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Double Daddy was such glorious trash. Hopefully, next week's I Killed My BFF will live up to the same standard!

Wasn't sure where else to post, but Lifetime's put the first four episodes up on the show's website.

I went back and looked up the scene, and see that I blended a couple of things together. First, Ian, Sr. is embarrassed to find Jamie in bed with a woman at the brothel. Jamie says it's his wife, but Claire's hiding under the covers and Ian thinks Jamie's saying he eloped with a prostitute. When Claire shows her face, he's naturally quite shocked to see her after so much time. Ian and Jamie leave to find Young Ian, who's run away from home. Young Ian then shows up at the brothel and goes to the bedroom, looking for Jamie. Claire thinks it's someone bringing breakfast and tells the person to come in, not terribly concerned about her state of dress. She, of course, soon realizes that it's Jamie's runaway nephew. He, however, is quite disconcerted by the naked woman in the bed who indicates that she's familiar with his father and bolts in embarrassment.

IIRC, he first sees Claire at the brothel, in bed with Jamie the next morning. Since "Uncle Jamie" is married to Laoghaire, as far as Young Ian knows, it's not a completely illogical conclusion on his part.

I thought it was a really nice thing that the fangirls were so eager for Matt Bomer to be Christian Grey, as much as he could do better and the Change.org petition about it was really too much. Ten or fifteen years ago, I doubt you would've seen such disappointment expressed because the openly gay actor didn't get such a "sexy" straight man role. Progress! People Magazine's site had one of those "5 Things You Didn't Know About..." puff pieces where they tell you how normal yet wonderful such-and-such celebrity is. It's People and generally flattering, so all the nuggets of info are probably approved by a publicist first. Anyway, one of the "fun facts about EL James" is a "pal" sharing her real feelings about the movie:

Dellavedova missed bus from arena, took an Uber back to team hotel.

Oh, wow, looked up the story there. The fiancée swears it's not true, but the whole thing sounds suitably bizarre and unhinged considering that it's Manson we're talking about. Because I'm a massive name nerd, with the Social Security Administration's Popular Baby Names site as one of my bookmarks, I had to research Emma. Aquarius begins in 1967 with Emma being 16 years old. In 1951, the name Emma ranked 174 for American girls, with 1,726 girls being given the moniker—ahead of Debbie, but just below Candace. Linda was #1 (~74K), followed by Mary (66K), Patricia (56K), Deborah (42K) and Barbara (41K). I do think that when TV writers do period pieces, sometimes there can be a tendency to stick the heroes with names that sound young and fresh to contemporary ears, especially for writers who are more interested in capturing a general mood/feeling of "the past" than being sticklers for accuracy.

People Magazine spoke to an expert who wasn't impressed with the safeguards:

Viola Davis stars in Lila & Eve with Jennifer Lopez:

I just thought everyone who finds the 50 Shades connection to the Twilight series...interesting, would like to know that EL James is releasing a new book, the first 50 Shades told from Christian's POV. Because, she says, the fans asked and asked and asked her, and not since Stephenie Meyer kind of did it first with Midnight Sun.

Wellll.... It really depends on which biography you read. Between all the different Marilyn and Kennedy bios, you'll find that she and JFK didn't hook up at all, or a few times over several years, but she was delusional and drunk dialing the White House and getting Jackie, so he got Bobby to deal with MM and they had the real "love affair", or didn't, and it's just jealous ex-friends cut off by the Kennedys who ran around claiming the worst of them, combined with vague acquaintances of Marilyn calling themselves "confidantes" and getting book deals by trotting out whatever gossipy tidbits they supposedly saw and heard about Marilyn and the Kennedy brothers. Sometimes it's a very thin line between biography and real-person fanfic. Is this a Lifetime original? Was this so good because all the main players depicted onscreen are dead and they don't have families laywered up to block the controversial elements from being shown? I hope Kelli Garner gets an Emmy nod at least but a basic cable Marilyn Monroe biopic might be very 1990s to the nominating committee.

So, per some Ron Moore Twitter Q&A earlier today, there's going to be more Frank in S2 than in DoA? Joy.

In 2010, Katherine Heigl dropped a hint during an NY Times interview about starring in a movie version in 2012 (not sure if that was the filming or release date). Gerard Butler was just my own personal disaster casting, but I could totally see Hollywood trying something like that.

Oh, we're not just in it to ship Jamie/Black Jack and read slash fic about them? :) Though I did kind of think, "Welp..." when I saw someone defending the episode as not being torture porn, but said that showing sexual assault on a child would cross that line for her/him. So, I wonder how many non-book fans who haven't bailed now, will next season. I am (extremely) grateful the book wasn't made into a two-hour movie with Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, but very few adaptations are perfect, and I think different pacing/writing choices might have prevented some of the extremely negative reactions happening now.

