#Bruce Ritchie

[ulrichgebert]

Die 94jährig verstorbene Gena Rowlands hat natürlich auch einen Gedenkfilm verdient. Wir hatten nicht die rechten Nerven für Opening Night, aber (unter unreflektiertem Rührseligkeitsverdacht) noch ungesehen A Child is Waiting herumfahren, in dem sie die hilflose Mutter des wartenden geistig behinderten Kindes, das in seiner Einrichtung in die Obhut der an dieser Stelle eher unerwarteten Judy Garland geraten ist, die nicht versteht, wie die Eltern das Kind verlassen konnten, und sich zudem gegen die Methoden des Schulleiters Burt Lancaster auflehnt. Als Gedenkfilm für Gena war es nicht völlig ideal, weil sie noch recht recht jung ist und ihre spätere furchteinflößenden Präsenz noch nicht völlig entfaltet hat, aber als Film ist es besser, als ich erwartet habe (besonders für uns als alte Behindertenschul-Zivis, wir freuen uns an den Mitschülern) und der Rührseligkeitsverdacht bewahrheitet sich nur teilweise, offenbar aufgrund gewisser konzeptioneller Differenzen zwischen Produzent und Regisseur, so ist das Resultat ein wenig unausgeglichen, aber jedenfalls sehr sehenswert.

[minnow-doodle-doo]

O Heaven is higher than a tree

Sing ninety-nine and ninety

And Love is deeper than the sea

And the Crow flies over the white oak tree.

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Willie Nelson, Lionel Ritchie, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackson at the We Are The World recording.

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requested…

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@jimmysdragonsuit13 hii love

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[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan doesn't believe Rep. George Santos of New York will be able to hold onto his seat in the House of Representatives.

Before the midterm elections, The North Shore Leader published a story questioning Santos's source of income and real estate holdings. Before being sworn into Congress last week, The New York Times published a report revealing that he fabricated a large chunk of his resume. Reports continued to trickle out revealing he was dishonest about his life experiences, background, and more.

The revelations have led to calls for his resignation.

Ryan, who decided not to seek reelection in 2018 after serving as House Speaker, was asked about Santos by CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday.

"Congressman George Santos, he's lied about apparently everything on his resumé," Tapper said to Ryan, capping off a 12-minute interview. "At least six House Republicans have said he should resign, including five New York Republicans. Do you agree?"

"Sure, I agree," Ryan responded. "My guess is they'll probably let the Ethics Committee run its course."

Reps. Daniel Goldman and Ritchie Torres of New York filed an official complaint to the House Ethics committee seeking an investigation into Santos, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

"It's a fraudulent candidacy. This isn't an embellished candidacy, it's a fraudulent candidacy," Ryan added. "He hoaxed his voters. So, of course, he should step down."

Santos is the subject of campaign-finance-related complaints and is under investigation by New York prosecutors. He is also being investigated in Brazil on allegations that he used stolen checks. Still, Santos has made it clear on multiple occasions that he has no interest in stepping down.

"He doesn't strike me as an honorable person, though. I don't know the guy," Ryan said before the close of the interview. "I can't imagine the guy is going to stay very long."

Santos did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Rep. George Santos refused to resign Wednesday despite a parade of Republican Nassau County officials demanding he step down.

Officials from across Santos’ Long Island district and beyond gathered at the headquarters of the Nassau County Republican Committee to offer biting critiques of the newly sworn-in Republican. Critically, they pledged to cut Santos’ local support system off at the knees after he fabricated much of his resume and backstory during a successful Congressional campaign last year.

Santos “is a stain on the House of Representatives. He’s a stain on the 3rd Congressional District,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said at a media briefing. He added that he told his staff that any constituent calls to Congress “will now be referred to Congressman Anthony D’Esposito.”

D’Esposito, a Republican who represents a neighboring district, dialed into the press conference remotely to also call for Santos’ ouster. And later in the day, outgoing state GOP chair Nick Langworthy, a newly elected House member, said too that Santos should go.

“It’s clear that he cannot be an effective representative and it would be in the best interest of the taxpayers to have new leadership,” Langworthy said in a statement.

While the briefing was nominally aimed at Santos, the Nassau County GOP also appeared to be worried that their association with the controversial first-term representative could hurt their chances at expanding on recent electoral gains. The 3rd Congressional District that Santos just won, for example, was formerly held by Democrat Tom Suozzi.

“This scandalous behavior does damage to all of our reputations because there is a part of our public that is cynical about politicians and public officials,” said Richard Nicolello, the presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature.

Speaker after speaker took to the microphone at the Westbury, N.Y., headquarters with unsparing criticism of Santos — and some expressed hurt that Santos had lied to them personally during endorsement interviews.

“We got into it, started getting personal about the fact that he came from a poor background but that he was able to be very successful,” Nassau County GOP Chair Joseph Cairo Jr. said. “He told me, I remember specifically, I’m into sports a little bit — that he was a star on the Baruch [College] volleyball team, that they won the league championship.”

Santos never attended Baruch.

