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Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds Had a Hilarious Sing-Off For Betty White's 98th Birthday


Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, and Betty White all starred in the 2009 romantic comedy The Proposal, and it seems they’ve kept in touch since then. Exhibit A: This truly hilarious video Reynolds posted of himself and Bullock for White’s 98th birthday on Friday, January 17. The clip starts with the two actors singing “Happy Birthday” to White back and forth. Then, Reynolds goes rogue and starts a joking rant about how he loves White more than Bullock does.

“What does Sandy do for you every year?” Reynolds quips. “Like, show up and hand-deliver flowers for you wearing nothing but black socks and a dozen gold bracelets? Just like you requested? Doubt it.” Reynolds’s talking is intercut with Bullock still singing “Happy Birthday” like nothing is going on.

Honestly, the video deserves an Oscar. Watch it for yourself, below, because you deserve a little joy.

The Proposal, if you don’t remember, centers on a woman (Bullock) who fakes a relationship with her assistant (Reynolds) in order to avoid being deported back to Canada. Betty White plays Reynolds’s grandmother in the film. It grossed over $317.4 million at the box office and earned Bullock a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical.

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In an interview with Parade a few years back, White joked that the secret to her long life has been vodka and hot dogs. But she did offer some sage advice for people: “Enjoy life,” she said. “Accentuate the positive, not the negative. It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look.”

Having Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock do a sing-off for your birthday certainly counts as “great stuff,” in my opinion.



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Every *Riverdale* Fan Needs These Betty and Veronica Sneakers


Since the first episode of Riverdale, our fave fictional characters have given us plenty of IRL style ideas. As we continue to try our best to emulate Cheryl Blossom’s iconic red lipstick, copying at least one aspect of the cast’s wardrobe has gotten a tad easier.

Keds teamed up with Archie Comics to create a line of Betty and Veronica sneakers. Although the offerings feature the comic version of our favorite best friend duo, the retro-inspired stylings found on the sneakers would make them an equally stylish option for the CW’s modern-day Riverdale. For the collection, Keds debuted six different shoes, with prices ranging from $59.95 to $74.95.

Along with a pair of white slip-on Keds that feature embodied Betty and Veronica profiles, the launch includes a pair of pink lace-ups adorned in animated Betty and Veronica faces, rosy pink shoes with dainty cartoons including a sundae, and a denim blue version of the animated style.

There’s also a pair of white slip-on Keds covered in comic strips and a lace-up white shoe with colored animation.

This isn’t the first time that members of the Riverdale cast have inspired wearable items. Hot Topic previously launched a line of merchandise from the show and Torrid debuted a size-inclusive line of clothing that included Riverdale cardigans and a bodycon dress.

Ahead, take a look at the collection.

Every Riverdale Fan Needs These Betty and Veronica Sneakers
Every Riverdale Fan Needs These Betty and Veronica Sneakers
Every Riverdale Fan Needs These Betty and Veronica Sneakers
Every Riverdale Fan Needs These Betty and Veronica Sneakers
Every Riverdale Fan Needs These Betty and Veronica Sneakers



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Betty Reid Soskin: 'I Helped Create the Future I'm Privileged to Now Be Living In'


At 97 years old, Glamour 2018 Woman of the Year honoree Betty Reid Soskin is full of stories that feel more relevant than ever. The oldest serving National Park Service ranger has worked in union halls under Jim Crow segregation, established the first black household in a discriminating California suburb, fought for black history to be represented in the park system, and recorded it all in her memoir, Sign My Name to Freedom.

“Democracy has been experiencing these periods of chaos since 1776. They come and go,” she told Glamour in her Women of the Year profile. “And it’s in those periods that democracy is redefined.” When everything seems to be crumbling, we can remold and reset, she believes: “History has been written by people who got it wrong, but the people who are always trying to get it right have prevailed. If that were not true, I would still be a slave like my great-grandmother.”

And tonight, November 12, at Glamour‘s Women of the Year awards, Soskin shared even more wisdom. Actor Andie MacDowell introduced Soskin. “I have the great privilege of serving on the board of the National Forest Foundation, and I love our national parks,” MacDowell said. “In both you can find some of America’s greatest treasures. One of the standouts is not a tall tree or a grand river, but a woman who encompasses strength and grace we all aspire to: 97-year-old National Park Service ranger Betty Reid Saskin. Betty is posted at the Rosie the Riveter/World War Two Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, where she reminds audiences that ‘what gets remembered depends on who in the room is doing the remembering.’ So Betty remembers and educates on behalf of generations of women of color and other marginalized communities, sharing forgotten stories that span from Dread Scott to Black Lives Matter.”

