#|| CRAIG'S BIRTHDAY 2021 ||

[wanderfan2000]

Wishing a Happy Birthday to Craig McCracken’s Kid Cosmic, which debuted on Netflix on February 2th, 2021.

Happy Birthday, Kid Cosmic and the Local Heroes! 

[scotianostra]

Happy birthday Scottish TV host and entertainer Craig Ferguson born in Glasgow, on May 17th, 1962.

Ferguson was born in Stobhill Hospital and brought up not far from where I now live in nearby Cumbernauld. He admits to growing up "chubby and bullied" At age sixteen hen left Cumbernauld High School and began an apprenticeship to be an electronics technician at a local factory of American company Burroughs Corporation.

In the early 1980s, Ferguson drummed in punk bands for a few years before a bartending job led him to Michael Boyd, the artistic director of the Tron Theatre. Boyd talked Ferguson into giving acting a shot, which Ferguson soon did, finding the comedy prong of the art too compelling to ignore.

Ferguson soon created an outrageous—and successful—stage character called Bing Hitler. On top of the local success he was experiencing, Ferguson used the experience as a backdrop from which to move into mainstream acting roles.

Craig Ferguson’s first TV appearance came on an episode of the sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf in 1988, and it was enough to get Ferguson to head overseas to the United States for his first role on American TV. The part was playing a teacher in the pilot episode of High (1989), which starred Gwyneth Paltrow and Zach Braff. The pilot wasn’t picked up, though, and Ferguson headed back to Scotland.

Once back in the UK, Ferguson found that roles came sporadically before he landed his own BBC show The Ferguson Theory in 1994 While the sketch comedy show put the funnyman front and centre, it only lasted five episodes.

When Theory was no more, Ferguson packed his bags once again for America. But this time he’d find a lot more success waiting for him than he did years before. When Ferguson joined The Drew Carey Show as Nigel Wick in 1996, his run lasted several seasons and led to the actor becoming a known quantity in the world of U.S. television.

Ferguson’s busy life on TV and the big screen got a lot busier in January 2005, when he took over the late-night comedy series The Late Late Show. Once it found its footing, Ferguson’s show was another hit, earning its first Emmy nomination a year into its run. Mixed in with his work on the show were several high-profile big-screen roles, often voice-over work, in movies like How to Train Your Dragon, Winnie the Pooh and Brave.

Ferguson, who became an American citizen in 2008, is also an author, publishing Between the Bridge and the River and American on Purpose.

On 28 April 2014, Ferguson announced he would be leaving The Late Late Show at the end of 2014, with the final episode airing on 19th December that year.

Ferguson is a recovering alcoholic, sober since 18th February 1992, another Scot who has dealt with his depression, he admits to having considered suicide before giving up the bottle.

In 2017 he released a six-episode web show with his wife, Megan Wallace Cunningham, titled Couple Thinkers. For two seasons from 2021, Ferguson hosted the American game show The Hustler, which airs on ABC.

In 2022, an adaptation of Ferguson's film Saving Grace (2000) was announced as a stage musical in which Ferguson will portray a "villainous banker". It was adapted by April De Angelis from Ferguson's and Mark Crowdy's screenplay, with music by fellow Scot KT Tunstall. In October 2022, the musical was confirmed to run for a limited twelve performances at Riverside Studios from 22 November until 4 December 2022 as an "intimate first run.

The rumor mill has been buzzing that Craig is thinking about returning to the talk show ranks In a recent interview he said;

“I have meetings next week in Los Angeles for a show,” Ferguson said, calling from New England while on vacation with his family. “I’m considering doing a show but I just don’t want to do one every day. I like doing a talk show, but not enough to do it every single day.”

[nancydrewwouldnever]

I have a question for Seb fandom: was he able to recover his reputation after he ended his “relationship” with the Spanish problematic actress? I mean, he still does good projects and he still seems to be interested in working (unlike Chris), plus he still has Marvel///

he did but honestly I think both situations are similar but they're not totally the same, ale did cultural appropriation but that was it, alba and her friends have done much much worse :s and as everyone has said: Seb didn't marry her, in fact, Seb always did the bare minimum for her. I know you previously received an ask saying Seb and his current gf have "zero chemistry" (I disagree) however, Seb has done a lot of effort for hid current relationship, for example, he traveled to Italy and Canada when she was working there, he went to London for her brother's birthday, he went to the bachelorette trip to Spain with her brother and sister in law and of course he went to their wedding and spent her birthday in Portugal with her family... he never did that for ale, sure he went to Spain twice but that was it, he didn't go to the birthdays of ale's family and didn't go with her when she was working and so... like he really didn't care for her and we all could see it.

