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Mami hot her limit
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Now that badass TV bitches like Alicia Florrick on The Good Wife and Olivia Pope on Scandal are giving HJs, hand stuff is chic again! It’s time to give handies their rightful place in the hitting-it hall of fame.
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Monica & Me: Fat Girls Of The ’90′s
I always liked Monica Lewinsky.
Back in 1998, I was 20 years old, just a few years younger than she was at the time. Superficially, I looked a little like her — the plus-sized body (though she was probably smaller than me), the round face, the modified “Friends” haircut. People literally would yell out “Hey, Monica!” to me on my way to class at NYU. She lived just a few blocks away from my dorm…
TV #15 of 2022:
Scandal, season 6
This penultimate outing starts with a bang, and winds up structuring its entire year a bit like a whodunnit mystery. For a while, the show is almost hypnotically-recursive, returning Rashomon-like to Election Night again and again, each time filling in yet another person’s perspective along with some additional context of what happened between the nominating conventions of the previous finale and now. Even after leaving that framework behind, the season hums with a tension that Scandal doesn’t often manage, perhaps helped by its airing during the early months of the Trump administration when our own America seemed likewise upside-down.
Of course, this series can only stray so far from its inherent soapiness, and so we still end up with new plot twists and secret character motivations that don’t hold up under the lightest scrutiny. We’re introduced to what I believe is our fourth all-powerful conspiracy in the heart of Washington — whose leaders brag that they cannot be stopped and can easily be replaced from their ranks despite the fact that it really seems like there’s just the two of them and a few flunkies — with Liv herself taking moves to form a fifth shadow organization in the final hour of this run.
It’s more ridiculous than scandalous, as ever. But the effect remains fun so long as you don’t let yourself think too hard about any of these developments or their implications, especially when punctuated with nice moments of personal growth for much of the main cast. And if the upcoming last eighteen episodes represent a showdown between a newly-ruthless Olivia and her former friends back at the old firm, as appears to be suggested? That might be the most satisfying ending that showrunner Shonda Rhimes could deliver at this point.
[Content warning for gun violence, torture, suicide, sexual assault, claustrophobia, drowning, and gore.]
★★★☆☆
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Although the famous Virginia Rappe-Arbuckle scandal belongs to the 1920s, they were mostly active during the 1910s. The story is well known by all of us.
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daily reminder that fitz and olivia are in vermont right now. probably making jam. or babies. or both.
The year 2021 ends with a bang!
This year there was no shortage of scandals revolving around our beloved idols.
To start the year off, we heard about Momoland singer Nancy, whose inappropriate photos were all over the internet. Of course, the whole thing was taken up by the girls’ record label. The K-pop group’s management says its lawyers are pursuing those responsible for uploading the photos of the 20-year-old Korean-American singer. In the middle of the month, messages sent from idols about violations of their space intensified. Naeyon from Twice has again been attacked by her anti fans, as well as YangYang and Ten returning from January ended with very sad news for us. On the morning of January 25, at around 10:25 a.m., rapper Iron was found all bloody in front of his house.
In February, we were greeted by the Gfrend team and more specifically by Sowon, who posted a very controversial photo on her instagram where she poses and does very seductive poses in relation to a mannequin dressed in a Nazi uniform. This photo went all over the internet and made quite a buzz among fans. February is not a long month, but it will go down in our hearts as a very dark moment for the kpop industry. On February 23, information came to light about idols bullying their classmates during their school days. The first wave of criticism fell on HyunA, and a day later the same accusations were made against one member of Stray Kids, Hyunjin, who had to go on hiatus because of it. The whole bullying issue also dragged on throughout March.
With the start of the new month, Seventeen’s singer Mingyu was also involved in alleged bullying white at school. In the month of March, his management company steadily reached out to his former classmates about the allegations. The popular K-pop idol also put his work-related activities with his group on hold as the investigation after the claims took place. Also (G)I-DLE’s Soojin and MONSTA X’s Kihyun, were only some of the idols caught in the mix. In March 2021, TVXQ’s Yunho was accused of violating COVID-19 health protocols in an illegal escort bar. SM Entertainment, Yunho’s entertainment agency, denied the claims of him visiting an escort bar but apologized for “causing concern in the time of COVID-19.” Also in March, the Daegu District Court sentenced singer Wheesung to one year in prison suspended for two years for abusing the psychotropic drug propofol, an injectable anesthetic.
