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Beat The Champ by The Mountain Goats is Butch!

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ELIZABETH’S FAMILY VISITS HOPE VALLEY IN EPISODE TWO OF ‘WHEN CALLS THE HEART,’ PREMIERING AUGUST 6, ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

STUDIO CITY – July 7, 2023 – On “When Calls the Heart,” Elizabeth’s Aunt and sister arrive in Hope Valley in, “Hope Springs Eternal,” premiering Sunday, August 6 (9 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel.

The series stars Erin Krakow (“The Wedding Cottage”), Pascale Hutton (“We Wish You a Married Christmas”), Jack Wagner (“A Big Fat Family Christmas”), Kavan Smith (“Big Sky River”), Chris McNally (“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”), Kevin McGarry (“The Wedding Veil Expectations”), Andrea Brooks (“Romance to the Rescue”), Martin Cummins (“Riverdale”), Kayla Wallace (“My Grown-Up Christmas List”), Loretta Walsh (“Love on Fire”), Viv Leacock (“Cruel Instruction”), Amanda Wong (“Raise a Glass to Love”), Johannah Newmarch (“Gabby Duran & The Unsittables”), Natasha Burnett (“The Journey Ahead”), Ben Rosenbaum (“It Was Always You”), Hrothgar Mathews (“Motherland: Fort Salem”) and Hyland Goodrich (“When Calls the Heart”).

The town is buzzing with talk of the Hot Springs and how it will help the town. Meanwhile, Elizabeth (Krakow) and Lucas host Aunt Agatha (Karin Konoval, “Schmigadoon”) and Julie (Charlotte Hegele, “Air Crash Investigation”), who make an interesting visit to Hope Valley.

“When Calls the Heart” is from WCTH 10 Productions Inc. Erin Krakow, Susie Belzberg, Michael Shepard, Eric Jarboe, Jimmy Townsend, Brad Krevoy, Brian Bird, Michael Landon Jr., Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm are executive producers. Peter DeLuise, Neill Fearnley, Paul Redford, Derek Thompson, Elizabeth Stewart and Amanda Phillips serve as co-executive producers. Heather Nevin, Shelley Matheson, Doran S. Chandler and Vince Balzano are associate producers. Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcom serve as producers. Neill Fearnley directed from a script by Derek Thompson. Based on the novel When Calls the Heart, by Janette Oke.

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Oscars 2024 Nominations

The 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced. Best Picture American Fiction (Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers) Anatomy of a Fall (Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers Barbie (David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers) The Holdovers (Mark Johnson, Producer) Killers of the Flower Moon (Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers) Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers) Oppenheimer (Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers) Past Lives (David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers) Poor Things (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers) The Zone of Interest (James Wilson, Producer) Best Directing Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall) Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon) Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest) Best Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper (Maestro) Colman Domingo (Rustin) Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) Best Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening (Nyad) Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) Carey Mulligan (Maestro) Emma Stone (Poor Things) Best Actor in a Supporting Role Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon) Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) Ryan Gosling (Barbie) Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) Best Actress in a Supporting Role Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple) America Ferrera (Barbie) Jodie Foster (Nyad) Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) American Fiction (Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson) Barbie (Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach) Oppenheimer (Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan) Poor Things (Screenplay by Tony McNamara) The Zone of Interest (Written by Jonathan Glazer) Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Anatomy of a Fall (Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari The Holdovers (Written by David Hemingson) Maestro (Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer) May December (Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik) Past Lives (Written by Celine Song) Best Animated Feature The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki) Elemental (Peter Sohn and Denise Ream) Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary) Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal) Best Documentary Feature Film Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek) The Eternal Memory (Nominees to be determined) Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha) To Kill a Tiger (Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim) 20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath) Best International Feature Film Io Capitano (Italy) Perfect Days (Japan) Society of the Snow (Spain) The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany) The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) Best Animated Short Film Letter to a Pig (Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter) Ninety-Five Senses (Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess) Our Uniform (Yegane Moghaddam) Pachyderme (Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius) War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Dave Mullins and Brad Booker Best Live-Action Short Film The After (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham) Invincible (Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron Knight of Fortune (Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk) Red, White and Blue (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales) Best Documentary Short Film The ABCs of Book Banning (Sheila Nevins and Trish… https://chorus.fm/news/oscars-2024-nominations/

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St. Patrick's Day 2023, Part 2

Happy St Patrick’s Day with a second celebration episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #598.

McKasson & McDonald, Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen, Bill Mullen, Tartanic, Marc Gunn, Lissa Schneckenburger, Brad Tuck, Logical Fleadh, Thom Dunn, Andrew Finn Magill, Amelia Hogan, Hugh Morrison, The Celtic Kitchen Party, Lume de Biqueira, Niamh Parsons, Kilrush, Mad Maudlin, Patsy O'Brien, Alli Johnson, Boxing Robin, Karan Casey

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0:02 - Intro: Jason Nevins Family

0:21 - McKasson & McDonald "The Cheese Closet Set" from Harbour

4:55 - WELCOME

6:11 - Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen "The Morning Thrush / Spike Island Lasses" from Brightly or Darkly

10:12 - Bill Mullen "Whisky in the Jar" from The Beginning

13:57 - Tartanic "Brick O' Bracken" from Uncharted

15:30 - Marc Gunn "Drunken Sailor" from St Patrick's Day

19:04 - Lissa Schneckenburger "Step Aside/ Move On Over/ Patriarchy Is Dead" from Falling Forward

22:59 - Brad Tuck "The Creggan White Hare" from The Rocky Isle

27:10 - FEEDBACK

32:46 - Logical Fleadh "Fermoy Lasses/Noisy Curlew/Gravelwalk" from Logical Fleadh (17 - Track Album)

36:24 - Thom Dunn "Tell Me Ma" from Forfocs​é​ic, Vol. 3: Love & War

39:26 - Andrew Finn Magill "Tom of the Red Hills / Tom Ward's Downfall / The Western Lasses" from Roots

43:24 - Amelia Hogan "The Lark In The Clear Air" from Taking Flight

47:02 - Hugh Morrison "Aidan's/Ali MacGregor's Jig/ Made In Texas" from Under A Texas Skye

50:13 - The Celtic Kitchen Party "Just for Tonight" from Last Call

53:29 - Lume de Biqueira "MAÑANA MÁS" from MAÑANA MÁS

57:11 - THANKS

1:00:25 - Niamh Parsons "The Rigs of Rye" from Heart's Desire

1:04:43 - Kilrush “Toss the Jam” from Kilrush

1:08:55 - Wolf & Clover "Shanagolden" from Wolf & Clover

1:13:36 - Patsy O'Brien "The Old Copperplate - The Exile Of Erin" from Onward

1:16:37 - Alli Johnson "Annabel Lee" from Into the Hollows

1:19:53 - Boxing Robin "Clare to Donegal Jigs" from The View From Here

1:23:16 - CLOSING

1:25:45 - Karan Casey "The Rocks of Bawn" from Nine Apples of Gold

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Cheryl Arvio replied: "Hmmm, well.... I work while listening to the podcast. I catalog books in an art museum library

For St. Patrick's Day my partner and I are doing our annual pub crawl, 4 Irish bars over the course of the afternoon with all the craic we can absorb

Music - wise, we went to a pub yesterday and listened to some traditional tunes, hopefully will hear more during the pub crawl Friday (sometimes the bars just have on NCAA games, sigh) as well as digging out a stack of CDs I haven't listened to in a while. There's some great music out there : - ) Happy High Holy Days to you,"

Jeffrey Shaw of The Muckers replied: "You know what I'm doing for St. Patrick's Day, baby! Keeping those drunks dancing with Celtic tunes : - D"

Von Rothenberger replied from Lucas, Kansas: "Going to the annual St. Paddy's Day Parade & Celebration in Lillis, Kansas (population: 40) and then eating corned beef & cabbage at the Second Street Cafe in Natoma, Kansas!"