“Betty has served in many roles: military administrator, civil rights freedom fighter, California field rep, DNC delegate, record shop owner, songwriter, author, daughter, wife, mother, and ranger,” she continued. “But the greatest part she has played in history—so far—is serving as our American conscience.”

Read Soskin’s speech, below:

Thank you very much. You have no idea what it means to me to be here. Thank you very much Glamour, but thanks to all women who are finally stepping up and making their voices heard bc that voice has been missing throughout my life.

That voice is so needed. I was so elated at this election where women took their places in leadership.

I am so aware that I am living in my final decade, that every single, minute, hour has meaning to me. The truth that Kamala was talking about has been the life force for me. Because I don’t have time. If I don’t get it right, I don’t have time to do it over. That’s true for the nation and also true for us.

I know these periods of chaos have been with us since 1776. The period that I have been most marked by was that of the 60s where I was an activist in the black revolution. Along with millions of others in this country, I helped to create the future I’m privileged to now be living in. You can’t imagine what that’s like. You can’t imagine.

Thank you Glamour. And thank you all.

Get more inspiring moments from Glamour‘s Women of the Year awards here.

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If Betty Gilpin Doesn't Get an Emmy for *GLOW*, It's a Crime


Betty Gilpin pulls a lot of faces as Debbie “Liberty Belle” Eagan, a former soap star turned campy stars-and-stripes-clad wrestling heroine on GLOW, Netflix’s comedy about a ’80s female wrestling league that’s back for a second season. (Caution: Spoilers for the season ahead.) There’s one in particular that pops up most frequently: a manic beauty-pageant smile so big you can see her molars that teeters on the edge for a few seconds before fading into a grimace.

Sometimes it’s obvious, like in the season two show-within-a-show episode “The Good Twin,” when Liberty Belle, in mourning over her kidnapped daughter Savannah Rose, hosts a “Griefercize” class to “sweat those sorrows away.” She ends the segment by bending over, positioning her head in between her legs, and turning that crazed grin into a silent scream.

Other times it’s more subtle—if you can call anything a pro wrestler with a pound and a half of eye makeup and a costume Gilpin describes as a “glitter diaper” does “subtle”—like when she alternates between a plastered-on smile and a wince while singing the group’s “We Are the World”-style song “Don’t Kidnap.”

Liberty Belle is obviously played for laughs; Gilpin’s unafraid to go as big as possible with her, to the point where you start to feel for her cheek muscles. But she also employs a more toned-down version of the smile/frown twofer out of the ring as Debbie throughout season two. When Debbie runs into her ex-husband, Mark, and his new girlfriend, Susan, she’s all passive-aggressive smiles as she says, “I just would love the pleasure of knowing the name of the woman you have spending time with our son.”

Once she realizes Susan is also Mark’s secretary, you can see in her eyes that she’s thrown and her grin gets a little tighter. She presses on, though, cracking a joke before excusing herself and leaving. The second her back is to them, she drops the smile with the same speed and efficiency she uses to lay out opponents in the ring—only this time, she’s the one who looks like she’s just been clotheslined.

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That forced smile is a testament to Gilpin’s skill as an actor. And when this year’s Emmy nominations are announced on July 12, there’s a strong chance her name could be read. The potential nod would actually be honoring her work in season one (because of the eligibility period), which was excellent, but it’s the show’s second season that really showcases her outstanding work. Gilpin excels as both Liberty Belle and Debbie, as the character grows more self-assured professionally despite her personal life unraveling.

Part of Debbie-as-Liberty Belle’s confidence is the result of more wrestling experience, and season two gives us even more difficult moves and matches. Liberty Belle, as GLOW’s most popular face, is in the ring more than anyone else, even going toe-to-toe with Chavo Guerrero Jr. of the legendary Guerrero wrestling family (in character as Chico Guapo). The tragedy of Debbie and the comedy of Liberty Belle—who, after hip-tossing Chico Guapo, lets out a triumphant growl and tells the crowd in her Southern drawl, “I’ve been baking pies at home. PIES OF RAGE!!!”—have always been front-and-center, but this season it’s obvious Gilpin is pulling triple-duty with the character as her stunts (which she and the rest of her costars do themselves) get more elaborate.

Her character wears multiple hats this season, too. Debbie leverages her star power in the ring into a producer role on the show. She’s the only cast member who even attempts to negotiate the terms of her contract, and she does so in the most Debbie way possible: in her wrestling costume, with her ex-husband—who is an agent but not, as she’s careful to point out, her agent—in tow to go over the terms of the deal.

