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Okay, yeah- Sonny saying dead-ass that he would do anything for Gio? He knows.

It's really funny that Easy A ripped hard on Demi's version of The Scarlett Letter with the baths and bad English accent. Honestly, Demi probably would have had a shot at an Oscar during her hey day if StripTease had instead been a film about prostitution. Hollywood loves hookers.

He is cute. Although damn that's going to be a lot of blond onscreen. LOL

It's wild. I wouldn't say the Oscars have become as irrelevant as Miss America (I don't think they even bother televising them anymore) but there's definite questions. "Wicked" and Conan Couldn't Save Oscar Ratings The Oscars hit a Nadir in 2021 because of the Covid era (10.6 million) but slowly built back up, but then went back down again this year. It's yet to crack 20 million again, which is leading to questions about whether or not ABC will renew their contract in 2028. One big problem is that the mid-budget movies that tended to balance commercial appeal and "award" appeal have basically been decimated by the implosion of the rental market and now so many of those types of movies are being held to streaming with a short theatrical release to get the award appeal.

Man, it's been awhile since an ingenue barely known pulls off an Oscar win. The last time it happened was Brie Larson and she had a pretty mixed career after the win. (I'd also say that win differs a bit because it was pretty clear that Brie was taking home the Oscar that year, while this year was a much more up in the air race.) I really hope Mikey Madison is surrounded by good people and capitalizes on this win well. Shame for Demi Moore, although like Glen Close, I imagine having an Oscar campaign will interest a lot more people in reviving her career.

I didn't watch any of the ceremonies because I was meh on this year, but I'm not surprised Mikey Madison pulled off the upset. Oscar hates horror (fun fact- Kathy Bates is the only Oscar winner for a Stephen King adaption) and Mikey got the Bafta. That is a crucial precursor.

Yeah, not surprised the reviewer had an ax to grind. I was aware of the allegations against Percy Hynes White, which is probably why he hasn't been in any promotional videos. In any event, I never got the vibe that this movie was about Elliot "just finding the right guy." It's about a girl learning to appreciate the world she lives in and the people that love her and she loves back. It's also about a woman accepting her past and realizing that the heartbreak she went through was an inevitable part of life.

At this point it's going to be like Mama Mia 2 which pretended it was only a few years after the first movie and it got awkward.

I'm a little surprised that they cared enough about Chanel and Johnny to change it but I guess that means this show really is committed to them. I did think in terms of an actual story arc that makes sense, Johnny and Chanel attempting to adopt Tate and Sophia's kid makes so much more sense given the previous miscarriage storyline.

I've been mostly checked out since Matthew Atkinson left. Did Luna have any meaningful interactions with Hot Joshua Morrow Jr., or did she literally just become obsessed with him when she saw his photo? I get that it's Hot Joshua Morrow Jr., but dang.

I'm up to the Valentine's Day episode and watching Johnny/Chanel makes me wonder if they forced Ron (as he was going out the door) to rewrite the affair with Joy into a non-one so they could speed run the reconciliation and throw them into the adoption storyline. It feels like a pretty hard pivot.

I'm really hoping the show finds some way to bring Li back. Remington may not have been the best dramatic actor, but he was hilarious. Wendy and Johnny had a really cute nerdish romance going. Then they completely changed how they wrote and dressed Wendy, and then pushed her to Tripp so Tripp could get his happily ever after "thanks for participating" storyline. I felt pretty bad for Wendy, although I get the reasons for reviving the Johnny/Chanel storyline. I wish they had found some way to keep Jessica Sefaty. Hell, even the temp Sloane (Old Man Tate's wife in real life) was pretty good. That makes me think that my original assessment of Sloane as a character (that Jessica Serfaty makes the character work due to her charisma) was off because the character worked even with a recast. Sometimes that isn't the case. (Sami ONLY works as a character because of Alison Sweeney, and that's why this show has never tried recasting her save for the temporary time she was played by a man.) It's a shame that they couldn't work things out with Zac Tinker for him to take on Sonny permanently. Although he does seem to book quite a lot, so good for him. It does make me wonder if things went down really bad between the show and Freddie, because you would think that after they couldn't get Zac to play ball they'd just go back to Freddie like how they brought back Kate Mansi for a spell. It must have been really bad.

I still think they should have found some way to redeem Charlie. Mike Manning is so good.

I remember reading that the guy who played Chase was under the impression that his character would get redeemed after raping Ciara. Honestly, given how soaps often work, he wasn't wrong to think that. If the guy playing Chase had more charisma/was a better actor, there's an actual chance he would have been.

The brief online revivals of All My Children and One Life to Live (which shared sets) were filmed in Connecticut, likely because of how expensive filming in New York City is. Beyond the Gates probably picked Atlanta because of the pool availability of black talent in that region, plus the tax credits that make filming in Georgia less expensive.