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JUNO TEMPLE at the “Ted Lasso” FYC Event on July 19th 2022 in Los Angeles wearing VALENTINO

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Hazbin Hotel: The Contract of Blood Ep. 9

*Hey, y'all! We're back with another episode! EEEE! This is published on March 28, 2024. If you guys like this chapter, don't be afraid to heart it, reblog, and comment. That would be greatly appreciated. Warning: implied r*pe and abuse. Enjoy!*

Episode Nine: Cards Played Right

Everything is nothing but a blur.

Bella can barely remember what happened that brought her to the back of the horse with Angel tied up next to her. He’s blacked out, groaning in pain.

She looks around to find her mouth is tied to say anything. She looks to find Striker riding his horse with a gold tooth. She trembles in fear as she tries to look for Charlie, Vaggie, or Nora around her, but she finds that Crimson is driving a wagon with Charlie, Lucifer, Nifty, Mox, and Millie in the cage together. Another rider is beside Bella and Angel as she looks to see another wagon with Ozzie, Bee, and Stolas in the cage.

Bella glances up and notices that they’re inching closer towards the looming black castle on the edge of the hill, clouds swirling around the top of the pointy roof of the tallest tower. Her heart begins to race as she watches herself and the others enter the castle.

Once inside of the castle, Angel is the second to wake up.

���Ugh, what the fuck?” Angel groans in pain before Striker forces them off the horse. The lasso unties both Bella and Angel.

Angel blinks his eyes open quick, noticing Val towering over him.

“Well, well, if it isn’t my star,” Valentino says while smoking his cigar, the red smoke seeping through his teeth.

“Fuck you,” Angel snarls at Valentino. This earns a slap on the face from Valentino. Angel falls onto the floor to cover his red handprint on his cheek.

“Angel!” Bella cries as soon as the gag is off of her mouth. Before she can run up to check up on Angel, she is grabbed by Striker.

“Hold still, little brat!” Striker growls at her.

Crimson looks to the gang members following them. “Get ‘em out of the wagons.”

The gang members nod respectively and hurry to get their captured prisoners out of the first wagon. The chains guide them out as Charlie is the first in line with Lucifer behind her. Mox is behind Lucifer while Millie is behind her husband. Nifty is the last one, frothing at the mouth.

Out of the second wagon, Bee is first with Ozzie and Stolas behind her. The prisoners saunter out of the wagons with Charlie noticing Bella being roughly grabbed by the arm.

“You get your hands off of her--” Before Charlie can turn into demon form to get out of the chains and protect Bella, she feels her blood stop flowing. She can’t control her limbs or her body as she looks to see Morrigan in the shadows, holding out her hand.

“I wouldn’t lose your temper, princess,” Morrigan replies.

“Get your fucking hands off of my daughter!” Lucifer growls, glaring at Morrigan.

“Ah, Lucifer, it’s been a while, hasn’t it,” Morrigan responds to Lucifer’s threat. “Last time I remembered, you didn’t help us when we were banished by the Light.”

Lucifer clenches his teeth. “It’s no wonder you get those bastards to do your dirty work, you fucking bitch.”

“Now that’s no way to talk to ladies, is it?” Orais’ voice echoes in the entrance of the castle. He enters the grand entrance, summoning the gates closed. Orais approaches beside his wife, kissing her other hand that’s not controlling Charlie.

Lucifer growls more like a rabid animal. “Fuck you!”

Bella notices Charlie suffering. “M-Mommy--?”

“Yes, dear,” an unfamiliar voice comes in.

Bella’s face darkens, recognizing the condescending voice anywhere. She slowly turns around to find her parents, yellow fur with four arms like her.

“Oh no,” Bella utters in fear of her parents coming into light.

“Duncan. Delilah. How nice of you to join us,” Morrigan responds while Orais yanks Bella away from Striker and Charlie.

Orais shoves Bella to her real parents, who catch her. “We believe this one is yours.”

Charlie witnesses this in shock.

“Oh, dear, sweet Bella, how could you abandoned us?” Delilah replies, almost coldly.

Duncan grips one of Bella’s top wrists, almost breaking her arm. “What the fuck is wrong with you? First you can’t behave in the house and now you run away from home. After all we did for you!” He slaps her across the face, now igniting Charlie’s anger.

