#C: Blue Churchill

[howdoyoudorevue]

This week, we showcase music from folks who played at this year's Winnipeg edition of Winterruption, an impromptu a cappella set, and a tip of the cap to San Francisco, before the Detroit Lions pay their visit for this weekend's NFC Championship. Plus another from The Croaky Crooner. Go Lions!

~joe

HERE'S WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY!

VINCE GUARALDI - Peppermint Patty (Show Theme)

FIELD GUIDE - Make Peace With That Make Peace With That, 2021

BLOC PARENTS - The Attraction EP, 2023

GREG MACPHERSON - Churchill Balanced on a Pin, 1999

RAJATON - Eleanor Rigby An Invitation from the Land of Harmony, 2015

BEN FOLDS - Selfless, Cold, and Composed (University A Cappella Version) Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!, 2009

DISSIPATED EIGHT - Nightswimming Clapping Joes, 1996

OF MONTREAL - Honeymoon in San Francisco The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy, 1998

GREEN DAY - Christie Road Kerplunk!, 1991

STEREOPHONICS - Have a Nice Day Just Enough Education to Perform, 2001

THE CROAKY CROONER - Just Waitin’ Saturday Morning Sing-a-Song Sessions, 2023

JACKSON C. FRANK - Here Come The Blues Jackson C. Frank, 1965

PHIL OCHS - Links On The Chain Live at Newport, 1996

NATHAN ROGERS - The Rising Tide True Stories, 2004

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[kanye--westeros]

Top Albums of 2022

1. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar (Favorite Track: Count Me Out)

2. The Forever Story - JID (Favorite Track: Sistanem)

3. MOTOMAMI - ROSALIA (Favorite Track: CANDY)

4. HERBERT - Ab-Soul (Favorite Track: Do Better)

5. Drill Music In Zion - Lupe Fiasco (Favorite Track: Kiosk)

6. Luv 4 Rent - Smino (Favorite Track: 90 Proof)

7. Candydrip - Lucky Daye (Favorite Track: Feels Like)

8. Renaissance - Beyonce (Favorite Track: Alien Superstar)

9. Sometimes, Forever - Soccer Mommy (Favorite Track: Fire In The Driveway)

10. Cometa - Nick Hakim (Favorite Track: Happen)

11. Lies About The War - Jacob Banks (Favorite Track: Aim For My Head)

12. Dawn FM - The Weeknd (Favorite Track: Sacrifice)

13. NO THANK YOU - Little Simz (Favorite Track: Silhouette)

14. Ramona Park Broke My Heart - Vince Staples (Favorite Track: When Sparks Fly)

15. It’s Almost Dry - Pusha T (Favorite Track: Dreamin Of The Past)

16. hugo - Loyle Carner (Favorite Track: Plastic)

