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Marnie Rapaport's avatar

I apparently do find belonging in mocking celebrities. We’re currently vacationing in paradise, where I get to practice my French when I’m not constantly stuffing my face with amazing food. At yesterday’s lunch, there was a young woman at a nearby table with scientifically enhanced body parts, FORE AND AFT. I shared my thoughts re the Kardashianization of body parts with our waiter (no filter when I’m forced to day drink), and we became fast friends.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

“Fore and aft” rofl

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The_Shadout_Mapes's avatar

I cannot explain it but I haaaaaaaaaaate TC and his extraordinarily stupid hair. Whenever I see his face I get irrationally angry. I find him easily the weakest actor in all of his filmography. Also he fancies himself a sex symbol when he actually belongs in Tiger Beat or BOP! Also, too, too, also he is 12.

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PurpleAmerica's avatar

He's this phase's Harry Styles, who was last phase's Justin Bieber, who was the previous phase's Orlando Bloom, who was preceded by Leonardo DiCaprio, who was the it guy after....

What do they all have in common? Young women love them because they look innocuous and can't grow facial hair and older women like them because they don't have facial hair.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

I don’t like any of them. I like facial hair (well, not per se, i like evidence that it’s possible)

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Megan Gafford's avatar

I'm big into Dune and had never heard of him before watching the first movie. I wish I had never noticed anything about him before the second film, because he seems vapid, and I hope that doesn't taint my viewing experience. That being said, the Dune books get real fucking weird, so if they're going to pull off continuing *any further* into that universe on the silver screen, then they will need actors with huge, weirdly obsessed followings to carry the weight of that weirdness.

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The_Shadout_Mapes's avatar

Yeah, the idea of Javier Bardem’s Stilgar needing to learn literally anything from TC’s Paul is laughable.

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Megan Gafford's avatar

Isn't he a great Stilgar?! I liked TC as Paul in the first movie; I had never heard of him or seen the actor before. We'll see how he pulls off the transition to a leader!

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

TC has a noteworthy head (huge) to body (wasted) ratio. He’s what I imagine consumption looked like.

I just want to button up his shirts and hide his sad little chest.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

DYING

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Midge's avatar

Crested Guinea fowl:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRl1A7bMAHV5mDos6x2lx-gDRyzj3UmzH8QWw&usqp=CAU

Especially if plucked below the neck.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

Now i must get a pet Guinea fowl and name him timothee chalamet

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Lori Z.'s avatar

Hilarious. But seriously, I don't get it either. Not even easy on the eye (imo)

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George Cody's avatar

Honestly Holly, I would rather spend my time looking at you than at him but that is all I have here.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

well that's a low bar but SAME

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Maggie's avatar

Going from Christian Bale as Laurie in Little Women to TC as Laurie was an obscene casting choice. And I'm meh on the Dune casting because frankly I think Zendaya could beat Chalimet in a knife fight.

I feel the belonging. I feel that I am in the presence of women who appreciate a Hugh Jackman/Harrison Ford/Ryan Gosling type. I guy who can pull off flannel or a tux.

No to Timothy Chalimet. GIVE ME TIMOTHY DALTON.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

Omg i didn’t know he was in the new LW. I had not gotten to that yet and now i don’t need to bc it would be too disturbing.

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Rita Knight's avatar

Absolutely hilarious! Thank you, Holly. I needed that today.

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