Patrick Clark replied: Marc,I listen to the podcast during my commute or walk.  I'm taking St. Patrick's day off to go to Mass and cook Corned Beef (I know it's not Irish, but my inlaws love how I cook it)

I celebrate Celtic culture through music by listening to your podcast, the copperplate time podcast, as well as the Nuacht Mhall podcast and I'm studying Gaeilge through the Philo - Celtic society!  (philo - celtic.com) Go raibh maith agat!"

Ellen Ellis emailed: "Marc, I would love a St. Patrick’s Day show. I will be celebrating St Patrick’s day by playing all Irish music on my radio program called “The Green Willow Show” on WVUD 91.3 at  the University of Delaware, on Wednesday the 15th at 8PM eastern time. I can be streamed in realtime at www.wvud.org.

On The 17th I will probably drink a little Bushmills and watch The Banshees of Inisherin.

I listen to your show while in the car or doing stuff around the house. Thank You for the music you play for the world."

Ken B. emailed: "1.  I am doing work around the house while listening.  2. For St. Patrick's Day I am watching my grandkids.  Will celebrate with a Black & Tan after they are put to bed. 3. I celebrate Celtic culture by going out of my way to find artists of the culture and give them a special listen.  That is where your Podcast comes in handy. You do great work.  Keep it up."

Dennis McCarthy emailed: "Love the show.  Been listening for a few years. I most always listen while driving. I play the bagpipes so I am very busy during the month of March, especially on Saint Patrick’s Day.  The pipe and drum bands that I am in have been playing at many local festivals and private parties in the Saint Augustine area. Thank you very much"

Ellen Mandeville replied: I often do housework or go for a walk while listening. I plan to cook potato leek soup and drink Guinness on St. Patrick's day. We'll be listening to Celtic music while enjoying our St. Paddy's day meal.

  Check out this episode!

[leverage-ot3]

notable moments from The Three Strikes Job

leverage 2.14

tara finishing nate’s drink so she wouldn’t have to deal with his bullshit and get him upstairs asap? iconic

- - - - -

Parker: So, is he gonna be okay?

Nate: Uh, they don't know.

Tara: Okay, this guy's a cop. You're thieves.

Nate: I'm not a thief! Bonnano is the cop that we tip off when we need to put the cuffs on a mark

we about to see nate turn a 180 in the next episode

- - - - -

Hardison: That's public corruption. There's practically no files on that thing.

Nate: That's it.

Hardison: No, no, these other two files -- they -- they involve violent criminals. This one -- this - it's government corruption.

Nate: No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. That's it. That's it. Just...Check the shooting. Put up the scene. Okay, so, Bonnano - he goes to a remote location, alone, no backup. That means he knows his attackers and he's not expecting any trouble. Now, what did you just say? You said no files on it? So, Bonnano was keeping this investigation off the books.

Tara: Explains a secret meeting. Off hours, away from any witnesses.

Eliot: Cops are looking in the wrong place

- - - - -

Tara: So, what's our angle here? I haven't been with you guys very long, but taking someone down for attempted murder isn't something you normally do.

Nate: Listen, we come at him like any other mark. We flip over a rock in this guy's backyard, see what jumps out

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[Bonnano’s House]

Eliot: Yeah, we're heading in now. You spend your weekends making these things, don't you?

Hardison: Yes, I do, and does anybody appreciate that?

[City Hall]

Parker: I do. I like the costumes. I wish I was there.

[Reelection Campain Event]

Parker, we need someone to sweep the mayor's office while he's here at the fundraiser.

[City Hall]

Parker: Fine. But I never get to do anything fun. (jumps off building)

- - - - -

Hardison: Hey. We are gonna search every inch of this carpet.

Cop: What am I looking for?

Hardison: Fibers, damn it. Fibers. And you -- you go search the bedroom and the bathroom for DNA. Get me a toothbrush, a hairbrush. I don't care if it's a nose trimmer. You bag it, tag it, and send it to the lab.

Cop: Um, th-- this carpet's made of fibers.

Hardison: Well, we're looking for other fibers -- suspicious fibers, fibers of crime. Damn! What'd they teach you at the academy, boy?! On my nerves.

eliot has to hide his smile when attention was turned to him ,,, he was lowkey very amused by hardison’s “fibers” shtick

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Tara (walking away): You can handle this. Just feed them a story.

Parker: No, I can't do that. I mean, I can, but Sophie usually walks me through this.

Tara: Okay, take a deep breath. If you're uncomfortable, use it. Make them feel uncomfortable. Here's what you tell them.

Secretary: Who are you?

Parker: Peggy Marwood. Friend of Brad's.

Secretary: You can't just barge in here. Do you have an appointment?

Parker: Yeah, actually, I do. That's what this is all about. I sort of missed my appointment, if you know what I mean. (patting her stomach) Yeah. I, uh, sort of, uh, met Brad at the, uh...

Tara: National Mayors conference.

Parker: ...National Mayors conference...

Tara: In Vegas....

Parker: In Vegas... about six to eight weeks ago. Is that his family? (picks up picture from desk) Oh, they don't have any weird genetic...Things, do they?

Secretary: I'm sorry. The mayor didn't mention anything to me about this.

Tara: All right, now make her think you're gonna leave.

Parker: No problem. I'm just gonna go sit out there with everybody, and I might need a wastebasket, though, 'cause I'm feeling a little (gags) you know what I mean?

Secretary: No! You should wait in here... Okay....In that chair right there, away from everyone who might... see you.

Parker: Thanks. (to Tara) I owe you one.

Tara: Now, see? Trusting me is not so bad (parker smiles and gets up)

that’s very smart ??? iconic

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Tara: I don't know. Culpepper doesn't strike me as the type to order a hit, especially on something like a graft case. What's the big deal, you know? You get caught, you go on TV with your wife, you cry, you get re-elected.

Parker: Yeah, it's the American way.

Tara: Exactly.

Hardison: Nah, this guy’s been caught in the middle of a dozen corruption cases. Each time, he's walked away, and somebody else took the fall. This guy does not get caught.

call! america! OUT!!!

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Nate: Classic con -- hook, pinch, and flip.

Tara: Hook the mayor with the idea we're gonna build a ballpark here on all this land that he owns.

Nate: That's right, and then pinch him for a bribe to guarantee he gets the action. Hardison tells me he runs a lot of gray money through his re-election campaign, so he'll take the bribe out of his re-election funds.

Tara: Which is a federal offense. All right, so once we nail the mayor for the bribe...

Nate: The flip, right? Yeah, when the heat comes down, whoever shot Bonnano cuts a deal, the mayor goes down

so now we know the hook, pinch, flip

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Hardison: You got drafted in the sixth round right out of high school. Had a cup of coffee in the royals organization. Then you bounced around the minors, you bounced around the world, and, as we can see here, you made a very popular commercial for an energy drink in Japan.

Eliot (on screen): Super happy power go!

Hardison: It took me 13 hours.

Eliot: There's only one problem. I don't like baseball.

Hardison: What? E-everybody likes baseball.

Eliot: I don't like baseball, man. All right? I don't like any sport you can't score on defense. Football, hockey, even basketball, but baseball?

