#Adam Greenfield

[tonirockyhorror]

#DiscoNuevo: "At the End of the World, Plant a Tree" de SO/LO (Erich Martino-DJ Koggi)

Erich Martino es diseñador, DJ, músico y locutor entre otras cosas, yo lo conozco más por la de estar detrás del micrófono entreteniendo y deleitando a las masas con sus exquisitos gustos musicales. Hoy está de plácemes con el lanzamiento de LP debut bajo el alias de SO/LO, un trabajo audiovisual de 9 piezas en el cual muestra y rinde tributo a la naturaleza y manda un grito para hacernos más…

[texaschainsawmascara]

Promising Young Woman (2020)

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Bram Greenfield- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Kodiak Celius- The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Remy Pendergast- Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

Adam Parrish- The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

[msclaritea]

Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman to Lead 'War of the Roses' Remake

"The Roses’ is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story,” said Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield announcing the project. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”

So Matthew Greenfield at Searchlight is dirty...BEYOND dirty. No comment on Olivia Colman as of yet, but we all know now that actors and actresses usually have NO SAY I'm the projects they're currently put in. This film should not be made. It's another horrible, cruel joke to play on the fans of Benedict Cumberbatch and the people pushing it are on the same level as that jackal Jay Z and the NFL This is pure, sick, Freemason, ancient bullshit. Also, how is it this project is STILL in development, when it's BEEN in development since 2017?

And Benedict, if you go along with this project, it will be revealed to the public that you are going along with your own public humiliation, in order to enrich human traffickers.

Was Clarence really not enough for you?

Or Eric?

How about pissing on yourself in Louis Wain?

AND HEY, DISNEY...BIG FUCKING MISTAKE!

[lgbtqreads]

Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Young Adult Fiction: July-December 2024

A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman (July 2nd) When Cal Ware wins a scholarship to an elite New England boarding school, he’s thrilled to leave his past behind. Back home in Mississippi, he was the poor, queer kid who never fit in. But at Essex Academy, he’ll be able to reinvent himself. Or so he hopes… But at Essex, Cal’s classmates only see his cheap clothes and old iPhone. They mock his accent,…

[deadpresidents]

2023's Best Books

I meant to do this a few days ago so there was more time before the holidays, but here's a quick list of the best books that I read that were released in 2023. Obviously, I didn't read every book that came out this year, and I'm only listing the best books I read that were actually released in the 2023 calendar year.

In my opinion, the two very best books released in 2023 were An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO), and True West: Sam Shepard's Life, Work, and Times by Robert Greenfield (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO).

(The rest of this list is in no particular order)

President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier C.W. Goodyear (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

The World: A Family History of Humanity Simon Sebag Montefiore (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

France On Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain Julian Jackson (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth Adam Goodheart (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World Mary Beard (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

City of Echoes: A New History of Rome, Its Popes, and Its People Jessica Wärnberg (BOOK | KINDLE)

We Are Your Soldiers: How Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World Alex Rowell (BOOK | KINDLE)

Edison's Ghosts: The Untold Weirdness of History's Greatest Geniuses Katie Spalding (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias Kevin Cook (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West Chris Wimmer (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

King: A Life Jonathan Eig (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

LBJ's America: The Life and Legacies of Lyndon Baines Johnson Edited by Mark Atwood Lawrence and Mark K. Updegrove (BOOK | KINDLE)

Who Believes Is Not Alone: My Life Beside Benedict XVI Georg Gänswein with Saverio Gaeta (BOOK | KINDLE)

Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East Uri Kaufman (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

The Rough Rider and the Professor: Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and the Friendship That Changed American History Laurence Jurdem (BOOK | KINDLE)

White House Wild Child: How Alice Roosevelt Broke All the Rules and Won the Heart of America Shelley Fraser Mickle (BOOK | KINDLE)

Romney: A Reckoning McKay Coppins (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics H.W. Brands (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History Peter Frankopan (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

LeBron Jeff Benedict (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America Abraham Riesman (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House Chris Whipple (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

[brokehorrorfan]

Promising Young Woman will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) on August 22 via Universal. Actress Emerald Fennell (The Crown) makes her feature writing and directorial debut on the 2020 revenge film .

Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, and Connie Britton star. Adam Brody, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Sam Richardson, Alfred Molina, and Molly Shannon also appear. Margot Robbie produces.

Promising Young Woman is presented in 4K with HDR10 and Dolby Atmos audio. Existing special features, listed below, are included.

Special features:

Audio commentary by writer-director Emerald Fennell

A Promising Vision – Writer/director Emerald Fennell discusses her inspirations for the film

Two-Sided Transformation – A look at how casting, wardrobe, hair, and makeup were used to express the balance between light and dark

Balancing Act – Cast members discuss their reactions to the film’s balance of levity and tragedy

Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman…until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.

Pre-order Promising Young Woman.

[genevieveetguy]

Anu, Pulkit Arora (2023)

[cinemaslife]

#44 Una Joven Prometedora (2020)

Aviso para navegantes: Me he comprado la versión en DVD, tenía que verla de nuevo (sarna con gusto, no pica).

Cassandra (Carey Mulligan) está en un bar borracha, tirada en un sofá, bastante perjudicada, mientras un grupo de hombres comentan su estado, y lo fácil que sería llevársela a casa. Jerry (Adam Brody), uno de los chicos, se acerca y parece preocupado por ella y le plantea llevarla a casa, a lo que ella acepta, y tambaleándose bajan las escaleras.

Pese a su estado, la invita a tomar la última copa en su casa y allí se aproxima a ella con intención de besarla y sobrepasarse, aprovechando su estado, ella le pide tumbarse por estar mareada y él la lleva a la cama para colocarse encima de ella y besarla mientras ella le repite "¿qué estás haciendo?" Y le demuestra que no quiere continuar. Él continúa besándola y le quita la ropa interior cuando ella, ya seria y serena, le vuelve a preguntar "¿qué estás haciendo?", a lo que él se asusta.

Así empieza una joven prometedora, con Cassandra en su casa, añadiendo otro palito a su libreta.

Así nos enteramos de que Cassandra va en busca de hombres a los bares donde finge estar en malas condiciones para que cuando ellos intenten sobrepasarse con ella, darles una lección. Algunos la invitan a copas para que se emborrache más, algunos a sustancias para que se desinhiba, pero, por desgracia, todos quieren el mismo final. Los discursos de algunos de ellos son de hombres deconstruidos, pero lo cierto es que la mayoría simplemente quiere usarla para su satisfacción personal.

Y todo lo hace por Nina.

PARTE I

Ryan (Bo Burnham) un antiguo compañero de clase de Cassandra, coincide con ella, en la cafetería donde trabaja, después de muchos años, y la invita a salir, mientras ella sigue con su plan de completar la libreta.

Cassie, vive con sus padres, pero no quiere una vida convencional, tiene un trabajo que se considera de estudiante, y no quiere una casa con porche, niños, etc. Sabe que sería totalmente capaz de conseguirlo, pero está convencida que no quiere.

Ella va a buscarle al hospital donde él trabaja porque quiere volver a verle, y le pide empezar una relación poco a poco y sin prisas, y él acepta. Una tarde hablando de la universidad, Ryan habla de Madison que ha tenido gemelos, de Al Monroe que se va a casar, de Nina...

Cassie y Nina eran amigas desde la infancia, y fueron juntas a la universidad de medicina donde se hicieron muy amigas de Madison, después de las palabras de Ryan, Cassie decide quedar con Madison para comer y ponerse al día, Cassandra finge que se alegra de verla, y mientras ella se controla bebiendo a Madison se le va de las manos y se pone demasiado "contenta", allí justifica su discurso machista, y Cassie aprovecha para sacar el tema de porque dejó la universidad, y si recuerda lo que pasó. Madison confiesa que casi no lo recuerda, y Cassandra le plantea la situación hipotética de que una amiga fuera a su casa a contarle que creen que han abusado de ella, ¿qué haría? Justifica que nadie se creyó el abuso, que estaba tachada de fresca, y que si una mujer se emborracha se arriesga a que abusen de ella.

