#3 per cent netflix

[henrycavilledits]

He may not be playing a superhero anymore, but it turns out that Henry Cavill is a real-life Superman on set.

Witcher star was so dedicated to his final series of the show that he ended up doing ‘100 percent’ of his stunts on his own.

If that wasn’t impressive enough, he even helped to craft some of the incredible fight sequences on the Netflix show.

Given that he’s a huge fan of the books and games, it’s unsurprising that Cavill would be so heavily involved in the production of the adaptation.

Even as he was gearing up to leave The Witcher though, the actor’s passion for the series never dulled and he became like a ‘second fight coordinator’ – according to crew member, Wolfgang Stegemann.

The stunt coordinator revealed that he and the Man of Steel actor would sit together and plan how to film the fight sequences during season three.

Describing the A-Lister as ‘a hard, hard worker’, Stegemann said the actor constantly trained to master the skills to play the grumpy Geralt of Rivia. He added: “What many people don’t know, they think the stunt team comes together and we start choreographing something and show it to him. It's not like that. He's, from the beginning, there and giving all his input.”

Stegemann even explained that the 40-year-old was ‘deeply involved’ in designing shots, saying: “It's not just having a fight, it's how we shoot this fight. Henry and I basically sit together on the monitor and we hold the cameras and go through the fight to find the right angles, the right movements. And, yeah, it's incredible.”

Having already been injured on season two, Cavill still went ahead with the complex choreography and did ‘100 per cent’ of his own stunts on set - as if you couldn’t his love work ethic anymore! ─ via UNILAD

HENRY CAVILL THE WITCHER SEASON 3 ─ Fight Scenes

[lostfirefly]

You’ve Got The Same Dream as Me (Ch. 3)

Hello, kiddos! The idea for this fanfic came to me from a dream (again) I had about a month ago. Тhe main characters were Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill (don't ask me why), but with a light hand they have been replaced (sorry, guys). The main action of the dream took place somewhere in the sands. Аlthough this fanfic will feature Sir Crocodile and our beloved Buggy, the action shifts to the desert. No marines, ships etc. Sorry, not sorry :) The devil fruit's abilities are preserved. Catch the Mummy and Indiana Jones vibes :) I have no idea how many chapters there will be. Different titles and names from the original source material will be used to emphasise the general OP's vibe.

Since English is not my native language, errors may occur. As always, feel free to share your thoughts :) 

And thank you to my dear @yujo-nishimura and @laurasoretta for believing in me :)

Description: Catherine, a librarian who is searching for the trail of her sister who went missing on an expedition. Notes in books and diaries lead her to Cairo. There she finds a retailer from an artifact shop who, in exchange for selling her a map and equipment, insists that Catherine take her along. They get into a little (or maybe a big) adventure.. 

Warnings: 12+, I think. As always, no smut, angst, violence. Adventures and fun only. Buggy x OC, Sir Crocodile x OC.

Words: 1430 (sorry, not sorry)

The title is taken from «You've Got the Same Dream as Me» (Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli) (One Piece, Netflix)

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2

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Rika and Catherine held their way to a small bar. 

"Is this man of yours reliable? Can he be trusted?" Catherine could hardly contain her excitement.

"I wouldn't trust a clown like him one hundred per cent, but yes, I can vouch for him", Rika said, scratching her left arm.

"I don't trust you much either, but you probably know the local best, so I don't have a choice".

"I'm sure I do", Rika laughed. "God, you say the strangest things sometimes.

"Okay, well, you have to explain one thing to me. Why we're going to a bar when it's not even noon?".

"Other days we would go to his circus tent. But at eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning this man can be only here", Rika pointed to the bar sign. 

“Don't be like Tangerine and Drink at Arlong's”? Catherine squinted, putting a hand to her forehead, shielding herself from the sun, she read the bar’s title. "What idiotic names these places have". 

The girls entered the bar. Inside, there were massive wooden tables and chairs, the floor was scuffed. Yes, it had clearly seen better days. The air smelled of alcohol and tobacco.

"Why are there pictures of people who look like fish on the walls?" Catherine whispered, nudging Rika lightly in the shoulder.

"Because this bar is run by Arlong, damn it. Once upon a time it belonged to someone else, I honestly don't know who. But the last owner owed Arlong money, so-- The owner was never seen again, and the bar had new owners". 

"But why are they fish?" Catherine whispered again. 

"You've never heard of fish people?" Rika asked in surprise.

"Fish people? No, there aren't any in my country", Catherine shook her head negatively. 

"God, you live a boring life there. Wait a second..."

Rika suddenly stopped a man passing by with a tray. Honestly, he looked more like a squid or an octopus with the human body. 

"Hey, Ernie. Have you seen our mutual friend? He should be here by now", Rika asked, taking two whiskey glasses from the fishmonger's tray.

"He's over there by the bar top. How did you not notice him right away", the squid replied with a grin. 

"Thank you, sweetie, you can go now", Rika nudged Ernie lightly in the back and turned to Catherine. "He's here, just as I thought. Please, Catherine, honey, do me a favour. Just don't stare at his nose, or he'll freak out and we won't get anything out of him".

Catherine shrugged, not fully understanding the last comment. 

"Buggy, mate! You don't change! It's good to see you in good health", Rika said cheerfully as she approached the blue-haired man.

"And hello to you, my cookie", the man turned round in his chair towards the girls. 

Catherine could barely contain her surprise. He was a tall man with blue hair that was covered by a striped bandana. His face was covered with makeup. Lipstick smeared around his mouth, drawn crossed white bones and blue lines near his green eyes adorned the man's face. But the first thing that caught her eye was his red nose. 

"Now I understood why she asked about the circus. Damn, he looks like a clown", the thought flashed through Catherine's mind.

"Please tell me that glass is for me. You owe me one after your loss in our drunken roulette game last month", said Buggy, pointing to the drink.