Hardison: I'm not even talking to you. (walks away)

Eliot: It's boring. Hey, wait. Can you play the commercial?

Eliot (on screen): Super happy power go

chaotic boyfriends

also this is literally my favorite thing ever ,,, eliot enjoys the video so much

- - - - -

Eliot: Yeah, that's right, run away. Faster you start panicking, the faster I can get out of here. (swings at ball, nearly hits the pitcher)

Pitcher: Whoa!

Eliot: This time with a little more heat.

his bashful lil smile when he realizes he might actually like baseball? he’s baby, your honor

- - - - -

Parker (into phone): Los Beavers me han entristecido con su traicion, Esteban.

Hardison: You speak Spanish?

Parker: Si.

Hardison: Seriously?

another one of parker’s MANY hidden talents

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Culpepper: Oh. Oh, be still my heart -- If my heart were somewhere in my pants. This is a thing of beauty.

Aid: He's building a ballpark?

Culpepper: A riverfront ballpark.

two words: y’all NASTY

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eliot’s hair in this one is MAJESTIC

- - - - -

[Crowd chanting “Roy” in the background]

Nate: All right, good news, bad news.

Tara: Good news?

Nate: The mayor's hooked. We're in the pinch.

Tara: Bad news?

Nate: I think we lost Eliot until the playoffs.

+ y’all best believe I hc that parker and hardison managed to go to one of their practices/games before the con was over

- - - - -

Eliot: You left early, man. Huh? Bottom of the ninth.

Hardison: Excuse your rudeness. I'm explaining the con. It's very complicated.

Eliot: Really? The mayor gives us a check, and we deposit it in some company you connected back to him. Looks like he's embezzling from his campaign funds. Bottom of the ninth, man. I hit a walk-off single, man. Crowd goes nuts.

Hardison: But that's -- that's not all there is, okay? We got -- there's - there's the Bonnano thing.

Eliot: What? We give Bonnano’s notes to the newspaper, man? They named a sandwich after me at T.J. Philbin's.

Parker: Ohh. Ooh.

Eliot: Huh?

Hardison: I'll give it to you, man. The sandwich thing is pretty cool. Is this a hoagie?

Eliot: No, man, it's a Reuben.

THEY DID THEIR HANDSHAKE!!! we love to see the ot3 in action

+ parker’s wearing a flannel again

- - - - -

Guard: Hey, aren't you Roy Chappell? Yeah, you hit the game-winner yesterday for the beavers. I was there with my kid.

Eliot: I did.

Guard: What are you doing here?

Eliot: It's Triple-A ball, so I got to have a day job, you know? Excuse me. Sorry. (closes door)

Guard (through window): Oh, hey, Roy? You mind? (hands him paper and pen) It's for my kid.

Culpepper: No, I don't mind, man.

Guard: All right. Thanks, Roy.

Hardison: Who are you right now?

Eliot: Hey, man, what do you want me to do?

Hardison: Huh? Seriously?

Eliot: Like a role model.

Hardison: Seriously?

Eliot: What? It's not my fault

HES SO HAPPY

also hardison nobody missed your little smile and thumbs up in the background when the guy approached eliot,,, we see your secret pride for him

this was a great happy eliot + hardison interaction

- - - - -

(nearby agent’s phone rings, Nevin’s answers)

Nevins: Who is it? Who's this?

Hardison: You come in, and we'll kill all the hostages.

Nevins: What hostages?

Hardison: Oh, you thought the mayor was the only one? No, look, we got a whole Sunday school of people up in here. We got old folks, we got nuns, and we got explosives. You come in, you make headlines. (hangs up)

Nevins: We got any eyes in there?

Agent: No.

Nevins: Any cameras?

Agent: Nothing.

Nevins (into radio): All right, we hold! We hold! They're not going anywhere. Call for backup. I want bomb squads, full assault team, snipers. They want to play rough... We play rough

- - - - -

Eliot: Look, he needs a distraction.

Parker: We did just find a box of ammo and explosives. Boom. I'm just saying.

Eliot: The problem is in the delivery.

Hardison: And a detonator.

(Parker and Eliot turn to look at truck)

Hardison: No. Mnh-mnh. No. Mnh-mnh-mnh-mnh. Mnh-mnh. Mnh-mnh. Look, mnh-mnh. Not Lucille. Not Lucille! She all I got left. (Points to Parker, then Eliot) Don't you do it to me. Get that look out your eye.

(Parker and Eliot begin unloading the truck)

Hardison: You ain't got to be so happy about it, Eliot. You always had it in for my van. You always had it in for Lucille. You said she smells. She don't stink. It's just...An odor

parker and eliot were SO in sync when they both turned around at the same time

and also we love to see the ot3 being chaotic and framed together

- - - - -

parker kissed lucielle’s back door before they blew it up she has A HEART YOUR HONOR AND ITS RIGHT THERE FOR US TO SEE

- - - - -

(Hardison directs the van toward the warehouse with remote control)

Hardison: I've always been and forever shall be your friend.

awww baby

also apparently this was a star trek reference

- - - - -

Sterling: Oh, I wouldn't say that. (holds up badge) James Sterling... Interpol. Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?

what a DOUCHEBAG

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Grizzlies Roll Over Rush, Take Series

Not sure where the fight was the Boys from the Black Hills had the previous two games. Let's put this behind us and move on to Colorado

RAPID CITY, SD — A pair of overtime victories coupled with a pair of decisive victories came down to “Round 5” between the Rapid City Rush and Utah Grizzlies.  The final bout of this series turned into a route with Utah taking a 5-1 victory over their divisional foes Saturday night. Utah would again light the goal lamp first in the contest.  Brad Nevin and Cam Reid found themselves in a 2-on-1…

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Trump’s ‘smoking gun’ tape is worse than Nixon’s, but congressional Republicans have less incentive to do anything about it

On Aug. 9, 1974, Nixon introduced his resignation from the presidency. 12/Common Photographs Group through Getty Photographs

At the least Donald Trump’s “smoking gun” tape is less complicated than Richard Nixon’s.

Schoolchildren can simply grasp Trump’s excessive crime, in distinction to the advanced, Machiavellian plot immortalized on the tape that led to Nixon’s downfall. Will probably be tougher to clarify to them why congressional Republicans determined to carry Nixon accountable, however not Trump.

It actually wasn’t for lack of proof. The tape is evident. Youngsters can determine the precept at stake. They perceive dishonest. They know that the loser of a race shouldn’t declare himself the winner. They realize it’s fallacious for the loser to attempt to change the outcomes of the race by threatening those that hold the rating and implement the foundations.

President Trump on the White Home on Dec. 31. Invoice O’Leary/The Washington Put up through Getty Photographs

Presidential coercion

That’s what Trump, the loser of the 2020 election, tried to do to the highest election official in Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in a cellphone name on Saturday.

“I simply wish to discover 11,780 votes,” Trump mentioned.

Trump misplaced Georgia by 11,779 votes. To strain this state official to do his bidding, Trump brandished the specter of legal prosecution. He claimed – falsely, baselessly and ridiculously – that Georgia’s ballots had been corrupt whilst he was attempting to deprave them himself:

“You’re going to discover that they’re – which is completely unlawful – it’s extra unlawful for you than it’s for them as a result of, you understand, what they did and also you’re not reporting it. That’s a legal, that’s a legal offense. And you may’t let that occur. That’s a giant threat to you and to Ryan [Germany], your lawyer.”