In April, Chinese media reported to Internet users that cameras captured WinWin with his classmates. They are said to be his classmates. However, this is not what upset fans the most, but the fact that WinWin was smoking a cigarette in one of the shots.
On April 14, a video surfaced online in which a photographer allegedly took an inappropriate photo of one of the AESPA members. SM released an official statement on the matter, denying all rumors. But that’s not the only controversy that has arisen with AESPA. There have been many accusations of plagiarizing songs. SM had a lot on its plate this year.
Something more positive also took place in 2021! Rosé of Blackpink and K-pop legend CL herself graced the 2021 MET Gala, becoming the first ever K-pop artists to achieve such a milestone. While Rosé performed as a Global Ambassador for YSL with its Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello, CL wore a gorgeous Alexander Wang creation for the occasion and stunned with her signature charm.
In June, the Seoul Central District Court convicted former K-pop boy band BTOB member Jung Ilhoon of using marijuana and sentenced him to two years in prison and imposed a fine of 133 million (about $117,400). He was released from prison last Dec. 16 after the Seoul High Court gave him a two-year prison sentence suspended for three years.
In July, Kris Wu, once a member of K-pop supergroup EXO, is now notorious for rape allegations made by an alleged victim. He was first detained and later arrested in China. His shocking case has brought the culture of celebrity worship in China into sharp focus and strict measures have been put in place to curb it. It has been more than a year since the controversy that engulfed AOA when MinaA’s he left the group, he pointed to the leader, Jimin, for having it psychologically harassed for years. This bullying caused the singer depression, which led to self-harm and attempt to kill yourself on various occasions. In late July, it was reported that Mina was hospitalized after she was found unconscious in a pool of blood in what was believed to be a suicide attempt.
In July, 10x Entertainment, Woojin’s new agency, released a 5-part mini-documentary known as “Finger Killer” in which they address all parts of the sexual assault allegation that went viral on Twitter in September 2020. The first two episodes of Finger Killer were an introduction to the famous Stray Kids, the allegations, Blue Bear and how they found the origin of Person’s infamous “TV” tweet, followed by a picture. Fans were sickened by the idol’s behavior and the preying on his own controversy.
Last July, it was reported that the Suwon District Court earlier found K-pop girl group Brown Eyed Girls member Son Ga-in guilty of illegally using propofol and fined her 1 million won ($855).
For this in August, K-pop star Seungri (already a former member of the great and famous band BIGBANG) has been sentenced to three years in prison. In early August, WayV’s Lucas went on hiatus since news broke that he had been gaslighting and dating several women. The accusations included infidelity, extortion and instigation by his alleged “ex-girlfriends” who are now “exposing his transgressions.” It is likely that the singer was overwhelmed by the whole situation and decided to leave for his native China. On a positive note, Bobby (iKON) has announced that he is getting married soon, and becoming a father. And Taeyang (BigBang) and his wife - Min Hyo Rin are becoming parents.
In September, the Hanbin case was officially closed.
While the case is not directly related to the idols themselves, the mention of it is noteworthy. James Corden was a trending topic on Twitter in September after he said members of k-pop group BTS were “unusual guests” at the United Nations General Assembly and characterized the group’s fans as “15-year-old girls.”
Corden’s comments caused a rift in his relationship with the group’s mass fandom, which has previously supported the late-night talk show host and even referred to him with his own BTS-related nickname.
In October, an affair erupted concerning one of AESPA’s members, Giselle, who lipsyncs a song from the n-world. This behavior greatly outraged fans.
In November, it was confirmed that K-pop boy band EXO member Chen’s wife was pregnant with their second baby. Their first baby was born in April 2020. Last Nov. 8, Choi Jong-hoon, 31, former leader of K-pop band FT Island, was released from prison after serving two and a half years in prison for gang rape.
We received a very nice gift at the end of the year. In December according to TC Calender’s voting in the “THE 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL FACES” category, it was Lisa the rapper of the band Blackpink who came in 1st place.
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Alice Roosevelt was keen on being a celebrity first daughter and kept herself in the limelight. Click to read the full fact.
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Former showgirl Mandy Rice-Davies following her court appearance as a witness in the Profumo affair, 1967 | Tom Blau
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SCANDAL Finishes First-Ever 47-prefecture Tour, Confirms Joint Tour This Autumn
SCANDAL, who held their first-ever 47-prefecture tour,「SCANDAL TOUR 2017『SCANDAL’s 47-prefecture Tour』」, and whom went about for around 4 months since March this year, welcomed their tour final at Tokyo’s Toyosu PIT.
