#Ben Dugan

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Happy Gilmore 2 - Official Teaser

Happy Gilmore 2 will stream on Netflix in 2025.

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By Whose Hand? (1932) Benjamin Stoloff

April 21st 2024

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“Now what’s the trouble here?”

“You’re the trouble here, Rock-Puss.”

Godzilla vol 1 20: “A Night at the Museum”

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Happy Gilmore 2 "Happy New Year" Trailer

Happy Gilmore has joined a senior golf tour.

A sequel to 1996's Happy Gilmore, Happy Gilmore 2 stars Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Dennis Dugan, Allen Covert, Ben Stiller, Bad Bunny, Margaret Qualley, Nick Swardson, and Benny Safdie along with a host of cameos. The film is directed by Kyle Newacheck from a screenplay by Tim Herlihy and Sandler.

Happy Gilmore 2 is expected to hit Netflix in 2025.

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🌙 What to Read After Watching Agatha All Along 🌙

❓ Who is your favorite fictional witch?

🦇 Enjoying Agatha All Along on Disney? Check out these books featuring witches, covens, chaotic queers, & everything in between, perfect for fans of Agatha All Along! List below!

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✨ Payback's a Witch - Lana Harper 🌑 How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) - Marie Cardno 🌒 These Witches Don't Burn - Isabel Sterling 🌓 This Spells Disaster - Tori Martin 🌔 The Scapegracers - H. A. Clarke 🌕 Beetle & the Hollowbones - Aliza Layne 🌕 The Twice-Sold Soul - Katie Hallahan 🌖 In Charm's Way - Lana Harper 🌗 Brewed with Love - Shelly Page 🌘 Carry On - Rainbow Rowell 🌑 So This Is Ever After - F. T. Lukens ✨ Spells to Forget Us - Aislinn Brophy

✨ Basics of Spellcraft - L.C. Mawson 🌑 How To Succeed in Witchcraft - Aislinn Brophy 🌒 Sweet & Bitter Magic - Adrienne Tooley 🌓 The Midnight Girls - Alicia Jasinska 🌔 Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova 🌕 The Shattered Lands - Brenna Nation 🌕 Otherworldly - F. T. Lukens 🌖 Coven - Jennifer Dugan & Kit Seaton 🌗 The Dark Tide - Alicia Jasinska 🌘 Queen B - Juno Dawson 🌑 Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson ✨ Wild and Wicked Things - Francesca May

✨ Cemetery Boys - Aiden Thomas 🌑 The Last Sun - K. D. Edwards 🌒 The Jasmine Throne - Tasha Suri 🌓 The Sun and the Star - Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro 🌔 The Witch and His Crow - Ben Alderson 🌕 Lord of Eternal Night - Ben Alderson 🌕 The Crimson Crown - Heather Walter 🌖 Tonight, I Burn - Katharine J. Adams 🌗 Witches of Ash and Ruin - E. Latimer 🌘 The Severed Thread - Leslie Vedder 🌑 Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist - Ali K. Mulford and K. Elle Morrison ✨ Love and Other Wicked Things -Philline Harms

✨ Off With Their Heads - Zoe Hana Mikuta 🌑 Practical Rules for Cursed Witches - Kayla Cottingham 🌒 Two Broke Witches - Kate Starling 🌓 Bitterthorn - Kat Dunn 🌔 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields 🌕 The Witch and the Vampire - Francesca Flores 🌕 Spell on Wheels - Kate Leth, Megan Levens, Marissa Louise 🌖 The Witchery - S. Isabelle 🌗 The Hummingbird Coven - Augusta Owens 🌘 Children of the Night - Cara Malone 🌑 The Hex Next Door - Lou Wilham ✨ Malice - Heather Walter

✨ Mortal Follies - Alexis Hall 🌑 The Balance of Fates - Raquel Raelynn 🌒 Edie in Between - Laura Sibson 🌓 Doughnuts and Doom - Balazs Lorinczi 🌔 A Spell for Heartsickness - Alistair Reeve 🌕 Evocation - S.T. Gibson 🌕 The Spells We Cast - Jason June 🌖 An Education in Malice - S. T. Gibson 🌗 Rise and Divine - Lana Harper 🌘 Not Good for Maidens - Tori Bovalino 🌑 A Dark and Starless Forest - Sarah Hollowell ✨ Netherford Hall - Natania Barron

