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Spoctor made a video on adhd yeah. abt how everyone was wrong abt it? it was kinda weird

I never watched this guy much sucks to see him back

~Charlie anon

I watched Spoctor. way more than I’m proud to admit back in the day. Like up until ~2020 I kept up with all of his uploads 😭😭😭

I don’t know why I was so obsessed with art critic and drama channels but like 90% of em turned out to be huge pieces of shit

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Life & Style, March 18

Cover: Angelina Jolie To Marry British Billionaire in France, Brad Pitt Found Out From Shiloh 

Page 1: Photo Flash -- Selma Blair talked to Robin Roberts about her multiple sclerosis 

Page 2: Contents 

Page 4: Contents 

Page 6: The Top 10 Vanity Fair Oscar Party looks -- Chrissy Teigen, Miley Cyrus, Lupita Nyong’o, Sophie Turner, Zoey Deutch 

Page 7: Freida Pinto, Chloe Grace Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, Ciara, Elizabeth Banks 

Page 8: Twinning -- Khloe Kardashian vs. Malika Haqq, Cindy Crawford vs. Violetta Komyshan, Paloma Faith vs. Sonequa Martin-Green 

Page 10: Meghan Markle and Priyanka Chopra no longer friends 

Page 11: Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn’s secret wedding, Throwback -- Justin Timberlake, Biggest Spenders of the Week -- Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, Nicki Minaj, Constance Wu, Cara Delevingne, Gwyneth Paltrow 

Page 12: Megyn Kelly plotting her return to TV, Hoda Kotb’s new co-host is Jenna Bush Hager 

Page 13: Ellen DeGeneres is considering retiring and has drawn up a shortlist of superstars to take her place, Dorit Kemsley and husband PK are in a bad place financially, Whose Abs Are They -- Julianne Hough, Mark Wahlberg, Sailor Brinkley Cook, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Theroux 

Page 14: The Bachelor Colton Underwood dumped, VIP Style -- Natalie Suarez, Becky G and J Balvin, Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cooper Hefner, Jamie Foxx, Russell Hornsby, Jon Hamm 

Page 16: The Week in Photos -- Kate Middleton and Prince William 

Page 17: David Beckham and daughter Harper 

Page 18: Idris Elba 

Page 20: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Katy Perry, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian and Kendall Jenner 

Page 22: Gal Gadot and daughter, Javier Bardem, Kendra Wilkinson 

Page 24: Elle Fanning, Kristen Bell, Tyler Posey 

Page 26: Stars Behaving Badly -- Cardi B and Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lawrence, Sofia Richie and Scott Disick 

Page 28: Say What?! Rachel Brosnahan about wrestling, Kevin Hart on oversleeping, Chrissy Teigen on eating alone, Camila Cabello on a 5-day absence from Twitter, Nicole Richie on her hectic schedule 

Page 30: Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus back on 

Page 31: 90 Day Fiance’s Colt Johnson filed for divorce from Larissa Dos Santos the same day she was arrested from the third time for domestic violence, Joe Alwyn wears 2-inch heels so Taylor Swift won’t tower over him, Romance Report Card -- Robin Thicke, Krysten Ritter, Ryan Seacrest 

Page 32: Peta Murgatroyd and Maks Chmerkovskiy can’t wait for another baby, Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler’s marriage in crisis 

Page 33: Jude Law secretly engaged to long-time love Phillipa Coan 

Page 34: Cover Story -- Angelina Jolie getting married to husband no. 4 

Page 38: It gets worse for Khloe Kardashian as Jordyn Woods tells all 

Page 40: Miranda Lambert has babies on the brain 

Page 42: Jamie Foxx dumps Katie Holmes 

Page 44: The most notable screen swaps in Hollywood -- The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air 

Page 45: Batman, Roseanne 

Page 46: The Hulk, Twilight 

Page 47: All My Children, Last Man Standing 

Page 48: Who Lives Here? Vanessa Hudgens 

Page 50: Entertainment 

Page 51: Star Review -- Kelli Garner, Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s J. Crew Factory Slim Tall Flex Heather Washed Shirt in Gingham 

Page 52: Oscars Fashion Favorites -- Lady Gaga, Emilia Clarke

Page 53: Jennifer Lopez, Laura Harrier, Emma Stone 

Page 54: Fashion -- Ashley Graham, Alexa Chung 

Page 55: Gigi Hadid 

Page 56: Beauty -- Jennifer Aniston 

Page 58: Beauty Crush -- Constance Wu 

Page 60: The Fabulous Life of Drake 

Page 62: How She Got That Body -- Maria Menounos 

Page 64: Diva or Down-To-Earth -- Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, Kristin Cavallari, Dax Shepard 

Page 66: Social Stars Posts of the Week -- Kate Hudson, Ed Sheeran, Beyonce and Jay-Z, Justin Theroux and his rescue dog Kuma 

Page 67: Ben Affleck and Guillermo, Ariel Winter, Rihanna, Ed O’Neill and Eric Stonestreet 

Page 68: Horoscope -- Pisces Eva Longoria, They’re Not Together But They Should Be -- Taurus Gigi Hadid and Capricorn Louis Tomlinson 

Page 70: Made Ya Look -- Lea Michele 

Page 72: What I’m Into -- Anna Paquin

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Trending Topics: Getting NHL Awards voting right matters

NHL Awards voters showed a decided lack of attention to detail. (Getty)

It was hard to quibble too much with the awards voting from the PHWA this year.

