Monday, January 12

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‘Real Housewives’ Opens Up A Debate On Wealth, Control And Intimate Partner Abuse
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‘Real Housewives’ Opens Up A Debate On Wealth, Control And Intimate Partner Abuse

Erika Girardi's divorce sparks questions from fans — and speaks to larger issues of financial control in marriage. Jennifer Gerson Originally published by The 19th In December 2020, class-action lawyer Tom Girardi was sued by a class of his former defendants from the 2018 Lion Air flight crash in Indonesia. Tom Girardi, they said, defrauded them and funneled cash from settlements to his personal accounts. Some of that cash, the lawsuits say, went to his wife, Erika Girardi, one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and a chart-topping dance pop performer who went on to write a New York Times-bestselling memoir and star on Broadway in the long-running musical “Chicago.” (Both Girardis will be referred to by their first names in this article for clarity.) When the Bravo show’s 11...
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The Handling Of Anti-Trans Chapelle Special At Netflix Has Caused Employees And Their Allies Walk Out
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The Handling Of Anti-Trans Chapelle Special At Netflix Has Caused Employees And Their Allies Walk Out

Workers walked off the job at 10:30 a.m. and were joined by LGBTQ+ protesters and allies in front of the building. Kate Sosin Originally published by The 19th This is a developing story. On Wednesday, the head of queer editorial at Netflix reported to work in person for the first time, just to walk out. Gabrielle Korn, who heads up Netflix’s LGBTQ+ hub “Most,” is among a string of employees who vowed to walk out of the company Wednesday morning after Netflix stood by its decision to platform the anti-transgender comedy special “The Closer ” by Dave Chapelle for two weeks. The company has since started to backtrack support for the special Korn is among those who Monday tweeted plans to leave the office amid growing discontent over the company’s defense of Chapelle and retaliation again...
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The Top 4 NETFLIX Series You Should Watch
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The Top 4 NETFLIX Series You Should Watch

ENTERTAINMENT Looking to watch something new on Netflix? Here is the list of the series you should watch. This list includes my personal favorites but with the best IMDB rating. You might have heard many Korean dramas these days, as they are known for their best old-school romance, sci-fi, and fantasy. This list includes some of the finest leading Netflix series and Korean dramas. The question may arise of what makes these series so exceptionally good. The answer is quite obvious with the brilliant casts with extremely good-looking actors and actresses and their fashion and fancy costumes. So here is the list of these amazing series.   Lucifer Cast; Tom Ellis, Lauran German, and Lesley-Ann BrandtGenre: fantasy, crime, mystery The series revolves around Lucifer Morningstar, the ...
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Eva Mendez Recognized And Appreciated
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Eva Mendez Recognized And Appreciated

This is the tale of a sadly underutilized instrument of beauty finally being recognized and appreciated. Eva Mendes was born in Miami, Florida, but she grew up in the Los Angeles area. She went to college for marketing but dropped out to pursue acting, and we are sure glad she did! To add her other talents into the mix, she also pursued modeling and got into fashion design, all great outlets for a fiery hot Latina with a smoking body. After a slew of straight-to-video outings (Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror [1998]) and blink-and-you'll-miss-her roles (A Night at the Roxbury), Latina hottie Eva Mendes writhed and quaked into mass ass consciousness as the busty, underdressed girlfriend of Denzel Washington in Training Day (2001). Her stock only rose from there, landing plum roles i...
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Netflix’s ‘Self-Made’ miniseries about Madam C.J. Walker leaves out the mark she made through generosity
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Netflix’s ‘Self-Made’ miniseries about Madam C.J. Walker leaves out the mark she made through generosity

The Netflix series “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” brings to life part of a fascinating rags-to-riches tale I’ve been researching for the past 10 years. Walker, widely documented to have been America’s first self-made female millionaire, made her fortune building an Indianapolis-based beauty products company that served black women across the U.S. and overseas. Today it offers a product line through Sephora. Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer stars in the miniseries about the African American entrepreneur originally named Sarah Breedlove. Born shortly after emancipation in 1867 on a cotton plantation in Louisiana to a formerly enslaved family, she later adapted the initials and last name of her third husband – played by Blair Underwood in the series. The show imagines Wa...
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Alyssa Milano’s Is The Boss!
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Alyssa Milano’s Is The Boss!

Alyssa Milano played Tony Danza's daughter on the TV series Who's the Boss?, teaching viewers the joys of watching a young girl develop, buy a bra to handle her blossoming charms, and then lose her virginity. When the show was canceled, Alyssa lost the bra, and her massive talent and massive mams spilled over onto the big screen. In Embrace of the Vampire (1994), she embraced more than gothic occultism and the prospect of eternal life, but lesbianism and threesomes too. Watch as the former star of Commando (1985) goes commando, taking off her white dress to show off her bubble butt, lets a man lick her breasts, allows Charlotte Lewis to photograph her topless before kissing her bare chest, and gets double teamed by a man and woman. All in one movie! For Poison Ivy 2 (1996), Alyssa's bounci...
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6 Shows for Some Women-Led Belly Laughs
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6 Shows for Some Women-Led Belly Laughs

Time and time again women have proven that viewers are interested in the stories they tell. Before the advent and popularity of streaming services such as Netflix, I watched shows and movies that were available through my cable package. Growing up in the ’90s and early aughts, I rarely watched comedies that starred women. And if I did come across comedies with women in the lead, the women were vying to be the objects of men’s affection, like in Clueless, or men were trying to get their attention (sometimes with ill will), like in 10 Things I Hate About You. In short: The male gaze was ever-present. Often films were cast aside as “chick flicks” and given less attention and smaller budgets, despite their success at the box office. In the 1970s and ’80s—an era often referred to as the...
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NCIS’ Pauley Perrette Is Grieving Abby’s Exit as Much as You Are
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NCIS’ Pauley Perrette Is Grieving Abby’s Exit as Much as You Are

Breaking up with NCIS is hard for Pauley Perrette to do. Perrette, who has played goth forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on the CBS drama since 2003, will be leaving to pursue new opportunities toward the end of the current season. And though the exit was her choice, she’s still having a hard time with the transition. “It makes me sad to imagine a world without Abby in it,” Perrette told CBS Sunday Morning. “It really makes me sad.” Asked if she went through a grieving process, she said, “I’m still grieving. And it’s sad. I, like, usually cry in my car every single day when I drive to work. And I usually cry on my way home at some point. And then I take a deep breath, and I go, ‘All right,’ you know?” As for what’s next, she’s not really sure. Perrette says she’s being offered a lot of stuff,...
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The Real Cast of the Brady Bunch Led Extremely Tragic Lives Behind The Scenes
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The Real Cast of the Brady Bunch Led Extremely Tragic Lives Behind The Scenes

The Brady Bunch cast won the hearts of America with their poignant family relationships, '70s style and timeless life lessons. They are the TV equivalent of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread, chased with a glass of milk. Has there ever been a show as wholesome, as precious and as widely loved? The Brady family certainly may be timeless – we've all caught the reruns on TV Land nearly 50 years after the fact – but it turns out, the real-life Bradys arent' so wholesome at all. In fact, they're straight up Jersey Shore wild, but sadly, it's not reality TV, it's real life (unless you're Peter Brady, and in that case, thank your lucky stars for VH1). Behind the scenes of The Brady Bunch, Brady brothers and sisters found themselves embroiled in high school love triangles or trad...
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