando digo que sim, vou te dar a entrevista.”

“Quando?”

“Você pode vir na agência hoje no fim da tarde, por volta das seis?”

“Posso.”

“Ótimo. Te vejo mais tarde então.”

“Está certo.”

Coloco o celular de lado com um sorriso no rosto. Perfeito!

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cherry nolans, nonbinary, they/them, 23 ( shamir bailey )

corrine mclay, female, she/her, 22 ( samantha logan )

gini mallick, female, she/her, 37 ( mindy kaling )

griffin riley, male, he/him, 24 ( reece king )

hattie marvolo, female, she/her, 32 ( gabourey sidibe )

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jiho lee, nonbinary, she/her, 37 ( bae doona )

juliet ( jules ) ducan, nonbinary, they/them, 28 ( lizzo )

jungeum ( june ) seok, trans male, he/him, 25 ( bang yongguk )

kitchi calhoun, nonbinary, they/them, 24 ( booboo stewart )

krishna sanghvi, male, he/him, 20 ( aramis knight )

lillian lipinsky, female, she/her, 29 ( amber riley )

lilo pepsis, female, she/her, 23 ( kehlani parrish )

lincoln shardae, nonbinary, they/them, 27 ( john boyega )

louis shimoda, trans male, he/him, 21 ( ryan potter )

mario castillo, nonbinary, he/him, 38 ( diego luna )

may sando, trans female, she/her, 29 ( amy okuda )

mia oliveira, female, she/her, 21 ( bruna marquezine )

murphy lebrun, nonbinary, they/them, 20 ( amandla stenberg )

nico barsky, male, he/him, 26 ( tom maden )

olive teddington, trans male, he/him, 34 ( manny montana )

orion smita, male, he/him, 38 ( purab kohli )

pia ( p.j. ) jorgeson, nonbinary, they/them, 34 ( lupita nyong’o )

presley speilmen, nonbinary, they/them, 37 ( ricky whittle )

qing zhao, female, she/her, 50 ( lucy liu )

ramsey strate, male, he/him, 24 ( keiynan lonsdale )

ravi shah, male, he/him, 27 ( dev patel )

romi ducan, female, she/her, 24 ( naomi scott )

saige song, nonbinary, she/her, 32 ( jamie chung )

salali ( sally ) echoille, female, she/her, 24 ( malese jow )

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Welcome to Awards Season Part 2 – The Movies 2019 (Chapter 1)

Hopefully, you’ve already read Part 1 of this semi-weekly series and already know some of the players when awards season begins in early December. A few of them have already announced their awards for the year.

I was going to use this second installment to talk about the various Oscar categories and what they signify or represent, and how they are selected, but that can clearly wait until January. Instead, I’m going to get into some of the movies being bandied about this awards season, and there seems to be more than ever.

Mind you, this won’t be one of those, “These are my eight to ten picks to get nominated for Best Picture,” since you can keep track of that over at GoldDerby, even if my reasons and analysis aren’t listed. I may do something akin to that closer to January once we get some precursors. (See Part 1.)

In each section, I’m going to list the movies in alphabetical order but I’m also going to give a number to each in terms of its Oscar potential. While I’ll talk a little about some of the factors in play for each movie, I’m going to try to not get too deeply into the performances, since that will be saved for a future installment. I’m also going to leave off the desire to talk about animated films or documentaries much, even though the latter is definitely one of my specialties – the former, not so much.

SUNDANCE FAVES

Even before the Oscar nominations are announced for the previous year, the movie biz kicks into high gear with the movies that will be talked about over the next year with the annual trip to Park City, Utah for the newest independent films, including from many who have already established themselves at Sundances past.

Plenty of Sundance premieres have gone onto get awards (or at least nominations) on Oscar night including Little Miss Sunshine, Precious,Beasts of the Southern Wild, Winter’s Bone (whatever happened to that “Jennifer Lawrence” girl?) and more, but it feels like every year, it gets tougher and tougher to make it through the whole year, especially when movies are released during the summertime.

