#jenna fischer save me

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do NOT watch the new Mean Girls movie!

just saw it and now I’m GAY.

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Have you listened to any glee podcasts other than Kevin and Jenna’s (and yours)?

Or do you have any general podcast recommendations?

I listen to podcasts all the time! I don't listen to any other Glee ones -- tbh, I think they'd drive me (more or less) crazy. That's no shade on the people making them -- apparently, there are some good ones out there? But I'd just get too annoyed if they got a detail wrong, or if I couldn't debate a position, so I usually stay away.

But... here's what I'm subscribed to! (Besides Kevin and Jenna's)

All About Agatha - Yes, that's right, I listen to a podcast where the hosts talk about everything Agatha Christie has ever written. This podcast is all around wonderful. Unfortunately, one of the hosts passed away recently, which is sad, but the other host is continuing on. They go into more than just Agatha Christie and discuss various aspects of detective fiction, too.

The NYT Book Review & Poured Over (The BN Podcast) - I don't listen to these a whole lot, but I have them more so for work related podcasts. But if you want book reviews of new books in a more commercialized setting - these fit the bill.

Pod Meets World - Three of the stars of the 90s show Boy Meets World break down their time on the show and watch an episode each week. I can't stress this enough, this might be my favorite podcast right now. Not only are they really open to their experiences - but they talk in depth about all aspects of the show - from the story itself to all of the behind the scenes stuff. It's really amazing.

Office Ladies - I'm sure a lot of people know this one - Angela Kinsey and Jenna Fischer from the office break down an episode week by week. I do love this one a lot. But as we're nearing the end of the series, I get a sense that both Angela and Jenna are, maybe, beginning to get a little tired of it. (No shade on them, and it's just a feeling I'm picking up.) They spend more time going down deep dive rabbit holes than talking about the episodes. I still enjoy it, and I do think they're both wonderful people. Another great podcast for learning the ins and outs as to what make a tv show.

Star Talk - With Neil DeGrasse Tyson. It's all about science! And I love learning about science. I've been listening to this one the longest.

Jay and Miles Xplain the X-Men - I've also been listening to this for years, too. The hosts started back in the silver age, and have been unpacking and reading every X-Men and X-Men related comic book ever written. It's been about a decade and they're nearing the end of the 90s. It's really cool for anyone wanting to find an in into X-Men comics.

Double Love - @constantcompanion This is the Sweet Valley High break down podcast I mentioned earlier. These two women (who are about ten years older than I am) have been reading through every SWH book ever. And bless them. They discuss them with a great amount of humor

Dawson's Critique - Two women hosts rewatch all of Dawson's Creek. The cool thing is that they're my age, and experienced DC at the same time I did - which is cool. But kind of like how I view DC now, I can only take so much of it at a time. It's a solid podcast, but I have to be in a mood to listen to it.

Zack to the Future - which is on permanent hiatus. This is the one where Mark-Paul Gosselaar and a comedy writer named Dashiell Driscoll watched old Saved by the Bell episodes. It was... hit and miss, tbh. MPG seemed a bit uncomfortable doing it, but always at least had interesting things to say. Driscoll, though, was a terrible co-host. I feel bad for the guy - because he knew he was getting skewered online, but he had zero chemistry with MPG, and didn't seem like he knew what he was doing half the time. *shrugs*

The Tolkien Professor - I don't listen to this one that often, just more or less have it as a reference -- but the host is an actual professor of literature who really, really deep dives into Tolkien. It's sometimes more or less like taking a college course in Tolkien.

So, that's pretty much it -- amazing, i kind of listen to things that break down other stories and dive into story telling. I'm sure y'all are surprised.

I do have Darren's podcast downloaded, but i've never listened to it. Idk. Plus, I have random episodes of other podcasts - like all the ones Chris has been on. :)

If you guys have any good ones - let me know!

[hismercytomyjustice]

I spent 95% of the day today writing. I’ve finally hit 35k, but the last 3k were a STRUGGLE. I think they turned out okay, but my god I had several moments of “fuck this.”

I think the issue was this was a way more research heavy chapter and I didn’t feel as confident about writing some of the side characters. They don’t have much screen time in the game, which made it all the more stressful.

I desperately want to finish this fic. I don’t want to have made it this far only to give up. I s2g the Cardcaptors fic that I wrote that was almost twice as long as this didn’t give me NEARLY this much trouble. Maybe because I was more familiar with the source material?

I did get a really sweet comment on it recently though that I still need to reply to. I’m always baffled and pleased when folks take the time to read my older stuff.

I want to say I’m around 75-80% done with this fic now, though I still have no idea how the hell I’m going to end it.

…especially since I still haven’t finished the game…

I’m like 250+ hours in, but I still need to kill Orin and Gortash, save Lae’zel, get the Wyrm, fight Raphael, find Minsc… I’m sure I’m forgetting something. I know I could just power through to the end but I’ve been enjoying thoroughly exploring everything. I’ve also kind of worn myself out in the process though. There is just SO MUCH in Act III, it’s overwhelming.

Work has been hella busy again the past week or two too, which doesn’t help. I’m kind of dreading tomorrow because I have so much I need to do. I am getting desperate for a break and our next holiday isn’t until Memorial Day at the end of May. I’m probably going to have to take some PTO or at least a mental health day at the rate I’m going. The burnout is hitting HARD.

I love my job as much as one can love a job, but my god it is exhausting and demanding. Thankfully it isn’t like this all the time, but the periods where it is SUCK. Things will quiet down in another month or so, at least for a good chunk of the summer. I hope.

I think when I’m done writing this fic (please god in the next few weeks or so), I’m going to post it a chapter at a time like I did with my Cardcaptors one. Maybe a week apart to give myself time to edit each chapter. Pretty sure that’s the only way I’ll be able to trick myself into editing.

It’s just been so nice to have something I’m excited to write about again. This is the longest thing I’ve written in literal years. I feel like I’ve grown a lot, or at least I hope I have.

I’m also hoping that by writing more fanfic, I’ll be able to strengthen my writing for original stuff too. Right now I’m just trying to be happy with whatever I put out, so long as I’m writing something. Even if I don’t finish it.

I spent so many years struggling to get a word on the page because I spent so much time learning about writing through cons, books, podcasts, etc that I was hypercritical of everything I did. I stopped enjoying the process and I felt like a failure. I knew enough now that I knew what I did wrong or where I had skill gaps, but I had no idea how to fix any of it, so I just stopped creating. I forgot why I loved writing so much in the first place.

A book that’s really helped me view writing in a much healthier way is The Actor’s Life: A Survival Guide by Jenna Fischer. Yes, it’s geared toward acting, but the advice she gives is just as relevant to other creative fields.

She talks a lot about giving yourself permission to do the thing, about not having to be at the same level as your idols to pursue your dream, and about how important it is just to create.

It’s so important to enjoy the process because, otherwise, what’s the point? So long as I’m having fun, it’s worth doing. Even if I never reach a wide audience with original stuff I do in the future, I have to remember I’m doing this first and foremost for myself. I’ve found I enjoy that type of content more too, where the creator takes risks and unashamedly throws their passion into their project.

Yes, this is just a fanfic I’m working on, but I’m honing my skills through it. It’s a lot less terrifying to play in someone else’s sandbox and it’s so much easier for me to get out of my own way while I do it.

But at the same time DAMN I AM SO READY TO BE DONE haha.

Fingers crossed I will be soon!!!

[heartlandians]

I’m a big fan of “The Office” (U.S. Tv show). “The Office” ran for 9 seasons and was a big hit in the U.S. (and the world) for a long time.

For the last several years, real life best friends, Jenna Fischer (Pam) and Angela Kinsey (Angela) have had a podcast called “Office Ladies” re-watching and breaking down every episode of “The Office”. It really is a very informative look back at how “The Office” was made and how the producers, writers and cast kept the history of stories from previous episodes connected too current episodes they were producing (something that Heartland as a real bad track record of). Last night they started a two part look back at the season 4 finale. One of last night’s discussions was very interesting to me and in a way connects to Heartland.

Several years ago, Jenna Fischer wrote a book called “The Actor’s Life: A Survival Guide”. One of the things discussed in the book was actors salaries. Jenna Fischer researched the average salaries of actors using “The Screen Actors Guild” as a source and found that the “median salary”, in general for a “working” actor was $52,000 per year. Most of the “SAG” actors in the union earn less than $7,000 per year from acting and less than 5% of “SAG” actors earn more than $100,000 per year. Another point. If an actor was able to make the “median salary” he/she would have to pay their agent, manager, and taxes and would only take home about $29,000.

So…what does this have to do with Heartland.

For the last fourteen years (hopefully 15 Years) all the principal actors on Heartland have had a steady job. Probably making well over $100,000 per year. Considering how few actors in the U.S. actually find work in the profession (it’s probably worse in Canada) it seems to me it would not be very smart leaving a popular show voluntarily unless the actor had already lined up a new job in the profession before leaving (assuming they still wanted to act). Most of the Heartland actors like Michelle Morgan, Shaun Johnston, Alisha Newton, and even Amber Marshall have done other projects away from Heartland. Unfortunately, Graham Wardle hasn’t done any acting jobs since 2013 and according to the IMDB web site, Graham is not attached to any upcoming projects.

Because of the way Covid-19 has affected the entertainment business (and the rest of the world) having a job paying a good salary seems throwing it away real shortsighted. I know Graham has his reasons to leave but he, just like the rest of us, has bills to pay. Really hope he’s prepared to be out of work. It’s tough out there. Submitted by: Callie ____________________________

Yeah, I mean to me that is really telling that he wanted out and isn’t motivated by money (because then he would’ve just kept going - though I guess he technically did for 5 years, but... you know), but like you said, we all need money to live. 

I think it also comes down to what kind of lifestyle you want to have too. For example, for Amber I would think it makes a big difference because she has a big ranch, but at the same time she has other revenues (is that the right word to use?) that help and then of course there’s Shawn who also brings in money, so it’s not just her “Heartland money” that keeps her/them afloat. That’s one thing I admire about her - that she’s always been looking so much ahead, covering herself in case the show was not to continue.

In general, one can definitely live with less and, yeah, there is probably savings (but of course they are not endless either), but at the same time leaving a show/a steady job really isn’t a decision one (usually) makes lightly, even if they wouldn’t be motivated by money, especially if they don’t have a plan about what’s next (I mean, Graham has some things going on, but I don’t know if he has an exact clear vision about what he is going to do next - someone correct me if he’s said something). 

I think all of this is something some fans don’t get, that leaving this kind of money (whatever the amount was/is) behind tells a lot about his decision and him. Graham has also said he is taking a break from acting, so maybe he isn’t so depended on earning roles anymore.

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Requests (5/8/2021)

Hi lovelies! I just filled up the queue through May but I have a LOT of requests left. So I’m posting the remaining requests below! If you see your request here that means it’ll be posted in June at the earliest. If you don’t see your request it means it’s probably going to be posted in May (although I did delete two messages that weren’t “requests” as much as “demands”, messages that said, “Do this,” or, “Make that,” which I don’t respond to). There are some requests I addressed in a post on April 27th though that won’t be posted until June also so be sure to check that out. Thanks for the support lovelies! Hope you like what’s to cum. ;)

Anonymous said:

Could u do emma stone from amazing spider man i like her look from the 2nd one but its fine whichever u use

Yep! Second one it is. :)

Anonymous said:

Hi was wondering if you could do a caption of a superhero that is captured by their villain and turned into an evil hench woman thought about anne hathaway as cat woman if you could thanks love your captions btw

Sure thing!

