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I actually really enjoyed this album, I bought it on Vinyl this week after listening to it a few times. Some songs are certainly better than others, and I agree her voice doesn't always fit some of the tunes... What's Up was pretty good, and she gave it enough of a twist to fit a woman of her age vs the angst of a 25 year old singing it. Wrecking Ball is also a really good cover. Don't Let The Sun Shine Down On Me is one of my favourite tracks, easily, and I also really enjoyed I Dreamed Aout Elvis... that's a fun throwback to the origins of Rock and I quite like it. Tried To Rock and Roll Me with Melissa Ethridge is also a really good son and they compliment each other really well. Rockstar is a good new track, Heart of Glass, Satisfaction, My Blue Tears, Heartbreaker, and Let It Be are standouts for me that I really really like. I didn't realize Jolene was done with Maneskin, and it's a download exclusive sadly, but I'll have to look it up. I enjoy that band a lot and I'm curious how that played out.

Jesus.. the hits keep on coming, what a week. RIP Bob.

Two series' I've really enjoyed are "From" on Amazon. I've worked with a few of the cast before so I was curious to check it out, and it is truly a great mystery / horror series. The other one I've been binging this week is Yellowjackets, and I'm sorry I slept on this one for so long. The writing is fantastic and the cast is really great, I have no complaints about it.

Terrible... assuming Suicide by the statement from the family, regardless 25 is no age. Such a shame.

Jeeze.... I was never a huge fan, but he was a mainstay in pop culture for so long, generations knew the character. RIP.

Props to THR for posting this with the image she currently identified with, much respect for acknowledging her converting to Islam and adopted modesty. Her voice defined the 90s in many ways, truly iconic. Her activism on THAT night on SNL ended up being proven correctly a decade later and she never got the due apology she deserved or credit for exposing it. Rest in Power legend.

I actually recognize him most from Dexter, as the Ukrainian mob. I enjoyed his work, sad to see someone go so unexpectedly at a young age.

I've been on an 80s kick in the last few weeks and have rediscovered some of her hits. She's a singer from my childhood that just was always part of the backdrop somehow. The Best, What's Love Got To Do With It and Proud Mary remain the standouts for me. And I have a vague lasting image of her from Mad Max, though I haven't seen it in decades (struggling to remember if I ever really watched it), the visual of her in the mowhawk in something that is burned in my memory. From there, as much as I respect and admire her music and artistry... her legend is solidified through her leaving and speaking out against Ike. Letting him keep everything in exchange for her keeping her name, and rebuilding her career from scratch to be even bigger than she ever was with him is nothing short of extraordinary and commendable. Her subtly speaking against racism in America through the guise of "I could never be as big as Madonna there, but I am in Europe" is another big part of my respect for her; reminds me of Josephine Baker in a way. May she rest in peace, she's earned it.

Nailed the actors here. No real surprised. I don't think JLC edging out the win over Bassett is the upset many are calling for... Angela Bassett performed well but I personally felt her performance in the first film was better, to be frank, and I don't particularly get the hype around it (that being said she's a phenomenal actress who deserves her flowers in a general sense of speaking). I still stand by the fact that Stephanie Hsu had the stronger performance between she and JLC and I personally felt she deserved the award more, but I'm all for recognizing JLC's talent as she has been a genre actress largely cut out of contention despite her talent over the years. Brendan Faser, Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh was all but a done deal, no surprises there and definitely deserving of the honor. I was (pleasantly) wrong about The Fabelmans and thrilled to see EEAAO manage to get the big wins. Good night overall.

I mean, she's the only "Legend" available for that. Stephanie is an owner / gm / authority, Mickie is part of the roster and Beth is an NXT trainer... Chyna is dead. That leaves Trish... sorely lacking in women legends on the game clearly.

Great game, great halftime show, love that the Chiefs won.

It's 2023.. the world has gone to shit... can they not use the siren from The Purge as a sound effect anymore during events? Gawd...

Now if the Chiefs can kick it into hight gear here.... I can wear one and I look more pregnant than she does these days lol She may or may not be, I suppose, maybe it was the bulk of the costume to cover the rigging and harness belt as much as possible? Maybe we also collectively forget what real mom-bods post baby look like... it's only been 10 months. She just didn't Hollywood her way back into a normal "look how fast I bounced back" bod and just... lived life... Who knows?

That was a good halftime show. I thought she knocked it out of the park. She actually didn't sound pitchy, for probably the first time I've ever noticed. The 7 years off worked for her. The staging was phenomenal... I thought it was CGI at first glance until I saw her safety belt and the strap behind her, then I saw the wires. Mad props to the rigging team on that one. And yea, the platform was def wobbly, you saw it swaying noticeably during Diamonds. I got nervous for her.

Clealry Hot Ones didn't pay him, because that episode was anything but Hype... yikes. Absolutely not a fan of his and also struggle to understand why he is as famous as he is... In terms of the game, I'm def rooting for the Chiefs here; I missed the majority of the second quarter, making dinner and had to run to the store... but the first quarter was decent. The elbow edging the guy out of the touchdown in that first play... oof.

