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Bad Movies We Love: Mahogany

“Do you know where you’re going to?” asks the theme to Diana Ross’s 1975 movie Mahogany . Well, do you? Turns out it doesn’t matter, because Mahogany doesn’t know either. Is it a fashion movie? A love story? A political thinkpiece? A treatise on how photographers are gay predators who suckle your breasts and try to kill you? The answer: All of the above! And yet, so much less. After seeing Ms. Ross on Oprah this week, we’ve had a craving for her old films, and Movieline has chosen to reexamine the nuttiest one of all. The one where she fornicates with Norman Bates.

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Bad Movies We Love: Mahogany

Jakob Lodwick’s Guide To The Pressures Of Fame(balls)

Ousted founder of Vimeo, the Original Fameball, and now pointedly crazy internet personae Jakob Lodwick has finally written the definitive treatise on how to deal with the pressures he’s experienced from “a prominent online gossip publication.” And it’s not terrible! Lodwick’s potential swan song goes like this: 1. I’m okay.

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Jakob Lodwick’s Guide To The Pressures Of Fame(balls)