Clemency (NEON) (5)

It’s almost hard to believe that Chinonye Chukwu’s prison drama, her second movie, premiered all the way back in January, because distributor NEON (who is having a fantastic year!) is waiting until the very tail end of December to release it. The movie stars Alfre Woodard as a prison warden who is trying to juggle her own domestic issues with the impending execution of an inmate, played by Aldis Hodges (who was also excellent in the overlooked Brian Banks). Both performances are solid, having already gotten a few Gotham and Independent Spirit nominations.

Late Night (Amazon) (3)

This Mindy Kaling comedy vehicle, which she wrote and stars with the always wonderful Dame Emma Thompson is a fantastic example of films that come out of Sundance that are based on personal stories but told in an entertaining way. This comedy about Kaling’s character becoming a bit of a diversity hire in the writers’ room for a legendary late night talk show host (played by Thompson) comes from out of Kaling’s time as an intern for Conan O’Brien. It’s a wonderful and very entertaining film, although Amazon hasn’t been supporting its award chances by sending out screeners, maybe since it only made $15.5 million in its early summer theatrical run despite getting a wide release. I really like this movie a lot and in any other year, Kaling’s screenplay would get recognized – it really should have been this year’s The Big Sick*– but at this point, its best bet is a Golden Globe comedy nod for Thompson. (*Remember how everyone thought Holly Hunter would get an Oscar nomination for this that year?)

The Farewell (A24) (8)

Lulu Wang’s family dramedy based on her own true story (or based on a lie, going by the opening title) is easily one of the year’s best films. The movie burst into Sundance with many raving about the performance by Awkwafina and Chinese vet Shuzhen Zhao, who are both wonderful, but I’m not the only person who absolutely loves this movie, which I expect to do decently among critics groups. It also has that personal thing of The Big Sick,but it’s also a movie set mostly in China, mostly in Mandarin, yet it still has found a fairly wide appeal among moviegoers despite only making slightly more than Late Nightin theaters, peaking in less than 900 theaters. Wisely, A24 is giving this another seasonal push with Wang and Awkwafina doing the rounds, which will guarantee awards voters check out those screeners. It’s a wonderful movie with a fantastic script, and hopefully its support at the Gothams and (less so) at the Independent Spirits will help its Oscar chances.

The Report (Amazon) (4)

Frequent Steven Soderbergh collaborator Scott Z Burns’ second feature as a director took on the CIA’s use of torture techniques to get info out of Iraqi detainees, which makes it a pretty serious film. Many people at Sundance were raving about the performances by Adam Driver as Daniel Jones, the man writing the report for years, and Annette Bening as Senator Dianne Feinstein, more than for the overall movie. The Reportjust hit Amazon Prime a few weeks after its so-so theatrical showing. (Actually, Amazon took a cue from Netflix and didn’t REPORT (rimshot) its box office.) I feel like Driver’s performance in Marriage Story(see below) has been taking away from this equally great performance and Bening’s performance while great as always isn’t too groundbreaking. In any other year, Burns’ fantastic screenplay would get attention and maybe the WGA will do so, but it’s playing in a tough adapted screenplay year.

Beyond those four films mentioned above, there are also a lot of strong docs that premiered at Sundance and will go all the way to Oscar night, as well as a number of genre films, some which will become popular favorites but not necessarily be in the awards conversation.

CANNES SHENANIGANS

(Actually, there were no actual shenanigans, but it rhymed, so the subtitle sticks!)

As the summer movie season begins in May, the Cannes Film Festival brings many industry insiders to the beach-side Croisette to see some of the fanciest world premiere galas of the year. I personally have never been but it sure looks like a nice working vacation.

There are quite a few strong festivals in between Sundance and Cannes: Berlin, SXSW and Tribeca being three, but to date, they haven’t proven to be particularly strong for delivering Oscar winners or even nominees. Movies like Olivia Wilde’s Book Smart, which premiered at the middle of the three, has proven popular among younger critics but just didn’t take off at the box office

Cannes is another story, and again, in alphabetical order, this year’s festival presented…

Atlantiques/Atlantics (Netflix) (2)

Mati Diop’s feature narrative debut left Cannes with the Grand Prix award, which got it a lot more attention with its look at a love affair between a construction worker and a 17-year-old promised to another man. This is Senegal’s selection for the International Film category, and it has a good chance of getting into the shortlist and nominations, although probably not into other categories persé. It will be interesting to see if this can win any of the critics’ awards in the foreign language category over Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) just awarded it as a debut feature, so that’s a start.

