Dystopian reality shows, digital begging & swatting:  Landen & Madi uncover the price for fame in the modern era, and the ways it can break the barrier between audience and entertainer.   SHOW NOTES:  https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173271968/jury-duty-james-marsden-ronald-gladden  https://www.tofugu.com/japan/nasubi-naked-eggplant-man/ https://www.thisamericanlife.org/529/transcript#:~:text=Remember%2C%20Nasubi%20didn't%20even,live%20stream%20of%20his%20actions.  https://movieweb.com/japanese-reality-show-nasubi/  https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/12/1/23983677/netflix-squid-game-challenge-review-reality-show-spoilers https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/serial-swatter-tyler-barriss-sentenced-20-years-death-kansas-man-n978291 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46206616 https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/serial-swatter-sentenced-to-20-years-prison-1203176052/amp/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/08/15/keffals-adin-ross-ishowspeed-swatting-twitch-youtube/  https://apnews.com/article/crime-police-shootings-kidnapping-wichita-1dc334273f81d08053dd4caa227023b7  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/arts/television/jury-duty-freevee.html https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/reality-tv-show-tortured-man-503961-20230210  https://junkee.com/what-is-swatting-twitch/351679  https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46206616  https://www.dexerto.com/general/fbi-arrest-swatter-responsible-for-attacks-on-gamers-and-journalists-1313778/  https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/serial-swatter-sentenced-to-20-years-prison-1203176052/amp/  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/technology/twitch-stalking.html https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-you-re-contracted-space-dude-npc-miles-morales-annoys-security-guard-tiktok-livestream-fans-react 

Manipulation, allegations, and destroying reputations: Landen & Laura dissect the world that is YouTubers and their multitude of controversies.   Disclaimer, many of our quotes from this episode are from videos that are no longer available, so they have been sourced from various news websites.  Sources: https://www.businessinsider.com/trisha-paytas-david-dobrik-jason-nash-history-2021-2  https://www.businessinsider.com/frenemies-trisha-paytas-quit-ethan-klein-podcast-leaving-stepping-down-2021-6  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenemies_(podcast)#:~:text=It%20consisted%20of%2039%20episodes,podcast%20revenue%20and%20production%20ownership.  https://www.businessinsider.com/trisha-paytas-gabbie-hanna-frenemies-controversies-jessi-ethan-moses-2021-6  https://www.businessinsider.com/charli-damelio-james-charles-trisha-paytas-dixie-feud-timeline-cancelled-2020-11#in-response-paytas-pivoted-and-went-after-charles-who-clapped-back-in-a-tiktok-5  https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/the-internet-unravels-shane-dawson-s-dark-past-cancels  Jaden Smith Reacts to Shane Dawson ''Sexualizing'' Willow Smith (eonline.com) https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffree-star-sexual-assault-allegations-violence-accused-predator-myspace-payments-2020-9  Laura Lee, Jeffree Star and that racism scandal that's tearing Beauty YouTube apart - The Washington Post https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffree-star-james-charles-dramageddon-2-tati-westbrook-2020-5#new-alliances-have-been-drawn-in-the-beauty-community-with-star-and-dawson-on-one-side-and-charles-smaller-gurus-and-tiktok-stars-on-the-other-17  https://www.businessinsider.com/tati-westbrook-video-shane-james-charles-youtube-bye-sister-private-2020-6  https://www.businessinsider.com/tati-westbrook-video-jeffree-star-shane-dawson-manipulated-james-charles-2020-6  https://youtu.be/uFvtCUzfyL4?si=UBwDHAaRgHaLjMaF