"Don't remind me of that night, please", Rika rolled her eyes and placed one glass in the clown's hands. 

"Come on, it wasn't that bad. You even went home with a cute cook", he replied with a laugh.

"You're a jerk", Rika replied with a chuckle, sipping her whiskey. 

"I think we figured that out a long time ago. So.. Wait...", Buggy glanced at Catherine, "who's that with you? Is that for me, too? Well, look, Rika, my biscuit, you certainly lost last time, but this is too generous".

"Gross", Catherine cursed out loud.

"What did you just say, cotton candy?" Catherine could hear the irritation in Buggy's voice.

"I said tha….", she didn't finish the sentence. 

"Okay, okay, guys, calm down. We got off on the wrong foot", Rika took Catherine by the shoulder and sat her down at the bar to Buggy’s right. "Buggy, this is Catherine. Catherine, this is Buggy. And I'm not going to ask you to make up on pinky toes. Now let's have a drink to lighten the mood". 

When the waiter brought everyone a glass of whiskey, Rika sat down on Buggy's left. They began to whisper about something. Catherine leaned slightly over the counter to get a better look at his big red nose. 

After a couple of seconds, noticing her interested look in his side-eye, Buggy stood up abruptly and walked away. 

"Could you please not stare? I told you!", said Rika with irritation in her voice. 

"I di…, I didn't... I've never seen anything like it. Is it real?"

"What? His nose? Yes, so what? Do you have a problem with that?" Rika sipped her whiskey, giving Catherine an angry look.

"What? No, I don't. He’s… He's cute. Even with that nose", Catherine blushed a little. 

The girls sat alone for a few minutes, until finally Buggy came back and plumped down on a chair. 

"Hey, fishy, let's have some more whisky! A bottle!" he said, making a characteristic gesture with his hand.

"Look, Buggy", Catherine mumbled, "I'm sorry if I offended you… by staring.. staring at your nose". 

"Baby, I'm Buggy the Genius Jester, you can't offend me", he said with a laugh, "So, Rika, my dear pie, what brings you to me? I'm sure it wasn't just a drink".

Rika cleared her throat.

"Listen, we need to get to the Sabaody Desert. You've been there a few times before, you know the way". 

"Why do you need to go there?" asked Buggy, opening a bottle of whiskey. 

"I'm looking for my sister", Catherine said loudly, she was very surprised at how loud she sounded. 

"And? What do you want from me? Find some young boys or grandfathers, I don't care who will take you there", he sipped the whiskey from the neck of the bottle. 

"But you know those places better than anyone in this town", Rika replied, putting her hand on his shoulder. 

Irritation came over Catherine. She seemed to be wasting her time with meaningless conversations.

"Look, I was told you're the coolest guy in this town", she made air quotes, "And you can be trusted. But the way I see it, you're just a drunken piece of shit". 

She jumped up from her chair. 

"Catherine, calm down and sit", Rika hissed.

"No, let's leave and find someone else. I don't want to waste my time talking to a grown man who painted himself to look like a clown".

"She's so boring, why did you bring her? She's ruining my buzz!", Buggy looked at Rika with surprise, pointing the neck of the bottle at Catherine.

"Don't you dare point that slobber bottle at me, you jerk!" she slapped his arm. 

"Sorry, your highness", he bowed royally. 

Rika threw an angry look at Catherine.

"I said sit down!" she drilled her with her eyes.

"Shit.. Are you sure that jackass is the best and can help us?" Catherine asked with surprise in her voice, pointing at Buggy.

"Baby, I'm the best at everything", he said, running his hand down Catherine's neck.

"Alright, lovebirds, that’s enough", Rika slapped her hands on the table, "Cathie, show him what you showed me". 

Catherine growled and quickly pulled diaries, maps, notes out of her bag and placed them on the table.

"See?" Rika smiled. 

"Fuck me! What's that? You think this is... Coordinates?" Buggy grabbed the diary and started flipping through it. "I wonder... Very interesting. You're not so simple, pumpkin", he reached out and started running his hand through Сatherine's hair. She yanked back.

"There's what you love so much, my dear clown. Treasure! Don't tell me looking at those cards didn't make you think of it", Rika whispered in his ear. 

"I can pay you to take us there. And if there's really something in there. I don't know.. gold or diamonds or women or whatever you want to find, you can have it. Please!" Catherine looked at him with pleading in her eyes.

"Of course, you'll pay, my cotton candy, I wouldn't get out of my chair for free", Buggy glanced at Catherine. She suddenly felt goosebumps run down her spine. "Well, when do we start?"

[americanservicereview]

Top 5 Tax Tips Every Realtor Should Know 💼🏡

Hey, realtors! We get it—tax season isn’t exactly the most exciting time of the year. But guess what? With a few smart moves, you can save big on taxes. So, let’s make tax talk a little more fun (yes, it’s possible) with these top 5 tips for real estate pros like you!

1. Mileage Is Money 🚗💰 Drive all day showing homes? Keep track of those miles! You can deduct around 65.5 cents per mile. That’s money in your pocket, not the IRS’s.

2. Coffee Meetings Count ☕🍽️ Grabbing coffee with clients? Those meals are 50% deductible. Save those receipts, and your lunch runs become tax-time treasures!

3. Home Office? Yes, Please! 🖥️🏠 Got a home office? Deduct part of your rent or mortgage. Just make sure it’s a space used exclusively for work, not Netflix binges. 😉

4. Keep Up with Education 📚✏️ Your real estate courses, certifications, and even seminars are tax-deductible. Level up your skills and get a nice tax break in return.

5. Get a CPA, ASAP 🧠📝 Okay, taxes can be tricky. A CPA in real estate can help you find deductions you didn’t even know existed. Plus, no more stressing over deadlines!

