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kaitidid22 · 1 year
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All the Love (light Conrad/Billie, with Billie & Everybody)
Summary: Leela and Devon are getting married. Billie is dealing with egomaniacal surgeons. And everybody wants Jessica (in their OR). (Canon-friendly to date & set post-season 6.)
A/N: I had so many AO3 tags on this one.
All the Love
“Three days to go,” Billie said brightly as Leela walked into Billie’s office.
“Don’t remind me,” Leela said, but a smile was hiding behind her haggard expression. “We still have a million things to do, and the caterer apparently no longer makes one of the appetizers we ordered. How does that even happen? We ordered it six months ago. So, we’ve been debating mini crostini versus mac and cheese balls for almost twenty-four hours.”
“Mac and cheese bites?” Billie asked, startled. 
From what she knew of Leela’s fusion Roaring Twenties in Bollywood theme, fried balls of mac and cheese being passed around the reception seemed a bit… off.
“Exactly!” Leela shook her head in disbelief. “Devon is insisting. For the kids, he says. We’ve invited, like, five children. Arjun and Elijah, who are barely eating solid foods. One of our cousins has a baby. And Gigi and Sammie, who are both in the wedding, and the only two old enough to even eat a mac and cheese ball.”
Leela groaned. “But Devon is going to win on this because I’m too tired to keep saying ‘it’s not on theme, Devon.’ Plus, he’s being so damn cute about it. For the kids! Damn him. I hate that he’s going to win. Mac and cheese? Why?”
Billie’s face screwed up in sympathy. “I’m sorry. At least they’re delicious.”
Leela gave her a suspicious look. “You eat mac and cheese balls?”
“My goddaughter is six,” Billie pointed out. “I’ve eaten all the fried foods she can get her tiny hands on. She’s especially fond of fried okra.”
Leela’s lips pursed. “Ew.”
Billie laughed. “Don’t let anyone else hear you say that. They’ll revoke your Southerner card.”
“At least Devon isn’t insisting on fried okra,” Leela said, staring into the distance.
As much as Billie loved weddings—and she really, really loved weddings—planning a wedding had always sounded like a nightmare to her. She watched Leela take a deep, cleansing breath, eyes fluttering shut as she centered herself, and then Leela slapped a smile on her face and looked Billie square in the eye.
Oh no, Billie thought. Et tu, Brute?
“Anyway,” Leela said. “I need to talk to you.”
“You need a consult?” Billie asked, hoping that’s what was happening.
“No,” Leela said. “I want to talk to you about Jessica.”
You and every other surgeon, Billie thought. 
But she smoothed out her face into its professional mien and said, “What about Nurse Feldman?”
Leela’s confidence faltered for a moment when confronted with the expressionless face and formal tone. But then she rallied. “As you know, I’ve taken on the patient load that Dr. Bell would have handled. And he has been a fantastic mentor for several years.”
“Yes, we’re all relieved he’s going to continue on in a teaching capacity,” Billie said.
With the others, Billie had rushed them along—get to the point, Dr. Yamada. But Leela was a new attending, and Billie wanted to encourage her to stand up for herself and make the bold asks. So, Billie waited as Leela struggled to force herself to say the words.
Leela squared her shoulders. “I’ve worked almost exclusively with Jessica in the OR for the past year. I feel we make an excellent team, and I want to continue our partnership in a more official capacity.”
“Meaning?”
“I’d like Jessica to be dedicated to my surgeries.” After a long pause, Leela hastened to add, “When possible.”
Billie clicked her tongue. “You almost had it.”
Leela sighed, shoulders drooping a little. “I fumbled at the end.”
“So close,” Billie said.
Leela gave Billie the trademark hopeful expression that always reminded Billie of how young Leela truly was. “Well? What do you think?”
“I think you have a solid argument,” Billie said, choosing her words cautiously. “I also think that hospital policy dictates scrub nurses be assigned as shifts allow.”
Leela’s eyes turned determined, ready to fight for what she wanted. “Is this because I’m so junior? I know I only made attending a few—”
“No,” Billie said firmly. “This is hospital policy. Which was written, in part, as a protection for the nurses. They don’t report to surgeons, and they should never be put in a position where a surgeon, or any doctor, has that much control over their careers in the hospital. Bell’s arrangement was an exception to that policy granted on the basis of a career spent working with a long line of scrub nurses over years at Chastain.”
It was the exact response she had given to all of the surgeons who had come to her office hoping to poach the same arrangement with Jessica that Dr. Bell had managed to swing. What none of them seemed to understand was that Jessica had requested the arrangement. Jessica loved working with Bell, and she had made sure it had been a stipulation of her renegotiated contract that she be assigned to as many of his surgeries as possible.
Over time, as Bell had handled fewer and fewer on-call emergencies, his and Jessica’s schedules had aligned to the point that Jessica had rarely—if ever—assisted elsewhere. Until the MS flares began, and Bell had been forced to take weeks away from the hospital at a time. Then Jessica had been back in the usual scrub nurse rotation, assigned as cases came in, and all the surgeons had gotten a taste of having her in their OR. And that had only whetted their appetites.
The surgical staff had too much respect for Dr. Bell to try and request Jessica until he announced his intention to step away from surgery. Bell had kept the news under wraps for months as he slowly moved his surgical duties onto Leela, including the small practice of regular patients he had kept. 
But he had made an announcement the week before, and, unfortunately, it had become a feeding frenzy that Billie was trying to battle one ego-driven conversation at a time. A.J., of course, had made it to Billie’s office first. But the rest had soon followed.
Billie had even gone to the Chief Nursing Officer and the medical nurse manager, who supervised the entire staff of scrub nurses, to make sure she was giving the appropriate response. Billie had expected them to be upset at the surgeons’ behavior, at the subtle suggestion that the rest of their scrub staff wasn’t as desirable. Instead, both of them had rolled their eyes and laughed.
And Billie had realized that everyone in the hospital knew that Jessica was the very best, the cream of the crop. It was how she had negotiated such a stellar contract to begin with. Across the board, everyone had already been aware that Jessica’s success wasn’t just Bell’s favoritism in action. And, if there was any jealousy among the scrub team, Billie hadn’t seen any indication of it in that conversation with the nursing leadership.
But it meant that Billie had a problem on her hands. Because eventually the surgeons were going to realize that Jessica had full authority over the decision. Billie could only hold them off for so long. Surgeons were competitive to a fault and would stop at nothing to get what they wanted—because most of them firmly believed they were entitled to anything and everything under the sun. 
In short, as long as Jessica remained unassigned, the situation was a ticking time bomb.
“Do you understand?” Billie asked Leela.
Disappointment lingered on Leela’s face, but she nodded. “Of course. Thank you for your time, chief.”
Oh jeez, Billie thought at the sound of her title from Leela’s mouth.
But Leela held her head high as she left Billie’s office. And Billie felt a burst of pride for Leela.
~*~
Billie strode through the double doors that led to the emergency department and breathed in the bitter smell of antiseptic and the lemon from the cleaning products. She had a Pavlovian response to the smell now, which tended to linger on Conrad’s skin and hair until he showered after a shift. And her eyes found him almost immediately, clear across on the other side of the department, grinning down at a patient on a gurney.
But she wasn’t looking for Conrad, and she forced herself to focus on the task at hand.
Her eyes checked the central bay desk first and got lucky. Jessica was standing with her husband, Irving, and Billie’s lips thinned when she saw the giant arrangement of flowers in Jessica’s arms. It contained an ombréassortment of at least two dozen red, fuchsia, and pink roses, along with a cadre of other flowers to round out the aesthetic. They sat in a beautiful, ornate vase that was wrapped in a delicate silk ribbon. The whole thing was large enough that Jessica’s body and part of her face was mostly hidden behind dense petals.
Damn, Billie thought. They know already.
“Nice flowers,” Billie said dryly. 
Jessica peeked around the bouquet, spotted Billie, and flushed slightly. Billie felt a flash of guilt but wasn’t sure how to address it. She let her eyes flick to Irving.
“Please tell me those are from you,” Billie said.
He gave her an arch look. “You think I can afford that kind of arrangement? Did you see the vase?”
“Hey,” Conrad said from behind her.
Everything inside of Billie softened and warmed as she watched him step up behind one of the other monitors in the nursing bay. She hadn’t spent the night at his place thanks to an ICU patient that had kept her in her office on pins and needles, and it had been almost fifteen hours since she had seen him. Their eyes locked, and a soft smile spread across her face. He braced a hand on either side of the keyboard and smiled back at her. 
“Hey,” she said.
“Good morning,” he murmured. “I missed you.”
“Oh my god,” Jessica gushed. “You two are just so adorable.”
“Right? This is what I’ve been saying,” Irving said.
Conrad straightened with a grin and looked back at the computer. “Did you need something?” he asked, typing.
“I have a surgery in thirty minutes,” Jessica said, still smiling broadly at the two of them. Her eyes were suspiciously shiny. "I should get moving."
“Actually,” Billie said, her attention snapping back into focus. “I need to talk to you.”
Jessica froze, eyes clearing. “Me?” she squeaked.
“Yes,” Billie said firmly.
“Is it about the flowers?” Jessica asked in a rush. “Because I did not ask for these—”
“No, I know.”
“—and the gift certificate to the spa was a total shock—”
“The what?” Billie asked, stunned.
“Honey,” Irving said quietly.
“—and I’m so sorry, Dr. Sutton,” Jessica said, still rushing through all the words. “I really didn’t mean to cause all of this—”
Billie held up a hand. “You have nothing to apologize for.” She took a deep breath and stuck her hands in the pockets of her white coat. “I’m actually here to apologize to you.”
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Conrad’s head jerk up to squint at her. In front of Billie, Irving and Jessica both looked flummoxed.
“You’re apologizing to me?” Jessica asked. “Why?”
“The way my staff is behaving is entirely inappropriate,” Billie said. “They shouldn’t be pressuring you like this.”
Jessica eyed the bouquet. “I really don’t mind.”
Billie grinned at her. “I can imagine it’s a little fun.”
“You have no idea,” Jessica gushed.
Billie couldn’t help but chuckle. “Still,” she said gently. Then she hesitated, eyes bouncing around the busy ED. “We can talk about this in private if you’d like.”
“Here is fine,” Jessica said with a shrug. “Everyone knows everything in this hospital anyway.”
Irritation surged for a moment at the reminder. The gossip mill had bitten Billie a few times in the past. But she tamped down on the trauma-based reaction.
Focus, she told herself.
“Very true,” Billie said. “I know you have to prep for a surgery, so I’ll be as brief as I can.”
Billie’s professional tone had Jessica’s spine straightening. Irving looked suspicious and stony, as if nothing could make him move from his wife’s side.
“You are, by far, the best scrub nurse we have,” Billie said. “And that competition is fierce at Chastain.”