TITLE:  Film Sets: Curses, Myths, & Catastrophes Description: Film set accidents: When movie magic ends, real life tragedy begins.  Landen and Margot cover notorious film curses, myths, and catastrophes in this week's Tea Time episode. SHOW NOTES: https://commonplacefacts.wordpress.com/2020/08/28/how-did-star-wars-nearly-cause-a-real-war/   https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/shinings-shelley-duvall-terrorised-stanley-28217136 https://aif.ru/culture/person/posledniy_epizod_bodrova_15_let_so_dnya_tragedii_v_karmadonskom_ushchele  https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/world/rising-star-lost-in-russia-s-latest-disaster.html  https://www.kp.ru/daily/22878.5/20624/    https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-a-new-hope-tunisia-libya-war-gaddafi-jawa/   https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/the-poltergeist-curse-its-heeere https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actor-and-two-children-killed-on-twilight-zone-set https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/titanic-pcp-chowder  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actor-and-two-children-killed-on-twilight-zone-set  https://allthatsinteresting.com/michael-massee  https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1FJ2R4/  https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/02/01/mark-salling-death-officially-ruled-suicide-los-angeles-coroner-says/1088851001/  https://www.tmz.com/2018/01/30/mark-salling-dead-suicide-dies/  https://people.com/tv/inside-mark-salling-glee-days/  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-found-lake-piru-california-where-actress-naya-rivera-went-n1233665 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/19/naya-rivera-drowning-wrongful-death-lawsuit-filed-on-behalf-of-glee-actors-son  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/nov/03/dark-knigh-stuntman  https://www.eightieskids.com/poltergeist-real-skeletons-swimming-pool-scene/  https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1396719/shelley-duvall-the-shining-trauma-wendy-torrence-crying-rare-interview-jack-nicholson  https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/shinings-shelley-duvall-terrorised-stanley-28217136  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9251041/Shelley-Duvall-gives-rare-interview-recalls-trauma-making-Shining-Stanley-Kubrick.html  https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/features/787573-interview-shelley-duvall-on-the-shining  https://variety.com/gallery/catastrophic-on-set-accidents-timeline/  https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/noahs-ark-shocking-movie-actors-drown/

Want to know how a fan’s obsession can drive them to murder their idol?  Look no further than this episode of Tea Time, where Landen and Margot uncover the dark side of paparazzi, stalkers, and celebrity breakdowns.  SHOW NOTES: https://people.com/britney-spears-reveals-why-shaved-off-hair-in-2007-exclusive-8362494  https://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Jennifer-Lopez-Stalker-Lived-Her-Pool-House-Week-58513.html  https://nypost.com/2013/08/22/stalker-camps-out-in-jennifer-lopezs-hamptons-mansion-for-six-days/  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1097087/Simon-Cowell-reveals-regret-American-Idol-contestants-suicide.html  https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-60048-001  https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/harry-styles-speaks-about-dread-anxiety-caused-stalker-1670298  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/25/harry-styless-stalker-harasses-former-police-officer-hired-protect/ https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/harry-styles-constantly-guard-after-28051771 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/16/lily-allen-stalked-singer-police  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6556955/Lily-Allen-reveals-stalker-attempting-contact-10-year-harassment-rumbles-on.html https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/taylor-swift-tiktok-doppelganger-swifties-1234676170/  https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/taylor-swift-look-alike-ashley-leechin-slammed-for-stunt/  https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/shock-new-details-about-britneys-infamous-2007-breakdown/news-story/d1de891bc6ff1d380263efe354cd3917  https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/heartbreaking-cause-britney-spears-harrowing-21687469  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-britneys-meltdown/  https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/05/01/kanye-west-details-factors-leading-up-to-mental-breakdown-says-he-feared-doctors-would-kill-him/#:~:text=Kanye%20West%20and%20Charlamagne%20interview,says%20contributed%20to%20his%20breakdown.  https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/05/01/kanye-west-talks-mental-breakdown-relationship-jay-z-and-trump-comments/570097002/  https://pagesix.com/2020/07/25/close-family-friend-says-death-of-kanye-wests-mom-ruined-him/  https://www.thethings.com/10-times-celebrities-almost-got-violent-with-the-paparazzi/  https://fandomwire.com/get-the-fuk-out-of-the-way-motherfuker-spider-man-no-way-home-star-tobey-maguire-was-infuriated-after-paparazzi-invaded-his-privacy-almost-caused-an-accident/  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/youtube-stars-dolan-twins-ask-fans-not-treat-father-s-n961741  https://www.j-14.com/posts/dolan-twins-warn-fans-not-to-attend-their-fathers-funeral/  https://www.insider.com/bretman-rock-says-fans-crashed-fathers-funeral-for-photos-2019-11  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/arts/music/britney-spears-conservatorship.html ⁠https://apnews.com/article/princess-diana-death-august-1997-coverage-f95a64d93949bf73a5644a91627d204b⁠

