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January 22, 2022 at 12:03 pm #1204743752
42 looks was way too much to absorb, and it would have been better to have this challenge later in the season. Mixed on bringing back Orion Story and Daya Betty. Like, why? Makes the past two episodes seem meaningless and inconsequential. Orion Story did deliver in all three looks. Similar in tone and execution, but is that not the point? You could say the same thing for Jorgeous, Kornbread, Willow, Jasmine, and others. Daya Betty’s aesthetic is too similar to Crystal Methyd. Very “been there, done that.” Her shining moment and highlights reel will include eating a dead dragonfly in the sew room. Nice win for Willow, and even nicer to see the budding friendship form between Willow and Kornbread. Hope that continues. Too many looks to pick favorites, but I would say that Jasmine Kennedie should have been higher than safe. She might have had the best constructed look of the episode, if I’m remembering correctly. Deserved bottom 2, but Orion Story should have been safe. June Jambalaya was a mess in all of her three looks, TBH, and I didn’t like the haughty tone she took with Orion returning. They should have had a rematch between the two of them so Orion could have had his rudemption moment. But Maddy was too basic for that to happen lol. Her peak was probably the Marie Antionette head look, which is an all-timer (too bad about the flats, which I didn’t realize until Monét pointed it out on “Pitstop”). I can already see the queens othering Maddy and making him the outsider, like Aiden Zhane, Elliott with 2Ts, Utica Queen, etc. He can’t go home quite yet, b/c his cishet storyline hasn’t been milked to its fullest potential by the shady producers. June deserved her exit for her tacky runway looks, poor attitude, and throwing everything on the runway during the lip-sync. I don’t know how she’ll live down losing a Kylie Minogue song to a straight white guy lmao. I guess you could say that the song choice favored Maddy in the same ways that Lizzo favored June and Alicia Keys favored Deja Skye. The confessionals were pretty tough this episode, particularly from Kornbread, Orion Story, and Willow. Had no idea who the guest judge was, who had barely no presence in the judges’ critiques. Glad to see the teams merge and looking forward to a great season!
ReplyJanuary 22, 2022 at 10:07 am #1204743583Regina King’s only son, musicial Ian Alexander Jr., died by suicide at age 26.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/entertainment/regina-king-son-death/index.htmlJanuary 21, 2022 at 3:43 pm #1204742741“Gloria” (1980): First Cassavetes film, so I was excited to finally see one of his collaborations with his wife, Gena Rowlands. It’s definitely a product of its time, and in the opening sequences, there are shots of famous NYC landmarks, including Yankee Stadium, the Statue of Liberty, and the Twin Towers (which made me sad). It’s more of an action genre film than I was expecting. Cassavetes wrote this initially just to quickly sell it off. After Barbra Streisand turned down the lead role, it was then offered to Gena Rowlands, with Columbia Pictures insisting that Cassavetes direct it. The plot starts easily enough with a Puerto Rican woman (Julie Carmen) buying groceries and going to her apartment. She senses that she’s being surveilled, and soon we find out that her white husband (Buck Henry) works as a mob accountant who’s turned state’s evidence. Hitmen are after him and an incriminating ledger that he possesses. The woman’s neighbor and friend, Gloria, is asked to take their youngest son with her. She’s a former moll and quick to her feet. The mobsters kill the rest of the family, and then we’re off! Rowlands is the reason to watch this otherwise middling film. Gloria has such a swagger to her that’s incredible to watch, and Rowlands specifically wanted to give this character an unmistakable walk and presence, like this woman’s been somewhere and has experienced much in her life. The child actor, Juan Adames, only has this sole acting credit to his name. It was one of the worst child actor performances I’ve seen, possibly ever. So stilted and unnatural throughout that it almost ruined the film for me. He was discovered by the casting director’s sister. Her brother was searching for a child actor to play Phil. She knew of Adames and thought he would be perfect for the role, went to his school, and asked him to audition. The ending is also overly sentimental and verging on nonsensical and implausible. I’d only recommend this film for Rowlands, who was Oscar-nominated for the second time in Best Actress for her performance.
ReplyJanuary 21, 2022 at 2:22 pm #1204742682Effort to overhaul archaic election law wins new momentum
BY JORDAIN CARNEY 01/21/22 06:00 AM ESTMomentum is growing for making changes to an archaic election law after former President Trump and his allies tried to overturn the Electoral College results.
Multiple groups on Capitol Hill are working on reforms to the Electoral Count Act, which lays out how the Electoral College results are counted. And in a rare area of overlap, GOP leaders in both chambers and President Biden are opening the door to changes to the 1887 law.