17. Patient No. 9 - Ozzy Osbourne (Favorite Track: Nothing Feels Right)

18. Few Good Things - Saba (Favorite Track: Fearmonger)

19. Preacher’s Daughter - Ethel Cain (Favorite Track: Gibson Girl)

20. Farm To Table - Bartees Strange (Favorite Track: Escape This Circus)

21. COPINGMECHANISM - Willow (Favorite Track: hover like a GODDESS)

22. Red Balloon - Tank & The Bangas (Favorite Track: Why Try)

23. Fear Of Dawn - Jack White (Favorite Track: Taking Me Back)

24. SOS - SZA (Favorite Track: Good Days)

25. Blue Rev - Alvvays (Favorite Track: Easy On Your Own?)

26. Reason to Smile - Kojey Radical (Favorite Track: Born)

27. No Rest For The Wicked - Ransom (Favorite Track: Beautiful Gravesites)

28. Three Dimensions Deep - Amber Mark (Favorite Track: What It Is)

29. BLK VINTAGE: THE REPRISE - BLK ODYSSY (Favorite Track: Benny’s Got A Gun)

30. Melt Your Eyez See You Future - Denzel Curry (Favorite Track: Troubles)

31. Gemini Rights - Steve Lacy (Favorite Track: Mercury)

32. Louie - Kenny Beats (Favorite Track: Still)

33. Decide - Djo (Favorite Track: On and On)

34. Omnium Gatherum - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Favorite Track: Predator X)

35. AMERICAN GURL - Kilo Kish (Favorite Track: Death Fantasy)

36. The Car - Arctic Monkeys (Favorite Track: Body Paint)

37. Inside Problems - Andrew Bird (Favorite Track: Eight)

38. Changes - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Favorite Track: Change)

39. Pigments - Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn (Favorite: Cerulean)

40. Luv N Chaos - Flwr Chyld (Favorite Track: Break Me Down / Here with You)

Honorable Mention:

Duality - Luna Li, Cocodrillo Turbo - Action Bronson, Fossora - Björk, SICK! - Earl Sweatshirt, Honestly, Nevermind - Drake, ALMETHA’S SON - SwaVay, Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind – Coheed & Cambria, More Black Superheroes - Westside Boogie, Kings Disease III - Nas, God Doesn’t Make Mistakes - Conway The Machine, $oul $old $eperately - Freddie Gibbs, Hold The Girl - Rina Sawayama, Asha’s Awakening - Raveena, Killing Nothing - Boldy James & A Real Bad Man, CHAOS NOW* - Jean Dawson, Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny

Noteworthy Mixtapes/EPs:

Caprisongs - FKA Twigs, Slut Pop - Kim Petras, The Contract - Dr. Dre, TW20 50 - KayCyy, Texas Moon - Leon Bridges x Khruangbin, No Fear - lil røcket, Simple - IDK, Juno (Deluxe) - Remi Wolf, The Room - Flying Lotus, Guitar Songs - Billie Eilish, RUFFS - Kenny Mason, Wellness In Stereo - Young Odo, Chrome Bull - DUCKWRTH, No Longer In The Suburbs - Dylan Sinclair

Great Songs On Decent/Bad Albums:

“Doja” by $NOT x A$AP Rocky

“Changed On Me” by Fivio Foreign x Vory x Polo G

“Death & Taxes” by Tanna Leone

“Churchill Downs” by Jack Harlow x Drake

“Hold You Up” by KayCyy

“Reputation” by Post Malone

“Pop Music” by Perfume Genius

“In My Lifetime” by Logic x Action Bronson

“Do It Again” by Cochise

“Arson” by j-hope

“Her” by Megan Thee Stallion

“Risk Of Being Hurt” by Sigrid

“Party All The Time” by DJ Khaled x Quavo x Takeoff

“Still C U” by Jessie Reyez

“Killa Cali “ by YG

“HOTEL LOBBY” by Quavo & Takeoff

“Conflicted” by Snoop Dogg x Nas “Willing To Trust” by Kid Cudi x Ty Dolla $ign

“Crazy Kid” by Maya Hawke x Will Graefe

“LIGHTWERK” by The Cool Kids x JID x 6LACK

“WAIT FOR U” by Future x Tems x Drake

“Blicky” by Octavian

“Make You Mine” by GIVĒON

“MAN ON THE MOON” by BROCKHAMPTON

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[ @coolesthipster-blue ]

After typing out and sending the last tweet, Brennan moved to get the baggy full of pills from the little compartment under the bottom drawer of her nightstand and picked up the baggy of weed as well. She tossed both into her bag, grabbing her car keys before heading downstairs to go over to Blue’s house. 

It was a fact universally acknowledged that Brennan wasn’t the warmest or most affectionate person around, she couldn’t help it. She wasn’t able to comfort people the way that others could, didn’t know how to begin, but she couldn’t leave Blue to hurt and be upset on her own. Sure, the girl was friends to different degrees with all the Hipsters and a couple Burnouts, but she wasn’t nearly as protective of all of them as she was of Blue. Brennan was incredibly fond of her, thought there was something so bright and warm about Blue, like a star that she didn’t want to dim out. That’s why the moment Blue said she’d like her over, Brennan was up and out the door. True to her word, she was at the Churchill residence in a just a little over five minutes and making her way over to the door. The dark haired girl rang the bell and pushed her hands into her pockets as she waited for the door to be opened to her. 