There you have it! Easy, right? Now go sell some homes and let your CPA handle the complicated stuff! 🙌✨

[maximuswolf]

Artists who signed terrible contracts

Artists who signed terrible contracts I just watched a documentary on the ever amazing TLC, TLC Forever, on Netflix. A really good watch. But what prompted this post is that during the documentary it’s revealed that they were paid $0.56 per album for Crazy Sexy Cool.CrazySexyCool was met with critical acclaim and commercial success, peaking at number three on the Billboard 200, a chart on which it stayed for over two years. It has been certified 12-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making TLC the first girl group in history to be awarded diamond status. It has since sold over 15 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by an American girl group. It has also been featured on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.Also to be paid out of that 56 cent that the 3 girls had to share, were their manager’s fees, cost of their music videos, travel and I’m sure I’m forgetting some things.La Face and Arista were their record label(s) at the time.I’m just shocked 56 cent per ALBUM. Submitted April 27, 2024 at 09:14AM by iloveesme https://ift.tt/BItAsfK via /r/Music

[qocsuing]

9 common cryptocurrency scams in 2023

9 common cryptocurrency scams in 2023

In February 2022, cryptocurrency exchange platform Wormhole lost $320 million after a cyber attack. In addition to this attack, cryptocurrency scammers have stolen more than $1 billion since 2021, according to a report by the Federal Trade Commission.To get more news about crypto exchange scams, you can visit wikifx.com official website.

Digital currency is a form of currency stored in a digital wallet, and the owner can turn currency into cash by transferring it to a bank account. Cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin, is different from digital currency. It uses blockchain for verification and does not run through financial institutions, so it is harder to recover from theft.

To get started, the scammers request an upfront fee. Then, instead of making money, the thieves simply steal the upfront fees. The scammers may also request personal identification information, claiming it's for transferring or depositing funds, and thus gain access to a person's cryptocurrency.

Another type of investment scam involves using fake celebrity endorsements. Scammers take real photos and impose them on fake accounts, ads or articles to make it appear as though the celebrity is promoting a large financial gain from the investment. The sources for these claims appear to be legitimate, using reputable company names such as ABC or CBS with a professional-looking website and logos. However, the endorsement is fake.

2. Rug pull scams Rug pull scams involve investment scammers "pumping up" a new project, nonfungible token (NFT) or coin to get funding. After the scammers get the money, they disappear with it. The coding for these investments prevents people from selling the bitcoin after purchase, so investors are left with a valueless investment.

A popular version of this scam was the Squid coin scam, named after the popular Netflix series Squid Game. Investors had to play to earn cryptocurrency: People would buy tokens for online games and earn more later to exchange for other cryptocurrencies. The price of the Squid token went from being worth 1 cent to about $90 per token.

Eventually, trading stopped and the money disappeared. The token value then reached zero as people attempted but failed to sell their tokens. The scammers made about $3 million from these investors. 3. Romance scams Dating apps are no stranger to crypto scams. These scams involve relationships -- typically long-distance and strictly online -- where one party takes time to gain the other party's trust. Over time, one party starts to convince the other to buy or give money in some form of cryptocurrency.

After getting the money, the dating scammer disappears. These scams are also referred to as "pig butchering scams." 4. Phishing scams Phishing scams have been around for some time but are still popular. Scammers send emails with malicious links to a fake website to gather personal details, such as cryptocurrency wallet key information.Unlike passwords, users only get one unique private key to digital wallets. But if a private key is stolen, it is troublesome to change this key. Each key is unique to a wallet; so, to update this key, the person needs to create a new wallet.

[atlanticcanada]

Fewer than one-in-five Canadians want monarchy to continue: poll

Positive perceptions among Canadians of the monarchy and members of the Royal Family are on the decline, according to a new poll by Research Co. 

According to the data, released Wednesday, only 19 per cent of Canadians would prefer that the country remain a monarchy, down 12 points since a similar poll conducted in September 2022.

Breaking down the data by region, 24 per cent of Albertans (down 18 points) and Atlantic Canadians (down 16 points) said they would prefer the continuation of the monarchy, while 23 per cent of B.C. residents (down 11 points) felt the same way.

The numbers are lower in Saskatchewan and Manitoba (20 per cent, down six points), Ontario (19 per cent, down 12 points) and Quebec (14 per cent, down 11 points).

Only 32 per cent of Canadians had a favourable opinion of King Charles III, down 14 points since the last poll, according to the latest figures.

Fewer than one-in-four (22 per cent, down 10 points) of Canadians expressed similar feelings about Queen Consort Camilla.

“In February 2022, almost two thirds of Canadians (64 per cent) held favourable views on Queen Elizabeth II,” Research Co. president Mario Canseco said in a news release. “Thirteen months later, the rating for the current monarch is exactly half.”

This latest poll found that the number of Canadians who held positive perceptions toward four other Royal family members also declined.

For instance, 54 per cent of Canadians (down 13 per cent) had a positive perception of both William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and felt less favourable toward Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (46 per cent, down 18 points) and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (41 per cent , down 12 points).

Canadians who watched the Netflix series “Harry & Meghan” were more likely to think favourably of the couple at 71 per cent and 68 per cent, respectively.

Seventy per cent of Canadians (down four points) believe that King Charles III should commit to reducing the carbon footprint of the entire Royal Family, while 65 per cent (down four points) want him to advance the cause of reconciliation with Indigenous people.

When it comes to Prince William potentially becoming monarch of the U.K. and the other 14 commonwealth realms, 50 per cent of Canadians (down five points) said they would have liked to see him obtain the position.

About one-third of Canadians (35 per cent, up one point) say they would have a problem with King Charles III being featured on coins and bills in Canada.

Fewer than half of Canadians expect to still be a monarchy in twenty years, 47 per cent (down five points), while 36 per cent (up five points) think the country will feature an elected head of state by then.

Methodology:

Results are based on an online study conducted from March 3 to March 5, 2023, among 1,000 adults in Canada. The data has been statistically weighted according to Canadian census figures for age, gender and region. The margin of error – which measures sample variability – is +/- 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

  Reporting for this story was paid for through The Afghan Journalists in Residence Project funded by Meta.