Cassandra se levanta y se alegra de que Madison no haya cambiado en nada, por lo que se va y le da las llaves y dinero en un sobre a un hombre de la barra que le pregunta que si está segura de lo que va a hacer.

Madison la llama hasta 13 veces, dejándole mensajes de voz donde le cuenta que cree que un hombre abusó de ella después de que se fuera y Cassandra decide no responderle.

PARTE II

Más adelante se hace pasar por maquilladora de un grupo muy famoso y le pregunta a una adolescente por una cafetería, la chica se vuelve loca de emoción por ver al grupo, y le ofrece su móvil para que vea que no colgara nada en redes. Esta chica es la hija de la Decana Walker (Connie Britton) cosa que Cassie sabe muy bien.

Finge que necesita una reunión con la Decana para volver a sus estudios, en esa reunión la Decana no recuerda a Nina, pero sí a Alexandre Monroe, y las acusaciones que se hicieron sobre él, donde emborrachó y abusó de Nina delante de sus amigos, pero la Decana no le dio credibilidad a la acusación. Diciendo que fue culpa de Nina por ponerse en una mala situación, dándole el beneficio de la duda a Al. La Decana Walker le pregunta si Nina está bien, y que Cassi le dice que no, pero que tiene claro que eso no es lo importante, que lo importante es que Al Monroe tiene éxito y se va a casar con una supermodelo.

Antes de irse, Cassie le confiesa a la Decana que ha recogido a su hija y la ha dejado en una habitación llena de chicos, como le pasó a Nina, y que espera que al menos ellos la respeten, no como Al y sus amigos hicieron con Nina. La Decana llama a su hija, pero Cassie le da el teléfono, la Decana pierde los papeles y se pone a gritar sin que Cassie se inmute. "¿A qué ha sido fácil? Solo tenía que verlo de otra manera, supongo que se piensa diferente cuando es alguien a quien quieres".

Cassie está agotada de la vida, estancada en el pasado, no puede avanzar, pese a que no usa la violencia en sus actos, no está lejos de perder el juicio y lo demuestra rompiéndole los faros a un tipo impertinente que la insulta en un cruce. Llevar a cabo su venganza la está consumiendo, el recuerdo de Nina la abruma, y le cuesta continuar, tanto que se le olvida su cita con Ryan, y le dice que se va a dormir, cuando en realidad, va a volver a fingir que está borracha para darle una lección a otro hombre. Pero esa noche se cruza con Ryan, que se siente decepcionado al verla salir de un bar tambaleándose del brazo de otro hombre.

PARTE III

El siguiente paso de Cassie es ir a ver al abogado (Alfred Molina) que defendió a Al Monroe y como presionó a Nina para qué retirará la denuncia, el abogado se encuentra en un estado lamentable, consumido por la culpa, y la locura. Le confiesa que era un abogado agresivo que perseguía a las víctimas para conseguir pluses... pero ahora ya no puede dormir, está agotado y admite que nunca se perdonará por nada de lo que hizo, pidiéndole perdón a Cassie de rodillas. Esto no es lo que ella esperaba, y cuando sale habla con un hombre que le dice que aunque no haga el trabajo le tiene que pagar. Por lo que entendemos que parte de darle una lección a este abogado era agredirlo. Desconcertada, va a casa de Nina a hablar con su madre, para poder recordarla juntas.

La madre de Nina le pide que deje de ir a verla, porque no es bueno para ella, ni para Nina, ni para Cassie, esta le pide perdón por dejar a su hija sola, pero la madre de Nina le dice que debe superarlo, porque no hay nada que ninguna de las dos hubieran podido hacer.

Cassie se plantea si su venganza está siendo razonable, si quizás el amor que sentía por Nina le está nublando el juicio y si piensa que haciendo todo eso ella va a volver, por lo que tira la libreta y decide acabar con esa parte de mi vida.

Hace las paces con Ryan y afianzan su relación como pareja, comparten muchas cosas juntos, el mismo sentido del humor, se van enamorando lentamente, lo pasan bien, viajan, y parece que Cassie puede dejar sus planes iniciales atrás sin mirar hacia atrás. Incluso le presenta a Ryan a sus padres. Disfruta de la vida por primera vez en 7 años.

