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They're doing the Why I Became An Actor from the grey carpet? Oh I guess it's to bring us into the room. Nice dress Hannah!

I did like Inheritance and my guess is, while there'll be a new couple explored, the overarching ghost/supernatural story will be the primary focus.

Suzanna was my favorite of the Calhouns. I would love to see Colleen putting the abusive ex in his place play out on screen someday. I like to say I would start my own studio if I had the money and my focus would be on romance stories. Mainly rom-coms but adapting Nora would fit the much needed romantic drama category. Sadly, no money. I've posted before about my dislike of Born In Shame but that is a book I would love see adapted simply to improve upon the awful parts. Murphy spends the whole book basically harassing Shannon to stay in Ireland and marry him and of course he gets the girl. Why can't they be into each other and on the same page with the conflict being they have lives on opposite sides of the globe? Why does he have to be a creeper and all but force her to leave her whole life behind? I never read Promise Me Tomorrow but that blurb is dreadful and now I'm desperate to read it.

I liked those too, though I wish the one Quartet heroine had dealt with her obvious eating disorder. Nora was giving her a quirky trait but all of her eating habits were the same things people suffering from the disorders do when they don't want anyone to notice. I know another character asks her about it and she responds by saying she only eats the way she does because it annoyed her brothers, so there was some awareness on Nora's part but the character still came across as having an eating disorder. I do love the idea of a group of friends running a wedding/event planning business that showcases their different talents. I'm looking through her bibliography and among my favorites is Command Performance, Cordina's Royal Family #2. It hits all my sweet spots: glamour, another country, two leads who'd been longing for each other but unsure as to how the other feels, understandable but not insurmountable miscommunication, and then going all in once the feelings are acknowledged. My favorite part of the story is Alex's proposal. I've read so many books, including Nora's, where the proposal happens on a whim or goes wrong for various reasons, so I cannot get enough of Alex planning the proposal and everything working out. It's described perfectly too and is yet another entry on the list of Nora's books that should already have been adapted. I know I'm a broken record on this point but Nora's books are all centered on twenty and early thirty somethings. Movies based on her work would be perfect roles for young actors looking to make a name for themselves in the industry. Her work needs a producer champion like Shonda, Reese, or Margot Robbie.

In the last couple of months I realized I'd never actually heard Ariana Grande sing despite knowing who she is for years. So I've listened to several of her songs and she doesn't enunciate at all. I really hope her getting the part was contingent on enunciating her songs. I'm already going to have a hard time not comparing her to Kristin (who makes every word in every song perfectly clear by the way). I'm not even a little concerned about Cynthia. She's going to be amazing. They're going to release a trailer making it clear it's a musical right? I don't want them to do like Mean Girls and pretend it's not.

Provided Reese sticks to a single season miniseries format rather than a season 2 situation.

As much as I love Nora I could never get into her In Death series. I honestly didn't like Eve or Roarke and couldn't get into the stories. As for her other books I generally like her family based series. I prefer the MacGregors and Stanislaskis above the others. The two books from her Oxymoron Standalones I enjoy best are Public Secrets and Genuine Lies as I liked the entertainment angles. I still can't believe neither has been at least attempted to become a movie or miniseries as both are tailor made for adaptation. One thing she doesn't seem to do anymore is have her characters smoke. I don't think smokers are bad people but it always bothered me when the leads smoked so I'm glad she seems to be done with that. In Public Secrets Emma's abusive husband wouldn't let her smoke as one of the many ways of controlling her and I wish that had been left out of the story. One of the first things she did when she got away from him was smoke and she re-embraced it fully the rest of the book. She clearly associated smoking with being free of his abuse and it never got addressed because smoking was still socially acceptable when the book was written. I think the most emotional attachment I have is to the book Lawless. It's not remotely realistic but I love how the romance between Jake and Sarah is written and I revisit it the most.

A thread where we can go into detail on Nora and her books.

I figured having a mother as horrid as Beverly is why Leonard had such a high tolerance for Sheldon's nonsense. What I found surprising is how normal his father seemed. The way Leonard talked about his upbringing it was clear both parents were emotionally unavailable and emotionally abusive. Then we meet his father and he seemed like a regular guy. He did not seem like someone who would force his children to prepare research papers in lieu of Christmas gifts and harshly grade them. Nor did he seem like someone who would ever have had an interest in Beverly much less have multiple children with her. He should have been an older Sheldon.

It was a PR move but it didn't work if today's anger is any indication.

This fucking guy needs to be stopped. I wonder if IATSE can incorporate safeguards against this shit in their negotiations? And doesn’t TAG have their own negotiations coming up? I was right!

Unless a major change occurs it looks like the 2024 season will be Jon on Monday and correspondents taking the rest of the week. All hosting news can be posted here until otherwise noted.

To discuss the 2024 season of the show.

Clarification: this thread is for talking about Jon specifically in the same vein as the Trevor and correspondents threads.

That's cute

The nominees will be announced in June like normal but if IATSE strike I think we'll see the ceremony get delayed again.

Traci does a good job as Lucy. Make another biopic with her.

I read on Twitter he forgot to go. If true that's honestly hilarious.

The Ally McBeal cast are having a ball. Maybe all the reunions should have been cast dancing. Aww Brian is so proud of his tv son.

Two things: first, a lot of people in the Death Montage I knew had passed but had forgotten how recently. Second, the Friends theme and Matthew Perry closing it out got me.

Ok that was a short as hell montage. Hannah and Coleman should do something together

Ooooh I love Taraji's dress!

I would have laughed so hard if the Pulp Fiction guy behind Dylan turned out to be Dermot Mulroney.

Since EGOT has become a mainstream thing I think they could at least give the people who have them a milkshake or a teddy bear or something to commemorate.

Aw we don't get a Mad Men reunion?