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Vanity

Season 2, Ep. 256
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Detty December in Ghana; reviews of Kindred, Emily in Paris and The Best Man; The BK Bishop arrest (that everyone saw coming, or should have; Tory found guilty of shooting Meg, just like she said he did; blaming Roc Nation was not on my bingo card.


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