✨ The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste 🌑 This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron 🌒 Over My Dead Body - Boo Sweeney 🌓 Girl, Serpent, Thorn - Melissa Bashardoust 🌔 The Bewitching Hour - Ashley Poston 🌕 Pushing Daisy - Isla Winter 🌕 Daughter of the Bone Forest - Jasmine Skye 🌖 Keep Your Witches Close - Colette Rivera 🌗 Mooncakes - Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu 🌘 Snapdragon - Kat Leyh 🌑 Runaways - Rainbow Rowell & Kris Anka ✨ Witchlings - Claribel A. Ortega

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The National film registry is announcing this years additions in the next couple days, so i wanted to share what my 50 votes were this year.

300 (Zach Snyder, 2007)

AFL-NFL World Championship Game-with ads (1963)

Akira (Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988)

Aladdin (Ron Clements and John Musker 1992)

Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek, 1989)

The Birdcage (Mike Nichols,1996)

Captain America: The First Avenger (Joe Johnston, 2011)

A Charlie Brown Christmas (Bill Melendez, 1965)

A Christmas Carol (Edwin L. Marin, 1938)

Couples Retreat (Peter Billingsley, 2009)

The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1981)

A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner, 1992)

Fiddler on the Roof (Norman Jewison, 1971)

Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich. 2003)

The Fugitive (Andrew Davis, 1993)

Godzilla (Ishirô Honda, 1954)

The Good the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1967)

The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963)

The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)

Happy Gilmore (Dennis Dugan, 1996)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Chris Columbus, 2001)

Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950)

How to Train your Dragon (Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, 2010)

The Hunting trilogy-Looney Tunes (Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, Duck! Rabbit, Duck!)

The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)

John Wick (Chad Stahelski, 2014)

Kung Fu Panda (Mark Osborne and John Stevenson, 2008)

Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Ben Sharpsteen, 1977)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones,1975)

Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Joel Zwick, 2002)

My Cousin Vinny (Jonathan Lynn, 1992)

Mulan (Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, 1998)

The Nativity Story (Catherine Hardwicke, 2006)

The Parent Trap (David Swift, 1961)

The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson, 2004)

Phantasm (Don Cascorelli, 1979)

The Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski, 2003)

RED (Robert Schwentke, 2010)

Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Adam McKay, 2006)

The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)

Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)

The Usual Suspects (Bryan SInger, 1995)

War games (John Badham, 1983)

While You Were Sleeping (Jon Turteltaub, 1995)

You Can’t Take it With You (Frank Capra, 1938)

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Twisters

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/dcv9J1X by Green_mmnm Bucky has spent his entire life loving the things he really shouldn’t have. Cigarettes, Steve, and tornados. For his big college project, Bucky put together a team of classmates and childhood friends who were all eager (and stupid) enough to help him dissolve a tornado. Now, 5 years after, Bucky’s old friend manages to coax him back out into the flat plains of central Oklahoma, during the states biggest tornado outbreak in history.   (no prior knowledge of Twisters needed to understand this fic) Words: 2499, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Twisters - Fandom, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Multi Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Howard Stark, Clint Barton, Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan, Jim Morita, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Joaquín Torres (Marvel), Winifred Barnes, John Walker (Marvel), Ben (Twisters) Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Alternate Universe- Twisters (2024), Past Stucky, Past Character Death, Bucky Barnes Has PTSD, Tornado Wranglers - Freeform, Bucky Barnes Feels, Sam Wilson is a Gift, Tornado, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, Bucky Barnes is Called James, Bad Weather, Southern Sam Wilson, POV Alternating, Good Parent Winifred Barnes, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Bucky Barnes Recovering, Every Twisters Character is a Marvel Character, Expect Ben, we love ben read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/dcv9J1X

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"Dugan turned to Cheyenne Shorty, an ex-sheepherder, now half-insane from long association with sheep. Shorty if sober. He was Often, at dusk he would crawl on his hands and knees and bleat at the sky like a sheep.

"Shorty, you defend One-Lung. You're about the type of lawyer a tramp would get in another court."

"Thank you," smiled Cheyenne.

"We will now open the court with prayer. 'Frisco Eddie, lead off. Bow your crummy heads, brothers."

