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starry-sky-stuff · 3 years

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Lion Primaries Pairings

Explanation: The character on the left side has the sorting of the heading and their love interest on the right side has the sorting in the parenthesis. Inside the square brackets is the piece of media the characters are from.

Lion/Lion (36):

Cordelia Chase {Lion/Lion} + Angel {Snake/Badger} [Angel]

Leia Organa {Lion/Lion} + Han Solo {Snake/Lion} [Star Wars]

Ron Weasley {Lion/Lion} + Hermione Granger {Lion/Bird} [Harry Potter]

Gale {Lion/Lion} + Katniss Everdeen {Snake/Lion} [Hunger Games}

Pocahontas {Lion/Lion} + John Smith {Badger/Lion} [Disney]

Petunia Dursley {Lion/Lion} + Vernon Dursley {Badger/Bird} [Harry Potter]

Chloe Decker {Lion/Lion} + Lucifer Morningstar {Badger/Snake} [Lucifer]

Thor {Lion/Lion} + Jane Foster {Bird/Lion} [MCU]

Lady Lucie {Lion/Lion} + Tristan Ballentin {Snake/Bird} [League of Extraordinary Women]

Rikki {Lion/Lion} + Zane {Snake/Lion} [H2O]

Emma Woodhouse {Lion/Lion} + Mr Knightley {Snake/Badger} [Emma]

Alanna {Lion/Lion} + George {Snake/Badger} [Song of the Lioness]

Tyler Lockwood {Lion/Lion} + Caroline Forbes {Snake/Lion} [TVD]

Alina Starkov {Lion/Lion} + Mal Oretsev {Snake/Badger} [Grishaverse]

Jesper Fahey {Lion/Lion} + Wylan van Eck {Lion/Bird} [Grishaverse]

Emily Gilmore + Richard Gilmore {Snake/Badger} [Gilmore Girls]

Cordelia Chase + Xander Harris {Lion/Badger} [BtVS]

Amanita + Nomi {Lion/Badger} [Sense 8]

Riley + Will {Badger/Bird} [Sense 8]

Lily Evans + James Potter {Snake/Lion} [Harry Potter]

Sophie + Howl {Badger/Snake} [Howls’ Moving Castle (Book)]

Sophie + Howl {Lion/Lion} [Howls’ Moving Castle (Film)]

Tenth Doctor {Lion/Lion} + Rose Tyler {Snake/Lion} [Doctor Who]

Anna {Lion/Lion} + Kristoff {Snake/Badger} [Disney]

Prince Naveen {Lion/Lion} + Tiana {Snake/Badger} [Disney]

Othello {Lion/Lion} + Desdemona {Snake/Badger} [Shakespeare]

Shahrzad {Lion/Lion} + Khalid {Snake/Lion} [The Wrath and the Dawn]

Audrey Rose Wadsworth {Lion/Lion} + Thomas Cresswell {Snake/Bird} [Stalking Jack the Ripper]

Matt Murdock/Daredevil {Lion/Lion} + Karen Page {Lion/Bird} [MCU]

Danny Rand/Iron Fist {Lion/Lion} + Colleen Wing {Bird/Badger} [MCU]

Annabelle Archer {Lion/Lion} + Sebastian Devereaux {Lion/Badger} [League of Extraordinary Women]

Laurel {Lion/Lion} + William {Bird/Badger} [This is Us]

Kat Stratford {Lion/Lion} + Patrick Verona {Snake/Snake} [10 Things I Hate About You]

Amy Pond {Lion/Lion} + Rory Williams {Snake/Badger} [Doctor Who]

Jon Snow {Lion/Lion} + Ygritte {Badger/Lion} [ASOIAF]

Lion/Snake (17):

Padme Amidala {Lion/Snake} + Anakin Skywalker {Snake/Lion} [Star Wars]

Drusilla {Lion/Snake} + Spike {Snake/Snake} [BtVS]

Jaime Lannister {Lion/Snake} + Brienne of Tarth {Badger/Lion} [GOT]

Rhett Butler {Lion/Snake} + Scarlett O’Hara {Snake/Lion} [Gone With the Wind]

Elizabeth Swann {Lion/Snake} + Will Turner {Badger/Lion} [Pirates of the Caribbean]

Princess Jasmine {Lion/Snake} + Aladdin {Snake/Snake} [Disney]

Lyra Belacqua {Lion/Snake} + Will Parry {Snake/Badger} [HDM]

Cosette {Lion/Snake} + Marius {Snake/Lion} [Les Miserables]

Wynonna Earp {Lion/Snake} + Dolls {Bird/Bird} [Wynonna Earp]

Wynonna Earp {Lion/Snake} + Doc Holliday {Snake/Snake} [Wynonna Earp]

Isabelle Lightwood {Lion/Snake} + Raphael Santiago {Bird/Badger} [Shadowhunters]

Lorelai Gilmore {Lion/Snake} + Luke Danes {Lion/Badger} [Gilmore Girls]

Elizabeth Swann {Lion/Snake} + James Norrington {Bird/Badger} [Pirates of the Caribbean]

Olivia {Lion/Snake} + Kevin Pearson {Badger/Badger} [This is Us]

Cleopatra {Lion/Snake} + Antony {Snake/Lion} [Shakespeare]

Jake Peralta {Lion/Snake} + Amy Santiago {Badger/Bird} [Brooklyn Nine-Nine]

Olivia Pope {Lion/Snake} + Fitz {Badger/Badger} [Scandal]

Lion/Bird (14):

Bruce Wayne/Batman {Lion/Bird} + Selina Kyle/Catwoman {Badger/Snake}

Hermione Granger {Lion/Bird} + Ron Weasley {Lion/Lion} [Harry Potter

Mulan {Lion/Bird} + Shang {Lion/Badger} [Disney]

Zoe Washburn {Lion/Bird} + Wash {Badger/Bird} [Firefly]

Lady Sybil {Lion/Bird} + Sam Vimes {Badger/Lion} [Discworld]

Ruby {Lion/Bird} + Sam Winchester {Snake/Lion} [SPN]

Rapunzel {Lion/Bird} + Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert {Snake/Snake} [Disney]

Jackson Whitmore {Lion/Bird} + Lydia Martin {Bird/Bird} [Teen Wolf]

Catherine {Lion/Bird} + Peter {Snake/Lion} [The Great]

