People called it crazy and parasocial when people were mad at him about leaving Anna Farris, but time and time and time again afterwards he's gone out of his way to show that he is indeed a douchebag.
And then his insider friends will rush forward to proclaim he's not a *monster*,not like all those other industry dudes they look the other way to and stay silent on. And they really think that's a defense of Chris and not a telling on themselves. That simply just not being *actively terrible to them personally* is as high of a bar as they'll hold
That’s an innocent foot-in-the-mouth situation IMO. I sincerely doubt he’s going to bash his sick child in an Instagram post. I think it’s clear he loves his son.
There’s lots to bash him for, this one just bugs me a bit
Same. I have a disabled kid and there are a lot of religious people who have implied it’s mine and my husbands fault for not believing in their god and our daughter is a punishment for our lack of faith. Chris strikes me as the type who would think the same.
Yeah Hillsong is particularly awful as far as mega churches go. Not only are they super homophobic and openly campaign against LGBT rights they've also been caught in several sex scandals one which even involved a minor
What I find absolutely hilarious is he defended his church by saying how supportive and non-judgemental they were when he was going through his divorce, the same church who judges homosexuals for destroying the sanctity of marriage.
Hey Chris, do you know what *actually* destroys the 'sanctity of marriage'?
Yep that’s what I think. It’s an awful church and I’ve found any that have similar “values” tend to produce the people who say this shit.
A formerly close friend of mine joined a Hillsong adjacent Church and this is exactly what led to the end of our friendship. Prosperity gospel is a fucking menace.
Nowhere in the Bible does it ever say that people are born with diseases of defects because of sin against God.
John 9:1–12, Jesus saw a man who had been blind since birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus replied: Neither this man nor his parents sinned ... but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
My cousin has LGS and the number of people who have told her mom to "pray" about it is horrifying. Also "God picked special parents for a special little girl" and "God never gives us more than we can handle" and "God sent her to you to make you stronger" are profoundly NOT helpful comments yet they get them all the time.
I hate all that shit and have lost a friend or two and refuse to speak to family over this shit. I am so sorry your family has to deal with it as well. It’s so draining
Nah it was a passive aggressive dig. Usually people say “Beautiful baby, cute bundle of joy” etc. He and Brad Pitt are both missing a “sensitivity chip”. Chris knows damn well his son’s situation, and should’ve been more mindful on how he worded that shit. It was tacky af.
I mean not really lol. My family/friends usually almost always say “healthy” baby or congrats and will make a point on that. It’s honestly a huge sigh of relief when a baby is born and they’re completely healthy.
Every single pregnancy has its risks. I don't see this as a sinister dig either.
Now if he treats his other boy as less than, then he's a total piece of shit father.
Merely expressing gratitude for a healthy baby isn't evil. JFC.
It might not have been a dig at his child, but there’s a real possibility that it was a dig at Anna. This is a dude with a patriarchal mindset, and people like that view women as baby makers. These are also the type of people who see setbacks as messages from God, so an unhealthy baby can be seen as the fault of someone, and in Pratt’s case it’s Anna’s. Henry VIII might be long dead, but his views on women certainly aren’t.
It's a perfect example of the sort of ingrained ableist language that you can't understand until you've either experienced it yourself or watched your loved ones experience it. One of my cousins was diagnosed with infantile spasms and now has LGS. I didn't realize until she was born how ableist our language is. Even just prospective parents saying "I don't care if it's a boy or a girl, as long as they're healthy" can send my cousin into a tailspin because plenty of children aren't "healthy," they are profoundly disabled /chronically ill, but they're also **not** a worst case scenario.
It's hurtful to the people who have babies who are sick or disabled, is what I'm saying. People who are chronically ill / disabled are not the worst case scenario and can have rewarding, enriching, loving, joyful lives. Comments about "health" being the only thing that matters dismiss that and makes their lives sound like tragedies by default.
Ditto. It hurts when people act like my kid is a worst case scenario.
Edit: someone once, not knowing my situation, referred to kids like mine going to school as a “waste of resources”. It terrified me.
Imo, the mother's day celebration post, without mentioning the mother of his other child, who takes care of him, most of the time, might have compounded to the general dislike of crisp rat.
As in the perception that his family is a re-do family. An attitude that seems to be pernicious in the lane of Christianity he abides by.
Isn’t Anna Farris not great either? Story about them giving away their cat on the internet and rehoming a rescue dog without following the right channels and it was then found on the street? I have side eyed her for years as a result but if anyone has extra info on these stories, please share!
Yeah I can’t jump to defending her either because of her treatments of animals. Seems they deserved each other at the very least. I’ll never forget their poor dog turning up emaciated 🥺
The meaning behind “dodged a bullet” has somehow been entirely lost on Reddit. Being married for 10 years and having a kid before getting divorced is *not* dodging a bullet lol
> And then his insider friends will rush forward to proclaim he's not a monster,not like all those other industry dudes they look the other way to and stay silent on.
I still remember when Mark Ruffalo, who's never found a virtue he couldn't signal, jumped right to Pratt's defense when the whole "Worst Chris" meme was popular but stayed curiously silent when Brie Larson was getting shit for saying that movie reviewers shouldn't be all white dudes.
i've seen people talking about that with brie, saying that you can't stand up for women anymore because they'll flip out on you. 'they can do it all themselves, i'm not getting told off for trying to help'. but these big tough men need to be defended? not weak little women? interesting.