Madison va a buscarla a casa de sus padres, está totalmente desmejorada, nerviosa, pero Cassie le dice que no se preocupe que no pasó nada con aquel chico, lo que hace que Madison se tranquilice. La nueva Cassie se disculpa con ella y lamenta lo ocurrido y Madison le dice que tiene algo para ella.

Madison le confiesa que después de su comida no ha podido dejar de pensar en Nina y en lo que pasó, y recuerda que había una grabación del abuso sexual de Nina, que se trató como un cotilleo, entre los compañeros de universidad se pasaron el vídeo. Y Madison le trae su antiguo móvil, para que pueda ver el vídeo, donde se muestra incrédula de que nadie dijera ni hiciera nada y les pareciera gracioso presenciar una violación. Al final le pide a Cassie que no se vuelva a poner en contacto con ella jamás.

Cassie no sabe si hacerlo, pero decide ver el vídeo, es como asomarse a un pozo profundo que le obsesiona. Lo que más impresiona a Cassie de ese horrible vídeo es que Ryan aparece en la grabación, mirando como Alexandre Monroe agrede sexualmente a Nina. Lo que hace que se sienta traicionada y sobrepasada por toda esa información.

PARTE IV

Va a buscar a Ryan al trabajo y le dice que tienen que hablar, le enseña el vídeo y él le confiesa que no recordaba nada, le chantajea con pasarle el vídeo a todo el mundo si no le dice donde va a ser la despedida de soltero de Alexandre Monroe. Ryan le da la dirección y se disculpa, además de admitir que la quiere, pero lo que realmente le preocupa es que se lo cuente a todo el mundo. Antes de que ella se vaya y no le perdone, Ryan le dice que si pretende que no sea médico como ella y acabe siendo un fracasado.

Cassandra se presenta en la despedida de Alexandre Monroe, vestida de enfermera "caliente" dispuesta a su acto final y de colocar a todos esos hombres en su sitio, pero sobre todo, desea poner en su sitio a Al.

Va directa a la habitación con él y lo ataca con esposas a la cama, y le pide explicaciones de lo que sucedió con Nina, Al sabe que Nina está muerta, Cassi sabe que es muy común echarle droga en la bebida a las chicas, por lo que sabe que drogaron a Nina. Le confronta cuando él dice que fue consentido. Le cuenta como las dos dejaron dejaron la carrera pese a que eran de las mejores, y le cuenta que ser médica siempre fue su ilusión. Y saca un kit donde hay bisturis y tijeras donde poder vengarse. Pero, Al acaba ahogando a Cassandra con la almohada y entre él y su amigo Joe deciden hacerla desaparecer.

Ante la desaparición de Cassandra y ante lo inestable que estaba muchos consideran que es posible que se suicidara y Ryan apoya esta teoria para no tener que dar explicaciones. Él día de la boda de Alexandre Monroe, en el banquete, Ryan recibe un mensaje de Cassandra que está programado. Mientras las sirenas de policía se aproximan a donde están.

A la vez Cassandra le envía al abogado arrepentido, el móvil con el vídeo y la carta donde explica donde va a estar. Descubren el cuerpo incinerado de Cassandra cerca de la casa donde se celebró la despedida de soltero. Mientras Al y Joe intentan huir corriendo.

"La pelicula me gusta mucho, me flipa el papel de justiciera y como reparte esa justicia sin violencia, sino, dándoles otro punto de vista a los que no quisieron ver la situación de Nina, me gusta como se trata el abuso de Nina y como dejan entre ver que no pudo más y que se suicidó. Me gusta el personaje de Cassie y como acepta su final como el único posible después de su decepción con Ryan y de no poder perdonale lo que permitió que pasara. Me resulta injusto que cuando al fin logra estar interesada y presente en su vida se tuerza su camino, dejándole, solo, volver a su desquiciada venganza como única solución y sobre todo, odio el final, no me parece un final digno para Cassie, debía de haber podido completar su venganza, pero si algo nos enseña esta pelicula es que la vida no es justa."

