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Somebody Needs to Give Mandy Moore Her Own HGTV Show


I am well known in certain circles as the person who watches basically everything that’s on TV. While everyone else is cord-cutting, I’m the one with every cable channel and Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon. The television is quite literally always on in my apartment—even when I’m working from home. (Right now, for example, my WFH viewing choice is Suits, in honor of soon-to-be HRH Meghan Markle.) But it turns out my favorite “show” this season isn’t even on TV. It’s on Instagram Stories, and it stars Mandy Moore.

I’ve been a low-key Mandy stan since the days of “Candy,” so of course I was already following her on Instagram. I stuck around to see behind the scenes of This Is Us, and I’m always fascinated to watch as they “age” her in the makeup trailer. But then, many months ago, she started taking followers on mini-tours of the home she purchased in LA and was completely gut renovating. I was hooked from the first “episode” and have been binging ever since.

To say I’ve become deeply and emotionally invested in this project would be a massive understatement. We’ve (LOL, “we’ve”) come so far since the days of tearing out original structures, floors, and walls. Along the way, I’ve also started following her architect, Emily Farnham, and designer, Sarah Sherman Manuel. (Sidebar: I love that she’s got an all-female team spearheading the project.)

One of the things that grabbed me from the start is the mid-century of it all—which is my own personal style. Moore’s house was originally built in 1950 by a well-known architect at the time, Harold Zook, but during the ’90s someone made some seriously bad design decisions. Now, Moore and her crew have spent months demolishing, restoring some of the original flavor of the house. You can check out lots of before pics on Sherman Manuel’s blog, a place I’ve spent a lot of time this spring/summer/fall.

While I’ve been known to watch HGTV from time to time, I definitely don’t consider myself a junkie. There’s just something about this process, with this person that has me emotional knowing we’re nearing the end. Times are really turbulent right now and the future sometimes seems a bit bleak and unknown, but watching this project through to beautiful completion soothes me, especially as a reprieve from the garbage fire that is Twitter. It’s also always a happy surprise—you never know when Mandy is going to pop by the house to check in, and you can feel how excited she is about her new home. And then, of course, there’s the aspirational quality. I would die to be able to do what she’s doing—to create my dream house.

Some might be embarrassed to admit they’re this obsessed with a celebrity’s home project, but not me. Mandy herself even liked one of my tweets about it recently. When you’re open about your odd pop-culture proclivities, you usually find out you’re not alone—which is exactly what happened as friends came out as devotees to the IG Stories, too. Creative Director Elizabeth Spiridakis Olson calls it “every perfect Pinterest dream come true. I’m obsessed with the SSS cabinet fronts.”

Travel editor Jenna Mahoney agrees, “Every time I’m in a hotel my favorite thing to do is watch HGTV. (And as a travel editor, I spend a lot of time in hotels.) The renovations, the reveals, the ‘Hey, I could maybe, probably, totally do this—someday, anyway—in my future and amazing house’ keep me coming back for more. But what is so special about Mandy Moore’s reno is that it isn’t a 25-minute demo toward open concept. It is an artful, intricate experience that we get to experience in real time. She has a very approachable style and way about her in that we are totally friends and have loads in common way. And that is the same for the renovation project.”

Yes, yes, yes to all of that. Let’s just hope I don’t have a full breakdown when the house is finally finished. Maybe there will be a season two?





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Democrat Doug Moore Won Alabama and Twitter Is Thanking the Real Heroes—Black Women


I don’t think I ever could have guessed I’d be so deeply invested in an Alabama special election, but this is 2017. So last night I settled in to watch the results in the race for Jeff Sessions’ vacated Senate seat between Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore who has battled an onslaught of allegations of sexual misconduct with underage girls. When the allegations first emerged, many Republicans distanced themselves from Moore, but in recent weeks he regained the support of the RNC and President Donald Trump.

Polls were all over the place leading up to Tuesday, and many had resigned themselves to the fact that an alleged child molester was going to become a United States Senator. Then something happened—that New York Times needle that measures likelihood of winning (and is the most anxiety-inducing thing I’ve ever seen on the internet) started to shift toward Jones, with the major urban areas of Alabama (typically Democratic strongholds) yet to report.

The major news outlets started calling the election for Jones a little before 10:30 PM and while Moore is spouting off about a recount, the numbers don’t look to be in his favor.

In his victory speech, Jones made sure to thank the African-American community and he was so very right to do so, because they won him the election. According to Washington Post exit polling, 96% of African Americans supported Jones. By comparison, only 30% of white voters were Jones voters. Very quickly this graphic from the Post started making its way around social media.