This round’s tour was tied to their February best album release,『SCANDAL』, an album commemorating the band’s 10th year anniversary since formation. Thus, the band generously revealed both new and old tunes that were recorded within the best album. Additionally, on this round’s tour, the band also tried changing up the setlist each time for all of their 53 performances, bringing special content to each and every show.
On this day’s show for the tour final, the moment the members hit the staeg, loud cheers could be heard from the audience and the atmosphere reached a high instantly. They opened with the fan-voted No.1 song,『SCANDAL BABY』, then continued with their hit singles,『Shunkan Sentimental』,『Shoujo S』and『DOLL』. They also performed brand new songs that were recorded within their best album,『FREEDOM FIGHTERS』and『HELLO』.
As they welcome the final day of this round’s tour, the longest one yet in their career, HARUNA (Vo & Gt) commented,「We’re really happy that through this 47-prefecture tour, many fans from the entire nation could come watch us live. There are times where I thought this tour was both long and too exhausting, but to have the time to be able to meet all of you like this, it’s the best. Since we love the moments like these, we want to continue on as a band. The 47-prefecture tour may end today, but our journey will still continue on. So please, continue following us for a long time.」Loud claps and huge cheers then enveloped the entire venue.
Additionally, when (the band) announced that they’ll be holding a first-ever 3-city joint band tour this October, in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, the entire venue was once again filled with heat. The joint band artiste line-up sees 3 bands’ participation: UNISON SQUARE GARDEN in Tokyo, 04 Limited Sazabys in Nagoya, and BLUE ENCOUNT in Osaka. The band spoke about their thoughts towards their first-ever joint band tour,「Since we’ve had many one-man lives up till now, we’ll like the get in the groove with everyone, and show ourselves to the other band’s fans, and also hope (our fans) can watch these other bands’ lives as well.」
This summer, SCANDAL will also be participating in multiple rock festivals and events. After experiencing their 47-prefecture tour, please continue to witness an even tougher rock band that is SCANDAL.
Original article by dwango HERE, translated by fyscandalband. For all tour final tweets and the full joint band schedule, please click HERE.
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SCANDAL; “53/53! The tour’s finished! We’ve came all this way thanks to everyone! Also, Tokyo; tonight was also the best ever! Let us meet again next time! #SCANDAL #scabest47 #SCANDALsJointBandTour”
HARUNA: Thank you very much for「SCANDAL’s 47 prefecture tour」Tokyo final We went about and back from all the prefectures, and I’m glad today’s live was watched by many people! The tour may be over, but our journey will still continue. Our first-ever joint band tour is also set for October! Nothing but things to look forward to✨✨
TOMOMI: Thank you, Toyosu! We’re done with all 53 performances in the 47 prefecture tourーーーーー! Everyone who came to have fun from across the nation, I’m truly grateful from the bottom of my heart! Job well done to all the staff and members as well. We did it. Let’s have a delicious meal.
MAMI: Final・Tokyo!!! Thank you for the best night everーーーーーーーーーーー!!! No, no, no, no, seriously!! It was suーper fun⤴︎✨✨ I had so much fun that I totally forgot to take photos of our hair arrangement! That’s why, I drew it Tonight felt like this A brown ponytail from on top of Tomo-chan’s head
RINA: We’ve finished all 53 sold-out performances on SCANDAL’s 47 prefecture tour with no problems! Yayー! We did itー! I’m really grateful, thank you! Next up, we’ll be doing our Higashi Meihan joint band tour in October, with UNISON, 4mm and BluEn! It’s the besttt!!!
At tonight’s tour final at Toyosu PIT, SCANDAL reveals that they’ll be going on yet another tour titled, “SCANDAL’s Joint Band Tour” this October. The details are below:
6th Oct (Fri): SCANDAL x UNISON SQUARE GARDEN @ ZEPP TOKYO
20th Oct (Fri): SCANDAL x 04 LIMITED SAZABYS @ ZEPP NAGOYA
21st Oct (Sat): SCANDAL x BLUE ENCOUNT @ ZEPP OSAKA BAYSIDE
SCANDAL’s official fan club,「SCANDAL MANIA」has begun its pre-sale for this tour, from now to 24th Jul, 11:59PM (JST).
Tonight’s tour finale at Toyosu PIT was also attended by: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Mihara Yuki and SUPER BEAVER’s Yanagizawa Ryota.
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SCANDAL; in “GiGS” magazine, Mar 2017 issue - Original Set List
SCANDAL creates their own setlist for a shorter-length stage.