“Thank you, Dr. Sutton,” Jessica said, sounding touched.
“I’ve spoken with the chief nursing officer, as well as your direct supervisor. I know that they spoke with you last week about this.”
“They did,” Jessica said.
“They did?” Irving murmured to his wife.
“Yes,” she hissed back.
“You did an excellent job renegotiating your contract, and it clearly stipulates that you have control over your own schedule. You can choose your surgeries. I wasn’t aware of that,” Billie admitted. “I should have been.”
Jessica was blushing but looked pleased. The entire ED staff had edged closer, lingering around the central bay to eavesdrop while pretending to read through charts. A few patients weren’t even trying to pretend they weren’t fascinated by the conversation. “The thing is,” Billie said, pushing forward despite their audience, reminding herself that she thrived under pressure. “You’re a team player, Jessica. Not once during any of Bell’s leaves of absence did you take advantage of that clause in your contract. You go wherever you’re told, assist wherever you’re asked to assist.”
“Of course,” Jessica said, clearly flustered. 
Irving reached out a hand and placed it on her back, a smile playing with his lips.
“That’s not an of course,” Billie said firmly and calmly. Her chin was high, face serious, as she looked at Jessica. “Most people would abuse that privilege. And you’re holding proof in your hands that my staff would take full advantage of any edge they thought they might have.”
Billie heard some stifled laughter but ignored it. Jessica bit her lip against a smile and glanced at her husband. Irving’s smile had broadened to a full, proud grin.
“You’ve earned the right to choose what surgeon you’re dedicated to going forward. Your supervisor and I are in full agreement,” Billie said. “We’ll stand behind your decision, and I’ll handle the conversations with the rest of the surgical staff. If anyone gives you trouble, or gets too pushy, tell me, and I’ll handle that, too.”
Billie cleared her throat, getting to the bad news. “I know that all of this happened very suddenly,” she continued. “So, your supervisor has bought you some time to make the decision. But I do need you to make it within the month, which I think she told you last week. I’m sorry we had to put a deadline on it—”
“No, no,” Jessica said, rushing to assure. “I understand, and it’s very generous.”
Billie allowed herself a small—still very professional—smile at the other woman. “But Jessica,” Billie said. “Do me one favor?”
Jessica’s brows lifted slightly.
“Make them work for it,” she said, with a nod at the flowers Jessica held. 
She heard Conrad’s guffaw and tossed him a smile as she turned to go. Everyone scurried to look away, though she saw a few patients watching her with curious eyes.
“Thank you, Dr. Sutton,” Jessica called to Billie.
“Of course. Show’s over everyone,” Billie said as she strode back out of the emergency department.
~*~
Billie had known Leela was an artist for years. She had come across Leela’s sketchbook once back when she had been an intern and marveled over her talent before Leela had self-consciously shoved it back in her bag. But the wedding was beyond gorgeous, beyond anything Billie would have expected or could have imagined.
The ceremony took place outside in front of the famous fountain of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Gigi and Sammie—the ultimate flower girl duo once again—had both been covered with swirling mehndi designs from fingertips to elbows and threw magnolia petals as they danced down the path in matching red dresses with full tulle skirts.
Leela walked the aisle in a gold sari with an art deco inspired pattern with rhinestones scattered across the delicate fabric. Her blouse had cutouts at the shoulders and had jewels sewn into the pieces, heavy enough to make it drape where they wrapped around her upper arms. Devon had chosen—or, perhaps Leela had chosen for him— a gold and taupe kurta with red accenting that perfectly complemented the coloring of Leela’s sari.
Billie realized she might be biased, but she wasn’t sure she had ever seen a more beautiful bride. Nic, of course, but that had only been in photos—one of Billie’s biggest regrets. Leela practically glowed, and Billie was fairly certain Devon was crying during the vows.
Following the ceremony, the guests were allowed to wander through the gardens until the sunset cocktail hour. Sammie and Gigi had stuck to Billie’s side like glue, and she had walked them through most of the exhibits. Conrad had tagged along, fingers entwined with Billie’s as she patiently answered questions and looked up information on butterflies and flowers. Sammie had calmly taken everything in with her bright, quick gaze, and Gigi had flounced along beside her, stopping to twirl in her dress over and over.
“This is a fantastic wedding,” Billie murmured to Conrad, as their small group left one of the massive orchid exhibits.
“Devon and Leela know how to throw a party,” he murmured back.
The reception tent had been fully enclosed during the ceremony, and the flaps had been pulled back only once the catering team was ready to seat everyone for dinner. Gigi and Sammie had gasped loudly as they all stepped inside. 
The far end of the tent opened directly into one of the Gardens’ hot houses, and a dancefloor was set in the middle, with all the tables lined around the perimeter. Sets of beautiful, gauzy red draperies came down from the ceiling, gathered around golden lanterns that hung from high above them and burnished everything in a warm glow.
“Do I pay them too much?” Kit muttered.
Billie and Conrad choked back laughter as Bell rolled his eyes. “Kit.”
“I’m kidding,” she insisted. “Mostly.”
At dinner, Billie, Gigi, and Conrad were seated at table number four, with Sammie, Kit, Randolph, Jake, Gregg, Irving, and Jessica. It was the perfect group. Billie wasn’t really in the mood for strangers. Not at Leela and Devon’s wedding. She had enough trouble making conversation with strangers on a normal day, let alone when she felt so emotional, warm, and fuzzy.
They spent most of dinner laughing, with Gigi and Sammie keeping them all entertained. Padma, A.J., Arjun, and Elijah were seated at the family table, and A.J. kept glancing over with longing in his eyes. Conrad waved at him once, and he had glared until Gigi turned to see who her father was waving at. Then A.J. cleared his face into a pleasant smile and waved back.
The girls, of course, had become restless once they were full. After a few minutes of fidgeting, Gregg had offered to walk them through the hot house, and the trio had disappeared.
In the quiet that descended on the table, Conrad’s hand slid under Billie’s hair to curl around the back of her neck, thumb stroking her skin. She let her eyes flutter shut for a moment and soaked in the feeling. When she opened them again, Jessica had switched chairs with her husband, leaving her to sit next to Billie. 
“Dr. Sutton?” Jessica asked.
Billie turned to her with an easy smile. “You can call me Billie, Jessica, it’s fine.”
Obvious hesitation crossed the scrub nurse’s face, and Billie laughed softly. She knew the sound was light and happy, more so than it ever was at the hospital. But she didn’t care. It was an excellent night. Conrad’s fingers were warm against her skin, and Gigi was happy, and Leela and Devon were moon-eyed at their table for two in the center of it all, and it was one of those moments in life that were always so fleeting where it felt like absolutely nothing could ever go wrong again.
Billie gave Jessica a curious look. “You used to call me Billie all the time.”
“That was before,” Jessica insisted.
“Before what?”
“Before you were chief,” Jessica said, like this meant something.
Billie supposed it did, though hospital hierarchy rarely crossed her mind unless a surgeon came to her with a problem. She had been thrilled to make chief—especially so young, and especially after everything that had happened at Chastain. But she hadn’t thought it made anyone look at her any differently (other than because it gave her greater access to the purse strings). 
Most especially Jessica, of all people, who had been the scrub nurse in Billie’s OR when she made the biggest mistake of her career that gave Conrad’s patient a stroke. The scrub nurse who had warned Billie to wait for Aronson, that something was off with the patient’s levels on the monitor. The same scrub nurse that Billie had ignored and snippily told she had everything under control—when Billie very much had not.
Sometimes it still amazed Billie that she and Jessica were even friendly. Jessica had as much right to hate Billie as Conrad had.
In other circumstances, Billie could have said all of that to Jessica. She never had and probably should have at some point. But they were at Leela and Devon’s wedding, so, instead, “We pre-date that,” was all Billie chose to say.
“True,” Jessica murmured, and for some reason her eyes flicked to Bell.
Billie followed the gaze and found Kit and Bell watching them. “I’m all ears on this,” Bell said.
“Same,” Kit said.
“What’s going on?” Billie asked, looking between the three of them.
“I was hoping to ask your advice,” Jessica said quickly, pulling Billie’s attention back to her.
“My advice on what?” Billie asked.
“On my decision.”
“Oh.” Billie straightened in her chair, and Conrad’s hand fell away as he leaned forward, elbows finding the table. “What about it?”
Jessica looked down at her folded hands, and Irving’s hand came over to cover his wife’s. “I wondered what you would do… if you were me?”
Billie’s brows rose, and she looked back at Bell. He shrugged and said, “She already has my advice.”
Billie nodded once and licked her lips. “Well, I think the first thing we have to acknowledge is that this decision isn’t final. Meaning, if you chose a surgeon and then decided you hated working with them, we could move you again. You’re not going to lose your value, Jessica. You’ll always have that leverage. For lack of a better phrase,” she murmured.
Jessica nodded, eyes studying Billie as she absorbed the words.
“The other piece of this is that you don’t have to choose to dedicate yourself to anyone,” Billie emphasized, and Jessica’s eyes dropped back to her hands. “You’ve already displayed the agility to move between specialties. If what you wanted to do was stay part of the rotation, then we would absolutely support that. If what you want is to move into a training position, or if you were interested in a management track, then we would make that happen. I hear you’re an amazing mentor to the scrub staff.”
Billie put a hand on the table and leaned forward to catch Jessica’s eye. “I don’t want you to think that your career will ever be determined by a surgeon. Any surgeon. You have many, many options. And none of them are going away.”
“Thank you,” Jessica said. Her eyes flicked to Bell again, then she pulled a hand free from Irving’s grip to stack on top of her husband’s.
“Beyond that, if you did choose…” Billie trailed off. She thought for a moment, all the faces of her surgical staff flipping through her mind like flash cards. “I don’t know, to be honest. We have so many talented surgeons. General will have the most varied cases, but Leela is young and inexperienced. She doesn’t have much pull yet in terms of shift hours. Trauma will have a good load with a lot of variety, but the hours are unpredictable.”
She tilted her head to the side. “Cardio is an exciting field, always evolving, but James mostly does small procedures. And a lot of them,” she said dryly. “He has twice the surgical load of any other surgeon on staff.”
“And brings in more money than God,” Kit added. “Bless him.”
“I’m trying to entice Jake back to lead our plastics team,” Billie said, with a sly glance at Bell’s stepson.
He looked down shyly. “You flatter me.”
“But so far no dice,” Billie admitted on a sigh. “And you’ll need to make a decision long before he returns.”
“If I return,” Jake said.
“Before he gets back,” Bell said. Kit smacked him on the shoulder, but Jake just chuckled.
Ignoring his wife’s very physical admonishment, Bell asked, “What about neuro?”