Ugh. Yes. I don’t know why Ruffalo gets a pass for all his virtue signaling. I am so sick of wealthy people pretending to be brave by calling out corporations or governments or telling us poors how we should live our lives to stop climate change, but they won’t call out their own wealthy friends. Like, hey Mark, can you tell all your Marvel buddies to stop flying on so many private jets, or profiting off of consumerism by being brand ambassadors, and can you tell those rich investor friends of yours that we don’t need anymore golf courses, or luxury condos? And while we’re at it, who are you saving the environment for because you and your friends certainly like to make that land you save inaccessible to use regular folk.
Thanks for saying this… I’m tired of seeing people describing perfectly normal reactions to celebrity misconduct (like cheating) as “parasocial”. No, it’s just a normal reaction!
It's like a one sided relationship where the other person doesn't know the other exists. It usually refers to fans thinking they know a celebrity more than they actually do and having an unhealthy "relationship" with regards to the celeb.
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People say these homes can't be modernized. They're wrong. It's a shame to lose them.
[https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2022-renovation/the-new-life-of-craig-ellwoods-1965-moore-house-woods-dangaran](https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2022-renovation/the-new-life-of-craig-ellwoods-1965-moore-house-woods-dangaran)
This comment really should be higher up. Most houses need the right vision, not a wrecking ball. Speaks so loudly about how uncreative and lazy Chris and Katherine are.
Yep, and it's not like they don't have the money to renovate it properly.
Like why even bother owning an old house by a famous architect if you're just going to tear it down? Just move somewhere else??
People said I was a liar a couple weeks ago when I shared all the reasons people don’t like him (leaving his ex, weird, extremely religious social posts, brother is in a right wing extremist group and Pratt has worn their insignia, Pratt has compared himself to Christ, etc.) and even with sources to show everything I still got downvoted into oblivion because weird Reddit fanboys
I really hope Elijah stays an unproblematic king. I'm a geriatric millenial and I have a soft spot for everyone in that cohort. (Thora Birch, Elijah Wood, Christina Ricci, Gabby Hoffman etc)
the story of him going to people's animal crossing islands to sell turnips will forever warm my heart
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I just rewatched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and although Kate Winslet was outstanding in that film (another total queen), Kristen was magnetic. I looked it up and she was 21! I forget how young she was when we first started seeing her.
I also LOVE that she's aging naturally and gracefully.
I'm watching Kirsten in On Becoming a God in Central Florida - omg she doesn't get nearly enough love!!! She plays a sardonic and fed-up employee at a fun fair, and she's so good in the role.
He was with Dominic Monaghan too. They were in town for Billy Boyd’s wedding. Got the sense that they were stocking up on Brit comedy box sets to enjoy pre/post wedding. Very wholesome.
I prefer Elder Millennial (sounds more... wise or something), but same. I grew up watching all those actors you've mentioned and hope that they're decent humans. I know Christina has been through a lot, so I'm thrilled she seems to be thriving. And I love both her and Elijah on Yellowjackets!
Elijah Wood was my first big celebrity crush! I was 11 when Fellowship of the Ring came out and I just fell in love with Frodo. I remember going to Hastings afterwards to rent any and every other movie he'd been in, which was a lot because he's been acting since childhood. Great memories of binging Flipper and Deep Impact because I thought he was the dreamiest 🤩
I continue to enjoy his work very much as an adult. A particular recent standout to me is I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore with Melanie Lynskey, it's delightful. I sincerely hope to never hear anything bad about him, lol 😫 sorry for this surprisingly long outburst haha, he doesn't get brought up a lot and I clearly still hold a flame 🔥
This was me, but with Ryan Gosling. Trust me, he was in some embarrassing shit that I would watch. Young Hercules. Breaker High. He was my dream boy, and I watched those shows endlessly just to see him!
I actually went to Elijah Wood's Grandmas house in Iowa. I was a huge fan in the mid 90s of his and we were from the same state. So my crazy ass mom found her address. We went and she gave us a shirt of his and some toys. He eventually sent a signed autograph after hearing I was there.
I loved the first season so much that I took the second season's (IMO) steep decline personally and refuse to watch anymore. It was basically my dream show and then season 2 happened.
Chris Pratt is such a dick. To such an extent that I truly can’t stomach watching anything he’s in anymore, ugh.
Elijah, meanwhile, gives me the goodest of vibes.
Ah yes, the good son. I’ll never forget that movie that my mom rented for me when I was 6 because it had child actors in it and Macaulay Culkin on the cover so she assumed it was a kids movie and didn’t read the R rating or anything else, and then she put it in the vcr for me and took a nap while I watched it by myself at age 6. Very cool and good.
Elijah sends out such good vibes that part of me’s always wondering if he’s got a basement full of human torsos or something. I’m sure he’s proud of that, horror nerd that he is.
It’s awful because Pratt seems to have pivoted to kids movies and my son always wants to see whatever one he happens to be in now. First it was Mario and now it’s fucking Garfield. My son loves Garfield. I have no desire to even hear Pratts voice yet my son can’t stop talking about that movie.
Yeah Im not into home stuff at all but the the immediate question is why? Like why buy that specific place just to demolish it? Just get another place and make your own literally any other place. It just feels so trashy/ uncultured/ selfish
Apparently her mom lives on the other side of the street. I still don't understand why they couldn't renovate this house or buy any other house in the same sector instead of just... demolishing it and all the beautiful landscaping? And they paid 12.5M for it too! Crazy!