Wylan van Eck {Lion/Bird} + Jesper Fahey {Lion/Lion} [Grishaverse]

Kala {Lion/Bird} + Wolfgang {Snake/Badger} [Sense 8]

Kala {Lion/Bird} + Rajan {Snake/Badger} [Sense 8]

Hera Syndulla {Lion/Bird} + Kanan Jarrus {Snake/Lion} [Star Wars]

Cinder {Lion/Bird} + Kai {Badger/Snake} [The Lunar Chronicles]

Lion/Badger (17):

Steve Rogers {Lion/Badger} + Peggy Carter {Lion/Lion} [MCU]

Steve Rogers {Lion/Badger} + Sharon Carter {Bird/Bird} [MCU]

Castiel {Lion/Badger} + Dean Winchester {Badger/Bird} [SPN]

Tom Branson {Lion/Badger} + Sybil Crawley {Badger/Lion} [Downton Abbey]

Dan Humphrey {Lion/Badger} + Serena van der Woodsen {Bird/Lion} [Gossip Girl]

Dan Humphrey {Lion/Badger} + Blair Waldorf {Snake/Badger} [Gossip Girl]

Eve {Lion/Badger} + Mazikeen {Snake/Lion} [Lucifer]

Leslie Knope {Lion/Badger} + Ben Wyatt {Bird/Bird} [Parks & Recreation]

Snow White/Mary Margarte {Lion/Badger} + Prince Charming/David {Badger/Lion} [Once Upon a Time]

Luke Danes {Lion/Badger} + Lorelai Gilmore {Lion/Snake} [Gilmore Girls]

Xander Harris {Lion/Badger} + Cordelia Chase {Lion/Lion} [BtVS]

Xander Harris {Lion/Badger} + Anya {Snake/Snake} [BtVS]

Nomi {Lion/Badger} + Amanita {Lion/Lion} [Sense 8]

Jem Carstairs {Lion/Badger} + Tessa Gray {Bird/Lion} [TID]

Michael Cordero +{Lion/Badger} Jane Villanueva {Badger/Bird} [Jane the Virgin]

Clay Morrow {Lion/Badger} + Gemma Teller {Badger/Snake} [Sons of Anarchy}

Castiel {Lion/Badger} + Meg Masters {Snake/Lion} [SPN]

Sebastian Devereaux {Lion/Badger} + Annabelle Archer {Lion/Lion} [League of Extraordinary Women]

#sortinghatchats #lion primary

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meawslove · 5 years

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Zachary Quinto, Antoni, Chita Rivera & a host of stars celebrate LGBTQ families in NYC

#Antoni_Porowski #Chita_Rivera #Families #Family_Equality_Council #Kelli_OHara #MaryLouise_Parker #The_Prom_Musical #Zachary_Quinto

Broadway and film stars and over ...

#Antoni Porowski #Chita Rivera #families #Family Equality Council #Kelli O’Hara #Mary-Louise Parker #The Prom musical #Zachary Quinto