[charmedbuffy]

crying cause why did i guess right away that sandy cohen was gonna be schmidt’s father

[antiquatedplumbobs]

Spring 1916

~an excerpt from Elsie Sewell's private diary~

Spring has arrived! The calendar has been saying it had been here for weeks, but today it really and truly made its presence known. The east field is awash with flowers and I simply had to stop and pick a bouquet, they had the sweetest scent and the most delicate yellow petals. Mamma was rather irritated that it made me a bit late coming home, but I can't very much see why. I was back with plenty of time to prepare supper (she had an Aide Society meeting) and the house smelled ever so sweet as I did. No one complained about my victual offerings either.

I am quite pleased to be done with the schoolhouse; sums and grammar were always ever so boring and pointless. It is ever so much better to spend the day with work that actually has to be done, rather than made up to torture us. I enjoy most housework, cooking and sewing in particular, but laundry... There's something about that specific task I have not yet resigned myself too.

I think we all have that particular chore that we dislike more than the others, though none of the adults will admit so to my face. Laundry is a necessary evil though, or we should all go around naked, as Adam and Eve did in the garden of Eden, and the climate her could never allow such an indulgence, so laundry we must do. 

It does feel good to be helping around the house more and take some of the burden off Mamma; I can't imagine how she did all this work on her own for years, it's quite a lot between the two of us. Despite my continued propensity to "dawdle" as Mamma puts it, she still sends me on all the errands, I think she likes having the house to herself just as much I like the walk into town. Sometimes Lydia accompanies me if her mother also needs something fetched.

The general store is the best store in town, it's filled floor to ceiling with everything you could ever need. Dottie's always mighty pleased to see us and if she's busy Mr. and Mrs. Greenfield are always so sweet to me. Sometimes Mr. Greenfield slips me penny candy in with my orders with a little wink.

Dottie, Lydia and I don't see each other as much as when we were in school, but now that we're older when we're finished with chores and housework we have so much more freedom to go on walks or sit down by the inlet. The sun hits the old dock down there in the afternoon and it's so pleasant, especially if there's a breeze coming off the water.

We chat about anything and everything; Dottie always has all the news of the town since she talks to just about everyone at the general store. Mamma says it's wrong to gossip, but she always says that after I've given her all the news. Lydia is such a hoot, she has the strongest opinions on everything and everyone. Just the other day she was informing (lecturing one might say) us on the proper etiquette for accepting a proposal; according to Mrs. Parr proper young ladies should never accept their first proposal, they must refuse and wait for the man to ask again, that's how she'll know he's serious and will make a good husband. Apparently she turned Mr. Parr down thrice. Dottie and I both thought that was completely silly. Mamma said yes to her first proposal and she seems quite content with her lot.

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[elitehanitje]

Vince McMahon Sabotaged Christian Cage's Career

In February 2009, Christian made his surprising return to WWE and debuted on the ECW brand. The moment was exciting for fans, as Christian had made a big name for himself during his nearly four-year stint with TNA Wrestling.

Some fans don't look back on the moment fondly though, as commentator Todd Grisham didn't have much enthusiasm in his voice for the return of a legend. As it turns out, Vince McMahon himself instructed Grisham to have a low demeanor about Christian's return to the company.

Right before I walked out of the Gorillia position before the show. Vince McMahon called me over and said, “When Christian walks out..don’t get excited at all simply say ‘it’s Christian’ and that’s it. Understand me?” Me: “Yes sir”

Tony Khan responded to Grisham's post, calling the behavior insane.

In a recent interview, Kurt Angle stated that there isn't much difference between Vince McMahon and the character of 'Mr. McMahon'.

Reacting to a post criticizing his commentary on X, Grisham recalled the infamous moment. The former WWE personality detailed how McMahon ordered him to say those exact words when Christian returned. Grisham could do nothing but accept and follow his boss’ instructions. Over the years, this moment has become a running online joke. 

For some reason, McMahon never saw Christian as a potential main-event talent in WWE. Therefore, Captain Charisma failed to reach similar heights as his best friend, Edge (Adam Copeland). Even after winning his first World Heavyweight Championship, the Canadian star ended up losing the belt in five days. 