The character of this menace (good place you bought right here, hate to see something occur to it … or to you) gained’t be misplaced on anybody acquainted with mobster motion pictures. Trump’s tackle the tough-guy cliché wasn’t significantly coherent, but it surely met the trope’s two fundamental necessities. It was each clear sufficient to be unmistakable, and obscure sufficient to attenuate his personal publicity to legal prosecution.

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Congress then – and now

In distinction, Nixon’s “smoking gun” tape defies easy abstract, as I used to be reminded final 12 months whereas attempting to summarize it throughout an interview with French public tv on “le scandale du Watergate.” I get requested such questions because the creator of “Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate.”

The Nixon tape captured only one small a part of the Watergate cover-up. However its launch led congressional Republicans to name on Nixon to resign or face elimination.

GOP members of Congress – Senate Minority Chief Hugh Scott, Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater and John Rhodes of Arizona, the Home minority chief – after visiting Nixon to tell him he didn’t have ample help to face up to impeachment and elimination. Nationwide Archives

Now, confronted with taped proof that the president is abusing the ability of his workplace to launch a direct assault on majority rule and the integrity of the vote, the foundations of American democracy, most congressional Republicans both do nothing or actively help Trump.

What modified? Lower than meets the attention.

The affect of Nixon’s “smoking gun” tape had much less to do with its contents – and the content material of the character of congressional Republicans – than with the timing.

As historian Mark Nevin notes, Nixon’s “smoking gun” tape went public on the proper time to make a distinction. It got here out in August 1974, when congressional Republicans had their primaries behind them and had been looking forward to the November congressional elections.

Till they gained their primaries, their essential fear had been dropping their base, which was strongly pro-Nixon, regardless of how a lot proof got here out that the president had damaged the regulation, abused the ability of his workplace and tried to cowl it up.

Going into the overall election, nevertheless, congressional Republicans needed to fear about dropping the center, the moderates, the swing voters who had been disgusted by the each day revelations of White Home wrongdoing.

Earlier than congressional Republicans gained their primaries, it was politically handy for them to stay with the president, in order that they did. After their primaries, and earlier than the overall election, it was politically handy for them to distance themselves from the president, in order that they did.

U.S. representatives Edward Boland of Massachusetts (entrance) and Jack Edwards (second from the entrance) hearken to the White Home tapes on Aug. 6, 1974, in Washington, D.C. Hulton Archive/Getty Photographs

How 2020 is and isn’t completely different from 1974

With the 2020 presidential election behind us, we’re now within the 2022 congressional major season and 2024 Republican presidential major season.

Because of this for many Republican officeholders and workplace seekers, the trail of least political resistance is to stay with Trump, even when that path leads away from democracy and equality beneath regulation and towards authoritarianism and a hollowed-out republic-in-name-only.

By placing constitutional precept over lockstep partisanship, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger and numerous state and native Republican election officers, together with a small variety of congressional Republicans, have demonstrated their dedication to sincere elections. The power and political braveness they’ve proven, nevertheless spectacular and important within the current disaster, will not be sufficient to cease the nation’s slide from democracy.

Many congressional Republicans, as huge fish in pink states or hatchery fish within the protecting habitat of gerrymandered districts, have little incentive to serve nearly all of American voters. Till they should both symbolize the bulk or lose their positions of energy, they probably will do neither.

Ken Hughes is a researcher with the Presidential Recordings Program of the College of Virginia's Miller Middle. This system's work is funded partially by grants from the Nationwide Historic Publications and Data Fee.

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STUDIO CITY – August 18, 2023 – On “When Calls the Heart,” Elizabeth grows suspicious of Montague because of all the construction taking place on the land that Madeline now owns in, “What Is and What Never Should Be,” premiering Sunday, September 17 (9 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel.

The series stars Erin Krakow (“The Wedding Cottage”), Pascale Hutton (“We Wish You a Married Christmas”), Jack Wagner (“A Big Fat Family Christmas”), Kavan Smith (“Big Sky River”), Chris McNally (“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”), Kevin McGarry (“The Wedding Veil Expectations”), Andrea Brooks (“Romance to the Rescue”), Martin Cummins (“Riverdale”), Kayla Wallace (“My Grown-Up Christmas List”), Loretta Walsh (“Love on Fire”), Amanda Wong (“Raise a Glass to Love”), Johannah Newmarch (“Gabby Duran & The Unsittables”), Viv Leacock (“Cruel Instruction”), Natasha Burnett (“The Journey Ahead”), Ben Rosenbaum (“It Was Always You”), Hrothgar Mathews (“Motherland: Fort Salem”), Jaeda Lily Miller (“Starbeam”) and Hyland Goodrich (“When Calls the Heart”).

Elizabeth (Krakow) encourages Gowen (Cummins) to seek forgiveness from Rosaleen (Mamie Laverock, “Spotlight on Christmas”) to heal old wounds. Meanwhile Montague (Benjamin Wilkinson, “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”) continues to raise suspicion.

“When Calls the Heart” is from WCTH 10 Productions Inc. Erin Krakow, Susie Belzberg, Michael Shepard, Eric Jarboe, Jimmy Townsend, Lindsay Sturman, Brad Krevoy, Brian Bird, Michael Landon Jr., Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm are executive producers. Lindsay Sturman serves as showrunner. Peter DeLuise, Neill Fearnley, Paul Redford, Derek Thompson, Elizabeth Stewart and Amanda Phillips serve as co-executive producers. Heather Nevin, Shelley Matheson, Doran S. Chandler and Vince Balzano are associate producers. Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcom serve as producers. Alysse Leite-Rogers directed from a script by Derek Thompson. Based on the novel When Calls the Heart, by Janette Oke.

