Oscar Nominations Are In, Here Are The Shocker Snubs Everyone Is Talking About

Bella Breakdown This year’s Oscar nominations are in and – truth be told, there are a lot of not-so-pleasant surprises. Let’s get the biggest sigh out first: no female directors are on the ballot for the Best Director category. Not one. Those left out are “Little Women” director Greta Gerwig (previously nominated in this category for 2018’s “Lady Bird”), Céline Sciamma for “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” Lulu Wang, who directed the highly critically-acclaimed “The Farewell,” Lorene Scafaria for “Hustlers,” Marielle Heller for “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” and Joanna Hogg for the beautifully intricate, “The Souvenir,”...

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Everything You Need To Know About The Golden Globe Nominations

Bella Breakdown With more and more box office hits and record-breaking numbers for movies through streaming services, it was a bit of a toss-up which movies and TV shows would receive the coveted Golden Globe nominations. While there were definitely some givens — Joaquin Phoenix’s role in “Joker” and Quentin Tarantino’s direction of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” – the competition for receiving a nomination was fiercer than ever. Especially for female directors, who were again entirely left out of the Best Directing category and were slighted in many others as well. Nevertheless, the nominations mark the unofficial...

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We Can Still Make Friends

Bella Breakdown Do you remember how nerve wracking it was to start school, especially if you didn’t know anyone? It was new classes, new kids, and a whole new situation. It meant so much when you buddied up with the person next to you. You could breathe a sigh of relief knowing that you wouldn’t be eating lunch alone that day. It’s still sort of the same deal now that we’re adults. I get the same nervous jitters starting a new job as I did starting the first day of school. I just want to make friends! Part of...

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Three Tips For Maintaining Your Friendship

Bella Breakdown Maintaining a good, healthy friendship can be difficult, especially a long distance one. Here are some simple tips to ensure you don’t loose a great friend! Write important dates down such as birthdays, friendship anniversaries, or any other important events. This will ensure you will be there for them for important times and will allow you to just catch up and have a good conversation. Listen to your friend’s interests and actually try them out and learn more about them. This will give you guys something to do together and it will show them that you care...

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Wine Squirrel Decanter Is Every Wine Lovers Dream!

Bella Breakdown Have you ever tasted a bottle of wine you had opened a week prior? If you haven’t then good for you and do not ever make the same mistake we had. If you do you know that terrible and disappointing bitterness that hits you while expecting to have a refreshing glass of red while binging a new show. Lucky for us, Wine Squirrel has created the solution to this oxidation issue with their amazing decanter! Sure, there are plenty of anti-oxidation devices out there, but Wine Squirrel created a decanter that works as well as it looks. Not to...

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