PHOTO: Washington Post

As you can see, white women voted at an alarming rate for a alleged child molester, which is even more mind-boggling than the already hard-to-explain 53% who cast their ballots for Donald Trump, in spite of his misogynistic speech and sexual harassment allegations. It was the black community, especially women, who turned out—and turned this election. Many pundits will see this as a major turning point in the rejection of Trumpism heading into the 2018 midterms and all credit should go where it’s due.

Twitter totally agreed.

White women, rightfully, did not fare so well:

Crucial lessons can be learned from Alabama as we head into 2018, so let’s please never forget how this election was won. And to my fellow white women: Please get it together. This is embarrassing.





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Ivanka Trump on Roy Moore: 'There’s a Special Place in Hell for People Who Prey on Children'


It’s been nearly a week since The Washington Post first reported that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore had allegedly initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old and pursued relationships with other teen girls when he was in his 30s.

On Tuesday, Ivanka Trump offered the sharpest White House criticism of Moore yet, telling the Associated Press, “There’s a special place in hell for people who prey on children. I’ve yet to see a valid explanation and I have no reason to doubt the victims’ accounts.”

In the days since the Post first broke the story, a former coworker revealed to CNN that it was “common knowledge that [Moore] dated high-school girls,” The New Yorker reported that Moore had been banned from an Alabama mall for bothering teenage girls, and a fifth woman came forward accusing Moore of sexual assault.

Other prominent Republicans, like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, have stated publicly that they believe the women and have called on Moore to drop out of the race. But in her interview with the AP, Ivanka did not implore Moore to withdraw his candidacy—and considering the administration’s ambiguous response to the Moore scandal, it should come as no surprise.

And much like her brother’s Harvey Weinstein commentary did earlier this month, Ivanka’s remarks conspicuously overlooked her own father’s history of harassment and sexual misconduct. Aside from the infamous Access Hollywood tape, numerous women have accused the President of sexual harassment and he’s had his own history of crude moments with young girls.

Who could forget Donald Trump’s 1992 appearance on Entertainment Tonight when, after talking to a 10-year-old girl on an escalator, he turned to the camera to say “I am going to be dating her in 10 years. Can you believe it?” Or when he met two teens outside the Plaza Hotel, asked them how old they were (they answered that they were 14) and then quipped, “‘Wow! Just think—in a couple of years I’ll be dating you.'” And of course, there was the time he reportedly visited the dressing rooms of several Miss Teen USA contestants as they were changing.

Twitter, unsurprisingly, was quick to point this out—promptly challenging Ivanka’s comments on Moore.





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Trending Hashtag #MeAt14 Highlights How Disturbing the Roy Moore Allegations Are


On Thursday, the Washington Post reported allegations that Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate from Alabama, had initiated a sexual encounter with an Alabama woman when she was 14 and he was 32. Three other women, then between the ages of 16 and 18, also say that Moore pursued them.

In response, the hashtag #MeAt14 began to trend on Twitter, popularized by comedian Lizz Winstead. As part of the movement, women are posting pictures of themselves at 14 as a way of emphasizing why it’s inappropriate for a young teenager—still a child—to have a sexual relationship with a man in his 30s. The photos and captions seem to emphasize the innocence of childhood and highlight that, at that age, teens are unable to consent to a relationship with an adult or encounters like the ones Moore allegedly attempted to carry out.

Moore has been elected twice and removed twice from the Alabama’s supreme court, both for ethical violations un-related to sexual misconduct. In his initial defense against the allegations, he denied even knowing the then-14-year-old and addressed the other three women: “With regard to the other girls, you understand this is 40 years ago and, after my return from the military, I dated a lot of young ladies,” adding that he didn’t “remember ever dating any girl without the permission of her mother.” Since the allegations broke, several fellow Republicans have distanced themselves from Moore.

On Saturday, a former co-worker of his told CNN it was “common knowledge that Roy dated high-school girls. We wondered why someone his age would hang out at high school football games and the mall, but you really wouldn’t say anything to someone like that.”

Many women—including Katie Couric and Alyssa Milano—have joined in the hashtag by posting photos of themselves accompanied by captions explaining what they were actually concerned about at 14. (Hint: Fighting off advances from adult men were not one of them.)

The hashtag, however, has also been met with some criticism, with some users saying the use of photos to illustrate the importance consent laws is misguided. “Making it about photos reinforces the wrong idea that child sexual assault is wrong only when children look like children,” wrote one user.

However, others replied, chiming in that that wasn’t really the point of using visuals in the hashtag:

Another critique holds that some tweets, including those that use the phrasing like “I was not dating a 32-year-old man,” can be seen as victim-blaming.

Regardless, the message behind #MeAt14 isn’t only about the photos; it’s about the captions that go with them, listing what young women were concerned about at that age: Get Smart re-runs, playing the French horn, Lord of the Rings discussion boards. The examples make it clear that 14 really is young—and that this hashtag should never have to exist in the first place.