Frisco Eddie's cracked voice began:

"O Lord, Our Heavenly Father of the first well-known hobo, Jesus, look down upon us who are about to com- mend an immortal soul to Thy great care! Thou great befriender of working-girls, Who showest them the way to spend their six dollars a week wisely, and to resist temptations of the flesh, we ask Thee for divine guidance for what we are about to do.

"If we unduly throw this soul in Your face, Lord, it is because we do not know what in the hell to do with it. We realize, dear Lord of us all, Your position in this most trying moment. Neither would we, as humble vagrants along the eternal shore, be guilty of sending one to You whom You could not easily make use of. A stool-pigeon of the first order, Lord, he would keep holy the dark places of heaven, and bring before Your divine officers the indiscretions of Your most beautiful angels. For beauty has ever been tempted, dear Lord, on earth as it is in heaven.

"Lucifer the proud, in all his glory, will not be arrayed in more of Thine eternal salvation than One-Lung. It is true that there may be those who go to Thy everlasting arms of resting need no mourners here below. Rather they should be joyful and sing hosannas in Thy great name.

"A brand snatched from the burning, Lord-a poor soul in Thy blessed image made weary from shooting his own kind. You have ever been on the side of the down-trodden, Lord. You make the spuds to grow near the jungle and the chicken to wander free from care into our willing hands. You help us in the gathering of food for our slum-gullions. You allow us to wander on the open road and give us the blessed benediction of Heaven.

"For is it not true, dear Lord,

"That beggars who walk And Queens who ride To the Valley of Skulls, Sleep side by side"?

"It is a beautiful night, Lord, upon which to die. The stars and the moon and the beautiful river shall sing his threnody. And Lord, if one of us should be shuffled off the gallows to dance with broken arches before Thy throne, it would not be amid such beauty. Rather would the knot be tied behind our left ears, Lord, and as we fell through the trap, dear Lord, the knot would jerk our heads forward and break our immortal necks, dear Lord. We would hang like a cracked scarecrow, All-merciful Lord, while a doctor listened to our hearts pounding their way on the road to Your blessed arms, dear Lord.

"But, Blessed Lord, we are not as those men who do such deeds. We profess no creed, dear Lord. We are but humble servants in Thy name. Ours is a gentler method, Lord. It comes suddenly, Lord. The soul of the departed flies suddenly before You from a hole which a bullet makes. It is more lenient, Lord. There is dignity in death by a bullet...."

"Shut up!" snapped Dugan. "Do you think you're the only one He's got to listen to?"

'Frisco Eddie resumed: "For they who taketh up the Smith and Wesson must die by a Colt, for so it is written, ever and anon, before dinner and after, from now on, Amen."

Weak, bearded, and grimy chins were lifted. Bodies moved. Feet scraped over the hard ground. A drunken derelict yelled,

"Amen - Hobo Ben Chased a pig an' caught a hen!"

"Choke that crummy noose-dodger, some one," commanded Nitro Dugan.

A scuffle followed. A body fell.

'Frisco Eddie chanted dolefully:

"It matters not, so I've been told, Where the body lies when the heart is cold."

"Come on, let's start the trial," cut in Dugan. He smiled urbanely at the detective and asked, "What have you to say before sentence is passed upon you?"

"Sentence? Good God, you're a gang of yeggs! Who the hell are you, to try an officer of the law? You can't do it. Even if you were honest men. I haven't been tried yet."

- the hobo's prayer, from Jim Tully, "Jungle Justice," in Joseph Lewis French, ed., Gray Shadows. New York: The Century Co., 1931. p. 52-54.

(Tully was himself a former hobo and writer of popular stories in the 1920s based upon his vagabond life in North America.)

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Problem Child (1990)

Problem Child is the kind of film that inspires theological discussions. A comedy this unfunny either proves there is a God because Satan exists and releases movies under the guise of Dennis Dugan, or proves there is no God because he would never allow such a calamity to befall his children.

A troublemaker from birth, Junior (Michael Oliver) has been adopted and abandoned more times than anyone could count. When kind-natured Benjamin “Ben” Healy Jr. (John Ritter) and his socialite wife, Florence “Flo” Healy (Amy Yasbeck) learn they cannot have children, they adopt the boy. Trouble soon ensues.