“You sick fucks!” Charlie finally curses, pushing through the pain of Morrigan’s powers. “Don’t you lay another hand on her! You-You hear me?! Don’t you--!” She chokes, eventually collapsing on the ground.

“Charlie!” Angel cries out and attempts to run beside her, but his pink chain around his neck yanks him back to Val.

“Now, where do you think you’re going, sweet cheeks?” Val asks, wrapping his hand around Angel’s throat.

“Get your hands off of him!” Ozzie barks at him.

“Look at that, the King of Lust and the Queen of Gluttony are in chains,” Velvette responds with an evil smile. “Last time I check, you two have been dating lower-class demons, have you not?”

“Fuck off,” Ozzie growls at Velvette.

Bee snarls like a fox.

Mox and Millie hold hands through the shackles.

“Take them to their cells,” Orais responds. “We’ll pay you handsomely after this.”

With nods, the V’s watch their prisoners head down the cellar while Val tosses Angel.

“Make sure he’s in his cell too. A private one,” Valentino responds watching the guards pulling Angel up on his feet.

Angel fights in their holds while he’s taken with the prisoners. Lucifer picks up passed out Charlie, carrying her with the others.

Bella is about to go with them until she’s yanked back to her parents.

“You’re not going down there with those freaks,” Delilah growls.

Bella breathes heavily in fear, watching the people she loves taken away from her.

~.~

Mox sits at the corner of his cell with Millie and Nifty. Millie tries to punch through the brick wall next to her husband while Nifty chews on the bars. Angel’s muffled moans and Valentino’s grunts can be heard from next to them.

Millie tries to break the wall down to save Angel.

“Get yer slimy hands off of him, ya pervert!” Millie shouts in anger.

Mox clenches his jaw until Angel’s moans are no longer heard and his heavy breaths come in.

“See? Isn’t that fun?” Valentino says from the cell next to them.

“Fuck you,” Angel growls.

“Hmph, that’s not convincing? But I thought you looove sucking cocks,” Valentino snarls. “That’s what you signed up for, isn’t it?”

Angel starts to sob, hugging his naked body.

“You leave him alone, fucker!” Ozzie shouts from his cell shared with Bee.

“Since we’re drawing too much attention, I might as well leave you here for your little friends to pity you. Ta-ta for now,” Valentino responds, dressing himself up and exiting the cell.

Angel’s clothes are scattered on the floor, trembling from the cold.

“Are you okay in there, Angel?” Millie asks in concern.

“That fucker will pay for what he did to you!” Ozzie adds with anger.

“It’s okay,” Angel says with his voice croaked. “I’m used to it.”

Everyone softens their gaze in their cells.

Charlie groans awake next to Lucifer in their cell.

“Hey, sweet-pea,” Lucifer calls his daughter after she wakes up.

“What happened?” Charlie groans.

“You missed Val having sex with Angel,” Ozzie responds angrily. “Without his consent.”

“Angel--” Charlie stumbles up to the bars of her cell. “Angel! Are you okay?!?”

“I’m fine, Charlie,” Angel responds, sitting at the corner of his cell. He tries to hide his sobs while the others try to find him in his dark cell.

Charlie frowns and leans her head against the bars. She starts to look around for Bella. “Where is Bella?”

“With her real parents,” Stolas mocks.

“Can you get us out of this?” Bee asks Stolas.

Stolas sighs, trying to get the purple robe off of him, but he keeps getting shocks everytime he touches it. “I'm afraid I can't. Striker puts this ‘blessed’ robe on me. It’ll prevent me from using my powers. There’s nothing I can do to get everyone out of here.”

“Fuck,” Lucifer mutters to himself.

They hear someone entering the dungeons, appearing to be Bella with a black eye and a pile of folded clothes on her arm. Everyone notices this.

“Are you okay?” Angel asks, covering his naked body.

Bella doesn't answer. Instead, she offers him a bundle of clean clothes with a sticky note on top that reads.

“I heard Val bragging about what he did to you. So, I thought I bring some clothes to you.”

Angel looks to see Bella’s throat is bruised, so she can’t talk at the moment. His heart hurts at the sight of it as he takes the clothes and put them on. The clothes are more comfortable and warm.

“Thanks, toots,” Angel replies, giving her a soft grin.

She nods her head.