Now, in the work field: Seb has always been a hard worker. always. he, compared to Chris, wasn't born in a privileged family so he worked normal jobs and so and he struggled a lot financially until 2011, so he knows hard work which Chris doesn't so I think that's the main difference... Chris doesn't need to work ever again if he doesn't want to, he's got 104 more millions than Sebastian, so.. a BIG difference. and then of course, the talent is different... correct me if I'm strong, but I've never heard Chris saying that he took acting classes or something 🤔 ...Seb did, he actually has a degree in it and he's always studying his craft, that's why he's a really good actor, he's got that love and passion for what he does.. with Chris it feels like he just does the work because of the money, let's just look at his latest projects... big streamimg platform movies with no critic acclaim at all... fun fact: Seb was told that he might not receive money from I Tonya because they didn't have the money, he didn't care and he did it anyway and look at what it was 👌🏽 and because of that movie he met Craig Gillespie, who then called him directly to play his Emmy nominated role in pam&tommy last year and then the same director called him back for dumb money, another acclaimed movie this year... that's what Chris doesn't have.. he cares so much about money that he hasn't been able to build those kind of connections. and he needs to work on his acting, 100%.

then: Seb is actually very private compared to Chris... sure, Seb used to interact with his fandom but for example, we only met his mom *this year* and his mom is the only blood related family of him that we've seen (probably the only blood related family he has in the USA anyway), but with Chris, we've seen all of his family, even half siblings at different red carpets throughout the years and all of Chris' friends seem to be.. not very private, meanwhile Sebastian's closest friends (minus Toby's slip in 2021 :s iykyk) are very protective of him actually... like, there are many differences in terms of privacy 😐

finally: when it comes to relationships, to Chris' and seb's, current relationships, Chris chose to marry someone 16 years younger than him and someone he met when she was 23.. which is so questionable from any angle you see it, however, Seb is daring someone who's 39 (he's 41) si of course no one has anything bad to say about them (Seb and Annabelle) which is different to Chris and alba. and I do agree in one thing: Seb has never said he's an activist or whatever, meanwhile Chris was a keyboard activist fighting trump only and then forgot about it and now has very questionable people staying in all of his houses...the same people he used to critic.

if you ask me if I think that Chris can recover from this: yes.. maybe but time needs to pass and he needs to do better movies because right now he's just a joke on social media thanks to the projects he chooses not because of his private life. I know you believe most people shits on Chris for his personal life but that's not the main problem... it's his movies and if he doesn't have the passion and the desire to get out of his comfort zone, he won't go anywhere. there's something that Seb is always saying and it's "actors shouldn't be comfortable in their choices" and to me, Chris is beyond comfortable doing mediocre movies with a big pay. that needs to change yesterday.

Thank you for all this info. I don't follow Seb except to see him in a few movies here and there. I think you raise a lot of good comparisons.

[toondisneyartz]

20 Years of Comfort Characters

Today is my 20th birthday, and I decided to draw every comfort character I've had since I was very young. You can notice there is a diverse amount of characters in this photo XD, some of them were really special to me growing up, but they all have made an impact on me. I also did NOT include every comfort character I've had in my entire life, as I was unable to include some characters I really wanted to include.   

Mickey Mouse is owned by Walt Disney Studios (2005?-2008) Martha Speaks is owned by Susan Meddaugh and PBS Kids (2011-2012) Ponyo is owned by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli (2011-2012) Peanut Big Top is owned by Amandine Consorti and MGA Entertainment (2011-2014) Dracularura is owned by Garrett Sander and Mattel (2012-2015) Liberty Moshling is owned by Michael Acton Smith and Mind Candy Entertainment (2013-2015) Unikitty is owned by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Warner Brothers Entertainment (2014-2015) Riley Andersen is owned by Pete Docter and Pixar Animation Studios (2015-2016) Bonnie is owned by Scott Cawthon (2015-2016) Violet Parr is owned by Brad Bird and Pixar Animation Studios (2017-2019) Loki is owned by Stan Lee and Marvel (2019-2021) Gumball is owned by Ben Bocquelet and Cartoon Network Europe (2019-2020) Marceline is owned by Pendleton Ward and Cartoon Network Studios (2019-2020) Tom Lucitor is owned by Daron Nefcy and Disney TVA (2021) Commander Peepers is owned by Craig McCracken and Disney TVA (2021-present) Cala Maria and Hilda Berg are owned by Chad and Jared Moldenhauer and Studio MDHR (2022-2023) Mordecai is owned by JG Quintel and Cartoon Network Studios (2022-present) Spinel is owned by Rebecca Sugar and Cartoon Network Studios (2023-) Alphys is owned by Toby Fox (2023-)

[april-is]

April 2, 2024: from Understory, Craig Santos Perez

from Understory Craig Santos Perez

(to my wife, nālani and our 7-month old daughter, kai)

kai cries from teething—

how do new parents

comfort a child in

pain, bullied in school,

shot by a drunk

APEC agent? #justicefor

-kollinelderts— nālani gently

massages kai's gums with

her fingers— how do

we wipe away tear-

gas and blood? provide

shelter from snipers? disarm

occupying armies? #freepalestine—

nālani sings to kai

a song about the

Hawaiian alphabet— what dreams

will echo inside detention

centers and cross teething

borders to soothe the

thousands of children atop

la bestia? #unaccompanied—

nālani rubs kai's back

warm with coconut oil—

how do we hold

violence at arm's length

when raising [our] hands

up is no longer

a universal sign of

surrender? #black livesmatter—

kai finally falls asleep

in nālani's cradling arms,

skin to skin against

the news— when do

we tell our daughter

there's no safe place

for us to breathe #...