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mysticalhearth · 4 years

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The King and I - Brazil - 2010 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT: MP4 (HD) CAST: Tuca Andrada (Rei), Cláudia Netto (Anna Leonowens), Luciana Bueno (Lady Thiang), Bianca Tadini (Tumptim) The King and I - North Shore Music Theatre - September-October, 2011 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT: VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Kate Fisher (Anna Leonowens), Lorenzo Lamas (King of Siam), Lisa Yuen (Lady Thiang), Manna Nichols (Tuptim), Joshua Dela Cruz (Lun Tha), Ron Wisniski (Sir Edward Ramsey) NOTES: Proshot. Performed in the round, one camera on a tripod and sound patched in from the soundboard. The King and I - West End Revival - November 29, 2018 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT: MP4 (HD) CAST: Kelli O’Hara (Anna Leonowens), Ken Watanabe (King of Siam), Ruthie Ann Miles (Lady Thiang), Na-Young Jeon (Tuptim), Dean John-Wilson (Lun Tha), Edward Baker-Duly (Sir Edward Ramsey), Jon Chew (Prince Chulalongkorn), Edward Baker-Duly (Captain Orton), Billy Marlow (Louis Leonowens), Takao Osawa (Kralahome), William Michael Lee (Phra Alack) NOTES: Ruthie uses a walking stick throughout to aid her recovery from a previous car accident and loss of her two children. She gives an amazing performance. King Kong - Broadway - August 10, 2019 FORMAT: MP4 (HD) CAST: Christiani Pitts (Ann Darrow), Eric William Morris (Carl Denham), Erik Lochtefeld (Lumpy) NOTES: The full show, recorded from the rear orchestra on a phone. Most of the video is the August 10th recording but occasionally some promotional footage and the February 9th video are edited in to provide other views. The recording starts off with a lot of wandering, shakiness, and washout but gets better somewhat better as it goes on. Still not as good as an actual video filmed with a camera, but it exists. 1920x1080p, 4.29 GB. King Kong - Broadway - October, 2018 (Preview) (House-Cam's master) FORMAT: MP4 (SD) CAST: Christiani Pitts (Ann Darrow), Eric William Morris (Carl Denham), Erik Lochtefeld (Lumpy), Harley Jay (Barman), Rory Donovan (Captain Engelhorn/Chief of Police), Jon Hoche (Voice of Kong) NOTES: Full stage shot with clear audio direct from soundboard. Kinky Boots - Broadway - March 15, 2013 (Preview) (Lanelle's master) FORMAT: VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Stark Sands (Charlie Price), Billy Porter (Lola), Annaleigh Ashford (Lauren), Celina Carvajal (Nicola), Daniel Stewart Sherman (Don), Marcus Neville (George), Jonah Halperin (s/b Young Charlie), Marquise Neal (Young Lola) NOTES: Fun show with a pertinent (but not obtrusive) message, Billy Porter is just amazing. This is somewhat more obstructed than other shows because the person in front was leaning forward and moving a lot, so there's a head in some of the scenes. Some shakiness and wandering in between, particularly at the beginning, but otherwise a good video with nice closeups. Complete show including curtain call. A- Kinky Boots - Broadway - July 17, 2018 (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT: VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: David Cook (Charlie Price), Stephane Duret (s/b Lola), Carrie St Louis (Lauren), Caroline Bowman (Nicola), Daniel Stewart Sherman (Don), Marcus Neville (George), Corey Mach (Harry), Eugene Barry-Hill (Simon Sr.), Stephen Berger (Mr. Price), Adinah Alexander (Milan Stage Manager), Cooper Lantz (Young Charlie), Jesús Del Orden (Young Lola) NOTES: Quite a few latecomers that walk in front but nothing too distracting; otherwise very well filmed HD video with clear picture and sound throughout; great video A Kinky Boots - Broadway - May-August, 2017 FORMAT: MP4 (HD) CAST: Brendon Urie (Charlie Price), J Harrison Ghee (Lola), Taylor Louderman (Lauren) NOTES: Starts at Sex is in the Heel Kinky Boots - First National Tour - April 17, 2016 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT: VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Adam Kaplan (Charlie Price), J Harrison Ghee (Lola), Tiffany Engen (Lauren), Charissa Hogeland (Nicola), Aaron Walpole (Don), Jim J Bullock (George), Josh Tolle (Harry), Shawna M Hamic (Trish), Horace V Rogers (Simon Sr.), Tom Souhrada (Mr. Price), Zach Adkins (Richard Bailey), Patty Lohr (Pat), Annie Edgerton (Milan Stage Manager), Aidan Passaro (Young Charlie), Jomil Elijah Robinson (Young Lola) Kinky Boots - Netherlands Tour - October 27, 2019 FORMAT: MOV (HD) CAST: Jonathan Demoor (Charlie Price), Naidjim Severina (Lola), Vajèn van den Bosch (Lauren), Linda Verstraten (Nicola), Dennis Willekens (Don), Paul Donkers (George), Jeroen Phaff (Mr. Price) Kinky Boots - Pre-Broadway/Chicago - November 4, 2012 (Closing Night) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT: MP4 (HD) CAST: Stark Sands (Charlie Price), Billy Porter (Lola), Annaleigh Ashford (Lauren), Celina Carvajal (Nicola), Daniel Stewart Sherman (Don), Marcus Neville (George), Andy Kelso (Harry), Jennifer Perry (Trish), Tory Ross (Pat) NOTES: Another beautiful HD capture of the last performance in Chicago before Broadway, where it would go on to win the 2013 Tony. This performance has many changes from the other Chicago Dvd of the first performance. Includes the new song written towards the end of the Chicago run and many line changes. Also includes curtain speech by Stark! A+ Kinky Boots - UK Tour - December 26, 2018 (Matinee) (shoeroom's master) FORMAT: MOV (HD) CAST: Joshua St Clair (u/s Charlie Price), Kayi Ushe (Lola), Paula Lane (Lauren), Helen Ternent (Nicola), Demitri Lampra (Don), Adam Price (George), Daniel Conway (u/s Harry), Niki Evans (Trish), Fred Smiley (Simon Sr.), Andy Watkins (Mr. Price), George Grayson (u/s Richard Bailey), Lizzie Bea (Pat), Mary Fox (Maggie), Shaun Dalton (Hooch), Alfie Parker (Mutt), Portia Harry (Gemma Louise), Scarlet Gabriel (Milan Stage Manager), John Dempsey (Referee), Connor Collins (Angel #1), Toyan Thomas-Brown (Angel #2), John Dempsey (Angel #3), Chileshé Mondelle (Angel #4), Joshua Lovell (Angel #5), Damon Gould (Angel #6) Kinky Boots - UK Tour - September, 2018 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT: MP4 (HD) CAST: Joel Harper-Jackson (Charlie Price), Callum Francis (Lola), Paula Lane (Lauren), Helen Ternent (Nicola), Demitri Lampra (Don), Adam Price (George), Joshua St Clair (Harry), Niki Evans (Trish), Fred Smiley (Simon Sr.), Andy Watkins (Mr. Price), Daniel Conway (Richard Bailey), Lizzie Bea (Pat), Scarlet Gabriel (Milan Stage Manager), Connor Collins (Angel #1), John Dempsey (Angel #2), Damon Gould (Angel #3), Joshua Lovell (Angel #4), Chileshé Mondelle (Angel #5), Toyan Thomas-Brown (Angel #6) Kinky Boots - West End - November 27, 2018 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT: MP4 (HD) CAST: Killian Donnelly (Charlie Price), Matt Henry (Lola), Natalie McQueen (Lauren), Cordelia Farnworth (Nicola), Sean Needham (Don), Antony Reed (George), Jordan Fox (Harry), Anna Stolli (Trish), Robert Grose (Simon Sr.), Graham Kent (Mr. Price), Jonathan Carlton (Richard Bailey), Rosie Glossop (Pat), Emma Odell (Milan Stage Manager), Charlie Underhill (Young Charlie), Temba Mliswa (Young Lola), Jak Allen-Anderson (Angel #1), Jed Berry (Angel #2), Louis Clarke-Clare (Angel #3), Daniel Downing (Angel #4), Jemal Felix (Angel #5), Jon Reynolds (Angel #6), Abbey Addams, Ben Jennings, Ben Larcombe, Christopher Parkinson, David Haydn, Fred Wilcox, Hannah Price, Jude Muir, Kayleb Rene-gray, Keith Higham, Momar Diagne, Olivia Winterflood, Rio Lewis, Robert Jones, Samson Wakayu, Suzie McAdam, Tom Scanlon NOTES: Pro-shot. Filmed live on stage at the Adelphi Theatre (London, England) and distributed commercially. Kiss Me, Kate - British Television Production - April 21, 1964 FORMAT: VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Patricia Morison (Lilli Vanessi / Katharine), Howard Keel (Fred Graham / Petruchio), Isabelle Lucas (Hattie), Millicent Martin (Lois Lane / Bianca), Irving Davies (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio), Eric Barker (Harrison Howell), Danny Green (Gangster / First Man), Bill Owen (Gangster / Second Man) NOTES: This version was rewritten and abbreviated to fit within its 95-minute time slot. A little on the dark side, in black and white with a slight blue tinge, has producer’s counter numbers hard-coded on the screen in the upper third. This version of the show was produced for the launch of a new station in the UK. After months of preparing the launch of the new television station—with it’s brand-new 625 line resolution (until then UK TV’s had a resolution of 405 lines)—the night turned out to be a disaster. 50 minutes before the launch, a fire broke out at a local power station, cutting power to most of London but not the television station. They started the evening’s news show which was to be followed by this broadcast, but it soon became clear that there was no audience, and after a few minutes, the schedule was abandoned. The production was instead shown the next day. The date that’s superimposed on the video is April 20, 1964—the originally scheduled night. It is unclear if this is a fi Kiss Me, Kate - Third Broadway Revival - March, 2019 (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT: VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Kelli O’Hara (Lilli Vanessi / Katharine), Will Chase (Fred Graham / Petruchio), Adrienne Walker (Hattie), James T Lane (Paul), Stephanie Styles (Lois Lane / Bianca), Corbin Bleu (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio), Mel Johnson Jr (Harry Trevor / Baptista), Terence Archie (Harrison Howell), John Pankow (Gangster / First Man), Lance Coadie Williams (Gangster / Second Man) Kruimeltje de musical - The Netherlands - 2012 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT: MP4 (HD) CAST: Joes Brauers (Kruimeltje)