Anonymous said:

Could you do a caption where a white guy gets turned into Kerry Washington. And becomes addicted to sleeping with black men? I was thinking of using the scene from little man where shes in bed after a night of "doing it". Can that be done or is that too graphic of a description?

I don’t think it’s too graphic? I’ve never seen Little Man (idk what it is tbh) but I googled “Kerry Washington Little Man” & found a pic I think works so I can do this.

Anonymous said:

I don't remember if I requested this already or not but could you do one of Haley atwell from captain america I was thinking like a super soldier test turns a guy into her but he then finds out that was the plan that the government wanted to make super sissies instead

You did not request it and I can do it!

Anonymous said:

Hi could you do a caption using Betsy brandt? Shes the aunt from breaking bad incase you didnt know I just think shes beautiful and hope you could do a caption for her idk what about maybe something about milfs thatd be good ig whatever you decide anyways thanks

I DO know who that is! And there have been quite a few MILF requests (as you’ll see) so all you MILF lovers will be happy going forward. :)

Anonymous said:

Hello first off big fan 2nd off im sorry if this is too much but I have abit of a list for ya if u can do these thats great if not its ok just sorry i know its alot.  Emma thompson(saving mr banks)  Sean young, (ace venture)  Rhea Pearlman, ( matilda)  Christina agulara( burlesque)   sigourney weaver, (alien or ghostbusters)   emma stone (cruela)  thank u there will be a part 2

Heres part 2 its just ones I dont really have any specific thing in mind.    Tia and Tamara. Idna menzel.   Adele.    Bonnie Tyler.    Ruby rose.    Sarah chalke.   Kristen schaal.  Melissa McCarthy.  Megan trainer.    Elizabeth gillies.   Like i said if u can great if not thats alright atleast u'll have some stocked up for a rainy day thanks again and sorry again

Hello im the one who gave the list of requests sorry once again I just wanted to further explain one of them the christina Aguilera from burlesque one to be specific I would like the one where she is wearing the bowler hat with the  loose frizz curls thats the only one I can think of to elaborate on the rest are up to u thanks again sorry again

Ok so this is A LOT of requests and in the future I would like to ask people to limit their requests to three celebs at a time, but I’ve never said that before so it wouldn’t be fair to the person who requested all these. So yes I can do these requests. The only one I won’t do is Sean Young from Ace Ventura because her character in Ace Ventura is really really transphobic (or, more specifically, how that character is written). And I can do that specific Christina Aguilera one. Also since this IS so many requests I’ll probably be sprinkling them in through instead of doing them all at once, & I already wrote an Elizabeth Gillies one coming out towards the end of May.

Anonymous said:

If possible could you do Elizabeth perkins as Wilma Flintstone I had the idea of it litterally being set in cave man times and depicting the forat instance of feminization, the first sissy, being of a weaker evolution and stuff causing the tribe to pick him as the tribes cave sissy

Oooo, sounds fun. Totally!

Anonymous said:

Could you do Marissa tomei? Was thinking hero type story by night hes a crime fighing vigilante by day She is a stay at home sissy wife waiting for hubby to get home to pleasure him

I can do this!

Anonymous said:

Could you try making one where a boy who’s always been short his entire life gets feminized by his friend? I was thinking someone like Skai Jackson would be great for this

Sure thing! I found one of Skai where she’s of age so I’ll use that. :) (I won’t use a GIF of here her though since most of them are from Jessie when she’s under 18)

Anonymous said:

I was wondering if you could do one about a college professor named Peter whose autocloset gets hacked by his students.  They transform and feminize him into a sexy latina milf so they have someone sexy to look at during class.  Actress of your choice, someone over 30 please.

Oooo, I’ve got the perfect celeb for this. ;)

Anonymous said:

Hi I actually have 3 u may have done them before but if u can thatd be great. 1 Natalie Portman (V for vendetta ) the little girl outfit with the pigtails I was thinking like a lost bet. 2 P!nk (beautiful trauma) the house wife look is so good.  3 Elizabeth olsen (wandavision) when shes in the bed wearing her costume like a morning after thing.  Thats all like I said if u can thank u love ur captions

Ah gotcha. I can do these!

Anonymous said:

Hi id like to start off by saying i love your captions. Was wondering if you could do one of Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona flowers when she had Green hair as far as the story I dont really have anything other than green being the guys fav color idk hopefully you can do something with that anyways thank you for your time have a good one

I can work with this. :)

Anonymous said:

Hey I have a specific scene in mind its of kaley cuoco when she was on the big bang theory I dont remember the episode but its where shes sitting on the couch when her BF walks in and shes dressed in this purple lingerie and shes got her hair up its beautiful I was thinking if u could do a caption on that? Maybe like a roommates thing sorry I dont have enough info on the scene

I’VE HAD THIS IMAGE FOR SO LONG BUT COULDN’T THINK OF A STORY SO YES I CAN DO THIS! :D

Anonymous said:

Could u ro Lindsay sloane from bring it on I had to look up the name I just remember her as "Big red" what they called her in the movie

Yep! I love Bring it On. :)

Anonymous said:

Omg i love the Alex kingston caption u did recently whenever u get a chance could u do more River song captions also the billie piper one again whenever u get the chance

You got it. :)

Anonymous said:

Ok if you could i have an idea for a caption of a guy who wants to be internet famous but cant cut it as a guy so he pretends to be a lady on an onlyfans but doesnt show off anything too much then he gets surprised by his Male roommate who found out and his roommate blackmails him into making more "Private" videos to get cash I was thinking using meg turney if u could thanks

Sounds fun. Sure thing! :)

Anonymous said:

Hello I know you mightve done this one already but the one of Katy Perry from "Hey hey hey" music vid could u do another one from that still her with the blonde hair but when shes just waking up instead thank you

You bet!

Anonymous said:

I know you got alot of requests lately but if you dont mind one more could you do Drew Barrymore from Batman forever?

I had to double check how old she was in that but yes! I can do this. :)

Anonymous said:

I know I probably wont see this for awhile but if u could can u do a caption of debby ryan from jessie where she is dressed like a little kid and has her hair in pigtails? I was thinking like a babysitting gig gone wrong for the story like dress up goes too far or something anyawys thank u

Do you know what episode that’s from? I found the image and I think it looks great but I just want to make 100% sure that Jessie was an adult when she made it. If you know the episode feel free to message me & I can go ahead with it. :)

Anonymous said:

I have 3 if u could do them 1. Zazie beets  2. Zendaya  3. Tessa Thompson. Thats all thanks

I actually have Zazie Beets and Zendaya caps coming up before May ends, but you’ll get the Tessa Thompson one in June. :)

Anonymous said:

Hi could you do another caption tor jenna fischer from the office please?

Yep!

Anonymous said:

Could you do a cap where a teacher named Peter gets feminized into a latina housewife and use Marisol Nichols from Riverdale?  Can't ignore the MILFs.

Damn right you can’t! I’ll be sure to do this. :)

Anonymous said:

Addison Rae or Ariana Grande please

I’ll do both! :)

@tammyboy25 said:

Hi there! I was wondering if you could please do one where a sister or best girlfriend guilt trips a boy into being their maid of honor for her wedding? Bachelorette party, Dress shopping, getting their hair done, dancing with other boys at the reception are some ideas I had. Thank you so much either way!!!

Ooooo I love this! You got it sweetie. :)

Anonymous said:

Wow, I really loved the "From the Amazons" caption you did with Wonder Woman! Could you do something similar with a guy named Rene put into the body of a sluttfied superheroine?  Maybe Scarlet Witch/Wanda? Thanks!

“From the Amazons” has been getting a lot of love so thanks everyone! I can totally do this with an Elizabeth Olsen pic. :)

Anonymous said:

I'm not sure if youve seen falcon and the winter soldier yet but Erin kellyman who plays kharli in that is a relatively new actress so I could understand if you dont know her but if you do could you make a caption for her? Thank you

I actually do know who she is! I saw her in “Falcon & Winter Soldier” and Solo so I can totally do a cap with her. :)

Anonymous said:

Hi, yesterday I said how much I loved that Wonder Woman caption you did with Gakl Gadot. And I've since discovered the manips made by Saturdays24. My name is Rene, and I'd loved to be turned into a girl in one of his pics, particularly Taylor Swift! Thanks!

Sure thing! @saturdays24 gave me permission to use their stuff a few years ago so I can do any caps with their manips. :)

Anonymous said:

Can you please do Priyanka Chopra captions

Sure!

Anonymous said:

Can you do Lala Anthony captions. I am a big fan of her

Totally! (For some reason I can’t find a good GIF of her though)

Anonymous said:

Can you do a cap with the new Billie Eilish Vogue Pics? That would be so so amazing.

Anonymous said:

billie eilish or addison rae?

Anonymous said:

Hi I remember someone else asking for a billie eilish caption since she was of age now but it was still too recent to have any pics of her at the right age well now shes 19 and I just saw she was on the cover of vogue afew days ago ....would that work?

Don’t worry, a Billie Eilish cap from British Vogue is on the way! She is an adult now & so I can make caps with her. :) (Also to the person who asked about Addison Rae, like I said earlier I’ll make one for her too. :D)

Anonymous said:

I really liked ur newest caption of Kelly lebrock as a boss being spotted enfemme I was wondering if u could do a follow up to that one? Maybe with her from woman in red. Id just like to see the coworker confront the boss

I like that idea! Totally. :)

Anonymous said:

Could you do a caption with Jhene Aiko or Jenna Ortega? They’re both similar to me in body build so it would be pretty amazing to see them in a caption.

Jhene Aiko yes. Jenna Ortega MAYBE. Jenna Ortega only JUST turned 18 and that was during the COVID-19 pandemic so there aren’t going to be a lot of projects where she’s an adult to pull from. So if I can find something maybe otherwise you might just have to wait a bit. Sorry if that’s a bummer. :/

Anonymous said:

Can you do Nikita Dragun captions please?

I’ve no idea who this is, sorry.

Anonymous said:

Idk if u know the band pentatonix or not but if u do could u do a caption for Kirstin Maldonado they just came out with a music video for 90s medley and she is gorgeous in it much appreciated :)

I’ve actually done some Kristin Maldonado caps already so I can totally do another. :)

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and while i’m going on about the office! i listened to the office ladies episode about “the secret” earlier, and jenna fischer talked a lot about pam’s heartbreak in finding out that jim had had a crush on her but insisted that he didn’t anymore, and she said something about how it wasn’t only that pam wanted jim to love her because she had feelings for him, but that she wanted jim to save her from her current situation and being stuck with roy because she just wasn’t strong enough to save herself yet, and the pain of losing that hope that he would swoop in and save her and fix her life was part of what made that exchange with jim so heartrending. and man oh man, did that absolutely TACKLE me with pamela morgan beesly feels in the cursed year 2020!