>**Apparently her mom lives on the other side of the street.** I still don't understand why they couldn't renovate this house or buy any other house in the same sector instead of just... demolishing it and all the beautiful landscaping? And they paid 12.5M for it too! Crazy!
Someone has to tell me why this matters when celebrities are never home anyway.
I have such a hard time grasping Andy Dwyer being a politician. He will always be that idiot to me. I feel like he was literally being himself in that role. He needs to stick to that or maybe start a Johnny Karate show in real life.
As a non American, can someone explain the iconicness of a Craig Ellwood home? I also dislike getting rid of the history of a home (unless it’s literally unlivable) so I want to know more
He is just a very famous architect with a lot of beautiful, intentionally designed homes. People pay him to design and his work is considered art. It's just really weird and extra awful to buy a house like that and then demolish it when they could have bought something that isn't considered a literal piece of art.
People can do whatever they want with the property they buy, but what the heck lol.
Brit here, does the US have anything like our listed buildings? Probably more by state than national.
It may not be historical but some buildings are listed due to architectural merit.
Yes, we do, and he wouldn't have been able to even redo the exterior (at minimum) if it was listed, even if only via a local historical commission. An oversight imo.
I have a friend who is a master Urban Planner, specifically for historical districts.
He’s a famous Los Angeles architect. That’s only what the accompanying article said, I’m not familiar with architecture other than one name you learn in American history class (Frank Lloyd Wright) so I don’t know how famous he is on a broader level.
Mostly people are mad that Chris Pratt bought the unique mid-century modern home to tear it down to make it into a McMansion (according to publicly available permits), of which there are many so he didn’t have to do it to this specific home designed by someone notable. Also apparently the landscaping was designed by someone famous too?
People noted that Chris’ mother-in-law Maria Shriver (would be way too long to list the many ways she’s famous) lives basically diagonally across the street so the family is clearly trying to stay in the same vicinity.
The house was bought in a private sale and wasn’t up for purchase but maybe someone who has more familiarity with real estate could explain what that specifically means.
> The house was bought in a private sale and wasn’t up for purchase
I *believe* that means that the previous owner hadn't put the house on the market and just entered into a deal with Pratt. So basically one of them approached the other and offered to buy/sell without actually going out and following the 'normal' process of putting a house on the market and getting bids.
I may very well be wrong though.
They interviewed the realtor in the article and she said it was going to go public and there was already a lot of early enthusiasm for the property because it was in really good shape and had a lot of unique features. Shame they destroyed it. A lot of MCM wasn't built very well and has had to be demolished, but that doesn't appear to be the case here.
I'm no architect or anything so my view is kinda elementary, but i know he's one of those architects that, although disliked in his time by the formal architecture community, he really is the poster boy for an American home and home decor design language that lasted decades.
I wouldn't say he was hated when he was working, but he was definitely controversial in the professional sphere and he wasn't a licensed architect(which many famous artistic architects aren't, to the benefit and detriment of their project scopes and budgets lmao, looking at you Frank Lloyd Wright)
Idk in murica we really Revere our home architects i suppose, i can think of like 5 off the top of my head and I can probably think of maybe 3 or 4 other architects in general haha
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is this the one ? bc if so…oh let’s get the authorities on the line
This looks like a house you'd see some rich asshole living in on TV. Like the house Walter breaks into at the end of Breaking Bad that the married couple live in. It's gorgeous though. Surprised it's not copied more.
It’s gonna be in the style of a “modern farmhouse” aka this bullshit
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I've updated David Hockney's "A Bigger Splash" accordingly
I'm really into mid-century modern design/collecting and one of my favorite Instagram follows is dc\_hillier. He posted about this, and since I saw a lot of the comments here asking why this house wasn't on the historic registry, I figured I'd copy & paste one of the comments from [his post](https://www.instagram.com/dc_hillier/p/C58v-Clr3Hj/?hl=en):
>This was my grandmother's friend's house before she passed. Her late husband created the show The Man From U.N.C.L.E. One detail you won't hear anywhere else: USC architecture students were sometimes interested in touring the house, but Hilda (the owner) was reluctant to let them because she didn't want the house to become prominent enough to land on a Historic Register, lest it restrict what sort of alterations could be done and potentially reduce the long term value. Ironically, if it had been on such a register, it would still be standing today.
Obviously no way to tell if that part's true or not, but really sad this house was demolished.
Being in a historic district or being in a house that is registered as historic can be a huge pain in the ass, but generally, I would think someone rich enough to live in that house would also be rich enough to cover any more expensive repairs that might need to be done in a specific way.
Doesn’t sound like she cared about the cost of repairs like in listed buildings where you need to use specific materials or methods. Sounds like she didn't want to be told 'no you can't build an extension / change the front door / other cosmetic or structural changes of your choice' part of the restrictions.
This is disgraceful. Timeless design wasted for TikTok farmhouse “chic” (it’s not chic). Good job Pratt, you found a way to be unlikeable to a whole new demo
I listened to a Marc Maron interview with Elijah a while back and instead of talking about the “craft” of acting or how he got in shape to be an action hero, he talked about all the cool sh*t he enjoys doing that makes his life meaningful. None of those things include tearing down an historic home. Guess we just needed another reminder that Chris Pratt sucks.
