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How to Do the Hairstyles from Outlander

Written by: Shannon Burns From caps and curls to buns and braids, hairstyling plays an important role in film. It has the potential for both artistic appeal and narrative development. It is no surprise then that in such a beautiful and character-driven series like Outlander, the hairstyles are an excellent study in this aspect of…

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Episode 2.08: Outlander Boss Responds and How I Live With It

Fast on the heels of my recent SM lovefest post tossing virtual bouquets to Ron D. Moore et al for their Outlander adaptation, I now stand before (or after) this book-reader’s experience that is Episode 2.08.  Here’s what I wrote on Friday, May 27th at 4:30 PM EST…. Whose Reality Bites? Then comes the episode…

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The Scotland Diaries – May 24-27 – Over the Sea to Skye

Written by: Anne Gavin On life’s journey we sometimes see glimpses of true beauty and true happiness – of what it must look and feel like.  However, few of us get to inhabit that place for long periods of time.  Because God only knows in our everyday life – there is oftentimes loss and disappointment,…

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Vote For Outlander Cast In The Podcast Awards!

Written by: Blake Larsen Some may call it “nerdy”, some may call it “freakin’ awesome!”  Either way, there is such a thing called The Podcast Awards, and yes, there is a big get together with all the podcast geeks when they actually hand out trophies. Being a podcaster, for some reason, I just think it’s…

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The Scotland Diaries — May 19-21 — The Highlands Part 2

Written by: Anne Gavin I keep saying, “It doesn’t get any better than this.”  And…then…it does. Every location exceeds the location before it and every travel experience touches me deeper than the one before.  I seriously am out of adjectives at a little over the half way point of the trip.  This country is truly…

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LIVE Blog: Episode 2.08 – “The Fox’s Lair”

Do you find yourself obsessively gabbing on about Outlander to your friends and family? Wishing your Saturday nights included a living room full of people with whom to watch, discuss, comment, cheers, jeers and well, experience alllllll the feels? Dinna fash, Obsessenach – you are not alone. Good news – we can get new family and friends pour ourselves…

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A Curious look at Outlander’s Master Raymond: Who is this guy? *SPOILER WARNING*

By now we have all — maybe — stopped weeping over episode 7 of Outlander. The script, the set, the ACTING — “Faith” was the episode where season two finally came together in one glorious hour of outstanding television. Move over “The Wedding.” “Faith” may supersede you for fan rewatching. This is the also the episode…

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Episode 207: “Faith” Can Move Mountains

  Going into episode 207 I knew just by the title it was going to be a tear jerker.  But who would have thought it was going to be a total sobfest?  Toni Graphia has brought everything to the table in this one epic hour of television! “Faith” can be as simple as remembering the…

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Passing the Crown: How RDM rules over the Outlander fandom.

When the reigning Queen of England relinquishes her crown, it’s expected to be the biggest event in British history in over 70 years. No such fanfare for HERSELF, Diana Gabaldon, our Queen of Outlander. Although her reign ended in 2014, she is in fact, and thankfully, alive and kicking.  Kicking herself? Hmm.. perhaps? But probably…

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Why Outlander will help Starz win the battle of Sunday night TV

Starz CEO Chris Albrecht made a startling announcement this week: He’s moving the cable channel’s original programming from Saturday to Sunday nights, starting in July with Power. That means that season 3 of Outlander — yes, yes it’s going to happen! — would go up against the likes of Game of Thrones on HBO and Homeland on…

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