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Closer, May 18

Cover: Hollywood’s Golden Era -- at home with the stars 

Page 1: Contents 

Page 2: The Big Picture -- Newly divorced from Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth relaxed at home in 1948 with her favorite companion her dog Pookies 

Page 4: Golden Age of Glamour auction -- striking portraits of Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable and Lucille Ball for sale 

Page 5: Cameron Diaz opens up about motherhood and a return to movies, Prince Harry gets on board with Thomas 

Page 6: Hellos & Goodbyes 

Page 8: Picture Perfect -- How Does Your Garden Grow? -- January Jones 

Page 9: Kate Hudson’s daughter Rani waters the garden, Sam Champion gardening, Paula Deen waters her garden, Susan Lucci in a tulip garden 

Page 10: Milla Jovovich and daughter Osian 

Page 11: Kym Herjavec and her twins Hudson and Haven, Daphne Oz with husband John Jovanovic with kids Domenica and Jovan Jr. and Philomena and Giovanna, Robin Thicke with daughter Lola 

Page 12: Meryl Streep toasted Stephen Sondheim, Giada De Laurentiis with frizzy hair 

Page 13: Gayle King with heart-shaped flowers, Katey Sagal as Dan’s friend Louise on The Conners 

Page 14: Reese Witherspoon and her dog, Cameron Mathison and his dog Red 

Page 16: Cover Story -- At Home with the Stars -- Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward 

Page 17: Audrey Hepburn 

Page 18: Steve McQueen, Sammy Davis Jr. 

Page 19: Dean Martin, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rock Hudson 

Page 20: Kirk Douglas, Marlon Brando 

Page 21: Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Anthony Perkins, Ernest Borgnine 

Page 22: Sharon Stone secrets I’ve never told -- the actress recounts her meteoric rise and heartbreaking losses in a new memoir 

Page 24: The Jack Webb Only I Knew -- the Dragnet star’s daughter shares warm stories about her father 

Page 27: Spot the Difference -- John Oates on The Goldbergs 

Page 29: Horoscopes -- Taurus Stevie Wonder 

Page 30: Entertainment -- Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult on The Great, In the Spotlight -- Mark Ruffalo 

Page 32: Movies -- Michael Pena on Fantasy Island

Page 33: DVDs, Books, Music -- Pam Tillis on her album Looking for a Feeling 

Page 34: Television 

Page 36: Great Escape -- Tichina Arnold on St. Maarten

Page 42: Whatever Happened to the Cast from 227 -- Regina King, Hal Williams, Marla Gibbs, Jackee Harry, Alaina Reed Hall 

Page 43: It Happened This Week 

Page 44: Matthew Modine -- how my wife saved me -- the star on his big moments, missed chances and the love that got him through 

Page 48: Growing Up Royal -- Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton are raising their children with love, rules and responsibilities 

Page 50: Diane Ladd at 84 -- Why I’ll Never Retire -- the acclaimed actress opens up about finding the key to happiness, cooking comfort food and taking pride in daughter Laura Dern 

Page 52: A Melrose Place Reunion -- the cast of the 1990′s favorite nighttime soap opera came together for a good cause 

Page 54: The style of Bridget Moynahan 

Page 56: All About Comfort -- Jenna Fischer 

Page 58: My Life in 10 Pictures -- Tom Berenger 

Page 60: Flashback 

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The Office: The Frustrating, Moving Story Behind Steve Carell Leaving

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Warning: contains spoilers for The Office: An American Workplace.

On screen, Steve Carell’s departure from The Office was pretty perfect. His farewell episode ‘Goodbye, Michael’ and those running up to it, were emotional and satisfying. They showed branch manager Michael Scott finally getting the love he’d always craved, and crucially, deserving it too. Once a thin-skinned, desperate-for-approval man-child, Michael had been redeemed into somebody who didn’t take himself too seriously and no longer needed the spotlight. After a long, hard (that’s what she said) journey, his future with Amy Ryan’s adorably dorky character Holly Flax was set. Michael Scott had grown up and it was time to go.

However well-played Carell’s farewell was, it didn’t have to be the end of his time on the show. Speaking on the ‘An Oral History of The Office’ podcast presented by Brian Baumgartner (who played Kevin Malone on the show) producer Ben Silverman and editor Claire Scanlon explained that Carell was prepared to stay on for more, but the network frustratingly fluffed it.

When The Office started, its cast signed the customary contracts holding them until the end of a potential seven seasons. (By no means a sure thing early on. The show’s pilot is famed for being one of lowest-rated ever tested at NBC, early viewing figures weren’t strong, and it wasn’t until 2005 movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin made Carell a comedy star that NBC really sat up and took notice.) As the seven-season deadline approached in 2009-10, everybody but Carell renegotiated for a further two seasons. 

For showrunner Greg Daniels, that made it pretty clear Carell was planning to leave, but according to Silverman and Scanlon, it wasn’t so. Editor and director Claire Scanlon told the podcast, “Steve said he would have come back, they didn’t even try!”

Silverman, who spearheaded the US remake of the British mockumentary series and was co-chairman of NBC Entertainment between 2007 – 2009, told Baumgartner, “When I heard the story of how the network went about its process with him after the fact, it made me so depressed how they had kind of blown something that they could have saved.” 

Scanlon describes feeling cross about the way things went, telling the podcast, “I feel like NBC dropped the ball, because I knew the story behind it, which was they just never even bothered, which was just like so dumb. I don’t know what was wrong with them.” 

One thing wrong was that during the 2010 – 2011 season six to seven period, Comcast bought a controlling share in NBCUniversal, and replaced network chairman Jeff Glaspin with Bob Greenblatt. According to Baumgartner’s podcast, the feeling was that the new broom had little affinity or familiarity with The Office and didn’t realise what a boon it was to have Carell (by this point a major movie star) leading the cast. 

The rise in streaming and proliferation of new media during this period also made the sitcom’s relatively strong viewing figures appear to be on the slide. After original showrunner Greg Daniels left at the end of season four to start the spin-off that turned into Parks and Recreation, and The Office’s producer-champion Ben Silverman had left NBC in 2009, there was nobody at the network to fight the show’s corner, or to impress the importance of re-signing Carell. 

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Then in April 2010, when season six of The Office was in its final months of airing and the network should have been laying out the red carpet to get Carell to re-sign, it blanked him. Carell was in the UK promoting Date Night with Tina Fey. Speaking to DJ Greg James at BBC Radio One, Carell was asked about his future on The Office and said publicly that his contract was due to end after the following season. Asked if he’d stay on, Carell told James, “I don’t think so. I think that will probably be my last year.” A lead of Carell’s fame would expect a public statement like that to reach the network and prompt an overture followed by a series of ‘what can we do to convince you?’ meetings. But no overtures came. According to ‘An Oral History of The Office’, NBCUniversal simply let Carell go without a fight, leaving Dunder Mifflin Scranton without its regional manager.

Carell reportedly discussed leaving The Office with original showrunner Greg Daniels on the set of season six finale ‘Whistleblower’. That episode’s director Paul Lieberstein (who also played HR manager Toby Flenderson on the comedy show) told Baumgartner that Steve and Greg went into the plane on which they were filming Carell’s scenes with Kathy Bates as Sabre CEO Jo Bennett and held up filming by not coming out for a while. “I think that’s when Steve told Greg he’s not coming back,” Lieberstein told the podcast. 

Greg Daniels took the news graciously. “You couldn’t be mad,” he told Baumgartner. “[Carell] was so graceful and full of integrity that you could never be mad. Because he became a huge star in season two. The fact that he was still doing 28 episodes of TV some years really put a crimp in the number of movies that he did, and it’s, I think, testament to his integrity that he went ahead and completed the whole series according to his original contract of seven years.”

Carell’s integrity was cited multiple times by his co-stars and the creatives on the podcast. During the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike (prompted in no small way by the first webisodes NBC asked the writers of The Office to produce unpaid, as ‘promotional material’), Carell led from the front and showed solidarity by, amicably, refusing to go on set and film until the writer-producers were back in the job. During that same period, incidentally, Greg Daniels paid crewmembers from his own chequebook, so the integrity clearly ran both ways. 

Carell’s reluctant decision not to extend his contract having gone uncontested by the network at least allowed plenty of time to plan just the right exit for Michael Scott. Cue the return of Amy Ryan. The character of Holly was only intended as a temporary paramour for Scott, designed to see him interact with his first real romantic peer (Dunder Mifflin boss Jan Levinson and real estate agent Carol – played by Carell’s real-life wife Nancy – emphatically did not see Michael as their equal), but it became clear that Holly should be Michael’s endgame.

It was Carell’s idea for Michael to secretly sneak out of the office the day before his big going-away party. Carell told Baumgartner, “That would be the most elegant representation of his growth as a human being, because Michael lives to be celebrated, you think that’s all he wants, he wants to be the centre of attention and he wants pats on the back, he wants people to think he’s funny and charming and all of those things, but the fact that he’d walk away from his big tribute, his big send-off and be able to, in a very personal way, say goodbye to each character, that to me felt like it would resonate.”

Filming ‘Goodbye, Michael’ was “emotional torture,” Carell told the podcast. “Imagine saying goodbye for a week. It was just fraught with emotion and joy and sadness and nostalgia, but it was also really beautiful. I treasure doing that episode, because it did allow me to have a finality with everybody.”

The very last goodbye scene shot was with John Krasinski as Jim, but the most memorable was with Jenna Fischer as Pam, who very nearly misses her chance to say goodbye, and just catches Michael at the airport after he’s taken off his documentary mic. Paul Feig was directing the episode, and he told Fischer to run up to Carell and say goodbye to him not in character as Pam to Michael, but as Jenna to Steve. It didn’t matter what she said because the sound wouldn’t be recorded. “I ran up to Steve and I just told him all the ways I was going to miss him and how grateful I was for his friendship and the privilege of working with him,” she told Baumgartner, “and I’m sobbing, and he’s sobbing, and we’re hugging and I didn’t want to let him go and I didn’t want the scene to end, and then finally Paul Feig says ‘cut’.” And then… they’d taken so long sobbing and hugging that Feig asked her to do it all over again, but faster. And that’s what she said. 

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By Jared Leal, Anastasia Rafalska and Steven Le

SHERLOCK

By Anastasia Rafalska

“Help me please, I’m on a plane and everyone’s asleep.”

I really like how BBC has interpreted and turned into a movie novels of Arthur Conan Doyle, but honestly, the last episode is just a piece of crap. Some people think it’s a great finish, as Sherlock is revealed as a human, not a detective, but let me explain you something: Sherlock Holmes is the most genius detective in London. He is a legend, he is a person who with just one glance at a piece of paper can recreate an apartment where it was and in seconds determine if there is a weapon in the bag just by analyzing it’s weight, he can predict behaviour of the people couple weeks before.

And now, his character with exceptional intellectual ability is playing in the “real-life quest” done by his sister Eurus, where he was blackmailing by the phone calls from a little girl alone on a passenger plane, where everyone is unconscious apart from her.  I’ m not even taking into account the fact that he could refuse playing this game, as it must be clear to him that something doesn’t add up –the girl doesn’t know where she’s coming from or going, she seems relatively relaxed about the huge passages of time passing between their conversations. Surely he’d be able to deduce that she wasn’t really on a plane, yet he never appears to doubt the veracity of her call, consequently under the pressure Sherlock is almost ready to kill his brother and other people. 

The next important thing: from the second episode we were convinced that Eurus is the most dangerous prisoners in the world and according to Mycroft, she is “an era-defining genius beyond Newton”. She uses a lot of smart words, but if you just take a look on what she is doing during the whole episode, you’ll understand that there is nothing genius or original, there is no sense in her actions.

We love Sherlock Holmes for his deduction, extraordinary cases, unusual things that have a logical explanation, but unfortunately none of it was used in the last episode. 