She knows the games she has to play as a woman in Hollywood in the ’80s, but she still goes out of her way to bring a copy of the contract for the network head’s wife, smiling as she says, “I’m sure you don’t expect your wife to sit here looking pretty while we do business. She might have some great ideas.” She doesn’t bother with that cheery facade later when she presents the contract to Sam (Marc Maron). When he incredulously asks, “You want to be a producer?” she corrects him: “Oh, no. I am a producer.”

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In many ways, Debbie and her friend turned enemy Ruth (Alison Brie) are two sides of the same coin. They’re both highly ambitious women in an era when being one was difficult. Their fractured friendship, the result of Ruth sleeping with Mark in the show’s first season, is the heart of this second batch of episodes. When Ruth tells Debbie about the head of the network coming on to her in his hotel room—a “Me Too” moment that feels ripped from the headlines until you remember stuff like that has been happening since the beginning of time—she’s shocked when she doesn’t get sympathy.

Instead, Debbie blames their show’s cancellation on Ruth’s decision to flee. “You’re supposed to make him think that you might fuck him. Or that you desperately want to fuck him if only you didn’t have your fiancé or your period or an extra set of teeth where your vagina should be,” she says. “That’s how this business works. Men try shit, you have to pretend to like it until you don’t have to anymore.”

It’s a complex reaction, but Gilpin plays on that, making it apparent Debbie doesn’t fully believe what she’s saying and growing increasingly upset until she reveals the more personal motivation behind her feelings, spitting, “The one time you keep your legs shut, we all get fucked.”

Debbie loses her shit and take things too far lot this season, like when she impulsively sells all the furniture in her home after finding out Mark wants to buy the same bed they used to share. But it’s most affecting when it’s directed at Ruth, and all of the moments of Debbie falling apart come to a head when, coked up and upset about her divorce, she intentionally breaks Ruth’s ankle in the ring. Because she goes so big as Liberty Belle, the quietness that Gilpin brings to Debbie in the moments after the injury—the dead-eyed calm as she washes away her sins in the shower while the rest of her castmates rush to the hospital with Ruth—is stunning.

It all builds to the season’s climax, an emotional, ugly fight between Ruth and Debbie in the hospital that features some of the best work from both Gilpin and Brie. Debbie enters timidly but unwilling to admit her faults; when Ruth doesn’t buy that the broken ankle was an accident, Gilpin masterfully shifts gears, calmly and quietly stating “It was an accident, Ruth” before looking over her shoulder, pausing for dramatic effect, and yelling “…unlike the time when you accidentally fucked my husband twice!”

But this side of Debbie disappears as the fight goes on and she realizes she was in the wrong. She storms out crying before returning later with a peace offering: a change of clothes so Ruth doesn’t have to leave the hospital in costume. She can’t bring herself to actually say the words, but she writes “Sorry I broke your ankle” on Ruth’s cast. In this moment, Gilpin executes a subtle version of her signature move: a tiny smile that eventually curves downward and disappears as she wipes away a tear.

It’s a moment so tender it will break your heart—and it confirms what we’ve known since this show premiered: We’ll be baking our own pies of rage if that’s not enough to earn her an Emmy.

Bonnie Stiernberg is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York.



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'Riverdale' Season 2 Episode 11 Recap: Betty and Her Brother Are Getting Creepily Close


Tonight’s Riverdale was predictably bonkers. Allegiances were formed. Threats were made. Archie looked hotter and doofier than ever. Here’s what went down (spoilers ahead, natch).

We start with Jughead bemoaning about how “everything” and “nothing” is the same at Riverdale High School since it absorbed South Side High. He’s being melodramatic, as always, and notes that Archie is particularly feeling the heat. You see, Archie’s playing detective with the F.B.I. to uncover Hiram Lodge’s scams, and Jughead seems to think he’s in “turmoil” because of it. I disagree, though, because Archie clearly has enough cognitive function to try out for the basketball team. If he has time to shoot hoops, he’s clearly not stressed. So can everyone in this town just calm TF down?

The town’s about to throw a celebration in honor of its founder, General Augustus Pickens, and Hiram and Hermione Lodge and Fred Andrews ask Mayor McCoy if they can sponsor the event to bring the North and South Siders together. Veronica’s in on this meeting, too, which seems innocuous but is probably capital-E Evil. Detective Archie interrupts the meeting, sweaty from basketball practice, and has an awkward moment with Hiram. Archie’s onto your games, dude (and also looks very hot covered in sweat).