Though talks on the law have been quietly happening behind the scenes on Capitol Hill for weeks, they are moving to the forefront as lawmakers try to figure out what, if anything, can be done in the election space after a separate, Democratic attempt to pass a sweeping voting rights bill unraveled.
“It’s a good win there, I mean my goodness, that’s what caused the insurrection. That’s exactly what we should be doing,” said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), referring to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters who hoped to stop the formal Electoral College count.
Members involved in a bipartisan Senate group, spearheaded by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Manchin, say they will meet by Zoom over the upcoming weeklong break, when they will all be back in their home states.
The group’s talks are still in the early stages, with staff-level talks also happening. They don’t yet have a proposal and aren’t publicly putting a timeline on when they’ll get there. Instead, members have exchanged ideas on what they wanted included in potential legislation.
“We’re going to be meeting by Zoom over the break to go through each of the items on each other’s list and see where we have agreements and where we don’t,” said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), a member of the bipartisan group.
Manchin and Collins, who held court with reporters together in the Senate basement so they could talk up their efforts, expressed optimism about the chances for a bipartisan agreement. The group includes some of the same senators who formed the so-called G-20, which helped break a stalemate on coronavirus relief at the end of the Trump administration and negotiated last year’s infrastructure deal.
“The model for coming up with an election reform bill that is truly bipartisan, that would address many of the problems that arose on January 6 and that would help restore confidence in our elections is the approach that we used with the bipartisan infrastructure bill. That’s what worked,” Collins said.
The timing of the basement press conference with Collins and Manchin was notable. It came less than a day after Democrats hit a wall with their sweeping election bill after Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) sided with Republicans against nixing the 60-vote filibuster for the legislation.
The Democratic effort ramped up tension in the Senate, with Collins and Manchin appearing to be actively trying to turn the page by talking up the bipartisan interest in their own effort.
“We never give up on bipartisanship. We never give up on making the Senate work. This Senate can work and is working,” Manchin said.
And while Democratic leaders and the White House were previously reluctant to give oxygen to questions about the Electoral Count Act over concerns that it would be viewed as a substitute for trying on the broader voting rights bill, Biden pointed to it this week as a potential area of compromise.
“We’ll get something done on the electoral reform side of this,” Biden said during his first press conference of the year.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki added that the White House hadn’t been against making changes to the Electoral Count Act but that they “always wanted to be clear that it was not a substitute for voting rights legislation.”
Manchin and Biden spoke about the issue when they met at the White House last week, with the Democratic senator telling reporters, “The president feels as strong about this as we’re feeling about it.”
The Senate group’s efforts aren’t just limited to the Electoral Count Act. They are also looking at making it a federal crime to threaten election officials and poll workers, as well as potentially providing grants to states to beef up their elections.
But potential changes to the Electoral Count Act have gotten the most attention because Trump publicly and privately led a pressure campaign to try to get his vice president, Mike Pence, to reject the Electoral College results from key states Trump lost. Pence refused to do so, saying that the Constitution tied his hands.
Trump’s closest allies in Congress also made unsuccessful bids to challenge battleground states while Congress was formally counting the results on Jan. 6—an event that was interrupted for hours when a pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol. Though GOP lawmakers were able to force the House and Senate to vote on challenges to the results in Arizona and Pennsylvania, both of those efforts fell short.
To force a vote, one member of the House and one member of the Senate have to sign on to an objection to a state’s count. Last year was the third time the Electoral College results have been challenged and voted on since 1887.
Among the changes being floated by senators includes increasing that threshold and clarifying the vice president’s role.
“There are so many ambiguities in a law that is nearly 150 years old. We need to clarify what is the role of the vice president is precisely—make it clear that it’s ministerial,” Collins said.
Aside from the bipartisan group, Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), Senate Rules Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are working on legislation to reform the Electoral Count Act. The House Administration Committee has also released a report with suggestions for reforms, with overlapping areas of interest to what’s being discussed in the Senate.
Those two Senate efforts have, so far, been separate, but Durbin indicated that he wanted to see if they could be simpatico.
“We’ll be talking about that … whether there’s a way, any way, to discuss the two together,” Durbin said, while adding that he thought he, King and Klobuchar had a “good proposal.”
Durbin added that while he hadn’t spoken to Collins, he was “open to their suggestions. I’m hoping we can have a constructive conversation.”
On the surface, the issue could be politically tricky. Republicans have been eager to move on from anything related to Jan. 6, and Trump frequently lashes out at allies if they break from his false claim that the election was “stolen.”
Romney, however, floated that the changes, particularly limiting the power of the vice president, could work for Republicans because Vice President Harris will be the next person to preside over a formal counting of the Electoral College vote after the 2024 presidential election.
