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Spreading love: how verticals are capturing massive audiences’ attention
While watching the vertical drama “Tides of Temptation,” you may notice that some of the episodes seem overly dramatized. In Chapter 7, the two main characters and love interests stand chest-to-chest at a nighttime party. “You put our lives in danger chasing me,” Constance says. “I am,” Jamal responds. “And you better be worth the trouble.” Not even five seconds later, Constance’s boyfriend Wes fires a gun into the air. The gunshot is just the first warning for Jamal to leave Constance alone.
Ampersand’s Halloween season watchlist: The witch’s list
The third season of the anthology series follows a group of New Orleans witches dealing with the breakdown of their coven as their current Supreme, or leader, is dying. Of course, they also deal with some outside threats from witch hunters. The 13 episodes are not only the ultimate fall, Fleetwood Mac witch vibe, but have also inspired a host of now-viral memes such as “knotty pine.” They also dig deep into conversations surrounding race and sexism, handled with a bit of magic.
Next Level Sports Conference featured big names and big ideas for growing the sports landscape
Ogwumike and Rosen share their success stories to start the day By: Kiera Baker The third annual USC Next Level Sports Conference opened on October 20 with some major star power. Former Los Angeles Sparks WNBA player and current ESPN analyst, Chiney Ogwumike, interviewed Lon Rosen about his journey from Los Angeles Lakers intern to president of business operations. Rosen stressed the importance of making connections, self-advocacy and having as many interactions with other people as possible.
I’m excited to watch “VisionQuest”, and you should be too
*This story will contain spoilers for “Agatha All Along” and “WandaVision”* About halfway through the first trailer for “VisionQuest”, the third and final installment of the “WandaVision”trilogy,supercomputer human Vision sits in a movie theater and watches a video of his old life. He and his wife Wanda are dancing with their two babies, Billy and Tommy. It seems nostalgic, like watching a home video from 20 years ago.
Maybe MomTok won’t survive this
Mikayla Matthews announced on Instagram Monday that she will not continue her run on Hulu’s Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, also known as SLOMW. This announcement comes less than a week after the season 5 premiere, which saw blow-ups between MomTok members Matthews and Taylor Frankie Paul. “I made my decision over a week ago after hearing some news,” Matthews wrote in a caption. Frankie Paul was confirmed as a cast member for season 6 of SLOMW earlier this month.
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