To be fair to HBO, they frequently hire porn actors for scenes like those. Obviously setting boundaries is important for porn actors as well, but I suspect they are far more comfortable with HBO-level nudity and are unlikely to feel pressured into going beyond those boundaries on the HOD set.

YES. I went through a big amatriciana phase, making it over and over to get it right. When you cook the bucatini in the sauce properly and some gets sucked into that tiny center tube, it is so magical ;-).

Yeah that is a reeeeaaaally unfortunate title. I knew someone who worked in the cookbook industry and during his first marriage it was common gossip that he physically abused his first wife. He then obviously had a well-publicized divorce from Stephanie March where she alleged lots of emotional neglect and cruelty if…

Ha, thanks for not spoilering me book person - I was a book person for GOT and know how annoying it can be to see this type of speculation. It’s actually interesting watching this without a book background - on the one hand it does add suspense as well as removing the risk they’ll do different things with a favorite…

We could try to narrow it down by assuming Rhaenrya is going to marry someone we’ve already seen (which of course may not be the case). Absent folks who can’t marry like maesters, Kingsguard and people who are already married, there’s not a ton of choices. Note that Daemon is actually married, while he was willing to…

There’s a reason why senior citizens make up a major share of cruise passengers. My parents are in their 80s and starting to fail a bit and cruising has been one of few types of vacations we can now do together as a family. They are now in a place where walking 6-10 blocks to get to a restaurant for dinner is an…

1) That people weren’t really going to vote en masse in midterms; 2) that those who did vote would care more about gas prices than women’s lives; 3) that the primary system and eventual red state electoral college advantage means they only really need to appeal to a smallish, vocal segment of the Republican party; 4)…

I just don’t see how any restaurant can create fries that stay crisp throughout when they’ve been soaked in gravy though. I’ve had poutine a number of times, both in the US and Canada, and without fail the bottom half becomes a soggy mess by the time you get down to it. Do you Canadians stir it up and eat it…

Just to be clear, the behavior described here would amount to sexual harassment, not just discrimination. Refusing to hire or promote a woman is discrimination. Forcing her to touch you, submit to being touched, listen to sexual jokes and stories, be the butt of sexual jokes, etc. all clearly qualify as harassment and…

I also keep thinking of that great SNL sketch “Meet Your Second Wife!” where one contestant is told his future wife will be his daughter’s college roommate and he hopefully says, “That’s nice, then they can stay friends!” and a stone-faced Tina Fey replies “Yeah, your daughter’s gonna love it.” Viserys may misguidedly…

I think a lot of folks are not aware of her first crash and without knowing the details it’s far easier to simply think this was some type of accident. With the full context it’s quite clear that is not the case.

She drove into one building, evaded people trying to help her, backed up her car and drove away and then hit another building resulting in her injuries and now likely death. This is not an issue of losing control due to high speed but rather a tragedy of substance abuse/mental illness.

I mean, the excerpts above literally say “I didn’t like her” and that the work absences felt like “a personal attack.” That sounds like animus to me? But if that’s not the case and Jezebel and other outlets are the ones positioning this as some kind of catfight, that just perpetuates this problem. 

This is one of the “don’t hate the player, hate the game” things. If McCurdy had been in the same fortunate position as Grande, would she really have generously turned down opportunities to help her costar out? Yeah, I doubt it.

I watched the cast of Sex and the City have sex with their bras on for a zillion years, I can let this one pass.

I don’t know anything about Schneider but if a manager was giving teenaged/younger employees backrubs that would definitely be a sign of potential sexual abuse regardless of his appearance (and people who believe abusers are all unattractive and overweight are sadly mistaken btw). Within the last 10 years if not…

Kansas is a closed primary state that only allows you to vote for a candidate if you are registered for that party. Approximately 30% of Kansas voters are independent/unaffiliated, and it’s thus not surprising that around 20% of those who voted on the referendum did not vote for a candidate.

Ballot measures can absolutely be helpful, they are just not going to be enough. Making reproductive choice a central issue when voting for candidates will be doing something different (for Democrats at any rate, it’s a strategy the right has been using for years) and it will be essential to protect abortion rights.…

I have friends who are managing difficult situations with their own kids that age. It’s not as simple as forbidding contact or reporting people to authorities. I’ve seen kids attempt suicide when parents have tried to set boundaries around things much less enticing than a trip to London with a celebrity. And given…

That Ritter bar is A-MAZING, my absolute favorite Ritter. Something of the overall effect of a Krackel but way, way better. It says “Knusperflakes” on the label fyi.