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Culture writer + reporter. 📝 at @nytimes @washingtonpost , etc. 📚 DISNEY HIGH is out 9/24 from @StMartinsPress ! Pre-order:

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Ashley Spencer
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Thrilled to announce my book DISNEY HIGH: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire will be out from @StMartinsPress on 9/24/24! And you can preorder your copy right now!
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A well-balanced diet.
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The Backstreet Boys singing “I Want It That Way” from their separate abodes gives me so. much. joy. Also, I might be crying? #iHeartConcertonFOX
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F. Murray Abraham realizing the fans at the Golden Globes are cheering for him and then doing a little pose 🥹
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Jennifer Garner elbow deep in friendship bracelets from Taylor Swift fans is a 13 Going on 30 sequel writing itself.
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For your consideration: the moment Jennifer Coolidge saw Colin Farrell offer his arm to walk her up the stairs #GoldenGlobes
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The love interest in Taylor Swift’s new Lavender Haze music video is trans model and artist Laith Ashley. At a time when trans rights are increasingly under attack, this representation is major.
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If you’re wondering what life is like in Australia... pretty much back to normal. Thanks to decisive action, lockdowns, mandatory international quarantine, and stringent contact tracing, the current number of active cases in the whole country (pop. 25 million)? 47.
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Yes, Ryan Gosling is a perfect Ken but a moment of appreciation for Michael Cera’s Allan. This man will never know peace.
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‼️Mandy Moore just sang “Only Hope” from A Walk to Remember for the first time in almost 20 years, and it was perfect.
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THIS MOMENT. THIS LOOK. GIVE HER THE EMMY. #WhiteLotus
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Screaming at Lizzo pulling a tiny flask out of her purse and taking a big swig after losing Song of the Year, then going on to win Record of the Year approximately 30 seconds later. #Grammys
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Miley Cyrus just recreated the Teen Choice Awards “pole dance” that shook the nation, 13 years later.
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Tahj Mowry just shared an emotional post about Naya Rivera, his childhood friend and ex-girlfriend. When I interviewed him earlier this year, he said their bond “was almost like an arranged marriage.“
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The op-ed title "I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change." being read out again and again as a jury rules against the woman who wrote it is... extremely dark.
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Gorgeous gorgeous girls get waitlisted by Ticketmaster for the Taylor Swift verified fan presale.
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Obsessed with the Harry Styles super fan. The way she could barely croak out his name in surprise, the little dance he did when he ran to her, their sweet moment together on stage. Fans make music what it is, and that was a fun reminder. #Grammys
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I'm not saying this isn't Will and Kate, but also I would not be shocked if John Oliver revealed he hired a pair of look-alikes to prance around Windsor as a bit.
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NEW: @TheSun and @TMZ publish photos (and video) of Kate and William out and about in Windsor over the weekend.
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Bill Hader (seated next to 76-year-old Henry Winkler) is virtually the only person in the Emmys crowd wearing a mask.
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Bill Hader alert
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The casting of young Georgia (Nikki Roumel) on Ginny & Georgia is SO good. From the looks to the mannerisms, you actually believe this is the same person at various stages of life, and that’s incredibly hard to pull off.
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We need to stop sleeping on Netflix’s new dance movie Work It. Jordan Fisher as romantic lead, crackling chemistry with Sabrina Carpenter, routines I like to imagine I could do if only I got off the couch. Completely charmed AND it’s directed, written, and produced by women!!
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This lede took an unexpectedly macabre turn.
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Katie Leung says publicists instructed her to pretend she wasn’t the target of racist vitriol by fans while playing Cho Chang in Harry Potter. “I remember them saying to me... ‘just say it's, say it’s not true, say it's not happening.’”
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(If you haven’t yet watched @kai_martinez__ ’s “Bruno” dance reference videos, they’re INCREDIBLE.)
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There was only one way Jake Gyllenhaal posting a pic of himself as a little kid in glasses during All Too Well season was going to end.
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We need to make the new Meg Ryan rom-com a Barbie-level event. Flock to the cinemas in cozy outerwear, brandishing bouquets of daisies and sandwiches that took an hour and a half to order.
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Did not fully grasp the enormity of the void left by not having Meg Ryan in new rom coms until we got this glimpse of Meg Ryan in a new rom com. Snowed in! At an airport! With an old flame!
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From the star of “When Harry Met Sally” and “Sleepless in Seattle" comes a new rom-com. Meg Ryan and David Duchovny star in #WhatHappensLater , a swoon-worthy story of old flames rekindled amidst the magic of missed connections, directed by Meg Ryan. Only in theaters October 13!
