Who never...?

 Children like to play a board game named "Guess who". The game is played with two boards full of faces  and with the players secretly choosing one character and then give each other details in order to find out who is the other player character. One will say "with black hair" so you put down all faces who don't have black hair, then the other will say "blue eyes" and you put down the ones without blue eyes and so on... the winner is the one who finds out first who the other player's character is... you get the gist.

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After I started hanging out on Nora Roberts' inspired forums and blogs I noticed a pattern of "finding out" who could play Nora's characters... since our prolific writer has several movies made based on her novels, with the last being on Netflix, the bruah is always immense with "nothing like" "how dare they"  because let's face it actors are human whereas readers see Nora characters as someone (more) divine, and Nora knows it:

And I must say I am also guilty of thinking of a person who could be - at least physically - that Nora hero or heroine.

🎭 Let the "Nora Guessed Who" Game begin 🎉

And I decided to share with my visitors who I imagined as The MacGregor:

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This was private, fun and different 💍

 

"Fine. Here and now, then." He picked up his pants, dug the jeweler's box out of the pocket. He held it out to her, flipped up the lid with his thumb.

"Oh, my Jesus Christ," she said and sat down heavily on the lid of the toilet.

"Yeah, that's romance."

Key of Knowledge

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Jodie Kidd has divulged that she was in the bath when her fiancé Joseph Bates popped the question in Paris. 

 The former model, 43, revealed details of last November's proposal and described it as 'private, fun and different.' 

DAILYMAIL

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She grabbed Dana's hand again to admire the ruby. "It's gorgeous. So perfect for you."

"So's he. Wait until I tell you how he asked me."

“I can top it," Malory claimed.

"Were you naked?"

"No."

Dana licked a finger, swiped it down an imaginary Scoreboard. "I win."

Key of Knowledge

Daniel Craig reveals unusual way he coped with fame

 

“What happens when you draw a curtain?” Bran continued to rub Sasha’s head. 

“You block or hide things. I’ll work on that. 

Draw curtains, you could say, around us, so we’re not as exposed to her.”

Stars of Fortune

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Read about it here

Brad Pitt ‘Removed’ His ‘Drinking Privileges’

"It's easy to delude yourself that you're entitled, that you're just fine when you're in a haze most of the time. Easy to ignore the fact that you're letting your wife and child down in a dozen ways, every single day. Forgetting dinner parties or birthdays, slipping out of bed-where you are useless to her in any case- to have just one more drink, dozing off when you're supposed to be watching your own baby. Just not being there, not completely there. Ever."

"It's a hard thing to go through, I imagine. For everyone involved."

"Harder for the ones you shipwreck with you, believe me. I wouldn't go to counseling with her, refused to attend meetings, to talk to anyone about what she saw as my problem. Even when she told me she was leaving me, when she packed her things, and Josh's

things, and walked out. I barely noticed they were gone."

Black Rose

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Brad Pitt is known to be one of the most dedicated actors in Hollywood — 

and he used that quality to get sober following his split from ex-wife Angelina Jolie.

The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star detailed his journey in a new profile 

The New York Times published on Wednesday, September 4.

MSN

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"That was tremendously brave of her."

"Yes, it was." His gaze sharpened on Roz's face. 

"Yes, it was, and I suppose a woman like you would understand just how brave it

was. It took me another full year to hit the bottom, to look around at my life and see nothing. 

To realize I'd lost what was most precious,

and that it was too late to ever get it back. I went to meetings."

"That takes courage, too."

"My first meeting?" He took another bite of his sandwich. "Scared to death. 

I sat in the back of the room, in the basement of this tiny

church, and shook like a child."

"A lot of courage."

Black Rose

Nora could've written this script... 🤨

He took her hands at the wrists and removed them from where she clutched at his throbe. 

"She is a member of the House of Jaquir. The fact that your blood runs through her veins is 

only more reason for her to be separated and properly trained before her 

betrothal to Kadeem al-Misha."

"Betrothal?" Wild with fear, Phoebe clutched at him again. "She's only a child. 

Even in Jaquir you don't marry off children."

"She will be married on her fifteenth birthday. The arrangements are nearly complete. 

Then she will at last be of some use to me as the wife of an ally."

Sweet Revenge

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Princess Haya, daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan, 
applied Tuesday for protective orders using laws intended to 
safeguard victims of forced marriage and domestic abuse. 
The forced marriage protection was for her children.


TIME

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"Can't." Phoebe leaned against the stall door and waited for the nausea to pass. 
"We can't ever go back. He was going to send you away, baby."

"Away? "

"To Germany." With an unsteady hand Phoebe found a handkerchief and dried
her damp face. "I won't let him send you away, to marry you off to a man 
who could be like him." Steadier, Phoebe knelt and wrapped her arms 
around her daughter. "I won't see you live your life the way 
I've had to live mine. It would kill me."

Sweet Revenge

Nora could've written this script... oh, wait... 😉

"You want to go back."