Now we’re at the Cooper residence, where Chic is staying after 20+ years of being off the radar. Hal’s not having it, though, and wants to know when Chic is leaving. Chic then starts telling the family about the night Betty rescued him from his hostel owner (who was beating him up) because he wasn’t in the mood to “work.” What the hell…does Chic do? (Apparently, he and Betty both dig their nails into their palms, so that’s probably going to come up again at some point.)

Later, “Special Agent Adams” has a meeting with Archie and tells him he has to get close to Hiram in order to get the information the FBI needs. Archie agrees, and I can already predict this will end badly because he isn’t slick enough to lie.

At school, Betty tells the crew about Chic; they all agree he’s hot but sketch, and Veronica suggests Betty bring Chic to the Lodge-sponsored Augustus Pickens celebration “Pickens Day.” Jughead leaves to go hang with Toni Topaz, and Betty pouts. Archie asks Veronica how he can win points with her dad, and she tells him to go out for the wrestling team because Hiram did that in high school. Sports! Men love sports!

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Toni and Jughead’s hang-out isn’t casual: He’s actually interviewing Toni’s Serpent grandfather for an oral history report—and learns that Augustus Pickens, the “founder” of Riverdale, ordered the slaughter of the Uctana tribe, who first owned the land. The survivors went on to form the Serpents. Naturally, this enrages Jughead. He scowls a lot.

Also scowling is Mayor McCoy, who’s not pleased with Veronica’s friendship with Josie. Hermione thinks it’s because Mayor McCoy isn’t cool with how involved Veronica’s become with Lodge Industries. She says she’ll have a “chat” with McCoy if her “coldness persists.” Is Hermione going to…kill the mayor?

Chic Cooper update: Kevin realizes he recognizes Chic from webcam videos on the Internet, which is very scandalous for this small town. Betty goes down a rabbit hole watching his videos and is clearly shook. But her shock is interrupted by Jughead, who tells her all about Augustus murdering the Uctana tribe. It turns out that Barnabus B. Blossom, Cheryl’s ancestor, hired Augustus to do the job. Jughead wants to turn this into a story for the school paper, and Betty tells him to get a quote from Hiram Lodge first. Hiram hangs up on him, and now suddenly he’s my favorite character.

Also scandalous: These wrestling tryouts, which are so homoerotic that Call Me By Your Name is trembling. Archie’s royally flopping in front of Veronica’s dad, which is hilarious. Finally! A thing he’s not good at! Veronica says he can also win her father’s favor by singing with her at Pickens Day if he’s not a natural-born wrestler. That’s a more boring, less sexy course of action, but whatever.

What’s not boring, though, is this Chic Cooper cam-boy revelation. He goes back to the hostel to pick up his laptop and camera but the landlord threw it all out. Betty tells him to calm down and that he can stay with the Coopers as long as he wants. He scoffs at this, because he clearly has more videos to make and can’t do them there. He has to make his coins, Betty! In the greatest act of sisterhood ever, Betty gives Chic a camera and laptop…but he doesn’t even say thank you. WTF?! Listen, you can’t be rude and creepy.

Speaking of rude, Hiram is next-level terrible to Archie about his wrestling flop, saying it takes a “certain kind of a man” to wrestle. This enrages Archie, so he ditches the Pickens Day singing gig, makes out with Veronica in front of Hiram, and decides to give wrestling another shot. This is…not the way to win over Veronica’s father, bro. But that’s Archie for you: making doofy, chest-puffing decisions as per usual.

And it totally backfires: At tryouts the next day, Hiram teaches the guys his “signature move” (LOL, bye) which involves him putting Archie in a fucking chokehold. While Archie is gasping for air, Hiram whispers to him, “I always win” like a full-blown sociopath.

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Archie later confronts Hiram at the Lodge house about why he doesn’t like him. Hiram’s basically like, “You’re weak and not good enough for Veronica,” and Archie’s like, “You were in prison, freak.” Archie and Hiram then go running (???) and Hiram gives some speech about how Archie will “never” win their feud and that he’ll tolerate him until Veronica dumps him. They resolve nothing, because toxic masculinity.

Meanwhile, Jughead publishes a hit piece about Augustus Pickens, which pisses off Toni because Jughead name-drops her grandfather in it. But her grandpa is happy about it and says something must be done now that Jughead’s “re-opened the wound”. Oof.

The piece pisses off Mayor McCoy, as well, who tells Josie she can’t sing with Veronica anymore on Pickens Day. McCoy spills everything to Josie about the Lodges and their plans for the South Side, which causes Josie to flip out and bail on singing with Veronica.