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tabloidtoc · 5 years

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Star, February 3

Cover: Kaia Gerber’s worst nightmare -- pregnant and dumped by Pete Davidson

Page 1: Ken Jennings is the Jeopardy! GOAT

Page 2: Contents, Jennifer Lopez

Page 4: Adele has lost all the weight and friends hope she’ll be able to keep it off

Page 6: Chip and Joanna Gaines have run into an unusual problem while renovating the historic Cottonland Castle -- a ghost, Bruce Springsteen’s son Sam sworn in as a firefighter, Star Spots the Stars -- Antoni Porowski, Vin Diesel, Hailee Steinfeld, Sam Smith, Kelly Ripa and David Muir, Karlie Kloss, Guy Fieri

Page 7: After reports surfaced that Denise Richards and Brandi Glanville had a fling Denise is scrambling to repair her relationship with husband Aaron Phypers, Teresa Giudice seeing a younger mystery man, Gigi Hadid’s mom Yolanda Hadid isn’t happy Gigi has reunited with Zayn Malik seeing him as a control freak and a distraction

Page 8: Star Shots -- Amanda Seyfried at a press conference for Lancome in Tokyo, Kesha and Stephen Colbert, Cara Santana, Lucy Hale films Katy Keene

Page 10: Snoop Dogg in Miami, Tarek El Moussa and girlfriend Heather Rae Young, Victoria Beckham

Page 12: This Is Us stars Chris Sullivan and Sterling K. Brown and Susan Kelechi Watson and Justin Hartley and Mandy Moore and Chrissy Metz at the Winter TCA Press Tour, Sir Patrick Stewart cemented his place at the TCL Chinese Theatre

Page 14: Kirsten Dunst and son Ennis in Auckland, Will Smith and Jimmy Fallon, Rob Lowe at the second annual California Strong celebrity softball game

Page 15: Robert Downey Jr. and Rami Malek and Selena Gomez, Ellen Page at a hockey game

Page 16: 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards -- Zendaya, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, Kristen Bell, Quentin Tarantino and Julia Butters, Saoirse Ronan and Greta Gerwig, Anne Hathaway

Page 18: Sylvester Stallone and daughter Sistine leaving a jewelry store in LA

Page 19: Robert De Niro, Lupita Nyong’o at the National Board of Review awards gala, Melissa Roxburgh of Manifest

Page 20: Normal or Not? Jamie Foxx, Sarah Jessica Parker lugging groceries, Gene Simmons

Page 22: Fashion -- Best of the Week -- Critics’ Choice Award edition -- Rachel Brosnahan, Betty Gilpin

Page 24: Awkwafina, Laura Dern

Page 26: Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost’s wedding on hold -- twice-married Scarlett is worred the third time won’t be a charm and her foot dragging is pushing fiance Colin to the brink

Page 27: Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson are trying for baby #2 now that they’ve rekindled their romance, Jennifer Lopez caught fiance Alex Rodriguez flirting and now she micromanages everything for him

Page 28: Hilaria Baldwin is ready to think about trying to get pregnant again after two devastating miscarriages but husband Alec Baldwin might need some convincing because it gets harder as he gets older to contemplate having more children, Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres are determined to make 2020 their best year yet, Love Bites -- Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler split, Johnathon Schaech and wife Julie Solomon are expecting their second child, David Koechner and wife Leigh split, Audrey and Jeremy Roloff welcomed a son Bode, Molly Bernard engaged to girlfriend Hannah Lieberman

Page 30: Cover Story -- Kaia Gerber is reeling over her split from troubled Pete Davidson

Page 34: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry royal fallout

Page 38: Stars’ Beach Bodies

Page 44: Style -- gym style -- Kate Upton

Page 48: Entertainment

Page 50: Books

Page 60: Parting Shot -- Serena Williams and doubles partner Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open Rally for Relief event to help raise money for those affected by the bushfires in the country

#tabloid #tabloid toc #kaia #kaia gerber #pete davidson #meghan markle #thomas markle #chip and joanna gaines #megxit #sussexit

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moonchildwildheart · 5 years

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thanks for tagging me @chasemisprintedlies not doing a whole lot either 😂 and this looks fun so thank you. sorry it took me a minute

what was the last thing you read?

a top albums of the decade list

favourite movie?

don’t think i have one

favourite book?

gone with the wind

dream date?

a concert for a band we both love would be fun

do you have a crush?

it’s annoying but yes

what are your hobbies?

writing, playing guitar, playing around with my instruments and recording and mixing machines, filming things outdoors, photography

what’s your favourite time of day?

around sunset or really late at night

if you could look like anything, what would you look like?

how i am now

are you a romantic?

yeah

what’s your favourite type of weather?

sunny with a nice breeze

what do you like talking about?

mostly music. i talk about anything but most of what i bring up comes back to music

what are your turn ons?

uhhh i get really shy about these things so i’m not gonna get into that

turn offs?

i’ve learned i either vibe with you or i don’t so it just kinda happens or not

if you got a tattoo, what would it be and where would you get it?

probably a moon or lyrics and maybe my wrist or ankle

do you want any pets?

my family has 2 dogs but maybe one day a dog of my own(one of them is technically mine but she lives at my parents house so she’s my familys?)

dream job?

music producer / sound engineer

dream place to live?

as right of now Arizona but like DREAM place? California

dream vacation?

i’d love to go to Italy

do you want any piercings?

no more 😂 took me forever just to get the two i have(the thought of needles.. just can’t)

if you had kids, what would you name them?

it changes

what are your best traits?

creative, open to people, extremely laid back but still fun, try to bring a calmness to my surroundings

worst traits?

