#Anthony McGowan

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#60 Misha

Book name: Dogs of the Deadlands Author: Anthony McGowan

He looks a lot like his mother, just more gray-toned and with a pink nose.

I really wanna design Bratan as well since he's one of my favorite characters, however then I'd have to figure out how to edit the lineart for his misshapen hind legs.

Lineart by Tuketi (DeviantArt)

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Title: Pike | Author: Anthony McGowan | Publisher: Barrington Stoke (2015)

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Lark: A Novel

By Anthony McGowan.

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New book review!

Dogs of the Deadlands by Anthony McGowan

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Tell me more about rain dove?

I mean, there's not a lot more to say than what I already said. In the mid-2010s, Rain Dove was like the first like really popular nonbinary "influencer." At least, the first super popular one that I remember. They would post on insta/Twitter posts like "messages between me and the conservative woman who accused my internet presence of turning her son trans." There was one time where they alleged that they'd been pepper sprayed in a public restroom and that the person who'd done it had sent them DMs. Or people would "reach out" to them about their own experiences or asking for help to support family/friends that had come out. At one point, Rain Dove was popular enough that they got asked to do TedTalks about being nonbinary. They claimed to have gone to Berkeley for Genetic Engineering. They claimed that they were a fire fighter and fought the really bad wild fires in California. A few years later, turns out Rain totally lied about being a fire fighter, lied about going to Berkeley, lied about their degree, etc. So then it was like, "Well, if you lied about all that, what else did you lie about?" And it turns out a lot of the claims about conversations and run ins with transphobes that they allegedly had don't actually hold up under a microscope.

At one point, they'd posted an apology video, but I can't find it now (I'll post it if I find it). I guess my point is just that knowing all of that about them, it makes me wonder about their motives and the validity of some of their most recent comment, claims, and actions regarding Gaza and Palestine.

I'm not saying they're lying about anything now, but I am saying that maybe we should take what they say with a generous grain of salt and a critical lense.

EDIT: The "Exposing Myself: Sharing Secrets and Lies" video has been made private.

Here is an NBC article about all this.

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Brawler (2019)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

I have an idea. I’m going to tell you about 2019's The Brawler and you can tell me who you think it’s for. There is an audience for this movie but it's incredibly narrow, and not the one the filmmakers hoped for.

Based on the true story, Chuck Wepner (Zach McGowan) is a small-time boxer who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when Muhammad Ali (Jerrod Page) challenges him for the heavyweight championship title. His story makes him a celebrity among the locals and catches the eye of Sylvester Stallone (Anthony Mangano), who thinks it would make a great film. Unfortunately, his newfound stardom plunges Chuck into a downward spiral of substance abuse and poor decisions.

If you like the Rocky franchise and hope to get “a little more” by watching the story that inspired it, this film will disappoint you. At first, "The Brawler" follows the 1976 Oscar-winner nearly beat-for-beat with a few key differences. Firstly, Chuck is already married to Phyllis (Taryn Manning). Secondly, his rough-around-the-edges manager (Joe Pantoliano) isn’t all that lovable and has no memorable lines. Third and most importantly, our protagonist is 0% likeable. You have to admire the film for showing a “warts and all” portrait of the real-life boxer but if you’re going to show the man’s flaws and your objective isn’t to assassinate his character… try to show some good facets of his personality. Sloppy, dumb, unfaithful, apparently eager to abandon his three children (I think there were three, they get so little screen time I can’t be sure) and always insistent that none of what happens to him is his fault, you don’t cheer for Chuck. Ever.

The film is fundamentally flawed in that it keeps reminding you, over and over, of two movies you’d rather be watching: Rocky and Rocky II. In fact, Chuck receives a role in Rocky II from what is undoubtedly the worst Stallone lookalike you’ve ever seen. Director Ken Kushner does his best - for a while - by shooting Anthony Mangano (at least 30 pounds too heavy and way too old for the part) from a distance, in a hoodie, with sunglasses or with all three but eventually, the “real” Rocky and the movie Rocky come face-to-face and you’ll be embarrassed for everyone involved. Their Mohammad Ali wasn’t very good. James Diian Bonavia as André the Giant was worse but by comparison, they're mirror images.