--

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[apileofpans]

Birthday audio/video gifts!

It is my hecking birthday this month, y’all! To celebrate I am giving away videos and audios from Phantom of the Opera that positively ruined me (AKA some of my faves) !

NOTE: the links will work until November 6th, 10 AM CEST! After that they won’t work anymore :) If any of the masters want me to remove their master, let me know and I will!

Everything, including cast info, is under the cut!

Video

US Tour - Dallas, April 6, 2006 Evening Gary Mauer, Elizabeth Southard, Jim Weitzer, Kim Stengel, John Jellison, DC Anderson, Patti Davidson-Gorbea, John Whitney, Kate Wray https://ln5.sync.com/dl/b833dd740/gvnusjtv-a7wywsjy-98mvkiid-nsa6ksqp

Las Vegas Spectacular - August 8, 2008 (SunsetBlvd79) Anthony Crivello, Kristi Holden, Andrew Ragone, Geena Jeffries Mattox, John Leslie Wolfe, Lawson Skala, Tina Walsh, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Brianne Kelly Morgan https://ln5.sync.com/dl/f4b151790/79fc7xe8-emk99ug5-va2ndite-vrapb47x

Broadway - May 12, 2014 (inallyorufantasies, turnofthescorpion) Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays, Michele McConnell, Tim Jerome, Laird Mackintosh, Ellen Harvey, Christian Šebek https://ln5.sync.com/dl/9dbe75640/89h6694u-db6i4y53-ker76kab-xtm9qbj3

Boadway - May 20, 2003 Hugh Panaro, Lisa Vroman, John Cudia, Julie Schmidt (u/s), Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews , Marilyn Caskey, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Joelle Gates https://ln5.sync.com/dl/04cef73f0/watx9j5t-s2amh9zy-hmxqchav-2h2sf3ra

West End - August, 2018 Ben Lewis, Amy Manford, Jeremy Taylor https://ln5.sync.com/dl/8a1ae4700/ys5mbar9-yas2ewaq-rrnk4sye-wt5pgdtb

Trieste, Italy - July 15, 2023 (Filthybonnet) Ramin Karimloo, Amelia Milo, Bradley Jaden, Earl Carpenter, Ian Mowat, Anna Corvino, Gian Luca Pasolini, Alice Mistroni, Zoe Nochi https://ln5.sync.com/dl/f916fe200/6dw52cqj-usu7pimm-zbgk2gdg-9qixj3d4

Audios

Broadway - September 26, 1990 Steve Barton, Rebecca Luker, Gary Lindemenn (u/s), Marilyn Caskey, Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews, Leila Martin https://ln5.sync.com/dl/21e8e2db0/wsqmti8i-4d4vukku-xs8fvh3y-85kjak3h

Broadway - May 10, 2003 Hugh Panaro, Lisa Vroman, John Cudia, Patricia Phillips, Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews (u/s), Marilyn Caskey, Joelle Gates, Larry Wayne Morbitt https://ln5.sync.com/dl/5640398d0/3d5axeix-ie6cpr3t-4j7fbew7-5q8mjcqq

Broadway - August 19, 2014 (Oogie Boogie) Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays https://ln5.sync.com/dl/59b8c8720/hzpmzgq7-5hx5xqx9-4e6h4qt2-ynn5dmw6

Broadway - April 6, 2023 (phantomygoodness) Jeremy Stolle (u/s), Julia Udine (alt.), John Riddle, Nehal Joshi, Craig Bennett, Raquel Suarez Groen, Maree Johnson, Carlton Moe, Sara Etsy https://ln5.sync.com/dl/dfa420090/i2m495z9-zwdgyka9-r2k9njdn-tu9hwt9m

Las Vegas Spectacular - September 2, 2012 Anthony Crivello, Kristi Holden, Andrew Ragone, Joan Sobel, Lawson Skala, John Leslie Wolfe, Tina Walsh, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Brianne Kelly Morgan https://ln5.sync.com/dl/882621a90/2kz2ajn8-nkre4uhw-5y7vesm6-gmk3pv7v

West End- October 27, 2017 Ben Lewis, Amy Manford (alt), Jeremy Taylor, Una Reynolds (u/s), Siôn Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Jacinta Mulcahy, Paul Ettore Tabone, Lily Howes (u/s) https://ln5.sync.com/dl/d6fa41cb0/axfwkn8z-66dpfim8-7uekxefw-aahsqs8x

West End - September 1, 2018 Evening (Winschi) Ben Lewis, Kelly Mathieson, Jeremy Taylor, Lara Martins, Siôn Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Jacinta Mulcahy, Paul Ettore Tabone, Georgia Ware https://ln5.sync.com/dl/99b982430/9dpb2hez-rex5y3nn-z9e963m3-wm57qfu2