You could see why Taylor Hall won even if you preferred Nathan MacKinnon. You didn’t need to make a big logic leap to understand the argument for Victor Hedman over, say, PK Subban.

And y’know what? You can’t really go off on that baffling third-place Selke vote for Colton Sissons. It’s hard to sit there and get mad that someone voted for Kris Russell for the Lady Byng, because it’s an ultimately inconsequential vote and, frankly, award.

We all make mistakes but those are player evaluation choices and even if you’re wrong, well, you get to be wrong. People get to call you out for it, also, but that’s besides the point.

The voting this year was more consequential than before, though, because it was the first time the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association would not only be telling fans the vote totals, but also revealing how every voter filled out their ballots all the way down the line.

This was something a lot of people in the Old Guard of the PHWA was against. They argued that it opened writers up to unfair criticism, both from fans on social networks and (perhaps) the coaches and players they dealt with every day. Something along the lines of, if a Bruins writer didn’t put Charlie McAvoy down as rookie of the year, he or she might get pulled aside and quizzed about it. No one wants to get yelled at, right?

The actual problem those writers likely had with de-anonymizing their ballots was that it would quickly reveal which writers made some deeply dumb-assed votes. More specifically, because when you have a large enough bloc of voters — 168 this season, says the PHWA — dumb votes and slip-ups are inevitable, and why should writers be put on blast for making an innocent mistake?

This year, one writer filed his ballot late, so his votes didn’t count for anything. A different one submitted an ineligible vote for a specific award. Another 12 writers (including the one who filed the ineligible award ballot) submitted ineligible ballots for their All-Star team selections. Four more (with one overlap from the previous group) filed ineligible All-Rookie team ballots.

There was some question as to what “ineligible” means here, but I’ve been told it’s basically “incomplete.” They may have submitted four names when they were supposed to submit five, or something along those lines. You can probably chalk that up as an honest mistake, and again, it’s tough to get too mad about it.

What people did get mad at, however, was the league’s All-Star teams, because voters showed a decided lack of attention to detail. One writer submitted his ballot for Taylor Hall as the league’s MVP, but also chose Hall to be the No. 1 left wing (fair!) and No. 1 center in the league. You will note that Hall is not a center, has never been a center, and it’s fair to assume he never will be a center.

When the totals were first announced, before the full ballots were published, people guffawed. It was lockout-season Ovechkin — who made league All-Star teams as both a right wing and left wing despite a highly publicized move from the latter position to the former — all over again! And it wasn’t just Hall: multiple voters put Claude Giroux outside his actual position this season, which again, was a heavily covered move to the left wing.

One could certainly be forgiven for not remembering that Giroux skated to the left of Sean Couturier because he spent so long as a center. One could not be forgiven for thinking, as two broadcasters invited to vote by the PHWA inexplicably did, that Giroux spent any time this season as a right wing.

Even leaving aside the argument that if guys win or don’t-win awards based on these votes, that can end up earning or costing them a lot of money, this stuff matters. The people in the PHWA who take themselves too seriously always frame the capital-I Importance of their work as something like, “We’re the conduit through which fans get all the vital information they want about their favorite teams.” And that’s true, because you don’t want all that info coming direct from the teams themselves.

But with that job comes the responsibility of, like, knowing that the guy you think was the league MVP didn’t play two positions. And being able to demonstrate that. And maybe putting the time in to make sure, again, you didn’t just make a mistake.

After the voting totals came out, but before the whodunnit was revealed, I half-joked that whoever said Hall was a center should turn in their PHWA badge. Then it…. maybe happened?

Brain fart. For this heinous crime, to appease the Twitter lynch mob, I offer my PHWA resignation. I will then live under one of New Jersey's most scenic freeway ramps and contemplate my sins against humanity. I suggest all those listed as having ineligible ballots do the same. https://t.co/0PhiAIMn2h

— David Shoalts (@dshoalts) June 21, 2018

The problem with this response from Shoalts, who really ought to know better, is that he makes himself the victim. He screwed up and he can own it without saying there’s some sort of witch hunt and calling for everyone else whose ballot got screwed up to also resign from the PHWA.