“Ah,” Billie said with a humorless smile. “Neuro is hard. Emotional. We see a lot of death. Sometimes the patients have to be awake, and we rely on the scrub nurses to keep them calm. We only cut when we have to—more so than any other specialty—but that means it’s almost always dire when we hit the OR. But it also means that it can be the most rewarding discipline.”
Jessica nodded slowly, hesitantly. “I know.”
Billie offered Jessica an understanding look. “And, back to cardiothoracic, A.J. is… well… A.J.,” Billie said with a shrug.
“No, thank you,” Jessica murmured. As the others stifled laughter, she added, “He’s wonderful. Outside the OR. Inside he’s… frustrating.”
“That was so very diplomatic,” Billie said, with approval. “Well done.”
Conrad laughed and slung an arm over her shoulders. He squeezed her close and kissed her hair before letting go.
“That covers most of our rockstars,” Billie said, slightly flustered from the public display of affection—as well as the sappy looks they were receiving from the rest of the table. “But, most importantly, you still have three weeks. Take it. There is no wrong decision here, which makes it harder.”
Jessica smiled, eyes studying Billie for a while. “Thanks, Dr. Sutton.”
“What is it?” Billie asked, curious at the searching look on Jessica’s face.
Billie followed Jessica’s eyes as they flew back to Kit and Bell, wondering what she was missing in this conversation. There was clearly some sort of subtext floating around that Billie wasn’t privy to. 
But she was surprised to find the older couple watching Billie herself. Randolph was leaning forward, elbows on the table, fingers laced together, with a small, almost sad smile on his face. Kit had slipped an arm through his and was resting her chin on his shoulder, silent support.
“We can talk about it on Monday,” Jessica said quietly.
And Billie, always aware of and respectful of boundaries, nodded. “Whenever you’d like. My door is always open.”
~*~
Later—after the sun had set, and the music had started, and the tables had been cleared away quietly in the background—Billie tilted her head to the side, fingers fiddling with the delicate necklace she wore every day. Her eyes were glued to Devon and Leela where they swayed on the dancefloor, foreheads pressed together. Leela’s hands rested against Devon’s chest, and his were locked together at the small of her back.
That’s love, she thought, a soft smile on her lips.
Devon and Leela moved out of Billie’s line of sight, other couples filling in the gap. Irving and Jessica talked softly together. Kit and Bell were laughing—because they were always laughing—and Jake and Gregg were kissing gently. Even Padma and A.J. had each brought a twin to the dancefloor, swaying them gently to sleep. There were other couples, strangers, but Billie only had eyes for her friends.
Friends, she thought with a wistfulness that made her throat clench.
Billie had never had many friends. It had been a choice—one that she had believed for a very long time to be the best option. But even Billie had to admit that it had been a lonely one.
After the rape, she had pushed everyone away, erecting walls to keep herself safe through isolation. She had spent high school dedicating the majority of her time to studying, packing in as many AP and honors courses as she had been able to convince the guidance counselor to allow, desperate for a full ride. In her limited free time, she had also volunteered as a candy striper at the local community hospital as soon as she had been of legal age to do so—and had nearly been fired for her attitude within the week. Fortunately, the nurses had loved her because Billie had been efficient and capable and never said no to any task. She had proven herself invaluable. And, so, she had stayed all through high school.
She had, essentially, ensured she had been too busy for friends.
Over the years, after they had reconnected, whenever Nic had pushed Billie to open herself up to people, Billie had resisted, saying that one real, true friend was all she needed. Nic had always been enough. But the reality had been that the only person in the world Billie had trusted was Nicolette Nevin.
Until Conrad. But he was a whole other, complicated story with many a twist and false ending.
But, that night, she looked around a beautiful, warm, burnished red tent filled with people she loved and couldn’t finish counting all of her friends on two hands. She tried to blame Conrad, to tell herself that she was accepted because he had drawn her into the folds of his life. But that simply wasn’t true. 
Kit had become one of Billie’s favorite people, thanks to her giant heart and butt-kicking swagger. They went for drinks at least once a week, just the two of them, to vent and dish and laugh. Billie and Kit had taken Gigi on a spa day a few weeks before. It had been one of the best days of Billie’s life. Hands down. Full stop.
Aside from Leela and Devon, Kit and Bell had become one of Billie and Conrad’s favorite couple friends, joining them for dinner a few times a month, sometimes with and sometimes without Gigi. They even dragged Jake, Gregg, and Sammie along if they were in town, which they were more and more often in recent times.
Billie and A.J. were solid. He had become like an old brother, despite the fact that she was technically his boss. Because when A.J. loved, he did it with the whole-hearted commitment he did everything he was passionate about, and, so, Billie had never doubted his support and fondness. A.J. even trusted her to watch Arjun and Elijah—and he had fired three nannies already over small transgressions like not using the candy thermometer to check the milk—having dubbed her Super Auntie Billie to the boys.
She and Jake had bonded over a mutual love of their little ladies, as well as jazz, Billie’s secret obsession with romantic comedies, and the difficult fight they had both faced as brilliant young surgeons of color in fields that were still aggressively and predominantly white. Gregg had come along for the ride in that friendship, but he and Billie texted every so often, usually when they had made a parenting blunder, or one of the girls had said something so embarrassing it was hilarious.
Billie had a feeling she might be winning Jessica over, too, if their recent conversations were any clue there. And Conrad had laughingly told Billie that Irving had been her loudest supporter in the emergency room, rooting for Billie and Conrad to face up to their connection long before Conrad had known that Billie had feelings for him.
Even she and Cade were finding common ground. And that presented its own challenges, but they were navigating—
Her thoughts were interrupted by a high-pitched, blood curdling shriek that filled the tent: “Aunt Billie!”
Several people jumped or grabbed at their chests in Billie’s peripheral vision as she frantically spun in a circle, trying to find Gigi. She spotted her goddaughter standing with Sammie—who looked absolutely scandalized—off to one side of the tent. Billie was relieved to see that Gigi looked completely and totally fine and whole and unscathed.
Still, Billie hurried over, reaching Gigi and Sammie right as Conrad came up from the other direction. They met each other’s eyes—the last vestiges of panicking lingering in both pairs—just as they both reached for Gigi, who slid a hand into each of theirs. Billie resisted the urge to run her fingers over the little girl to look for damage, despite her eyes telling her that Gigi was fine.
“Sammie is going to be in another wedding,” Gigi said to her father and Billie without preamble, stressing every word like it was gospel.
Conrad’s lips thinned as he tried to smile at his daughter. “Bubble, what did we tell you about indoor voices?”
“But we’re outside,” Gigi said.
Technically, that was true, and Conrad floundered for a moment.
Billie took a swing. “Remember the checklist?”
“Of course,” Gigi said, sounding impatient. “Is there fire? Is there blood? Is it an emergency? This was really, really urgent.”
Sammie hid a giggle behind her hand.
“At least you thought it through,” Billie said, trying to give Conrad an encouraging look. 
She’s trying, she said with her eyes.
He quirked an eyebrow at her. Uh-huh.
They both turned back at Gigi and Sammie as conversations resumed around them. “Another wedding,” Billie said to Sammie, mentally catching up. “That’s so exciting.”
Sammie grinned at them.
“She’s not even going to be a flower girl this time!”
“Inside voice, Bubble,” Conrad murmured.
Gigi’s brow furrowed as she looked at the tent again.
Billie asked, “Did they decide to make you a junior bridesmaid?”
Sammie and Gigi looked at her in awe. “You’ve heard of it?” Gigi asked.
Billie heard Conrad stifling a chuckle. “Of course,” she said, with the appropriate reverence. “It’s a really important job. Congratulations, Sammie.”
Sammie blushed, looking shyly at the ground.
“I wanna be a junior bridesmaid,” Gigi said, her voice dangerously close to a whine. Then she lit up and turned back to Sammie. “I bet your dress is going to be amazing. You’ll look so beautiful. Can we go?”
“We can’t invite ourselves to a wedding, sweetie,” Billie said.
Gigi’s face fell.
“I’ll send you pictures,” Sammie promised.
“Can we help her pick it out, Billie?” Gigi asked. “Please?”
For Devon and Leela’s wedding, Billie had been tasked with taking the girls shopping for another round of flower girl dresses. This time, both Kit and Leela had tagged along. All the women had agreed it was far more satisfying than buying dresses for themselves.
“Sweetie, she’s probably not going to get to pick it out this time,” Billie told Gigi gently. “Bridesmaid dresses are usually chosen by the bride.”
“But Aunt Leela came with us this time.” Gigi pouted. “And she was the bride. We still picked them.”
“Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let’s not forget that this wedding isn’t over yet,” Conrad said, with faux sternness. “And your flower girl duties have not yet ended.”
The little girls giggled, and warmth pooled in Billie’s chest.
“Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get out on that dancefloor,” Conrad ordered.
The girls cheered and ran off. Their tulle skirts bounced around them, and the crowd parted to let them through.
“Well, that was easy,” Conrad said, watching them go.
“Seriously,” Billie said.
After a moment, Conrad asked, “Was that too easy?”
“Probably,” Billie admitted. “Gigi’s going to bring up those dresses again, I can feel it.”
“Who knew I would have a fashionista for a daughter,” Conrad muttered. “She’s going to need a bigger closet.”
“Says the guy who has more jewelry than I do,” Billie teased.
Conrad’s head whipped around to her. “I don’t have that many accessories,” he said on a laugh.
She smirked. “You have never met a leather cuff you didn’t like.”
“Hey.”
“Aunt Billie,” the DJ said over the speakers. “You are needed on the dancefloor.”
Titters of laughter spread through the crowd. Billie felt her cheeks heat, but she cleared her throat and looked out over the groups of dancers. She spotted Gigi and Sammie near the DJ booth. The girls waved, beckoning her to join them.
Before she could take a step, an arm slid around her waist. She leaned back against Conrad’s chest, and he pressed their cheeks together. 
“You’re not coming?” she asked.
“You go ahead,” he said. “I need to talk to Kit.”
But he didn’t let go, and she felt her smile widen. “You know,” she murmured. “Gigi asked if she could spend the night at the hotel with Sammie.”
“Really?” Conrad murmured back. “That is a very interesting idea.”
“Isn’t it?”
“I’ll go talk to Jake,” Conrad said, kissing her cheek.
“I thought you needed to talk to Kit,” she pointed out.
“Priorities. Jake then Kit.”
~*~
A little over a week later, Billie stepped off the elevator and into the emergency department, looking around with a concerned frown. She had been paged, but there had been no details or patient information. 
As usual, the ED was a flurry of activity. She saw Conrad’s blond head through the sliding glass door of one of the trauma bays. A.J. and James were both with him, likely still answering each other’s pages whenever they managed to intercept a summons, as they continued to compete for the small set of cases in which their expertise overlapped. Cade was in another bay, speaking softly to a patient. No one looked like they were waiting for her to arrive.