West End - November 13, 2021 Evening (starprincess) Killian Donnelly, Lucy St Louis, Rhys Whitfield, Saori Oda, Tim Morgan, Adam Linstead, Francesca Ellis, Greg Castiglioni, Ellie Young https://ln5.sync.com/dl/fcffc67e0/7362xu65-tefiqt8x-9z3njksk-353iuqjk

West End -March 4, 2023 (verytheatricaltrades) Earl Carpenter (t/r), Holly-Anne Hull, Matt Blaker, Matt Harrop, Adam Linstead, Kelly Glyptis, Greg Castiglioni, Francesca Ellis, Ellie Young https://ln5.sync.com/dl/f142d9230/5ngjfdrx-fhjmc9wf-x2yhme8h-z4exy8cf

[ethanartsandstudios]

I have exciting news for you Loud Crowd, and Sonic fans.

Soon this summer, I'm going to get a Lori Loud lithograph to be signed by Catherine Taber at Retro Expo in Fort Worth, TX (Dallas-Fort Worth area, I have Filipino-American relatives living there), meeting Grey DeLisle and Roger Craig Smith in person at Fan Expo Chicago next month. I'm also as well going to greet Grey her early birthday there, as her birthday is 7 days after my visit there maybe this Saturday.

Catherine Taber joins in my Loud sisters autograph collection after I got ones from Cristina Pucelli (Luan Loud), Grey DeLisle (Lana, Lola, and Lily Loud) in 2019, even her son, Tex Hammond (Lincoln Loud in seasons 3-4) in 2020, Lara Jill Miller (Lisa Loud) in 2021, Jessica DiCicco (Lynn and Lucy Loud) in 2023, and Nika Futterman (Luna Loud) earlier this year in 2024. Liliana Mumy (Leni Loud) is the only Loud sister voice actress, I have yet to get an autograph from as I'm currently actively planning to send a fan mail to her, and send back the my fanmade Leni Loud lithograph signed autograph back to me. I only have a Cameo video from Liliana Mumy, I have both from Grey DeLisle, Jessica DiCicco, and Nika Futterman. I'll be one of the only Loud Crowd, that will have all digital and physical pieces of media from the voice actresses of the Loud sisters. Over nearly a decade since 2016, my arts and entertainment brand has been recognized by the Los Angeles-based union (SAG-AFTRA) voice actresses of the Loud House and animation, notably with my voice acting idols, Grey DeLisle and Jessica DiCicco.

@catherinetaber

@jessicadicicco

@greydelislegriffin

[ao3feed-twiyor]

A Weird Birthday Tradition Between A Bunch Of Friends From Work

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/gQuXvMS by Betrayed_Dreams It's odd how some things become traditions. This one started out as a joke. (In the name of international cooperation and bonhomie between different intelligence organizations across the globe. It makes you wonder, did the people at HR even know what they did for a living?) In fact, Agent Twilight had to google it – 'What's the most terrible gift you can give someone.' As you would expect, there was a list with 15 items and out of them. Loid picked one at random. And so, on Agent Double-Oh-Seven James Bond's birthday, he received office supplies – a stapler, tape and paper clips. As a birthday gift. And what happened next, how the rest of the spies and assassins of the world of intelligence and counter-intelligence got involved, well, you had to be there to understand it. But look on the bright side - No one died. ...Except for the terrorist Jack Bauer, Natasha Romanoff and The Thorn Princess tortured. ...And the fight which almost happened between Jason Bourne and Ethan Hunt. ...And the fight which almost happened between Natasha Romanoff and Jason Bourne. The key word being almost. (One-shot) (Complete) Words: 1341, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 1 of Our Friends Are Weird Fandoms: SPY x FAMILY (Anime), SPY x FAMILY (Manga), James Bond (Craig Movies), Jason Bourne Series - Robert Ludlum, Bourne (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Black Widow (Movie 2021), 24 (TV), The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/M Characters: Loid Forger | Twilight, Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess, James Bond, Jason Bourne, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Jack Bauer, Clint Barton, Napoleon Solo, Illya Kuryakin Relationships: Loid Forger | Twilight/Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess Additional Tags: Romance, Comedy, Humor, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Canon-Typical Violence, Friendship, Team as Family, Family Feels, POV Loid Forger | Twilight, Married Loid Forger | Twilight/Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess, POV Multiple, Birthday, Birthday Fluff, Loid Forger | Twilight Loves Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess, Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess Loves Her Family, POV Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess, Male Friendship, Female Friendship, Male-Female Friendship, Post-Identity Reveal Loid Forger | Twilight/Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess, Birthday Presents read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/gQuXvMS

[mi4011minadigajaweera]

Craig McCracken - further research

His Career and Work

In 1993, Craig was recruited by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons (now Cartoon Network Studios) to work as an art director on the series 2 Stupid Dogs, but as his first job in the animation industry, he was never really happy with how that show worked.