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/tC6pqid

[thezanyarthropleura]

Now with a graphic that hopefully illustrates that the title is clever, and not, in fact, the least creative thing I could’ve called it.

...for the people who’ve even seen the movie it’s referencing.

...and liked it enough to not immediately purge it from their memories.

...

Anyways, the subject of today’s inaugural GAMERA MARCH post is...

Why?

...

...okay, valid.

I guess I bring up Gamera primarily because fandom-wise, I tend to be drawn to sci-fi/urban fantasy stories with interesting (and preferably wlw shippable) female characters, and the Gamera franchise is one that fills that particular niche. Out of a total of twelve, the five most recent Gamera films (released 1980-2006), all have women as either primary or secondary protagonists, sometimes with multiple plot-important characters in the cast and with two films giving female cast members top billing. Add to that, three and sometimes four of those particular five movies are regarded as some of the best in the Kaiju genre, outclassing some far bigger-name monsters you’re probably familiar with.

As a franchise, Gamera occupies a strange place in the popular consciousness. While running concurrently with the other heavy-hitters in the genre during the peak of classic Kaiju cinema, the big turtle has been largely left out of a recent phenomenon called the Kaiju Renaissance, a resurgence in the popularity of giant monsters that’s been taking place throughout the last decade (after a drought of content in the late 2000s and early 2010s). The most attention Gamera has recieved since the last film Gamera the Brave in 2006 was a short proof-of-concept teaser in 2015 and the upcoming Gamera: Rebirth mini-series on Netflix. It’s entirely possible the latter project may renew some fandom interest, and if that is in fact the case, allow me take a month-long break from being a Battra apologist and toss my two cents in the pile of why the Gamera films are, in fact, worth revisiting.

Upcoming this month:

A personal writing goal of at least one Gamera-related fic chapter or one-shot per week, including the final chapters and epilogue of my Gamera/TMNT crossover

Discussion/review of the seven Gamera films released in March, on their release dates - starting March 6th with Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)

Discussion/review of the five Gamera films not released in March, dates TBA and likely following the the last of March ones

...whatever else I have time for, as the writing and chapter artwork is going to take up the bulk of the time I have to spend on this

[thecbo01]

Watching Movies Online

The movie watching habits of people are changing as we get busier with our lives.

On demand is becoming the status quo and with advancements in internet technology and video streaming capacities now is the time to partake in this marvellous revolutionary entertainment value.

Did you know that while most people hunt for a free movie online, Persons belonging to a subscription service such as Netflix have possibly already enjoyed the movie online via their computer or some other device?

It just doesn't make sense any more to keep exploring for a free movie to watch online when for less than.30 cents per day you could subscribe to a service that gives you access 24/7 with infinite viewing favours to movies and TV episodes plus still having a DVD movie posted to your home without any late fees or penalties ever involved.

But people nevertheless want to know how to watch movies online but with a subscription service you could watch online using your internet ready device or game console. Some of these items include game consoles, TVs, Blu-ray players and more.

You probably already have got one these and are just unmindful of the future already at your viewing pleasure.

The Xbox 360 game console lets members immediately discover movies & TV episodes streamed from Netflix on the Television. This is available to Netflix members who are also Xbox LIVE Gold members for no additional Netflix fee. In addition, the Xbox 360 offers more than 400 video games, a unified online gaming network, and a variety of entertainment features.

Xbox 360 owners: if you're an Xbox LIVE Gold member, you already have a Netflix ready device. Note: The device will need to be attached to a high speed Internet connection. More here https://cbo01.net/

The PlayStation 3 system is the only gaming machine that returns a complete high-definition entertainment experience with a built-in Blu-ray player, hard drive, and Wi-Fi. Now you can enjoy Netflix streamed instantly on your PS3™ system with thousands of movies and TV shows ready at your fingertips. Coming this spring for the Wii gaming console.

[artnasc]

Joana, from 3% - 3 percent netflix series.

[99-problems-obsession-is-one]

Thoughts on season 4 of 3%!!!

----SPOILERS!!!---------

The spoilers are comming right this second!!

OK??? OK!!!

Michele... Omfg, her death was just... I knew it was comming, but I was hopping things would be OK. Her funeral-scene, 👌 chief's kiss! But the night the Shell burned down, all I could think was wow... Michele leaves FOR ONE FUCKING NIGHT and THIS HAPPENS!!! Truly the most innovative characters w/ a functioning brain ...

André in his last scene actually made me shed a tear, its Just so sad seeing someone caught up in their own delusions, and especially with the flashbacks to his and Michele's backstories

Joana finally got a happy ending with Natália! They were honestly so cute and I whished we got more of their relationship. (but in the Electric chairs when they reach for each other, my heart broke!!! Really Just that whole scene was heart-pounding).

Joana really deserved the happy ending, she has just been so amazing through the whole series, despiste her immense haedship! Definetly my favourite ❤️

I'm glad Natália was allowed to disagree with the rest if the crew, but when she manouvered the submarine to the middle of Offshore, what a tense scene! And she did it! Under all that preassue -talentet af! Also just that we have an important character played by an actress who isn't like a size small/exstra small and can just exist and wear bathing clothes as the beach like anyone else 👌👌

Rafael/Tiago was entertaining as always, his character just really grew ln me during season 2 and I'm glad he got a happy ending as well

Elisa I don't have a lot of oppinions on, but I'm happy she survived and reunited with Rafael

For Xavier I'm relieved he didn't turn to murder, that he could join the others during the assembly -like how it was the Shell, a place he loved

Marco and the whole drama with the Álvarez-family was so enjoyable, just seeing how the circle of detachment went on and on! He was always just (mostly) looking after himself, but it was så nice to see him stand up to his mother, though his grandpa is a bitch.