Billie narrowed her eyes as she looked around, unsure where she was supposed to go. Then a curtain flung back, and Irving walked towards the central desk, pulling off his gloves. Billie made a beeline for him.
“Hey,” she said, as they both reached the desk. “I was asked to come down.”
He raised his eyebrows at her. “Well, good morning to you, too,” he said, but he didn’t sound particularly bothered. “I don’t know who paged you. Let me check.” He started to type into one of the computers and frowned. “I don’t see anything about a neuro consult in here.”
“Sorry!” Billie heard behind them. She turned to see Jessica hurrying towards the desk. 
“That was me,” Jessica said. “The page. Sorry.”
Billie turned to her as Irving gaped at his wife. “That’s all right. What can I do for you?”
“Everything okay?” Cade asked as she came out of one of the trauma bays and spotted Billie. Cade glanced around with a deep frown, clearly trying to figure out which of the patients needed a neurosurgeon. “Did we page you?”
“I did,” Jessica said.
“You did,” Cade repeated in surprise.
“I made my decision,” Jessica said.
“Already,” Billie said, surprised. “You still have two weeks.”
“I know,” Jessica said.
“Decision?” Cade asked. Then her face cleared. “Oh, about the surgeons.”
“You heard about that?” Irving asked. Then he shook his head. “Why am I surprised?”
“Everybody heard,” Cade said, grabbing a new chart out of the intake box. “At least three people told me about it.”
“Billie practically held up a boombox outside Jessica’s window,” Hundley added as she walked past.
Cade laughed lightly and flipped open the chart to scan it. In the quiet as Cade read and Hundley sauntered over to her next patient, Billie turned back to Jessica. 
“Would you like to go somewhere private?”
“No,” Jessica said. “This is fine.”
From behind Billie, she heard, “Did I miss it?” and turned to find Bell and Kit walking into the department. 
Billie’s jaw dropped open. She had known Bell felt especially close to Jessica, but she thought this was a bit unnecessary.
“I already know her decision,” he told Billie with a smile. “Funny thing is, she hadn’t thought it was an option. I told her it was.”
“You always have to take the credit,” Kit said, with a fond smile.
“Not always,” Bell said to her. “And hush. I’m listening.”
Kit snorted.
Billie frowned. “Didn’t think what was an option?”
One of the trauma bays slid open, drawing Billie’s eyes as Conrad, James, and A.J. filed out of the room. Conrad spotted the small crowd at the central desk and walked over with a hesitant expression.
“What’s going on, everybody?”
“Jessica made her decision,” Irving said. “And a small army of surgeons has descended on my ED.”
“Your ED?” Cade repeated, lightly but firmly.
“Sorry, ma’am,” Irving said, not sounding sorry at all. “I out tenure you.”
“Fair enough,” Cade said.
“I’m not sure that’s a verb,” Kit murmured to herself.
“I have no idea,” Billie said to Conrad, answering his original question. “Kit and Bell came out of nowhere.”
“We asked to be here when she told you,” Kit said.
“Told me what?” Billie asked, prompting everyone gently.
Jessica looked nervous. “I thought about what you said at the wedding. And I really appreciate all of your advice.”
“Happy to give it,” Billie said.
She could feel the entire ED watching them. Again. She could feel James and A.J. edging closer, and she suspected they were each trying to put themselves in Jessica’s line of sight.
“Do you remember two months ago?” Jessica asked suddenly. “You were debulking a tumor on an eight-year-old girl, and I scrubbed in with you.”
“Leilani Cartwright,” Billie said immediately. “Of course. That was a hard surgery.”
“But successful,” Jessica reminded her.
Billie smiled, feeling triumphant all over again. “Her prognosis is good,” Billie said. “I spoke with her oncologist last week. It looks like the radiation is shrinking what we had to leave behind.”
“That’s great,” Jessica said, in a rush. “But what I meant was… do you remember what we listened to?”
Billie’s smile turned rueful. “The Moana soundtrack.”
“For four hours,” Jessica said, pointedly.
Confused, Billie nodded slowly. “Yes.”
“Because you had asked Leilani what her favorite songs were, and she said Moana.”
Billie blinked. “Studies show that some patients are still able to hear what’s happening around them, even with general anesthesia. We think it might be more prevalent in children because of how elastic their brains still are.”
“So, you always ask the patients what they want to listen to,” Jessica said.
“I didn’t know you did that,” James murmured.
“That’s smart,” A.J. said, thoughtful.
Billie looked around the crowd, confused. “If they can hear, I want it to be something they find comforting.”
Jessica nodded. “You’re the most brilliant surgeon we have on staff.”
“Hey now,” A.J. said.
“And you’re lovely to assist,” Jessica said to Billie, ignoring him. “And, as the chief, you’re able to scrub in on any surgery in the hospital that you want. You’re even required to during probationary periods or if we grant guest privileges to a surgeon.”
Billie was very aware that she was an incredibly intelligent person. And she felt very stupid in that moment for not realizing where Jessica had been going with all of this sooner. The looks exchanged with Bell while Billie had given her advice. The eagerness on Kit’s face. Irving’s supportive touches. It all made sense now.
“I want to work with a surgeon who cares enough to ask a patient what their favorite song is,” Jessica said sweetly. “Just in case.”
“I see,” Billie murmured. “And you’re sure?”
Jessica nodded. “If you’ll have me.”
“Like that was ever a question,” Billie said, brusque. “We’ll have to meet with your supervisor to make it official. But welcome to the team.”
James stepped forward with his lady-killer smile firmly in place. “Now Jessica—”
“It’s over, James,” Cade said, in her usual blunt way. “Let it go.”
James sighed, but his eyes danced as he nodded in concession at Billie. “I suppose the best surgeon won.”
Billie raised an eyebrow at him. She opened her mouth to remind him that Jessica’s career was not a competition. But A.J. stepped forward with a generous expression. 
“I support this,” A.J. said, as if he hadn’t been hoping Jessica would choose him at all. “I think this is the best possible outcome.”
“As do I,” James said.
“Says the man who bought her a spa package,” A.J. muttered.
“Didn’t you offer to upgrade her car?” James asked.
The men exchanged tense looks. Then they both forced laughs as they turned back to Conrad, who watched them with an openly amused expression.
“About my patient—” A.J. began.
“Our patient,” James said smoothly.
“You two are enough to give aspirin a headache,” Conrad said. “I don’t know how Billie puts up with you.”
“You have no idea,” Billie said, dry.
Irving turned to Jessica. “He was going to upgrade our car?”
“Oh, Irving,” Jessica said, rolling her eyes. But, as the crowd wandered away, Jessica smiled excitedly. “I’m going to go add myself to your schedule.”
“Sounds good,” Billie said, but Jessica was already rushing away.
Kit and Bell followed as Billie strolled from the ED. “You really didn’t know?” Kit asked.
“I had no idea,” Billie admitted.
In her mind, Jessica still only saw Billie as the fifth-year resident who had destroyed someone’s life in her own arrogance. It had never occurred to her that Jessica would ever see past that, even with all the promotions and honors and accolades Billie had earned in the meantime.
Bell put a hand on Billie’s shoulder and squeezed. “You’re the best chief we’ve ever had here at Chastain,” he said. “I don’t know if I’ve ever said that to you.”
Billie’s chin came up as she shoved down the emotions. “Thank you, Randolph.”
Kit reached out and hugged Billie without a word. Then she slipped her arm through Bell’s and led him away.
Billie watched them go, sliding her hands into the pockets of her white coat. When someone touched the back of her arm just above the elbow, she knew without looking that it was Conrad.
“Congratulations,” he said, keeping his voice down in the busy hallway.
She didn’t know why he bothered. Everyone knew they were dating. Apparently, there had been a betting pool on it, even throughout his relationship with Cade. She thought that was a bit disrespectful, but mostly she was just glad A.J. hadn’t won the pot. He never would have let her hear the end of it.
“It’s nice,” Conrad said.
“What is?” she asked, finally looking at him.
“Seeing you get all this love.” Crinkles fanned out from the corners of his eyes. “You deserve all the love in the entire world.”
“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it,” Billie said.
“What?” Conrad asked, tucking a piece of her hair behind her ear.
She shrugged with a small smile, feeling peaceful inside. “Having friends.”
Something flashed across Conrad’s face, too quick for Billie to catch it. But his eyes darkened as he closed the distance between them and wrapped his arms around her.
“Billie Damn Sutton,” he whispered.
 She pulled back slightly to look at his face, laughing a little. “What?”
“Nothing,” he said, and kissed her.
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王菲 (當年又名 「王靖雯」) 飾演 「唐毓文」
《壹號皇庭 II》 (1993) 第二集
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and now, night sketchin
exhibit A: world-building
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exhibit B: simpson sketching. also sketches that correlate with the simpsons
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exhibit C: just plain fooling around at this point
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character with the really cool hat is mizue by azoosart aka cody collins. check out his project THE ODD HUSTLE and other sweet art from him on twitter (under azookara) and instagram
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A great story. There are good reasons why this is such an acclaimed movie. My only gripe is the love interests blend into each other and are kinda tacked on.
Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong action thriller film co-directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. Jointly written by Mak and Felix Chong, it stars Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Sammi Cheng and Kelly Chen.
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Happy Father’s Day to our on-screen dads! 💙
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2022 in Review
Photography | Brian Rope 2022 in Review This time last year I wrote of local photo artists continuing to make their marks. 2022 has surpassed it. I have seen and reviewed 37 exhibitions of photography-related artworks, including videography, post-digital and networked photographic art. It began with Judith Nangala Crispin’s sell out show at Grainger Gallery, which resulted in a Canberra…
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[TRANSLATION] Thank you for hating me
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What is the courage to be unafraid of being hated?
I think Faye Wong is the best example.
When reporters and hosts ask her questions, her most common answers are:
"I don't know."
"I don't recognize."
"I don't want to."
"I have nothing to say."
"What does it have to do with you?"
As long as Faye Wong thinks the question is rude, she will answer like this. She is never afraid of offending people.
For example, when Faye Wong and Nicholas Tse were kissing at home, they were photographed secretly by the paparazzi when they forgot to close the curtains.
When the media interviewed Faye Wong, they asked her:
"Shouldn't you be more careful in the future?"
Faye Wong responded straight-forwardly:
"My window faces a mountain, so I don't think I've done anything wrong. It's them [the paparazzi] who should be criticized. I don't feel the need to take precautions or anything. I'm kissing at home. It's none of their business."
At a press conference, a reporter suddenly asked her:
"Has your divorce been finalized?"
Faye Wong immediately got upset:
"What does it have to do with you?"
Reporter: "Our readers want to know."