──HARUNA’s Set List「Showing All Sides of SCANDAL」
“In event that the fans who’ve known every single one of our songs, and the ones who know absolutely nothing about us come to our one-man live, we’ll also present our songs differently. The point of this (setlist) is about presenting ourselves to whoever may come. We want to give back, 100x more than what everyone expects from us. This setlist is envisioned for a fes. We’ll attack with 3 high tension songs at the beginning, throw in an MC session, then continue on with another 4 songs. The overall strength of all the songs allows everyone to enjoy all sides of SCANDAL. Afterwards, as the acoustic version of ‘Sisters’ shall be included, I think everyone can enjoy us, both visually and musically.”
- M1:Image
- M2:Shunkan Sentimental
- M3:EVERYBODY SAY YEAH!
- M4:LOVE ME DO
- M5:Awanai Tsumori no, Genki Dene
- M6:Sisters
- M7:SCANDAL BABY
──MAMI’s Set List「Feelings of Wanting To Attack Right Now」
“At a fes, you don’t know what’s your appearance number, which timezone it may be, what the audience expects, or what kind of feelings they hold coming to a live. I made this setlist thinking about all these unexpectedness, but it will also reflect our current mode. Since we have feelings of wanting to attack right now, this is how the setlist has turned out. Firstly, we’ll kick off with our debut song, "DOLL”, then play “Shunkan Sentimental”, a song with all sorts of turning points. Then, we’ll bring out everyone’s voices with “Taiyou Scandalous” (laughs). After an MC session, we’ll let everyone hear our new song, “HELLO”, and then “FREEDOM FIGHTERS”, to get the tension up. We’ll then end it with “Image”. It’s a great (setlist) that reflects SCANDAL at all our time periods, and I thought about it pretty seriously.“
- M1:DOLL
- M2:Shunkan Sentimental
- M3:Taiyou Scandalous
- M4:HELLO
- M5:FREEDOM FIGHTERS
- M6:Take Me Out
- M7:Image
──TOMOMI’s Set List「Something That None in the Audience Will Get Sick Of」
"I had a period where I thought of not wanting anyone to be sick of us. I’ll go with including some songs that aren’t as well known. But I wonder how that’ll turn out (laughs). As part of audience, when you go watch a (live), surely there are some songs you hope won’t be left out right? I’ll like to place importance on that, and thought about not letting any of audience feel bored. We’ll attack right off the start and get everyone screaming, in return, capturing our audience’s feelings. Surely, there are many people who know of "Shunkan Sentimental”. Afterwards, we’ll get people twisting their towels with “DOLL”, before inserting an MC session. We’ll then say, “This is our new song, please listen to it”, before continuing with our winter song, “HELLO”. We’ll then bring out everyone’s sentimental feelings with “Bitter chocolate”, then turn up the tension with “Image” at last. The ending chord is E, so everyone is able to wave their hands in the air while we’re performing (laughs). We’ll then go, “Everyone, thank you!”“
- M1:EVERYBODY SAY YEAH!
- M2:Shunkan Sentimental
- M3:DOLL
- M4:HELLO
- M5:Bitter Chocolate
- M6:Awanai Tsumori no, Genki Dene
- M7:Image
──RINA’s Set List「Let’s Do What We Do Best」
"Since it’s a fes, I like attacking with high spirits. I had a period where I thought about how we should return the thoughts of those who were anti-SCANDAL. But right now, I just have very light-hearted feelings, and think about how to stand on stage doing what we do best. These are songs that I hope will capture everyone’s feelings, and that I hope for everyone to know. I’ve put a high spirited song as the first on the list. At the end of that song, we’ll throw in the band-sounding "EVERYBODY SAY YEAH!”, and have HARUNA elongate the intro, getting everyone’s screams in the air and turning up the hype. Then, we’ll have “FREEDOM FIGHTERS” and “Take Me Out”, before doing an MC session, as we’ll like to speak right about now. We’ll make the MC short and sweet, before brightening things with the pop-sounding, “OVER DRIVE”. To hype things up even more, lastly, we’ll attack with all our might with “Image” (laughs).“
- M1:Shunkan Sentimental
- M2:EVERYBODY SAY YEAH!
- M3:FREEDOM FIGHTERS
- M4:Take Me Out
- M5:OVER DRIVE
- M6:DOLL
- M7:Image
Photos and translations by fyscandalband. Whose setlist do you think is the best?
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