May 29–31, 2015 Estimates: 1 (N) San Andreas $53,215,000 | 3,777 Theaters | $14,089 Avg. | $53,215,000 2 (2) Pitch Perfect 2 $14,381,000 | 3,660 Theaters | $3,929 Avg. | $147,540,000 3 (1) Tomorrowland $13,803,000 | 3,972 Theaters | $3,475 Avg. | $63,188,000 4 (3) Mad Max: Fury Road $13,625,000 | 3,255 Theaters | $4,186 Avg. | $115,915,000 5 (5) Avengers: Age of Ultron $10,920,000 | 3,228 Theaters | $3,383 Avg. | $427,070,000 6 (N) Aloha $10,000,000 | 2,815 Theaters | $3,552 Avg. | $10,000,000 7 (4) Poltergeist (2015) $7,800,000 | 3,242 Theaters | $2,406 Avg. | $38,267,000 8 (7) Far from the Madding Crowd $1,420,000 | 902 Theaters | $1,574 Avg. | $8,362,000 9 (6) Hot Pursuit $1,370,000 | 1,446 Theaters | $947 Avg. | $32,351,000 10 (10) Home $1,150,000 | 1,088 Theaters | $1,057 Avg. | $170,409,000 The Age of Adaline $555,000 | 713 Theaters | $778 Avg. | $41,433,000 I'll See You In My Dreams $516,000 | 85 Theaters | $6,071 Avg. | $1,046,000 Cinderella $250,000 | 249 Theaters | $1,004 Avg. | $198,358,000 Kingsman: The Secret Service $106,000 | 150 Theaters | $707 Avg. | $128,019,000 Global Totals: FURIOUS 7: $1.157B Overseas Total | $1.506B Global Total AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON: $894.2M Overseas Total | $1.3213B Global Total CINDERELLA: $333.4M Overseas Total | $531.8M Global Total HOME: $198.38M Overseas Total | $368.79M Global Total THE MAZE RUNNER: $243.1M Overseas Total | $345.53M Global Total MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: $165M Overseas Total | $280.92M Global Total PITCH PERFECT 2: $80.7M Overseas Total | $228.2M Global Total TOMORROWLAND: $70.0M Overseas Total | $133.2M Global Total SAN ANDREAS: $60.0M Overseas Total | $113.2M Global Total SPY: $27.8M Overseas Total | $27.8M Global Total

Cameron Crowe's Aloha is released tomorrow and the reviews are...not so good. Sony has put the movie's first eight minutes online. Doesn't look like this one is going to give studios confidence about making more romantic comedies any time soon.

Crazy Days and Nights might be even less reliable than BlindGossip, and that's saying something. The site got exposed by the NY Post years ago for making things up, but the world of blind items doesn't exactly live and die with ethics, so being caught in lies wasn't necessarily an impediment to survival. All those sites have to do to stay in business is write things that enough people want to believe (real-pesron shippers are frequent targets), and they're gold. If it doesn't come true, it's because "they" have snowed the media into covering up the "real truth", not because an editor looking for hits just made stuff up. A huge red flag that an item might not be on the up and up is that if it comes along after a major scandal breaks, when it's really easy for anyone looking to be a part of the story to take what's known and go the real person fan fiction route with it. The people who run CDaN and BlindGossip probably couldn't even spell Duggar three days ago and now they're insiders? Sure. A fair number of blind items from Lainey Gossip have checked out, but she's a real entertainment reporter in Canada and puts her name to everything she says. A good blind item comes ahead of time and once the news breaks, then you have the a-ha moment.