“Bella?” Charlie calls, catching the girl’s attention. When she sees a black eye and bruised throat, Charlie’s eyes turns red with white pupils. “Did your real parents do that to you?”

Bella starts to sign with her four hands, which confuses the others for a moment. “Yes. But I can't talk right now.”

Lucifer arches a brow. “Uh, I can’t interpret that.”

“I can,” Ozzie responds in determination.

“Wait, how?” Bee questions him.

“Froggie taught me,” Ozzie brags as he begins using his hands to sign with his hands. “Are your parents nearby?”

Bella signs back with her hands. “No. They had me do laundry for them. But I overheard what Val did to Angel and I want to bring a fresh batch of clothes to Angel.”

Charlie softens her gaze at Bella. “What is she saying?”

Ozzie notices the cameras watching the dungeons and gasps dramatically. Then he straightens up, leaning into his cell where the camera won’t see him, but where Bella can see him completely. “Uh, you shouldn’t be down here, young lady.”

Everyone glances at Ozzie in confusion.

Ozzie talks while signing with his hands the opposite of his words.

“You need to get the fuck out right now! No one wants you here!”

Ozzie’s hands sign, “If you can, find the keys and get us out of here.”

Bella pays attention to the sign language and nods obediently. She hurries out of the dungeons to find the keys to get her group of the mess.

Ozzie smiles warmly that he got his message across.

“What the hell is that?” Bee asks with confusion in her tone.

Stolas hears more footsteps coming down the dungeons. “What’s going on?”

The prisoners notice Bella being grabbed by one of the guards.

“Shit,” Ozzie mutters to himself. “There goes our escape plan.”

Bella is tossed into the cell with Angel, who gasps in shock.

“Hey, easy on her!” Angel shouts at the guards, who slammed the cell. “Fuck you!”

“Angel, not in front of Bella,” Charlie responds.

Bella hides in the corner and begins sobbing.

“At least she’s away from her abusive parents,” Stolas replies softly.

Angel notices Bella sobbing and crawls next to her. He picks her up gently to hug her. “Don’t worry, Bella, we’ll get out of this.”

Millie looks at the back wall and starts to pound on it.

“Millie, you’re going to draw more attention,” Mox warns his wife.

“I don’t give a shit!” Millie shouts desperately.

“I do!” Mox yells at her, making her stop. “If you keep doing that, they’re going to kill you! They’re going to kill all of us!”

“I wonder what they’re preserving us for,” Stolas questions.

“I don’t think I wanna know,” Ozzie responds.

~.~

Meanwhile, in the laboratory, Morrigan places the black twisted staff on the altar, which confuses Vox more than Velvette and Valentino.

“So, are we ever going to deal with the Radio Demon?” Vox questions.

“He’s in a different realm,” Morrigan responds and steps in front of it.

“What are we doing?” Velvette questions, getting out her phone to record.

Orais snatch the phone out of her grasp and crushes. “I wouldn’t record that.”

Morrigan goes to her black cauldron and starts mixing potions. “This kind of magic will help us get control of Hell and the other realms, including Heaven. This will also give you three the powers to influence the medias you want to control. Meaning that Vox will get to beat the Radio Demon, Val will get to use Angel all he wants, and Velvette will become a trend.”

“Aw, hell yeah!” Velvette responds happily.

“You guys will have all of your selfish desires and spread your influences all over across Heaven and Hell,” Orais adds. “With our help, of course.”

“What is the staff going to do?” Vox questions.

“Patience,” Morrigan says while using the book Velvette use to break them free from the chains. She sprinkles the potion she made, letting the staff be dripped in what looks like blood. She starts to wave her hands, summoning the dark. She speaks in Latin according to what the book says.

“O tenebrae!

Da nobis potestatem dilatandi chaos et innocentes necare.

Da nobis potestatem somniorum dissolvere et lumen obscurare.

Da nobis potestatem mundi regna regeres.

(O darkness!

Give us the power to spread chaos and kill the innocent.

Give us the power to dissolve dreams and darken the light.

Give us the power to rule the kingdoms of the worlds).”

The V’s watch in fascination of the power glowing dark red, however it weakens.

“Odd,” Orais responds to the event.

Morrigan looks at the pages of the book and gasps. “Shit.”

“What is it, darling?” Orais responds.

“The books says that we need to gather the seven rulers for the seven rings.”

“Damn it,” Orais utters until an idea pops in his head. “Does the book say anything about using half of the powers?”