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2008 Movie Awards

Best Picture: The Dark Knight Milk Rachel Getting Married WALL-E The Wrestler HONORABLE MENTION: Doubt, The Class, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, Burn After Reading, Wendy and Lucy, Man on Wire, Hunger, Ballast, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Happy-Go-Lucky, Synecdoche New York Best Director: Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Andrew Stanton, WALL-E Gus Van Sant, Milk HONORABLE MENTION: Laurent Cantet, The Class; Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Burn After Reading; David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Lance Hammer, Ballast; Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York; Kurt Kuenne, Dear Zachary; Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky; James Marsh, Man on Wire; Steve McQueen, Hunger; Kelly Reichardt, Wendy and Lucy; John Patrick Shanley, Doubt Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Hunger Richard Jenkins, The Visitor Ben Kingsley, Elegy Sean Penn, Milk Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler HONORABLE MENTION: Francois Begeaudeau, The Class; Michael Cera, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist; Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man; Colin Farrell, In Bruges; James Franco, Pineapple Express; Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Synecdoche New York; Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Michael Pitt, Funny Games; Alejandro Polanco, Chop Shop; Jason Segel, Forgetting Sarah Marshall; Micheal J. Smith Sr., Ballast; Anton Yelchin, Charlie Barlett Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long Meryl Streep, Doubt Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy HONORABLE MENTION: Amy Adams, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day; Kate Beckinsale, Nothing But the Truth; Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Scarlett Johansson, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Nicole Kidman, Australia; Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading; Frances McDormand, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day; Tarra Riggs, Ballast; Jess Weixler, Teeth; Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road Best Supporting Actor: James Franco, Milk Bill Irwin, Rachel Getting Married Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading HONORABLE MENTION: Russell Brand, Forgetting Sarah Marshall; Josh Brolin, Milk; Brady Corbet, Funny Games; Liam Cunningham, Hunger; Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight; Ralph Fiennes, In Bruges; Danny McBride, Pineapple Express; Liam McMahon, Hunger; Mos Def, Cadillac Records; Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight; Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire; Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis, Doubt Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married Samantha Morton, Synecdoche, New York Evan Rachel Wood, The Wrestler HONORABLE MENTION: Hiam Abbass, The Visitor; Amy Adams, Doubt; Patricia Clarkson, Elegy; Vera Farmiga, Nothing But the Truth; Ari Graynor, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist; Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Anjelica Huston, Choke; Beyonce Knowles, Cadillac Records; Sophie Okonedo, The Secret Life of Bees; Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire; Tilda Swinton, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler; Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married; Elysa Zylberstein, I’ve Loved You So Long Best Original Screenplay: Burn After Reading - Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Hunger - Steve McQueen & Enda Walsh Milk - Dustin Lance Black Rachel Getting Married - Jenny Lumet WALL-E - Pete Docter, Jim Reardon & Andrew Stanton HONORABLE MENTION: Australia, Ballast, Charlie Barlett, Chop Shop, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Happy-Go-Lucky, In Bruges, I’ve Loved You So Long, Pineapple Express, Synecdoche New York, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Visitor, The Wrestler, Zack and Miri Make a Porno Best Adapted Screenplay: The Class - Francois Begaudeau, Robin Campillo & Laurent Cantet The Dark Knight - David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan Doubt - John Patrick Shanley Elegy - Nicholas Meyer Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy HONORABLE MENTION: The Counterfeiters, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Iron Man, Let the Right One In, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Speed Racer, Wendy and Lucy Best Ensemble: Burn After Reading The Class The Dark Knight Milk Slumdog Millionaire HONORABLE MENTION: Australia, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Funny Games, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Rachel Getting Married, Speed Racer, Synecdoche New York, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Zack and Miri Make a Porno Best Limited Performance - Male: Andre Blake, Rachel Getting Married Justin Long, Zack and Miri Make a Porno Denis O'Hare, Milk Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road J.K. Simmons, Burn After Reading HONORABLE MENTION: Alan Alda, Flash of Genius; Michael Caine, The Dark Knight; Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder; Bill Hader, Pineapple Express; David Rasche, Burn After Reading; Victor Rasuk, Stop-Loss; Mark Rendall, Charlie Barlett Best Limited Performance - Female: Patricia Clarkson, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Hope Davis, Synecdoche, New York Karina Fernandez, Happy-Go-Lucky Amy Ryan, Changeling Robin Weigert, Synecdoche, New York HONORABLE MENTION: Heather Burns, Choke; Zoe Kazan, Revolutionary Road; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Synecdoche New York; Lena Olin, The Reader; Amy Sedaris, Snow Angels; Sigourney Weaver, Vantage Point; Dianne Wiest, Synecdoche New York; Kristen Wiig, Ghost Town Breakthrough Performance: Ari Graynor, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Alejandro Polanco, Chop Shop Tarra Riggs, Ballast Micheal J. Smith Sr., Ballast Jess Weixler, Teeth HONORABLE MENTION: David Kross, The Reader; Lina Leandersson, Let the Right One In; Charlie McDermott, Frozen River; Gabe Nevins, Paranoid Park; Esmeralda Ouertani, The Class; Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire; Rachel Regulier, The Class; Brandon Walters, Australia Best Film Editing: The Dark Knight - Lee Smith Hunger - Joe Walker Rachel Getting Married - Tim Squyres Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens The Wrestler - Andrew Weisblum HONORABLE MENTION: Australia, Ballast, Burn After Reading, Chop Shop, The Class, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Dear Zachary, Doubt. Funny Games, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Let the Right One In, Man on Wire, Milk, Paranoid Park, Pineapple Express, Speed Racer Best Cinematography: Australia - Mandy Walker Ballast - Lol Crawley The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister The Wrestler - Maryse Alberti HONORABLE MENTION: Burn After Reading, Changeling, Chop Shop, Doubt, Elegy, Funny Games, Hunger, Let the Right One In, Milk, Paranoid Park, Rachel Getting Married, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire, Synecdoche New York, Wendy and Lucy Best Original Score: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer Milk - Danny Elfman Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman WALL-E - Thomas Newman HONORABLE MENTION: Australia, Burn After Reading, Changeling, In Bruges, I’ve Loved You So Long, Kung Fu Panda, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Revolutionary Road, Speed Racer, The Visitor, Waltz with Bashir, The X-Files: I Want to Believe Best Original Song: High School Musical 3: Senior Year - "I Want It All" - Matthew Gerrard & Robbie Nevil Slumdog Millionaire - "Jai Ho" - Gulzar & A.R. Rahman Synecdoche, New York - "Little Person" - Jon Brion & Charlie Kaufman WALL-E - "Down to Earth" - Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman The Wrestler - "The Wrestler" - Bruce Springsteen HONORABLE MENTION: Australia - “By the Boab Tree”; Bolt - “Barking at the Moon”; Cadillac Records - “Once in a Lifetime”; High School Musical 3: Senior Year - “High School Musical”; High School Musical 3: Senior Year - “A Night to Remember”; My Blueberry Nights - “The Story”; Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist - “Ottoman”; Sex and the City - “All Dressed in Love”; Slumdog Millionaire - “O Saya”; Trouble the Water - “Trouble the Water”; Twilight - “I Caught Myself” Best Art Direction: Australia - Beverly Dunn & Catherine Martin Changeling - Gary Fettis & James J. Murakami The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt & Victor J. Zolfo Revolutionary Road - Debra Schutt & Kristi Zea Synecdoche, New York - Mark Friedberg & Lydia Marks HONORABLE MENTION: Burn After Reading, The Counterfeiters, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Iron Man, Milk, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Pineapple Express, Sex and the City, Slumdog Millionaire, Speed Racer, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Best Costume Design: Australia - Catherine Martin The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West Milk - Danny Glicker Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Michael O'Connor Sex and the City - Patricia Field HONORABLE MENTION: Burn After Reading, Cadillac Records, Changeling, The Counterfeiters, The Dark Knight, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, Happy-Go-Lucky, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire, Speed Racer, Synecdoche New York, W., The Wrestler Best Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Hunger The Wrestler HONORABLE MENTION: Cadillac Records, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Let the Right One In, Milk, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Saw V, Sex and the City, Slumdog Millionaire, Speed Racer, Synecdoche New York, Tropic Thunder, Twilight, W. Best Sound Mixing: The Dark Knight Iron Man Pineapple Express Speed Racer WALL-E HONORABLE MENTION: Australia, Cadillac Records, Cloverfield, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Get Smart, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, The Incredible Hulk, Kung Fu Panda, Let the Right One In, Mamma Mia!, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Slumdog Millionaire, Tropic Thunder, The Wrestler Best Sound Editing: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Iron Man Speed Racer WALL-E HONORABLE MENTION: Australia, Cloverfield, Get Smart, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Incredible Hulk, Kung Fu Panda, Pineapple Express, Saw V, Slumdog Millionaire, Tropic Thunder, The Wrestler, The X-Files: I Want to Believe Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army Iron Man Speed Racer HONORABLE MENTION: Australia, Cloverfield, Eagle Eye, Get Smart, The Incredible Hulk, Tropic Thunder Best Foreign-Language Film: The Class - Laurent Cantet The Counterfeiters - Stefan Ruzowitzky I've Loved You So Long - Philippe Claudel Let the Right One In - Tomas Alfredson Waltz with Bashir - Ari Folman HONORABLE MENTION: JCVD Best Documentary: Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father - Kurt Kuenne Man on Wire - James Marsh Taxi to the Dark Side - Alex Gibney Trouble the Water - Carl Deal & Tia Lessin Young@Heart - Stephen Walker Honorable Mention: HONORABLE MENTION: Bigger Stronger Fast, Encounters at the End of the World, Religulous, Standard Operating Procedure, Waltz with Bashir Best Animated Film: Bolt - Byron Howard & Chris Williams Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who - Jimmy Hayward & Steve Martino Kung Fu Panda - Mark Osborne & John Stevenson WALL-E - Andrew Stanton Waltz with Bashir - Ari Folman Every 2008 Film I've Seen: Ranked

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Film Lifetime Achievement Award Winners for 2017/18

The award season is about to begin. Here are the recipients for the various cinematic lifetime achievement awards.

