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THE DIGIT
$100 million
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That’s how much Grumpy Cat has made for her owner, Tabatha Bundesen, since a YouTube video of the permanently scowling feline went viral in Sept. 2012, according to the U.K.’s Express. In related news, we apparently adopted the wrong damn shelter cat.
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THE QUOTE
“My family underwent a massive tragedy. So not my favorite year. But I try not to be ungrateful — I’m grateful to be alive.”
—Nicole Kidman, to the Guardian, on the death of her father, Anthony, in August. Here’s to a happier 2015.
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Phenomenal cosmic power
Taylor Swift will not be denied—even across the pond. The Guardian has named the Spotify-quitting pop star its most powerful woman in U.K. media, clocking in at No. 10 on the newspaper’s overall list. That’s far, far ahead of actual British person Benedict Cumberbatch, who clocked in at No. 50, and super-powerful American woman Shonda Rhimes, who made the list at No. 58. No, we do not want to hear Tay’s British accent.
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Let it snooooow!
Anyone with a child under the age of 12 (or, nieces and nephews and the like) saw this news coming. The “Frozen” soundtrack was the top-selling album on iTunes for 2014, thr.com reports. The top-selling song also came from a childrens’ movie—”Happy” by Pharrell Williams (which was on the “Despicable Me 2” soundtrack). Soon, the cartoons will overtake the Earth.
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10 years later
Ghostface Killah has built quite a career for himself—much of it, without marijuana. The rapper, who told Vulture it took only 11 days for his upcoming album, “36 Seasons,” to come together, explained that his decision in 2004 to stop smoking weed hasn’t been without its drawbacks. “When you have a sober mind, you can put things where they need to be, but the music sounds better on weed. I am almost second-guessing myself,” he said.
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THE QUOTE
“I feel what’s discriminated against are my choices, which is to focus on people of color as real people. Those are the films that rarely get made and those are the films that take a lot more fight. But I’m up for the fight.”
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—Gina Prince-Bythewood, in an essay on The Huffington Post, about why she chooses to write and direct movies like “Beyond the Lights,” rather than take projects that she isn’t passionate about.