Marcela is devious and intrikate as always! I don't like her as a person, but her character is amazing, and watching her beat the Shit™ out of André was so satisfying!

Glória, girl... Why do you keep being manipulated? Jfc, I hated her at first, but she has also grown on me, and I can see some of the choices she made, but its still annoying and indecisive. At least she understood what she needed to do in the end, and she is sympathetic to that end 🤷‍♀️. Loved how she realize how she had been manipuleted and stood up in the church!

The new Offshore and Process characters were great! Just the way they look down on everyone else -absolutely infuriating :)))

-still miss Fernando tho :')

Overall a really solid End to an amazing series, in my oppinion. I think its a series I will revisit multiple times!

Thanks to the cast and crew for this incredible journey!

[ginger-and-oliveoil]

okay so I just watched the third season trailer and the quality looks wayyy better, but

HUGE SPOILER FOR SEASON THREE IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE TRAILER

Fernando is already dead at the beginning and honestly? He was one of the characters I was looking forward to see in this season. I wanted to see what his relationship with Michele was going to be like, and I had anticipated that Gloria was going to become a more important character, so I wanted to see whether they would make up or not. And I generally just really liked him and wanted to see him interact with Joana and Raphael after last season’s events, where they worked together as a team. I could not care less about Michele. I feel so sad, I’m just rambling.

[luckysarts]

Desenho digital da Joana da série 3% ❤

Como eu senti falta dessa personagem maravilhosa e poderosa que é a Joana! A segunda temporada já começa com tudo, estou amando 😍

[jerseydeanne]

Population Matters (charity who gave Harry and Meghan an award for only having two kids) gives an interview to The Times

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been lauded for their role in helping influence a growing number of young couples to limit the number of children they have for the sake of the environment.

New research shows that almost a third of young adults want to have fewer or no children because of their fears about the future of the planet.

Prince Harry cited environmental concerns when he revealed in 2019 that he and Meghan planned to limit their children to “two, maximum”. Their daughter Lilibet — younger sister to Archie — was born in June.

Robin Maynard, director of Population Matters, a British charity that aims to end population growth, said: “Harry and Meghan’s announcement in 2019 was a real turning point for anyone keen to create a more sustainable future for us.”

He added: “It's an incredibly responsible and powerful choice that Harry and Meghan have made, because choosing to have a maximum of two children — particularly in rich developed economies such as the US and UK — is the most effective eco-action you can take.”

His comments come days after the couple's former chief of staff, Catherine St-Laurent, said in an interview that the Sussexes aspire to become global influencers. She said: "I think they have the potential to be very influential leaders in the social impact space."

The duchess is working with Elton John’s husband, David Furnish, as executive producer on an animated series for Netflix, Pearl, about a “12-year-old heroine who finds inspiration in influential women from history”, it was announced this week.

A poll for Population Matters found that 32 per cent of 18-to-24-year-olds say concerns about the environmental effects of having children make them want to have fewer children or no children at all. Among 25-to-34-year-olds, this view is held by 22 per cent.

The Yonder poll of UK adults found that about one in six people between 18 and 35 do not want children at all (15 per cent), while six out of 10 wanted two children or fewer. Just over a quarter of respondents (27 per cent) wanted three or more children, with 3 per cent wanting five or more. Some 37 per cent of those polled wanted two; 7 per cent saying they wanted just one child; 18 per cent no children. This amounts to 62 per cent seeking a family below the “replacement rate” of 2.1, at which population is stable.

Maynard added: "As Prince Harry recognises, we’re out of harmony with the environment we live in, which is the planet Earth, the only home we've got. Having a smaller family is a positive choice we can make for future generations and it's really inspiring to see this discussion opening up, and people with the profile and voice of the Sussexes leading that conversation.

"Millennials and Gen-Zers are more switched on to the power of smaller families than generations before them ever were. This gives me immense hope for the future."

A 2017 study concluded that by far the single most effective measure an individual in the developed world could take to cut their carbon emissions over the long term would be to have one fewer child. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden suggested that this action could reduce emissions by as much as 20 times more than any other action that it evaluated, including plant-based diets, being car-free and reducing flying.

source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/harry-and-meghan-inspire-two-max-children-families-2cv7l6389

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3% meme: [2/6] characters → Rafael Moreira

[cyn-the-bartender]

Day 2:

So I started this journal on a previous Tumblr but it was connected to a journal I did eons ago that I was just over… so we’ll just restart here.

**This may be long… I was three written posts in and I gotta put it all into one post now 🙄***

Fuck it.

So an intro of sorts… I’m a 51 year old full time bartender who’s divorced/single with three kids ages 27 (boy), 25 (boy) and 12 (girl). I’m also the Gigi to my 3 year old grandson! I live in New England almost 30 years now but grew up all over as a Navy brat in my younger days. I do call the South “home” because I lived there the longest before here. I have Southern blood and no amount of time here can change that.

I suffer from (but do not identify myself by) Lyme Disease and osteoarthritis in my right hip. The Lyme cause the osteoarthritis to be worse than it should be at my age along with chronic fatigue and various other joint pain albeit the hip rules the pain roost! I’ve had Lyme since the late summer of 2015 and other than the first six months after diagnosis and the occasional flare up I’d consider myself to be living with it pretty well. Until a little under a year ago and especially since September. The hip pain and fatigue are unbearable and have caused a noticeable difference in my gait which SUCKS more than anything as I pride myself on my appearance and most people are shocked when I reveal my age. So yeah walking like a granny isn’t working for me!