Academy Awards: Charles Burnett, Owen Roizman, Donald Sutherland and Agnes Varda

Golden Globes: Oprah Winfrey

BAFTA: Ridley Scott

Cesar Awards: Penelope Cruz

American Film Institute: George Clooney

SAG Awards: Morgan Freeman

Kennedy Center Honors: Norman Lear

Cannes Film Festival: Martin Scorsese

Venice Film Festival: Stephen Frears, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford

Berlin Film Festival: Willem Dafoe

Writers Guild Awards: John Waters and Len Wein (posthumous) 

Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Max von Sydow

European Film Awards: Julie Delpy and Alexander Sokurov

Sarajevo Film Festival: John Cleese and Oliver Stone

Locarno Festival: Todd Haynes, Adrien Brody, Mathieu Kassovitz,  Nastassja Kinski and Jean-Marie Straub

Zurich Film Festival: Glenn Close, Andrew Garfield, Oliver Stone and Jake Gyllenhaal

Rose d’Or Awards: Angela Lansbury

Burbank International Film Festival: Veronica Cartwright

Australian Writers Guild: Andrew Knight

Hamptons Film Festival: Julie Andrews

VES LifetimeAchievement Award: Jon Favreau

Platino Ibero-American Film Awards: Edward James Olmos

Ischia Global Film and Music Fest: Roman Polanski and Armand Assante

Munich Film Festival: Bryan Cranston

Camerimage: John Toll and Phillip Noyce

Rome Film Festival: David Lynch

British Academy Britannia Awards: Matt Damon, Dick Van Dyke, Kenneth Branagh, Ava DuVernay and Claire Foy

Odesa International Film Festival: Agnieszka Holland

Oceanside International Film Festival: Alan Roderick-Jones

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival: John Sayles and Maggie Renzi

Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival: Danny Glover and Joslyn Barnes

Riverside International Film Festival: Stu Krieger

Telluride International Film Festival: Ed Lachman

DOC NYC: Errol Morris and Sheila Nevins

Hoboken International Film Festival: Armand Assante

Horrible Imaginings Film Festival: Dee Wallace

San Sebastián Film Festival: Agnes Varda and Monica Bellucci

Arpa International Film Festival: Terry George, Carl Weathers and Alexander Dinelaris

World Soundtrack Awards: David Shire

El Gouna Film Festival: Forest Whitaker

Heartland Film Festival: Rob Reiner

Asian World Film Festival: George Takei

DC South Asia Film Festival: Zeenat Aman

Inspiring City Awards: Billy Connolly

New York City Horror Film Festival: Brad Dourif

Windsor International Film Festival: Lois Smith

SCAD Savannah Film Festival: Richard Gere

Stockholm Film Festival: Vanessa Redgrave and Pablo Larrain 

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival: Stanley Nelson

Antalya Film Festival: Christopher Walken

Lumière Award: Wong Kar-Wai 

Hollywood Film Awards: Gary Oldman

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival: Burt Reynolds

Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards: Errol Morris

Woodstock Film Awards: Bill Pullman

Directors Guild of Canada Awards: Don Shebib

European Animation Awards: Richard Williams

Los Cabos Fest: Nicole Kidman

Israel Film Festival: Jeffrey Tambor and Lior Ashkenazi

Annie Awards: James Baxter, Stephen Hillenburg, Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis 

International Film Festival of India: Atom Egoyan

Dubai International Film Festival: Patrick Stewart, Wahid Hamed and Irrfan Kahn

International Film Festival of Kerala: Alexander Sokurov

Art Directors Guild: John Moffitt, James J. Murakami, Martin Kline, Norm Newberry, Kathleen Kennedy, Ron Clements and John Musker

New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Molly Haskell

Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild: Greg Gannom and Mary Gurerro

Movies for Grownups Awards: Helen Mirren

Golden Horse Awards: Hsu Feng

Women in Film and Television Awards: Celia Imrie

Goteborg Film Festival: Alicia Vikander

Gotham Awards: Nicole Kidman

Denver Film Festival: Aaron Sorkin

Athena Film Festival: Barbara Kopple

SFFILM Awards: Kate Winslet

International Cinematographers Guild: Betty White

American Black Film Festival: Billy Dee Williams

Looking Ahead Awards: Charlotte Rae

San Luis Obispo Jewish Film Festival: Susan Arnold and Donna Roth

Goteborg Film Festival: Juliette Binoche

Sedona International Film Festival: Jane Alexander

Beaufort International Film Festival: Dale Dye

Canadian Screen Awards: Clark Johnson

Costume Designers Guild: Guillermo Del Toro and Joanna Johnson

Animafest Zagreb: Paul Fierlinger

WGAW's Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement: James L. Brooks

Irish Film and Television Academy Awards: Gabriel Byrne  

Chaplin Award: Helen Mirren

Austin Film Festival: Roger Corman

Satellite Awards: Dabney Coleman

Lumiere Awards: Jean-Paul Belmondo and Monica Bellucci

Governor General Performing Arts Award: Genevieve Bujold

Annecy International Animated Film Festival: Brad Bird

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Hollywood Reporter, September 25

Since I don’t have any tabloids  to add today, I’m going to add the Hollywood Reporter. I’ll do this when I run dry of tabloids. If you’d like me to add HR more often, let me know :) 

Keep in mind HR is an over-sized magazine, so some scans will be cut off. If you’d like something scanned that I cut off, again let me know

Lastly, there are a lot of ads in HR, especially For Your Consideration and Congratulations ads. Let me know if you’d like me to keep an eye out for ads for someone or something you’re interested in

Cover: Fall Style Glam Squads -- Hairstylist Bryce Scarlett, Margot Robbie and makeup artist Pati Dubroff 

Page 10: Contents, Cynthia Erivo

Page 12: Contents 

Page 23:  The Report -- How sky-high can massive TV library deals fly?, Heat Index -- Lizzo

Page 24: Who wants to buy DirecTV at a deep discount? 