“If we want to reach the fullest power, we must gather all of the seven rulers of the rings,” Morrigan responds to her husband.

Orais smirks sadistically. "We got some rulers here already."

~.~

Angel starts to play tic-tac-toe on the ground with him drawing the x mark and Bella drawing a circle. Apparently, she wins more rounds than he can count.

This time, she wins the round by drawing the circles diagonally.

“Just letting you know, I’m just going easy on you. You wouldn’t want to know what happens when it gets to the hard level,” Angel responds with a smirk.

She writes down the words on the dirt for him, her throat still sore.

“Another round?”

“The easy one or the hard one?” Angel asks.

She writes down.

“The hard one.”

“Alright, your loss,” Angel responds while another round of tic-tac-toe begins. The round starts off intensely with them going on a draw. “Again?”

Bella nods her head excitedly.

Angel and Bella start to play and this time Angel wins.

“Ha! You lose!” Angel cheers while ruffling her head. “Good game!”

Bella smiles softly at Angel and swats his hands away from her playfully. Then she hears footsteps coming downstairs. She looks to see her real parents coming down the dungeons. Immediately, Angel jumps and puts his two arms over her to protect her from her real parents. The guards are with Duncan and Delilah and depart from them to get Lucifer, Charlie, Ozzie, and Bee away.

“Now are you going to be a good girl?” Delilah responds with a growl.

“Hey, fuck off, toots,” Angel growls.

The guards open the cell doors, taking Ozzie, Bee, Lucifer and Charlie out of the cells.

“Where are you taking us?” Charlie growls at the guards.

“Charlie, it’s okay, just keep calm,” Lucifer reassures his daughter.

Stolas watches them walk out of the cells obediently while in chains.

Charlie notices Angel protecting Bella from Bella’s real parents. “Protect her at all costs, Angel.”

“I will,” Angel says with a snarl at Bella’s real parents. 

Charlie, Lucifer, Ozzie, and Bee exit with the guards.

Bella stands behind Angel, her small body trembling.

However, unbeknownst to Duncan and Delilah, Nifty digs a hole next to Millie and Moxxie in their own cell. They look down to see Nifty digging wildly with short manaical laughter.

Stolas turns his head to a one-eighty degree like an owl when he sees the pot-hole falling, revealing Nifty.

She hops onto Stolas’ shoulders and rip the purple robe off.

“Thank you, little one. Now stand back,” Stolas determines. Nifty hops off of his shoulder and watches him. He breaks off the shackles that will prevent him from using his powers and fades into the shadows. Nifty crawls back through her hole and comes back to her cell with Millie and Mox.

“What on earth did you do?” Millie questions.

“Are you seriously going to protect that little brat?” Duncan growls at Angel, drawing their attention back to Duncan and Delilah.

“Yeah, I am,” Angel says. “I don’t care what you say otherwise.”

Duncan and Delilah notices a shadow looming behind Angel and Bella. Four red eyes glaring at them before the shadows jump inside of both Duncan and Delilah.

Angel stands there with widen eyes. “What the fuck?”

Duncan and Delilah’s eyes are now red, staring at them. Delilah takes a key and unlocks the cell that Angel and Bella are trapped in. Then she hands the key to Duncan.

Duncan trods over to the cell where Moxxie, Millie, and Nifty are in and unlocks the cell door to open it.

“What the hell?” Moxxie utters in fear.

Duncan stands aside along with his wife.

Angel doesn’t hesitate to pick up Bella and run out of the cell with her in his arms. Moxxie, Millie, and Nifty follows after them while Duncan and Delilah are following them up the stairs. Once Duncan and Delilah goes up the stairs, the black goo leaves their body, causing them both to pass out and form Stolas.

“What the fuck?!” Angel shouts in shock.

“Calm yourselves,” Stolas responds. “We need to rescue the others. C’mon.”

The others nod their heads in agreement and hurry out of the dungeons.

~.~

Charlie is seated on the metal chair, strapped down by leather binds. She watches her father strapped down to the chair along with Ozzie and Bee.

“What are you going to do to them?” Charlie questions Morrigan and Orais.

Charlie watches Morrigan waves her hands, her surroundings darkened with the three V’s standing to the side with Orais. Morrigan says the spell in Latin.

“O tenebrae!