The Lighthouse (A24) (3)

There was a lot of buzz out of Cannes for Robert Eggers’ follow-up to his horror-thriller The VVitch, this one a two-hander starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as two men taking care of a remote lighthouse where they get stranded as they both start to go insane. (Actually, Dafoe’s character is already halfway there, which might be why his performance is a likely awards contender.) It’s a weird movie that certainly has its fans but it really will need some critical support this week to be taken seriously for anything other than another Dafoe nomination.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (NEON) (3)

This French drama from Céline Sciamma (Girlhood) about a lesbian love affair between a painter and her subject found a lot of fans at Cannes and subsequent festivals. Many of the film’s fans were upset when France decided to go with Les Misérablesfor its “International Film” selection, and it’s hard to think that this French film will do very well except among critics. The only problem is that it will continually be competing against Parasitein the Foreign Language category, and the best it can do is maybe get a Golden Globe nomination. The New York Film Critics Circlejust awarded it a Cinematography award, so maybe that’s somewhere it might get more attention, but more likely, it’s in the same boat as Atlantics.

A Hidden Life (Fox Searchlight) (4)

Terrence Malick’s latest film debuted at Cannes out of competition, and oddly, it didn’t get nearly as much attention as his previous few films, although it’s amazing how prolific he’s been in the last decade since last being in the awards race in 2011 for The Tree of Life. Not all his movies since then have been great, and he’s made a few forays into documentary, but A Hidden Lifeis a real return to form in terms of dramatic filmmaking. It takes place during World War II when an Austrian farmer refuses to hail allegiance to Hitler and though it’s long at three hours, it certainly is beautiful, and the Academy has frequently gushed over Holocaust films, which this is. It should get some attention for its Cinematography, and we’ll have to see if it might get other awards.

Les Misérables (Amazon) (3)

Ladj Ly’s French police thriller proved that #BlackLivesMatter is not just a United States phenomenon, as it follows a trio of police officers who get involved with the attack on a young boy in the projects and the attempted cover-up. It’s a movie that’s maybe not one that people might think of an “Oscar movie” but France did pick it as its selection in the “International Film” category, and we’ll have to see how much of a push Amazon will give this over its English narrative films. Again, we’ll have to see how things shake out once the Golden Globes announces if it made their own foreign language category.

Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (Sony) (10)

One of the big Cannes World Premieres and a huge coup for the festival was getting previous winner and jury leader Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film quite a few months before its July theatrical debut by Sony Pictures. Every Tarantino release is a bit event, but this one reunited him with Django Unchained’s Leonardo DiCaprio and Inglourious Basterds’ Brad Pitt, except that this time they were both playing much larger roles. It also brought on Oscar-nominated starlet Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate, and as you can guess, it took place in Hollywood in 1969 revolving around the time of the famous Tate-LaBianca murders by the Charles Manson family. This was another true original from Tarantino that has been well-marketed by Sony to gross $141 million domestically and another $230.9 million overseas. That’s more than Basterdsbut just behind Django, although the film’s Cannes debut vs. Oscar chances shouldn’t be a shock when you realize that both Pulp Fiction and Basterdsdebuted there on their way to the Oscars.

Pain and Glory (Sony Classics) (6)

Pedro Almodovar’s latest film entered the Cannes competition and walked away with a Best Actor award for its star and Almodovar’s frequent leading man Antonio Banderas, who is thought to be in the Oscar race for Lead Actor. (More on him in the next installment.) But the movie itself was such a remarkable comeback for Almodovar who hasn’t been in the Oscar race since 2003’s Talk to Her, although the film’s other star, Penelope Cruz, whose first Oscar nomination was for Almodovar’s 2007 film Volver. There’s always hopes that Almodovar will once again be nominated for his original screenplay (which is excellent) or direction, but those are both crowded fields this year. It’s a shame because this really is among Almodovar’s best films and the NYFCC picking Banderas as their Best Actor gives the actor a nice boost at the start of awards season.