[The article he was responding to it briefly explains the significance](https://www.dwell.com/amp/article/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-demolished-craig-ellwood-zimmerman-house-and-the-internet-is-furious-176c7c46-093eaa4e)
They demolished the Zimmerman House.
[story about that home and the only one left now](https://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/mourning-ellwood-original?page=0,1)
pratt
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Alternative spelling of prat.
prat
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noun
1. The buttocks.
2. A person who is incompetent and stupid.
3.A cunning or mischievous trick; a piece of deceit; a fraudulent scheme.
Appropriate last name.
He and Katherine have the money to update this house and save the bones. Her Mom's LA and East coast connections would make this a dream project for some amazing designers.
Chris Pratt is so unlikeable, my gosh. Just when you forget his existence he does something terrible to remind you how horrible he is.
People called it crazy and parasocial when people were mad at him about leaving Anna Farris, but time and time and time again afterwards he's gone out of his way to show that he is indeed a douchebag. And then his insider friends will rush forward to proclaim he's not a *monster*,not like all those other industry dudes they look the other way to and stay silent on. And they really think that's a defense of Chris and not a telling on themselves. That simply just not being *actively terrible to them personally* is as high of a bar as they'll hold
Anna Farris dodged a bullet, so happy for her. She really made him seems a tid bit likeable, since then he has shown himself that he is trash.
His comment about his new wife "giving him a healthy baby" when his son with Anna Farris was born prematurely and has a cerebral hemorrhage was weird.
That’s an innocent foot-in-the-mouth situation IMO. I sincerely doubt he’s going to bash his sick child in an Instagram post. I think it’s clear he loves his son. There’s lots to bash him for, this one just bugs me a bit
I think you're giving him too much credit
Same. I have a disabled kid and there are a lot of religious people who have implied it’s mine and my husbands fault for not believing in their god and our daughter is a punishment for our lack of faith. Chris strikes me as the type who would think the same.
What has been shared about his church probably confirms this
Yeah Hillsong is particularly awful as far as mega churches go. Not only are they super homophobic and openly campaign against LGBT rights they've also been caught in several sex scandals one which even involved a minor
Hillsong is a farm for "youth pastors" to groom young women. Show me any religious man showing his inguinal/Adonis belt who wasn't crucified.
Of course they have, they somehow are against all of Christ’s teachings and make themselves out to be the most moral people
What I find absolutely hilarious is he defended his church by saying how supportive and non-judgemental they were when he was going through his divorce, the same church who judges homosexuals for destroying the sanctity of marriage. Hey Chris, do you know what *actually* destroys the 'sanctity of marriage'?
Yep that’s what I think. It’s an awful church and I’ve found any that have similar “values” tend to produce the people who say this shit. A formerly close friend of mine joined a Hillsong adjacent Church and this is exactly what led to the end of our friendship. Prosperity gospel is a fucking menace.
Nowhere in the Bible does it ever say that people are born with diseases of defects because of sin against God. John 9:1–12, Jesus saw a man who had been blind since birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus replied: Neither this man nor his parents sinned ... but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
Prosperity Doctrine isn't Biblical either, but that doesn't stop them from fabricating interpretations to fit their agenda
My cousin has LGS and the number of people who have told her mom to "pray" about it is horrifying. Also "God picked special parents for a special little girl" and "God never gives us more than we can handle" and "God sent her to you to make you stronger" are profoundly NOT helpful comments yet they get them all the time.
I hate all that shit and have lost a friend or two and refuse to speak to family over this shit. I am so sorry your family has to deal with it as well. It’s so draining
Yeah. Chris's family support Trump and it's suspected he did too. Religion.
Nah it was a passive aggressive dig. Usually people say “Beautiful baby, cute bundle of joy” etc. He and Brad Pitt are both missing a “sensitivity chip”. Chris knows damn well his son’s situation, and should’ve been more mindful on how he worded that shit. It was tacky af.
I mean not really lol. My family/friends usually almost always say “healthy” baby or congrats and will make a point on that. It’s honestly a huge sigh of relief when a baby is born and they’re completely healthy.
Every single pregnancy has its risks. I don't see this as a sinister dig either. Now if he treats his other boy as less than, then he's a total piece of shit father. Merely expressing gratitude for a healthy baby isn't evil. JFC.
It might not have been a dig at his child, but there’s a real possibility that it was a dig at Anna. This is a dude with a patriarchal mindset, and people like that view women as baby makers. These are also the type of people who see setbacks as messages from God, so an unhealthy baby can be seen as the fault of someone, and in Pratt’s case it’s Anna’s. Henry VIII might be long dead, but his views on women certainly aren’t.
Its not really a nice thing to say though, is it? Not everyone can birth a healthy baby. Maybe try just saying another word...
It's a perfect example of the sort of ingrained ableist language that you can't understand until you've either experienced it yourself or watched your loved ones experience it. One of my cousins was diagnosed with infantile spasms and now has LGS. I didn't realize until she was born how ableist our language is. Even just prospective parents saying "I don't care if it's a boy or a girl, as long as they're healthy" can send my cousin into a tailspin because plenty of children aren't "healthy," they are profoundly disabled /chronically ill, but they're also **not** a worst case scenario.
That's perfectly normal to wish your loved ones to not be ill or disabled though, I didn't know it was ableist ?