So is the film for boxing fans who have never seen Rocky? Maybe, as long as they can tolerate poorly choreographed and poorly shot fight scenes. The camera twists and twirls so much it could make anyone look like a prized fighter. Even with these tricks, it’s obvious the punches are not connecting with any force.

For drama fans, then? ‘Fraid not. At 95 minutes, there’s too much material covered for anything to have any emotional resonance. There is no through line, no lesson for Chuck to learn and no character arcs. It’s simply a checklist of events until the film ends. The conclusion is supposed to leave you feeling good but there’s no way you will because it’s unearned. That’s how bad this film is; even if you separate yourself emotionally from the movies it reminds you of, you dislike Chuck so much you don’t want him to win in the end.

No one wants to see a movie about a screw-up that’s not self-aware. They certainly don’t want to see one that's badly shot & edited, with lousy performances and a sloppy story. So who is The Brawler for? People who like comparing good and bad movies. Here’s what you do. Week 1, you watch Rocky and the Here Comes the Boom. Now you see how a boxing underdog story can be done well, and not-so-well. Week 2, Rocky II and then The Brawler. Now you've seen how to follow up one of the greatest sports movies of all time with a solid sequel and how you REALLY shouldn’t tell a boxing story. (June 19, 2020)

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Rose McGowan by Anthony Mandler, 2001

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my headcanons for genshin characters' full names (plus some canon ones lol) ^-^

Travelers:

Aether Sirius Viator

Lumine Spica Viator

Paimon Alycone Merope

Mondstadt:

Albedo Erich Kreideprinz

Amber Ida Hasenkamp-Xia

Astrologist Mona Magdalena Megistus

Barbara “Barbie” Liselotte Pegg

Bennett Anselm Mallory

Dahlia Bram Batz

Diluc Bastian Ragnvindr

Diona Dafni Kätzlein

Eula Babette Lawrence

Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort

Jeanette “Jean” Elke Gunnhildr

Kaeya Rivaan Alberich / Ragnvindr

Klee Käthe Kessler

Lisa Fiorella Minci

Michael “Mika” Clemens Schmidt

Noelle Petra Desroche

Razor Rolf Minci

Rosaria Karoline Nacht

Vanda “Sucrose” Anneliese Hertz

Varka Johann Bahl

Venti Detlef Daiber / Barbatos

Liyue:

Bai Chongyun

Cai Yanfei

Dai Yaoyao

Ding Xiao

Fei Xingqiu

Hu Tao

Huang Zhongli / Morax / Rex Lapis / Deus Auri

Lei Beidou

Lu Xinyan

Luo Ganyu

Luo Shenhe

Luo Xianyun

Mao Xiangling

Xue Baizhu

Xue Qiqi

Yan Yelan

Yao Ningguang

Yip Gaming

Yun Jin

Zhuang Keqing

Inazuma:

Arataki Itto

Kaedehara Kazuha

Kamisato Ayaka

Kamisato Ayato

Koizumi Chiori

Kujou Sara

Kuki Shinobu

Naganohara Yoimiya

Nekoba Kirara

Raiden Ei / Beelzebul

Raiden Shogun

Sangonomiya Kokomi

Shikanoin Heizou

Shikanoin Sayu

Takeishi Gorou

Thomas Oskar Rothschild / Akatsuki Thoma

Yae Miko

Sumeru:

Al-Haitham ibn Jamir ibn Zaid Sader

Candace bint Hamza ibn Ahmar Asim

Collei bint Tighnari ibn Zayd Habib

Cyno Cyrus Bamoun El-Hafez

Dehya bint Kusayla ibn Malek Hashim

Dori Yildiz / “Dori Sangemah Bay”

Faruzan Azimi

Imai Kunimitsu (Wanderer)

Kaveh Roshan

Layla Yildiz

Nahida Ijaz / Lesser Lord Kusanali / Buer

Nilou Golshan

Sethos Cyrus Bamoun El-Abdelfatteh

Tighnari ibn Zayd ibn Kyree Jubran

Fontaine:

Charlotte Benoîte LaFramboise

Chevreuse Cosette Caideux

Clorinde Maëlle Archambault

Emilie Rose Lavande

Freminet Corentin Snezhevich

Furina Regine Babineaux / “Furina de Fontaine”

Lynette Veronique Alarie-Snezhevna

Lyney Valentin Alarie-Snezhevich

Marion Devereaux Neuvillette

Navia Reine Caspar

Sigewinne Elyna Arquette

Warren Gaultier Wriothesley

Natlan:

Chasca Rivas

Citlali Xahuentitla

Iansan Kẹyinde

Kachina Nanatzcayan

Kinich Canek

Mavuika Whakatāne / Haborym

Mualani Ka’aukai

Oluwatoke Kọlade

Xilonen Nocelotl

Fatui (pretty much all of these will change as the game progresses):

Ajax Klimentovich Melnik / Tartaglia

Ceylse Aurelia Valerian / Columbina

Cosette Margot Bourreau / Sandrone

Crepus Arnfried Ragnvindr / Brighella

Jin Chaoxing / Pantalone

Peruere Genevieve Snezhevna / Arlecchino

Raiden Kunikuzushi / Scaramouche

Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter / La Signora

Rurik Vadimovich Vorobyev / Pulcinella

Ulrik Agnar Ingolf / Pierro

Tatiana Snezhevna Agapov / the Tsaritsa

Tlacelel Itzcuintlan / Il Captiano

Zandik Nazeri / Il Dottore

Hexenzirkel (again, will change):

Alice Thekla Kessler / "A"

Anya M. Andersdotter / "M"

Astromancer Barbeloth Oda Trismegistus / "B"

Inessa Ivanova Nikulina / "J"

Nicole Reeyn-Ragnvindr / "N"

Octavia Campana / "O"

Idun “Gold” Rhinedottir / "R"

NPCS!!!

(I HAVE A CLEAR FAVORITE NATION)

Mondstadt NPCs:

Adelinde Nett

Adelram Kreideprinz / Durin

Anna and Anthony Heilbrunn

Charles Schenck

Callirhoe Dupuis

Chloris and Flora Diefenbach

Cyrus Laukkanen

Donna Fenimore

Draff Kätzlein

Edith Rayne / Dr. Edith

Ella Musk

Ellin Sheridan

Elzer Boivin

Eury and Nimrod Poirot

Glory Taggart

Godwin Cross

Grace Kappel

Herrik Huffman

Hertha Bonamy

Maeve Livingstone / Dr. Livingstone

Margaret Winfrey

Marjorie Brightwen

Mellan König / Decarabian

Neven Gale / Dvalin

Patchi Driscoll

Patton Schüttmann

Sara Küchler

Siegfria Knochenmus

Timaeus Kloet

Vennessa Aguilar

Victoria Strohkirch

Vile Gagnon

Wagner McGowan

Liyue NPCs:

Gao Haixia / Beisht

Gao Shui / Osial

Huichen Guizhong / Haagentus

Mao Chaoxiang / Chef Mao

Mao Guoba / Marchosius / God of the Stove

Qui Tianlong / Azhdaha

Yi Nuo / Havria

Inazuma NPCs:

Arataki Takuya

Hinoyama Enjou

Raiden Makoto / Baal

Sumeru NPCs:

Amun Al-Ahmar / Deshret

Lilavati Trygve Alberich (post-marriage)'/ Lilavati Kartik Mishra (pre-marriage) / Kaeya's Mom

Nabu Malikata

Parisa Rukkhadevata

Fontaine NPCs:

Alouette Désirée Dupont / Egeria

Elynas Arsène Auclair

Fanchone Océane de Fontaine / Focalors

Remus Berceuse Adagio

all melusines (aside from sigewinne) have the surname "Auclair"

Snezhnaya NPCs:

Aleksander Klimentovich Melnik

Andronika Klimentevna Melnik

Anton Klimentovich Melnik

Teucer Klimentovich Melnik

Theodor Klimentovich Melnik

Tonia Klimentevna Melnik

Khaenri'ah NPCs:

Anfortas Asgeir Alberich

Caribert Alvar Alberich

Chlothar Flosi Alberich

Dainsleif Olan Asketill

Halfdan Munin Lien

Trygve Einar Alberich / Kaeya's Dad

Vedrfolnir Asketill / "the Sinner"

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Rose McGowan photographed by Anthony Mandler, 2002

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James Radley Mattioli, Daniel Conner Mauser, Sophie Jane “Soph” Lockwood-North, Chase Michael-Anthony Kowalski, Matthew Joseph “Matt” Kechter, Stephanie Dawn Johnson, Ross William Irvine, Dylan Christopher Jack Hockley, Steven Robert “Steve” Curnow, Rachel Joy Scott, Hannah Louise Scott, William David “Dave” Sanders, Reema Joseph Samaha, Daniel Lee “Danny” Rohrbough, Noah Samuel Pozner, Jack Armistead Pinto, John Alexander Petrie, Anne Marie McGowan Murphy, Daniel Vincent Parmertor, Brett McKinnon, James Radley Mattioli, Daniel Conner Mauser, Benjamin Andrew “Ben” Wheeler, Kyle Albert Velasquez, Britthney Ryen Varner-Wilson, Megan Turner, Lauren Dawn “Lulu” Townsend, John Robert Tomlin, Araceli “Ara” Tena, Victoria Leigh “Vicki” Soto, Jeremiah Small, Isaiah Eamon “Bushwick” Shoels, Mary Joy Greene Sherlach, Allison Noelle “Allie” Wyatt, Shannon Dawn Williams Wright,

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Birthdays 3.14

Beer Birthdays

Anthony J. McGowan (1869)

Brad Kraus

Five Favorite Birthdays

Michael Caine; actor (1933)

Billy Crystal; actor, comedian (1947)

Albert Einstein; physicist (1879)

Meagan Follows; actor (1968)

Casey Jones; railroad engineer (1864)

Famous Birthdays

Eva Angelina; porn actor (1985)

Diane Arbus; photographer (1923)

Les Baxter; singer, bandleader (1922)

Frank Borman; astronaut (1928)

Les Brown; bandleader (1912)

Eugene "Gene" Cernan; astronaut (1934)

Pierre-Louis Couperin; composer (1755)

Hannah Cowley; writer (1743)

Rick Dees; radio D.J. (1951)

Paul Ehrlich; bacteriologist (1854)

Victor Emmanuel II; 1st king of Italy (1820)

Horton Foote; playwright, screenwriter (1916)

Adolph Gottlieb; artist (1903)

Sasha Grey; porn actor (1988)

Jerry Greenfield; co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (1951)

Quincy Jones; record producer (1933)

Hank Ketchum; cartoonist (1920)

Laura Leighton; actor (1969)

Brianna Love; porn actor (1985)

Thomas Malory; writer (c. 1405; date of death, 1471)

Isadore Gilbert Mudge; librarian (1875)

Peter Musschenbroek; Dutch physicist (1692)

Arthur O'Shaughnessy; British poet (1844)

Walter Parazaider; rock woodwinds, "Chicago" (1945)

Kirby Puckett; Minnesota Twins CF (1960)

Meredith Salenger; actor (1970)

Giovanni Schiaparelli; astronomer (1835)

Shirley Scott; jazz/blues organist (1934)

Max Shulman; writer (1919)

Johann Strauss; composer (1804)

Georg Telemann; composer (1681)

Edward Tufte; designer (1942)

Rita Tushingham; actor (1942)

Jerry Jeff Walker; country singer (1942)

Tad Williams; writer (1957)

Kevin Williamson; screenwriter (1965)

Adrian Zmed; actor (1954)

[one-with-the-tree]

#59 Zoya

Book name: Dogs of the Deadlands Author: Anthony McGowan

She came out a bit too purple but I'm not gonna go back and change it now. 

It's a bit hard to see but she has heterochromia.