While McCracken was working at Hanna-Barbera, studio president Fred Seibert started a brand new project: an animation incubator with 48 brand new cartoons that are each about seven minutes long. What a Cartoon!, as it was known, inspired McCracken to continue working on his Whoopass Girls! idea from his work at CalArts. He recalled that the network could not market a show with the word "ass" in it, so two of his friends came up with name ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ as a substitute for the original title.

As a backstory note how it all started, in June 1991, McCracken was in his first year in the character animation program of CalArts and drew three girls with large eyes, visually inspired by the paintings of Margaret Keane on a small sheet of orange construction paper as a birthday card design for his brother.

His new work with a refined plot, "The Powerpuff Girls in: Meat Fuzzy Lumkins", premiered on February 20, 1995, on Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons, along with its follow-up, "Crime 101", which aired on January 28, 1996. The first short to be picked up by the network was Tartakovsky's Dexter's Laboratory, which McCracken contributed to in the early seasons.

The fourth cartoon to greenlit a full series was McCracken's Powerpuff Girls. It premiered as a short in 1995 and debuted on November 18, 1998 as full half-hour episodes that was aired until its final episode on March 25, 2005. The Powerpuff Girls aired on Cartoon Network for six seasons, three specials, and a feature film, with the final episode airing on March 25, 2005. A total of 78 episodes were aired in addition to two shorts, a Christmas special, the film, a tenth anniversary special, and a special episode using CGI technology. Various spin-off media include an anime, three CD soundtracks, a home video collection, comic books, a series of video games, a 2016 reboot series, and an upcoming second reboot, as well as various licensed merchandise.

The series has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, nine Annie Awards, and a Kids' Choice Award during its run.

In 2002, McCracken also directed The Powerpuff Girls Movie, a prequel to his series. Although the film received generally positive reviews, unfortunately it was a box office failure.

Leaving The Powerpuff Girls after four seasons, McCracken focused on his next project; Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. He created this series with his wife Lauren Faust and Mike Moon and it premiered on Cartoon Network with the 90-minute television special "House of Bloo's" on August 13, 2004. The show also won Emmy and Annie awards and ran for six seasons, all directed by McCracken, ending on May 3, 2009.

He became the executive producer of The Cartoonstitute; a brand-new Cartoon Network showcase project, in April 2008. He left Cartoon Network in 2009 after 17 years of employment when the network began to emphasize on live-action and reality shows. In August 2013, he created Wander Over Yonder for Disney Television Animation and Disney Channel. Following the cancellation of Wander Over Yonder, McCracken pitched Disney a new show based on his 2009 comic strip The Kid from Planet Earth. The concept was later dismissed by Disney, and in 2017 he finally departed the company. After presenting his idea to Netflix, Kid Cosmic was selected as the working title. On February 2, 2021, the show made its debut, and it aired till February 3, 2022.

It marks McCracken's return to the superhero genre after The Powerpuff Girls and the first of his original works to include a serialized style. He pitched Netflix with 10 proposals in August 2021, however due to Netflix Animation's huge layoffs, he eventually left in April 2022.

On July 18, 2022, it was revealed that McCracken will make two reboots at Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe of the Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

McCracken was also awarded the Winsor McCay Award in 2023 for his "unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation" at the Annie Awards ceremony.

[heavenboy09]

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To A Young Rising Latina Starlet That Rose To Prominence In The Leading Role Of A Lifetime. In The 2021 Reboot Classic Musical Cinema Masterpiece Based On The Iconic &  Famous Broadway Of The Same Name

In Steven Spielberg's   West Side Story

Born Of Colombian Descent 🇨🇴

She was born in Hackensack, New Jersey in 2001 to parents Gina and Craig Zegler. She was named after the fictional character Rachel Green from the TV show Friends. She has an older sister. Her mother is of Colombian descent. Her maternal grandmother immigrated from Colombia to the United States in the 1960s. Her father is of Polish descent.

She is an American actress and singer. Her first came to prominence with her film debut playing Maria Vasquez in the Steven Spielberg musical adaptation West Side Story (2021) for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She also portrayed Anthea in the DC Superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).

Please Wish This Young Upcoming Latina Starlet / Actress Of 2021 Fame, A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

Ms. Rachel Anne Zegler 🇨🇴

Happy 22nd Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You Rachel Zegler

[dorothydalmati1]

Obscure Animation Subject #36: M.O.D.O.K.

Originally posted on Twitter on March 15, 2023.

Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the show was developed by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, directed by Eric Towner and Alex Kramer and produced by 10k, Multiverse Cowboy, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and Marvel Television.

The show premiered on Hulu with one season of 10 24-minute episodes on May 21, 2021 (ironically my 17th birthday), and was positively-received by critics. However, it was announced as cancelled in May 2022, although Blum had plans for a second season as announced in April 2021.