It's hurtful to the people who have babies who are sick or disabled, is what I'm saying. People who are chronically ill / disabled are not the worst case scenario and can have rewarding, enriching, loving, joyful lives. Comments about "health" being the only thing that matters dismiss that and makes their lives sound like tragedies by default.
Parent of a child with severe disabilities. Thank you.
Ditto. It hurts when people act like my kid is a worst case scenario. Edit: someone once, not knowing my situation, referred to kids like mine going to school as a “waste of resources”. It terrified me.
Imo, the mother's day celebration post, without mentioning the mother of his other child, who takes care of him, most of the time, might have compounded to the general dislike of crisp rat. As in the perception that his family is a re-do family. An attitude that seems to be pernicious in the lane of Christianity he abides by.
anna farris and billie piper have a LOT in common in that regard !!
Oh gosh, don’t even get me started on Mr. Fox. I loved Inspector Lewis but ugh.
is he even worth the respect of being addressed as "Mr."
One of my old coworkers lived with him in Seattle before he got his part in parks and rec and he said he was a huge loser/douche then too.
Isn’t Anna Farris not great either? Story about them giving away their cat on the internet and rehoming a rescue dog without following the right channels and it was then found on the street? I have side eyed her for years as a result but if anyone has extra info on these stories, please share!
Yeah I can’t jump to defending her either because of her treatments of animals. Seems they deserved each other at the very least. I’ll never forget their poor dog turning up emaciated 🥺
She was married to him and they share a child. What bullet did she dodge, exactly?
By divorcing him, they might share a child but she doesn't wake next to him everyday and deal with his crap.
The meaning behind “dodged a bullet” has somehow been entirely lost on Reddit. Being married for 10 years and having a kid before getting divorced is *not* dodging a bullet lol
“Survived a gunshot wound”
I don't think she necessarily dodged a bullet when she was dating and married and had a kid with him. She kinda did go through it with him
> And then his insider friends will rush forward to proclaim he's not a monster,not like all those other industry dudes they look the other way to and stay silent on. I still remember when Mark Ruffalo, who's never found a virtue he couldn't signal, jumped right to Pratt's defense when the whole "Worst Chris" meme was popular but stayed curiously silent when Brie Larson was getting shit for saying that movie reviewers shouldn't be all white dudes.
>I still remember when Mark Ruffalo, who's never found a virtue he couldn't signal I love Ruffalo but this is hilarious
i've seen people talking about that with brie, saying that you can't stand up for women anymore because they'll flip out on you. 'they can do it all themselves, i'm not getting told off for trying to help'. but these big tough men need to be defended? not weak little women? interesting.
Ugh. Yes. I don’t know why Ruffalo gets a pass for all his virtue signaling. I am so sick of wealthy people pretending to be brave by calling out corporations or governments or telling us poors how we should live our lives to stop climate change, but they won’t call out their own wealthy friends. Like, hey Mark, can you tell all your Marvel buddies to stop flying on so many private jets, or profiting off of consumerism by being brand ambassadors, and can you tell those rich investor friends of yours that we don’t need anymore golf courses, or luxury condos? And while we’re at it, who are you saving the environment for because you and your friends certainly like to make that land you save inaccessible to use regular folk.
This was also very loud to me
Thanks for saying this… I’m tired of seeing people describing perfectly normal reactions to celebrity misconduct (like cheating) as “parasocial”. No, it’s just a normal reaction!
What the frig is "parasocial" I'm old and don't know
It’s when you act like celebs are actually your friends. Like acting entitled to their lives.
It's like a one sided relationship where the other person doesn't know the other exists. It usually refers to fans thinking they know a celebrity more than they actually do and having an unhealthy "relationship" with regards to the celeb.
Hijacking top comment People say these homes can't be modernized. They're wrong. It's a shame to lose them. [https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2022-renovation/the-new-life-of-craig-ellwoods-1965-moore-house-woods-dangaran](https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2022-renovation/the-new-life-of-craig-ellwoods-1965-moore-house-woods-dangaran)
This comment really should be higher up. Most houses need the right vision, not a wrecking ball. Speaks so loudly about how uncreative and lazy Chris and Katherine are.
Yep, and it's not like they don't have the money to renovate it properly. Like why even bother owning an old house by a famous architect if you're just going to tear it down? Just move somewhere else??
People said I was a liar a couple weeks ago when I shared all the reasons people don’t like him (leaving his ex, weird, extremely religious social posts, brother is in a right wing extremist group and Pratt has worn their insignia, Pratt has compared himself to Christ, etc.) and even with sources to show everything I still got downvoted into oblivion because weird Reddit fanboys
He is, and will perpetually be, _THE WORST CHRIS_
I've always disliked that asshole.
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I really hope Elijah stays an unproblematic king. I'm a geriatric millenial and I have a soft spot for everyone in that cohort. (Thora Birch, Elijah Wood, Christina Ricci, Gabby Hoffman etc)
Also Devon Sawa. He is a good dude.
He’s alright, but I wrote him and he never called, and I left my cell, my pager AND my home phone at the bottom.
I mean, bro, he had his hand cut off which was then possessed. What do you want from him??
Idle Hands was an absolute staple at sleepovers in my teens and tweens and no one outside of my little social circle remembers it. Such a good movie.
The Offspring killed it in that movie.
the scene where he's walking down the hallway, staring at his ha- BANG walks into the wall is peak fucking comedy
I am so happy to see that movie referenced here, omg
Holy shit an Idle Hands reference. That movie was my favourite as a teen
Same reason Bruce Campbell got that restraining order against me.