Anti-inflammatory medication and my beloved Advil Duals just aren’t cutting it anymore. I’ve began to self-medicate in ways I shouldn’t (nothing illegal) because I’m trying to avoid opioid pain relief desperately and am prolonging a more than likely hip replacement until I’m a little older. I have an addictive personality and have abused alcohol and recreational drugs in my past… still am on occasion if I’m being honest. And well… that’s not the life I want to lead. I’m sure deep rooted emotional pain doesn’t help but here we are…

So a week or so ago I was watching this documentary on Netflix called “What the Health” and it inspired me to make some radical changes in my diet and lifestyle. (It’s an awesome doc even if my choices aren’t on your radar!). Plus with Lyme it is often suggested that a vegan diet (dairy is BRUTAL for me where Lyme is concerned!) helps minimize flare ups and elevate ailments.

So with that being said yesterday I started back on a vegan diet consisting mainly of whole food, giving up drinking (we’ll get to that in a minute), giving up soda (I’m a Pepsi addict), conscious exercise (I rejoined the gym after yearsssss), drinking more water, getting more sleep and making myself a priority!

I’m two days in and proud to say I’ve stuck to my diet and yesterday was my first bar shift in eons where a drop of booze did not pass my lips! Now don’t think I go getting sloshed behind the bar (not saying I never have in my 30+ years of off and on bartending but not typically), but on a typical shift I will have a few shots (I love Jager) with my regulars. Yesterday… not a one and that’s YUGE!

I’ve never been a “sober” bartender although I know they exist. I personally don’t know any but I’m on a bartender group on Facebook and there’s a ton of them. And I’m not even sure how I feel about the term sober because right now I’m committing to 2-3 weeks not drinking and going from there with the hopes that I’m going to feel so fantastic that I won’t want to go back! BUT if I do it’s in STRICT moderation and no more Jagermeister because it’s just loaded with sugar and bullshit empty calories!

The funny thing is I have this image of myself as the bartender who does a few shots to get myself and the bar going and to a degree that’s 1 billion per cent true… so can I do that sober??? Time will tell! Because I want to be that same sassy/sexy/crazy bartender without the booze because the party always seems to continue after my shifts if I don’t need to be home and that’s where excessiveness can rear it’s ugly head!

Drug use is not a real issue… anymore. I smoke a little weed here and there and NEVER at work because I’m as my friend calls, a Supertaster. Whatever the fuck that means…

Tomorrow it’s my first time to the gym in legit years! I’m not a lunatic and will only be using the treadmill (very slowly I might add) to start. But I’m fearful. I can stand up and work my bar for up to 12 hours at a time but I cannot tell you the last time I took even a stroll for 30 minutes consecutively??? Slow and steady wins the race right???

Funny thing is before Lyme I was an avid runner. I wasn’t fast but I could run pretty far! I was also vegan for three years. I chose a vegan diet in order to train for a marathon. I never did a full marathon but I did two half marathons as well as countless 10k’s and 5k’s. Lyme disease made running impossible. I went from someone who ran at least 20 miles a week to barely being able to run around the block in less than a month after that MF-ing tick bit me!!!

But I’m hopeful. And realistic. I will most likely never run again but I just want to function with as little to no pain at all. I want to feel vibrant and like I’m not just going through the motions of my day to day life. I want a life that doesn’t revolve around whether I’m too fatigue, in pain or hungover to participate!!!! Because right now, minus my kids/family there isn’t much going on that makes me proud to be me!

And this is not about weight or vanity (although if a few pounds came off and I looked hot I wouldn’t complain!)… I need to feel better and feel ALIVE again!

~C~

[thecrownnet]

October 3, 2020

Series four of The Crown takes on Princess Diana: exclusive pictures and interviews Charles has found a wife, Andy’s got a racy new girlfriend and Thatcher’s coming for tea... Megan Agnew gets an exclusive tour behind the scenes of the most wild and lavish series yet

Lasers. That’s what helped Emma Corrin understand Princess Diana in the latest series of The Crown. When the cameras were rolling, she imagined that lasers were pointing at her, as if she were in a spy film or a bank heist drama. It was her way of imagining hundreds of people staring right at her. Lasers helped her with the iconic Diana head tilt. She pretended she was shying away from them.

Corrin could also draw on her own trajectory as a 24-year-old actress. Before landing her part in The Crown, she was an unknown. Suddenly “there’s a huge amount of pressure”, she says.

When I visit the set at Winchester Cathedral, which is pretending to be St Paul’s, the paparazzi arrive to catch Corrin pretending to be Diana. She’s dressed in a replica of the outfit they papped at the actual royal wedding rehearsal almost 40 years ago. Every time she moves between buildings and trailers, Corrin has to be shielded with umbrellas. Life imitates art imitates life.

Almost every person Corrin has spoken to since getting the role has their own “Diana moment” — they might once have waved at her car in the street, been a pupil at a school she visited or knew someone who sat next to her at a dinner. Diana was one of the first celebrities to whom people laid claim. “Everyone has this ownership,” says Corrin. She was, and still is, the People’s Princess. But Corrin is trying not to think too much about it. Public expectation has been “overwhelming since the beginning”, she says. She wants to do Diana “proud”. “I know that’s strange and cheesy, but I feel like I know her.”

Emma Corrin as Princess Diana/ NETFLIX

The first television series of The Crown, which aired in 2016, was at the time the most expensive in history. Each series since has been estimated to have cost upwards of £50 million. The first two covered the first decade of Elizabeth II’s rule to wide acclaim, but series three — in which Her Majesty Claire Foy was succeeded by Olivia Colman — had mixed reviews. “The jewel in Netflix’s tiara has lost its shine,” said one. It was “okay”, said another.

Now, with series four’s reported £100 million budget eclipsing the Queen’s own sovereign grant last year of £82.2 million, The Crown is barrelling straight into the Eighties era of celebrity glamour and modern party politics grit. Peter Morgan, the show’s creator, is taking on two of the most controversial public figures of the past 50 years: Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher. “The word ‘iconic’ is overused, but in the case of these two women quite justified,” Morgan says. Both have passionate fans and detractors. “Writing them was a bit of a high-wire act, but it was exhilarating.”

