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Jessica Alba married a production assistant. Paula is delusional, and both of them need to be slapped for what they named that poor child.

CPS needs to come for Paula and her husband for naming that poor child ONEDERFUL, and one or both sets of his grandparents need to slap them silly. That is a sin. Like, this is a person who will have to make a resume. I would be at the courthouse the SECOND I turned 18.

That was both random and stupid. I never got the sense that she still loved him. He shot her up AND THEY JUST PUT HIS SECOND WIFE IN THE GROUND. Like, this is not a position to (re)aspire to. Jesus.

Me too. They were hilarious. Even in her interviews she was funny. I do wonder what happened to her voice -was she sick? Countess was really funny, and the only one besides Lisa who acted like she had some home training.Elise Neal and Angela Bassett must bathe in virgin blood or something. They take "black don't crack" to a new level. I watched this show because Funky Dineva CAME for these birds, and it did not disappoint. Paula with the parasol AND the hat? She seems like a lunatic. Golden and Elise are feeling themselves way too much. Rip-offs or not, Elise, people have actually heard of the Pussycat Dolls.

She's not that young. She's what, 28, 29? That's plenty old enough to know not to have a full-on tantrum when things don't go her way. I agree that she's immature and unprofessional, but IMO those aren't excuses - those are flaws, and ones she needs to work on, especially in the workplace. I just came off a project with a colleague I can't stand - condescending, arrogant, and probably openly racist at home (he walked right up to the "I'm reporting you to HR" line and stopped but if he used the n-word at home, I wouldn't be remotely surprised). And I sucked it up because sometimes you have to do that.Funny about the all-white look: I love wearing white - I CRAVE a white winter coat - but I rarely wear all white because all I think of is how dirty it will get. And I love maxi dresses and have plenty (you stay cool and can stretch out leg shaving by an extra day!) but never wear ones that drag, because city living + dragging hems = nasty. Kini's for the win, hands-down.

I think I read that he lives in the family's guest house, but the show hasn't made that clear.The Nod is SO true! And I went to a predominantly white school in Philly (though my neighborhood was diverse - I had black friends!) and my parents were always encouraging me to do activities through church, which was mostly black. One of my friends was in Jack and Jill - he said he loved it. (Not a childhood friend - we went to college together.) The twins are growing on me. Precocious kids usually annoy me (looking at you, Olivia from The Cosby Show) but these kids don't. The little boy especially - he's kind of adorable. I love this show because, as someone who grew up in a black upper middle class family and who received an entirely private education, I have lived this - but the show doesn't touch on how lonely being "the only one" can be. (I am REALLY feeling it in my current job.) I find that interesting.

Berg's 15-year-old-looking ass is right: he has told Hazel, in so many words, that he doesn't want to - and won't - be exclusive. Hazel is willfully disregarding what he's telling her. He. Is not. Her man. He doesn't want to be her man. If she stopped fucking him, he'd shrug and go fuck someone else. Get your life, Hazel, my God. I liked that ... Ma-something (I forget her name) seemed to be shifting the blame for the situation onto Mally Mal, which is really where it belongs. I fell out when Nikki misheard "condo" as "condom" and sat back all smug, and Ma- was like, "Wrong, and gross."

If she has use of her hands, she could pick up her legs to cross and uncross them.

Totally agree. I'm black and wear my hair natural but the issue isn't that Viola Davis is wearing a wig, it's that it's a BAD wig. A cheap-looking wig that wasn't even on straight. The actress's natural hair is beautiful, but she's also worn much better wigs than this. Surely Shonda has more than $14.99 in the fake hair budget? I remember a flashback episode of Private Practice and they had Kate Walsh in a $9.99 wig from CVS.Annalise's boyfriend appears on Sons of Anarchy too. He is CUT. I have to pay attention to this show because the timeline is all over the place, but I'm enjoying it. I am HERE for Viola Davis. I love her.

James was better-looking than he is too (I don't think Jeff Perry is attractive), and James made the first move. (Cyrus seems to like dark-haired guys.) Also, power talks - Cyrus is a powerful man. Lots of people would be drawn to that.

No, and that .77 figure only applies to what white women make in relation to white men; women of color make even less, and men of color make less than white men. "Surprisingly," the racial component of paycheck inequality is rarely discussed.I'm confused about Jake. I recall Olivia expressly saying she was in love with someone else before they flew off into the sunset; maybe he thinks she's over it? I don't feel sorry for Cyrus either; he almost had his husband killed and he literally pimped him out to the VP's husband. I don't recall him ever treating James well. Agree that Bellamy Young is killing it this season. When her pearls fell to the ground and she followed, my eyes welled up.

I really like this show. The eldest son is very well-cast, and I don't look at Tracee Ellis Ross and see Joan Clayton. And I love Fishburne. "For God's sake, put some shoes on!" (When he announced he was going to the track in the pilot, I died. The timing of him putting on his hat was perfect.) Me too!

Did Nia say she's been waiting for Soulja to grow up for 8 years? He's 24. What did she expect from a 16-year-old? And while I know there are 24-year-old men who are good husbands and stepfathers, Soulja is not that guy. He clearly doesn't want a quiet domestic life. Mally Mal knows he's on TV, right? Fizz seems like a decent dude. Moniece needs to keep it moving with the fake tears, and I'm glad Fizz called her out. Tierra (sp) is crazy. I believe Ray when he says their relationship was toxic.