It should be enough for me to tell you Problem Child isn’t funny but having survived this harrowing experience, I must say more. I must explain WHY it’s so unfunny. I’ll begin with Michael Oliver as Junior. Child actor or not, he’s awful. None of his lines sound credible and he’s completely devoid of charisma. Witnessing him do one awful thing after another to people who don’t deserve it causes you to loathe him only seconds in. You hate his voice, his would-be smart aleck comments, his choices and actions. You even hate his stupid little face. What worse is how the character is handled. Problem Child can’t decide whether we’re supposed to like Junior or not. We’re presumably supposed to laugh at the misfortune he brings others when setting the Healy house aflame, sabotaging a birthday party, luring a bear to a campsite, attacking children with a baseball bat (cue the nut shots), stealing a car, and generally being a rusty, spiral-shaped turd. In the next scene, he overhears someone talking about how awful he is and sad music kicks in. Which one is it?! Am I supposed to sympathize for Junior, or hope his adopted parents go at him with a chainsaw? You can’t have it both ways!

Anyone who gives Junior the moment of day is repulsive by association. John Ritter as the father is an unbearable wet noodle. The film is so mean-spirited you kind of want him to wind up crushed beneath a collapsed building or skewered by a stray harpoon. The idea that, in time, he and Junior will bond makes you want to throw up. Since he makes your blood boil too now, you'd expect to like his harpy of a wife but her character is just as irritating. She wants a kid so she can go to her neighbors’ parties. I’ve been to children’s birthday parties. Unless you’re participating, they suck. Her motivation makes no sense but why should it? Nothing makes sense in this film. Junior’s sending fan letters to serial killer Martin “Bow-Tie Killer” Beck (Michael Richards), who shows up towards the climax as a way to wrap up a plot that’s had no direction previously. Instead of ending in Dugan's signature false sentimentality, maybe there’s some version of the film that ends in a blood bath. Get me that fan cut.

Up until its very last shot, Problem Child single-handedly annihilates the words “classy” and “funny”. The only good thing about this supposed comedy is that eventually, it ends. (On VHS, April 7, 2020)

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A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell: Kevin Kline Ellen Mitchell: Sigourney Weaver Bob Alexander: Frank Langella Alan Reed: Kevin Dunn Duane Stevenson: Ving Rhames Vice-President Nance: Ben Kingsley Murray Blum: Charles Grodin Alice: Faith Prince Randi: Laura Linney White House Tour Guide: Bonnie Hunt Senate Majority Leader: Parley Baer House Majority Leader: Stefan Gierasch Mrs. Travis: Anna Deavere Smith Policeman: Charles Hallahan Jerry: Tom Dugan Lola: Alba Oms Secret Service #1: Steve Witting David: Kellen Sampson White House Guard: Lexie Bigham Frederic W. Barnes: Frederic W. Barnes Ronald Brownstein: Ronald Brownstein Eleanor Clift: Eleanor Clift Tom Harkin: Tom Harkin Bernard Kalb: Bernard Kalb Larry King: Larry King Michael Kinsley: Michael Kinsley Morton Kondracke: Morton Kondracke Jay Leno: Jay Leno Frank Mankiewicz: Frank Mankiewicz Chris Matthews: Chris Matthews John McLaughlin: John McLaughlin Howard Metzenbaum: Howard Metzenbaum Abner J. Mikva: Abner J. Mikva Robert D. Novak: Robert D. Novak Tip O’Neill: Thomas P. ‘Tip’ O’Neill Richard Reeves: Richard Reeves Paul Simon: Paul Simon Ben Stein: Ben Stein Oliver Stone: Oliver Stone Kathleen Sullivan: Kathleen Sullivan Jeff Tackett: Jeff Tackett Helen Thomas: Helen Thomas Nina Totenberg: Nina Totenberg Sander Vanocur: Sander Vanocur John Yang: John Yang Don Durenberger: Stephen Root Girl at Durenberger’s: Catherine Reitman Mom at Durenberger’s: Dawn Arnemann Clara: Marianna Harris Diane: Sarah Marshall White House Barber: Ralph Manza President’s Physician: George Martin White House Nurse: Laurie Franks Trauma Doctor: Tom Kurlander Trauma Nurse: Dendrie Taylor Japanese Prime Minister: Joe Kuroda Vice-President’s Wife: Geneviève Robert Vice-President’s Son: Jason Reitman Secretary of Education: Ruth Goldway Director of OMB: Frank Birney Secretary of Treasury: Paul Collins Secretary of Commerce: Peter White Postmaster General: Robin Gammell Judy: Heather Hewitt Policeman #2: Gary Ross Ellen’s Aide: Jeffrey Joseph Female Senator: Bonnie Bartlett Speaker of the House: Robert Walsh Congressional Doorkeeper: William Pitts Reporter: Dan Butler Announcer: Wendy Gordon Announcer: Ben Patrick Johnson Announcer: Steve Kmetko Chris Dodd: Chris Dodd Alan K. Simpson: Alan K. Simpson Arnold Schwarzenegger: Arnold Schwarzenegger Film Crew: Set Designer: Joseph G. Pacelli Jr. Screenplay: Gary Ross Editor: Sheldon Kahn Production Design: J. Michael Riva Casting: Michael Chinich Director of Photography: Adam Greenberg Casting: Bonnie Timmermann Executive Producer: Joe Medjuck Set Designer: Darrell L. Wight Director: Ivan Reitman Set Designer: Steve Arnold Executive Producer: Michael C. Gross Costume Design: Richard Hornung Art Direction: David F. Klassen Set Decoration: Michael Taylor Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner Hairstylist: Christopher Shihar Casting Associate: Alan Berger Costume Supervisor: James W. Tyson Script Supervisor: Karen Hale Wookey Hairstylist: Marlene D. Williams Makeup Artist: Linda DeVetta Construction Coordinator: Terry Scott Makeup Artist: Robert Norin Original Music Composer: James Newton Howard Movie Reviews: Rob: A lovely romantic comedy in that true eighties style. A little charmer of a movie starring the ever-watchable Kevin Kline. I’ll admit I’m pretty old-fashioned and, even in today’s evil world, I cling to the hope there are still good-hearted people out there somewhere. This is one of those movies keeping that hope alive. Let the soft side of you out and enjoy this film.