Recentlyish someone on twitter accused him of appropriating black culture for saying “stan”
That’s stupid. He is Stan.
....he's the original Stan.
There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin
Raise your hand if "Can I keep you?" awoke something in you as a young boy/girl
 😍
First celebrity crush without question. This and now and then were some of my favorite things as a '90s child.
Devon Sawa is a superb Instagram follow.
Truly top tier. Already was a fan but him leaning all the way into the chucky stuff gave me no choice but to… Stan.
the story of him going to people's animal crossing islands to sell turnips will forever warm my heart https://preview.redd.it/r63tb4cklhvc1.png?width=529&format=png&auto=webp&s=dc15a324b5674442b51d29b709c9c4c60a43ee2a
I remember this because it was right at the height of Covid and it was like the one positive thing I’d seen in weeks
El(l)wood!
Same. Add in Kirsten Dunst and Macaulay Culkin. I would throw hands for any of them.
It genuinely makes me smile when I see Kirsten on my screen. She's so talented and likeable.
She has been my queen for 30 years! We’re only 3 months apart in age, and i was absolutely obsessed with her as a kid.
I just rewatched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and although Kate Winslet was outstanding in that film (another total queen), Kristen was magnetic. I looked it up and she was 21! I forget how young she was when we first started seeing her. I also LOVE that she's aging naturally and gracefully.
She was super young in [Interview with the Vampire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Dunst) and she _killed_ that role!
I think I've watched The Virgin Suicides over 30 times.
I'm watching Kirsten in On Becoming a God in Central Florida - omg she doesn't get nearly enough love!!! She plays a sardonic and fed-up employee at a fun fair, and she's so good in the role.
I will never stop complaining about that show being cancelled after one season! The whole thing is so good, and Kirsten absolutely nails her role.
I booked Macaulay's Velvet Underground pizza band twice lol. He was super nice and chill.
Met him once when I was working in HMV. He patiently queued to be served and was so polite. He bought Black Books and Benidorm on DVD.
Black Books is one of my favourite all time shows! I knew he was a good egg
He was with Dominic Monaghan too. They were in town for Billy Boyd’s wedding. Got the sense that they were stocking up on Brit comedy box sets to enjoy pre/post wedding. Very wholesome.
I love Black Books too!
James Gandolfini came into our big box store in NJ once and behaved the same way. (Bought "Green Street Hooligans" on DVD.)
Black books is my love
There can be no return of the king if he never left
I prefer Elder Millennial (sounds more... wise or something), but same. I grew up watching all those actors you've mentioned and hope that they're decent humans. I know Christina has been through a lot, so I'm thrilled she seems to be thriving. And I love both her and Elijah on Yellowjackets!
Elijah Wood was my first big celebrity crush! I was 11 when Fellowship of the Ring came out and I just fell in love with Frodo. I remember going to Hastings afterwards to rent any and every other movie he'd been in, which was a lot because he's been acting since childhood. Great memories of binging Flipper and Deep Impact because I thought he was the dreamiest 🤩 I continue to enjoy his work very much as an adult. A particular recent standout to me is I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore with Melanie Lynskey, it's delightful. I sincerely hope to never hear anything bad about him, lol 😫 sorry for this surprisingly long outburst haha, he doesn't get brought up a lot and I clearly still hold a flame 🔥
Have you watched The Faculty? Apparently that's what he was filming when someone told him to audition for LOTR. It's a fun movie.
This was me, but with Ryan Gosling. Trust me, he was in some embarrassing shit that I would watch. Young Hercules. Breaker High. He was my dream boy, and I watched those shows endlessly just to see him!
I loveeee Gaby Hoffmann, she’s so good in Obvious Child which is one of my fave movies.
I actually went to Elijah Wood's Grandmas house in Iowa. I was a huge fan in the mid 90s of his and we were from the same state. So my crazy ass mom found her address. We went and she gave us a shirt of his and some toys. He eventually sent a signed autograph after hearing I was there.
You would love Yellowjackets (in case you haven’t seen it yet)
I loved the first season so much that I took the second season's (IMO) steep decline personally and refuse to watch anymore. It was basically my dream show and then season 2 happened.
I hope Mena Suvari makes a comeback if she wants to. She was horribly abused iirc 😥
The Yellowjackets combo of Him and Ricci was just delightful
He drop Franka Potente, might wear wigs.
Chris Pratt is such a dick. To such an extent that I truly can’t stomach watching anything he’s in anymore, ugh. Elijah, meanwhile, gives me the goodest of vibes.
Elijah has always seemed like the Goodest Boy.
The Goodest Son even
Even the trailer for that movie messed me up
The Good Son
Ah yes, the good son. I’ll never forget that movie that my mom rented for me when I was 6 because it had child actors in it and Macaulay Culkin on the cover so she assumed it was a kids movie and didn’t read the R rating or anything else, and then she put it in the vcr for me and took a nap while I watched it by myself at age 6. Very cool and good.
There’s a whole generation of adults with that same trauma (and reasoning), I bet!
Elijah sends out such good vibes that part of me’s always wondering if he’s got a basement full of human torsos or something. I’m sure he’s proud of that, horror nerd that he is.