Parasite (NEON) (9)

Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho’s sixth feature film burst into Cannes much like the impoverished family in the movie who wheels and deals their way into the home of a wealthier family. It would walk away with the coveted Palme d’Or prize, and with tons of rave reviews from the critics that have helped the movie make its way to theatrical release in which it’s become the highest grossing import from Korea (movie-wise, anyway). The movie is still sitting at 99% on Rotten Tomatoeswith only 3 negative reviews out of 300, and audiences seem to like it almost as much. The only negative is that it is a foreign film with mainly unknown actors and the Academy has never nominated a Korean film for ANY Oscars EVER… isn’t that crazy? Director Bong’s movie will change that as it’s this year’s Amor, Michael Haneke’s Palme D’Or which was nominated for a number of Oscars, only winning one for Foreign Language film. Parasite is so far ahead of the competition in the “International Film” competition, it’s scary, and it’s begun its run of critics awards by taking the Atlanta Film Critics Society’s top honors.

The Traitor (Sony Pictures Classics) (2)

Marco Bellochio’s crime drama (which I haven’t yet seen) premiered in competition with generally decent reviews, and like many other Cannes premieres, it’s best bet is in the International Film category where it will lose to Parasite. It will be the 80-year-old Bellochio’s submission by his country after a number of well-respected films.

Outside the Festival Circuit

There are quite a few movies released in the summer and early fall that aren’t necessarily considered awards movies, the big one being Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame (Disney), which I’ll probably write more about o6ver at The Beat. Focus Features managed to have the biggest hit of their 16-year-plus career with the movie incarnation of the popular BBC show Downton Abbey from previous Oscar nominee (and Emmy winner) Julian Fellowes, and they’re likely to try to push that into the awards race especially if some of their other offerings (see below) don’t click.

Okay, this is already getting too long. So I’m going to cut it off here and get to the rest of the year in Part 2… yes, there will be a Chapter 2, Part 2. Deal with it.

#Awards SundanceFilmFestival Cannes Movies

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For a business that now sees itself as being all about wellness and not just shedding pounds, the company formerly known as Weight Watchers looks like it has been on a crash diet.

In the second half of its financial year, it dropped 600,000 subscribers.

And at the beginning of its peak season - when Christmas overindulgence morphs into New Year virtuousness - membership is well below forecasts.

The problem, it seems, is all in the name.

After 56 years of trading as Weight Watchers, the company changed its name last September to WW, which, it says, doesn't stand for anything - not Weight Watchers, not even its new tagline "Wellness that Works".

Why did Weight Watchers change its name?

The intention, under new chief executive Mindy Grossman, was to modernise the brand amid a cultural shift to body positivity that now emphasises health and wellness as opposed to counting calories.

But Ms Grossman this week admitted to analysts - when the company missed full-year forecasts and warned on profits - that using the word "weight" in its marketing actually carried, well, more weight.

"I think it needed to be more weight-loss focused, especially in the January season," she said.

She added that it needed to be made clearer that Weight Watchers is now WW.

Yanhui Zhao, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, says that the rebranding of Weight Watchers to WW was "a risky move" in the first place.

"A rebranding project may lead to losses in brand awareness and brand familiarity.

"These risks were even bigger for WW, considering their almost 60-year brand history in the market. Firms should be especially cautious when abandoning a long-standing brand name."

How was the new brand received?

Not even the motivational tones of Oprah Winfrey - a board member, strategic adviser and owner of an 8% stake in WW - could lift subscriber numbers and avoid the £50m dent to operating profit in the first quarter following the name change.

Despite introducing a voice over by Ms Winfrey to its advertising explaining that Weight Watchers is now WW, the company made a "soft start" to the year which, its chief financial officer Nick Hotchkin says, is "difficult to recover from".

Camilla Butcher, strategist at branding company Siegel+Gale, questions whether the company should have changed the brand at all.

"The name, if anything, for any brand is really sometimes the most important asset. That is what a brand is when it really comes down to it, it can be name, the meaning and the feelings that are associated with that name."

She adds: "I think that we live in such a fast-moving time... and there's nothing more shifting than the diet and weight loss category."

WW boss Ms Grossman says the company is operating in a "very competitive environment", with trends such as the high-fat, low carb "keto" diet becoming popular.

But Ms Butcher says: "By nature, it is a whole industry of fads and things that come and go, and Weight Watchers' absolute strength was the fact that they had stood the test of time."