With so many speakers pledging to ice out Santos and deny him support for any reelection campaign, Wednesday’s announcement cemented that any future bid by Santos to stay in the seat would be incredibly difficult.

Yet, Santos told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday morning that he has no plans to resign. He also repeated that assertion in a tweet, adding that he regrets “to hear that local officials refuse to work with my office.”

The same day, Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters he wouldn’t sit Santos on any of the “A Committees” — including more powerful panels such as Judiciary, Ways and Means and Budget, which typically don’t go to first-term lawmakers anyway. It’s still unclear if Santos will be seated on committees at all, as some of his GOP colleagues have called to totally exclude him from panel spots.

McCarthy still hasn’t publicly signaled how he plans to handle Santos’ fabrications internally.

But other House Republicans stopped short of calling for Santos to resign, and instead are leaving it to the Ethics Committee to investigate.

“Well, I believe in due process, so let’s let the process work itself through,” said Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.). Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) echoed similar sentiments to POLITICO. Hudson, who sits on the House GOP Steering Committee that lays out committee assignments, says that Santos will still be receiving his. “You’re innocent until proven guilty.”

Santos has lied about everything from where he went to college to his Jewish ancestry. He’s being investigated by local, state and federal authorities.

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lord i need to rewatch batman forever

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[altamontpt]

Rádio Clube Altamont #25 – Sophia Chablau | Radiohead | Greatest Night in Pop

Rádio Clube Altamont #25 – Sophia Chablau | Radiohead | Greatest Night in Pop

Ainda a digerir discos lançados no final de 2023, o Rádio Clube Altamont deste mês traz-vos “Música do Esquecimento”, da brasileira Sophia Chablau e uma Enorme Perda de Tempo, como entrada. Para prato principal temos o colosso “Kid A”, dos Radiohead, enquanto que a sobremesa será o docinho e encantador documentário “The Greatest Night in Pop”. Esperamos que a refeição seja do vosso agrado, aqui…

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The Greatest Night in Pop (12): "Groove with your knees, not with your feet!"

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "The Greatest Night in Pop" on #netflix. #TheGreatestNightInPop. Superbly entertaining documentary of a moment in pop history. 4.5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “The Greatest Night in Pop” (2024). New on Netflix is this documentary that really does chart “The Greatest Night in Pop”. We are a fly on the wall at the recording in January 1985 of the USA for Africa charity single “We Are The World”. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: After Bob Geldof has raised a lot of money for the Ethiopian drought victims with…

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Cinematic Holiday 2023 Catch-Up Roundup

Cinematic Holiday 2023 Catch-Up Roundup

CREDIT: NEON Heading into the Christmas break, it seemed like I had a lot more new movies to catch up on than usual. Or maybe it was actually a normal amount, and I was just cataloging my filmgoing plans a little more closely than I typically do. Either way, it took me about a month, but I’ve finally checked off everything that was on my to-watch list. So let’s run down some quick thoughts on all…

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COLOSSAL STREET JAM Release "No Way to Live" Via FRETBAR RECORDS!

New Jersey rock band COLOSSAL STREET JAM has released their single, “No Way to Live,” with Independent, taste-maker label, FRETBAR RECORDS. With soaring vocals from front-man GENE POTTS, Hammond organ by ERIC SAFKA, melodic guitar in the talented hands of SAL MARRA, and a rhythmic foundation from bassist TONY FLORA and drummer DAVE HALPERN, this new release will quickly become a hit, with an…

[movieconsumer]

KAMAD Throwback Thursdays 1975 "Smile"

Throwback Thursday #TBT Throwback Thursday on the KAMAD site will be a regular occurrence in the next year. As a motivational project, to make sure I am working on something, even in a week where I don’t see a new film in a theater, I am going to post on movies from 1975. Along with 1984, this is one of my favorite years for movies and it is full of bittersweet memories as well. 1975 was my…

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frankie & bug's whisky night playlist | On Call

summary: he's fixed the sink! time to party!

read mi amigo here <3

an: i had the biggest fucking grin on my face putting this together. thank you all so much <3

sir duke - stevie wonder (from @pedroacrossthestreet)

more than a feeling - boston (from @jolapeno & @morallyinept)

second hands news - fleetwood mac (from @readingiskeepingmegoing)

gold dust woman - fleetwood mac (from @readingiskeepingmegoing)

cryin’ - aerosmith (from @readingiskeepingmegoing and @yopossum)

crazy - aerosmith (from @readingiskeepingmegoing)

dial drunk - noah kahan (from @schnarfer)

tainted love - soft cell (from @tonysopranosrobe)

get lucky - daft punk (from @tonysopranosrobe)

shiny happy people - r.e.m. (from @tonysopranosrobe)

modern love - david bowie (from @tonysopranosrobe)

love will tear us apart - joy division (from @tonysopranosrobe)

don’t stop til you get enough - michael jackson (from @tonysopranosrobe)

angel of small death and the codeine scene - hozier (from @ak-vintage)

jackie and wilson - hozier (from @ak-vintage)

you make loving fun - fleetwood mac (from @thundermartini and @schnarfer and @copperhalfcent)

dancing in the dark - bruce springsteen (@schnarfer)