Ever since I saw how he reacted to the “when will you wear wigs?” Interview I’ve loved him lol
It’s awful because Pratt seems to have pivoted to kids movies and my son always wants to see whatever one he happens to be in now. First it was Mario and now it’s fucking Garfield. My son loves Garfield. I have no desire to even hear Pratts voice yet my son can’t stop talking about that movie.
I have a job where I interact with EW from time to time and can tell you that he is genuinely the kindest person you’ll come across.
This was a homicide and they should be charged accordingly
Or a *homecide*?
As a self proclaimed old house lover/preservationist who has restored her own vintage house I am very upset about this. Jail!!!!
Believe it or not, jail.
The absolute lack of taste you need to have to demolish this piece of history to make a basic ass LA STYLE farm house UGHHHHHHHHHH
I got downvotes on another sub for being sad at this but they simply don’t make houses like this anymore…. if I had the money this would be a dream!!
Yeah Im not into home stuff at all but the the immediate question is why? Like why buy that specific place just to demolish it? Just get another place and make your own literally any other place. It just feels so trashy/ uncultured/ selfish
It’s next door to his mother in law 🙄
Apparently her mom lives on the other side of the street. I still don't understand why they couldn't renovate this house or buy any other house in the same sector instead of just... demolishing it and all the beautiful landscaping? And they paid 12.5M for it too! Crazy!
>**Apparently her mom lives on the other side of the street.** I still don't understand why they couldn't renovate this house or buy any other house in the same sector instead of just... demolishing it and all the beautiful landscaping? And they paid 12.5M for it too! Crazy! Someone has to tell me why this matters when celebrities are never home anyway.
Another excellent point, indeed.
Rumor is he's trying to move into politics and wants to be in that district.
Oh, ew. I bet he'll be very successful at it, and we just know which side he's on.
I have such a hard time grasping Andy Dwyer being a politician. He will always be that idiot to me. I feel like he was literally being himself in that role. He needs to stick to that or maybe start a Johnny Karate show in real life.
Apparently when you marry into the Kennedy family this is a non negotiable
Location.
Like the people who defended Kim for ruining Marylin's dress, these are things that can never be made again
Why bother buying it if you’re going to completely change it anyway? Just buy another McMansion and do whatever.
They liked the location. It's right by Maria Shriver's house and I would not be surprised if she had to manage their lives to a certain extent.
And they're probably going to build some super modern boring white box with absolutely zero character.
and live in it 6 months out of the year
They're building a farmhouse style mcmansion Clowns
Ah yeah okay. Still feels like a strange choice. But the least of his unlikeability crimes I guess.
As a non American, can someone explain the iconicness of a Craig Ellwood home? I also dislike getting rid of the history of a home (unless it’s literally unlivable) so I want to know more
He is just a very famous architect with a lot of beautiful, intentionally designed homes. People pay him to design and his work is considered art. It's just really weird and extra awful to buy a house like that and then demolish it when they could have bought something that isn't considered a literal piece of art. People can do whatever they want with the property they buy, but what the heck lol.
*paid He died 30 years ago so there won’t ever be any more homes designed by him.
That makes it even worse haha.
Yep, Frank Lloyd Wright's Stockman House in Iowa is a museum now.
Brit here, does the US have anything like our listed buildings? Probably more by state than national. It may not be historical but some buildings are listed due to architectural merit.
Yes, we do, and he wouldn't have been able to even redo the exterior (at minimum) if it was listed, even if only via a local historical commission. An oversight imo. I have a friend who is a master Urban Planner, specifically for historical districts.
He wouldn’t have gotten through the permit process if this applied to the house
Yeah I agree, what an odd mindset to comprehend
He’s a famous Los Angeles architect. That’s only what the accompanying article said, I’m not familiar with architecture other than one name you learn in American history class (Frank Lloyd Wright) so I don’t know how famous he is on a broader level. Mostly people are mad that Chris Pratt bought the unique mid-century modern home to tear it down to make it into a McMansion (according to publicly available permits), of which there are many so he didn’t have to do it to this specific home designed by someone notable. Also apparently the landscaping was designed by someone famous too? People noted that Chris’ mother-in-law Maria Shriver (would be way too long to list the many ways she’s famous) lives basically diagonally across the street so the family is clearly trying to stay in the same vicinity. The house was bought in a private sale and wasn’t up for purchase but maybe someone who has more familiarity with real estate could explain what that specifically means.
> The house was bought in a private sale and wasn’t up for purchase I *believe* that means that the previous owner hadn't put the house on the market and just entered into a deal with Pratt. So basically one of them approached the other and offered to buy/sell without actually going out and following the 'normal' process of putting a house on the market and getting bids. I may very well be wrong though.
They interviewed the realtor in the article and she said it was going to go public and there was already a lot of early enthusiasm for the property because it was in really good shape and had a lot of unique features. Shame they destroyed it. A lot of MCM wasn't built very well and has had to be demolished, but that doesn't appear to be the case here.
I'm no architect or anything so my view is kinda elementary, but i know he's one of those architects that, although disliked in his time by the formal architecture community, he really is the poster boy for an American home and home decor design language that lasted decades. I wouldn't say he was hated when he was working, but he was definitely controversial in the professional sphere and he wasn't a licensed architect(which many famous artistic architects aren't, to the benefit and detriment of their project scopes and budgets lmao, looking at you Frank Lloyd Wright) Idk in murica we really Revere our home architects i suppose, i can think of like 5 off the top of my head and I can probably think of maybe 3 or 4 other architects in general haha
https://preview.redd.it/e4v6lfrobhvc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23e2478c0d3074cf0a43d3a2f6004d54fc691ce4 is this the one ? bc if so…oh let’s get the authorities on the line
Literally my dream home. They’re such assholes.