Lineart by Tuketi (DeviantArt)

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Title: Brock | Author: Anthony McGowan | Publisher: Barrington Stoke (2013)

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Get to know you game! Answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better.

thank you for the tag @majorbaby ! <3 :)

Last song I listened to: trouble , cage the elephant

Currently reading:

— how to teach philosphy to your dog , anthony mcgowan

— pride and prejudice , jane austen

Currently watching:

— mash , of course :)

— house md , james wilson has got my ass in a fucking chokehold

— star trek tos , sporadically though . i’ve seen it all the way through multiple times so it’s mainly background noise while i study

— i plan on watching vertigo tonight , also !! i love old movies , give me recs if you have any 🙏

Currently obsessed with:

— honestly ? house 😭 the last time i was home my mom watched like eight episodes with me or smth like that over the weekend . i don’t know what type of grip medical dramas have on me but i love all of them . also any hawktrap content . those two will be the end of me i fucking swear

sum mutuals ! : @isaidilovedu2death @olive-drab-punk @rescue-ram @thebreakfastgenie @animnightmare anyone else who wants to do it ofc !

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MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK (2022)

Featuring archival footage of Alfred Hitchcock, Carole Lombard, Julie Andrews, Sean Connery, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Newman, Tippi Hedren, Janet Leigh, James Mason, Grace Kelly, Shirley MacLaine, James Stewart, Bruce Dern, Doris Day, Anthony Perkins, Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Laurence Olivier, John Wayne, Ingrid Bergman and Kim Novak.

Written by Mark Cousins.

Directed by Mark Cousins.

Distributed by Cohen Media Group. 120 minutes. Not Rated.

In the 44 years since Alfred Hitchcock’s death, his personal reputation has taken a bit of a beating. He has been called unusual and weird (which, honestly, was kind of his brand from the start). He has been accused of being inappropriately cruel and occasionally pervy with some of his leading ladies. Tippi Hedren in particular has accused him of sexual harassment. There are also stories of inappropriate talk on set and mistreatment of his crew. It was a different era and there were different mores, still, some of the stories sound extremely bad in the modern era.

However, no one has ever questioned the fact that Hitchcock was a fantastic filmmaker. Even his nickname – The Master of Suspense – does not quite give him enough credit for the revolutionary changes he made in cinema in a career that lasted over 50 years, in which he filmed well over 50 movies. And that isn’t even counting a couple of dozen early shorts and features which he wrote or co-wrote, but didn’t direct, or films where he worked in the art department, or even one he produced. Plus, he was the host of two television series (and directed multiple episodes) that lasted for over a decade.

My Name is Alfred Hitchcock is a documentary as an exploration of film theory and methods. And it shows, once again, that Hitchcock was not just the Master of Suspense, he was a master filmmaker and storyteller.

In the opening credits, the film says it is written and narrated by Alfred Hitchcock. It sounds just like Hitchcock’s very distinctive voice, and much of what is said seems to be valid to Hitchcock’s work. However, quickly you notice things that are… well, impossible (or at least highly unlikely) for the director to have said… including some stuff about things that happened after his death. The film fesses up in the end credits and acknowledges that the narration was not actually written by Hitchcock (director and film historian Mark Cousins wrote it), and the director’s voice is being done by British impressionist and comedian Alistair McGowan.

However, like the film says, it does not make the things you learn about Hitchcock any less real.

In My Name is Alfred Hitchcock his work is not broken down chronologically, but instead looked at thematically. In fact, the documentary is cut up into six distinct sections: Escape, Desire, Loneliness, Time, Fulfillment and Height.

During these sections multiple clips of Hitchcock’s classic films – like Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, Rope, The Lodger, as well as lesser-known works like The Pleasure Garden, The Farmer’s Wife, Juno & the Peacock, Torn Curtain and Family Plot – are used to demonstrate the filmmaker’s obsessions with these subjects, as well as the theatrical tricks which he used to convey them.

It is a deep dive into the filmmaker’s work, and it shows what a truly great filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock was. His quality as a man is still up for debate, but My Name is Alfred Hitchcock is proof-positive of his excellence as an artist.

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2024 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 25, 2024.