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Exploring Adam Sandler And Rob Schneider Movies

All Cast: Adam Sandler (Bobby Boucher), Kathy Bates (Mama Boucher), Fairuza Balk (Vickie Vallencourt), Henry Winkler (Coach Klein), Jerry Reed (Red Beaulieu), Larry Gillard Jr. (Walter), Blake Clark (Farmer Fran), Peter Dante (Gee Grenouille), Jonathan Loughran (Lyle Robideaux), Rob Schneider (Townie)

Director: Frank Coraci

Network: Touchstone Pictures

Release Date: November 6, 1998

IMDb Rating: 6.1

Country: USA

Budget: $35 million

Revenue: $185.9 million

Run Time: 89 minutes

Release Platform: Theatrical

Where to Watch: Netflix

The Waterboy is a 1998 sports comedy film starring Adam Sandler as Bobby Boucher, a water boy who discovers his football tackling talent and joins a college team. Rob Schneider has a supporting role as overly enthusiastic townie and fan, providing big laughs in just a few scenes.

Schneider's trademark weird energy played off Sandler's manchild humor perfectly in their first team-up. As a dimwitted Cajun redneck obsessed with Boucher, Schneider stole the spotlight despite minimal screen time. While critics found the film juvenile, it became a major box office smash for Sandler.

All Cast: Adam Sandler (Sonny Koufax), Joey Lauren Adams (Layla Maloney), Jon Stewart (Kevin Gerrity), Cole Sprouse (Julian 'Frankenstien' McGrath), Dylan Sprouse (Ben 'Frankenstein' Mcgrath), Josh Mostel (Arthur Brooks), Leslie Mann (Corinne Maloney), Rob Schneider (Nazo)

Director: Dennis Dugan

Network: Columbia Pictures, Enzo Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment

Release Date: June 25, 1999

IMDb Rating: 6.4

Country: USA

Budget: $34.2 million

Revenue: $234.8 million

Run Time: 93 minutes

Release Platform: Theatrical

Where to Watch: Prime Video

Big Daddy is a 1999 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler as immature 30-year-old Sonny who adopts a 5-year-old (Cole Sprouse) to impress his girlfriend and prove he can be a responsible dad. Rob Schneider plays Middle Eastern delivery man Nazo in a small but hilarious role.