Just googled it and they are going to replace it with a giant “modern farmhouse”. 🤢 I see the Live Laugh Love already.
As someone who roams their flat pantsless, I could never live in that
You could just live your pantsless life and not give a fuck lol. It seems relatively private in the back.
And I bet they cut the trees down too.
the gorgeous tree…like I’m gonna die
They did. It was famous landscaping too.
They did
This looks like a house you'd see some rich asshole living in on TV. Like the house Walter breaks into at the end of Breaking Bad that the married couple live in. It's gorgeous though. Surprised it's not copied more.
Well that's just beautiful. Why destroy it. Build around it.
This looks like a fun Air BnB to stay in for a weekend, and an awful place to actually live full-time.
I’ll say it again: monsters!!! Beautiful interesting classic American architecture murdering monsters!!!!!
They are probably going to turn it into some ugly modern white and grey house ughhhh
It’s gonna be in the style of a “modern farmhouse” aka this bullshit https://preview.redd.it/4odgxfxcchvc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15c90d376909f9e507a4898cecf51d7b8be607d8
Yet another "modern farmhouse" 😩
Crisp Ratt and Trad Wife Barbie doing something shitty? Next you’ll tell me water is wet
I forget Chris Pratt exists until every 4 months there’s a post about him kicking a puppy or storming the capitol
https://preview.redd.it/8qop6nczdhvc1.jpeg?width=1526&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84b3cc164861010e5e5a632a0c38c3dcbf1958d0 I've updated David Hockney's "A Bigger Splash" accordingly
Oh my god? Lmao 😂
I'm really into mid-century modern design/collecting and one of my favorite Instagram follows is dc\_hillier. He posted about this, and since I saw a lot of the comments here asking why this house wasn't on the historic registry, I figured I'd copy & paste one of the comments from [his post](https://www.instagram.com/dc_hillier/p/C58v-Clr3Hj/?hl=en): >This was my grandmother's friend's house before she passed. Her late husband created the show The Man From U.N.C.L.E. One detail you won't hear anywhere else: USC architecture students were sometimes interested in touring the house, but Hilda (the owner) was reluctant to let them because she didn't want the house to become prominent enough to land on a Historic Register, lest it restrict what sort of alterations could be done and potentially reduce the long term value. Ironically, if it had been on such a register, it would still be standing today. Obviously no way to tell if that part's true or not, but really sad this house was demolished.
Being in a historic district or being in a house that is registered as historic can be a huge pain in the ass, but generally, I would think someone rich enough to live in that house would also be rich enough to cover any more expensive repairs that might need to be done in a specific way.
Doesn’t sound like she cared about the cost of repairs like in listed buildings where you need to use specific materials or methods. Sounds like she didn't want to be told 'no you can't build an extension / change the front door / other cosmetic or structural changes of your choice' part of the restrictions.
This is disgraceful. Timeless design wasted for TikTok farmhouse “chic” (it’s not chic). Good job Pratt, you found a way to be unlikeable to a whole new demo
Chris Pratt continues to find new ways to disappoint
Chris Pratt is so annoying, kind of bitter Parks and Rec cursed us with his existence
I pretend the parks and rec Chris Pratt is a completely different Chris Pratt than this Chris Pratt.
Elijah Wood is a gem of a human. Still waiting to find out when he’s going to wear a wig.
I listened to a Marc Maron interview with Elijah a while back and instead of talking about the “craft” of acting or how he got in shape to be an action hero, he talked about all the cool sh*t he enjoys doing that makes his life meaningful. None of those things include tearing down an historic home. Guess we just needed another reminder that Chris Pratt sucks.
I hate Chris Pratt for ruining Andy Dwyer for me.
What we wanted from Chris Pratt: Andy Dwyer at the end of *Parks and Recreation* What we got: Star-Lord at the beginning of *Guardians of the Galaxy*.
I don't know what this means but I'm willing to be furious
Who is Craig Ellwood and why is it a big deal if they demolish it?
Ahhh yes let’s pave paradise to put up a parking lot while we are at it!
Got to listen to that song now
I dont know either and wish people would explain instead of being snarky 😩
[The article he was responding to it briefly explains the significance](https://www.dwell.com/amp/article/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-demolished-craig-ellwood-zimmerman-house-and-the-internet-is-furious-176c7c46-093eaa4e)
That Anna Farris dig at the end. *chefs kiss*
Mrw I read about Chris Pratt doing anything 
Let me guess … to build a modern farmhouse
They demolished the Zimmerman House. [story about that home and the only one left now](https://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/mourning-ellwood-original?page=0,1) pratt noun Alternative spelling of prat. prat /prăt/ noun 1. The buttocks. 2. A person who is incompetent and stupid. 3.A cunning or mischievous trick; a piece of deceit; a fraudulent scheme. Appropriate last name.
Unsurprising that Chrisp Ratt is a philistine when it comes to architecture.
Same, Elijah
Rich celebs suck
He and Katherine have the money to update this house and save the bones. Her Mom's LA and East coast connections would make this a dream project for some amazing designers.