Da nobis potestatem dilatandi chaos et innocentes necare.

Da nobis potestatem somniorum dissolvere et lumen obscurare.

Da nobis potestatem mundi regna regeres.

(O darkness!

Give us the power to spread chaos and kill the innocent.

Give us the power to dissolve dreams and darken the light.

Give us the power to rule the kingdoms of the worlds).”

Charlie watches Lucifer’s, Ozzie’s, and Bee’s powers being sucked out of them. She gasps in horror and struggles in her bonds. 

Unbeknownst to any of them, Stolas is also there as a shadow covering Angel, Bella, Moxxie, Millie, and Nifty, but they are peering slightly to see the commotion.

“Holy shit,” Moxxie whispers in horror.

“Shh,” Stolas shushes Moxxie. He notices Charlie starts to turn into her demon form.

“Don’t hurt them!!!” Charlie cries.

“It’s okay, sweet pea,” Lucifer reassures her, clenching his teeth. “This won’t kill us, I promise.”

However, his face clenches when his powers are getting sucked out of him. Half of their powers are transferred into the staff.

Stolas takes the opportunity to manipulate the shadows and cuts the leather straps off of Charlie.

“What the--?” Vox utters before Stolas possesses Val.

Stolas slaps Valentino’s face while possessing him. “Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself.”

“Now!” Moxxie shouts as Millie and Nifty helps Charlie out of the chair.

Orais forms fireballs in his hands and throws it at them, but they dodge out of the way. Angel helps the imps and Charlie up with Bella hanging onto his back.

Stolas has Valentino hit himself in the balls. “Stop hitting your balls. Stop hitting your balls. Stop hitting your balls.”

The group helps Charlie out of the laboratory with Stolas blowing red smoke around the room to confuse the others as Valentino. Stolas manages to get out of Valentino and giggles on the way out of the door.

Velvette hurries to check on Valentino while Vox starts to grow angry that his screen is buffering.

“GET THEM!!!” Vox demands the guards.

Stolas follows the group downstairs towards the castle entrance, but the doors are sealed shut.

“Damn it, we can’t get out,” Millie responds.

“I can try digging again,” Nifty responds, attempting to dig through the tile, but it’s to no avail.

Stolas hurries beside the group and notices the guards coming at them. “There’s no time.” He opens the portal into the city to the living world. “C’mon.”

“Wait, Dad!” Charlie shouts as Angel grabs her arm and jumps into the portal with her. Moxxie joins in while Millie picks up Nifty and hops through the portal. The portal closes before the guards can reach them.

“Fuck!” Vox shouts and stomps on his feet. “They got away!”

“They won't run away forever,” Morrigan responds with a cruel smile. “We got more than enough to move forward with the plan. They won’t be hiding in the living world forever.” 

She grabs the staff that is already absorbed half of Lucifer’s, Ozzie’s, and Bee’s powers. She uses to cause the stormclouds to roam around in Hell. Then she aims the staff towards Vox, Velvette, and Valentino giving them each powers. Valentino has half of the power of lust, Vox has half of the power of pride, and Velvette has half of the powers of gluttony.

“Aw, hell yeah!” Velvette yells.

Morrigan smirks. “Let the terror begin.”

Orais turns to the guards. “Make sure you find Mammon, Belphegor, Zelus, and Mal. We’re going to need them with our other friends here.”

The guards nod their heads and begin their search for the other ruler of the rings.

Lucifer, Ozzie, and Bee pass out in exhaustion before blacking out. 

To Be Continued...

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Gloria Lasso (1922-2005) - André Nolat