Sir... Lady Gaga was stellar. And J-Lo and Shakira was a pretty good show. Bruno Mars did ok, same with Katy Perry overall, and I'm not a big fan but The Weekend was aight from what I recall. And again, not a huge fan, but Beyonce/Destiny Child was pretty good if memory serves. I'm not fussed about Rihanna, as I don't think she's a particularly strong vocalist, but I'm sure it'll be decent... her songs are catchy.

Agreed. On both those counts haha... But I remember watching Jason X in high school and it was .... I mean, dumb... but I think I got more enjoyment out of it at the time than I got from Part 7... Fuck the telekenetic thing.... wtf were they thinking?

I've been on a massive horror kick for the last little while... I've watched the Scream movies... I mean, they're great... I loved the last one and look forward to the new one coming out. This week I've had Friday the 13th playing while I'm doing housework... I mean, it's campy, no surprise there. It's... cringy how overtly sexist these 80s films were... boobs, boobs everywhere. I'm also deepy offended that the original is 43 years old because I'm an 80s baby and that's just... rude... the 60s were 40 years ago. Fuck. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 (aka The Final Chapter) Part 5 (A New Beginning) Part 6 (Jason Lives) Part 7 (The New Blood) Part 8 (Jason Takes Manhattan) Up Next is Jason Goes to Hell ... and Sci-Fi Jason X before doign the remake... might jump into Freddy vs Jason too.

So I'm listening to the new Shania Twain album while doing dishes today and low and behold, she's dropping F-Bombs in some of her lyrics... 2023, what a time to be alive. (also some catchy tunes on that album, have to say). Also listened to the new Lukas Gram album, Pink... he knocked it out of the park. I mean, it's not better than his Purple Album which is truly one of my faves to listen to from start to finish (genius artist imo), but was a strong follow up.

Towers would be a very welcome re-addition. I thought that was one of the better features they had in-game.

Got around to watching Bros finally, and I actually really liked it. I found the sex scenes / hook up scenes hillarious, and mostly because of how relatable it was. As a whole, despite being a typical rom-com, it really played well on the depictions of gay dating, and struggles of gay relationships (I've definitely been told by someone I was seeing that I should be less myself, in terms of what I talked about / activism, etc. ... I've also been on the otherside and sabotaged what could've been good relationship because the other person was "too gay") ... the infidelities, the polyamourous stuff, the debates about what is gay enough, not gay enough, bi-erasure... jokes about the lesbian characters, I mean... it was all exagerated for comedy, but I laughed because of how much of it I've personally experienced. Anyways, I really recommend it.

I just bought a PS5 and it came with God of War Ragnarok. I'm not usually really good at these types of games, but I do generally WANT to like them (I'm more into WWE games or Mortal Kombat as opposed to RPG)... But holy hell, is this game ever good. I'm really enjoying the story and it plays fairly easily... I still get annoyed at the fighting aspect, it feels like a slog (personal bias to those types of games), but the story is strong enough to keep me on track. I can't recommend it enough.

The worst part is the people who've used it to push this anti-vax rhetoric... people are absolutely vile. I hope she rests easy... the timing is eerie with the movie about her dad and everything. Her father and paternal grandmother both had heart attacks young as well, such a shame.

I'm just going to stick to the Oscar predictions for now... Best Picture Winner: The Fabelmans Other Nominees: Top Gun: Maverick, Everything Everwhere All At Once, Tar, Elvis, Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Banshees of Inisherin, Women Talking Best Director Winner: Steven Spielberg Other Nominees: Baz Luhrmann, James Cameron, Joseph Kosinski, Gina Prince-Bythewood (I think Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are a shoe-in for the Screenplay, but I think they get edged out here; Sarah Polley is another one who can easily fit imo) Best Actor Winner: Brendan Fraser Other Nominees: Austin Butler, Colin Farrell, Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman (throwing caution to the wind, I think Tom Hanks is very much in the running and I hear great things about Bill Nighy but I haven't heard much about the film so... mayyyyyyybe a long shot but Will Smith might end up on the ballot despite his attending ban) Best Actress Winner: Michelle Yeoh Other Nominees: Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams, Danielle Deadwyler, Viola Davis (Jennifer Lawrence has a good shot for her return to acting imo, and Margot Robbie tends to get a lot of love so I wouldn't be surprised to see her get a nod, and Ana de Armas is my personal blackhorse but I fear she may get edged out) Best Supporting Actor Winner: Ke Huy Quan Other Nominees: Judd Hirsch, Brad Pitt, Brian Tyree Henry, Ben Whishaw (again a tight category, I think both Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan have a good shot but I didn't want to pick one over the other, and Tom Hanks might end up on this list, and Eddie Redmayne or Ben Foster too) Best Supporting Actress Winner: Jamie Lee Curtis Other Nominees: Angela Bassett, Nina Hoss, Stephanie Hsu, Dolly De Leon (a few longshots in here, I thinnk Kerry Condon is also a front runner, Carey Mulligan, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, and Gabrielle Union are also strong contenders... Janelle Monae may also get the 'singer turned actress' nod, and I wouldn't hate to see Whoopi Goldebrg or Laura Dern here)