He said, she said, tune in as Landen and Madi dissect some of Hollywood’s most publicized celebrity trials. SHOW NOTES: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/who-won-depp-v-heard-timeline-b2343074.html   https://www.insider.com/johnny-depp-amber-heard-relationship-timeline-2020-7#:~:text=Depp%20and%20Heard's%20defamation%20lawsuit,her%20experience%20with%20domestic%20violence.  https://www.vox.com/culture/23043519/johnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial-fairfax-county-domestic-abuse-violence-me-too  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/02/johnny-depp-trial-how-the-judge-ruled-on-14-alleged-assaults https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/26/trolls-tweets-and-famous-friends-the-vicious-pr-war-between-johnny-depp-and-amber-heard  https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab3yk/daily-wire-amber-heard-johnny-depp  https://apnews.com/article/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-trial-lawsuit-jury-f42bf61e97af2fd182017614fe6d8efd  https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-crash-trial-summary-timeline-rcna77570  https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/alec-baldwin-pleads-guilty-waives-1st-court-appearance/story?id=97313556  http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/Simpsonchron.html  https://www.britannica.com/event/O-J-Simpson-trial http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/Oj.htm#:~:text=Orenthal%20James%20Simpson%2C%20known%20commonly,and%20winning%20the%20Heisman%20trophy.  https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/05/24/OJ-Simpson-sentenced-to-probation-in-wife-beating/6045611985600/  https://littlethings.com/entertainment/nicole-brown-simpson-last-years/nicole-brown-last-years-12  https://www.bustle.com/articles/166611-when-did-oj-simpson-nicole-brown-get-divorced-their-relationship-was-complicated  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/o-j-simpson-leads-l-a-police-on-a-hig-speed-chase  https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/law-and-disorder-15-ridiculous-and-crazy-lawsuits-filed-against-celebrities-over-the-years-520560.html  https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/mila-kunis-was-once-slapped-with-a-5000-lawsuit-for-stealing-a-chicken-by-her-childhood-friend/  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3124448/Woman-suing-actress-Mila-Kunis-stealing-chicken-childhood-friends-drops-lawsuit-therapist-taught-forgive.html  https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/04/23/mila-kunis-ashton-kutcher-chicken-lawsuit-video/26229779/ https://ew.com/article/2015/04/23/no-really-woman-sues-mila-kunis-over-chicken/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/mila-kunis-chicken-lawsuit-dropped/2015/06/15/62bd1dea-1347-11e5-8457-4b431bf7ed4c_story.html  https://www.biography.com/crime/oj-simpson-trial-timeline  https://people.com/rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed-pleads-not-guilty-trial-date-set-7629333  https://variety.com/2023/film/news/rust-armorer-evidence-tampering-hannah-gutierrez-reed-1235652524/  https://abcnews.go.com/US/family-halyna-hutchins-files-wrongful-death-suit-alleging/story?id=82900883  https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/trial-scheduled-in-2024-for-movie-armorer-in-fatal-shooting-of-cinematographer-by-actor-alec-baldwin/#:~:text=SANTA%20FE%2C%20N.M.%20(AP),set%20of%20a%20Western%20film.  https://variety.com/2023/film/news/david-halls-rust-plea-hearing-negligent-use-deadly-weapon-1235570124/  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/arts/alec-baldwin-grand-jury-rust.html#:~:text=Baldwin%2C%20who%20had%20an%20earlier,which%20they%20said%20contradicted%20Mr.  https://apnews.com/article/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-trial-lawsuit-jury-f42bf61e97af2fd182017614fe6d8efd  https://apnews.com/article/gwyneth-paltrow-utah-ski-crash-lawsuit-38ee255a616afac432baaa37fba01c8c  https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/gwyneth-paltrow-ski-crash-trial-summary-timeline-rcna77570 