Craig Erwich, Hulu's head of content, stated in January 2022 that more seasons of M.O.D.O.K. would be determined solely by the Marvel Studios team. However, given how limited advertising the show got, it was a commercial failure, but by cancellation, it finally gained attention.

You see, according to Whip Media's viewership tracking app TV Time, the show was the 3rd most anticipated new television series, during the month the show was announced as cancelled. By that time it was too late but it did attract an audience, like with 101 Dalmatian Street.

As for what I think of it, haven’t seen it. Does look interesting though, but Henry Bean did describe the show as mid. What a coincidence it was released on my 17th birthday, but, I learned on Discord that Santa Inc. was also released on someone’s 17th birthday. Wow, pain!

[lamilanomagazine]

Bologna: “Un jour nouveau | Birthday Party” al Teatro Arena del Sole

Bologna: “Un jour nouveau | Birthday Party” al Teatro Arena del Sole. Domenica 12 marzo alle 16.00 al Teatro Arena del Sole di Bologna, andrà in scena in prima nazionale, "Un jour nouveau | Birthday Party", spettacolo composto da due creazioni firmate da due dei più stimati coreografi della scena contemporanea, Rachid Ouramdane e Angelin Preljocaj: un esperimento che celebra i corpi nella terza età. I lavori di Ouramdane e Preljocaj, rispettivamente "Un jour nouveau" e "Birthday Party", esplorano i limiti del corpo nella danza e dimostrano come l'energia vitale del movimento possa assumere forme diverse, in primo luogo poetiche. La ricerca artistica di Ouramdane e Preljocaj si concentra sulla trasformazione del corpo nel tempo, un tema di grande interesse anche al di fuori del contesto artistico. Ouramdane sperimenta i confini del corpo umano, esplorando nuove espressioni e arrivando fino al circo, mentre Preljocaj crea bellezza visiva e intensità narrativa collaborando con ex ballerini e persone capaci di creare movimenti intensi e innovativi. Il loro obiettivo è far reagire questa materia affascinante di corpi e storie fisiche diverse, per interrogare i canoni di bellezza e virtuosismo. La domanda centrale, come suggerisce Preljocaj, è: qual è l’età di un corpo? La produzione che vede la collaborazione tra Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT / Teatro Nazionale e Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, con il coinvolgimento di importanti realtà come il Ballet Preljocaj, Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse, il Festival Aperto / Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, il Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara. L’appuntamento è parte del programma di CARNE, la rassegna dedicata alla drammaturgia fisica di ERT e curata da Michela Lucenti. Un jour nouveau Coreografia Rachid Ouramdane; musica originale Jean-Baptiste Julien; additional music Sam Cooke (Everybody loves to Cha Cha Cha), Stephen Sondheim (testo da Send in the Clowns); luci Stéphane Graillot; assistente alla coreografia Mayalen Otondo; danzatori Darryl E. Woods e Herma Vos. 15 minuti Non c'è danza senza corpo e non c'è corpo che non invecchi. L'invecchiamento del corpo è spesso percepito come una regressione, eppure molti danzatori si sono reinventati invecchiando. Ad esempio, il butō di Kazuo Ohno ci ricorda che invecchiare non significa necessariamente arrendersi o indebolirsi fisicamente. Non sembra una fine ma piuttosto un inizio, come un'eco di una canzone di Etienne Daho, Le premier jour du reste de ta vie, che evoca il passare del tempo e l'inizio delle cose. Questo antagonismo l'ho percepito nel mio incontro con Herma Vos e Darryl E. Woods, che hanno già una lunga carriera artistica. Parlare con loro, vederli danzare, ha evocato molte capacità di resilienza di fronte agli eventi della vita. Sorprendentemente, mentre stavamo lavorando a un pezzo che sonda lo scorrere del tempo, mi hanno suggerito di sospenderlo. Rachid Ouramdane Rachid Ouramdane è un performer e coreografo che ha iniziato la sua carriera con l'hip-hop, ma ha continuato a studiare danza classica e moderna. Ha collaborato con numerosi artisti e le sue creazioni sono ispirate da storie al limite, come quelle dei rifugiati o delle vittime di disastri. Ha collaborato anche con artisti circensi, drammaturghi, artisti visivi e musicisti. Nel 2021 è diventato il direttore di Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse a Parigi, il primo teatro nazionale francese dedicato alla danza. Birthday Party Coreografia Angelin Preljocaj; musica 79D; additional music Anton Bruckner, Józef Plawiński, Paul Williams, Lee Hazlewood, Johann-Sebastian Bach, Maxime Loaëc, Craig Armstrong, Stinky Toys; luci Eric Soyer; costumi Eleonora Peronetti; assistenti alla coreografia Claudia De Smet, Macha Daudel; danzatori Mario Barzaghi, Sabina Cesaroni, Patricia Dedieu, Roberto Maria Macchi, Elli Medeiros, Thierry Parmentier, Marie-Thérèse Priou, Bruce Taylor. 50 minuti Ogni anno, in un giorno fisso, il nostro compleanno aggiunge un'unità al conto della nostra esistenza. Ma qual è l'età di un corpo? Si tratta dell'età biologica o di quella legata alla pratica della sua attività? È l'età che gli altri gli attribuiscono o quella che l'essere in questo corpo sente? Volevo condividere questa domanda con persone che hanno avuto il privilegio, e in un certo senso la possibilità, di attraversare diverse età della vita. In questo progetto, gli otto interpreti, di età compresa tra i 67 e gli 80 anni, cercano di rispondere, e potrebbero ben riecheggiare la frase di Spinoza "l'anima è un pensiero del corpo"... Che pensiero generano questi corpi? Come possono allontanarci da idee preconcette, come possiamo sviluppare una scrittura coreografica specifica e cercare così di avvicinarci ai limiti di questi corpi che invecchiano?... ma soprattutto divertendosi con loro, come a una festa di compleanno che prende la forma di un esorcismo che ci porta negli interstizi del tempo di una vita umana. Angelin Preljocaj Angelin Preljocaj ha iniziato la sua carriera di danza con il balletto classico prima di passare alla danza contemporanea sotto la guida di Karin Waehner, Zena Rommett e Merce Cunningham, poi Viola Farber e Quentin Rouillier. Successivamente si è unito a Dominique Bagouet fino alla creazione della sua compagnia nel dicembre 1984. Da allora ha coreografato 57 creazioni, da soli a lavori con grandi ensemble, alternando grandi balletti narrativi a coreografie più astratte. Collabora regolarmente con altri artisti: Enki Bilal, Air, Fabrice Hyber, Jean Paul Gaultier, Laurent Garnier, Azzedine Alaïa, Subodh Gupta, Thomas Bangalter. Le sue creazioni sono presentate in tutto il mondo, con una media di 110 spettacoli all'anno, e sono nel repertorio di numerose compagnie, da cui riceve anche commissioni, come il Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris. Il Ballet Preljocaj è composto oggi da 24 ballerini stabili e dal 2006 ha sede al Pavillon Noir di Aix-en-Provence. Per l’occasione ERT organizza un servizio navetta gratuito per il pubblico in partenza da Modena. La prenotazione è obbligatoria, fino a esaurimento dei posti disponibili. 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Steph’s Year in Review – 2022 Edition