THE 100

By Steven Le

There were many things in the story of the 100 that captivated us. The 100 is a story based on the post apocalypse of Earth after having radiation spread all over the world killing off mankind like a plague. Mankind had to create an Ark spaceship to send themselves into space to live until the Earth was freed of radiation and become inhabitable again. After 10 long years of living in space, the crew members had made a decision of sending 100 delinquents and misfits down to Earth to ‘test’ if it was safe to inhabit again. Throughout season 1, this plot had captivated many people as we would be following along with Clarke, the leader of the delinquents and see how they would prevail in the trials that await them. From the grounders who were used to the radiation to the surviving humans left in the mountains 10 years ago, seasons 1 to 2 had kept viewers entertained for months.

However, after season 2 was the start of where The 100’s storyline worsened. Throughout season 3 we find out that one of their own went out to look for salvation on Earth, only to become inhabited by an artificial intelligence bot named “Alie”. From this point, the story seemed way more farfetched than it was from the start. Having a mind controlling artificial intelligence infect people’s minds by simply eating a microchip that would attach itself at the back of your neck was just plain unreal and stupid. The affects that this microchip would do to someone was allow them hallucinate throughout their subconscious imagining a city called ‘The City of Light’, where no conflict would happen, and no hate would consume the hearts of man.

However, this was not all to the fall of The 100. After season 3’s crazy plotline, comes the current season, season 4. The plot was briefly touched upon at the end of season 3 where Clarke and the remaining people of the Ark found out that the Earth was doomed to radiation once again. When the problem was explained to their allies, the grounders and the rest of the Arkadian’s, no one had a surprised expression. The Arkadians seemed as though they felt no real imminent danger of possibly getting wiped out by the Earth’s radiation AGAIN! All in all my disappointment with the show currently is that they are lacking in certain details within the story that should be more carefully explained to allow viewers to fully understand the situation at hand. The show should also reveal more emotion as to how distressed our protagonists are feeling towards the current situation in season 4.

THE OFFICE

By Jared Leal

Note: May be difficult to understand without prior knowledge.

Note: I get heated in this one, bear with me and don’t take it too seriously, enjoy…

“Today, smoking is going to save lives.”

The quote by Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) before one of the most outrageous pre-shows I have ever seen, sticks to this day. NBC’s adaptation of BBC’s “The Office” is one of the few shows that I consider a part of me. This comes from its more documentary type of presentation. The setting an ordinary workplace of supposedly ordinary people. The format would include monologues in the form of interviews of each character in between plot points. I’m no nerd, I don’t know if this format has been used before The Office and Parks and Recreation, but it definitely softens that veil of disbelief everyone has when consuming fiction. In other words, it feels real. Mix this with a dry sense of awkward, character-driven humour from its primary comedic engines in Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) and Dwight Schrute, and all I see is my favourite comedy television show of all time.

They glory is there from the very beginning, introducing main characters Michael with his unrelenting but genuine incompetence, Dwight and his arrogant but naïve superiority complex (as far as we think...), and the sustaining unresolved romantic tension of Jim Halpert (Jon Krasinski) and Pam Beasley (Jenna Fischer). This glory is sustained through 7 seasons of wonderful ups and downs that all the characters shared and fought through. Then Michael Scott leaves.

I actually watched the 8th season, the first full season without Steve Carrell as the primary character. Ed Helms’ Andy Bernard takes over Michael’s managing job and the show’s attempts to restore former glory without shamefully replicating it, commence. This season wasn’t good but it definitely wasn’t horrid, but without the driving force of the show, it was evidently missing something. I am actually part of the group of viewers that actually enjoyed Andy and Erin Hannon’s (Ellie Kemper) romance; the previous season setup several subtle but sweet moments which were resolved this season, much to my satisfaction (we’ll get back to this).

Which leads us to the 9th and final season, which I could not bear to complete. I can’t really say how bad it is or even if it is actually bad, but I can say how my optimism was gutted. Introducing a plethora of new characters I don’t care about, this late into the show, is the first mistake. Evidently, I don’t remember their names and don’t have the dignity to search them up, but they were two young office dudes I think. The asshole-ification of Andy was the second mistake: making him act like an ass to his employees and making him neglect Erin (who he worked so hard for) is just not something I saw him doing when he was first introduced in the 3rd season. This of course led to end of their relationship, which I thought couldn’t get much worse until she rebounded onto one of the two new nobodies I mentioned before (for the record, I’m sure they’re nice guys). This is of course is where the thrill was gone completely; actually I stopped before this happened (thanks to Wikia for softening this blow).

So yeah, I guess my disappointment with the show and the fact that I could not receive proper closure to one of my favourite shows of all time got me heated in this post. But the beauty of fiction is that I can choose to stop my suspension of disbelief whenever I want. And I can still enjoy the first seven seasons as I did before because it makes me happy. And I’m crying now, goodbye.

I aint don’t worry.

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Conor McGregor cheers Boston Bruins to victory in game six of Stanley Cup final

Conor McGregor applauds Boston Bruins as they defeat St Louis Blues to force deciding on party seven in Stanley Cup final Boston Bruins defeated St. Louis Blues with 5-1 in Stanley Cup final

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McGregor greeted fans rinkside before the competition began in St Louis By James Ayles For Mailonline

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The controversial Irish hunter took on the Scottrade Center, with the victory van de Bruins as the Stanley Cup would go to a final for the first time since 2011.

McGregor's last UFC fight was in October, losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov by submission.

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The Irish hunter apparently said goodbye to UFC and has yet to confirm his next fight

He resigned earlier, but issued a rematch challenge to Floyd Mayweath

The pair previously contested a boxing match in August 2017, with the American winning the 10th round of interruptions.

McGregor was not the only known face in the crowd, with actors Jon Hamm and Jenna Fischer and Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who were a No. 49 Blues jersey wore in honor of suspended Ivan Barbashev, who also watched.

Faced with elimination on opposite ground, Bruins pair Tuukka Rask and Brad Marchand staged again.

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Goalkeeper Rask made 28 saves, Marchand registered for goal and an assist, and the Bruins beat the St. Louis Blues 5-1 on Sunday night to even the bruises, physical final at three games each

& # 39; We are clearly fighting for our lives, & # 39; Marchand said. & # 39; If you play desperately, I think you'll see everyone's best game. & # 39;

& # 39; He is our best player & # 39 ;, said Charlie McAvoy, the defender of Bruins. & # 39; He just comes up when it matters and we have every confidence in the world. … He is our rock. & # 39;

& # 39; We knew that the start would again play a key role and that they would give us an early push to manage it and play well and provide details and, of course, capitalize our chances, & # 39; Boston center said Patrice Bergeron.

& # 39; Listen, if you told me four months ago that we would be in the final in Game 7, I think I'd take it, & # 39; said Craig Berube, the Blues coach. & # 39; We have been a good road team. We have been in this series twice, we are a confident group. & # 39;

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The 15:17 to Paris Dir. Clint Eastwood, U.S., Warner Bros.

Like Sully, Clint Eastwood?s The 15:17 to Parisis about a moment of decisiveness in which an average American man became a hero. And like American Sniper, it is about the making of that hero by the part of America that both Fox News viewers and New York Timeseditors think of when they think of ?the real America.? Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler, who in 2015 charged down a gunman preparing to massacre the passengers of the Eurostar train they were on as the last leg of a backpacking trip, and who play themselves onscreen (quite stiffly), are shown as products of American mythmaking. They soak up their grandfathers? war stories, recruitment ads, and other Clint Eastwood movies: Stone at one point wears a Man with No Name t-shirt, and has a Letters from Iwo Jimaposter in his childhood bedroom alongside one for Full Metal Jacket. Clint has been derided in some quarters for these small vanities, but they?re perfectly apt for a movie in which real life and movie life interact in ways that are frequently awkward, frequently touching, and always singular.

In making a feature film out of an event that unfolded in slightly more time than Sully?s United Flight 1549 was airborne, Eastwood now focuses primarily on the lead-up, rather than the aftermath. Drawing from the trio? Shadows on the Wall , screenwriter Dorothy Blyskal?a production assistant on Sullygetting her feature screenplay credit?places their friendship on a collision course with destiny. At the time, Stone was an active-duty Air Force airman, Skarlatos a National Guardsman who had returned from a deployment in Afghanistan, and Sadler a student at Cal State. The film begins in Sacramento, where Stone and Skarlatos, two academic strugglers raised by single moms, meet Sadler, a mischievous fellow misfit at their Christian academy.

These early scenes are excruciating, marked by placeholder dialogue no children would ever say?expository for young Spencer and Alek and silver-tongued, with lots of conditional clauses, for Anthony. These scenes are enlivened only by stripped-down turns from comic actors doing their shtick without the jokes: Thomas Lennon as a smug, prissy fundamentalist principal, and Toby Hale as a toxically ineffectual gym teacher who is ?in a moodtoday, whoo!? Hale, especially, with the pathos behind his pettiness, would fit right into another recent on-screen Bush-era Sacramento Christian school, Lady Bird?s Immaculate Heart. Here, as in that film (and in America at large), class is somewhat difficult to parse, given that the visible trappings of middle-class life go hand-in-glove with anxiety bordering on the existential. Stone?s mother (Judy Greer) appears to own her detached home, and given the lengths to which the film goes to manufacture ?stakes,? 17 to Paris Movie Review can bet that if she was underwater on her mortgage we?d hear about it. But Greer effectively puts across the precarious mental state of a single mother of a tearaway kid?no one to take over when you?re tired, so you?re always skating along the very edge of rage to keep from shutting down completely.

Such deftness is atypical of a movie that will entertain the kind of viewer who updates the ?Goofs? section of movies? IMDb pages. (Remember the rubber baby in American Sniper?) Greer and Jenna Fischer, as Mama Skarlatos, fare worse once the child actors are replaced by the real Stone and Skarlatos: Eastwood makes no real attempt to correspondingly age their mothers up by ten years, and the actresses appear more tentative when thrust into scenes opposite their suddenly Large Adult Sons. And the dialogue feels at times almost purposefully cringeworthy: when Stone tells Sadler about the college basketball player who ?dunked on this fool? (the characters often watch, and desultorily narrate, televised sports) or when Greer shuts down a teacher trying to force ADD medication down her kid?s throat, saying, ?My God is bigger than your statistics,? it?s like the movie is daring you to feel superior to it.

The filmmaking, as square as the characters, courts its viewers with obvious avowals of shared values. Stone prays, as a child and again at the film?s denouement, ?Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.? The boys pester cool teacher Jaleel White for old WWII battle plans, dress in camo, and play war games?though the arsenal of Airsoft guns the pubescent Stone lays out on his bed may not signal innocent enthusiasm to every viewer. These two strands, the devout and the martial, eventually come together in a purpose-driven life: after Stone, pudgy and aimless, meets a military recruiter, he identifies his higher calling as serving and saving lives in the Air Force?s totally rad Pararescue unit. This American hero?s origin myth is located not within the already rugged American milieu of rodeo, as in American Sniper, but at a Jamba Juice, where Stone?s Hot Topic goth coworker reminds him that the smoothie he comped his recruiter is coming out of his own tip money. It?s as unpromising a location as the Times Square Irish bar, playing the late local news, where Sully has his epiphany. The filmmaking in Eastwood?s latter-day ripped-from-the-headlines stories feels radically unprocessed, the stuff of modern life transcribed simply and faithfully: the Eurozone train travel scenes here, with their wheel bags and fast-fashion slip-on shoes crisscrossing station platforms, recall Sully?s version of flight, always grounded in Hudson News and the heft of carry-on luggage.