Page 26: Why Disney quietly launched streaming in the Netherlands, Theaters’ latest cash grab: ads after trailers 

Page 28: Emmys shocks, surprises and that big ratings stumble, who won big and who won big on TV, Emmy Heat Index -- Phoebe Waller-Bridge, HBO, Amazon, Ozark, Jesse Armstrong, Variety categories, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the women of Game of Thrones, Fox Entertainment 

Page 32: Box Office, Broadcast TV, Cable TV, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200 

Page 34: 7 Days of Deals -- Margaret Nagle, Penelope Ann Miller, Mia Kirshner, Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman, Bruce Holsinger, Greg Berlanti, Jessica Queller, Robert Rovner, Melissa Korn, Jennifer Levitz, D.V. DeVincentis, Ali Krug, Patrick Chu, Jeffrey Wright, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Dean DeBlois, Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds will star in a musical reimagining of A Christmas Carol, Joaquin Phoenix, Big Deal Exclusive -- Billy Joel’s music will be a scripted “arc-thology” called Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Hot New Books with Hollywood Appeal -- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Raven Lane by Amber Cowie

Page 35: Rita Wilson, Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver, Gideon Adlon and Lovie Simone and Zoey Luna, Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons, Ryan Seacrest, Jared Padalecki will star in a Walker Texas Ranger reboot, Stephen Falk, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, Dan Levy, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Nahnatchka Khan, Kiefer Sutherland and Boyd Holbrook, Queen Latifah, Kendrick Lamar, Rep Sheet -- Cecily Strong, Chance the Rapper, Jason Bell, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Kevin Nash AKA Diesel, Next Big Thing -- Barbie Ferreira

Page 39: About Town -- Stephanie Ruhle of MSNBC 

Page 40: AllBright pitches women a diverse membership and professional cred to stand out amid multiplying options -- Jameela Jamil, Olivia Wilde, The Bungalows’ bar to entry -- Taylor Swift and Emma Stone, Eddie Redmayne

Page 41: Soho Warehouse, Cory Booker Q&A -- he’s a big fan of Supernatural 

Page 46: Yes, I Did Say That -- Bob Iger, Reed Hastings, Renee Zellweger, Thomas Lennon, Mike Schur, Mike Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Demi Moore, Flashback -- Julian Fellowes in 2018 

Page 48: Rambling Reporter -- Robert Osborne, Billy Porter, Laverne Cox, Ricky Martin, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Padma Lakshmi, Shoshana Bean, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Charlotte Kirk, Kevin Tsujihara, Neil Marshall, Sylvester Stallone, Peter Bradshaw, Power Dining -- Issa Rae, Larry David, Helen Hunt, Jamie Foxx, Brian Grazer, Alicia Vikander brunching at Brentwood Country Mart’s Farmshop, Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Charlie Hunnam, Julie Bowen, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian 

Page 50: Hitched, Hatched, Hired 

Page 53: Emmy Awards -- Phoebe Waller-Bridge 

Page 54: Best Dressed -- Emilia Clarke, Rachel Brosnahan

Page 55: Mandy Moore, Naomi Watts, Michelle Williams 

Page 56: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gwyneth Paltrow

Page 57: Julia Garner, Billy Porter, Sophie Turner, Kristen Bell 

Page 58: On the Carpet and Inside the Parties -- Jared Harris and Craig Mazin, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and boyfriend Martin McDonagh, Peter Roth with wife Andrea and Ann Sarnoff and husband Richard, Ted Sarandos and Jason Bateman, Billy Porter, Michelle Williams and John Landgraf, George R.R. Martin 

Page 59: Ava DuVernay and Ethan Herisse and Asante Blackk and Jane Rosenthal, Bob Greenblatt and Stephen Loguidice, Rachel Brosnahan, Joey King and Patricia Arquette, RuPaul, Jodie Comer 

Page 60: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Anna Chlumsky, Peter Dinklage and David Benioff, Eugene Levy and Deborah Devine and Ben Stiller, Charlie Collier, Jeremy Strong and Jesse Armstong and Casey Bloys, Sophie Turner and Nina West, Lena Waithe and Ben Whishaw and Latesha Gillespie and Charlie Barnett 

Page 61: Kelly Kahl and Thom Sherman and their wives, Jeff Bezos and Bethenny Frankel, Norman Lear and Karey Burke, Jharrel Jerome and Korey Wise, Zendaya, Jeff Shell and daughter Anna, Rambling Reporter Emmy Edition -- Ted Sarandos, Jharrel Jerome, Korey Wise, Game of Thrones cast

Page 62: Regina King, Tony Shaloub and Alex Borstein, Robin Wright, Iain Glen and Kit Harington, Jaboukie Young-White, Seth MacFarlane, Adam Devine, Samantha Bee 

Page 64: THR and SAG-AFTRA Nominees Night -- Sterling K. Brown and Mandy Moore and Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Sullivan, Michael K. Williams, Clea Duvall and Natasha Lyonne, Anthony Carrigan and Jared Harris and wife Allegra Riggio, Jennifer Salke and Bert Salke and Pearlena Igbokwe, Chris Silbermann, Lea Michele, Jeremy Gold and Marci Wiseman and Craig Erwich, Sarah Snook and Nicholas Braun, Aaron Paul and Joey King, David Nevins and Matthew Belloni and Josh Sapan 

Page 66: The Business -- Bill Damaschke 

Page 68: Digital -- Gamer’s Plight -- retire at 25? 

Page 70: TV -- Shane Gillis, SNL and the art of the post-racist-rant apology 

Page 72: Are Hollywood “Loan-outs” done for? 

Page 76: How to throw a viewing party for your own show, Power Shopping -- Cardi B., Ryan Murphy, Larry David, Cameron Diaz, Mark Wahlberg, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kristen Stewart, Kate Hudson, Style News and Notes -- Teressa Foglia, Gerard Butler, Owen Wilson, John Mayer, Will Smith

Page 78: Becoming Judy -- designers Jany Temime and Jeremy Woodhead transformed Renee Zellweger into Judy Garland 

Page 82: Glam Squads -- Zendaya 

Page 83: Zendaya with makeup artist Sheika Daley and hairstylist Ursula Stephen 

Page 85: Margot Robbie with Bryce Scarlett and Pati Dubroff, Zazie Beetz, Rachel Brosnahan 

Page 86: Cynthia Erivo with makeup artist Terrell Mullin and hairstylist Coree Moreno 

Page 87: Emilia Clarke, Cynthia Erivo, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman, Brie Larson 

Page 88: Jennifer Lopez, Lupita Nyong’o

Page 89: Rachel Brosnahan with hairstylist Owen Gould and makeup artist Lisa Aharon, Florence Pugh, Margot Robbie 

Page 90: BTS Emmys -- Michelle Williams’ winning glam slam 

Page 91 -- Saoirse Ronan, Hailee Steinfeld, Charlize Theron, Zendaya 

Page 92: Comedy’s Civil War -- Shane Gillis’ SNL firing has exposed a growing rift in the stand-up world over what’s legitimate envelope-pushing and what’s just plain racist 

Page 94: Reviews -- The Politician 

Page 95: Fall TV Roundup, THR’s Social Climbers -- Actors -- Cole Sprouse, Tracee Ellis Ross, Unscripted TV -- American Ninja Warriors, TV Personalities -- James Corden 

Page 97: Backlot -- Elizabeth Banks on fighting to direct and her picks for president, Film Row gives assistants face time with top execs 

Page 98: A new film takes the case of Eric Garner -- who was killed by NYPD officers in 2014 -- to court 

Page 100: Armando Iannucci embraces his softer side for a timely David Copperfield starring Dev Patel 

Page 102: Has Korean filmmaking become a victim of its own success? 

Page 104: 90 Years of THR -- In the early 1960s Marilyn Monroe’s hairstylist was ‘God’

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This day in New York Rangers, April 29th 1971, Pete Stemkowski scored 1:29 into triple overtime to give the Rangers a 3-2 win over the Blackhawks in Game 6 of the Semifinals. The goal ended the longest overtime in MSG history.

The golden age of hockey for many fans was the 1967 expansion era when the league doubled from six to 12 teams, with two more teams added in 1970, 1972, and 1974. The NHL of that time oozed with flair and personality that has never been equaled since.