We meet Diana as a teenager, scampering around her huge family home in Northamptonshire. She is young and apologetic. The Prince of Wales, at that time dating her eldest sister, is rather distracted. A number of years later, Diana is leaving her relatively modest flat in Earls Court and her job as a nursery school assistant to move into Clarence House — but finds herself in solitude. Bored and lonely, 19-year-old Diana rollerskates down corridors to Duran Duran and sits all by herself in her chamber. One night, after finding out about Prince Charles’s affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, she gorges on puddings and makes herself vomit them back up.

Behind the scenes: the latest series of The Crown/ NETFLIX

*Spoilers*

It is a dark moment that Corrin wanted to get right. She listened to real-life accounts of people who had suffered from bulimia and talked with experts from the eating disorder charity Beat. Diana herself said that it was the most “discreet” way of harming herself: “Everyone in the family knew about the bulimia,” she said in recordings from the 1990s later made into a Channel 4 documentary.

“Drawing on my experience,” says Corrin, “not that I’ve experienced that kind of self-harm, but mental health in general, it can lead you down a very dark path when you’re struggling to cope, when things feel out of control. Diana very much doesn’t have the love and comfort and attention she needs from the man she loves or the family, who aren’t really acting as a family to her. There is a build-up of emotion she can’t deal with and making herself sick is a way of taking back control.”

When Josh O’Connor, who plays the Prince of Wales, first read the script for this series he thought: “Oh God, how can Charles be like that to Diana? But he feels wronged. He feels like she has an addiction to the spotlight,” he says. “I have to feel sympathy for him in that world. This is a family who have an intense inability to be emotional and he has inherited that awkwardness. In this series there’s an awful lot of Charles trying to explain himself and not being allowed to. He’s trying to say that if he can be with Camilla, then at least two of the three people can be happy. As it is, there’s three miserable people.”

The Crown works differently to other shows in that the “writers’ room” is not made up of writers but researchers, who constantly feed back to Morgan, the king of The Crown. It means that for each word eventually spoken on film, there are pages and pages of briefing notes. Annie Sulzberger, head of research, started this series by hiring a young team. “I wanted people who did not grow up believing one or the other [Diana and Thatcher],” she says. “You have to be curious enough and ignorant enough, I suppose, to write the kind of work we need.”

This series will span the Thatcher years — 1979 to 1990 — and will include the assassination of Charles’s great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten, by the IRA, Charles and Diana’s wedding, and the Falklands War. Once the team has laid out a timeline, Morgan picks out the events he wants to feature. The research team starts to hone in on each, getting increasingly “micro” in their investigations. In the making of this series, one of the team spent two weeks researching the label on a bottle of wine from which a character briefly swigs.

Dress rehearsal: Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin act out Charles and Diana’s wedding run-through/ NETFLIX

As the show has progressed, the fact-checking work has multiplied, thanks to the tabloid journalism of the 1980s. “It’s not just about words being printed,” Sulzberger says, “but who wrote it. Diana will become very close with a journalist called Richard Kay and feed him information, and Charles’s team will do the same. So you need to start unpicking the biographies of all the writers in order to know that what you’re doing has some objectivity.”

Did the team speak to any of Diana’s family or friends? “No.” Do the producers give any material to the Palace to see beforehand? “No. We have no connection to them that would result in editorial shifts. These are real people, these are real stories and we are filling in the moments that aren’t recorded — private conversations, moments of reflection, philosophical moments.”

When I ask Morgan if it’s true that he meets high-ranking courtiers four times a year, he is keen to clear up that he doesn’t. “I have never had any discussions with anyone actively working at the Palace,” he says. “The two worlds, the royal household and The Crown, exist in a world of mutual deniability, which I’m sure is every bit as important to them as it is to us.”

Corrin, though, did speak to Patrick Jephson, Diana’s private secretary, who appears as a fictionalised character in this series. “I got a sense of her joy from him,” Corrin says. “He said she was so naturally happy. When she joined the royal family, she had come from living with flatmates in Earls Court and she was a very normal girl. Patrick said she was still full of that girlish silliness, very down to earth.”

The couple themselves at the real thing in 1981 MIKE LLOYD/SHUTTERSTOCK/REX

The executive producer Suzanne Mackie says that “particularly now” The Crown team feels a sense of responsibility “to living people, people’s children, people’s parents. Obviously what we don’t do is engage on a fact level with the royal family. We have a tacit understanding that they need distance from us and we need distance from them.”

It is a cold day in January and I am watching Charles and Diana’s wedding rehearsal in Winchester. About 75 per cent of the show is filmed on location around the world, over the course of seven months. The rest is filmed at the show’s base, Elstree Studios, just north of London.

Today in Winchester Cathedral there is a crew of 78 and a cast of almost 200. The sight is as epic as the show’s budget would suggest. Between takes, Corrin sits on the stone steps by the altar, scrolling on her iPhone with one hand and biting her fingernails on the other. Even before the clapperboard snaps shut, the resemblance between her and the princess is uncanny.

Sidonie Roberts, head buyer and assistant costume designer, has a timeline of photos of Diana covering the wall of her studio at Elstree. Roberts is devoted to the cause. She travels to Paris to buy buttons from the same shop the Queen’s dressmaker uses (it sells more than 30,000 types of button) and to Soho to rummage in basements for fabric. Last year she was in a Bangladeshi fabric shop in Brick Lane, east London, when she saw a roll of material right on the very top shelf. “It was still in its plastic, but I just knew — that’s Diana’s colour,” Roberts says. She got a ladder, climbed to the top, pulled down the fabric and bought it for £3.50 a metre. When Roberts got back to the studio at Elstree, she unrolled it and saw a stamp at the bottom: “The Lady Diana Collection, made in Japan.” Roberts did some research. It was real silk, from a collection made in the princess’s honour.