Probably the most lackluster Memorial Day weekend in 20 years. Not one movie over $40 million—pretty horrible for the weekend that once upon a time began the summer movie season. May 22–24, 2015 Estimates: 1 (N) Tomorrowland $32,159,000 | 3,972 Theaters | $8,096 Avg. | $32,159,000 2 (1) Pitch Perfect 2 $30,300,000 | 3,560 Theaters | $8,511 Avg. | $117,800,000 3 (2) Mad Max: Fury Road $23,885,000 | 3,722 Theaters | $6,417 Avg. | $87,315,000 4 (N) Poltergeist (2015) $23,000,000 | 3,240 Theaters | $7,099 Avg. | $23,000,000 5 (3) Avengers: Age of Ultron $20,895,000 | 3,727 Theaters | $5,606 Avg. | $404,065,000 6 (4) Hot Pursuit $3,475,000 | 2,577 Theaters | $1,348 Avg. | $28,920,000 7 (10) Far From the Madding Crowd $2,280,000 | 865 Theaters | $2,636 Avg. | $5,443,000 8 (6) Furious 7 $2,100,000 | 1,653 Theaters | $1,270 Avg. | $347,000,000 9 (5) Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 $1,755,000 | 1,878 Theaters | $935 Avg. | $65,100,000 10 (8) Home $1,680,000 | 1,444 Theaters | $1,163 Avg. | $167,995,000 The Age of Adaline $1,450,000 | 1,643 Theaters | $883 Avg. | $39,839,415 Woman In Gold $848,000 | 662 Theaters | $1,281 Avg. | $30,352,950 The Divergent Series: Insurgent $230,000 | $865 Avg. | $128,647,112 Kingsman: The Secret Service $185,000 | 186 Theaters | $995 Avg. | $127,811,864 Global Totals: FURIOUS 7: $1.152B Overseas Total | $1.499B Global Total AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON: $859.8M Overseas Total | $1.263B Global Total CINDERELLA: $328.3M Overseas Total | $526.26M Global Total HOME: $192.63M Overseas Total | $360.63M Global Total THE MAZE RUNNER: $241.08M Overseas Total | $343.51M Global Total MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: $124.3M Overseas Total | $212M Global Total PITCH PERFECT 2: $61.7M Overseas Total | $187.1M Global Total TOMORROWLAND: $26.7M Overseas Total | $58.859M Global Total SPY: $12.5M Overseas Total | $12.5M Global Total

I only watched that because Todd from One Life to Live was in it. I think Roger Howarth was one of the prey with advanced DNA? The scientist on the case figuring it all out was a pre-Will and Grace Debra Messing.

BlindGossip has a habit of "revealing" insider info after the scandal has become a big story, i.e. when it's very easy to take known facts and put a gossipy twist on them. The site's done that for years and years with Hollywood celebrities. Not to say that TLC didn't know years earlier, but I'd want much more confirmation than an after-the-fact BlindGossip item. I want to know exactly what Josh told Anna, word for word: was it just that he made "mistakes", and she was pressured not to ask for details? The way that TLC presented the engagement timeline back in 2008, it didn't seem as though they'd already known each other two years.

Josh's FRC resignation letter in full: I deeply regret that recent media reports about my long ago past has brought negative attention to FRC Action and its work to preserve and advance the interests of family, faith, and freedom in the political arena. FRC Action's mission to fortify the traditional foundations of civil society is more important now than ever before, and I'm heartbroken that any attention has been diverted from these noble causes to my wrong actions as a young teenager. I am so thankful for God's grace, forgiveness and redemptive heart that allowed me to transform into a man of faith and testimony. In good faith I cannot allow Family Research Council to be impacted by mistakes I made as a teenager, so I am resigning as Executive Director of FRC Action. I will continue to pray for the advancements of the causes we believe in and I hope that in the days ahead you will pray for me and Anna as we seek God to discover the next chapter of our lives in His service. Sincerely, Joshua Duggar

Why do their seasons end on such boring notes? All the wedding and baby hype and the finales are Q&A rehashes or Cousin Amy Goes to Nashville! Since they present altered timelines and reality as it is, why not save the big events for last?

I wasn't saying Geillis held a majority or even typical point of view, just that in Scotland, someone with her intensity/fervor/fanaticism (minus the time traveling/murdering part, of course) would be on the fringes yet not seem that unfamiliar as a type. DG had Geillis/Gillian go through the stones in the late 1960s so 20 year old Bree could see and be completely convinced that Claire was telling the truth. Even without a broader wave of nationalism afoot, at any time in the last two or three centuries in Scotland, there have probably always been a certain number of true believers ever-passionate about the cause.

From Roger's comments in the books, he made it sound like she was simply a very familiar type among his compatriots. In following the referendum news out of Scotland last year...yeah. I don't know how much the non-book readers know about the series as a whole. Yes, there's Scotland and time travel and romance, but a neophyte could read that in any number of ways, to assume how the books will progress. Maybe they think Claire will travel to other eras, that Frank will get to see the history he so loves for himself, that Roger is their son who somehow traveled to the future, etc. While I do think the downsides of Frank and 1945 have been downplayed, it's not like Starz could sell the series with, "Frank's a Muggle, and doomed. Sorry!" I know they wanted to get all the viewers they could, and there's more to the show than romance, but trying to run from that label maybe lulled people into watching a show that's really not for them. All the "Finally, the female gaze!!1!11!!!" hype that TPTB have been happy to revel in probably brings along the sort of viewer who has very strong, very 21st century feelings about how sexual assault should occur in a story. Maybe that audience is not the most natural fit with the Outlander story.

There was a timeline change between the British and American editions of the book. UK readers found it implausible that Claire and Frank were honeymooning in Scotland in May 1945, so apparently the British editors shifted the date of the first book to 1946, which shifted all the other years in the 20th century timeline. Then, I think that messed with how long Claire was in the 18th century, so depending on which edition or revised version you have, the dates don't completely match up.