How did shareholders react?

Shareholders, it appears, also weren't too sold on the name change when it was announced back in September.

In a study looking at the effects of rebranding on share price returns by University of Nebraska's Prof Zhao, in association with Prof Roger Calantone and Prof Clay Voorhees from Michigan State University, an examination of 215 announcements showed that on average, stocks rose 2.5%.

But the research also found that 40% of the rebranding announcements were associated with negative shareholder reactions.

For WW, Prof Zhao found that its share price fell 30% in the month after it said it was changing its name.

Was WW right to change its strategy?

While the name change may have puzzled some, the reasoning behind it makes sense.

Ms Butcher says: "I think there are very valid conversations to be had about the term 'weight' and whether that is a helpful thing to be talking about any more."

Also, the image of the company needed refreshing, says Prof Zhao: "Their previous brand image was outdated and was not appealing to millennials, males and many other demographics."

In order to address this, WW recruited singer Robbie Williams and Instagram star DJ Khaled as "brand ambassadors".

However, it was not the idea, but its execution that has hurt WW.

"I just think it happened very quickly… the timing was probably a mistake," Brian Nagel, senior equity analyst at Oppenheimer told CNBC. "They did this around October, November of last year, two months before the peak season."

WW's peak first quarter season brings in about 40% of its annual recruits.

While its total subscribers for 2018 rose by 22% on the previous year - helped by strong first half as it introduced its new WW Freestyle programme - recruitment numbers have fallen in the first quarter.

Revenue for the first three months of the year will now be down by 10% and operating profit will drop by $50m compared to the same period last year.

For the full year, sales will now be $1.4bn, down from $1.5bn in 2018, and WW will no longer meet its $2bn annual revenue target by 2020.

How should have Weight Watchers changed its brand?

Prof Zhao says: "Although rebranding was necessary for them, they probably shouldn't have acted so fast to change their brand name.

"They should have started with a revised brand strategy and updated brand offerings, and then started to made small changes to their brand identity, such as brand logo and tagline.

"Corporate name change should have been their very last step of rebranding."

For its part, WW is sticking with its new name.

Ms Grossman said: "We believe [in] the most WW and Wellness that Works for the long-term relevance and performance as a brand is the right thing to do.

She added: "We are not giving up our leadership in healthy weight loss."

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Lady Gaga (Pearl), Mindy Kaling (Amethyst), Christina Hendricks (Rose Quartz), Gina Torres (Garnet), Mackenzie Davis (Sapphire), Lilly Singh (Ruby), Jenny Slate (Peridot), Zhao Wei (Lapis Lazuli), Bradley Steven Perry (Steven Universe), Afshan Azad (Connie Maheswaran), Paul Giamatti (Greg Universe)

#steven universe #pearl #amethyst #garnet #sapphire #ruby rose #peridot #lapis

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Sundance 2019: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See in Park City

The Sundance Film Festival is starting tomorrow, January 24th, and promises 11 days of cinematic discovery. The film year doesn’t really start until Sundance starts, premiering some of the movies that will be on year-end lists in 11 months. The 2018 iteration was a particularly strong one, including the premieres of “Sorry to Bother You,” “Blindspotting,” “Eighth Grade,” “Leave No Trace,” “Wildlife,” “Minding the Gap,” “Three Identical Strangers,” “Blaze,” and many more. Looking over the lists of what will play at Sundance over the next week-and-a-half, it’s easy to pick out 20 movies that we’re particularly excited to cover, although we’re just as excited at what will come completely out of nowhere, surprising us with its stellar quality. Come back soon for coverage from Brian Tallerico, Nick Allen, Monica Castillo, Tomris Laffly, and the Ebert Fellows—Niani Scott, Whitney Spencer, and Tiffany Walden, including reviews of all 16 films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition program. Below are twenty stand-outs from various programs that we’re eager to cover, alphabetically, including the official synopsis courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival.