Phoebe didn't hear the fear, only her own regrets. 

"It's a long way back, Addy. Too far. When I married Abdu

 I left it all behind. 

More than I understood then." 

Sweet Revenge

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After Break-Up With Billionaire Ruler, Dubai Princess Flees With Kids

Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, the sixth wife of Dubai's billionaire ruler,
has reportedly fled the United Arab Emirates with their two children
following the break-up of their marriage.

News18

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 "I want you to be happy, darling. Happy and safe. That's all that matters."

"I like being here with you." Despite all the cookies and tea and lemonade at the couturier's

 she was hungry, but she didn't want to say so. "There is so much to see. 

When you told me about places like this, I thought you were making up stories. It's better than a story."

Phoebe opened her eyes to stare out the window. They were driving along the river in the most romantic city in the world. 

Recklessly, she lowered the glass and drew in a deep breath. 

"There, Addy, do you smell it?"

Laughing, Adrianne leaned closer, like a puppy, to let the breeze race against her face. 

"The water?"

"The freedom," Phoebe murmured. 

"I want you to remember this moment."

Sweet Revenge

Nora could've written this script... wait... 😉

Claremont took out his notepad and set the rhythm. 
"You said you and Margaret Bowers dated."

"No, I didn't. I said we went out a couple of times."

"That's generally interpreted as dating."

"I didn't interpret it that way. I interpreted it as we went out a couple of times."

"You were supposed to have dinner with her on the night she died."

"Yeah." There'd be no expression and no condemnation in Claremont's voice. 
But it still stung.

The Villa

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Ashton Kutcher 'freaked out' after date found killed, Los Angeles court told

Actor testifies at trial of ‘Hollywood Ripper’, who is charged with murder of 
Ashley Ellerin in 2001

The Guardian 

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“But he’d moved out. I’m just saying where there’s smoke . . .”
“Where there’s smoke sometimes means someone else started the fire.”


Whiskey Beach

RIP Doris Day

"She had a pink couch. A long, bright pink couch 

with white satin pillows. Cathy told me about it. 

It sounds so Doris Day, doesn't it? Bright pink, lipstick pink."

Tribute

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Reynold Brown [Public domain]

Whether God-given or Clairol-tinted, all Hollywood blondes are not created equal.

Take the bombshell blitz of the ’50s and ’60s. Marilyn Monroe was the alpha goddess, while Grace Kelly was the class act. Bringing up the shapely rear were vampy Kim Novak, campy Jayne Mansfield and trampy Mamie Van Doren.

But existing on a more approachable perch was the Doris Day. Her brand of beauty came sprinkled with freckles. She was one of us and we loved her for it. And we’ll remember her all the more for it, too, now that the versatile singer, actress, TV star, animal activist and radiant icon of sunny, funny femininity has died early Monday at age 97 at her home in Carmel, California.

USA TODAY

Julia Roberts preparing for ‘Pretty Woman’

"Are you out of your mind?" Alex barked the question as he leaned over into her face. 

"Do you have any idea what you were doing?"

She blinked, at once innocent and amused. "Research?"

He swore again, and Bess found she liked the way he raked 

impatient fingers through his thick black hair. "Lady, just how far were you

intending to take your research?"

"How—? Oh." Her eyes brightened with laughter. 

"Well no, not quite that far."

Convincing Alex 

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Julia Roberts prepared to play a prostitute in “Pretty Woman” by hanging out with hookers

 on Hollywood Boulevard, according to Barbara Marshall, 

widow of the movie’s director, Garry Marshall.

FOX News

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"My wife went nuts." Judd Malloy munched on his cherry Danish 

while Alex swung in and out of downtown traffic. "She's a big fan of that

soap, you know? Tapes it every day when she's in school."

"Terrific." Alex had been doing his best to forget his little 

encounter with the soap queen, but his partner wasn't cooperating.

"Holly figures it was just like meeting a celebrity."

"You don't find many celebrities turning tricks."

"Come on, Alex." Judd washed down the Danish with

heavily sugared coffee. "She wasn't, really."

Convincing Alex

'Your taste is questionable!'

"What kind of kitchen is it 
that doesn't have any Fritos?"

"In the pantry, top shelf," Roz said from the doorway. 
"I'm surprised you'd think I'd forget your childish addiction to corn chips."

Black Rose

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'Human Dorito' Chris Evans sparks a FURIOUS 

debate on Twitter after ranking his 

favorite chip options in a snack pack

DAILYMAIL

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"You want something to eat? I want something to eat."

He turned, opened another cupboard and pulled out a bag of Doritos.

"That's not actual food."

"That's what makes it good."

Tribute

Team Thought Tom Cruise Died While Shooting the Crazy Helicopter Stunt

“How messed up?”

“Broke a lot of bones, bruised a few organs, sliced

some skin.” He shrugged, but Parker didn’t buy it

had been that simple, that casual.

“It sounds serious. How long were you in the

hospital?”