It?s frankly astonishing that Eastwood, disciple of ?Don and Sergio,? would film a scene in which a couple of beefy bros in shorts buy and eat gelato at a tourist-trap stand in Venice. Stone and Sadler, spending this leg of their long-planned European trip with a solo-flying American chick they?ve been trying to flirt with, pick out their flavors (hazelnut!), pay the man, and make growly approving nom-nom sounds. But the ice cream ismore exciting for being eaten in Venice; somewhere amidst the dudes? performative gelato ecstasy is a glimmer of awareness that this is a special time in their lives. You may be reminded at this juncture that military service is one of the few engines of upward social mobility left in this country, or of what a privilege it is to be a member of the minority of Americans who hold valid passports, or to have access, as Sadler does, to the kind of credit that could fund a latter-day Grand Tour.

Like anyone else, these Americans abroad relate to the greatness of Rome and the Renaissance through the means with which their life experience has provided them. They are notably more animated at the Coliseum than the Spanish Steps, having seen Gladiator. Their marveling at all the ?old shit? there is in Europe isn?t ignorance, it?s gratitude?an awareness that they should mark the moment by saying something, however much their dutiful sightseeing is compromised by hangovers from last night?s city-center rave excursion with a bunch of Erasmus students. (Though even there, what constitutes ?epic? is a fully clothed Stone getting up on a stripper pole and sliding down it very slowly.)

The rosy view of ugly Americans abroad?the camera?s eye follows the characters? up the legs of Euro hotties in discos and hostels?precedes a rosy view of Americans intervening in an attempted Islamic-fundamentalist terrorist attack. During this time of extraordinary political bad faith, it?s healthy to remember that traits like bravery and self-sufficiency and the desire to be useful are virtues that can be motivated by any number of belief systems. For all the presumption, exclusion and machismo of Stone?s dreams of Eastwoodian cowboy/solider gallantry there is something very moving in his reaction when he?s told that a poor vision test will keep him out of Pararescue. That he won?t get to be one of the gallant elect who makes a difference, and will have to find his life?s meaning all over again.

Essentially, Stone wants to be a character in a Clint Eastwood movie?and for much of The 15:17 to Paris, this unfulfilled ambition animates the film's form as much as it does its content. Stone, Skarlatos, and Sadler's simulation of their own genuine lifelong friendship is notably unconvincing, full of camera-shy gravelly-voiced diffidence and hilariously basic half-speed evocations of everyday interactions. Even the self-aware Sadler, who talks through his selfie-stick framings in faintly visible quotations marks, is so far from being a natural camera presence that the distance between the banality of life and the sublime of cinema seems practically unbridgeable. This sense that transcendence is elusive to us mere mortals is the explicit subject of the film. Stone, looking out over rooftops in Venice, proclaims that he feels as if the world is ?catapulting? him toward some great event, some reckoning?a part in a story that will itself be told and retold. But for nearly its entirety, The 15:17 to Parisinhabits the gap between lived and imagined experience?something more frequently the purview of microindie cinema. I?m thinking of Aaron Katz?s Cold Weather, whose mumblecore characters find themselves caught up in a neo-noir mystery, or Wild Canaries, Lawrence Michael Levine and Sophia Takal?s role-play remake of Manhattan Murder Mystery. In fact, Wild Canaries, with its occasional precise slapstick bits and tart dialogue, is a more polished piece of cinema than the new Eastwood movie?until the very classical action set piece climax, when Clint?s filmmaking chops snap back into place like William Munny?s killer instinct, and Stone finds the culmination and validation of his desire to serve God and country, after the frustrating day-to-day of school and basic training.

After planting glimpses of the train attack between act breaks throughout the film, Eastwood mounts an uninterrupted restaging, beginning with the scuffle outside the bathroom, the single pistol shot, and the assault rifle drawn before Stone?who has been crouched in wait behind his seat, watching in intense close-up, his blank, uncinematic face suddenly evocative in its focus?makes his move. The close-quarters scuffle is largely constrained to the aisle of a single train car, which becomes a channel for the will of the participants. Stone tackled the assailant after his rifle jammed; Eastwood gives us the moment in a clean shot-reverse shot, with Stone charging, seatbacks vaguely visible in widescreen telephoto, and then his target, the full length of the rifle running across the center of the frame, the shot already lined up. Eastwood makes it entirely clear that Stone is running toward the moment of his death, and that in this sacrifice he has, finally and decisively, found his life?s purpose. An instinct born and nurtured in a gun-crazy Christian nation is elevated to a state of grace.

And yet. The triumphant story of The 15:17 to Parisimplicitly thumbs its nose at attitudes like that of the ectomorphic German bike-tour guide who, earlier in the film, snidely tells Stone that the Russians, not the Americans, were closing in on Berlin at the close of WWII: here, Team America really is the world?s police. Blyskal and Eastwood cherry-pick incidents to justify not just the feature length but also Stone?s sense of ?catapulting? toward his moment: Stone unarmed and impotent during a false-alarm lockdown at his military base, and then finally finding the Air Force fulfilling as he develops the jiujitsu skills that will serve him so well on the train. Thus it seems as if the characters of The 15:17 to Parisseek out a grand narrative as much as they rise to it.

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My adoration for women is actually a rare innocent one if I am allowed to judge myself. I will be more than happy to outline my criteria that define my own jurisdiction, because it's not correct to be one's own judge. But, I think I will let my results speak for themselves.

The most beautiful woman in the world, for most exotic beauty, goes to Jennifer Connelly. I can not get her hair out my head from the movie Blood Diamond . Of course, she's in the bushes in West Africa following the story of conflict diamonds and does not have time to setup an appointment with a hairdresser. But when someone can be that gorgeous even under those circumstances, that's what drives me wild. Forget the fact that I've been in love with her since I first saw her in Labyrinth and I've followed her career through some of my most favorite movies including House of Sand and Fog , Dark Water , and He's Just Not That Into You . Jennifer Connelly steals away with the most beautiful woman in the world for most exotic beauty.

The most beautiful woman in the world, for being an unexpected hottie, goes to Jenna Fischer. I started watching The Office when it first came out in 2005 and I noticed the cute receptionist behind the desk. I loved the way she flirted with Jim and deal with Michael. I was actually rooting for Jim and now he finally is with her, with a child and the whole nine yards. But then, I saw her on the cover of Shape in November 2009. It was seriously one of those Wow moments. Who in the world is that? The hottest little hottie to grace the cover of Shape , and I had no idea that the cool, cute receptionist from The Office was that gorgeous. Jenna Fischer takes by a landslide the most beautiful woman in the world for being an unexpected hottie.

The most beautiful woman in the world, for absolute adorability, goes to Jennifer Aniston. Bursting onto the scene in Friends , she caught everyone's attention with her rich-girl innocence and her amazing beauty. The Rachel hairedo became a national hit. Millions of girls tuned in every week just to see what she was wearing. Even though she could not miss any matter what she wore, she had some of the most famous outfits including the green dress in TOW No One's Ready , the yellow dress in TOW All The Kissing , and the black dress in TOW Monica's Thunder . Rachel Green owned that show and Jennifer Aniston went on to star in such favorites as Office Space , Along Came Polly , and The Break-Up . Jennifer Aniston sweeps the votes for the most beautiful woman in the world for absolute adorability.

The most beautiful woman in the world, for pure loveliness, goes to Angela Kinsey. Another unexpected beauty comes from The Office in the form of Angela Martin. She plays the straight-laced accountant who can not stand inappropriate behavior, excess indulgence or frivolous activities. However, she goes on to have an affair with both Dwight and Andy at the same time showing us that she too is human…

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In Touch, June 24

Cover: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga It’s On -- Irina Shayk wants $50 million 

Page 1: Contents

Page 2: Who Wore It Better? Julia Roberts vs. Drew Barrymore, Maia Mitchell vs. Keltie Knight, Karolina Kurkova vs. Zoe Kravitz 

Page 4: Madonna’s demanding tour rider 

Page 5: Beyonce throws shade at woman who leaned over her to talk to Jay-Z, January Jones got a bob, it took Colin Farrell 56 takes to do one scene in Minority Report due to a hangover, Harrison Ford said no one will play Indiana Jones after him, Chris Hemsworth and Matt Damon are bros of the week 

Page 6: Crib of the Week -- Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber’s La Quinta home, Khloe Kardashian goes to the prom with a superfan, a newly released poster for Disney’s upcoming live-action version of the The Lion King reveals Pumbaa has gotten a makeover and some fans are terrified 

Page 8: Star Professors -- Celebs who lecture to college students -- Angelina Jolie, James Franco, Tyra Banks, Matthew McConaughey, Questlove, Chip and Joanna Gaines, Taylor Swift is a stickler for proper grammar but some of her merchandise for her song Me! featured a typo 

Page 9: Sophie Turner blames Kit Harington for the infamous Starbucks cup in a Game of Thrones episode, Man Candy of the Week -- Jamie Redknapp, Winner of the Week -- Chicago librarian Emma Boettcher ended James Holzhauer’s 32-game Jeopardy! winning streak, Loser of the Week -- June Ambrose while hosting the CFDA Awards red carpet repeatedly asked a guest if the late Kate Spade was there 

Page 10: Up Close -- Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez 

Page 11: Tom Brady, Denzel Washington and wife Pauletta and Spike Lee and Julia Roberts 

Page 12: Every dog has its day -- Henry Cavill and Kal, Courteney Cox with Bear and Lily, Liev Schreiber and son Sasha and rescue pup 

Page 14: They’ve Got Game -- Drake, Jenna Fischer, Jamie Foxx 

Page 16: Fit to a Tee -- Eric Decker and Jessie James Decker, Justin Bieber, John Stamos and the Jonas Brothers 

Page 18: CMT Music Awards -- Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Julia Michaels, Jimi Westbrook and Kimberly Schlapman and Karen Fairchild and Thomas Rhett 

Page 19: Maren Morris and Sheryl Crow, Kane Brown and pregnant wife Katelyn 

Page 20: Jimmy Kimmel 

Page 22: Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger got married 

Page 24: James Corden 

Page 25: Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, Ivanka Trump 

Page 26: Cover Story -- Now that his relationship with Irina Shayk is over, there’s nothing standing in Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s way 

Page 30: Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle call a truce 

Page 32: Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher -- how they saved their marriage 

Page 34: The Bachelorette Hannah Brown in love with madman Luke Parker 

Page 36: Kate Middleton and Miley Cyrus are twinning 

Page 38: Armie Hammer is bitter that he lost the role of Batman to Robert Pattinson 

Page 39: Why Lisa Vanderpump quit RHOBH, Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy has a dedicated personal shopper and stylist at age 7, Star Sightings -- Ludacris, Dascha Polanco, Alysia Reiner, Jamie Chung, Mario Lopez, blind item 

Page 40: Miranda Lambert’s husband Brendan McLoughlin wants to be famous, Jessie J determined to have a baby despite difficulties 

Page 41: Is Bethenny Frankel engaged? 