This is what teenagers do: Get caught doing something wrong and scream something dramatic before slamming their bedroom doors closed and turning on some loud music. You can admit fault without also theatrically prostrating yourself.

All fans want is for voters, whose job is ostensibly just to watch a lot of hockey all season and be able to talk about it intelligently, to take the sport as seriously as they do. Fans can be over-demanding when it comes to specifics about Their Team — I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said I watched, say, 15 Penguins games this season, but they watched 65 so clearly I don’t know what I’m talking about when I say they have problems on their fourth line — but if you’re a PHWA voter and you think a guy is the season’s MVP, it’s kinda on you to make sure you’re nailing down the finer points, like what position he plays.

Not to pick on Shoalts too much here, but it really is illustrative of the problem.

Again, I’m not saying it’s impossible to make innocent mistakes. Every writer in every sport has screwed up a take here and there and I don’t think anyone should face the guillotine for it. Asked to explain the mistake? Sure. Him saying it was a “brain fart” should have been plenty for people.

And look, the PHWA could probably also go back to its members when they fill out a ballot wrong and say, “Yeah, look, you said Claude Giroux is a right. What’s up with that?” to these people. But that’s probably time-consuming and also, not as much fun for the fans.

So when you’re filling out awards ballots — especially when you know your name is being attached to them — you should really be double-, triple-, and quadruple-checking that you didn’t accidentally put William Karlsson on your Norris ballot or something.

It’s like I always say: If you don’t want people to say your takes are bad, don’t do bad takes. Same goes for awards voting, especially this year, when you knew your ballot is going to be published for the meanest of the mean jerks on Twitter to roast you for.

Pretty simple. Or, you would have thought so anyway.

Ryan Lambert is a Puck Daddy columnist. His email is here and his Twitter is here.

All stats via Corsica unless otherwise noted.

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Leafs @ Oilers - Game 27 - Nov.30.17

KEY NARRATIVES

Toronto Maple Leafs (16-9-1) vs Edmonton Oilers (10-13-2)

Tonight the Leafs will go head to head with the future (perhaps current) best hockey player in the world. Auston Matthews and his Leafs will face off against Connor McDavid and the anchor of a team he drags around. And Edmonton pissing away McJesus' glory years is only one reason to hate the Oilers at least a little bit.

Reason two is definitely the fact that the Oilers have gotten the first overall pick in the Draft four times since 2010 and yet they're still terrible. Literally, how? Reason three is that, of those four first overall picks, it's likely that by the end of this season, only one of those players will still be an Oiler. They traded Nail Yakupov for peanuts. They traded Taylor Hall for peanuts and a cookie, and it's been heavily discussed this week that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is also up on the trading block. Who knows what they'll get for him.

Maybe some futures.

Or maybe a scoring winger for McDavid like Taylor Hall--wait. Traded him two years ago. How about, Jordan Eberle--oh, wait. Eberle was an Oiler, too, until Chiarelli traded him one-for-one for Ryan Strome over the summer. Their GM’s defense of the clear downgrade is that they needed to create cap space for McDavid and Draisaitl's new contracts -- but McDavid's new contract doesn't even kick in until next year, and even then there'd be better options to free up room than trading what would likely be core pieces on any other team.

Let it be known that Eberle has 18 points (10G, 8A) with Islanders so far this season and Taylor Hall, who is shaping up to have a career year, has 26 points (8G, 18A). Yeah.

But unfortunately, the Oilers have put themselves between a rock and a hard place. They've got tons of money tied up in bad deals with big, leader types signed to protect McDavid but, well, none of those guys can even keep up with him. So...

That’s a predicament.

Anyway, in spite of actually decent underlying possession and performance metrics, Edmonton currently sits in the third worst overall spot in the standings, in a hole so deep it would actually be incredibly difficult for them to recover enough to clinch a playoff spot, even in a weak Pacific Division (I swear to god if Edmonton gets Rasmus Dahlin I will never stop being angry - they have Connor McDavid; how are you so terrible??).

Anyway, let's look at the Leafs and then order a fruit basket for everyone in charge of this team who hasn't condemned Auston Matthews to the bitter fate of McJesus.

Babcock scrambled the jets to give himself as much advantage as possible against a home Oilers team, trying to avoid letting Todd McLellan (Oilers coach) put McDavid up against a weak third or fourth line. It's prone to happen, too, as McDavid has been playing upwards of 21 minutes a night (as a comparison, Matthews is the forward with the highest average TOI on the Leafs, and he's only hitting 18:27). When a guy's out that much, it's difficult to shelter anyone from him. Below is Babcock's solution based on lines at practice yesterday:

Hyman - Matthews - Marner JvR - Kadri - Komarov Marleau - Bozak - Brown Martin - Moore - Nylander

This insulates JvR and Bozak who are weak defensively (this is first time we've seen Marleau next to Bozak, interestingly), and leaves the fourth line the most vulnerable but still possessing one (1) William Nylander, which should help them out immensely.