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'This Is Us' Star Mandy Moore Reveals What's Next for Kate and Rebecca and the Big Three as Toddlers


The second season of This Is Us could easily be renamed This Is Us: Kevin or This Is Us: Kate, and so on. Each episode, one character gets their moment to shine—and on Tuesday’s, it was Rebecca’s turn. For Mandy Moore, it was a turning point in Rebecca’s journey: “I feel like she’s able to have that more fully flushed-out role, where she gets to step up to the plate and have some of the winning moves that usually [is reserved] for Jack. I’m really glad that she’s able to have those moments, too.”

To continue the baseball analogies, by the time the credits rolled on Tuesday’s episode, Moore had pitched a perfect game. With the help of her cast members, she delivered every gesture and action beautifully, culminating with that heartbreaking split scene in the hospital with babies Randall and Tess.

Aside from finding out how she did it so effortlessly over different decades, we had plenty of other questions, too. When will we see Miguel and Rebecca reconnect in real life, instead of just on Facebook? Will Kate name her baby after Jack since Randall didn’t? And should we get ready to know a whole other set of Pearson kids when toddler Kate, Kevin, and Randall make their debut next week? Here, Moore answers all of that and more.

On the most recent episode, we discovered that Rebecca and Miguel reconnected after eight years thanks to Facebook. Up until that point, did you know any details about how they came to be a couple?

Mandy Moore: No, I didn’t have any idea about this revelation. This was news to me when I first read the script, as was Jack’s brother being revealed. I had heard rumors of it, and it had been hinted around, but sometimes we don’t know specific details until we get the full script. I had my own running theory of what unfolded because I kind of needed those answers as an actor—so did Jon Huertas, who plays Miguel—but it did differ a little bit, obviously, from this. It’s new information for us, too.

Have you started filming any scenes where we pick up from these Facebook messages?

Mandy: No, and I don’t think that’s going to be addressed until next season. That’s what I’ve been told.

In the episode, Rebecca was wearing a wedding ring the entire time, which I assumed was from her marriage to Miguel. Obviously, we know now it isn’t. Do you think she’s been wearing her wedding ring from Jack since he died eight plus years ago, or—and hear me out—could she have gotten married to someone else during this time and been in a very lonely marriage?

Mandy: [Laughs] That’s a great theory, but no, that’s not the case at all. Rebecca really is in a terribly lonely spot, but I think she never took off her ring. I think she still considers herself a Pearson, even after she married Miguel. I mean, I’ve always sort of operated—not that it’s known or talked about, maybe it will be somewhere down the line—that she still has the last name Pearson. I don’t think she took Miguel’s name. It’s important for her to feel connected to [Jack]—that’s why she still wears the necklace—so it’s not weird she still wears her wedding ring. That’s how she feels connected to him.

PHOTO: Ron Batzdorff/NBC

Do you have any intel on what happened to Miguel’s ex-wife, Shelly? She and Rebecca were friends even after her divorce to Miguel, but we don’t even know if she’s alive in the present day.

Mandy: That’s very true! I don’t want to speculate, because I’m sure that will be addressed and talked about. Dan has told us that season three will focus a lot more on Miguel and Rebecca’s courtship, so I’m absolutely positive that Shelly will factor in. They are friends, and they are somewhat close friends. I don’t think they’re best friends, but I’m curious what happened there. At one point the couples were friends, so that’s a mystery to me.

It’s an interesting dynamic with women, too, because it’s happened before where a former spouse ends up with a friend’s former spouse after one dies.

Mandy: Oh yeah, it feels a little too convenient, though, for Shelly to have passed away. It’s probably a tricky dynamic, considering they are divorced and Rebecca and Miguel find their way together down the road.

PHOTO: Ron Batzdorff/NBC

Let’s talk about Tess’ birth, when Randall tells Rebecca he had Jack and Jasmine picked out as possible names. What’s interesting is that he and Beth chose not to name their second child, Annie, after Jack either. That makes me think that Kate will name her baby after him, which might help Rebecca and Kate connect again.

Mandy: Interesting! I like your way of thinking! [Laughs] I do! You’ll just have to continue watching this season to see how it all unfolds, but I think that’s a great way to honor her father. I definitely support that.

When will Rebecca find out Kate is pregnant?

Mandy: It’s going to be explored in the next couple of episodes. Not next week, but it will be explored in episodes 8, 9, and 10. [You’ll see] Kate telling her family and everybody’s reactions. I love that this season is starting to really connect the dots between Rebecca and Kate, and where this disruption and disconnection in their relationship stems from. But, also, I love that a pregnancy, in theory, is able to bring mother and daughter together. I hope that that’s the case for them. I want to see them put their differences aside and celebrate this really beautiful moment in her life.

Speaking of which, what was your thoughts when Kate lashed out at Rebecca following her first gig?