Page 42: The Big Interview -- Alyssa Milano on fangirling Kim Kardashian, why she feels the Charmed reboot is disrespectful and the reason she’s not running for office yet 

Page 44: Style -- Hollywood’s caped crusaders -- Julianne Moore, Dakota Johnson, Rita Ora, Brie Larson, Alessandra Ambrosio, Selma Blair, Emily Ratajkowski 

Page 45: Gigi Hadid, Elle Fanning, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Naomi Campbell, Sophia Bush, Olivia Palermo 

Page 52: Did I Really Do That? Taylor Swift, Ciara 

Page 53: Lady Gaga, Millie Bobby Brown 

Page 54: Animal Overload -- my dog looks like Keith Urban 

Page 56: Entertainment -- Euphoria 

Page 58: My Night at Home -- Lo Bosworth, Guess Whose Booze -- George Clooney, Bethenny Frankel, Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Reynolds, Nikki and Brie Bella, 50 Cent 

Page 60: Doube Take -- Karamo Brown 

Page 62: Horoscope -- Gemini Chris Pratt 

Page 64: Last Laughs 

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INSIDE CAFE MILANO’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY — TRUMP ABROAD: POTUS tells reporters he believes Putin when he says Russia did not meddle in the election — MOORE doesn’t rule out dating teenagers in his 30s

Good Saturday morning. INSIDE CAFE MILANO’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY — Washington hotspot Cafe Milano celebrated its 25th anniversary last night with a massive fete that closed down an entire block in Georgetown. SPOTTED: Maureen Dowd chatting with NBA superstar Michael Jordan (pic: http://bit.ly/2ho31Jr), Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Louise Linton, Maureen Scalia, Wolf and Lynn Blitzer, Sally Quinn, Mark and Sally Ein, Bob Johnson, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Susan Rice, Betsy Fischer Martin and Jonathan Martin, Buffy Cafritz, Vernon Jordan, Kathleen Biden …

… Ret. Gen. Jim Jones, Raul Fernandez, Hilary Rosen, Kelley McCormick, Tammy Haddad, Jack Evans, Coach Kathy Kemper, Carl Hulse, Anne Brady Perron, Rick Powell, Robyn Bash, Bret and Amy Baier, Steve Clemons, Patrick Steel, Fred Ryan, Kevin Cirilli, Ryan Williams, Howard Fineman, Teresa Davis, Greta Van Susteren and John Coale, Amb. Yousef Al Otaiba, Lyndon Boozer, Dr. Tony Fauci, Tim and Anita McBride, Connie Milstein, Melissa Sowerwine, and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

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– The 13-min. tribute video to Franco Nuschese with a Wolf Blitzer intro — cameos by Hillary Clinton, Greta Van Susteren, Bob Woodward, Ellen Tauscher, Tucker Carlson, Bret Baier, Newt, Sally Quinn, Charlie Rose, Terry McAuliffe, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush, Norah O’Donnell, Dave Chappelle, Bo Derek, and more: http://bit.ly/2i4Gxhx

CATCHING YOU UP ON TRUMP ABROAD …

— TRUMP SPEAKS ON AF1: HIGHLIGHTS: “[Japanese] Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe came to me just at the end and he said that since you left, South Korea and Japan, those two countries are now getting along much, much better, that there has been a real bonding between South Korea and Japan, so that was great. They say in the history of people coming to China there has been nothing like that, and I believe it.”

… ON HIS MEETING WITH PUTIN: “We issued a joint statement … It’s going to save tremendous numbers of lives and we did it very quickly, we agreed very quickly. As you I know we saw each other last night just for a picture, that was the first time. And then today we had a round table with numerous countries. And we spoke during that round table. We seem to have a very good feeling for each other, a good relationship considering we don’t know each other well. I think it’s a very good relationship. …

“If we had a relationship with Russia, that would be a good thing. In fact, it would be a great thing, not a bad thing, because he could really help us on North Korea. We have a big problem with North Korea and China is helping us. And because of the lack of the relationship that we have with Russia, because of this artificial thing that’s happening with this Democratic-inspired thing. We could really be helped a lot, tremendously, with Russia having to do with North Korea. You know you are talking about millions and millions of lives. This isn’t baby stuff, this is the real deal. And if Russia helped us in addition to China, that problem would go away a lot faster.”

… ON RUSSIAN MEDDLING IN THE U.S. ELECTIONS: “Every time he sees me he says I didn’t do that and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it. But he says I didn’t do that. I think he is very insulted by it, if you want to know the truth. … All he said was he never did that, he didn’t do that. I think he is very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country. … [H]aving a relationship with Russia would be a great thing—not a good thing, it would be a great thing—especially as it relates to North Korea.

“And I’ll say this: Hillary had her stupid reset button that she spelled the word wrong, but she does not have what it takes to have that kind of relationship where you could call or you could do something and they would pull back from North Korea, or they would pull back from Syria, or maybe pull back from Ukraine. I mean, if we could solve the Ukraine problem. But this is really an artificial barrier that’s put in front of us for solving problems with Russia. He says that very strongly, he really seems to be insulted by it and he says he didn’t do it.”

… ON ROY MOORE: “I will see it. I mean, I basically put out a statement, which is obvious. So I’ll stick with my statement for now, but I’ll have further comment as we go down the road. I have to get back into the country to see what’s happening.”

TROUBLE BREWING OVER PRESS ACCESS — “New York Times photographer tweets ‘photo’ of black box to protest White House coverage blackout,” by WaPo’s David Nakamura in Danang, Vietnam: “News photographers traveling with President Trump are protesting a lack of access provided by the White House to his events here at a regional economic conference. On Saturday, New York Times photographer Doug Mills, a member of the White House Correspondents’ Association board, tweeted a ‘photo’ of a black box, framed with a decorative border, to illustrate the group’s frustration. In the tweet, Mills said the 13-member travel ‘pool’ of reporters, photographers and camera operators that provides reports for the rest of the news media would have no access at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

“The pool … joined Trump in several vans in his motorcade, as is customary when a U.S. president travels domestically or internationally. But the group was kept waiting in the vans — and then, later, a fitness room away from the summit — as Trump joined the APEC Summit for meetings and an official group portrait. At an APEC welcome dinner Friday night that Trump participated in, the travel pool also had been mostly shut out.” http://wapo.st/2iNNIKC

FROM ANDREW RESTUCCIA who is traveling with the president: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders addressed the issue with reporters aboard Air Force One later Saturday, saying that one reason Trump gaggled with reporters was because he was made aware of press concerns about access, adding she wasn’t aware of the APEC situation until after it happened. Sanders pledged to push for more access ahead of the president’s arrival in Manila, Philippines, pledging more communication with pool reporters and photographers on logistics and access.

“Margaret Talev, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, told POLITICO: ‘The WHCA has been in discussions for months with the White House about maximizing open press coverage wherever possible throughout the Asia trip and trying to accommodate the full travel pool in pooled events. While there has been a history of some host countries pushing back against the size of the US footprint and while APEC historically has limited some pool sizes, we are concerned that access on this trip has eroded more significantly and that notice about changes or new coverage restrictions has often come with too short of notice to be able to react effectively.’” http://politi.co/2AuPSWC

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MORE FROM TRUMP’S TRIP — “Asia-Pacific forum sticks to free-trade gospel despite Trump,” by AP’s Tran Van Minh and Elaine Kurtenbach in Danang: “An annual Pacific Rim summit is sticking with its tradition of promoting free trade and closer regional ties, shrugging off President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ approach. The leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum said Saturday that they had recommitted to fighting protectionism and ‘all unfair trade practices.’ They also expressed support for multi-country institutions and regional as well as country-to-country trade agreements.” http://bit.ly/2hrkK6q

— “Trans-Pacific trade deal advances without United States,” by Reuters’ Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mai Nguyen in Danang: “The agreement, which still needs to be finalised, would now be called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) … Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said he hoped that moving ahead with the deal would be a step towards bringing back the United States.” http://reut.rs/2zOKt0j

— @SenJohnMcCain: “.@POTUS in #Danang & no mention of human rights – Sad”.

PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER — NANCY COOK: “How Flynn — and the Russia scandal — landed in the West Wing: “Michael Flynn wasn’t even on the shortlist of potential national security advisers. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the early transition chief for a newly elected Donald Trump, and his team had deep reservations about Flynn, fearing the retired three-star Army general who had been ousted from the Obama administration suffered from poor judgment and espoused far-out ideas on foreign policy. Instead, their list for the NSA slot included marquee military leaders such as now-Secretary of Defense James Mattis; General Peter Pace, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Bush; and Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw the Osama bin Laden raid, according to two people familiar with the transition.

“But when Christie was fired from his transition perch on Nov. 11– replaced by soon-to-be Vice President Mike Pence — Flynn and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon celebrated by tossing binders full of potential personnel picks, carefully culled by Christie’s team, into trash bins with a sense of ceremonial glee. They did this before an audience of other transition officials, according to the two people close to the transition and a campaign official — though another former transition official disputed the idea that the binders and picks were not considered by the Pence-led transition team.

“Ultimately it was Trump himself who made the decision to ditch Christie’s recommendation against hiring Flynn for national security adviser, according to two former transition officials, rewarding one of his most loyal campaign surrogates. ‘Flynn’s appointment was the president-elect’s decision, and he did it on his own timing after a lot of time spent together during the campaign,’ explained one former White House official.” http://politi.co/2i4DOo6

MCCONNELL SPEAKS — “Senate Plan Could Increase Taxes on Some Middle-Class Workers,” by NYT’s Jim Tankersley and Ben Casselman: “Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, acknowledged on Friday that the Republican tax plan might result in a tax hike for some working Americans, saying he ‘misspoke’ days earlier when he said that ‘nobody in the middle class is going to get a tax increase’ under the Senate bill. ‘I misspoke on that,’ Mr. McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said in an interview on Friday with The New York Times. ‘You can’t guarantee that absolutely no one sees a tax increase’ …

“The Senate bill unveiled on Thursday would raise taxes on millions of middle-class families, according to a preliminary New York Times analysis. The plan would also disproportionately benefit high earners and corporations. Still, middle-class earners would fare better under the Senate proposal than its counterpart in the House.” http://nyti.ms/2zx0TKm

MOORE WATCH — “Moore defiant as Senate Republicans sever ties,” by Alex Isenstadt and Gabe Debenedetti: The NRSC “on Friday severed its fundraising agreement with Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, the most concrete step the party has taken to separate itself from the besieged nominee. But Moore and his backers remained defiant, portraying accusations that he initiated sexual contact with teenagers decades ago as a conspiracy by his opponents to drag down his candidacy. … Two Republican senators rescinded their endorsements of Moore on Friday evening, with Steve Daines of Montana and Mike Lee of Utah pulling their support.” http://politi.co/2zNORN1

— “Senate candidate Roy Moore does not rule out that he may have dated teen girls when he was in his 30s,” by WaPo’s Michael Scherer and Dave Weigel: “Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore declined Friday to rule out that he may have dated girls in their late teens when he was in his 30s, though he said he did not remember any such encounters and described such behavior as inappropriate. ‘If I did, I’m not going to dispute these things, but I don’t remember anything like that,’ Moore said on Sean Hannity’s radio program, when asked whether he had dated 17- or 18-year-old girls at the time. In the same interview, Moore denied outright the claim of Leigh Corfman that he had initiated sexual encounters with her when she was 14. ‘I don’t know Ms. Corfman from anybody,’ he said. ‘The allegations of sexual misconduct with her are completely false.’” http://wapo.st/2zAtJqR

— JOSH GREEN in Bloomberg, “Bannon Says Moore Story Seeks to ‘Destroy a Man’s Life’”: “‘This is nothing less than the politics of personal destruction,’ said Bannon.” https://bloom.bg/2Ay6PAh

— “Poll Shows Alabama Race Tied After Allegations Against Roy Moore,” by BuzzFeed’s Henry Gomez: “Moore and Democrat Doug Jones are tied at 46% in the survey, which was conducted Thursday by Opinion Savvy and commissioned by Decision Desk HQ in the aftermath of a bombshell Washington Post report in which the accuser, now 53, went on record with her story.” http://bzfd.it/2i5JcYt

— “For Alabama Women, Disgust, Fatigue and a Sense Moore Could Win Anyway,” by NYT’s Richard Fausset: http://nyti.ms/2mgg4Sv

— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples): “Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore tells Hannity that his campaign is doing its own investigation into accusers: ‘We have some evidence of collusion here.’”

