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Post by MissScarlet on Aug 24, 2020 0:28:28 GMT
A little bit of karma is a nice thing:
Now we'll see if they actually serve any time. Maybe because of Covid, they'll get out of it OR be allowed to serve home detention. IMO, them getting to stay in their mansion for the duration of their sentence wouldn't be a punishment. I think that, if wealthy folks get to serve "home" detention, they should have to do it in a crappy motel with no internet and bad TV.
Even if they never serve a single day, their reputations are trashed. Their livelihoods are dramatically damaged. If that's all the punishment they get, that's still a big deal, especially for people who depend on their reputations. I hope they do serve time, but at least that's something, and something pretty big.
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Post by justCoz on Aug 24, 2020 5:44:47 GMT
The AP article I read the other day initially said their judge has not been inclined to let people serve at home instead of in prison despite Covid-19. I'd link it, but when I went back to look, they had edited the article and taken that section out.
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Post by Kao on Aug 24, 2020 7:51:10 GMT
They and their arrogant, nasty daughter should have gotten more time.
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Post by acookertv on Aug 24, 2020 12:51:43 GMT
A little bit of karma is a nice thing:
Now we'll see if they actually serve any time. Maybe because of Covid, they'll get out of it OR be allowed to serve home detention. IMO, them getting to stay in their mansion for the duration of their sentence wouldn't be a punishment. I think that, if wealthy folks get to serve "home" detention, they should have to do it in a crappy motel with no internet and bad TV.
Even if they never serve a single day, their reputations are trashed. Their livelihoods are dramatically damaged. If that's all the punishment they get, that's still a big deal, especially for people who depend on their reputations. I hope they do serve time, but at least that's something, and something pretty big. I think that all depends on the PR people they hire. I remember a time when Martha Stewart was heading to prison and people were declaring her career was over. She was seen as arrogant and privileged and someone who'd lost the trust of her followers. She did her time, ate a few slices of humble pie and rebuilt. If they continue to maintain they did nothing wrong and are being treated unfairly, then you're right and their careers have been severely hurt. But I can't forget that while she's not a top-notch acress, Lori is still an actress. A talented crisis management PR person can train her well to do a strong mea culpa interview and get her career back.
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Post by Kao on Aug 24, 2020 13:44:30 GMT
The difference being that Martha Stewart was a stand-up person from the very beginning. Instead of whining and crying and lying she simply said "Yes, I did it" and basically served out her time knitting and swapping scarves with the other inmates. Also, other (men) were indicted of the same thing who got off, which made people think that perhaps Martha was treated unfairly compared to her male peers who made a lot more money than she did. You can respect someone who admits guilt and quietly does their time a la Martha and Felicity Huffman; people like Lori and her husband who basically threw money at problems and have been trapped in lies all through this situation is not going to be treated with the same respect, and the horrible daughter on Instagram made things worse. I'm betting Felicity gets her career back before Lori.
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Post by acookertv on Aug 24, 2020 13:57:20 GMT
I agree with you - Felicity handled it better and will bounce back better because of it. But I still don't doubt the power of an effective crisis manager when Lori is willing to admit she needs one.
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Post by justCoz on Aug 24, 2020 16:12:30 GMT
They and their arrogant, nasty daughter should have gotten more time. I agree that they should have gotten more time because what they've done could have gotten them way more time. However, I think the time they will serve is comparable to what the other parents in this sting operation have received, so I'm okay with it from that standpoint. I also don't mind the daughter isn't charged because none of the kids have been charged. Hopefully what their parents are going through will be the wake-up call they need to be better. They also have to pay a boatload more money, plus community service. I think that's good too. What's crazy is for a lot of them they had to pay as much and sometimes more than what they used for their bribes. In Lori and her husband's case it's not quite what they spent on their bribes. I was telling MrCoz about it the other day. Between their bribes and fines they'll spend close to $1 million (not even figuring in lawyer's fees). If they had just spent that in the acceptable way of buying a way into your kids college, by donating that amount, they would have been so much better off. They tried to cheat not only their daughters' way in, but also the school. Donating money for the university for a building, etc., benefits not just the family but also future school attendees. If Lori had done that, she would still have her good reputation and could still be earning money. I think Lori has a long way to go to get back in the public's goodwill. Felicity will have any easier time. The report that Lori is now volunteering with special needs kids sounded more like a PR thing to me than anything, but maybe it'll be more beneficial to her than for just that purpose.
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Post by Kao on Aug 25, 2020 7:33:29 GMT
They and their arrogant, nasty daughter should have gotten more time. I agree that they should have gotten more time because what they've done could have gotten them way more time. However, I think the time they will serve is comparable to what the other parents in this sting operation have received, so I'm okay with it from that standpoint. I also don't mind the daughter isn't charged because none of the kids have been charged. Hopefully what their parents are going through will be the wake-up call they need to be better. They also have to pay a boatload more money, plus community service. I think that's good too. What's crazy is for a lot of them they had to pay as much and sometimes more than what they used for their bribes. In Lori and her husband's case it's not quite what they spent on their bribes. I was telling MrCoz about it the other day. Between their bribes and fines they'll spend close to $1 million (not even figuring in lawyer's fees). If they had just spent that in the acceptable way of buying a way into your kids college, by donating that amount, they would have been so much better off. They tried to cheat not only their daughters' way in, but also the school. Donating money for the university for a building, etc., benefits not just the family but also future school attendees. If Lori had done that, she would still have her good reputation and could still be earning money. I think Lori has a long way to go to get back in the public's goodwill. Felicity will have any easier time. The report that Lori is now volunteering with special needs kids sounded more like a PR thing to me than anything, but maybe it'll be more beneficial to her than for just that purpose. That's just it. Anything she or her family does now will be viewed as self-serving PR and unbelievable.