The story reignited the long-standing debate around McMahon's supposed dislike of Christian (rumors mentioned that Jay wasn't a yes-man and didn't want to be involved with any shenanigans backstage involving Vince and his bullying/harassment way).

The latter was once one-half of his most profitable tag-team stable with Edge. However, following their diversion into single competitors, the former 'Captain Charisma' was never treated as a prized asset.

Former WWE star Lance Storm confirmed the official WWE program incorrectly billed Christian at 5’ 10” when the man whose real name is William Reso is 3-4 inches taller.

McMahon's old WWE lead writer Alex Greenfield later revealed the billionaire once pitched to have Christian's face covered by a blue dot.

"Right before I started, there was a big show, I think it might have been in Toronto. Christian was just so completely over, and everybody thought he was going to get a push at, I think it was the World Heavyweight Championship at that point. We were on the plane one time shortly after I started, and Vince was just like 'God damn, I just don't like his face. His face really bothers me.'

"I was like, 'He's ugly, Vince?'

'No, it's not that he's ugly, it's just, I don't know, it's ratty!"

WWE executive Bruce Pritchard even waded in on the theory, by explaining McMahon was never a major fan. "[Vince] didn’t feel that [Christian] had the personality to connect with the audience in a big way. He didn’t think he was larger than life and at that time Vince wanted the top guys needed to be larger than life. You needed to be The Rock, needed to be Stone Cold, you needed to be Undertaker. Every time you would come up with an idea for Edge or Christian it would be like okay, there is a lot of excitement there with Edge."

"‘Oh by God, we could do this with him. We could do this with him, a big good-looking bastard and then we’d get to Christian and it would just be, ‘Ugh, God, do we have to shoot him? Do we have to see that face? The fuck’s he gonna say?!’"

Even after winning his first World Heavyweight Championship, Christian ended up losing the belt within five days.

He inducted long-term partner Edge into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012 but is conspicuous by his own absence from the list over a decade later. The veteran wasn't offered a new WWE contract following a separate return at the Royal Rumble in 2021.

He has since found a home in AEW under Tony Khan's leadership, who reacted to Grisham's story further in an additional post that read: "Christian Cage is the man."

[thelostsmiles]

Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman to Star in "‘The Roses", directed by Jay Roach 

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman): successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.

“The Roses is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story,” said Searchlight President Matthew Greenfield. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

“We are thrilled to be working on this very special film with such an incredible team,” stated SunnyMarch’s Ackland. “We have been long admirers of Jay’s work and his vision and passion to tell this story is incredibly inspiring.”

Shared South of the River’s Colman and Sinclair, “We have been cooking this up with our friends at SunnyMarch for some time, and it has been an absolute thrill to see it spring into life under Jay’s passionate and thoughtful guidance. He and Tony are a match made in cinematic comedy heaven.”

Cumberbatch is producing under his SunnyMarch banner with the company’s Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland. Colman will produce under Her South of the River banner with partners Ed Sinclair and Tom Carver.

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[thebigsartorialist]

“What’s your workout routine?”

“I just add a weight on to an umbrella then walk around shaking it at young whippersnappers”

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Suit: Martin Greenfield

Tie: Italo Ferretti

Hat: Bates

Socks: Stacy Adams

Shoes: Allen Edmonds

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[royalenbydisaster666]

Book boys I’d sell my little brother for:

No one, as much as we fight, i love him

•Maxon Schreave

•Percy Jackson

•Leo Valdez

•King Grey of Emberfall

•Ravi Singh

•Prince Henry

•Adam Carlsen

•Cardan Greenbriar

•Seth Gray

•Jesper Fahey

•Wylan van Eck

•Baz Grimm-Pitch

•Bram Greenfield

•Julian Diaz

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in July 2024 🌈

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats, and happy July! Pride Month may be over, but remember: Read Queer ALL Year. Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Happy reading!