Faye Wong rolled her eyes:
"I'm a public figure, but do I have to tell you all of my business? I still say that it has nothing to do with you and it has nothing to do with your readers."
After Faye Wong and Dou Wei divorced, a host asked her:
"Have you considered finding the ideal father for your daughter?"
After hearing this, Faye Wong looked unhappy:
"I never thought about finding an ideal father for her. My daughter already has a father. What I am looking for is my own partner."
I don't know if Faye Wong has ever read Alfred Adler, but she is really a person who uses the "courage to be hated" philosophy super well.
She never sacrificed herself to cater to other people's likes, never forced herself to meet other people's expectations, and never felt wrong about not being responsible for the emotions of others.
She made herself "immortal".
At a celebrity party once, an interviewer asked the stars:
"Who do you envy the most?"
Sammi Cheng was the first to answer:
"If we talk about envy, there is only Faye Wong."
The reporter asked: "Why?"
Sammi Cheng exclaimed:
"We are just entertainers. Faye Wong is an artist. She loves herself deeply and lives the way we long to but can hardly achieve."
How can I have the courage of Faye Wong who is unafraid of being hated?
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The Dance Awards, Orlando 2022: RESULTS
Mini Female
Top 22:
Delilah Hewitt Kylie Lawrence Ruby Arnold Anita Rodriguez Kennedy Anderson Brooklyn Ward Ella Dobler Peyton Nowacki Stella Brinkerhoff
Top 13:
Mya Lanigan Zoe Holladay Denise Torres Kensington Dressing Regan Gerena Camila Giraldo Kate Baldwin Lily Hackney Diana Kouznetsova Madelyn Murphy
Top 3:
2nd runner-up ($100)
Zoe Flores (Stars Dance Studio)
1st runner-up ($200)
Isabella Kouznetsova (Project 21)
Winner ($300)
Skylar Wong (Woodbury Dance Center)
Mini Male:
Top 7:
Grayson Niemczyk Niles Linson Nathan Laska Rory Ross
Top 3:
2nd runner-up ($100)
Josh Lundy (Studio 413)
1st runner-up ($200)
Neo Del Corral (Stars Dance Studio)
Winner ($300)
Dylan Custodio (Stars Dance Studio)
Junior Female
Top 21:
Bella Rey D’Armas Anya Inger Leila Winker Georgia Beth Peters Elliana Quiner Alyssa Phillips Alexcia Roloff-Hafenbreadl Esme Chou Elie Rabin
Top 12:
Vivienne Mitchell Aaliyah Dixon Bella Rose Penrose Kynadi Crain Braylynn Grizzaffi Caroline McGowan Elizabeth Scott Lanier Allie Plott
Top 4:
3rd runner-up
Stella Condie (Center Stage Performing Arts Studio)
2nd runner-up ($125)
Kiera Sun (WESTSIDE Dance Project)
1st runner-up ($250)
Angelina Elliott (Summit Dance Shoppe)
Winner ($500)
Kylee Casares (Stars Dance Studio)
Junior Male
Top 9:
Bosco Wong Blake Metcalf Christopher Feinstein Lucas Pignotti Quentin Santos Sasha Chernous
Top 3:
2nd runner-up ($125)
Ethan Ferrante (The NINE Dance Academy)
1st runner-up ($250)
Santiago Sosa (Stars Dance Studio)
Winner ($500)
Zachary Roy (Dance Town)
Teen Female
Top 23:
Giselle Gandarilla Hayley Marshall Sofia Andrus Miyah Lagrant Ava Burgham Toryn Hester Alexis Adair Sammi Chung Preslie Rosamond Gillian Gordon Ceilidh McSeveney
Top 12:
Ayla Rodriguez Rachel Loiselle Arianna Quant Lola Iglesias Caroline Quiner Alyssa Carpeneto Savannah Manning Ava Raucci
Top 4:
3rd runner-up
Gracyn French (Project 21)
2nd runner-up ($250)
Keagan Capps (The Pointe Performing Arts Center)
1st runner-up ($350)
Sophie Garcia (Stars Dance Studio)
Winner ($750)
Hailey Bills (Center Stage Performing Arts Studio)
Teen Male
Top 21:
Travi Santos Austin Aguilar Gavin Miele Seth Hendley Daniel Howard Alonzo Dock Patricio Hoyo David McCool Lane Wiese
Top 12:
Hugo Silva Cameron Kennedy Trent Grappe Timothy Zvifel Oliver Keane Andres Jimenez Darius Goodson Mekhi Johnson Alejandro Ruiz
Top 3:
2nd runner-up ($250)
Nicholas Bustos (Stars Dance Studio)
1st runner-up ($350)
Colin Bendziewicz (Stars Dance Studio)
Winner ($750)
Nicholas Moreno (Upstate Caroline Dance Center)
Senior Female
Top 24:
Rylee Arnold Chantal Le Camila Cordero Sophia Cobo Sophie Tosh Amy Shuster Gabriella Garavelo Bortoleto Angel DiMartino Palladino Reagan Himmelwright Samantha Schmaling
Top 14:
Clara Gough Kiara Fina Sarah Moore Ying Lei Pham Madi Autry Zoe Ridge Rachel Quiner Paloma Santos Ally Tyrna Avery Lau
Top 4:
3rd runner-up
Destanye Diaz (Stars Dance Studio)
2nd runner-up ($300)
Selena Hamilton (Project 21)
1st runner-up ($500)
Bella Tagle (Stars Dance Studio)
Winner ($1000)
Ruby Castro (Dance Town)
Senior Male:
Top 21:
Tristan Plieth Jalen Scriven Remy Feldbruegge Christian Bottger Sebastian Leroux Joshuah Rivera Eliazar Jimenez Christopher Pismarov Javon Hunter
Top 12:
John Chappell Thomas Perkey Garris Munoz Chance Phelps Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl Joey Vice Jesse Flaherty Charlie Macdonald
Top 4:
3rd runner-up
Caden Hunter (Denise Wall’s Dance Energy)
2nd runner-up ($300)
Sam Fine (Stars Dance Studio)
1st runner-up ($500)
Artem Tikhonenko (Vlad’s Dance Company)
Winner ($1000)
Seth Gibson (Studio 413)
Finals:
High Score by Age:
Cash Prizes:
1st: $200
2nd: $100
3rd: $50
Peewee Solo
1st: Stella Brinkerhoff- ‘When You Believe’
2nd: Mikaela Florez- ‘Lullaby’
3rd: AnnaCameron McGlohorn- ‘Dance Like Yo Daddy’
3rd: Amaya Rodriguez- ‘Holding On’
4th: Mila Simunic- ‘Arctic’
5th: Penelope Pranger- ‘One More Light’
6th: Alyssa Horta- ‘Ave Maria’
6th: Alex Schumann- ‘Watch Me Do’
7th: Ava Piedrahita- ‘Por Amor’
7th: Brinley Evans- ‘Stars’
8th: Victoria Remon- ‘Cha-cha Heels’
8th: Brooklyn Morgan- ‘Itty Bitty Pretty One’
9th: Sloane Hall- ‘Evil Like Me’
10th: Kennedy Thuillier- ‘Loom’
Mini Solo
1st: Kensington Dressing- ‘Tuesday’
2nd: Zoe Flores- ‘Changes’
2nd: Rylie Borden- ‘I Made You A Promise’
3rd: Dylan Custodio- ‘Derive’
3rd: Lainey Hess- ‘In Darkness We Find Light’
3rd: Denise Torres- ‘Without You’
4th: Tabitha Nan- ‘Fly My Soul’
4th: Anita Rodriguez- ‘Meet You In The Maze’
5th: Ella Dobler- ‘Ultralight Beam’
6th: Neo Del Corral- ‘Aaah’
6th: Layla Alvarez- ‘Out of My Head’
6th: Sophia Novo- ‘Red Hope’
6th: Brooklyn Ward- ‘That’s Life’
7th: Zoey Claxton- ‘Swing Break’
7th: Reagan Hess- ‘Solitary Places’
7th: Kendall Brown- ‘Simply Irresistable’
7th: Peyton Robinson- ‘Queen of the Night’
7th: Khloe Douros- ‘Preface’
7th: Anna Holley- ‘Mink Schmink’
7th: Samantha Geller- ‘Elsewhere’
7th: Vivie Strickland- ‘Do It Like This’
7th: Ruby Wilkes Petty- ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
7th: Ellerie Cox- ‘Accentuate The Positive’
8th: Blake Wilson- ‘Tiny Dancer’
8th: Ava Alvarez- ‘The Crumbling’
8th: Bianca Rebellato- ‘Silence Of the Room’
8th: Estelle Newsom- ‘OUII’
8th: Amanda Carpenter- ‘Get Free’
8th: Victoria Oliveri- ‘Everything Must Change’
8th: Zurie Griffiths- ‘Business of Love’
8th: Ella Venerio- ‘Alert’
9th: Sofie Wright- ‘I Was Born For This’
9th: Taylor Rivers- ‘Listen’
9th: Collins Glenn- ‘Memory Of a Rainfall’
9th: Emma Bassel- ‘Visnaga’
10th: Baker Barboza- ‘Wanna Be A Rockette’
10th: Emilie Lavoie- ‘The Red Coat Girl’
10th: Brooklyn Bridges- ‘Strut’
10th: Charlotte Brayman- ‘My Way’
10th: Milly Berry- ‘Like a Boss’
10th: Sloan Donahue- ‘For Real’
10th: Allyn Green- ‘Faràndula’
10th: Daisy Castleman- ‘Coming Out’
10th: Reese Braga- ‘A Blessing’
Junior Solo
1st: Kylee Casares- ‘Home With You’
2nd: Braylynn Grizzaffi- ‘Erosion’
3rd: Bella Rose Penrose- ‘De Los Muertos’
3rd: Stella Condie- ‘Heart to You’
3rd: Elizabeth Scott Lanier- ‘Mother Earth’
4th: Desa Jankes- ‘Hollows’
4th: Lexus Natalie- ‘Valis’
5th: Zachary Roy- ‘Giving Up’
5th: Ella Way- ‘Shadows’
6th: Emily Joy Core- ‘Alpha’
6th: Santiago Sosa- ‘Final Ending’
6th: Elie Rabin- ‘Finer Things’
7th: Abbie Metsker- ‘How To Disappear Completely’
7th: Adina Rooney- ‘Poker Face’
7th: Vivienne Mitchell- ‘Shredding Threads’
8th: Rebeka Leon- ‘IF’
9th: Bella Rey D’Armas- ‘Dimensions’
10th: Allie Plott- ‘Bulletproof’
10th: Abigail Carlton- ‘Skate’ 
10th: Ella Barnes- ‘The Story’
Teen Solo
1st: Keagan Capps- ‘Heaven Is Here’
2nd: Colin Bendziewicz- ‘Don’t Worry’
3rd: Giselle Gandarilla- ‘La Vie’
4th: Timothy Zvifel- ‘Give It Back’
4th: Oliver Keane- ‘Human Sounds’
5th: Alyssa Carpento- ‘Bad Romance’
5th: Emma Breaux- ‘Comme Un Fou’
5th: Sophie Garcia- ‘Evermore’
6th: Andres Jimenez- ‘Eye of Jupiter’
6th: Elyse Wingertsahn- ‘The Rabid Dog’
6th: Makhi Johnson- ‘You Know They’re Out There’
7th: Nicholas Bustos- ‘Callomania’
8th: Ellen Grace Olansen- ‘Amor’
8th: Jazmine Raine Werner- ‘Axe’
8th: Hope Grainger- ‘Rango’
8th: Ava Raucci- ‘When Things Fall Apart’
9th: Gillian Gordon- ‘Even Now After Everything’
9th: Calico Reyes- ‘Fly’
9th: Maddyn Miller- ‘Rescue My Heart’
10th: Lola Iglesias- ‘Atmospheric Perspective’
10th: Ava D’Ambrosio- ‘Mind Without Ground’
10th: Savannah Manning- ‘Over’
10th: Kaitlyn Santos- ‘Written In the Sky’
Senior Solo
1st: Avery Lau- ‘Metallic Sonata’
2nd: Artem Tikhonenko- ‘Do You See Me Drowning?’