— “Why politicians got away with sexual misconduct for so long: Everyone knew about Bob Packwood. He won reelection anyway,” by Rachel Gorlin in WaPo: http://wapo.st/2yQMwRH

YIKES — “FBI database for gun buyers missing millions of records,” by WaPo’s Devlin Barrett, Sandhya Somashekhar and Alex Horton: “The FBI’s background-check system is missing millions of records of criminal convictions, mental illness diagnoses and other flags that would keep guns out of potentially dangerous hands, a gap that contributed to the shooting deaths of 26 people in a Texas church this week. Experts who study the data say government agencies responsible for maintaining such records have long failed to forward them into federal databases used for gun background checks — systemic breakdowns that have lingered for decades as officials decided they were too costly and time-consuming to fix. …

“The FBI said it doesn’t know the scope of the problem, but the National Rifle Association says about 7 million records are absent from the system, based on a 2013 report by the nonprofit National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics.” http://wapo.st/2yrPCag

TONY PODESTA INTERVIEW –- “The rise and fall of the Podestas, Washington’s powerful political brother act,” by WaPo’s Roxanne Roberts: “‘I didn’t leave with a sense of tragedy or regret about anything I had done,’ Tony said nonchalantly in an interview last week. ‘I thought it was better for the clients and better for the people in the office for me to get out of there.’ … One might expect Tony Podesta to be angry — and apprehensive — about all this, and maybe he is. But at the moment, he’s smiling and cracking jokes.

“‘There was a period when I was at People for the American Way in which I was the devil, and this is another period in which I am the devil,’ he says. ‘I don’t retreat from my values or my life because Tucker Carlson makes s— up.’ And he’s laughing off the president. ‘If you tweet ‘Podesta’ you get some applause from people who don’t know who we are or what we do,’ he says. ‘He has his phone. And I have my integrity.’” http://wapo.st/2zxyHGM

— “Inside the Podesta Group’s last days,” by Theo Meyer: “Tony Podesta’s lavish art collection is coming down off the walls at the Podesta Group, as the lobbying firm — among the largest and most powerful in Washington — prepares to close up shop. Workers started removing dozens of pieces in Podesta’s collection of photography and other artworks from the walls of the firm on Thursday, the same day Kimberley Fritts, the firm’s longtime chief executive, abruptly resigned, according to a Podesta Group staffer. … [L]ess than two weeks after Podesta stepped down as chairman, the firm he founded 30 years ago may soon shut its doors, with staffers unsure if they’ll be paid after next week.” http://politi.co/2mdW1Ei

— “Russia Scandal Befalls Two Brothers: John and Tony Podesta,” by NYT’s Ken Vogel: “[I]n a twist with Shakespearean undertones, the two influential Washington brothers have found themselves on opposite sides of the scandals over Russian interference in the 2016 election. … It is unclear what will happen to [Tony’s] investment in the Podesta Group … Some firm partners are starting a new firm next month called Cogent Strategies, in which Tony Podesta will have no stake.” http://nyti.ms/2jlI5r6

FOGGY BOTTOM WATCH — “State Department to Offer Buyouts in Effort to Cut Staff,” by NYT’s Gardiner Harris: “The State Department will soon offer a $25,000 buyout to diplomats and staff members who quit or take early retirements by April, officials confirmed on Friday. The decision is part of Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson’s continuing effort to cut the ranks of diplomats and Civil Service officers despite bipartisan resistance in Congress. Mr. Tillerson’s goal is to reduce a department of nearly 25,000 full-time American employees by 8 percent, which amounts to 1,982 people.” http://nyti.ms/2zvaLUU

CLICKER – “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker – 15 keepers http://politi.co/2zwmBM7

THE FIRST PLAYBOOK TIMEOUT … JAKE with D.C. MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER http://bit.ly/2ABjh2b

PHOTO DU JOUR: President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam on Nov. 11. | Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

DAVID SIDERS in Vatican City with Gov. Jerry Brown: “Jerry Brown, President of the Independent Republic of California” http://politi.co/2zDLXb3

FT: “Zuckerberg says he worked out why U.S. is so divided,” by Richard Waters in San Francisco: “Mark Zuckerberg sounded a warning on Friday about the social and political fragmentation caused by America’s opioid crisis, as he ended a nationwide tour to understand the forces that had put Donald Trump in the White House. At one point the Facebook chief executive officer choked up as he talked about the effects of opioid addiction, adding: ‘This stuff is really upsetting to talk about.’ … Referring to the opioid crisis, he said: ‘One of the things that struck me, that I don’t think we all fully internalise, is how this epidemic has affected people’s attitudes more broadly on policy issues.’” http://on.ft.com/2hkR9YH

RUSSIA UPDATE — NYT A1, “A London Meeting of an Unlikely Group: How a Trump Adviser Came to Learn of Clinton ‘Dirt,’” by Sharon LaFraniere, David D. Kirkpatrick, Andrew Higgins and Michael Schwirtz: “At midday on March 24, 2016, an improbable group gathered in a London cafe to discuss setting up a meeting between Donald J. Trump, then a candidate, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. There was George Papadopoulos, a 28-year-old from Chicago with an inflated résumé who just days earlier had been publicly named as a foreign policy adviser to Mr. Trump’s campaign. There was Joseph Mifsud, a Maltese academic in his mid-50s with a faltering career who boasted of having high-level contacts in the Russian government. And, perhaps most mysteriously, there was Olga Polonskaya, a 30-year-old Russian from St. Petersburg and the former manager of a wine distribution company. …

“The interactions between the three players and a fourth man with contacts inside Russia’s Foreign Ministry have become a central part of the inquiry by the special prosecutor, Robert S. Mueller III, into the Kremlin’s efforts to interfere with the presidential election. Recently released court documents suggest that the F.B.I. suspected that some of the people who showed interest in Mr. Papadopoulos were participants in a Russian intelligence operation. The March 2016 meeting was followed by a breakfast the next month at a London hotel during which Mr. Mifsud revealed to Mr. Papadopoulos that the Russians had ‘dirt’ on Hillary Clinton in the form of ‘thousands of emails.’” http://nyti.ms/2hjJBFR

— “Investigators probe Trump knowledge of campaign’s Russia dealings: sources,” by Reuters’ Mark Hosenball and John Walcott: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has questioned Sam Clovis, co-chairman of President Donald Trump’s election campaign, to determine if Trump or top aides knew of the extent of the campaign team’s contacts with Russia, two sources familiar with the investigation said on Friday. The focus of the questions put to Clovis by Mueller’s team has not been previously reported.” http://reut.rs/2zBxMDm

— “Data Firm’s WikiLeaks Outreach Came as It Joined Trump Campaign,” by WSJ’s Rebecca Ballhaus and Julie Bykowicz: “The chief executive of Cambridge Analytica contacted the founder of WikiLeaks to ask him to share Hillary Clinton-related emails at the same time that people familiar with the matter say the British data-analytics firm had begun working for President Donald Trump’s campaign.” http://on.wsj.com/2iNyLbi

SPICER WATCH — “Spicer’s election-night memories cause anxiety in GOP: Spicer highlighted his presence on the fifth floor of Trump Tower, but party employees were given strict instructions not to go there,” by Annie Karni and Josh Gerstein: “The directive to RNC employees to steer clear of floor five was given out of an abundance of caution, according to an RNC employee, to avoid violating a decades-old court order, known as a consent decree. It barred the RNC from challenging voters’ eligibility at the polls after the party was accused in the 1980s of practices meant to discourage African-Americans from voting. The consent decree is set to expire next month, barring proof of any violations.” http://politi.co/2AvLWoJ

FOR YOUR RADAR — “A house divided: How Saudi Crown Prince purged royal family rivals,” by Reuters’ Samia Nakhoul, Angus McDowall and Stephen Kalin: “Prince Mohammed decided to move on his family, [a] person familiar with events said, when he realized more relatives opposed him becoming king than he had thought. ‘The signal was that anyone wavering in their support should watch out,’ said the person familiar with the events. ‘The whole idea of the anti-corruption campaign was targeted toward the family. The rest is window dressing.’” http://reut.rs/2yrVksM

THE HARASSMENT FILES — “A Senior Guardian Editor Is Under Investigation Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations,” by BuzzFeed’s Mark Di Stefano: “The Guardian’s digital editor Ian Prior has been absent from work after female staff members reported harassment allegations to management.” http://bzfd.it/2zua4Lp

— LOUIS CK’s full statement: “These stories are true.” http://cnn.it/2iOFemn

— “The spy who duped Rose McGowan unmasked! This is the blonde Israeli military veteran who worked undercover for disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein and tricked the actress into sharing her memoirs,” by Alana Goodman in the Daily Mail: “The pretty blonde spy … is a 30-something-year-old Israeli military veteran named Stella Penn … The operative at Israeli intelligence firm Black Cube … is a former member of the Israel Defense Forces and lives in Jaffa, Israel.” With pix http://dailym.ai/2zxgPfb

— “After Weinstein: A List of Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct and the Fallout for Each” – NYT: http://nyti.ms/2hkLNN7

SPORTS BLINK — “Aly Raisman says she was sexually abused by U.S. national team doctor”: “In an interview with 60 Minutes, the Olympic gold medalist says she spoke with FBI investigators after the Rio games.” http://cbsn.ws/2AvnsvL

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MEDIAWATCH — HMM — WSJ’s Amol Sharma: “Early this year, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, met a top executive at CNN parent Time Warner Inc. and raised concerns about the network’s coverage of the presidential election. Mr. Kushner told the executive, Gary Ginsberg, that CNN should fire 20% of its staff because they were so wrong in their analysis of the election and how it would turn out, people familiar with the matter say. A White House official said Mr. Kushner didn’t intend the comment to be taken seriously, and was simply trying to make a point. Inside Time Warner, it wasn’t taken lightly.” http://on.wsj.com/2jiN1Ni

— “Rupert Murdoch twice discussed CNN with AT&T CEO – sources,” by Reuters’ Jessica Toonkel: “Rupert Murdoch telephoned AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson twice in the last six months and talked about cable network CNN … According to one of the sources, the 86-year-old executive chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox … offered to buy CNN in both conversations. Another source said Murdoch had ‘zero interest’ in owning CNN.” http://reut.rs/2yPZuPp

–“Layoffs Hit GQ as Condé Nast Cuts Continue,” by WWD’s Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke: “Condé Nast layoffs are under way, and GQ is one of the first titles to be targeted for a round of cuts. Around seven editorial staffers were let go on Thursday. Among those laid off were executive digital director Mike Hofman, fashion director Madeline Weeks and digital entertainment editor Ashley Fetters. ‘So: Yesterday GQ laid me off, alongside a slew of extremely talented others. Still not the worst Nov. 9 of my life, somehow?! But a sad one nonetheless,’ Fetters said via her personal Twitter account Friday. More cuts are expected at other titles in the coming weeks.” http://bit.ly/2hlrBuu