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When you see the Kate vs. Meghan headlines in the British press laid out side by side... phew
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I think one of the grossest thing we did as a country was attack meghan markle and prince harry until they left the country smh
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Michael B. Jordan as an interloping Jake from State Farm (and as SNL host, in general) is perfect.
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I went to Pasadena and profiled Jennette McCurdy for the @washingtonpost . It’s an intense read, but as her friend Jerrod Carmichael said, “She's willing to contend with and confront these things that I've seen a lot of people run from."
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“Michaela Coel, fuck yeah.” - Olivia Colman, and all of us #Emmys
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Not every country is the same. I'm an American in Australia. Very grateful to be here right now.
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Selena Gomez: #MyMindandMe is an intimate portrait of mental health, the universal need for human connection, and the relentlessly dehumanizing nature of celebrity. Not your typical glossy doc and better for it. Keep tissues handy.
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Miley Cyrus not getting a Grammy nomination for Plastic Hearts is a bummer. The way she reinvented herself and made every track both a banger and lyrical joy ("Golden G String"! "High"!!). One of my top three albums of the year.
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Emmys for everyone involved in Jury Duty.
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Golden Globes producer: So, what should we give as the reason why Amanda can’t accept her award? Busy working? Traveling overseas? Amanda Seyfried’s publicist: No, no. Tell them she’s “deep in the process of creating a new musical this week,” then say no more!!
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That same day I shopped, went to lunch, a cinema, a bar, and dinner. Everywhere I sat down, I had to sign in via a QR code on my phone and enter my contact details for contact tracing purposes. Social distancing is still encouraged and some stores require temperature checks.
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Justin Bieber is very good at making music I want to listen to and that’s just a fact. #HoldOn
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Sutton fans have KNOWN Meghann Fahy deserves the world. (And clearly The Bold Type writers knew it too with the storylines they threw her way.) EGOT by 40.
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Since I see a not insignificant number of people questioning if this video is old or fake, thought I'd add a little more info up top: I filmed this on Saturday (December 5, 2020) in Brisbane at the Queen Street Mall.
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No one is wearing a mask in the video because community transmission in Australia is virtually zero. The vast majority of active cases in the country (again, est. less than 50 in total) are coming from international travelers currently in hotel quarantine.
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“Skin of My Teeth” may simply be Demi Lovato’s all-time best.
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How is this book real I—
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Taylor Swift turning “Soon You’ll Get Better,” the song she wrote about her mom’s cancer battle, into a ballad for these times is devastatingly beautiful. #GlobalCitizens #TogetherAtHome
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Yes, it is summer now. Australia did shockingly already have fall, winter, and spring 2020 and confronted the virus then. International borders likely won't open up and things won't truly be ~normal~ until a vaccine is distributed here and worldwide.
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Miley Cyrus x Brandi Carlile, I have ascended!!
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Thank you @ddlovato for this anthem. This election is so vital and these lyrics are powerful and true: "We're in a state of crisis, people are dying, while you line your pockets deep." I made it about three lines before crying. VOTE. #CommanderInChief
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My blood pressure during every episode of Euphoria
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Will Poulter as a tattooed pastry chef in season 2 of The Bear will heal a broken nation.
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Every frame a masterpiece!!
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emmy winner meghann fahy
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The most confusing part of Glass Onion was watching Kate Hudson and Kathryn Hahn co-star in a movie where someone else is playing a character named Andi.
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CW: graphic details of abuse In her Instagram stories, Evan is sharing screenshots from other women who have just come forward on Instagram saying they too were victims of Manson.
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Why did this interview, which touches on sexual assault, trauma, and activism, need to open with a description of Angelina Jolie’s “vertiginous cheekbones, huge blue eyes and lips like a plumped red sofa”?
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Wow Ginny and Georgia did not mess around with the Luke Danes upgrade
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Love to see Howie D. still representing Orlando.
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Watching Avril Lavigne sing Sk8er Boi on a couch at my parents’ house like it’s 2002 all over again 🤘
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A Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton Super Bowl ad is no substitute for what we actually need: a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton Super Bowl halftime show.
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She previously detailed the horrors of her past abusive relationship before Congress in 2018, but did not name Manson.
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You: But can she sing, too? Meghann Fahy, veteran Broadway talent:
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Singer-songwriter @adassaofficial , who voices Dolores, said her iconic “Bruno” verse was intended to be performed an octave higher, but she had the idea to drop it lower to fit with Dolores’ “intimate” style of speaking.
