Having read the the New York Times article, I am confused about how someone with a history of abusive behavior could be deemed “a suitable and qualified person” to act as conservator for one of his past victims, and disgusted that that appears to be what happened. And that’s leaving out the fact that—at most—Jamie…

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Did you mean Boris and Carrie or Newt and Callista? Although actually, in either case I don’t know the answer, but wouldn’t be surprised.

Ooh thank you for the correction. It worked out even better for her than I had thought!

To be fair (though I don’t know why I should be) Newt got into Catholicism for his current wife. She’s a piece of work as well: just a good Catholic girl, carrying on a multi-year affair with a married man. Although it worked out for her, since Newt got to be ambassador to the Vatican under Trump, so she got to…

I don’t know how deliberate it was, but I agree that that’s his MO and that he used it regularly during his tenure as host of The Daily Show. He was also really fond of denying that he and his show did any kind of political commentary, so I expect when he’s called out on this, he’ll also deny that he promoted the lab…

Those of us who are old enough to remember seeing TV and film trailers for her work would certainly know, since the narrators always said her name. But it seems like she took a step back from her career in the 2000s, so I’m not surprised that people who can’t remember the 1990s don’t know the pronunciation, even if…

Even if we allow for the idea that one’s personality while drunk or high is not reflective of who they are deep down, the principle still applies. If you do shitty things while under the influence, then you have no business being under the influence. Recreational drugs are not required for a full and high-quality life.

…but she was supposed to research the entire history of and make an informed decision on her participation? At 19 years old in 1999. With an encyclopedia brittanica, I’m assuming? Or was she supposed to go to the library and go through local newspapers in the microfilm section?

Defector Media (comprising many of the staff who resigned from Deadspin) had this:

Reading this, it’s really hard to see who these “co-living” spaces would be for. Most people move for work and there’s no guarantee that these companies are going to have properties in the right city (or the right part of a given city) to be worth the money. And that’s before you’re saddled with a bunch of flatmates…

Love The Smiths reference!

I guess everyone still feels bad about the time Julie Andrews didn’t get to play Eliza Doolittle in the film adaptation of My Fair Lady (she originated the role on Broadway and in the West End) that we’re forever going to be stuck with actors playing parts that they’re too old for when successful stage musicals are …

And to be fair to the Olsen twins, they didn’t choose the career that initially made them famous. For all we know, they would have always wanted to become fashion designers, though it would have also been hard for them to break into the industry without their pre-existing fame and money. Chrissy Teigen and Gwyneth…

Agree, though for some reason Emily is fine, even though I hate Emil as a name. I guess Emil is less common, so it’s easier for me to think of it as Emily adapted for males than the other way around.

Exactly. For the decision to make sense, you need to somehow read the character as male. That’s only possible if you’re aware of the actor’s background and don’t accept her as female (i.e. you’re a transphobe). If Gail had been played by Leslie Jones, I bet they would have gotten female actors for each dub from the…

Cox, who plays coffee shop owner Gail, was voiced by male actors in the Italian, German, and Spanish versions of the movie, an error that a Universal spokesperson described as “a bias that neither we nor many in our industry had recognized.”

Apologies if you already knew about this, but a lot of the old Deadspin writers banded together to form Defector (defector.com). The only downside is that it’s no longer free to read or to comment (though requiring people to pay to comment is maybe not such a bad idea as a way to filter out trolls and spammers).

Re: the label making her do press. Yes, exactly. And even Beyoncé had to work her way up to achieving the level of fame and success that allowed her the ability to refuse to do interviews. She didn’t start there, and plenty of otherwise successful artists never get to that level.

I was put off by the preamble, where the interviewer said, “I love famous people but I also find them quite silly, like a Schnauzer wearing a bowtie.” Uh, okay. If that’s attitude was at all apparent to St. Vincent, then maybe that’s why she “tended to interpret [the interviewer’s] questions in bad faith.” Or maybe…