2022 was a year of celebration and it was a hoot! It felt like our first “real” year of retirement as in 2021 Craig was so involved with closing his parents’ estate. The freedom this gave us, combined with celebrating my 60th birthday all year long, had me/us seeing many friends and family around the country/world

I started the year in the Tucson area for pickleball with Joan Hanson, Dave Brown, Johnny Stutsman, and Heidi Thorsen (SEA pickleball peeps) and a visit with Marilyn Byrne (MSFT friend).  In February, Craig and I took a quick ski trip to Sun River/Mt Bachelor as a trial run for our road trip “ski safari”.  The three-week safari took us through Idaho, where we visited with Bob and Ann Arnold (MSFT friends) and down to Salt Lake City (SLC).  In UT, we had great fun skiing Snowbird, Alta, Deer Valley, and Solitude.  We also had dinner with Colleen Daly (MSFT friend).  After SLC, we went over to Steamboat Springs where we visited with Brandon and Scott Jones (cousins).  Guy Michaelsen (SEA neighbor) joined us in Steamboat and we had fun hanging with him. Driving home from CO, we stopped in Jackson Hole for some snow mobiling, and Montana for one last ski mountain, Big Sky. I was wondering if I’d get tired of all that skiing and I never did!  

April 11th marked my 60th birthday and my pickleball peeps helped me celebrate, at the local SEA bowling alley, which was a blast.  Craig surprised me with a 10-day trip to Palm Springs to mark the official milestone. While there, I was doubly surprised when Jan and Gray Crary (Univ of CO friends) showed up from LA to help celebrate. In addition, Heather Pollock (childhood friend), came over from Santa Monica for a visit.

In early May, my girlfriend Susan Landahl (MSFT friend) and I went to Phoenix for a long weekend.  And in mid-May, Peggy O’Connor (Univ of CO friend) and Suzanne Coupe (Pat Kirkland Leadership friend) met me in Tulsa for a weekend of reading and girl-time.  Unfortunately, when I got home, I came down with Covid. While Craig got it from me, miraculously neither Peggy nor Suzanne did!

At the end of June, Craig and I headed to the Midwest. The ultimate impetus was a joint birthday party in Bloomington, IN.  My sister, Jan, turned 80 in September and I turned 60 in April so we had a joint birthday party over the 4th of July weekend.  It was fun to see the whole fam damnly (as well as Bea Travis, Ellen Campbell, and Gary Hafner & Jane Clay -  all old friends from Bloomington).  Leading up to the visit to my hometown, Craig and I spent some time in Cleveland checking out the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and going to the water park at Cedar Point. While in Cleveland we saw my Portland friend, Cathy Wilcox.  On this Midwest junket, we also went to Detroit where we toured the Ford museum and did some fun bike riding.  We also had a lovely dinner with my Booking.com friend, Amy Accetura.