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Post by Cuddles on Aug 27, 2020 11:07:15 GMT
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom had their little girl and they've named her Daisy Dove Bloom. No doubt she's going to have an incredible life. So loved and protected.
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Post by Kao on Aug 27, 2020 14:08:34 GMT
Such a sweet name. The picture they have on Insta with Katy with a daisy painted on her fingernail holding her daughter's hand is adorable.
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Post by moviememories on Sept 1, 2020 17:32:44 GMT
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Post by Arielflies on Sept 1, 2020 20:11:57 GMT
Interesting that she returned it without being asked...at least give her that much.
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Post by MissScarlet on Sept 1, 2020 20:23:56 GMT
I'd guess she's fed up with the Political Correct Police nitpicking every word that comes out of people's mouths. She just chose to walk away from the boloney.
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Post by Kao on Sept 1, 2020 23:46:01 GMT
Or maybe she just wants to be a bigot in peace? Considering her stance on certain matters that I won't get into here I'm glad she returned it. I love Harry Potter and refuse to have her ruin that for me.
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Post by Kao on Sept 3, 2020 21:38:11 GMT
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Post by beerbelly on Sept 3, 2020 21:43:11 GMT
Makes me want to go on a cruise...
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Post by MissGriss on Sept 4, 2020 4:07:48 GMT
The initials spell Lass. I don't know Ed Sheeran well enough to know if that's significant.
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Post by Arielflies on Sept 4, 2020 4:25:13 GMT
He is Scots, right? Lass is a term for a female child to young adult from what I remember.
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Post by beerbelly on Sept 4, 2020 11:48:00 GMT
I love when parents think about monograms! So many don't and then these children walk around with silly monograms on their luggage or can't monogram their hand towels because of the shame.
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Post by ccl on Sept 10, 2020 16:09:47 GMT
This literally has nothing to do with Meryl Streep. They are just trading on her name so as to make the news more click-worthy. She is not responsible for her nephew or his actions.
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Post by ccl on Sept 11, 2020 16:34:12 GMT
The headline itself says “Meryl Streep’s nephew”...it doesn’t even name him in the title. So of course the reporter is tying it to her. It is also being tied to celebrity news (by being written on Page Six) when the person involved, the nephew, is in no way a celebrity. My point is that this should be reported in regular news, not the celebrity section.
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Post by FireWoman on Sept 11, 2020 16:39:26 GMT
This literally has nothing to do with Meryl Streep. They are just trading on her name so as to make the news more click-worthy. She is not responsible for her nephew or his actions. Agree, why associate her with it at all?! Crap move Page Six.
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Post by redsoxgirl on Sept 15, 2020 20:31:14 GMT
static.insider.com/sia-adopted-2-teenagers-who-aging-out-of-foster-care-2020-5Sia revealed that she adopted 2 teenage sons last year who were aging out of foster care
In an interview on Monday, Sia shared that she adopted two teenage boys last year. T he singer's children, now age 19, had aged out of the foster care system when she adopted them.Every year, more than 23,000 children age out of foster care, which means the government is no longer responsible for their wellbeing. The notoriously private Sia adopted two teenage boys last year who were aging out of the foster care system, she said in an interview with SiriusXM's "The Morning Mash Up" on Monday. In the interview, the singer also discussed how her children are coping with quarantine.
"They are both finding it pretty difficult, one more so than the other," Sia said in the interview. "But they're both doing things that are really good for them right now, that are really helpful. They're really doing a lot of educational stuff that's good for them."
Young children are more likely to get adopted into a permanent home than older children, and every year, more than 23,000 kids in the US age out of the foster care system, according to the National Foster Youth Institute. Children can be placed in foster care for numerous reasons, which can include being removed from an abusive home. But once a child turns 18, the government is no longer responsible for the wellbeing of children in foster care. Of those who age out of the system, 20% immediately become homeless.
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Post by beerbelly on Sept 15, 2020 21:22:51 GMT
An issue close to my heart!!
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Post by Kao on Sept 15, 2020 23:08:13 GMT
Yeah, she adopted them a while ago, and good for her and them. I think adopting older kids is a good way to go for people who don't want to deal with the whole baby to young child thing and really want to make a difference. They say that if a child isn't in a home or adopted by the age of 9 their chances of getting adopted goes down significantly, and that goes double for Black/Brown children. I know some adults who were products of the foster care system, and to say they had rough lives is an understatement; in a few cases the difference between them and jail or death was the love of a good foster home at some point in their lives.
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Post by momrek06 on Sept 16, 2020 2:18:56 GMT
Oh SIA is AWESOME, musically and now look at her adopting older children, FABULOUS!!! My Pasadena kiddos love SIA and last time they saw her LIVE it was at the HOLLYWOOD BOWL and Amy Adams (actress) and her hubby sat next to them and the four of them chatted quite a bit, having so much FUN.
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Post by momrek06 on Sept 16, 2020 19:45:46 GMT
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Post by redsoxgirl on Sept 17, 2020 1:15:31 GMT
beerbelly, It's close to my heart, too. There are thousands of older children, thousands, waiting to be adopted-sadly, almost everyone wants to adopt only newborns. The fact she adopted teenagers ready to age out of the system(the heartbreak that these 18 year olds are then left to navigate an unforgiving system...) Makes me respect her so much.
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Post by Amy Lee on Sept 18, 2020 23:08:11 GMT
Looking like a snack, Brad.
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Post by Critical on Sept 18, 2020 23:15:47 GMT
Looking like a snack, Brad. RIGHT? I think that was the moment he was looking at Jen during that FTARH read through. Part of me knows that they probably shouldn't and won't get back together, but the other part of me really wants it to happen anyway
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