“After the Wedding”

Starring Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, and Billy Crudup

Written and Directed by Bard Freundlich

Category: Premieres

Isabel (Michelle Williams) has dedicated her life to working with the children in an orphanage in Calcutta. Theresa (Julianne Moore) is the multimillionaire head of a media company who lives with her handsome artist husband (Billy Crudup) and their two adorable twin boys in New York. When word comes to Isabel of a mysterious and generous grant for the financially struggling orphanage, she must travel to New York to meet the benefactor—Theresa—in person. And when Isabel is spontaneously invited to Theresa’s daughter’s wedding, Isabel discovers a connection to Theresa that takes her on an unexpected journey into her own past.

“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”

Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, and Lily Banda

Written and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor

Category: Premieres

Young William Kamkwamba lives with his family in rural Malawi, where he attends school regularly and shows great aptitude for his studies. Yet after land development and poor weather lead to a meager harvest, famine strikes the village, alarming the community and forcing William to drop out of school when his father (Chiwetel Ejiofor) can no longer afford the fees. Determined to find a way out of the life-threatening situation his family is facing, William sneaks into the school library to research—and soon conspires to build a windmill pump to irrigate the land. Caught between his father’s close-minded skepticism and the difficulty of creating a machine out of bicycle parts and scrap materials, William races against the clock to fight for his community’s survival.

“Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile”

Starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scoledario, John Malkovich, and Jim Parsons

Directed by Joe Berlinger

Written by Michael Werwie

Category: Premieres

1969. Ted (Zac Efron) is crazy-handsome, smart, charismatic, affectionate. And cautious single mother Liz Kloepfer (Lily Collins) ultimately cannot resist his charms. For her, Ted is a match made in heaven, and she soon falls head over heels in love with the dashing young man. A picture of domestic bliss, the happy couple seems to have it all figured out … until, out of nowhere, their perfect life is shattered. Ted is arrested and charged with a series of increasingly grisly murders. Concern soon turns to paranoia—and, as evidence piles up, Liz is forced to consider that the man with whom she shares her life could actually be a psychopath.

“The Farewell”

Starring Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, and Jiang Yongbo

Written and Directed by Lulu Wang

Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition

After learning their beloved matriarch has terminal lung cancer, a family opts not to tell her about the diagnosis, instead scheduling an impromptu wedding-reunion back in China. Headstrong and emotional writer Billi rebels against her parents’ directive to stay in New York and joins the family as they awkwardly attempt to rekindle old bonds, throw together a wedding that only grandma is actually looking forward to, and surreptitiously say their goodbyes.

“Greener Grass”

Starring Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, Beck Bennett, Neil Casey, Mary Holland, and D’Arcy Carden

Written and Directed by Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe

Category: Midnight

Jill and Lisa live in their perfect homes in their idyllic suburban community with their happy families. Their days are spent in the grocery store exchanging fashion tips and at birthday parties complimenting their neighbors’ potluck dips. As the women desperately vie for validation, they struggle to maintain pleasantry and normalcy, even when things get weird. And they do get weird. When Jill gifts Lisa her newborn baby in an altruistic gesture, paranoia overwhelms Jill while her fears and anxieties quickly unravel.

“Late Night”

Starring Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow, Paul Walter Hauser, Reid Scott, and Amy Ryan

Directed by Nisha Ganatra

Written by Mindy Kaling

Category: Premieres

Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer and legendary host on the late-night talk-show circuit. When she’s accused of being a “woman who hates women,” she puts affirmative action on the to-do list, and—presto!—Molly (Mindy Kaling) is hired as the one woman in Katherine’s all-male writers’ room. But Molly might be too little too late, as the formidable Katherine also faces the reality of low ratings and a network that wants to replace her. Molly, wanting to prove she’s not simply a diversity hire who’s disrupting the comfort of the brotherhood, is determined to help Katherine by revitalizing her show and career—and possibly effect even bigger change at the same time.

“Little Monsters”

Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Alexander England, and Josh Gad

Written and Directed by Abe Forsythe

Category: Midnight

After a rough breakup, directionless Dave (Alexander England) crashes at his sister’s place and spends his days expanding his young nephew’s questionable vocabulary. When an opportunity arises to chaperone an upcoming school excursion alongside the charming and enigmatic teacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o), Dave jumps at the chance to impress her. What he wasn’t anticipating was Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad), an obnoxious children’s television personality who shapes the excursion’s activities. What he was expecting even less was a zombie invasion, which unfolds after an experiment at a nearby military base goes awry. Armed only with the resourcefulness of kindergartners, Dave, Miss Caroline, and Teddy must work together to keep the monsters at bay and carve a way out with their guts intact.