“Put me out for a while,” he continued in that same

careless tone.

Happy Ever After

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This exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from Mission: Impossible – Fallout details how the actor did one of his most harrowing scenes.

"There was an audible gasp from the crowd. That's a huge drop," says Henry Cavill.

Cruise himself is pretty cavalier about the whole thing, having done crazy stuff like this for years.

"You know it's going to be a big impact. It really knocks the wind out of me," Cruise says.

Esquire

Eugenia Martínez de Irujo and Narcís Rebollo, surprise wedding in Las Vegas

He flipped it open, took out a snapshot. 

"I can't give it to you," he said. "It's the only one I've got. 

But I thought you might like to see it. Wedding photo. Sort of. 

We drove out to Vegas and got it done in one of those 

get-hitched-quick places. In fact, we looked for the tackiest 

one we could find. We had some guy take this for us outside, right after."

Birthright

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The image shared by Eugenia Martínez de Irujo in her Instagram profile has set off alarms. Has the Duchess of Montoro married Narcis Rebollo in Las Vegas? The daughter of the Duchess of Alba and her current partner, the President of Universal Music in Spain and Portugal, appear dressed as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.

ELMUNDO

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"You look terribly in love," Suzanne managed. 
"Stupid with it." 

Birthright

Real Names Of Chris Evan's Twins 'Ping And Pong' Revealed

"Have you picked out names?"

"I like Curly and Moe," Nash said, panting right along with Morgana until she

managed to jab him weakly with an elbow. "Okay, okay, Ozzie and Harriet, but

only if we have one of each."

"Don't make me laugh now, you idiot."

Charmed

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Chris Evans and his wife Natasha Shishmanian could not stop beaming with pride as they posed with their baby twins.

Chris had caused some consternation online when some thought his nickname for the twins – Ping and Pong- were their real names. 

EVOKE

Friendships That Have Stood the Test of Time

For old friends

Where there is no vision, the people perish.

--PROVERBS 29:18

(as in The Pagan Stone)

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It’s often believed that long-lasting relationships and friendships are almost impossible in Hollywood. Actors and singers have one thing in common: they’re all creative personalities, and there is always an endless struggle for popularity.
However, at Bright Side have found 11 celebrity friendships that have stood the test of time and are characterized by true devotion and sincerity.

Bright Side

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“We should do this every year on our birthday,” Cal decided. “Even when we’re old.

Like thirty or something. The three of us should come here.”

“Drink beer and look at pictures of naked girls,” Fox added. “I call for—”

“Don’t.” Gage spoke sharply. “I can’t swear. I don’t know where I’m going to go, but

it’ll be somewhere else. I don’t know if I’ll ever come back.”

“Then we’ll go where you are, when we can. We’re always going to be best friends.”

Nothing would change that, Cal thought, and took his own, personal oath on it. 

Blood Brothers

Ryan Reynolds posts hilarious tweets

The e-mail from his father made him grin.

The aliens, having performed hideous medical experiments -of an embarrassingly

sexual nature - on us, have returned your mother and me to Earth. You can hear all

about it on Larry King. Now that I have your attention, maybe you could spare five

minutes to get in touch. Your mother sends her love. I don’t: I like your sister better. Always

did. Guess who.

With a laugh, Jack sat down at the keyboard. "Okay, okay."

Sorry to hear about the alien experience. Typically, they insert tracking devices in their

abductees. You may want to chew on tinfoil while having any personal conversations,

as this is known to jam their frequencies. Just FYI. Recently back in NY. Am keeping

gorgeous Irish redhead prisoner in my apartment. Possibility of exotic sexual favors

from same may keep me busy for the next couple weeks. Love back to Mom. None to

you. I’m not even sure you are my father. You guess who.

Knowing his father would crack himself up reading the post, Jack hit send. 

Three Fates

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Father’s Day gave Ryan Reynolds an opportunity to continue what has been a recurring theme since welcoming the first of his two children with wife Blake Lively in 2014.

Taking to Twitter on Sunday, the American actor, 41, shared another wise-cracking post about parenthood with his 11.3 million followers.

DAILYMAIL

🌸 Happy Mother's Day

Cal had let out his first shocked cry in the delivery room of Washington County Hospital
while his mother panted and his father wept. 

Fox had shoved his way into the world and into his laughing father’s 
waiting hands in the bedroom of the odd little farmhouse 
while Bob Dylan sang “Lay, Lady, Lay” 
on the record player, and lavender-scented candles burned. 

And Gage had struggled out of his terrified mother in an ambulance
racing up Maryland Route 65.

Blood Brothers

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From silent births to delivering in a lobby, these are the most dramatic celebrity birth stories

Keep reading to find about the most unusual celebrity childbirth stories.

INSIDER

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The most amazing birth photos we've ever seen

Leilani Rogers is a birth photographer who loves what she does - and she has been kind enough to share some of her favourite images with us. Be prepared to have your breath taken away.

More info at http://www.photosbylei.com/

BIRTH