procrastination and stubbornness

what’s your worst fear?

that i won’t go with opportunity’s when they come and then not having the life i could’ve

what do you want to eat right now?

chocolate cake. i don’t even care what’s going on i want chocolate cake asap

what’s the best vacation you’ve been on?

paris

favourite city?

don’t think i have one

favourite social media platform?

i only have tumblr and Instagram and they’re different vibes but i obviously post here more often... but i’ve been using Instagram more

favourite article of clothing?

leather jacket

do you play any sports?

tennis but not a whole lot anymore

favourite meal of the day?

dinner probably but i love breakfast food

what are you excited for?

my cousins been talking to me recently and she’s cool. she moved to Florida recently and said i could visit any time

not excited for?

trying to bring up transferring schools to one in Arizona.. since my dad helps me pay for school he likes to have a say😬i’ve already brought it up once and he wasn’t super into it🙃

when was the last time you cried?

pretty recently but i don’t remember exactly

dream house?

something open and comfortable. big windows and greenery. always known i want one room specifically for instruments and a way for music to be throughout the house

what’s something you hate about the world?

closed minds, inconsiderate people and those that take advantage of helpful people

what’s something you love about the world?

people naturally have an instinct to look out for others and try to help and are generally kind(which contradicts the top one but i guess everyone chooses to harden or not)

what scents do you like?

there’s a candle from target that’s called coastal linen it’s really good. then my perfume called flower effect by Karl Antony (i got it in Paris but it’s worth a shot.. maybe its in the states too..it’s really good)

what kind of sleeper are you?

have a hard time sleeping, so when i do i’m a very light one

are you a cat or dog person?

dog

how long would you survive in a zombie apocalypse?

i tend to suprise myself so you never know. i’d probably joke around though and end up dying for it

are you trusting?

very until i feel like i shouldn’t be(like i’m all in until i feel i’m being taken advantage of or something)

what fictional characters do you identify with?

Scarlett O’Hara(not all of her but partly and in the book), Jim Halpert

what labels do you commonly get?

people call me cute? which i know sounds weird like “oh they call me cute” but no. what about me is cute?? this thing is a killing machine

what song would be your life anthem?

falling by HAIM

what issues are you dealing with right now?

looking for a new job so that whole process isn’t fun

how can someone win you over?

being fun/funny but calm and real

what’s something about you people don’t know?

uhh i enjoy pranking/messing with people?? it’s all out of love and i never go too far.. but one i still love is one time my sister left her car running in front of my parents house at the same time as i was pulling up so i got in and drove around until she noticed... everyone thought it was hilarious(i’m gonna say they did)

I’ll tag @mountainofthesunn @flowrxchild @spintherecord @loveofmylifes feel free if you want to! And anyone else

#personal

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chloerd · 6 years

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Artist Research

I began by doing artist research, I want to explore each medium and how different artists work in various ways with the same materials.

Artists who work with textile/fibre:

Sheila Hicks - Fibre

Alighiero e Boetti - Mixed media

Faith Ringgold - Textiles

Judith Scott - Fibre

El Anatsui - Found materials

Nick Grove - Textiles

Alexandra Kehayoglou - Yarn

Billie Zangewa - Silk fabrics

Faig Ahmed - Mixed materials

Pia Camil - Discarded fabrics

Artists who work with sculpture:

Damián Ortega - Economic/Material exchange

Lee Sookyung - Mismatched porcelian

Antony Gormley - Large sculptures

Lynda Benglis - Wax and latex

Anish Kapoor - Large sculptures

Tara Donovan - Mixed media

Marc Quinn - Contemporary

Rachel Whiteread - Instillation art

Richard Serra - Large sheets of metal

Jeff Koons - Reproduction of banal objects

Artists who work with photography:

David Hockney - Printmaking, painting

Hannah Höch - Collage

Kurt Schwitters - Found objects

Raoul Hausmann - Collage, poetry

Man Ray - Assemblage, film

Eileen Agar - Painting

Joseph Cornell - Found materials

Nancy Spero - Paper

John Stezaker - Conceptual art

Jesse Treece - Images

Annegret Soltau - Photographs of her own face, fibre

Artists who work with printmaking:

Eduardo Paolozzi - Sculpture, art

Andy Warhol - Painting, silkscreen

Pablo Picasso - Mixed media

Rembrandt - Painting, drawing

Ernst Haeckel - Print

Robert Raushenberg - Assemblage

Hokusai - Woodblock printing

Shepard Fairey - Stencilling

Jim O’Raw - Screen print

Artists who work with drawing:

Lesley Halliwell - Spirograph

Naomi Kendrick - Wax crayons

Leonardo da Vinci - Watercolours on wet plaster

Adonna Khare - Pencil

Anna Barriball - Pencil, ink

Julian Beever - Chalk

Wassily Kandinsky - Oil paint on canvas

Ulrike Müller - Pencil, spray paint

Richard Tuttle - Mixed media

Frank O’hara Poems by Willem de Kooning - A book containing sixty drawings by 30 American arists.

Artists who work with painting:

Agnes Martin - Mixed media

Robert Delaunay - Oil on canvas

Gerald Chodak - Acrylic paint

Catherin Pickop - Coffee residue

Michele Tragakiss - Paint, glaze

Walter Poole - Silver nitrate deposit

Marti White - Mixed media

Helen Kagen - Oils and acrylics

Jackson Pollock - Drip painting

Vincent Van Gogh - Oil paints

#studioculture #contextualresearch

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The nominations were announced yesterday for the 2019 Olivier Awards which are taking place on Sunday 7th April 2019, at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Best actor in a supporting role in a musical

Jonathan Bailey for Company at Gielgud Theatre Clive Carter for Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre Richard Fleeshman for Company at Gielgud Theatre Robert Hands for Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre

Best actress in a supporting role in a musical

Patti LuPone for Company at Gielgud Theatre Ruthie Ann Miles for The King And I at the London Palladium “The Queens” – Aimie Atkinson, Alexia McIntosh, Millie O’Connell, Natalie Paris, Maiya Quansah-Breed and Jarneia Richard-Noel – for Six at Arts Theatre Rachel Tucker for Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre

Outstanding achievement in music

Come From Away – Book, music and lyrics: David Hein and Irene Sankoff; music supervisor, arrangements: Ian Eisendrath; orchestrations: August Eriksmoen; musical director/UK music supervisor: Alan Berry; and the band of Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre Fun Home – Composer: Jeanine Tesori; lyricist/bookwriter: Lisa Kron at Young Vic The Inheritance – Composer: Paul Englishby at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre A Monster Calls – Original music composed by Benji Bower and performed live by Benji with Will Bower (The Bower Brothers) at the Old Vic Six – Original score, orchestrations and vocal arrangements: Toby Marlow, Lucy Moss, Tom Curran and Joe Beighton at Arts Theatre

Best new dance production

16 + A Room/Solo Echo/Bill by Ballet British Columbia at Sadler’s Wells Blkdog by Botis Seva at Sadler’s Wells Playlist (Track 1, 2) by William Forsythe for English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells The Unknown Soldier by Alastair Marriott for the Royal Ballet at Royal Opera House

Outstanding achievement in dance

Akram Khan for his performance in Xenos at Sadler’s Wells John Macfarlane for his design of Swan Lake at Royal Opera House Dimitris Papaioannou for his choreography of The Great Tamer at Sadler’s Wells

Best entertainment and family

A Monster Calls at the Old Vic Snow White at the London Palladium Songs For Nobodies at Ambassadors Theatre The Wider Earth at Jerwood Gallery, Natural History Museum

Best theatre choreographer

Kelly Devine for Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre Christopher Gattelli based on original choreography by Jerome Robbins for The King And I at the London Palladium Carrie-Anne Ingrouille for Six at Arts Theatre Liam Steel for Company at Gielgud Theatre

Best musical revival

Caroline, Or Change at Playhouse Theatre Company at Gielgud Theatre The King And I at the London Palladium

Best actor in a musical

Marc Antolin for Little Shop Of Horrors at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Kobna Holdbrook-Smith for Tina – The Tina Turner Musical at Aldwych Theatre Zubin Varla for Fun Home at Young Vic Ken Watanabe for The King And I at the London Palladium

Best actress in a musical

Sharon D. Clarke for Caroline, Or Change at Playhouse Theatre Rosalie Craig for Company at Gielgud Theatre Kelli O’Hara for The King And I at the London Palladium Adrienne Warren for Tina – The Tina Turner Musical at Aldwych Theatre

Best revival

King Lear at Duke of York’s Theatre The Lieutenant Of Inishmore at Noël Coward Theatre The Price at Wyndham’s Theatre Summer And Smoke at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre

Best new comedy

Home, I’m Darling at National Theatre – Dorfman and Duke of York’s Theatre Nine Night at National Theatre – Dorfman and Trafalgar Studios 1 Quiz at Noël Coward Theatre

Outstanding achievement in affiliate theatre

Moe Bar-El for his performance in Every Day I Make Greatness Happen at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Flesh And Bone at Soho Theatre Jonathan Hyde for his performance in Gently Down The Stream at Park Theatre The Phlebotomist at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Athena Stevens for Schism at Park Theatre

Best lighting design

Neil Austin for Company at Gielgud Theatre Howell Binkley for Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre Jon Clark for The Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Lee Curran for Summer And Smoke at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre

Best sound design

Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid for The Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Mike Beer for A Monster Calls at the Old Vic Carolyn Downing for Summer And Smoke at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre Gareth Owen for Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre Nick Powell for The Lehman Trilogy at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Best costume design

Fly Davis for Caroline, Or Change at Playhouse Theatre Anna Fleischle for Home, I’m Darling at National Theatre – Dorfman and Duke of York’s Theatre Gabriella Slade for Six at Arts Theatre Catherine Zuber for The King And I at the London Palladium

Best set design

Bunny Christie for Company at Gielgud Theatre Bob Crowley for The Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Es Devlin for The Lehman Trilogy at National Theatre – Lyttelton Anna Fleischle for Home, I’m Darling at National Theatre – Dorfman and Duke of York’s Theatre

Best actor in a supporting role

Keir Charles for Quiz at Noël Coward Theatre Adam Gillen for Killer Joe at Trafalgar Studios 1 Adrian Lukis for The Price at Wyndham’s Theatre Malcolm Sinclair for Pressure at Ambassadors Theatre Chris Walley for The Lieutenant Of Inishmore at Noël Coward Theatre

Best actress in a supporting role

Susan Brown for Home, I’m Darling at National Theatre – Dorfman and Duke of York’s Theatre Monica Dolan for All About Eve at Noël Coward Theatre Cecilia Noble for Nine Night at National Theatre – Dorfman and Trafalgar Studios 1 Vanessa Redgrave for The Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre

Best new opera production

Katya Kabanova at Royal Opera House Lessons In Love And Violence at Royal Opera House The Turn Of The Screw at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Outstanding achievement in opera

David Butt Philip and Roderick Williams for their performances in War Requiem at London Coliseum The English National Opera chorus for Paul Bunyan at Wilton’s Music Hall Andris Nelsons for his conducting of Lohengrin at Royal Opera House The ensemble of Porgy And Bess at London Coliseum

Best actor

Adam Godley, Ben Miles and Simon Russell Beale for The Lehman Trilogy at National Theatre – Lyttelton Arinzé Kene for Misty at Trafalgar Studios 1 Ian McKellen for King Lear at Duke of York’s Theatre Kyle Soller for The Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre David Suchet for The Price at Wyndham’s Theatre

Best actress

Gillian Anderson for All About Eve at Noël Coward Theatre Eileen Atkins for The Height Of The Storm at Wyndham’s Theatre Patsy Ferran for Summer And Smoke at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre Sophie Okonedo for Antony And Cleopatra at National Theatre – Olivier Katherine Parkinson for Home, I’m Darling at National Theatre – Dorfman and Duke of York’s Theatre

Best director

Christopher Ashley for Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre Stephen Daldry for The Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre Marianne Elliott for Company at Gielgud Theatre Rebecca Frecknall for Summer And Smoke at Almeida Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre Sam Mendes for The Lehman Trilogy at National Theatre – Lyttelton

Best new play

The Inheritance at Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre The Lehman Trilogy at National Theatre – Lyttelton Misty at Trafalgar Studios 1 Sweat at Donmar Warehouse

Best new musical

Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre Fun Home at Young Vic Six at Arts Theatre Tina – The Tina Turner Musical at Aldwych Theatre

Theatre: Olivier Awards 2019 – Nominations The nominations were announced yesterday for the 2019 Olivier Awards which are taking place on Sunday 7th April 2019, at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Famous Muses & Girlfriends in Filmmaking Pt. 12