Also Marner and Matthews up on the top line, likely to face the toughest defense competition. I actually really want to see more of Marner put in a role that requires defensive play. He's been great at forcing turn-overs, and while his numbers were likely cushioned by his stint playing soft minutes on the fourth line for a few games, he actually has the highest relative CF%, which looks at how successful he is in comparison to his teammates, on the team. He's currently at a nice CF% rel of 6.8.

While these lines make logical sense and this is what Babcock used in the full practice yesterday, these weren't the lines seen at morning skate in Edmonton today. However, it's unclear if that’s because Auston Matthews wasn't there (rest morning due to a cold) or if Babcock has changed his mind (not unlikely). We'll have to see.

One last important factor going into tonight's game: Cam Talbot was injured in the Oilers' game against the Coyotes on Tuesday and will be out at least two games, potentially more. Considering he was just as important to the Oilers' success last year as McDavid was, with the most starts of any goalie league-wide, this is extremely bad news for the Oilers if he’s out more than a small handful of games.

Some Key Numbers 

97 - Connor McDavid - Center - Captain 29 - Leon Draisaitl - Center/Wing

That’s it.

THE HIGHLIGHTS

THE POST GAME

Score: W 6-4

There's so much to talk about in this game but obviously we have to address the game-winning goal first. I don't know if there's enough money in the world for someone to pay me to be an Oilers fan this year.

Edmonton even fought back after a dominant first period from the Leafs that ended with the Oilers down 3-1. They had the edge in the second and the third. They pushed, and tied it up at 4-4 only a few minutes into the third. Then, with a minute left in the game, with the Leafs desperately trying to avoid 3-on-3, open-ice hockey against Connor fastest-hockeyer-in-the-world McDavid, Kris Russel backhands it into his own net.

Gif from Flintor

We were all just stunned for a minute. Except for Nazem Kadri who was just like:

We all got there once we realized what had happened. While I actually do feel pretty bad for Kris Russel, who had a good night with 2 points, this goal was pretty poetic coming from him. Remember those overpriced grit contracts I mentioned...?

Kris Russel.

I know there's more to cover but that's definitely the only thing anyone's really going to remember from this game.

Except for those two Roman Polak penalties because I will never forget or forgive them. The defenseman took two consecutive penalties against Connor McDavid in this game. Like, one right after the other. Why was he even still on the ice. Who knows? I never know.&nbsp

In spite of the extremely limited time that the Leafs' third pairing spent out on the ice with Edmonton's top line, it took no time at all for the Oilers to capitalize when it did happen. When a big, slow guys are put up against today's fast, young talent it results in interference, hooking, and holding calls, simple as that. These players become huge liabilities to their team andthis timethe Leafs' PK prevented the Oilers from profiting from Polak's mistakes, this is not the first time this has happened and it won't be the last if Babcock insists on keeping Polak as more than a seventh, emergency defenseman.

Also, considering Babcock's main excuse for playing Polak is to have another penalty killer (even though it's been shown time and time again that PKs benefit most from systems and skill, and you don't need any particular type of player to play on the penalty killer), it's really hard to kill penalties from the sin bin.

In much better news, Willy Nylander finally got a goal! His and Marner's bad luck streaks have been frustrating, but we knew it had to end sometime. This one was a gorgeous shot just seconds into a Leaf's powerplay. It was beautiful.

Gif from Flintor

One interesting aspect of this game was the split between possession and expected goals between the two teams. Overall Edmonton had the upper hand in both shot attempts (CF% 52.27 at 5v5) as well shots on goal, with 45 to the Leafs 37. It's easy to look at those numbers and assume that Edmonton played better (not saying they played badly) but the Leafs actually had the significant share of expected goals, with an xGF% of 56.2. While that can be easily summed up with the assertion that the Leafs took better shots, what does that look like?

Below are each team's shot maps, as generated by HockeyViz.com. The first shows the locations of Edmonton's shots and the second shows Toronto's (both at 5v5).

It's pretty easy to see which team was more likely to get past a goalie. This sort of shot spray has actually been pretty consistent for the Leafs, who have been consciously collapsing towards the net both at 5v5 and on their power plays when they're playing well. Basically, while Edmonton had a lot of chances, the Leafs had a large number of high danger chances.

Visuals are fun and the Leafs have collected four of four points so far on the Western Canadian road trip. Their last game comes against Vancouver on Saturday where they'll have the opportunity to sweep the road trip.

And I'll actually be at that game in person, so you can expect a fully coherent and professional coverage and not a bunch of overexcited rambling this weekend.

Statistics and visuals courtesy of corsica.hockey, hockeyviz.com, and hockey-reference.com