As with The Waterboy, Schneider maximized laughs in limited screen time as part of Sandler's ensemble. His crazy accent and chemistry with Sandler demonstrated their comedic wavelength. Big Daddy marked one of Sandler's biggest 90s hits thanks to the interplay with Schneider and rising child star Sprouse.

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The Art Career Podcast Launches Season Four -- Caviar, Vampires & Warhol

There are some troubling trends in our society related to the arts. First, West Virginia University has eviscerated its language and humanities programs. It’s only the first of prominent colleges shifting their focus away from the arts. 

Second, the arts have been attached to some “woke” conspiracy by unnamed elitists. That is silly since, the arts offer us a richness and fullness to our lives, and offers us avenues to perspectives and insights we may have missed. 

 That's why I like The Art Career podcast with Emily McElwreath so much. The podcast celebrates the arts, the people involved, and the value the arts add to the vibrancy of our society and its culture. Here is the mission statement of the podcast:  "Want to learn and be inspired by the leading art professionals who are shaping our culture? The Art Career Podcast is a space, breaking barriers by letting you sit in on candid, straightforward conversations with leaders in visual arts, writing, music, theater and film. Join New York-based advisor, curator, and overall artist advocate, Emily McElwreath as she dives deep into topics like self-development, career trajectories, mental health, social justice, and the artists that have changed our lives"

The host, Emily McElwreath, asserts, "With each episode, our mission is to empower you, expanding your journey through the arts." 

To be clear, McElwreath doesn't just have guests who are artists in the sense of painting. To her, "artist" is an expansive term, so she has writers, fashion experts, poets, educators, and even a critic.

The Art Career podcast just began its fourth season in mid-October with an episode named, Matthew Tully Dugan: Caviar, Vampires, and Warhol. In the episode, artist Mathew Tully Dugan cooks the most delicious small plate for the host's editor Ben and the host. --Thomas Keller’s potato pavé with whipped roasted bone marrow, salt cured egg yolk, hackleback caviar and wasabi microgreens. "A most delicious way to launch Season 4!" McElwreath announces as she savors the food. Her guest, Matthew Tully Dugan has an impressive body of work --  His paintings, sculptures, installations, texts, and curatorial projects collapse the popular and the subcultural, the collective and the personal, as a means of processing contemporary conditions and their impact on the psyche. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Will Shott, NY (2023), 56 Henry, New York (2022), Loveclub, NY (2021), Fierman, New York, NY (2018) as well as a public works in collaboration with Half Gallery, NY (2023). Dugan also runs a curatorial program, Art Death with yearly exhibitions in Miami Beach. Tully's upcoming exhibition, "Inferno", will open at Lomex's new Walker Street project space this Halloween. It will be up until November 5th.

 In the fourth season, it’s not an exaggeration to say that McElwreath has gotten even better as a host. She has a natural ease about her, and that translates into a voice that calms, challenges, and crackles with kinetic energy.

Emily McElwreath owns a firm, McElwreath Art Advisory, which is a full-service firm that provides guidance and assistance to art collectors through a comprehensive list of services. She has over seventeen years of experience as an advisor, independent curator, and art educator.

Throughout her career, Emily McElwreath has worked on blockbuster exhibitions, including Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, and Nate Lowman at The Brant Foundation, as well as lecturing at top NYC museums including The Whitney and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

That blend of the real world with the academic makes McElwreath the perfect person to create and host the podcast.  

The podcast is supported by ⁠The New York Studio School.⁠ Founded in 1964 as an intensive studio arts program with an emphasis on perception, artists learning from artists, and drawing as the most direct means of describing one’s ideas or experiences, the Studio School offers an array of full-time and part-time programs that prioritize small classes and individual guidance from dedicated instructors distinguished in their fields.

The Art Career podcast also offers premium memberships.   There's a quote that exemplifies the necessity of the arts. "Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes the invisible visible."

Check out The Art Career podcast. 

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Coven 2: The Conjuring of Malcore

A sequel idea to Coven by Jennifer Dugan.

Plot:

Years after the events of Coven, Emsy Covington is now eighteen years old and embracing her new life as a witch.