Back in Chic land, Betty tells her long-lost brother she thinks she and him have the same “darkness.” Teens! She says she’s cool with his cam “career” and wants to “compare scars” from their joint nail-digging. His response is essentially, “Um, no. Bye” because how else do you respond to “Let’s compare scars?”

Alright, all this wrestling’s getting annoying now: Archie wins a dumb match against Chuck Clayton and grins exactly how a high school jock would. This causes Hiram and Archie to have a semi-nice moment together at the Pickens Day celebration. Mr. Lodge then tells Archie they should meet later that night to “discuss some things,” whatever that means. He’s probably going to murder Archie. It’s fine; I’m fine.

OK, it’s not that: Hiram tells Archie he has to be the “best” if he wants to date Veronica and offers him an internship to learn business ropes. This, conveniently, is exactly how Archie can learn more about Hiram and do what Agent Adams asked. Blah, blah, blah, where’s Cheryl, blah blah blah.

Also at Pickens Day: The Coopers, who get in a huge fight about Chic—in front of Chic. Hal tells Alice about Chic’s cam-boy videos and says “she knows why” they have to kick him out. To this, Alice says she’ll kick Hal out again if she has to. LOL, what other crazy shit is this blond family hiding? P.S.: Penelope Blossom starts hitting on Hal, like, an hour later, so there’s some adultery afoot.

Clearly, the Lodges are hiding something at Pickens Day, too: The Serpents crash it, and Toni tells everyone about the Uctana tribe and how Augustus Pickens slaughtered them. Instead of getting enraged, though, Hiram plays nice and applauds Toni for using her voice to “fight for justice.” He says the South Side can be a place where they celebrate the “rich tapestry” of the Uctana and basically gets everyone to applaud him. Lies! Lies, everywhere!

This isn’t good enough for the Serpents, though, because it’s implied at the end they behead the Augustus Pickens statue in the middle of town. Hiram says he wants the people responsible dealt with “swiftly.” So, is he going to kill them? Why is there so much bloodshed on this teen show?!

Oh, remember that whole “darkness” talk Betty and Chic had? Turns out Chic has this “darkness” too and cams on the Internet to escape it. Betty says she wants to learn how to “escape” as well, and then Chic opens up his laptop suspiciously. So…is Betty about to start cam-ing? Are they about to watch Ozark on Netflix? WTF?

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*Riverdale*'s Hart Denton on the 'Darkness' That Bonds Chic and Betty Cooper


Last we saw Chic Cooper, he was hovering over newfound sister Betty as she slept, freaking out anyone with a pulse—or at least an obsession with Riverdale. In tonight’s episode, we’ll finally find out why he decided to break into her bedroom and watch her (though, is any excuse going to be good enough?).

“You can’t pin Chic just yet,” Hart Denton (who plays Chic) tells Glamour. “You have to understand this is a strange and foreign situation for him to be in, but you’ll ultimately enjoy watching him the most if you are slow to judge. Trust me.” (Side note: That’s some Cheryl Blossom-level confidence right there.)

From what we know, Chic is involved in the “fantasy fulfillment” business, and it has nothing to do with helping folks gain access to Disney’s Club 33. “I was told he makes his living via webcam and that he didn’t care who was on the other side of the screen,” Denton says. “He was going to survive at whatever cost.” In tonight’s episode, the Cooper clan will not only find out more about how Chic has financially supported himself all these years, but just how detrimental it’s been to his emotional health.

In the exclusive clip below, Chic tells Betty that he has “a pretty good collection of scars” he can show her (OK, ew), and they both realize they cope with their anxiety by digging their nails into the palms of their hands. “It’s bonding,” Denton points out. “Betty and Chic share the same blood, inside and out. She has darkness, he has darkness. Confiding in one another makes this strange utopian transition just a bit easier for Chic. She’s never had that scapegoat to confide in. She does now.”

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As for the bigger picture, Denton hopes that exploring Betty and Chic’s anxiety can help anyone struggling with the same difficulties. “Anxiety is heartbreaking,” he says. “It deprives people of the best versions of themselves. We all experience it on different levels but certain people experience it in ways others will never understand.”

Except, of course, for Betty. Still, Denton says that Chic’s world expands a little more every episode, and certain connections to other Riverdale characters will begin to surface. “I was so surprised, so I can only imagine how [shocked] the fans are going to be,” Denton teases.

Until then, check out the drama that unfolds at the family breakfast table in the video above. And for more about what’s to come this winter on Riverdale, don’t miss our interview with creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa here.



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