GIRLFRIEND: Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley)

Vivien was born on November 5th, 1913 in Darjeeling, British India to Ernest and Gertrude Hartley. Her father was an English broker stationed in India, but Vivien was raised and educated in a London convent from ages 6-14, and later studied abroad while traveling with her parents in her teens. One of her school friends was another future Hollywood actress and co-star, Maureen O’Sullivan. It was Maureen who inspired Vivien to enroll at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts with ambitions of her own acting career in 1931. But after only a year into her training, Vivien dropped out to marry 32-year-old barrister Herbert Holman. In 1933 she gave birth to their daughter, Suzanne. About a year later Vivien picked up performing again in local stage productions and films. In 1938, she crossed over to Hollywood and become one of the most acclaimed and remembered superstars of all time. Her most famous performances are as protagonists Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche DuBois in the movie adaptations of Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Both films gained her two Best Actress Academy Awards and she is one of only six actors to be 2 for 2 with Oscar noms-wins. Vivien also won Best Actress in a Musical at the Tonys with ‘Tovarich’ on Broadway in 1963. Her other popular films include A Yank at Oxford (1938), Waterloo Bridge (1940), Caesar & Cleopatra (1945), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) and Ship of Fools (1964). In theatre, she participated in many Shakespeare revivals including ‘Richard II’ (1936), ‘Henry VIII’ (1936), and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1937).

From 1940 to 1960, Vivien was married to and a frequent collaborator with acting legend and innovator Laurence Olivier. They first met after one of Vivien’s stage performances of ‘The Mask in Virtue’ in 1935, and began an affair while co-starring in the period drama Fire Over England (1937). By all accounts, it was love at first sight and the two actors wanted to be in an open relationship, but their spouses—Holman and Jill Esmond—refused to grant divorces right away. While Viv & Larry were secretly living together by the end of ’37, they would begin one of the most prolific acting partnerships of all time. Nearly all of Vivien’s Shakespeare theatre portrayals would co-star and/or be directed by Larry, such as ‘Hamlet’ (1937), ‘Romeo & Juliet’ (1940), ‘Antony & Cleopatra’ (1951), ‘12th Night’ (1955), and ‘Macbeth’ (1955). They also co-starred in the stage version of George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Caesar & Cleopatra’ in 1951 and Larry was the director of Viv’s original 1949 London stage performance of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire.’ 21 Days (1940) and That Hamilton Woman (1941) would be their two other movies together, with the latter considered one of their best.

The couple also lobbied regularly to play each other’s love interests in their classic films, like Larry did with both Wuthering Heights (1939) and Rebecca (1940) and Viv with Waterloo Bridge. Larry was so irritated at Vivien being passed on the lead in Rebecca that he would regularly snub and be short with eventual co-star Joan Fontaine. By the end of the exhausting production of Gone with the Wind, Viv would be depressed not only because of the year long, erratic filming process, but because she missed Larry so much. Around this time, Vivien also started showing early signs of what would later be diagnosed as ‘manic depression’ (or bipolar disorder). Larry mentions in his 1982 autobiography, Confessions of an Actor, that during their early plays together, Viv would occasionally have extreme mood swings and no recollections of the outbursts. On the week they were to marry, Vivien uncharacteristically told Larry that she loved him more like brother rather than romantically in complete seriousness. Larry said retrospectively that was the sign their relationship was doomed.

Even with their careers blooming together and Viv being called ‘Lady Olivier’ after Larry’s knighthood in 1947, their personal love struggled. Vivien had a nervous breakdown after experiencing a miscarriage in 1945, and her emotional instability caused her to be treated with electric shock therapy. Affairs began to occur on both sides of the marriage out of frustration. In 1954, Vivien was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor in the adventure flick Elephant Walk after having another alleged breakdown. The producers were also worried she would revive a previous affair with co-star Peter Finch. In her 1983 memoir, Limelight & After, actress Claire Bloom revealed that she had an affair with Larry, her Richard III (1955) co-star. Yet she felt that he was just going through the motions and probably only slept with her because he assumed most famous men had affairs. In his 1994 memoir Songs My Mother Taught Me, Vivien’s Streetcar co-star Marlon Brando revealed that he was attracted to Viv during filming. But didn’t seduce her because Larry was such a nice guy and would’ve felt guilty. In 1960, Larry and Vivien officially divorced and by this time Larry was already seeing his future 3rd wife Joan Plowright. Viv would spend the rest of her life with companion John Merivale before dying of tuberculous at age 53 in 1967. Even after the divorce, Vivien kept a photo of Larry next to her bed until her death.

#Vivien Leigh #girlfriends #Laurence Olivier #gd this is f-ing depressing #poor viv :(#musesandgroupiesseries

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Cucumber Buttermilk Soup

Buttermilk makes you beautiful.

So they say.

I once read that Mark Antony fell in love with Cleopatra because she had silky, radiant skin -- thanks to baths in buttermilk. And that Scarlett O’Hara apparently used buttermilk on her face to get rid of her freckles.

Me? Silky and radiant? Not lately (if ever).

Also I have too many freckles to even contemplate rubbing them out. Also, I think freckles are cute.

So no, for me buttermilk isn’t about its beauty functions.

It’s about food.

No surprise there, right?

You heard it here: buttermilk makes a lot of food better, more delicious, more perfect in texture.

Buttermilk makes one of the tastiest, most satisfying, most thirst-quenching drinks (lassis).

It adds a whole new dimension to ordinary cole slaw.

Want moist, tender muffins, scones and pancakes? Make them with buttermilk. Ditto Cake! Pie! Even pudding!

And especially, at this time of year: make satisfyingly creamy, low-fat, low-calorie summer soups like this one, based on cucumbers.

Cold Cucumber-Buttermilk Soup

2 medium cucumbers

salt

1 stalk celery, peeled and chopped

2 scallions, chopped

1 clove garlic

1 teaspoon chopped fresh chili pepper, optional

1 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup plain yogurt

3 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons chopped parsley

1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill

Aleppo pepper (or use freshly ground black pepper)

Peel the cucumbers, slice them in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Sprinkle the cucumbers with salt and let them stand for 30 minutes. Wipe the cucumbers with paper towels. Chop the cucumbers into coarse chunks and place in a blender or food processor. Add the celery, scallions, garlic and chili pepper, if used, and process to mince them. Add the buttermilk, yogurt, lemon juice, parsley and dill (use a large bowl and whisk if your blender or processor isn’t large enough) and process until well blended. Season to taste with salt and either Aleppo or black pepper. Chill thoroughly before serving.