Suddenly, she gets a visit from her ex-girlfriend, Joss, who has not seen or heard from her ever since the incident at the homecoming dance in the first book all those years ago. Joss still misses Emsy and wants to see how she’s doing after a long time. Emsy also secretly wishes for her old life back but not to the extent she had before.

Suddenly, Emsy, Joss, her relative Ben, and his boyfriend Ash, soon learn that a new threat comes to Emsy’s coven in the form of Malcore, the Herald of Satan, a demon who has a glaring hatred of witches and desires to bring the extinction of all witches and schemes to bring the Apocalypse to the planet so the Devil can rule over Earth.

Additionally, a new mysterious student named Max transfers to her school. Now, Emsy has to figure out how to stop Malcore before he brings the end of the world and a literal devil to the mortal realm.

Sure, she survived a murder mystery, so what can possibly go wrong with a mission to stop a demon?

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Flash Mob Robberies Aren't "Just Kids." They're Organized Crime.

If you"re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! (Psst: The FTC wants me to remind you that this website contains affiliate links. That means if you make a purchase from a link you click on, I might receive a small commission. This does not increase the price you'll pay for that item nor does it decrease the awesomeness of the item. ~ Daisy) Author of What to Eat When You’re Broke and Bloom Where You’re Planted online course There’s an epidemic spreading across America, and it isn’t the one the mainstream media is talking about. It’s the epidemic of flash mob robberies. This is not only causing problems due to the violence and trauma inflicted on those present during the event. It’s also driving up costs even further in a nation facing unprecedented inflation. According to Loss Prevention Magazine, each event costs retailers approximately $700,000 for every billion dollars in sales, and it’s happening almost daily. A lot of people seem to brush off flash mob robberies as a bunch of kids who got together through social media getting out of hand. But they’re symptoms of a bigger rot: organized crime and neutered criminal justice policies that are spreading across our country fast.

What’s a flash mob robbery?

If you haven’t heard of these, you may be wondering what a flash mob robbery is.  A flash mob robbery is a form of organized crime that occurs when groups of people suddenly enter a store, steal as many items as possible, and vanish as quickly as they appear. For those around them, it’s often terrifying and disturbing. The schemes are usually thought out via social media and executed within a matter of minutes. The groups typically disguise themselves by wearing masks, hoodies, or gloves. Often, aggressive behavior is used and causes those who are present great distress. The trend began in California, but it’s important not to think, “Oh, I’m safe because I don’t live in California.” It’s beginning to spread outside of the state because of several reasons. 1.) Nobody stops them. People in retail outlets just stand back for their own safety. (Most locations require employees to do this.) 2.) On the off chance the criminals are caught, they’re generally released within a matter of hours because of bail reform. It may just be a big city problem right now, but I am certain we’ll see this spread more and more as the criminally inclined – or even younger folks in general – see others getting away with it with no consequences. Best Buy has previously cited organized retail crime as the reason their profits have continued to dip.

It’s not just kids out for kicks.

Before we start dumping on the younger generation, however, it’s important to note that, in many cases, this is organized crime. According to the GVWire: The flash mobs are usually organized by local people who recruit their crews and send them to steal specific merchandise requested by criminal organizations throughout the country, said Ben Dugan, president of the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail. Those who do the stealing get paid between $500 and $1,000 to take as much as they can and bring it back to organizers who ship it to other parts of the country. “Crew bosses organize them, they’ll give him the crowbars, and in some cases even rent them cars, or provide them with escape routes or a list of products to actually go out and steal. It looks very chaotic but it’s actually very well organized,” Dugan said. The flash mobs are a symptom. The organizers are the illness.

It’s not just high-end luxury stores either.