In the corner of the studio an assistant is gluing tiny pearls to Diana’s flat wedding shoes. She has been decorating them, exactly like the originals, for a day and a half. “We’ve had a long conversation about the size of those pearls,” says Roberts. David and Elizabeth Emanuel, who designed Diana’s original wedding dress, donated patterns to the show, which were used to make the new version. With its 25ft train, it took ten people to get Corrin into the dress. In the show it is seen in full, and only from behind, for no more than 15 seconds.

Paying their respects: Olivia Colman as the Queen and the rest of the royal family at the funeral of Lord Mountbatten/ NETFLIX

Corrin is masterful at inhabiting Diana’s coyness — hunching her shoulders towards her ears as she walks, the smirk, her intonation. Diana’s voice was the “polar opposite” of the royals’, says William Conacher, The Crown’s dialect coach. “She moved her jaw twice as much, so her voice was more forward, open, easier to access, and I don’t think it’s especially revelatory to suggest accessibility was her shtick,” he says. “She used a minor key that made her seem vulnerable. Despite the Queen’s and Prince Charles’s accents being ‘stiffer’ to listen to, I think it comes entirely naturally, whereas I find Diana’s voice more studied. I think she spoke to have an effect.”

What sort of research did Colman do for series four’s Queen? “Yeah, I don’t do research,” she says when we speak on the phone in the summer. “The research team on The Crown is a bit like the British Library. It’s extraordinary, and when they kick in, your computer can’t really cope with the amount of stuff they send you.” Was there something in particular that the team sent her that made things click? “No.” There is a longish silence. It seems Colman’s royal duty is waning. “They’ve got every image and film of the Queen ever made. I’ve also got three kids, so I can’t spend all my time going through all of it.”

As she wraps up a second series of The Crown — Imelda Staunton will take over for five and six — Colman knows that she would “really not like” to have the Queen’s job. “There are very few people who are forced into a job and have no choice about it,” she says. “She’s done it with dignity, for decades, bless her. It’s amazing.”

The funeral of Lord Mountbatten took place in 1979 BENTLEY ARCHIVE/POPPERFOTO/GETTY

If there were rumours of Elizabeth II being unhappy about the last series of The Crown, I can’t imagine she’ll be too chuffed about this one. Series four’s Queen is colder and more distant, and the effects of her duty on her children more obvious: Charles is heavy with melancholy, Anne feels unheard, Edward is portrayed as a spoilt bully and Andrew is dangerously arrogant.

Speaking of Andrew, there is a subtle nod towards recent events. At one point the prince discusses a young American actress he is dating. The actress had recently played a 17-year-old who must entertain several “old predators who seduce the vulnerable, helpless young Emily”. The real prince dated the actress Koo Stark in 1981, who had starred in The Awakening of Emily, which had a near-identical plot.

In series four, the pivotal relationship between the Queen and Margaret Thatcher begins well. They are respectful of one another as no-nonsense working mothers, but tensions arise — not least, over tea etiquette at Balmoral.

In preparation for her role as the Iron Lady, Gillian Anderson met Charles Moore, Thatcher’s biographer, as well as secretaries who worked with her. “The only way for me to go about sitting inside of her was to find the reason behind her actions — growing up, what she learnt from her father, how much she truly believed that she was the answer and as long as we all took the sour medicine now we’d be able to turn around this country, completely shutting her eyes to the people that she was turning out on the street.”

Anderson eventually “settled into” the body of Thatcher. “She walked very fast, always up ahead,” Anderson says. “She would power forward in front of presidents. With [Ronald] Reagan she would supposedly be alongside him, but was walking ahead. Always walking ahead of [husband] Denis, telling him to catch up.”

Thatcher’s barnet also features. In one scene she spends an asphyxiating four seconds hairspraying it in preparation for a showdown with the Queen. The hairdo took endless camera tests before Morgan was happy with it. “It essentially meant destroying it so it had an overprocessed ‘frothy’ quality,” says the hair and make-up designer Cate Hall. “To treat a wig so badly was against all of our instincts — they’re so expensive — but I’m grateful now that we went through the process with Peter, with him saying no, more, it’s not right, try again.”

Clash of the titans: Margaret Thatcher, played by Gillian Anderson, is filmed meeting the Queen, played by Olivia Colman, in a memorable scene from series four/ NETFLIX

Series five will have a whole new cast. Colman says she is “not the sort of person who keeps the shoes of a character they played 20 years ago”. But Helena Bonham Carter is going to miss Princess Margaret. “She does pop out [in everyday life],” she says. “The other day I was at some public event and there was the normal scramble of people and I just told them, ‘No, shut up.’ The finger came out, which is very her, and I said, ‘Shut up and wait. Don’t get hysterical.’ So I’ve got the bossy side of her.”

Originally Morgan said there would be two more series after this one. Then he changed his mind, describing series five as “the perfect time and place to stop”. Now there are two more again (“To do justice to the richness and complexity of the story,” he reneged). The show is creeping closer to the modern day. It is now said to be ending in the 2000s, spanning, perhaps, Charles and Diana’s divorce, the deaths of Diana, Margaret and the Queen Mother, the marriage of Charles and Camilla, and the teenage and twentysomething princes. “I want to end it close enough to present day to feel that we have completed a long journey and distant enough to feel historical,” says Morgan. “I have a specific incident in mind, but until I’ve actually written it and seen if it works, I can’t commit to discussing it.”

On set with Mackie, I mention Harry and Meghan. “Too often,” the couple posted on their Instagram page that month, “we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring.” Is it possible, I ask Mackie, for the royal family to humanise themselves while still justifying their existence as something mightier, more important, regal? “That’s where you go wrong, as a public figure, letting light in on the magic, especially as a monarch,” she replies. “You have to be an ideal. After years and years of that subjugation of self in order to put duty first, you, the essence of you, is buried somewhere. The Queen is a tiny little person inside many, many Russian dolls.”

Series four of The Crown is available on Netflix from November 15