Makes 4-6 servings

#cucumber soup #cucumber buttermilk soup #buttermilk soup #cold soup #summer food #dairy #hot weather food

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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943 by Antony Beevor

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Jasmine Guillory is the New York Times bestselling author of five romance novels, including this year’s Party of Two. Her work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Real Simple, and Time.

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David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Riverhead

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Vanessa German, Feminist Press

“I'm most thankful for Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether. It's a YA book set in 1930s Harlem, and it was the first Black-girl-coming-of-age book I ever read, the first time I ever saw myself in a book. I appreciate how it expanded my world and my understanding that books can speak to you right where you are and take you on a journey, at the same time.”

Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. She is also the co-author of Co-Parenting 101: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Two Households After Divorce, written in collaboration with her ex-husband. Philyaw’s writing on race, parenting, gender, and culture has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, McSweeney’s, the Rumpus, and elsewhere. Read a story from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.

Philippa Gedge, W. W. Norton & Company

“As both a writer and a reader I am hugely grateful for Patricia Highsmith’s plotting and writing suspense fiction. As a writer I’m thankful for Highsmith’s generosity with her wisdom and experience: She talks us through how to tease out the narrative strands and develop character, how to know when things are going awry, even how to decide to give things up as a bad job. She’s unabashed about sharing her own ‘failures,’ and in my experience, there’s nothing more encouraging for a writer than learning that our literary gods are mortal! As a reader, it provides a fascinating insight into the genesis of one of my favorite novels of all time — The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as the rest of her brilliant oeuvre. And because it’s Highsmith, it’s so much more than just a how-to guide: It’s hugely engaging and, while accessible, also provides a glimpse into the mind of a genius. I’ve read it twice — while working on each of my thrillers, The Hunting Party and The Guest List — and I know I’ll be returning to the well-thumbed copy on my shelf again soon!”

Lucy Foley is the New York Times bestselling author of the thrillers The Guest List and The Hunting Party. She has also written two historical fiction novels and previously worked in the publishing industry as a fiction editor.

“The books I'm most thankful for this year are a three-book series titled Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend. Walking a fine line between comedy and horror (which is much harder than people think), the books follow Jack, an employee at a gas station in a nameless town where all manner of horrifyingly fantastical things happen. And while the monsters are scary and more than a little ridiculous, it's Jack's bone-dry narration, along with his best friend/emotional support human, Jerry, that elevates the books into something that are as lovely as they are absurd.”

T.J. Klune is a Lambda Literary Award–winning author and an ex-claims examiner for an insurance company. His novels include The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Extraordinaries.

Sylvernus Darku (Team Black Image Studio), Ayebia Clarke Publishing

"Nervous Conditions is a book that I have read several times over the years, including this year. The novel covers the themes of gender and race and has at its heart Tambu, a young girl in 1960s Rhodesia determined to get an education and to create a better life for herself. Dangarembga’s prose is evocative and witty, and the story is thought-provoking. I’ve been inspired anew by Tambu each time I’ve read this book."

Peace Adzo Medie is Senior Lecturer in Gender and International Politics at the University of Bristol. She is the author of Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence against Women in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2020). His Only Wife is her debut novel.

Jenna Maurice, HarperCollins

“The book I'm most thankful for? Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. My mother and father would read me poems from it before bed — I'm convinced it infused me not only with a sense of poetic cadence, but also a wry sense of humor.”

Victoria “V.E.” Schwab is the bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and This Savage Song. Her latest novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, is BuzzFeed Book Club’s December pick. Read an excerpt from The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

Meg Vázquez, Square Fish

“My childhood best friend gave me Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle for Hanukkah when I was 11 years old, and it's still my favorite book of all time. I love the way it defies genre (it's a political thriller/YA romance that includes a lot of scientific research and also poetry??), and the way it values smartness, gutsiness, vulnerability, kindness, and a sense of adventure. The book follows 16-year-old Vicky Austin's life-altering trip to Antarctica; her trip changed my life, too. In a year when safe travel is almost impossible, I'm so grateful to be able to return to her story again and again.”

Kate Stayman-London's debut novel, One to Watch, is about a plus-size blogger who’s been asked to star on a Bachelorette-like reality show. Stayman-London served as lead digital writer for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and has written for notable figures, from former president Obama and Malala Yousafzai to Anna Wintour and Cher.

Katharine McGee is grateful for the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. Chris Bailey Photography, Firebird

“I’m thankful for the Redwall books by Brian Jacques. I discovered the series in elementary school, and it sparked a love of big, epic stories that has never left me. (If you read my books, you know I can’t resist a broad cast of characters!) I used to read the books aloud to my younger sister, using funny voices for all the narrators. Now that I have a little boy of my own, I can’t wait to someday share Redwall with him.”

Katharine McGee is the New York Times bestselling author of American Royals and its sequel, Majesty. She is also the author of the Thousandth Floor trilogy.

Beth Gwinn, Time-Life Books

"I am thankful most for books that carry me out of the world and back again, and while I find it painful to choose among them, here's one early and one late: Zen Cho's Black Water Sister, which comes out in 2021 but I devoured just two days ago, and the long out-of-print Wizards and Witches volume of the Time-Life Enchanted World series, which is where I first read about the legend of the Scholomance."

Naomi Novik is the New York Times bestselling author of the Nebula Award–winning novel Uprooted, Spinning Silver, and the nine-volume Temeraire series. Her latest novel, A Deadly Education, is the first of the Scholomance trilogy.

Christina Lauren are grateful for the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. Christina Lauren, Little, Brown and Company

"We are thankful for the Twilight series for about a million reasons, not the least of which it's what brought the two of us together. Writing fanfic in a space where we could be silly and messy together taught us that we don't have to be perfect, but there's no harm in trying to get better with every attempt. It also cemented for us that the best relationships are the ones in which you can be your real, authentic self, even when you're struggling to do things you never thought you'd be brave enough to attempt. Twilight brought millions of readers back into the fold and inspired hundreds of romance authors. We really do thank Stephenie Meyer every day for the gift of Twilight and the fandom it created."

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