It was great spending the majority of the summer in the Seattle area.  Craig talked about a perfect week including hiking, biking, and stand up paddleboarding and we had several of those trifecta weeks!  

In September, Craig and I headed to the desert and did some great site seeing & hiking in Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, and Zion before ending up in Vegas.  In sin city, we met up with my niece, Melanie Schwandt, and “the Scots” Jules and Dougal.  The five of us headed for Lees Ferry and took an amazing two-week rafting trip the Colorado.

In late September, Craig and I took what Craig called Secret Squirrel “The Fall Tour” (the second part of my surprise birthday trip/celebration).  We went down to the WA/OR border and slept in a tree house (!) for three nights before heading to the beach and spending three more at Cannon Beach.  

In October, we headed to North Carolina for my niece, Clare Cady’s wedding to Austin Tepsic.  After our time in Raleigh, we did some exploring of the Outer Banks and the Southern Banks.  When we got home, I was so excited to be home for two whole months.  Who would think I’d get a bit burnt out on traveling.  

On November 16th, I had a small accident with my 2017 Fusion Hybrid.  “Füshy B” as I call her has less than 30k miles on her and will be paid off Feb 9! Fortunately, no one was hurt. While technically I hit the other person, it was her fault as she pulled out in front of me.  Amazing how much damage can be done to cars even going at a relatively slow speed.  As of January 14th, Progressive hadn’t decided yet whether to fix it or consider it a complete loss.  

In mid-December, we caught the travel bug again and were very excited to fly to Iceland and Sweden for our arctic adventure. While the crazy weather in Iceland curtailed some of our activities, the time in Sweden was perfect.  I spent time with my step mother, Eva, as well as my Swedish family Margareta & Bengt, and Chatarina, Lief, and Elisabet. Christmas day, Craig and I flew up to The Ice Hotel -  200k above the Arctic Circle.  We spent one night in an ice room and two nights in a warm room.  Activities there included dog sledding (where we were mushers), snow mobiling, Nordic skiing, and eating lots of yummy food.  

In between all these great trips, when home, I play pickleball three times a week and continue to be honored to volunteer for End of Life Washington.  

As I wrap up this missive, I love the fact that this year I did so many fun things and saw so many of my friends and family in person. I love this quote from Carol Zizzo (Henley Leadership Group) in response to one of our blog posts:  I imagine you on your deathbed saying "Yep, been there, did that, as I said I would, and it was fantastic!”

On that note, I’ll sign off and continue planning our 2023 adventures.  

Love & Kisses - Steph 

[frestoniia]

Craig's first present was a simple but heartfelt one: a gentle brush of his hair away from his precious face and a pair of lips pressed lovingly to kiss. The kiss Mammon laid upon his sleeping boyfriend was gentle and sweet and filled to the brim with unbridled adoration. So warm, so appreciative — the second-born knew that Craig didn't expect much from the way he'd spoken of his birthday before, but he wouldn't let the day pass without there being a genuine display of celebration.

"Wake up, babe." Cooed the demon against his lover's ear. "We got breakfast made for ya! I can hear Satan and Levi wrestling Beel down, so ya gotta get your ass up!" He wiggled at the blond and snickered. "Unless ya want me t'stay here with ya and give ya an extra special birthday present first~"

Either way, he left another kiss and sighed. "Happy Birthday."

Birthday Asks || accepting

@xamassed / Mammon

     If Craig could choose to be woken up like this every morning instead of being jerked awake by his alarm, he would do so in a heartbeat. Despite still being fairly groggy, he couldn't help but smile warmly at the feeling of Mammon's lips pressed gently his skin. With how abrasive Mammon was normally, Craig felt privileged that he could experience the more tender, nurturing side to him.

" Mm... Good morning, Mammon. " Craig murmured lovingly into Mammon's ear, as he turned his head to kiss him softly in return. As much as he'd love to sleep in for a while longer ( or perhaps even let Mammon give him his extra special present, whatever that should entail ), he couldn't deny the idea of breakfast was quite tempting.

     That, and it would probably be unwise to keep everyone waiting for too long, especially if food was involved. Everyone knew that Beel’s restraint when it came to food was right near zero.

" Thanks, love. We'd better head downstairs before Beel inhales the entire dining room, eh? " he'd give a quiet laugh, as he slowly pulled himself into an upright position. Though it had been quite some time since he'd actually done anything for his birthday, Mammon and his brothers made it clear that the day would not go uncelebrated. And who was Craig to say no?

" Just gimme a minute to get dressed. Wouldn't do well to show up to my birthday breakfast looking like I just rolled out of bed, right? I just hope the others can hold Beel off in the meantime. "

[coconuttyglittersmurf]

A Happy Birthday to my friend @toonrandy ! :D

To celebrate I drew 4 of our favorite Nicktoons together! :D

May your BDay be Smurf-tastic! 😎

[hjbirthdaywishes]

November 12, 2021

Happy 51 Birthday to Craig Parker.