Gloria Lasso (née Rosa Coscolin Figueras, en Catalogne) fut, semble-t-il, secrétaire puis assistante dans une radio locale jusqu’au moment où elle eut l’opportunité de remplacer une speakerine à Radio-Barcelone. Pendant cette période, elle chanta : le public en redemanda, car elle avait une voix d’une extraordinaire pureté. Je ne sais pas comment se déroula le début de sa carrière en Espagne, mais elle vint en France au moment où la mode était à l’exotisme latin qu’avait lancé l’Italienne Rina Ketty avec « J’attendrai » et « Sombreros et mantilles » ; lesquels furent, dès 1938, d’énormes succès. Marie-José (1914-2002), la chanteuse de tangos, avait repris, elle aussi, des chansons exotiques, dont « Amor, amor », « Besame mucho » ou « Si vas à Calatayud ». Il y eut Luis Mariano et Dario Moreno, chanteurs à voix et à accents. L’Italie, dans les années 1950, était représentée par le quartet Marino Marini créateur, en France, de « Guarda che luna » ou « Guaglione » qui deviendra « Bambino ». Mais, peu de temps après son arrivée à Paris, Gloria Lasso devint célèbre. Elle chanta dans quelques cabarets puis passa sur l’antenne et enregistra son premier disque français : un 45 tours (4 pistes) chez Pathé Marconi (« La Voix de son maître »).  Ce disque sort en 1955 et il comprend « Dolorès », « Mandolino », « Quand je danse dans tes bras », et « Ave Maria no morro » (morro : collines couvertes de favelas) :    « Quelques toits de planches,        Qui s’accrochent aux nuages        C’est le morro à Rio de Janeiro...» Un boléro, magnifique, composé par le brésilien Herivelto Martins et francisé en 1954 par Jacques Larue, qui fit fureur dans les dancings et les night-clubs. Mais c’est son deuxième disque 45 tours avec « L’étranger au paradis », un des airs de la comédie musicale Kismet – créée en 1953 à Broadway – adapté par Francis Blanche qui triompha. Il fut le premier disque vendu en France à un million d’exemplaires. Dès lors, elle enchaîne les enregistrements et elle devient une très grande vedette : jusqu’en 1964, parurent chez Pathé Marconi quarante-six 45 tours. Entre autres, elle chante (en français et en espagnol) « Amour, castagnettes et tangos », « Le torrent », « Adieu Lisbonne » (1956) ; « Bon voyage », « Padre Don José » « Bambino »; « Histoire d’un amour » (1957) , « Buenas noches mi amor », « Gondolier », « L’oubli », « L’ombre sous la mer » « Diana » « Te quiero » (1958) ;  «  La chanson d’Orphée »,  « Adieu tristesse », « Sois pas fâché » (1959) ; « Valentino » (1960)  ; « Le goût de toi » (« Sabor a Mi », créé par Alvaro Carillo) (1961) :   « Tant de jours, tu m’as tout donné, mon amour,      Tu as su partager mes joies tant de jours       Que j’ai gardé malgré tout       Au fond de moi, je l’avoue,       Le goût de toi » ; « Moliendo café » (1962), etc. Hélas, pour elle, à partir de 1958, de « Gondolier », elle se heurte à une rivale : Dalida, lancée par Lucien Morisse (1929-1970), directeur artistique à Europe N°1 qui l’épousera en 1961. Très amoureux, il va inventer, à l’intention de Dalida, « le matraquage publicitaire », passant une de ses chansons toutes les heures. Ainsi, finira-t-elle par l’emporter sur Gloria Lasso d’autant que celle-ci se ruine dans une vie sentimentale compliquée. Elle s’est mariée plusieurs fois sans que ces unions soient des réussites, mais de son premier mariage espagnol en 1938, elle a eu trois filles. À l’arrivée de la vague « yé-yé », elle part au Mexique où elle fera encore une très belle carrière. Elle revient en France de temps à autre à partir de 1971. Elle y enregistre quelques disques qui passent inaperçus. Son temps est fini. Il n’en reste pas moins vrai qu’elle fut une des plus grandes représentantes de la chanson romantique de 1954 à 1964 et qu’elle a vendu, entre 1955 et sa mort, 80 millions de disques dans le monde. Elle s’éteint au Mexique à Cuernavaca dans l’État de Morelos, à l’âge de 83 ans, victime d’un infarctus. Elle sera incinérée et, selon l’article de Wikipédia, « ses cendres sont déposées dans la crypte de la cathédrale de Cuernavaca (…), avec l’inscription "Buen Viaje". »  Cuernavaca, dont on affirme qu’elle est la « ville de l’éternel printemps », tant son climat est agréable et régulier.                 

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Death & the Wooden Boy✨ By Valentino Lasso

A bonus Sebastian J. Cricket:

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Mushroom Fighter - Character Design Challenge by selected artists: Jean-luc Kol, Youngae YanYao, Đỗ Thái Thanh, Bi Nguyen, Valentino Lasso

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Done and Done. The 73rd Annual Emmys are in the rearview mirror. It was a great show (despite some upsets IMO) in that it felt like a throwback to pre-pandemic awards season. Great seeing everyone sharing a space together. Will be curious if any Covid cases pop up after this, but...