CHRIS FRATES interviews potential Wyoming Senate candidate Foster Friess about Roy Moore and how Steve Bannon convinced him to think about challenging Sen. John Barrasso. Frates also talks to former Pelosi chief of staff Nadeam Elshami. ‘Politics Inside Out with Chris Frates’ airs today at 9 a.m. and 10 p.m., Sunday at 1 p.m., and Monday at 2 p.m. on SiriusXM channel 124 and on demand on the SiriusXM app.” Clips for Playbookers — Friess on Moore https://goo.gl/MNhVNB … https://goo.gl/hmHXxi … How Trump has done as president https://goo.gl/eZmX4f … Elshami on how he was too nervous to talk during his Pelosi job interview https://goo.gl/xuawP9

GRETCHEN MORGENSON’s last NYT column, “After 20 Years of Financial Turmoil, a Columnist’s Last Shot”: http://nyti.ms/2mewoU6

GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman, filing from Lincoln, Nebraska:

— “Terror is the Wrong Word: A Bike Path Victim and His World,” by John Homans in Vanity Fair: “Grief for Nicholas Cleves, [who was 23] and the strength of millennial New York.” http://bit.ly/2iKKyau (h/t Longform.org)

— “What Happens If China Makes First Contact?” by Ross Andersen in December’s Atlantic: “As America has turned away from searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, China has built the world’s largest radio dish for precisely that purpose.” http://theatln.tc/2zrOqrh

— “Is it too late to save the world? Jonathan Franzen on one year of Trump’s America” – The Guardian: “‘As the ice shelves crumble and the Twitter president threatens to pull out of the Paris accord’, Franzen reflects on the role of the writer in times of crisis.” http://bit.ly/2hiBKYV

— “The Leaks. The Frustrations. Omarosa’s Shoes. Mike Dubke on His 103 Days in the White House,” by Washingtonian’s Elaina Plott: “Trump’s former communications director talks about his brief but eventful stint.” http://bit.ly/2hlcfXe

— “The Untold Stories of Election Day 2016 — What really happened?” — Esquire: “[O]ver 40 brand new interviews and behind-the-scenes stories from deep inside The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, and more—plus first-hand accounts from the campaigns, themselves.” http://bit.ly/2iFbLvk

— “Arms Dealers,” by Peter Andrey Smith in Pacific Standard magazine: “When eight heads arrived at a shipping warehouse in Detroit, the feds uncovered some unsavory details about the little-known trade in human remains.” http://bit.ly/2zxMURU (h/t Longreads.com)

— “The best books on Free Speech,” by Timothy Garton Ash, author of “Free Speech: Ten Principles for A Connected World,” in Five Books: “Free speech … is the oxygen of all other freedoms. The classic example of this is Amartya Sen’s famous study, which shows that there’s never been a major famine in a country which had a free press—because the news gets out and there’s outrage. So there’s this elemental connection even with the right to life, to have enough to eat.” http://bit.ly/2jf9rPv (h/t TheBrowser.com) … $22.48 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2hrbQWJ

— “Can Ford Turn Itself Into a Tech Company?” by Kevin Roose in tomorrow’s N.Y. Times Magazine: “Its very name was synonymous with the 20th-century economy. Now it’s trying to catch up with Silicon Valley on self-driving cars.” http://nyti.ms/2ABR4sm

— “Where the Small-Town American Dream Lives On,” by Larissa MacFarquhar in the New Yorker: “As America’s rural communities stagnate, what can we learn from one that hasn’t?” http://bit.ly/2ynxoH5

— “At Home in the World,” by Vivienne Walt on the cover of Time: “At 39, French President Emmanuel Macron is just getting started.” http://ti.me/2yprLIc … The cover http://bit.ly/2yKnhQG

— “The Hottest Social Media Star in the Middle East Is a Radical Saudi Cleric,” by Haroon Ullah, author of “Digital World War: Islamists, Extremists and the Fight for Cyber Supremacy,” in POLITICO Magazine: “How Mohammed al-Arefe became the favorite preacher of ISIS recruits—and an ally of the Saudi government.” http://politi.co/2mfSMfK … $12.50 on Amazon http://amzn.to/2mcfDbY

— “Are we having fun yet?” by Alexandra Lange in Curbed: “The Museum of Ice Cream is popular, colorful, and sugary, but are visitors playing—or playing themselves?” http://bit.ly/2mc5lZi

— “Ready for Trump TV? Inside Sinclair Broadcasting’s Plot to Take Over Your Local News,” by Andy Kroll in the Nov./Dec. issue of Mother Jones: “Its mix of terrorism alerts, right-wing commentary, and ‘classic propaganda’ could soon reach three-quarters of US households.” http://bit.ly/2yS9TKl

— “The Button-Down Anarchist,” by Nell Gluckman in the Chronicle of Higher Ed: “In the face of radicalism, Mark Bray argues, radical responses must at least be considered. His work poses a challenge: Do you oppose fascism? If so, you have a duty to study it — and, once you’ve done so, to pick a side.” http://bit.ly/2i4UzzJ (h/t ALDaily.com)

— “Andrés Barba on Such Small Hands,” by Josie Mitchell in Granta in a Q&A with Barba on his new book “Such Small Hands, Gothic and Greek Literature”: “Traditionally the adult has wanted the child to become an adult as quickly as possible, because deep down the adult is frightened by the child’s gaze. Adult secrets are revealed by the child’s gaze. The period in history with the most idiotic vision of childhood is our own: We demand that the child be the most innocent being possible to prevent ourselves from recognising the child’s true complexity.” http://bit.ly/2yOmoqq

WEEKEND WEDDING – Justin Barasky, campaign manager for Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)’s reelection campaign and a Priorities USA and DSCC alum, on Friday married Lauren Durham, a DNC and EMILY’s List alum who is now campaign manager for Ohio state Rep. Kathleen Clyde, who is running for Secretary of State in Ohio. Guy Cecil officiated at the Ivory Room in Columbus, Ohio.

Pool report: “Lauren and Justin’s dog Kyrie was part of the ceremony. Guy talked about the couple’s commitment to civic society and their fierce commitment to ‘creating something new.’ The vows mentioned the couple meeting on Sen. Brown’s [2012] race. Justin said one of the reasons he knew he loved Lauren was that when the Cavs won the Championship, he looked over and she was crying harder than he was. When the bride started crying during her vows, their dog Kyrie started barking which made everyone laugh.” Pics — A selfie the couple took http://bit.ly/2zC3Reg … The newlyweds cutting the cake http://bit.ly/2AAjy5L

SPOTTED: Andrew Zucker, Adam Magnus, Zac Petkanas, Patrick McHugh, Paul Tencher, Regan Page, Quentin Fulks, Kim Kauffman, Preston Maddock, Sarah Benzing, Diane Feldman, Rory Steele, Ally Coll Steele, Monica McHugh, Sarah Paulos, Alex Glass, Anne Caprara.

BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Gabriela Ayala, research associate at Senate Majority PAC (hat tip: Justine Turner, who was on time)

BIRTHDAYS: Facebook’s Tucker Bounds (h/t Blain Rethmeier) … former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is 77 … Alec MacGillis is 43 … Sean Joyce … Norm Eisen, senior fellow at Brookings, CNN commentator, chair of CREW, and former U.S. Amb. to the Czech Republic … Politico Europe’s Matt Kaminski … Matt Ortega … Lauren Thorbjornsen, director of executive comms and strategic programs at Salesforce … Taylor Holgate, senior manager of federal gov’t affairs at the Consumer Healthcare Products Association and former press secretary for Sen. Burr (h/ts Stew and Becca) … former Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) is 49 … former Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) is 86 … former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) is 71 … Jake Swanton, senior manager for federal policy at Lyft … Joel Foster, founder of Blue Origami Strategies … Politico’s John Hendel (h/t Stephanie Benedict) … Meredith Dyer … NFL Network’s Melissa Stark … David Leiter, president of Plurus Strategies (h/ts Jon Haber and Sarah Litke) …

… Daniel Huey, partner at Something Else Strategies … Rebecca Sharer, marketing coordinator at Bully Pulpit Interactive (h/t Karen Hendrixson) … Ruth Igielnik, a pollster at the Pew Research Center (hubby tip: Ben Wieder) … Mike Frankfurt … Carlos Monje … Sarah Esty … Christian Flynn … Mandi Wimmer … Craig Pittman of the Tampa Bay Times … Jeffrey S. Malashock … Eric Ezzy Rappaport … Jon Hartley … Gretchen Michael … Nathan Imperiale, CEO of NJI Media and partner at FamousDC … Emily Pollock … Politico’s Susanna Cagle and Edgar Estrada … Morley Winograd … Jessica Jennings, director of comms at University of Maryland …. Linda Rozett … Ryan Tronovitch … Grant Lebens … Ben Hall … Frank Wilkinson … Gillian Morris … Eric Oginsky (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)

THE SHOWS, by @MattMackoiwak filing from Manchester, United Kingdom:

–NBC’s “Meet the Press”: White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) … Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). Panel: Charlie Cook, David Ignatius, Elise Jordan and Kristen Welker

–CNN’s “State of the Union”: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin … Gov. John Kasich … Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). Panel: Van Jones and Mary Katharine Ham, Jennifer Granholm and Rick Santorum.

–CBS’s “Face the Nation”: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin … Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) … Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Panel: Jeffrey Goldberg, Ed O’Keefe and the Amy Walter … discussion with Trump voters in Manchester, N.H.

–ABC’s “This Week”: Ohio Gov. John Kasich, DNC Chair Tom Perez and Delegate-elect Danica Roem. Panel: Mary Bruce, Alex Castellanos, Matthew Dowd and Mark Updegrove

–“Fox News Sunday”: Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) … Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.). Panel: Mike Needham, Julie Pace, Gillian Turner and Charles Lane … “Power Player of the Week” with Museum of the Bible president Cary Summers

–Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures”: Gary Cohn … Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) … Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) … Mike Huckabee … Gen. Jack Keane (Ret.). Panel: Ed Rollins and Susan Ferrechio

–Fox News’ “MediaBuzz”: Mollie Hemingway … Juan Williams … Erin McPike … Bloomberg News’ Shannon Pettypiece … The Hollywood Reporter’s Matt Belloni … Fox News host Dana Perino

–CNN’s “Inside Politics” with John King: Panel: Abby Phillip, Margaret Talev, Molly Ball and Michael Warren

–CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS”: Panel: Ian Bremmer, Richard Haass and NPR’s Elise Hu … Ali Shihabi … Turkish prime minister Binali Yildrim

–CNN’s “Reliable Sources”: Panel: Bethany Mandel, Jeff Greenfield and David Zurawik … John Avlon … Del.-elect Chris Hurst (D-VA).

–Univision’s “Al Punto”: Mother of 10-year-old daughter (who was detained on her way to a hospital) Felipa de la Cruz … White House director of policy and interagency coordination Carlos Diaz-Rosillo … CHIRLA’s Jorge-Mario Cabrera … Independent Mexican senator and presidential candidate Armando Ríos Piter … Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) … musician René Pérez Joglar (Residente).

–C-SPAN: “The Communicators”: Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) … NetChoice vice president and general counsel Carl Szabo … “Newsmakers”: Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), questioned by CQ Roll Call’s Joe Williams and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Tamar Hallerman … “Q&A”: Rabbi David Dalin (“Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court”)

–PBS’ “To the Contrary”: Panel: Hilary Rosen, Carrie Lukas, Jennifer Higgins and Donna Edwards

— Washington Times’ “Mack on Politics” weekly politics podcast with Matt Mackowiak (download on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher or listen at http://bit.ly/2r37J6h): Ben Stein.

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