The Los Angeles Daily News cited a podcast when explaining the issue in a recent article. However, according to the National Retail Federation, high-end stores with luxury items represent the minority when it comes to targets for organized retail crime. “(Organized retail crime) groups also target everyday consumer goods,” David S. Johnston, vice president of asset protection and retail operations with the federation, said in a video the organization made on retail crime. “They have a preference (for) goods of lesser value with an increased resale value.” Some then sell the stolen merchandise to individuals or a group, called a “fence” by law enforcement, through online marketplaces, swap meets or seemingly legitimate businesses, CHP officials said. The buyers may or may not be aware the items they purchase were stolen. The LADN continues to explain: LAPD has dealt with groups of high school kids overwhelming convenience store clerks for several years, but said these flash mobs are well-planned and organized. “They’ve cased it out, they’ve looked at it, they get it over with quickly,” Pitcher added. “It’s different from the thrill of doing it for public consumption.” Organized retail crime rings target items that are difficult to track and are easily resold. Stolen items such as Tide detergent, baby formula, cosmetics, Louis Vuitton handbags and vitamins that once were hawked at flea markets or street corners are now fenced online by gangs to raise money for their activities, said Rachel Michelin president and CEO of the California Retailers Association. “What we are seeing is more sophistication,” Michelin said. “We see a lot more recruiting; they recruit street gangs, the homeless. They will pay them 100 bucks to go in and steal.” In many cases, the suspects – almost all wearing hoodies and masks – have been in and out in between two and four minutes, Pitcher said. Police are also learning most of the getaway vehicles are either rented under fictitious names, or “cold plated”, meaning they’re affixed with license plates that don’t match the vehicle’s registration, most likely because a thief has stolen a license plate off another car. Store security isn’t really much help, as the numbers are so overwhelming, and they are restricted by laws that don’t allow them to use force in the protection of merchandise. Bystanders, whether they’re store staff or shoppers, are encouraged by law enforcement and management to “be good witnesses” and not do anything to prevent the thefts.

What can be done?

Until these crimes are prosecuted and the organizers sniffed out, there’s little that can be done to prevent the ongoing spread of flash mob robberies. Weak policies that allow criminals to leave after being arrested with zero-dollar bail offer little in the way of deterrence. Mall and retail security experts David Levenberg and Ben Dugan, president of the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail, talked to The AP about it: “Crew bosses organize them. They’ll give him the crowbars, and in some cases even rent them cars, or provide them with escape routes or a list of products to actually go out and steal. It looks very chaotic, but it’s actually very well organized,” Dugan said. “We’re not talking about someone who needs money or needs food. These are people who go out and do this is for high profit, and for the thrill,” he said. In some cases, though, the thieves may be copycats rather than people working with organized networks, Levenberg said. He said the thieves may be thinking: “‘Did you see what happened in San Francisco? Let’s go to the Grove and do it.’” And while smash-and-grab thefts are occurring nationwide, Levenberg said cities with progressive prosecutors — like Los Angeles and San Francisco — are especially hard-hit because the punishments for perpetrators are not as harsh as in other cities. “The consequences are minimal, and the profits are substantial,” said Levenberg, founder of Florida-based Center Security Services. There’s not a lot that can be done on the personal end to prevent such crimes. - Retailers are advised not to put expensive goods near windows or exits and to focus employees on keeping customers safe rather than interacting with thieves. - The other important factor is installing district attorneys who are tough on crimes like this. These modern catch-and-release policies don’t work, and we’re seeing what happens when laws are not enforced with enough deterring factors to make people think twice. - The other side of the coin is that you should be careful what you buy off websites like Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. Those bundles of laundry soap you’re getting for a dime might not be as appealing if you realize they could be stolen goods. If you’re present at a flash mob robbery, think carefully before engaging. Personally, I’m not putting myself or my family at risk to engage with a group of 20+ people intent on stealing someone else’s merchandise. You may feel differently, but it’s essential that you don’t put other innocent people in harm’s way to confront a group of criminals.

What are your thoughts?

Have you ever been present at a flash mob robbery? Have any happened in your state that you know of? What do you think is causing all of this? What do you think should be done to prevent it? What would you do in that situation? Let’s discuss this concerning phenomenon in the comments section. About Daisy Daisy Luther is a coffee-swigging, adventure-seeking, globe-trotting blogger. She is the founder and publisher of three websites.  1) The Organic Prepper, which is about current events, preparedness, self-reliance, and the pursuit of liberty; 2)  The Frugalite, a website with thrifty tips and solutions to help people get a handle on their personal finances without feeling deprived; and 3) PreppersDailyNews.com, an aggregate site where you can find links to all the most important news for those who wish to be prepared. Her work is widely republished across alternative media and she has appeared in many interviews. Daisy is the best-selling author of 5 traditionally published books, and 12 self-published books, and runs a small digital publishing company with PDF guides, printables, and courses at SelfRelianceand Survival.com You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Gab, MeWe, Parler, Instagram, and Twitter.   Source link Read the full article

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