Jesy Nelson
Monday, July 10, 2017
Big Brother Recap: Tempting Fate
Things tend to get a little crazy when the power shifts in the Big Brother house, and that’s a good thing for viewers at home.
We picked up just moments after Jillian’s shock departure from the game, and Jessica was calling Christmas out for being a snake.
Christmas did not want to entertain Jessica because it was evident Jessica was only annoyed because she knew she picked the wrong side of the house to work with.
It became as clear as day that the house was against Jessica and Cody during the HOH competition. Everyone was helping Paul because they wanted him to win and take the ultimate revenge against the two villains.
As expected, Paul won the Head of Household competition, making him the second HOH of the summer. Cody and Jessica immediately retired to the house and realized their days were numbered.
Kevin lied, saying he voted with them, and they believed him. Plot twist: He actually voted to keep Christmas, so he’s playing a good game.
The duo called Josh out for his actions. Again, they were acting up because they were both on the outs with the rest of the house.
Despite Josh’s attempt to make them understand that he had no loyalty to them, Jessica and Cody opted to go the personal attack route in order to knock his confidence.
They also turned on Ramses because they thought he was another person who voted against them. However, he did not. It would have made zero sense for him to do so.
The most embarrassing moment came when Jessica refused to attend Paul’s unveiling of his HOH room. Instead, she hit up the Diary Room to vent her frustration. Talk about being a sore loser.
Christmas won the Den of Temptation and accepted it. It gave her a power replace a player at a veto competition throughout the summer. It could only be used once.
She also got the opportunity to curse three players, and she chose Cody, Jessica, and Jason.
When it came to nominations, Paul initially revealed his intention to put up Matt and Raven so they could backdoor Cody later in the week.
However, he decided against it when his allies said the plan might backfire on them. Ultimately, he went with Alex and Josh.
His plan is to backdoor Cody and send him packing from the house. Ramses also chose to use his consequence and wound up as the third nominee.
What do you think of all the latest drama on the show?
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Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger Slam "Bitter Grub Worms," Gush Over Engagement
Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger aren’t about the let the stupid, insensitive, ignorant, angry and mean trolls on the Internet ruin their engagement.
Or, to use the comedian’s language, they aren’t about to let a bunch of “bitter grub words” affect their happiness these days.
Last week, Oswalt announced that he and Salenger were engaged, following a few months of dating.
The news came as a surprise to many, considering the stars had only just revealed their romance to the public by walking the red carpet of the Baby Driver premiere in Los Angeles.
It also came as a surprise because Oswalt tragically lost his wife, Michelle McNamara, last April.
At the age of 46, she died of an accidental prescription drug overdose, leaving Oswalt alone to raise their eight-year old daughter.
On many occasions since, Oswalt wrote gut-wrenching posts about his grief and pain and overall mental state; these posts were as raw and candid as it can get.
But Oswalt has managed to expand his heart and is willing to love once again, a development that is great for the mental health of the star and for the long-term well-being of his child.
However, it’s apparently unacceptable to idiots on the Internet who have managed to take Oswalt to task for daring to get engaged so soon after the death of his wife.
In a subsequent Facebook post, Oswalt doesn’t bother to engage these trolls on their immature level.
But it does acknowledge their criticism, while linking to a recent article by a widower who Oswalt says sums up his situation in perfect, heartwarming, emotional fashion.
“This is so amazing. And SO well-written,” Oswalt wrote of a post by a blogger named Erica Roman, adding:
“I expected some bitter grub worms to weigh in (anonymously, always always always) with their much-needed opinions when I announced my engagement last week.
“And I decided to ignore them.”
Concluded Oswalt, along with a link to the article in question:
But yeah, I felt this rage. And Erica articulated it better than I could have ever hoped. So there you go. Thank you, Erica.
Roman, who became a widow at the age of 27, blasted Oswalt’s critics in her viral post.
“You aren’t entitled to an opinion,” she says, explaining:
“You don’t get to comment on the choices of a widower while you sit happily next to your own living spouse. You didn’t have to stand and watch your mundane morning turn into your absolute worst nightmare.