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Good art, bad person: do we separate the art from the artist?  Find out for yourself as Landen and Margot break down one of pop-culture’s most pressing moral dilemmas.   SOURCES: https://www.distractify.com/entertainment/2018/09/06/Z1erpVw/celebrities-who-are-jerks  https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/6/24/can-you-enjoy-good-art-bad-people#toggle-gdpr  https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/38829/1/what-do-we-do-with-art-made-by-bad-people   https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/07/cruel-cancel-picasso-monstrous-misogynist-anniversary  https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/adele-haenel-cesar-awards-roman-polanski  https://www.timesofisrael.com/doubling-down-on-antisemitism-kanye-west-praises-hitler-in-unhinged-interview/  https://www.fox5ny.com/news/r-kelly-and-aaliyah-a-look-at-an-illegitimate-marriage  https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/3/7/separating-art-from-artist-rick-and-morty-thinkpiece/  https://commonwealthtimes.org/2022/10/27/separating-art-from-the-artist-is-impossible/ https://www.theasburycollegian.com/2023/03/separating-the-art-from-the-artist/  https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-artist-art-johnny-depp-woody-allen-michael-jackson-louis-ck https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/separate-art-from-artist-cancel-culture-monsters-book/673497/  https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qwp9v/its-really-surreal-how-salvador-dal-was-a-fascist-who-hit-women  https://spinditty.com/artists-bands/Reasons-Why-John-Lennon-Was-a-Bad-Person  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12487125/Marrying-stepdaughter-controversy-Woody-Allen-never-escape-despite-claiming-hes-not-cancelled.html  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/arts/music/r-kelly-sentenced-federal-child-sex-crimes.html#:~:text=The%20jury%20in%20Chicago%20convicted,sex%20tapes%20involving%20a%20minor.  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kanye-wests-love-of-hitler-and-nazis-allegedly-goes-back-20-years-1234647700/  https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/this-director-married-his-daughter-was-accused-of-sexually-abusing-adopted-daughter-article-100623201 

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: It’s not what you know, but who you know: uncover the controversial yet entertaining lives of Hollywood’s favorite nepo babies. SOURCES: https://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebrites/cinema/vanessa-paradis-c-etait-complique-pour-notre-couple-de-se-dire-que-nous-allions-etre-sur-scene-ensemble-tous-les-soirs-20230406  https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jamie-lee-curtis-officiates-daughter-ruby-guests-cosplay-wedding/  https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/interviews/gigi-hadid-on-paparazzi-social-media-haters-and-learning-to-say-no/news-story/d572e9c897008798f0c34c3915d6f636 https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/nepo-babies-celebrity-kids-whove-spoken-out-about-nepotism/ https://harpersbazaar.com.au/celebrities-who-are-nepotism-babies/ https://www.evoluted.net/blog/studies/it-s-in-the-genes-the-nepo-babies-index https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/nepo-babies-who-are-the-best-and-worst-celebrity-kids  https://www.engadget.com/hitting-the-books-the-warehouse-alessandro-delfanti-pluto-press-163008791.html#:~:text=Bezos%20himself%20started%20Amazon%20in,money%20to%20start%20the%20company.  https://www.findmypast.com/blog/discoveries/benedict-cumberbatch-family-tree https://dailytargum.com/article/2022/01/nepotism-in-hollywood-cant-be-stopped-but-privileged-celebrities-need-to  https://www.cracked.com/amp/article_36371_5-nepo-babies-that-crashed-and-burned-spectacularly.html https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/04/chet-hanks-white-boy-summer

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Delve into the elusive lives of child stars, as Landen and co-host Madi uncover the veil of fame & glamor, to reveal the dark reality beneath. SOURCES:  https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodhousekeeping.com%2Flife%2Fa40807182%2Fjonbenet-ramsey-murder-beauty-pageant-backlash%2F  https://12ft.io/  https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/child-stars#:~:text=As%20the%20media%20and%20advertising,become%20an%20enduring%20part%20of  https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2022/06/more-than-pocket-money-a-history-of-child-actor-laws/    https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/09/23/child-stars--the-power-and-the-price-of-cuteness.html#:~:text=The%20first%20real%20child%20star,star%20before%20he%20was%2010.