Mandy: The scene was super emotional for me when I read it initially. It just tapped into similar dynamics I have with my own mother, and it really speaks to how complicated it can get between mothers and daughters. No one’s right, and no one’s wrong. It just is. It’s hard to pinpoint what anybody did wrong, but yet they’re totally justified for feeling the way that they do. I don’t fault Kate for being upset with her mom, and I don’t fault Rebecca for what she did with Kate. Rebecca maybe tries a little too hard, but [for Kate] to jump down her mother’s throat…it’s like, again, it’s such a tricky, gray area where you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Before we move on to next week’s episode, let’s talk about the two hospital scenes where Rebecca met baby Randall and baby Tess for the first time. Are you able to watch your scenes when they air? Because that was one of the most beautiful scenes I’ve ever seen on television.

Mandy: Aww, thank you. I did watch the episode with my man fiancé Taylor Goldsmith because he’s a fan of the show. You’re always so excited to see everybody else’s work, but I find it hard to watch myself. I loved this episode. I love [director] Regina King, and I can’t wait to work with her again, hopefully. I loved the different time period because it’s something new and fresh that we haven’t seen before, and I love Halloween. It’s one of my favorite holidays, and it was so much fun for Milo and I to dress up as Sonny and Cher. All of it was fun to watch unfold.

That last monologue [in the hospital scene] was so tricky because we shot it in pieces. We shot the distant past first, with Rebecca putting her trepidation and fears aside and going to Randall and saying, “We’re going to bring you home, and I’m terrified because I don’t know how to do this.” Then, a week later, we shot the scene in 2008 with me talking to baby Tess for the first time. I delivered those monologues to baby dolls, which makes them even more tricky. There was one shot with baby Randall, I think, where it was a real baby. But with babies, you can only shoot with them for like 20 minutes total. The baby Tess monologue was all delivered to one of those animatronic, little robotic babies that moves and vibrates. It’s really weird. But, yes, I’m really moved by people’s reactions. Don Roos wrote such a remarkable script; as an actor, to get a piece of dialogue like that is what you dream about. To be able to do this sort of weird, like, multi-monologue in two different time periods, intercut with each other, is such a dream. It was a challenge, and I was really excited about it.

PHOTO: Ron Batzdorff/NBC

Next week we see the big three in their toddler years. Should we get used to seeing a whole new set of kids that will be part of the show going forward?

Mandy: I don’t think that these children in particular…though they are a big part of this coming episode. As you can imagine, it’s really hard with kids. They are one and two years old, and everybody has a different energy that they bring. Some kids love being on a set and around all these new people; some don’t, and that’s totally understandable. I’m sure anytime we have toddlers moving forward, they may be different children episode by episode, so I don’t know if I would get too attached to seeing one face or another. But, yes, we’ll be meeting the kids at toddler age next episode. It’s so much fun, it really is. And the next episode is so beautiful, so moving. It’s a different time period that’s really critical—like a year in to the fostering process of baby Randall, of trying to officially adopt him, and some of the road blocks we faced that are really unexpected. It’s a really beautiful episode with some great guest actors. I think people are really going to love it.



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Mandy Moore Shuts Down Trolls Who Said She Photoshopped Her Instagram Photo


Mandy Moore is currently on a whirlwind press tour for NBC’s This Is Us, America’s favorite form of catharsis, in which she plays the show’s matriarch, Rebecca Pearson. It’s a role that’s made Moore the most visible she’s been in years, and with that, unfortunately, comes online trolls.

Moore brushed with a few of them last night on Instagram. The actress and singer posted a picture of herself on set at The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, encouraging people to tune in. “Love any time I get to hang with the sweetest @jimmyfallon on @fallontonight. Watch us at 11:35 on @nbc,” she wrote.

But a few people on Instagram thought Moore had digitally altered the photo to make her waist look smaller. “Why are the lines of the wood panels straight until her midsection? That’s a very clear indicator of Photoshop,” one person wrote. “Seriously, with a bicep that looks like that, Photoshop took over the waist. Unfortunate from you…no one’s waist is that thin,” wrote another.

To be clear, whether or not Moore Photoshopped her image isn’t the issue here. She has every right to present herself how she wants on social media. The problem is anonymous users on social media thinking they have the right to critique people’s bodies. All this speculation and shaming is just gross.

Moore, for the record, didn’t Photoshop this post and clapped back accordingly. “Not nice or true. Do better,” she wrote in response to one of the comments. She then updated the photo’s caption with,” I am 5’10″ and a size 6. I have NEVER Photoshopped pictures. That’s not what I’m about. If you’re going to be rude about people’s bodies, go elsewhere.”

See the post for yourself, below:

Somewhere in an alternative universe, the Big Three are cheering Moore on.

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