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Since 2016, Twitter decided it was better to show you the best tweets first, based on an algorithm. 

Not everyone was a fan of the algorithmic timeline, though, and in a surprise decision, Twitter announced that it will allow users to easily switch to a view that shows the classic chronological timeline.

Twitter has updated its app so you have this capability now, but it’s a bit of a chore. If you go into Settings and switch off “show the best tweets first,” tweets will show up in reverse chronological order. Previously when unticked this option, your timeline would show tweets that you’d miss, and also recommended tweets from accounts that you don’t follow. Read more…

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Peter Dinklage won his third Emmy for most outstanding supporting actor in a drama series at the Emmys on Monday.

Dinklage, who plays the iconic Tyrion Lannister in HBO’s Game of Thrones, was nominated alongside fellow Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays his brother Jaime Lannister.

For his work as Tyrion, Dinklage has been nominated in the category seven times, winning in 2011, 2015, and now 2018.

In his acceptance speech, Dinklage thanked Coster-Waldau, who earned his first Emmy nomination for his work on Game of Thrones this year. Read more…

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Excuse me, hold up, there was a LIVE PROPOSAL during this year’s Emmy Awards. 

Glenn Weiss landed the Emmy in Directing a Variety Special at the Oscars this year. He gave a heartfelt acceptance speech, explaining that the award was “bittersweet” because his mother had passed away two weeks ago. 

Then, he thanked his girlfriend for her support, but clarified, “The reason I don’t like calling you my girlfriend is because I want you to be my wife.”

Cue the tears!!

When she got to the stage, he pulled out his late mother’s ring — clarifying to his siblings that his father gave him dibs on it — and got on one knee.  Read more…

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Blink, and you missed the most distressing/hilarious moment to happen at the 70th Annual Emmy Award nominations. 

After Bill Hader won best lead actor in a comedy series for Barry, the camera panned over the other nominees. And instead of showing Atlanta‘s creator, writer, co-director, and creator, it briefly captured what appeared to be a horrifying white man in an elegant bathrobe.

And no, your eyes did not deceive you. And no, you are not hallucinating. But yes, we might all be haunted after tonight. Because that was Teddy fucking Perkins himself, clapping lightly in a front row seat at the Emmys. Read more…

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It’s not a stretch to say that Thandie Newton was the best part of Westworld Season 2. In a mess of befuddling plots and flashback shenanigans, her performance as the single-minded, fierce Maeve was the highlight of the show.

At the 2018 Emmy Awards, Newton took home the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, beating out Game of Thrones‘ Lena Headey, Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown, The Crown‘s Vanessa Kirby, and The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, and Alexis Bledel. 

Newton was nominated in the same category at the 2017 Emmy Awards, but the statue went to Ann Dowd that year.  Read more…

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Chrissy Teigen, once again, is a whole mood. 

Colin Jost and Michael Che’s painfully unfunny opening monologue drew scattered applause and awkward laughs. 

In response to a particularly terrible joke, Chrissy shrunk away from the camera and cringed into her seat when the camera panned to her and her husband John Legend.

The queen of the internet did it again, upstaging the lackluster monologue by perfectly conveying everything we all felt throughout the underwhelming rant. 

Emmys viewers agreed with every face she made.  Read more…

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Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost took their hosting chops to the Emmys, with an opening monologue that referenced #MeToo, racism, and the current political climate.

You know, light stuff! 

Their monologue kicked off the 70th Annual Emmy Awards.

Jost and Che were preceded – and upstaged – by SNL co-stars Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson singing “We Solved It,” a song about how the Emmys solved Hollywood’s representation problem.

Che began the monologue by saying it was an honor to share the night with the “many many talented and creative people in Hollywood who haven’t been caught yet.” Jost added that there was alcohol being served and that the last thing Hollywood needs is people losing their inhibitions at a work functionTrue. Read more…

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Titans clash at the 2018 Emmy Awards on Monday night. 

The Handmaid’s Tale won big at the 2017 show, taking wins in the Lead Actress, Supporting Actress, and Best Drama Series categories. But can it hope to repeat that success with Game of Thrones back in the mix, not to mention heavy-hitters like Stranger Things and the recently concluded The Americans?

On the comedy side of things, Veep‘s 2018 Emmys hiatus clears the stage for a new favorite to emerge. Will it be Donald Glover’s Atlanta, which delivered a deeply thoughtful and highly experimental second season, to great success? Or maybe it’ll be Glow that rises to the top; the Netflix series about women’s wrestling has been an exciting source of buzz since Season 1 premiered last summer. Read more…

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Here’s one way to land a good photo. 

Comedian Emily Heller showed up to the Emmys red carpet on Monday dressed in a sequined geometric gown, signature glasses, and curly hair piled in an updo. She topped off the look with a grey clutch emblazoned with the Getty Images logo. 

“You know who was really excited to take pictures of this purse?” Heller tweeted. “@gettyimages. You know who wasn’t? Every other photographer there.”  Read more…

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It might be only two games into the NFL season, but it’s been a sorry affair for the Buffalo Bills already.

After losing their first game 47-3 against the Baltimore Ravens in the first week, the Bills were pummeled by the Los Angeles Chargers 28-6 at halftime on Sunday.

Cornerback Vontae Davis, who signed a one-year, $5 million deal with Bills earlier this year, did something most only dream about. Then and there, midway through the game, Davis decided to quit and retire. Even his teammates had no idea.

“I’ve never seen it ever … it’s completely disrespectful to all his teammates,” Bills linebacker Lorenzo Alexander told reporters. Read more…

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