2nd: Caden Hunter- ‘Our World’
3rd: Melina Dalton- ‘Lift Off’
4th: Destanye Diaz- ‘Unhurt’
5th: Kiara Fina- ‘A Conjured Love’
5th: Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl- ‘Prelude’
5th: Isabella Weidmann- ‘We Stand In Silence’
6th: Bella Tagle- ‘Delicate’
6th: Sam Fine- ‘Maria’
6th: Seth Gibson- ‘Mind Bugs’
6th: John Chappell- ‘The Unknown’
7th: Zoe Ridge- ‘He’s A Dream’
7th: Chantal Le- ‘Storm Engine’
8th: Clara Gough- ‘An Hour Lengthwise’
8th: Garris Munoz- ‘Exist Between’
8th: Jalen Scriven- ‘Poinciana’
8th: Edon Hartzy- ‘Solitude’
9th: Sophia Cobo- ‘The Gate’
9th: Makaylee Rogers- ‘Through The Darkness’
9th: Paloma Santos- ‘Whatever Lola Wants’
10th: Sofia Gander- ‘Destruction’
10th: Rachel Leon- ‘End of Love’
10th: Madi Autry- ‘Jasper’
10th: Angel DiMartino Palladino- ‘Poison’
10th: Reagan Himmelwright- ‘The Other Woman’
10th: Sydney Jones- ‘Vacancy’
Peewee Duet/Trio
1st: Dance Unlimited- ‘Minnie the Moocher’
2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Elephants’
2nd: Dance Town- ‘The Beat’
3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Grow As You Go’
4th: Orlando International School of Dance- ‘Move It’
5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Leader of the Pack’
Mini Duet/Trio
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Steam Heat’
2nd: Canadian Dance Company- ‘Danke Scheon’
3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co- “Ms Otis Regrets’
4th: Dance Town- ‘A Blessing’
5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escapade’
5th: Dance Town- ‘Nothing But a Memory’
5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘The Love You Save’
5th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘The Little Things’
5th: New Level Dance Company- ‘When The Party’s Over’
Junior Duet/Trio
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Flying’
1st: Woodbury Dance Center- ‘Only the Bravest’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Gotcha’
2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘New World Coming’
3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Sarajevo’
4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Adam and Eve’
5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Comfort and Fear’
5th: Carolina Collective Dance- ‘What the World Needs Now’
Teen Duet/Trio
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Roxanne’
1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Song to the Siren’
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Trouble’
2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘I Am Ready’
2nd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Undone’
3rd: Legacy Center for the Arts- ‘On The One’
3rd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Stolen Identity’
4th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Cottontail’
4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Then The Quiet Explosion’
4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Turning Tables’
5th: L.A. Dance Arizona- ‘I Got You’
5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Mine’
5th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Roll To Me’
Senior Duet/Trio
1st: Dance Town- ‘Rumba’
2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Distance Between Us’
3rd: Dance Town- ‘No Weapon Used Against Me Will Prosper’
4th: Dance Town- ‘Katchi’
4th: Studio 413- ‘The Pines’
5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Europe After The Rain’
5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Illuminated’
5th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Nothing In Common’
5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Warm Shadow’
Peewee Group
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Build It Up’
2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Tiny Voice’
3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Whole Lotta Lovin’
4th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Welcome to Havana’
5th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Fly’
5th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Shake Ya Tail Feather’
Mini Group
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’
2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Love Is A Battlefield’
2nd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Lullaby’
3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Before the End’
4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colors’
4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Pump Up the Jam’
5th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’
Junior Group
1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colour Me In’
2nd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’
3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘A Sharp Tide’
4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Beauty’
4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’
5th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Access Denied’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Stormy Weather’
Teen Group
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’
2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’
3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’
4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘This Woman’s Work’
5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Doomed’
5th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’
5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘We Are All Going to Die’
Senior Group
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Open Group
1st:
2nd:
Peewee Line
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Golden Butterfly’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Do I Have Your Attention?’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Miss You Much’
3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mr Piano Man’
4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Music, Music, Music’
5th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Somewhere Only We Know’
Mini Line
1st: Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’
2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’
3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Dreamer’
4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’
4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Drip’
5th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Move It, Move It’
Junior Line
1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’
2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘In the Beginning��
3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Applause’
3rd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘The Weight Of It All’
4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘She Owns the Eyes’
4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Throwback’
5th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Fergalicious’
5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘How Will I Know’
5th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Rage Against the Dying of the Light’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Slow Boat to China’
Teen Line
1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escape Migration’
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Takeoff’
2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘C U Work’
3rd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Risky Business’
4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Heaven Is Here’
5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Against Me’
5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’
5th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Embrace the World’
5th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘On Broadway’
5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Wasteland’
5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘With One Voice’
Senior Line
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Open Line
1st:
2nd:
Peewee Extended Line
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Bananas’
2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Turtle Power’
3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mozartina’
Mini Extended Line
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Pom Poms’
3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’
3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Thankful’
4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Bachelor’
4th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Weird Science’
5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Hollywood’
5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Raining Men’
Junior Extended Line
1st: Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’
3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’
4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Dance’
5th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Innocence’
Teen Extended Line
1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’
2nd: Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’
2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘You’re Invited’
3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Cupid’
3rd: Studio 413- ‘Extraterrestrial’
4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Addicted’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Is That All There Is’
Senior Extended Line
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Mini Production
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’
2nd: Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’
3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’
Junior Production
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’
2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Shake and Pop’
3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘We Will Rock You’
4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Little Mermaid’
5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Sparkling Diamonds’
Teen Production
1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’
2nd: Studio 413- ‘Dreams’
3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’
4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Satisfaction’
5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Por Mi Alma’
Senior Production
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
High Score by Performance Division:
Cash Prizes:
1st: $200
2nd: $100
3rd: $50
Peewee Jazz
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Miss You Much’
2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Bananas’
3rd: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Welcome to Havana’
4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Rainbow Brite’
5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Can I Take Your Order?’
Peewee Ballet
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mozartina’
2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Clocks’
3rd: Studio 413- ‘Surfin’ Safari’
Peewee Hip Hop
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Turtle Power’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Ghostbusters’
3rd: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Attention’
4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Rugrats’
Peewee Tap
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mr Piano Man’
2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Whole Lotta Lovin’
3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Music, Music, Music’
4th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Shake Ya Tail Feather’
5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Ding Ding Dong’
Peewee Lyrical
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Build It Up’
2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Tiny Voice’
3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Somewhere Only We Know’
3rd: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Fly’
4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Zombie’
5th: South Texas Fuzion- ‘A Moment Like This’
Peewee Musical Theatre
1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Come Ona My House’
Peewee Contemporary
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Golden Butterfly’
2nd: South Texas Fuzion- ‘Over The Rainbow’
Peewee Ballroom
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Do I Have Your Attention?’