“Native Son”

Starring Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, Kiki Layne, Bill Camp, and Sanaa Lathan

Directed by Rashid Johnson

Written by Suzan-Lori Parks

Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition

Bigger “Big” Thomas, a young African American man, lives with his mother and siblings in Chicago. Half-heartedly involved with a girlfriend, he sports green hair and a punk jacket, smokes weed, and carries a pistol—but rebuffs his buddy’s “easy-money” scheme to knock off a corner store. Full of self-determination, Big accepts a job as the chauffeur for wealthy businessman Will Dalton’s family. Moving into their mansion, he begins driving Dalton’s vehemently progressive daughter, Mary. But his involvement in an accidental death places Big on a collision course with the powerful social forces pitted against him.

“Official Secrets”

Starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Adam Bakri, and Ralph Fiennes

Directed by Gavin Hood

Written by Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein, & Gavin Hood

Category: Premieres

Based on the book The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War, Official Secrets tells the true story of British secret-service officer Katharine Gun, who during the immediate run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq leaked a top-secret National Security Agency memo. The memo—which exposed an illegal U.S.-U.K. spying operation against members of the United Nations Security Council—proposed blackmailing smaller, undecided member states into voting for war.

“Paddleton”

Starring Mark Duplass, Ray Romano, and Christine Woods

Directed by Alex Lehmann

Written by Alex Lehmann & Mark Duplass

Category: Premieres

An unlikely bromance between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when one of them is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Suddenly facing their mortality, the two bros (who spend their free time playing a game they made up called Paddleton) decide to go on a trip. Yet their literal journey turns into a metaphorical one as their experiences reveal the true bond of friendship—and what that means between two men who use humor to avoid expressing any real emotion.

“Paradise Hills”

Starring Emma Roberts, Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina, Eiza Gonzalez, Milla Jovovich, and Jeremy Irvine

Directed by Alice Waddington

Written by Nacho Vigalondo & Brian DeLeeuw

Category: NEXT

When Uma wakes up alone on a strange island called Paradise, she instantly suspects it’s anything but. Helmed by the Duchess (Milla Jovovich), Paradise Hills is a center for emotional healing that at its core serves as a reformatory-style boarding school for privileged young women. Yet behind the rose-covered pathways and fairy-tale decor, Uma and her friends learn something more sinister is at work.

“The Report”

Starring Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Ted Levine, Maura Tierney, and Michael C. Hall

Written and Directed by Scott Z. Burns

Category: Premieres

Senate staffer Daniel Jones is assigned the daunting task of leading an investigation into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program. After analyzing extensive evidence, he learns about the “enhanced interrogation techniques”—proven to be brutal, immoral, and ineffective—that the CIA adopted after 9/11. When Jones and the Senate Intelligence Committee attempt to release the results from his investigation, however, the CIA and White House go to great lengths to prevent the truth from getting out.

“Share”

Starring Rhianne Barreto, Charlie Plummer, Poorna Jagannathan, J.C. MacKenzie, Nick Galitzine, and Lovie Simone

Written and Directed by Pippa Bianco

Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition

After a night of partying, high-school sophomore Mandy discovers that a series of cell-phone videos of her—half-dressed and semiconscious—have gone viral. Struggling to piece together what happened, reeling at how quickly the normalcy of her life has been upended, unsure about her friends’ attempts to usher her back into their normal social routine, and uneasy about her parents’ inclination to take action on her behalf, Mandy has to navigate a landscape littered with others’ good intentions and find a way to heal from a wound she can’t identify.

“The Sunlit Night”

Starring Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis, Alex Sharp, Gillian Anderson, and David Paymer

Directed by David Wnendt

Written by Rebecca Dinerstein

Category: Premieres

Summer is off to a terrible start for Frances (Jenny Slate). Her art project fails, her boyfriend unceremoniously kicks her out of his Hamptons home, and, to top it all off, her younger sister reveals she’s engaged just moments before her parents announce their separation. Out of a mixture of panic and frustration, Frances hastily takes an opening for an art residency in Norway and heads off to an isolated island where the sun never sets.