The New York Rangers and Chicago Blackhawks were two of the top teams in the late 1960's and ealy 1970's. Neither team won the Stanley Cup during that time, but they could have. The Blackhawks made the Stanley Cup Final in both 1971 and 1973, losing to the Montreal Canadiens each time. The Rangers made it in 1972, only to get taken down by the Boston Bruins. Both teams were regulars in the playoffs and perennially had among the top regular season records in the game.

The Rangers, Blackhawks and Boston Bruins were the three teams that were regularly shown on the CBS game of the week. Fans of both teams had a hard time getting over those playoff losses and have never forgotten these two classic teams that were loaded with talent and personality. To this day, you will frequently see fans of both teams rock sweaters with players numbers and names from that era.

In 1971, the Blackhawks and Rangers were at their peak. As fate would have it, the Rangers and Bruins would match up in the semifinal playoff with the winner having their ticket punched for the Stanley Cup Final. It was to be a series for the ages.

The New York Rangers were sparked by the famed GAG Line (Goal A Game) that featured elegant center Jean Ratelle, the flashy matinee idol Rod Gilbert on right wing, and truculant left winger Vic Hadfield. Ratelle had 26 goals and 46 assists on the season and played with a dignity that was in stark contrast to the more rambunctious style of many players in that era. Gilbert was a dynamic goal scorer that lit the lamp 30 times on the season. Hadfield overcame injuries to post 22 goals. The Rangers boasted plenty of secondary scoring depth with center Walt Tkaczuk, (22-49-71), left wing Dave Balon, (36-24-60), right wing Bob Nevin, (21 -25-46), and Pete Stemkowski, (16 -29-45).

The Rangers were not lacking for defense, and young blue liner Brad Park was emerging into stardom to become the second best rearguard of that era, topped only by Boston’s Bobby Orr. Park had seven goals and 37 assists with a plus-25 against the top lines in the game each night.

The goaltending tandem of Ed Giacomin and Gilles Villemure was among the best in the game and the newly built Madison Square Garden would be packed to the rafters with fans serenading Giacomin with chants of, “Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!” Today, when Giacomin is introduced at the Garden, he is still serenaded in the same manner.

The Blackhawks were led by the star power of "The Golden Jet "Bobby Hull" and "Tony O" Tony Esposito. Few athletes in the history of sports could match Chicago Blackhawks left winger Bobby Hull for his combination of power, dominance, and charisma. The Golden Jet had it all and was the marquee man of the Hawks. Hull led the 1971 Hawks with 44 goals and a legendary shot that would routinely exceed speeds of 100 miles per hour in an era of wooden sticks and authenticity.

Hull’s fellow left winger, and brother Dennis, was second on the team with 40 goals. Center Stan Mikita rehabilitated himself from being a player that went from beyond chippy, to at times dirty, into one of the classiest and smoothest players in the game.

The defense corps was anchored by Pat Stapleton, who was a solid playmaker with 44 assists and a whopping +49. Veteran rearguard Bill White was a classic shutdown defenseman and Keith Magnuson was a promising tough guy blue liner with 291 penalty minutes in keeping the Hawks crease spotless. Goaltender Tony Esposito was becoming a legend. Tony O posted six shutouts and a 2.27 goals against average as one of the top netminders in the game

Venerable Chicago Stadium remains one of the most revered old barns in the history of the game with its pipe organ. Hawks radio announcer Lloyd Pettit was a legend in his own right as the powerful WMAQ signal reached much of the United States at night to feed desperate fans their fix in an age of no cable TV or internet. Pettit’s famed “shot and a goal” phrase remains a beloved part of hockey lore to this very day.

Although nobody knew it at the time, this Golden Era of Glory was winding down for the Chicago Blackhawks. The Golden Jet was grossly underpaid by Blackhawks owner William Wirtz, one of the game’s legendary Hall of Fame misers. Hull would sign with the new World Hockey Association’s Winnipeg Jets after the 1972 playoffs.

The teams split the first four games as Chicago appeared to seize control with a 7-1 blowout at MSG in game four with game five set for Chicago Stadium. Game five was to take a good playoff series into greatness. The Rangers and Hawks battled to a 2-2 regulation tie before Hull snapped a perfectly timed wrist shot off the faceoff in overtime to light the lamp and give Chicago a 3-2 win and series lead. The Hawks skated off to a frenzied celebration in the packed Chicago Stadium stands. The Rangers looked as good as dead.

Facing elimination at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers rose to the occasion in one of the greatest games ever played. Game six epitomized the greatness of NHL sudden death overtime as fans had to hold their collective breaths for two scoreless overtimes in a 2-2 tie. If the Blackhawks could just get one luck shot or bounce, the Rangers would be dead. Tension reverberated in front of a sellout crowd of terrified Rangers fans. When the Stemkowski scored the game winner in the third overtime, madness took over and the Rangers had the momentum back for Game 7 in Chicago.

Lesser teams would have folded after such a crushing loss, but the Blackhawks had too many veterans that had been through too many NHL wars to crack. Chicago would win the clincher 4-2 and go on to the Stanley Cup Final where they would lose a seven-game heartbreaker to the Canadiens.

It may be 44 years later, but the 1971 semifinal series between the Rangers and Blackhawks has stood the test of time as among the greatest in the history of sports. Few playoff series in sports could combine the talent, personalities, and high stakes quality play of this one. It epitomized a golden age of a game that was taking off in popularity and emerging as a true big league sport.

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Weird & Wonderful Wednesday

I’m going to admit that it was mostly the title that drew me into this book. (Yep, now I have the theme music going through my head as well, doh!)

Jason and his father aren’t close. But, still, when his father commits suicide it impacts Jason, first in the usual way, and then, when Jason learns that his father was a secret agent for an organization called the Invisible Hand. Another org, called the Golden Dawn are enemies of the Invisible Hand. As he realizes that he has magic abilities, he’s thrust between the two groups, as both ancient societies want him on their side.

It’s a fun fantasy novel, and it also has plenty of action going on. I did not want to put it down (ya know, to eat and sleep and such). A definite page turner.

You may like this book If you Liked: Spellslinger by Sebastien De Castell, Bookburners by Max Gladstone, or The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Magicians Impossible by Brad Abraham

[pass-the-bechdel]

Leverage s02e14 ‘The Three Strikes Job’

Does it pass the Bechdel Test?

Yes, once.

How many female characters (with names and lines) are there?

Six (40% of cast).

How many male characters (with names and lines) are there?

Nine.

Positive Content Rating:

Three.

General Episode Quality:

Excitement!

MORE INFO (and potential spoilers) UNDER THE CUT:

Passing the Bechdel:

Parker passes with Tara over comms.

Female characters:

Mrs Bonanno.

Sophie Devereaux.

Tara Cole.

Parker.

Mary.

Amy Nevins.

Male characters:

Patrick Bonanno.

Nathan Ford.

Alec Hardison.

Eliot Spencer.

Brad Culpepper III.

Tony Kadjic.

Billy.

Harris.

Jim Sterling.

OTHER NOTES:

“It took me thirteen hours” delightful.

I’m with Eliot, baseball stinks.

Aww man, Eliot’s so happy now he’s playin’ ball. What a cutie. Sorry everyone else, Eliot is my fave.

“These beans are made of guns...and hand grenades.”

Jabberwocky! Great code word.

Poor Lucille. 

Nate, you killed Lucille! Love you Hardison. 

Sterling, here to mess everything up. 

I am thinking back to last season, and how the penultimate episode set things up to be super exciting and then the finale was a let-down, so I’m not holding my breath here. Good action-y fun though! Stakes raised, beloved location (Lucille counts as a location) destroyed, the future cast in some doubt - let’s see what’s next, huh?