He also did an interview on Conan where he said that only "weekend warriors" wear boots, not serious riders, and also that the person after whom he modeled his character wears white sneakers. Hunnam rides in real life and says he rarely wears biker boots.The kid who plays Abel is really creepy, but I think he's just three or four so likely has never acted. The new Lily on Modern Family was the same way her first season - she'd never been on set before and was four; she was really wooden. She's better with age (ha) and more experience. The kid who plays Abel will probably be the same way. Re: ages, I actually think they're right. Very little time has elapsed on the show; I do think it's been less than a year since Thomas's birth, and we know Tara died like a week ago.

Hazel-E is one of the most unfortunate looking women I have ever seen. Lord have mercy. And dude tells her straight up that he fucks a different woman every day (hope she's getting tested) and she's still out here hugged up on him begging him to be with her? GIRL. Agree re: Soulja Boy's tats. I just want to grab a Salux cloth (cop one on Amazon; best exfoliant EVAH) and scrub that shit off. I like tats, but he went too far. (Ditto Young Berg.) Moniece is cuckoo for cocoa puffs. She speaks in sound bytes that don't sound nearly as good as she thinks. And if her son's father has been with a woman for two years - half his life - and she hadn't met her, that's on her. Omarion and Fizz seem like decent dudes, but the women on this show ... step away from the plastic surgery and weavologist and get some therapy.

Right - and he was on that path in season 4, but he's so far gone from that. Word on Jax and Gemma feeling extra incestuous this ep. When he was driving and holding her hand in her lap, there was something squicky about that, and the way she calls him baby is the way you'd address a lover. (My dad calls me baby sometimes. It doesn't sound like that!)

Maya Angelou. It's "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Words I try to live by - took me years to take it to heart but it's always, always true. And yeah, that's why Tara's insistence that Jax was a good man all these seasons drove me nuts. He's a murderous criminal who cheated on her. I don't even believe he loved her - he may have thought he did, but his version of love is one I'd run from.Was anyone saddened by Tara's little grave marker? No headstone, no "beloved wife and mother," just a little plaque with her name.

I was thinking this the whole time. If he wants to die, just die. Walk into the sun already. And what's the difference between Sookie using her light ball and staking him? Either way she did it.That was SO BORING. The only good part was the actress who played young Tara - she had the voice down.

My brother was super into sports and I don't think my parents ever watched a practice. Games, absolutely, but practices, nah. I played a bit in HS and I don't recall seeing any parents at practices. I sang a ton in high school and I'm fairly sure parents weren't allowed at rehearsals; I took piano lessons and no one sat in on them. Concerts? Recitals? Absolutely - parents AND grandparents, and that never changed when my parents got divorced. But practices? Nah, and we never felt any type of way about it.Now, Adam is a bad father, he's very likely going to miss Aubrey's life, and I do think there's something to be said for showing up for a FIRST [fill in the blank activity]. But if Adam had been a good parent up until then and just missed this practice, I think it would be way less of a big deal.

Right? The men on this show are either busted or dogs, or both. What gets me about Karlie's looks is that she's attractive, but her whole look is way too extra, and she's also too old to wear a lot of the stuff she wears. I know she doesn't tell her age but she (and Mimi) read clearly as 40something. The too- tight clothes, the too-long weave ... the bob would be cute if it weren't blonde. All these women needs to leave the brassy blonde alone. Mimi's talking head with the too-low-cut purple top and the cheap blondish wig is awful. She just looks bad. Erica had me dying. "Keep hope alive!" Althea strikes me as a straight-up gold digger, and if Benzino is dumb enough to marry her without a pre-nup, he deserves what he gets. Are Stevie and Joseline still together in real time?

Ellis is currently the secondary lead in the James Brown biopic "Get On Up." The movie is kind of a mess but Ellis is excellent.I'm with those who say that if Bill wants to die, he should just take a walk in the sun already instead of all this melodrama. I don't care enough about Jessica and Hoyt to say whether or not their reunion was earned. It is worth noting that, like, a week has passed in show time - these characters move on very quickly.

I don't understand the "they were going to release it, there was nothing I could do." That's complete bullshit. You can't release content like that without the express permission of the participants - if Mimi had gotten an injunction, they'd have shut the shit down. She looks SO stupid out here. And if her only way to provide for her daughter is porn, that is incredibly sad. (See also: Jenna Jameson.)

I can't tell how old they are supposed to be. To me the actors look their ages (I am too lazy to look but I think Naughton is around 30 and Hardwick is 37) and Tommy and Angela look like James's contemporaries. But they all talk like they grew up together. Tasha was clearly a teen mom; maybe that's why she and James got married?I would respect Angela more if she WERE a straight gold digger, if she were using James for diamonds and Loubous, rather than someone who quits her good job and dumps a good single man to move out of state away from her family with a married man. Girl, this is not "more permanent." You look stupid. Your sister doesn't support you because you are acting a fool (though I would guess she'll offer her shoulder to cry on when this blows up in Angela's face). I hate Holly too (and while I like tommy as a character, I don't like the actor - I feel like I can see him acting) so I was mad that she lived. And I agree, she's too stupid and coked out to be a cop. I think she's just an average opportunist. Like that Tasha is coming up with some kind of exit strategy. I get a kick out of seeing Casey Novak on this show.

Ha! I called it Deb, 5-7-9. It was so twee.Char is my favorite so far. She seems super- cool and I loved that skirt. Korina seems like an asshole and Angela needs to toughen up a lot.

Sarah Newlin's mom was played by Bess Armstrong, who will always be Patty Chase from My So-Called Life to me. I always imagined Lafayette as a bottom.