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❤️ Earth to Alis - Lex Carlow 🧡 Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts - Adam Sass 💛 The Sky on Fire - Jenn Lyons 💚 The Meaning of Liberty - Sage Donnell 💙 Making It - Laura Kay 💜 The Black Bird of Chernobyl - Ann McMan ❤️ A Map of My Want - Faylita Hicks 🧡 The Devil You Know - Ali Vali 💛 The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power - Various 💙 The Second Son - Adrienne Tooley 💜 Cursed Under London - Gabby Hutchinson Crouch 🌈 Forbidden Girl - Kristen Zimmer

❤️ Rise - Freya Finch �� Undercurrent - Patricia Evans 💛 Online Rebellion - Blue Matt Jeff 💚 Wolf Gift - T.J. Nichols 💙 Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream - Tehlor Kay Mejia 💜 Miller: Origin - Starr Z. Davies ❤️ The Shadows Beyond - T.J. Rose 🧡 The Ones Who Come Back Hungry - Amelinda Bérubé 💛 Their Viscountess - Jess Michaels 💙 Fast Holiday - Kerry Lockhart 💜 The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky - Josh Galarza 🌈 The West Passage - Jared Pechaček

❤️ The Hades Calculus - Maria Ying 🧡 Misrecognition - Madison Newbound 💛 One Last Summer - Kristin Keppler 💚 Waypoint Seven - Xan van Rooyen 💙 Hiding Him - Adam Hattan 💜 Thousand Autumns - Meng Xi Shi, Me.Mimo ❤️ The Adventure Zone, Vol. 6: The Suffering Game - Various 🧡 Rowan & Aldred - Lucie Fleury 💛 Yoke of Stars - R.B. Lemberg 💙 Casting Vows - Ariella Talix 💜 Count Felford's Vessel - S. Rodman

❤️ The Actor and His Secret - Ben Alderson, Laura R. Samotin 🧡 How To Die Famous - Benjamin Dean 💛 So Witches We Became - Jill Baguchinsky 💚 The Amazing Alpha Tau Romeo and Juliet Project - Lisa Henry, Sarah Honey 💙 The Noble’s Merman - S.S. Genesee 💜 The Loudest Silence - Sydney Langford ❤️ Life is Strange - Brittney Morris 🧡 Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle 💛 I Will Never Leave You - Kara A. Kennedy 💙 The Blonde Dies First - Joelle Wellington 💜 Under the Lupine Moon - A. Knightley

❤️ Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf - Deke Moulton 🧡 Charlotte Illes Is Not a Teacher - Katie Siegel 💛 The Ghostkeeper - Johanna Taylor 💚 Trespass Against Us - Leon Kemp 💙 Exes & Foes - Amanda Woody 💜 The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl - Bart Yates ❤️ Unbound - J.A. Vodvarka 🧡 StreamLine - Lauren Melissa Ellzey 💛 Time and Time Again - Chatham Greenfield 💙 No Road Home - John Fram 💜 Queen B - Juno Dawson 🌈 A Darker Mischief - Derek Milman

❤️ Beautiful & Terrible Things - S.M. Stevens 🧡 Benvolio & Mercutio Turn Back Time - Elle Beaumont, Lou Wilham 💛 About Last Night - Laura Henry 💚 You Had Me at Happy Hour - Timothy Janovsky 💙 Moonbane - Jamie Jennings 💜 Between Fate & Failure - Amber D. Lewis ❤️ Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System - Robin Jo Margaret 🧡 Between Dragons and Their Wrath - Devin Madson 💛 Twisted Magic - Barbara J. Webb 💙 Rare Birds - L.B. Hazelthorn 💜 At the End of the River Styx - Michelle Kulwicki 🌈 Origin Story - Jendi Reiter

❤️ Eras of Us - Shannon O'Connor 🧡 Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema - Willow Maclay, Caden Gardner 💛 A Wolf in Stone - Jane Fletcher 💚 Toward Eternity - Anton Hur 💙 Portrait of a Shadow - Meriam Metoui 💜 Anyone's Ghost - August Thompson ❤️ Home Ice Advantage - Ari Baran 🧡 Unbelievable You - Chelsea M. Cameron 💛 Incorrect Eyes - Andromeda Ruins