let’s dance - david bowie (from @pedroacrossthestreet)

faithfully - journey (from @millersamour)

burnin’ for you - blue öyster cult (from @millersamour)

stella - incubus (from @secretelephanttattoo)

a kiss to send us off - incubus (from @secretelephanttattoo)

drive - incubus (from @sin-djarin)

are you in? - incubus (from @sin-djarin)

homesick - noah kahan (from @schnarfer)

gypsy - fleetwood mac (from @schnarfer)

rhiannon - fleetwood mac (from @schnarfer)

don’t stop - fleetwood mac (from @schnarfer)

more than words - extreme (from @copperhalfcent)

songbird - fleetwood mac (from @copperhalfcent)

love’s unkind - donna summer (from @copperhalfcent)

sabor a mí - luis miguel (from @itsokbbygrl)

la bamba - ritchie valens (from @itsokbbygrl)

can't fight this feeling - reo speedwagon (from @morallyinept)

two sleepy people - fats waller (from @toomanytookas)

beyond the sea - bobby darin (from @toomanytookas)

here i go again - whitesnake (from @yopossum)

alone - heart (from @yopossum)

pour some sugar on me - def leppard (from @yopossum)

livin' on a prayer - bon jovi (from @yopossum)

i want to break free - queen (from @pedroacrossthestreet)

crocodile rock - elton john (from @pedroacrossthestreet)

groove is in the heart - deee-lite (from @pedroacrossthestreet)

man in the wilderness - styx (from @copperhalfcent)

general picks

foreigner, journey, separate ways from @kammerstx

queen from @sawymredfox

earth wind and fire, marvin gaye, stevie wonder, sly and the family stone, bill withers, gladys knight, diana ross, aretha franklin, bob seger, neil young, blue öyster cult, tom petty from @yopossum (you had absolutely unreal picks and have outrageously good taste. we should go dancing together)

sinatra and some tejano (yes!) from @toomanytookas

lil bit of lana from @itsokbbygrl

the cure and arctic monkeys from @emeraldmoth

abba and more queen from @syd-djarin

pet shop boys from @tonysopranosrobe

fleetwood mac from @kammerstx @yopossum @thundermartini @schnarfer and pretty much everyone else who commented. and i can only say - you are so unbelievably right.

my picks (if you wanna know!)

i feel for you - chaka khan

play that funky music - wild cherry

let's groove - earth, wind & fire

candy - cameo

thunderstruck - ac/dc

money for nothing - dire straits

walk of life - dire straits

[josephinekhawaja]

The most beautiful Kaya Scodelario looked in "The Gentlemen". And the overall scene is something that can actually be so personal. Him seeking her out. Like ending episode 6 thinking mom and dad (mum and dad) are going to war with each other...and then this...and then still the last two episodes being a roller coaster of whether or not they are going to be the literal death of one another. I have never had so much Good Stress from a ship that was Bad Stress when I was actually going through it. I aged and greyed so much through parts of this show, my poor heart.

To me, they have this low-key Bruce Wayne x Selina Kyle dynamic (sooooo, Bobby Glass would be Carmine Falcone? I can work with that), which, given how BatCat is one of my lifelong OTPs, I am sure subconsciously pulled me in. Like posh boy that can get down and dirty (so his ski mask era would be his Batman era 😅😂 "We're not criminals, Freddy"), however much he sees himself holding a higher moral ground over the underworld he must move through. And working-class girl, street smarts, that can no less look "elegant and stylish" and navigate the upper echelons; but at the end of the day is who she is and matter-of-factly💋💋💋💋a career criminal. (Kaya honestly even works as a face claim for Selina though her eyes may be closer to blue than green. I mean, the Gunnverse has to cast a Catwoman eventually, depending on the age range of their Batman... I will just leave this here for you for free, James.)

And then Princess Roseanne, the Countess of Tournai, would be Talia Al-Ghul especially when Susie lets slip some jealous vibes towards her (made me think of Anne Hathaway's snark about Marion Cotillard in the last Nolanverse film...the characters, not the actresses). Though ultimately I do see Eddie and Princess Roseanne as Just Friends and no conflict in that direction unless further miscommunication. (So much Misunderstanding Drama in this series and between OTP. When a good romantic comedy is not a romantic comedy; or even entirely a comedy.)

But really it comes down to their having such an *easy partnership*, naturally yielding to one another when it comes to it. The way Susie has her way about things -- most notably when she invites herself to meet Stanley Johnston -- and Eddie smoothly submits to her without in any way seeming whipped. Like their actions are always in agreement, even when their words are not. Those two are more married than most married folks I have seen on screen. Should have blacked out in Nevada than on the estate.

(Also, gotta love how she has him saved in her phone as "The Duke". Like forget Bridgerton...I would watch an entire season of TheoKaya going at each other in, Bridgerton ways. As it stands with this though, I could see how the greater artistic choice might be to just make this a stand-alone, but I would be greedy for any subsequent season. This is already technically an expansion on a film -- that I have yet to see -- so Guy Ritchie does not mind a revisit. I could use any more of these 2 families who fully drive the story of this world.)