“I think the advantage of this moment is that the vice president is a Democrat, so hopefully Republicans recognize that clarifying the role of the vice president is in our interest as well as in the other party’s interest,” he said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are also leaving the door open to reforming the law.
“Just like any bill out there, in every Congress, we look at an old piece of law. So you can always modernize it and others,” said McCarthy, who objected to certifying election results on Jan. 6. “There’s nothing wrong with looking at any piece of legislation. I would think we’d look at a lot of things and make things accountable.”
McConnell, who previously said the issue was worth discussing, blessed the bipartisan talks.
“I wish them well, and I’d be happy to take a look at whatever they come up with,” McConnell said. “I just encourage the discussion because I think it clearly is flawed. This is directly related to what happened on Jan. 6, and we ought to figure out a bipartisan way to fix this.”
ReplyJanuary 21, 2022 at 8:21 am #1204741853Episode Title: “A Pair of Balls”
Synopsis: The remaining queens put their design skills to the test in a double ball challenge, stomping the runway in 42 fashion looks; Christine Chiu (“Bling Empire”) serves as guest judge; another contestant is eliminated from the competition.
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ReplyJanuary 21, 2022 at 8:16 am #1204741847RIP Louie Anderson 🙁
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/louie-anderson-dead-comedian-baskets-star-1235078681/January 20, 2022 at 8:12 pm #1204741203All-female final four! Making that history 19 seasons in lol! Shontall was such an easy winner that I thought for a second that Coral would win just to make things interesting and competitive. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case. Couldn’t stand that shade of yellow for Coral’s design, but the photo was indeed dramatic enough for top two placement. Odd that they set up Shontall as an “outsider” to the group. This has been a very chummy crop of designers overall, and I recall the group being in tears over Christian’s save of her a couple of weeks ago. Between the bottom three, Kristina would have been my easy elimination. The blue/green contrast was hideous, her trash bin prop was weird, and the photo wasn’t flattering to the supermodel at all. At least Bones tried something unique, even if he went overboard with his directions on the photo shoot and made his design too constrictive. Chasity’s Disney villain look was fine as a standalone, but I agree that the photo could have showcased the dress better than that. Interesting final four all the same. My initial predictions were so off and male-centric (what the producers probably preferred): Octavio (who I thought would win), Bones, Aaron, and last girl standing Chasity. Didn’t see Shontall’s dominance happening with FOUR challenge wins! Werk, bitch! I thought Coral would have been long gone by now, and Kristina by the halfway point. Chasity has been up and down aesthetically, and challenges like this really bring out her immaturity. But three challenge wins is a significant achievement regardless. Shontall is in the lead and the clear frontrunner going into NY Fashion Week. Her photo was a work of art, plain and simple. Ready for the finale!
ReplyJanuary 20, 2022 at 7:54 pm #1204741188All of those opinions on the film side, and then a nonsensical television ballot. Whatevs.
ReplyJanuary 20, 2022 at 1:05 pm #1204740555“Dopesick” vs. “Maid,” but yes, they can always default to Jenkins.
ReplyJanuary 20, 2022 at 12:36 pm #1204740514Looks like Variety has officially confirmed Coolidge for season 2. If she’s playing the same character, the show has to move to drama from limited. Bummer. She’ll have no Emmy chances there in that field. Let’s hope for more and better material in the next installment! Or less for that matter, so she can nab an easy guest acting Emmy instead.
ReplyJanuary 20, 2022 at 12:28 pm #1204740503“Right on Time” wasn’t one of the “original 8,” while “A Beautiful Noise” was. It’s easy to explain that it’s solely alphabetical, but still, this is a song featuring two beloved Grammy-bait veterans that voters can feel very pleased with themselves voting for. The push might have been reset or favored toward “Right on Time” during voting, but for all we know, voters could have easily split in their decision-making too. I have “Right on Time” winning PSVP as Brandi’s big reward. The session musician linked to above is your typical Grammy voter: straight, white, male, rock-loving journeyman who knows everything, and he outright picked “ABN” as his winner. He only liked four of the nominees: “ABN,” “DL,” “LTDO,” & “ROT.” The potential is very much there for vote-splitting. It’s down to “DL” vs. “LTDO” FTW, just like the consensus has predictably determined here. I voted for the former.
ReplyJanuary 20, 2022 at 12:09 am #1204739616Episode Title: “The Model as Muse”
Synopsis: For the first time ever in “Project Runway” history, the remaining designers will be creating looks for the same supermodel in this one-of-a-kind challenge; another contestant is eliminated from the competition.
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