“Go back to scrolling Facebook and keep your ignorance to yourself.”
As Oswalt notes: perfect.
Salenger, meanwhile, acknowledged that most people have been “lovely” to her and her famous fiance, but also linked to Roman’s article and wrote the following:
“I am grateful to be the one who helps him climb out of the depths of grief and find some joy again. And most of all… Alice is happy and feels loved,” wrote the actress, concluding:
“I have waited 47 years to find true love. Creating our family unit while honoring the brilliant gift Michelle has given me will be my life’s goal and happiness.
“I am deeply in love with both Patton and Alice and very much looking forward to a beautiful happy life having adventures together.”
Salenger is a Harvard-educated actress who starred in Disney’s The Journey of Natty Gan at the age of 15.
She has an array of television and movies credits on her resume, including Hollywood Heights, Lake Placid; and she has done voiceover work for cartoons such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
(Oswalt may be the universe’s foremost authority on all things Star Wars.)
We wish this couple nothing but the absolute best.
Nelsan Ellis: Read This Heartfelt Tribute from Ex-True Blood Co-Star
As previously and tragically reported, Nelsan Ellis is dead at the age of 39.
The actor, best known for having played Lafayette Reynolds throughout the run of True Blood on HBO, died on Saturday due to complications from heart failure.
In response to this awful news, countless actors and actresses who worked with Ellis took to social media over the weekend to express their shock and condolences.
We’ve included many of their reactions in the slideshow below.
But Stephen Moyer has stood out for the extra considerate tribute he posted to Facebook on Sunday.
Moyer played lead vampire Bill Compton on the former HBO drama, starring opposite Ellis from the very first day of filming.
He shared a photo of the late star behind the scenes on his Facebook page yesterday, writing a lengthy caption along with the image.
“One of the first places we shot on the pilot of True Blood was Sam Merlotte’s Bar,” wrote Moyer, adding:
“The kitchen Suzuki Ingerslev built in Merlotte’s had a walk in freezer & working gas burners.
“It remained my favourite set throughout all 7 seasons – when shooting in Louisiana many months later she took us to the actual bar she had used as inspiration.
“It was almost as amazing as our Merlotte’s, but not quite – They didn’t have a Lafayette.”
Moyer then expounded in emotional fashion.
We can’t do his words justice and we want the actor to speak for himself… so we’ll just post Moyer’s Facebook tribute in full below and we’ll continue to hope that Ellis is resting in peace:
In the scene that was being shot that day, Lafayette, a male cross-dressing short order cook in the show, was expounding on his theory of men’s fear of the female anatomy.. specifically, the vagina.
‘I know every man whether straight, gay or George MotherFuckin’ Bush is afraid of the pussy.
I’m not sure I have ever seen, before or since, people crowd around a monitor at video village with their hands clapped to their mouths from shock, sheer laughter and wonder as the actor playing Lafayette jiggled and shook and humped the butchers block to get his point across.
it was completely original, funny, sardonic, risqué and brilliant.
That was Nelsan Ellis. All of the above.
I turned to Alan Ball when the scene was finished and whispered… ‘you can’t kill him!’ (Lafayette’s death at the of the first book is the cliffhanger that leads to Book 2… )
Nelsan Ellis was the only actor in the 7 years of True Blood whom Alan allowed to improvise. Actually, I’m going to take that back.
It wasn’t that Alan allowed him to do it, it was more that when Nelsan inhabited the world of Lafayette, he quite literally COULDN’T STOP himself. It was like he was possessed.
In actuality Nelsan was quiet, smart, thoughtful, warm and kind. A published playwright himself.
I think it would be fair to say that he taught all of us that intent and courage and fearlessness and freedom are the aspects of playing make-believe that spark the corners of the room where the dark is most impenetrable…
To shine a light on those corners within ourselves is the very reason we go back time and again to Movies, TV shows and Theatre. To see that spark ignited.
Nelsan had that electricity in an abundance I have rarely seen. I can’t believe he’s gone.
Ellis leaves behind a son, along with an array of awe-inspired former co-stars and friends.
We’ll provide more information on his death when it becomes available.
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