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The palace getting the news alert for Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview
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The part of Controlling Britney where we learn she was told she couldn’t afford a pair of shoes that she saw in a store window while walking into her multi-million dollar Vegas show—and the shoes in question were Skechers. What a profiteering, manipulative racket. #FreeBritney
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After @Lin_Manuel wrote “Bruno,” he made a demo in which he sang all of the parts. The voice actors & choreographers used that as their main reference when doing their parts. According to @adassaofficial , that version sounds “like Lin-Manuel on steroids.”
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Amanda Seyfried with the incredible reveal that her “first magazine cover” was modeling as a Clay Aiken fan girl in the reflective glint of his 2003 aviators. Seven months later, Mean Girls premiered.
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Godzilla Minus One! They deserved for these shoes alone. #Oscars
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The new Jurassic movie should just be these two catching up on the last 20 years over an expensive bottle of wine.
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Sam Neill making sure Netflix knows just how lucky they are to have projects starring thee Laura Dern. Love to see it.
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No one wants to say it, but Niall Horan is the best solo artist of all the former 1D members. Shine, bb! #HeartbreakWeather
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This account from @DanCleary79 re: Wood and Manson is heartbreaking. “Over the course of one year he turned her into a different person. He broke her.”
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We must protect The Other Two at all costs.
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Monday’s #BlackLivesMatter protest in Auckland, New Zealand. Other marches took place across the country with minimal police presence.
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The roller coaster of emotions from Mark Ruffalo’s wife!! Supporting Emmy for Sunrise Coigney.
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*Hannah Montana transition music plays* I’m writing a book! YOU’RE WATCHING DISNEY CHANNEL is about a cable network that became so much more and what that meant for everyone involved. I can’t wait to dive in and share this with you.
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Harry and Meghan relaunched their lives away from a toxic environment, shut out all the incessant noise, helped so many by being open about their mental health struggles and miscarriage, and created space for themselves, Archie, and this new bebe to thrive. We love to see it.
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Kim Kardashian and Van Jones?! Six days into 2021 and the celeb gossip is
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@onlychildperry I think the waver is because this time it’s Harper who betrayed her. She can deal with Cameron, but she thought she was finally developing a real female friendship. And then, bam!
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Some fun facts about how the character of Bruno evolved, from directors @thejaredbush @ByronPHoward : - he was originally around Mirabel’s age - his name was “Oscar” but a legal snag over a number of real life Oscar Madrigals led the filmmakers to change it
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For the @latimes , I spent several hours talking to Patricia Richardson about “Home Improvement” (which ended 25 years ago this week), its muted legacy, and how she fought for more power as one of the only women on the ‘90s sitcom’s set. 📷: @therealchouse Link below!
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The Josh Hartnett renaissance has been quietly brewing, and, frankly, it’s about time.
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Rumor has it tonight’s #SydneyTSTheErasTour concert could be a rain show, so here are my memories from the Rep tour Sydney show that got delayed for hours due to lightning, then it poured throughout. It was 1000 degrees out. We all looked like wet rats. Perfect night.
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That was @kai_martinez__ , Encanto assistant choreographer and cultural consultant (who also starred in those incredible viral side-by-side “Bruno” dance vids!), performing during “Dos Oruguitas” at the #Oscars .
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This outpouring of love for Kathryn Hahn and Jason Sudeikis bodes well for a new appreciation of the elite comedy classic We’re the Millers.
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It's this Banshees of Inisherin scene for me.
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Emma D’Arcy described their Golden Globes vibe as “child piano prodigy and maybe the recital is not going well,” and I just think that’s beautiful.
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All I ever want. #Oscars
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The pandemic has taken its toll and we are clearly not ok
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Muting this now. Domestic abuse resources and support below ❤️ US AU UK
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Assistant choreographer and #Encanto consultant @kai_martinez__ spent ~2 weeks perfecting the “Bruno” moves in studio with choreographer Jamal Sims + “Latinx dancers from Colombia, from Cuba, from Puerto Rico — people who understood the assignment.”
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Now they’re eating flan with @Lin_Manuel ! #TheRosieODonnellShow
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Do you have a TikTok? Pedro Pascal: *long pause* No, I don’t. *longer pause* I have a secret one. #Oscars
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Update: Still thinking about #CinderellaMovie and might watch it again. It’s Ella Enchanted meets Shrek vibes, and you can fight it all you want, but that is exactly the movie we need right now.
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