It really was nice to see a return to normal even if it meant enduring bits like the opener where they did a play on Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend” with an assist from LL Cool J, Lil Dicky and Chet Haze’s mama Rita Wilson.

Who are joining last week’s Creative Arts Emmys winners (Claire Foy, Courtney B. Vance, Maya Rudolph, Dave Chappelle, Keke Palmer and J.B. Smoove in the winners’ circle?

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) - Sudeikis confirmed backstage that he will be hosting SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE this season.

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Jean Smart (Hacks)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Evan Peters (Mare Of Easttown)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Julianne Nicholson (Mare Of Easttown)

*Peters brought his mom as his plus one. He evidently is a 3D print of her.

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)

*Hannah, who wore a Christian Siriano gown, was honoured by friend/fellow Game of Throne-r Lena Headey

MORE WINNERS

Lead Actor in a Drama Series Josh O'Connor (The Crown) - who is still dressing like a Teddy Boy.

Lead Actress in a Drama Series Olivia Colman (The Crown)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Ewan McGregor (Halston)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Tobias Menzies (The Crown) - who after many losses didn’t even attend!

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Gillian Anderson (The Crown)

Limited Series The Queen's Gambit

Drama Series The Crown

Comedy Series Ted Lasso

Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) Hamilton

Outstanding Variety Special (Live) Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You)

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie Scott Frank (The Queen's Gambit)

Competition Program RuPaul's Drag Race

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series Hacks

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series Hacks

Variety Sketch Series Saturday Night Live

Variety Talk Series Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series Jessica Hobbs (The Crown)

-For a night that celebrates TV, I’m still almost more interested in the fashion. I was so pleased to see a real ceremony that I don’t even care that people played it safe. 

Emerald Fennell in Valentino

Nicole Byer in Christian Siriano

Juno Temple in Versace

Gillian Anderson in Chloe

Olivia Colman in Roksanda

Emma Corrin in Miu Miu looking like Winnie the Pooh meets Pokemon

Aidy Bryant in Simone Rocha (can I assume she came straight from strawberry picking?)

Kathryn Hahn in Lanvin

Billy Porter in Ashi

He let it hang out  more at their nominees’ party

Samira Wiley in Genny - Best dressed of the night.

 Jennifer Coolidge in Christian Siriano

Taraji P. Henson in Elie Saab

Elizabeth Olsen in a Olsen Twins dress designed for The Row

Jason Sudeikis in Tom Ford - Did he and Bo Burnham just decide to piss me off by wearing velvet?

Kerry Washington in Etro

Etro is the designer that 2021′s Eurovision Måneskin often wears. 

You gotta wear that dress now, Damiano.

Tracee Ellis Ross in Valentino Couture

Michaela Jae Rodriguez in  Atelier Versace

Anya Taylor Joy in Dior

Mandy Moore in Caroline Herrera

Cynthia Erivo in Louis Vuitton

Sarah Paulson in Caroline Herrera

Beanie Feldstein in Brandon Maxwell

Dan Levy in  Valentino Couture

Angela Bassett in Greta Constantine

Kaley Cuoco in Vera Wang

Jurnee Smollett in Dior

Issa Rae in  Aliétte

Regé-Jean Page in Giorgio Armani

*Disappointed by the lack of awards for THE HANDMAID’s TALE but at least O.T. Fagbenle and Samira Wiley came dressed to impressed.  Unlike Max Minghella who wore a basic suit and Madeline Brewer who went completely the wrong way with the classic brown/blue match.

Seth Rogen also got it wrong with this Brioni.  I could take peach with brown or orange with brown but not all together. 

Brendan Hunt of TED LASSO nearly went with this Tom Ford for an Emmys party but for the big night 

went full Grand National Horse Racing.

while SNL’s Bowen Yang brought out the platform boots

The cast of the phenomenal FX/Hulu series RESERVATION DOGS D'Pharaoh Woon A-Tai(in Gucci), Devery Jacobs (in an design from an Indigenous), Paulina Alexis and Lane Factor (with the series' co-creator Sterlin Harjo)

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The only thing Valentino would be missing out on is Blitzo’s WHIP—-I mean,,,, LASSO :3c