Peewee Acro
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Come Little Children’
Mini Jazz
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’
2nd: Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’
3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Weird Science’
4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘The Beat’
4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Raining Men’
5th: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Love Revolution’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’
Mini Ballet
1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Waltz of the Dolls’
2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Wedding March’
3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Gopack’
4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Concerto In C Minor’
5th: Orlando International School of Dance- ‘7 Dwarfs’
Mini Hip Hop
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’
2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Drip’
2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Pump Up the Jam’
3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Bachelor’
4th: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Lemonade’
4th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Oh Yes!’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Alien’
Mini Tap
1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Move It, Move It’
3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Dance, Dream, Have Fun’
4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘In The Mood’
4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Make It Look Easy’
5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Here Comes Trouble’
Mini Lyrical
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’
2nd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Lullaby’
3rd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’
4th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘At The Edge of All Things’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The Chain’
Mini Musical Theatre
1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Thankful’
2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Hollywood’
3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Never Fully Dressed’
4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mama I’m A Big Girl Now’
5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘We Are Going To Be Friends’
Mini Contemporary
1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Love Is A Battlefield’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Dreamer’
2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Before the End’
3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colors’
4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Heaven I Know’
5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Look Out’
Mini Ballroom
1st: Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Pom Poms’
3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Dancing For the World’
Mini Specialty
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’
2nd: New Level Dance Company- ‘Shape Shifting’
3rd: Dance Unlimited- ‘Gold’
4th: New Level Dance Company- ‘Black Ice’
5th: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘La Foule’
Mini Acro
1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’
2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Trolls’
3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Somewhere Only We Know’
4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Baby I’m A Star’
Junior Jazz
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’
2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Applause’
2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’
3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘How Will I Know’
3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Fergalicious’
3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘House of Keta’
3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘How It Ends’
4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Heaven’
5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Fergalicious’
Junior Ballet
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Les Sygnets’
2nd: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Melodic Dissonance’
3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Paquita’
4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Les Sylphides’
Junior Hip Hop
1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’
2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Throwback’
3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘The Assignment’
4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘We Will Rock You’
5th: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Money’
Junior Tap
1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Stormy Weather’
2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Slow Boat to China’
3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘So Close’
4th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘The Real Thing’
4th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Happy Feet’
5th: Touch of Class Dance Studio- ‘Rather Be’
Junior Lyrical
1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colour Me In’
2nd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘The Weight Of It All’
3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Awakening’
4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘In Your Likeness’
5th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘All We Can See’
Junior Musical Theatre
1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Neighbours’
2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Little Mermaid’
3rd: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘A Night to Remember’
4th: Carolina Collective Dance- ‘They’re Haunting You’
5th: Touch of Class Dance Studio- ‘Duloc’
Junior Contemporary
1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’
1st: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’
2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘In the Beginning’
2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘A Sharp Tide’
3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Beauty’
3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Shake and Pop’
3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Dance’
4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Access Denied’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘She Owns the Eyes’
Junior Ballroom
1st: Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’
2nd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Fuerza’
Junior Specialty
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Innocence’
3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Tomorrow’
4th: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Grains of Sand’
5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Marathon for Roses’
Junior Acro
1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’
Teen Groups:
Teen Jazz
1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Woah’
2nd: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Do It To It’
3rd: Touch of Class Dance Studio- ‘Lovefool’
3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Get Into It’
4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Whip’
5th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Sexy Back’
Teen Ballet
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Epuree’
2nd: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Beyond the Barre’
3rd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Carmen’
Teen Hip Hop
1st: Milele Academy- ‘Party’
2nd: Toronto Dance Company- ‘Dear Miss Nikki’
3rd: Orlando International School of Dance- ‘Mr Lamar’
Teen Tap
1st: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’
1st: Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Saturday Night’s Alright’
3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Crazy Little Thing’
4th: Legacy Center for the Arts- ‘Sunny’
5th: Thomas Dance Studio- ‘Eye of the Storm’
Teen Lyrical
1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’
2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘This Woman’s Work’
3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘They Cannot Be Replaced’
4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Answer’
5th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Spirit In Decline’
Teen Contemporary
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’
2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’
3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Doomed’
3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘We Are All Going to Die’
4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Veil’
4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Too Fly’
5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Breathing Trouble’
5th: Thomas Dance Studio- ‘Redemption’
Teen Specialty
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Bruised, Not Broken’
2nd: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Strings On Loan’
3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Campus’
4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Yea, Alright’
5th: Artflux Dance Lab- ‘Duuuuude’
Teen Acro
1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Unravelled’
Teen Lines, Extended Lines, Productions:
Teen Jazz
1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘C U Work’
2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Satisfaction’
3rd: Studio 413- ‘Extraterrestrial’
4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘On Broadway’
4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Not About You’
Teen Ballet
1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Serenade for Strings’
2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Tea for Two’
3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Degas Dream’
4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Raveneous’
Teen Hip Hop
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘TAKEOFF’
2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘You’re Invited’
3rd: Milele Academy- ‘Show Off’
3rd: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Work Hard, Play Hard’
4th: Studio 413- ‘Savage’
4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Carnivale’
5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Like Sugar’
Teen Tap
1st: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’
2nd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Pink and White’
3rd: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Feels Alright’
3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Can’t We Be Friends’
4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Another One Bites The Dust’
4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Another Day’
5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Ob-La-Di’
Teen Lyrical
1st: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘To Be Loved’
2nd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘She Talks To Angels’
3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Yellow’
4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Within Obstructed Reach’
5th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘With This Love’
5th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Easy On Me’
5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Flying Without Wings’
Teen Musical Theatre
1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’
2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’
3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Cupid’
4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Is That All There Is’
5th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Rich Man’s World’
5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Cabaret’
Teen Contemporary
1st: Studio 413- ‘Dreams’
1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escape Migration’
2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Por Mi Alma’
3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Heaven Is Here’
4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Wasteland’
4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Against Me’
4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Addicted’
4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’
4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘With One Voice’
4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Embrace the World’
5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Verge’
Teen Ballroom
1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’
1st: Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’
2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Salome’
3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘So Yo’
Teen Specialty
1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Risky Business’
2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘The Reception’
3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Memento Mori’
3rd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Okkirville River Song’
3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Doing It Right’
4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Kyoto’
5th: ?
Teen Acro
1st: Dance Spectrum- ‘Unisil’
Senior Jazz
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Senior Ballet
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Senior Hip Hop
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Senior Tap
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Senior Lyrical
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Senior Musical Theatre
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Senior Contemporary
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Senior Ballroom
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Senior Specialty
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Senior Acro
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
4th:
5th:
Open Jazz
1st:
2nd:
Open Ballet
1st: EDAK & Art of Dance- ‘Blue Danube’
Open Specialty
1st: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Cadence’
Best Performance:
Age:
Peewee
Winners:
The Southern Strutt- ‘Golden Butterfly’ Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Build It Up’
Mini
Winner: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’
1st runner-up: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’
2nd runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’
3rd runner-up: Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’
4th runner-up: The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’
Junior
Winner: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’
1st runner-up: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colour Me In’
2nd runner-up: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’
3rd runner-up: Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’
4th runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’ 
5th runner-up: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’
6th runner-up: The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’
Teen
Group:
Winner: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’
1st runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’
2nd runner-up: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’
3rd runner-up: Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’
4th runner-up: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’
5th runner-up: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Doomed’
6th runner-up: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘We Are All Going to Die’
7th runner-up: Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’
Line, Extended Line, Production:
Winner: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’
1st runner-up: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’
2nd runner-up: Studio 413- ‘Dreams’
3rd runner-up: Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’
4th runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘TAKEOFF’
5th runner-up: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’
6th runner-up: CCJ Conservatory- ‘You’re Invited’
Senior
Winner: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘State of Evermore’
1st runner-up: Dance Town- ‘I Like It’
2nd runner-up: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘There Are No Strings’
3rd runner-up: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Out for Blood’
4th runner-up: Artistic Fusion- ‘The Moon Felt Far Away’
5th runner-up: Studio 413- ‘Entertainment’
6th runner-up: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Only From Now On’
Open
Winner:
Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Cadence’
Style:
Contemporary
Nominees:
South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Love Is A Battlefield’
Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’
Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’
South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escape Migration’
Studio 413- ‘Dreams’
Winner:
Artistic Fusion- ‘The Moon Felt Far Away’
Lyrical
Nominees:
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’
Stars Dance Studio- ‘Color Me In’
Evolve Dance Complex- ‘To Be Loved’
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Evermore’
Winner:
Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’
Acro
Nominees:
Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’
Performing Dance Arts- ‘Unravelled’
Dance Spectrum- ‘Unisil’
Winner:
Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’
Hip Hop
Nominees:
The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’
Milele Academy- ‘Party’
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘TAKEOFF’
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Wild Side’
Winner:
The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’
Specialty
Nominees:
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Bruised, Not Broken’
South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Crowds’
Winner:
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Risky Business’
Ballet
Nominees:
Performing Dance Arts- ‘Waltz of the Dolls’
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Les Cygnets’
Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Serenade for Strings’
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Les Sylphides’
Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Transmutation’
Winner:
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Epuree’
Tap
Nominees:
Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’
Performing Dance Arts- ‘Stormy Weather’
Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’
Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘The Nearness of You’
Winners (tie):
Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’ Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’
Jazz
Nominees:
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’
The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘The Woah’
South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘C U Work’
Winner:
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Me and My Shadow’
Ballroom
Nominees:
Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’
Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’
Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’
Winner:
Dance Town- ‘I Like It’
Musical Theatre
Nominees:
Stars Dance Studio- ‘Thankful’
Stars Dance Studio- ‘Neighbours’
West Florida Dance Company- ‘Cell Block Tango’
Winner:
Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’
Special Awards:
Professionalism
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio
Best Production
Nominees:
The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’
The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Armed and Dangerous’
Winner:
South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’
Outstanding Achievement:
Mini/Junior Choreography
Nominees:
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’ (Megan Caines)
Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’ (Maggie Rosamond & Katrina Colvin)
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’ (Alicia Murillo)
Stars Dance Studio- ‘Shake & Pop’ (Victor Smalley and Angel Armas)
Winner:
Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’ (Eryn Walktom)
Teen/Senior Choreography
Nominees:
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’ (Maggie Rosamond)
Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’ (Manny & Lory Castro)
Performing Dance Arts- ‘Is That All There Is’ (Stephenie Rutherford)
Stars Dance Studio- ‘Ode to a Lost Love’ (Victor Smalley & Angel Armas)
Winner:
Studio 413- ‘Dreams’ (Maggie Rosamond)
Costume Design
The Southern Strutt- ‘Little Mermaid’
Mini Technical
Nominees:
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’
Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’
Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Lullaby’
Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’
Winner:
Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colors’
Junior Technical
Nominees:
Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’
Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Beauty’
Stars Dance Studio- ‘Applause’
Winner:
Artistic Dance Project- ‘The Weight Of It All’
Teen Technical
Nominees:
Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’
Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’
Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’
Winner:
Studio 413- ‘Dreams’
Senior Technical
Nominees:
Dance Town- ‘I Like It’
Studio 413- ‘Prey’
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Run From Me’
South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Love Movies, The Sequel’
Winner:
Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘There Are No Strings’
Best in Studio ($5000 per style):
Hip-Hop
The Southern Strutt
Jazz
Vlad’s Dance Company
Ballet
Center Stage Performing Arts Studio
Ballroom
Dance Town
Contemporary
Artistic Fusion
Tap
Performing Dance Arts
Musical Theatre
West Florida Dance Company
Lyrical
Stars Dance Studio
People’s Choice ($250):
The Southern Strutt- ‘Carnivale’
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Internal Affairs (2002) (Hong Kong)
 Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong action thriller film co-directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. Jointly written by Mak and Felix Chong, it stars Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Sammi Cheng and Kelly Chen. The film follows an undercover Hong Kong Police Force officer who infiltrates a Triad, and another officer who is secretly a spy for the same Triad. It is the first in the Infernal Affairs series and is followed by Infernal Affairs II and Infernal Affairs III. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards but was not nominated. Miramax Films acquired the United States distribution rights and gave it a limited US theatrical release in 2004. 
  The Departed (2006)
 The Departed is a 2006 American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan.  It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang; the character Colin Sullivan is based on the corrupt FBI agent John Connolly, while the character Frank Costello is based on Irish-American gangster Whitey Bulger.  The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg, with Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin in supporting roles.
 Opening Credits; Introduction (.37); Background History (11.49); Infernal Affairs (2002) Film Trailer (14.13); The Original (16.13); Let's Rate (34.13); Introducing the Double Feature (39.43); The Departed (2009) Film Trailer (41.58); The Attraction (44.22); How Many Stars (1:13.11); End Credits (1:20.49); Closing Credits (1:21.54)
 Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 Closing Credits:  Believer by The Imagine Dragons. Taken from the album Evolve.  Copyright 2017 Interscope Records.
Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 All rights reserved.
 All songs available through Amazon Music.
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lyndashome · 1 year
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Hypno-vember day 6
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@sammy-1264 sent me a link to vid on hypnotube but i screwed up and watched the wong one but a very oral one. I'll try to watch the correct one when I find my head phones. Thank you so much though!
To anyone, please PM me hypno stuff and I'll watch/listen to it. Trying to watch at least one a month.