“Them That Follow”

Starring Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, and Thomas Mann

Written and Directed by Britt Poulton & Dan Madison Savage

Category: U.S. Dramatic Competition

In the rugged wilderness of Appalachia, the members of an isolated community of Pentecostal snake handlers led by Pastor Lemuel (Walton Goggins) risk their lives to attest themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her upcoming wedding to the young believer her father has singled out for her under the watchful eye of Hope (Olivia Colman), while scrambling to hide a secret that has the potential to drive her father’s church to ruin.

“To the Stars”

Starring Kara Hayward, Liana Liberato, Jordana Spiro, Shea Whigham, Malin Akerman, and Tony Hale

Directed by Martha Stephens

Written by Shannon Bradley-Colleary

In a god-fearing small town in 1960s Oklahoma, bespectacled and reclusive teen Iris endures the booze-induced antics of her mother and daily doses of bullying from her classmates. She finds solace in Maggie, the charismatic and enigmatic new girl at school, who hones in on Iris’s untapped potential and coaxes her out of her shell. When Maggie’s mysterious past can no longer be suppressed, the tiny community is thrown into a state of panic, leaving Maggie to take potentially drastic measures and inciting Iris to stand up for her friend and herself.

“Untouchable”

Directed by Ursula Macfarlane

Category: Documentary Premieres

The inside story of the meteoric rise and monstrous fall of movie titan Harvey Weinstein, Untouchable reveals how Weinstein acquired and deployed his formidable power over the course of decades. Former staffers, college friends, and reporters reflect upon the public perception of Weinstein as a visionary, while detailing his ruthless attempts to preserve his power as scandal threatened to engulf him. In candid, emotional, often-harrowing testimony—with many accusers speaking on camera for the first time—Untouchable exhumes both the method and the collateral damage of Weinstein’s alleged abuse. As the criminal case against him continues, the film questions whether meaningful change in the justice system—and in the film industry—is really possible.

“Velvet Buzzsaw”

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, and Natalia Dyer

Written and Directed by Dan Gilroy

Category: Premieres

In the cutthroat world of fine-art trading and representation, up-and-coming agent Josephina (Zawe Ashton) stumbles across a secret weapon: hundreds of dazzling paintings left behind after an elderly tenant in her building dies. Ignoring the instructions the clandestine artist left to destroy his work, she promptly starts circulating the paintings, which soon attract the attention of the heavy hitters around her—including her boss Rhodora (Rene Russo), art critic (and Josephina’s sometime lover) Morf (Jake Gyllenhaal), and competing collectors, managers, and curators like Bryson (Billy Magnussen) and Gretchen (Toni Collette). Yet as the deceased artist’s portraits gain posthumous acclaim, they also awaken something imperceptible and sinister that threatens to punish those who have profited from his work.

“The Wolf Hour”

Starring Naomi Watts, Emory Cohen, Jennifer Ehle, Kevin Harrison Jr., and Brennan Brown

Written and Directed by Alistair Banks Griffin

Category: NEXT

It’s July 1977, and New York City is awash with escalating violence. A citywide blackout is triggering fires, looting, and countless arrests, and the Son of Sam murders are riddling the city with panic. June, once a celebrated counterculture figure, attempts to retreat from the chaos by shutting herself inside the yellowed walls of her grandmother’s South Bronx apartment. But her doorbell is ringing incessantly, the heat is unbearable, and creeping paranoia and fear are taking hold. Visitors, some invited, some unsolicited, arrive one by one, and June must determine whom she can trust and whether she can find a path back to her former self.

“Wounds”

Starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz, and Brad William Henke

Written and Directed by Babak Anvari

Will is a bartender in New Orleans. He has a great job, great friends, and a girlfriend, Carrie, who loves him. He skates across life’s surface, ignoring complications and concentrating on enjoying the moment. One night at the bar, a violent brawl breaks out, which injures one of his regular customers and causes some college kids to leave behind a cell phone in their haste. Will begins receiving disturbing texts and calls from the stranger’s phone. While Will hopes to not get involved, Carrie gets lost down a rabbit hole investigating this strange malevolence. They’ve discovered something unspeakable, and it’s crawling slowly into the light.

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