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"That's been my family's attitude for a generation. Monty [sic] sexuality got framed as a destructive force in his life instead of a mere fact of it. And as far as anybody could tell, that happened on my father's watch, he had worked with Patty Bosworth and urged everyone else to do the same". 
Robert Clift on his uncle, Montgomery Clift's sexuality in Making Montgomery Clift (2018)
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Just a reminder that it's Bisexual Visibility Day 💖💜💙 and I hope all my bi mutuals are having a great day!!! I wanted to touch on how media uses biphobia and bi-erasure for monetary gain. I'll briefly mention some BIPOC examples as well, but since I'm very white I won't go into detail since it's not my place to. If you're BIPOC reblog or comment so I can boost your stories about bisexual BIPOC experiences. Now onto this shortish essay, I promise!!!
So, the quote above is taken from the documentary Making Montgomery Clift (2018) by Robert Clift and Hillary Demmon (Robert's Wife). Robert is Monty's nephew through his older brother Brooks. This documentary is a great lens to look at how Hollywood and various other media portray sexuality or gender identity as an illness or the "root" of the problem.
The quote starts at minute 43:00 in the documentary, Robert is explaining how his father Brooks on a phone call with Patty Bosworth, Monty Clift's biographer and family friend, went wrong. Brooks tried to clear his brother's name of how his substance abuse addictions were not caused by his sexuality, but by the infamous car accident or the painful surgeries he went through as a child and young adult.
Brooks was trying to make Patty understand that Monty's bisexuality wasn't the "root" of his problem. As Robert says in the quote Brooks "urged" family members to get the record right since biographers just like Robert LaGuardia, who ignored editorial notes or the advice from the Clift family.
Patty Bosworth would end up doing the same thing with Monty's "tormented" sexuality and that was the "cause" of his problems. Despite Brooks trying to help re-edit some of Patty's word choices, i.e., when Monty was got having sex with a young man. Patty said it was a young "boy", which enraged Brooks, who knew his brother wasn't a p*dophile because of his bisexuality.
Because Patty ignored Brook's advice, Monty's reputation was tarnished after his death (Bosworth made her book years after Monty died). Brooks even noted to his family that despite the car accident that Monty was in, Monty on record believed his best performances were post-car accident despite the ongoing substance abuse. It had nothing to do with his sexuality.
When Monty died it was discovered that he had an underactive thyroid, which meant he could appear sluggish or drugged even though he was sober at the moment. This illness could've made people believe Monty was not mentally there on set that day when he was actually mentally there. Montgomery Clift's story is a reminder to treat people with respect flaws and all when comes to their bisexuality or gender identity. Monty was also comfortable in his sexuality which was such a rare exception for Hollywood at the time (see Lavender Scare) and he paved the way for more queer actors to have prominence in the entertainment industry.
Despite Monty's story, he is not the only one that has had a reputation tarnished or has an important detail in their life misconstrued. The list of previous people, who's lives has been littered with bi-erasure/biphobia include Anna May Wong, Billy Holiday, Sammy Davis Jr., Cary Grant, and David Bowie.
Since the new century, other people have been erased from the bisexual umbrella or had biphobic remarks made toward them. Some of these people are Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion, Evan Rachel Wood, Alia Shawkat, Frank Ocean, Leslie Cheung, etc. This gross habit made by the media and Hollywood has caused these people to deal with these false narratives about them and have their lives tarnished.
In conclusion, we need to stop people from exploiting one's bisexuality or sexuality/gender expression for monetary gain. Listen to bisexual people about their personal experiences especially if they're a person of color. Bisexuality just like homosexuality is not a disease. Be proud of yourself and how far you've come. Similar to what Magneto said in X-Men 2: United, be yourself and "never let anyone tell you different".
(Note: if there are any errors that you notice feel free to correct me. You can also watch the documentary Making Montgomery Clift on Tubi for free.)
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MCU’S PHASE 4 WINNERS AT THE SATURN AWARDS 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Best Superhero Film
Best Supporting Actor in a Film:Benedict Wong
Best Music in a Film:Danny Elfman
Best Film Visual / Special Effects:Janek Sirrs, Theo Bialek, Erik Winquist, Alexis Wajbrot, Olivier Dumont
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Best Actor in a Film:Simu Liu
Best Supporting Actress in a Film: Awkwafina
Best Film Producer Designer:Sue Chan
Best Music in a Film:Joel P. West
Best Film Costume:Kym Barrett
Best Film Visual / Special Effects:Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker, Dan Oliver
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Actor in a Film Tom Holland
Best Actress in a Film:Zendaya
Best Supporting Actor in a Film:Alfred Molina
Best Supporting Actress in a Film: Marisa Tomei 
Best Film Direction:Jon Watts
Best Film Writing:Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers
Best Film Editing:Jeffrey Ford, Leigh Folsom
Best Film Visual / Special Effects:Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, Dan Sudick
Thor: Love and Thunder
Best Make-Up in a Film:Matteo Silvi, Adam Johansen
Best Film Costume:Mayes C. Rubeo
The Eternals
Best Film Costume: Sammy Sheldon
What If?
Best Animated Series:
Loki
Best Fantasy Series: (Streaming)
Best Actor in a Streaming Series Tom Hiddleston
Best Guest Starring Performance in a Streaming Series:  Jonathan Majors
WandaVision
Best Fantasy Series: (Streaming)
Best Actress in a Streaming Series: Elizabeth Olsen
Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series:Kathryn Hahn
Hawkeye
Best Limited Event Series: (Streaming)
Best Guest Starring Performance in a Streaming Series:  Tony Dalton
Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Streaming Series  Hailee Steinfeld
Ms. Marvel
Best Limited Event Series: (Streaming)
 Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Streaming Series :     Iman Vellani 
Moon Knight
Best Limited Event Series: (Streaming)
Best Actor in a Streaming Series:Oscar Isaac 
 Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series Ethan Hawke
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Best Actor in a Streaming Series:Anthony Mackie
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Why is Faye Wong still the most fashionable diva today? She represents the golden years of 90s fashion (2022)
If there are no important matters, I will not see anyone~
Faye Wong has been living in the Mainland for the past several years and has rarely attended public events. But the mysterious goddess of fashion appeared a few days ago as the spokesperson for a lingerie brand's new advertisement . The 52-year-old wore a light yellow top with light makeup. She was praised by netizens for still being ethereal, elegant, and in good condition. As long as there is Faye Wong, any product can create an intellectual and refined sense of luxury. Let's review the refined style of this queen of an era.
Faye Wong: The fashion queen whose appearance is her advantage
Previously, I once wrote that Shirley Kwan was the "substance" fashionable female icon of the Chinese music industry and described Faye Wong as the "surface". This statement was misunderstood by readers who said that I did not appreciate the latter. Of course that's not true. I love listening to both these female singers, but their attitudes are indeed different. Faye Wong's style is mainly due to the collective efforts of beauty artists such as Titi Kwan and makeup artist Zing. She herself obviously makes it seem effortless. Furthermore her serene voice and a tall, thin body gives her innate advantages.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, anyone with eyes could see that Faye Wong (Wong Jing Man, also known as Shirley) who just came to Hong Kong from Beijing was 108,000 miles away from fashion [trends]. Her old-fashioned appearance and her background from the mainland were also disliked by her snobby manager Leslie Chan, who tried to sell her to Lo Ta-yu's Rock Records.
Fortunately, that snobby society taught this girl to grow rapidly. In Hong Kong, where opportunities were everywhere, she quickly found a good judge of talent in the golden manager Katie Chan, and changed her name back to Wong Fei. Although the Faye Wong of "A Woman Who is Easily Hurt" did not completely transform into a cool queen in terms of song and style. But at least the album cover of "Coming Home" consciously played with her Beijing identity.
I remember listening to the cassette tape of "The Most Exciting Concert" at home when I was a child. Although I wasn't really a fan of Faye Wong, it was indeed a refreshing experience. Before the age of 5 or 6, I may have only listened to nursery rhyme cassettes or songs on the radio. It is likely that Ah Fei was the first female singer that I consciously listened to. She was completely modern and free-spirited ("No More Games"), psychedelic ("Dream Person"), playful ("Lau Fei Fei" and "Exit"), depressed and distressed ("Chesspiece")… It took a few years before I saw the concert VCD. It turned out that the woman with the ethereal and beautiful voice looked so quirky in styles designed by Tomas Chan. The super long sleeves, dreadlocks, crystal tears makeup. Certainly not the kind of style that my aunt knew how to appreciate, but she would always recognize and sing along to "Thousands of Words"!
When watching "Chungking Express" again, William Chang styled her light and easy with short hair and a simple yellow tee. It highlights her unique neuroticness. Alas, with a small face, big watery eyes and also a tall, thin model figure (174cm!), navigating edgy fashion is naturally easy. I won't make a comparison and I may be in trouble with fans of Sammi, Kelly, and Sally, but the tastemakers in the 90s agreed that Faye Wong had a rare "avant-garde" fashion sense. It was indeed her innate condition that made her win.
90s: Her style represents the last "golden era" of music
In order to prevent readers from thinking that I am a snobby senior, I have to declare that the "golden years" I am speaking about here are not referring to good or bad songs in the music industry, but rather the market that was large and the production budgets that were indeed relatively generous, so Faye's fashion legend could be achieved.
When there is a super model that can sing and is in the prime of her life, if you are bold like Titi Kwan and makeup artist Zing, there is no reason not to put the most avant-garde Japanese, Belgian, and British fashion on Faye Wong. Marjan Pejoski's ostrich, Jeremy Scott's stilettos, Vivienne Westwood's miniskirts, Rochas by Olivier Theyskens' vintage and avant-garde evening wear all became her concert costumes. It could not be labeled as a fashion show, but it's a fashion show concert.
The look of her album covers were also amazing. In "Faye Wong 1997", she wore a Yohji Yamamoto 1997 F/W black and white harlequin coat, Alexander McQueen's trousers, and the zipper at the knee pulled down to reveal the black stockings inside. The sexy semi-sheer shirt and jeans in "Only Love Strangers" are from Helmut Lang; the Dior newspaper print dress by John Galliano and fishnet stockings in "Fable".
Titi Kwan and Zing have successfully maintained Ah Fei's coolness and added a bit of grandeur at her concerts. As long as the Heavenly Queen maintains her model figure, I believe that in another ten years, Fei will still be very fashionable.
Many people thought that CELINE invited her as a friend of the brand in the Phoebe Philo era. But in fact, Faye Wong was already affiliated with the brand as early as around 2005 during the Roberto Menichetti era. Fei, who is immortal, is truly well-deserving [of this affiliation] and could materialize the ethereal woman in Phoebe's heart into reality.
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SOURCE: MADAM FIGARO HONG KONG // TRANSLATED BY: FAYE WONG FUZAO
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