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WEEK 3 : DIGITAL COMMUNITY AND BLOGGING

2015Tumblr touts itself as the ultimate egalitarian social media platform. Users can anonymously connect with other users over their shared interests, follower counts are hidden, and the highly sought after ‘blue-tick’ of verification that can be found all over Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook is not a staple of the platform (McCracken, A 2020). The anonymity of Tumblr means that users can explore their interests without fear of judgement, and (in theory) can connect more deeply with other people that share these interests. While this is largely the selling point of Tumblr - it also very quickly became the reason for its downfall. 

We all know that different online platforms facilitate different opportunities and experiences. When you open up Facebook, you have a whole set of expectations and rules that are part of the functioning of the platform than you do for Twitter. A young woman who started the #CropTopDay tag on Twitter to express her frustration with sexist dress codes, perfectly demonstrates the limits of certain social media platforms. Most users “feel more comfortable [sharing] things that are of a … controversial nature on Twitter [more] than [they] do on Facebook” (Kellar, J 2019). Several academic studies back up this phenomenon, finding that younger audiences tend to use platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, and Whisper over Facebook - largely because the platforms facilitate more distinct opportunities for engagement (Kellar, J 2019).

Different social media platforms create very distinct digital societies - where different social norms and rules are enforced through use. In general, we perceive social media as a space where we have equal access to information, and can contribute equally to dialectical discourse (Kruse, L., Norris, D., Flinchum, J., 2018). Tumblr markets itself as a place which empowers marginalised people to find their community and build a world free from the constraints of traditional social norms (McCracken, A 2020). Despite this, Tumblr’s anonymity doesn’t protect it from institutional influence (Kruse, L., Norris, D., Flinchum, J., 2018). Instead, it can magnify existing social hierarchies and allow for niche communities to form. 

(image source : Stern, C, 2015, ‘Student, 18, organizes campaign against her school's 'sexist' dress code by asking girls to wear midriff-baring crop tops in protest against the 'sexualization of women', Daily Mail)

This played out in the queer community, who intitally flocked to Tumblr because of the apparent freedom to share information, and express oneself fully. While Tumblr certainly served as a space for queer users to build communities and learn more about gender and sexuality, these connections were often short-lived and anonymous, and further entrenched social stereotypes which isolated users who did not confom to specific subcultures (Byron, P., Brady Robards, B., Hanckel, S., Vivienne, B, Churchill, 2019). 

Bibliography

Byron, P., Brady Robards, B., Hanckel, S., Vivienne, B, Churchill, 2019, ‘Hey I’m having these experiences : Tumblr use and young people’s queer (dis)connections’, International Journal of Commnunication, Edition 13, Pages 2239-2259

Keller, J., 2019, “Oh, She’s a Tumblr Feminist”: Exploring the Platform Vernacular of Girls’ Social Media Feminisms’, Social Media + Society Volume: 5 issue: 3

Kruse, L., Norris, D., Flinchum, J., 2018, ‘Social media as a public sphere? Politics on social media’, The Sociological Quarterly, Edition 59, Pages 62-84

McCracken, A., 2020, ‘Chapter 3 : Going Down the Rabbit Hole: An Interview with Amanda Brennan, Head of Content Insights and Social, Tumblr’, Tumblr Book: Platform and cultures, University of Michigan Press

[mostlysignssomeportents]

#1yrago Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years!

Every year, Jennifer Jenkins and Jamie Boyle from the Duke Center for the Public Domain compile a "Public Domain Day" list (previously) that highlights the works that are not entering the public domain in America, thanks to the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which hit the pause button on Americans' ability to freely use their artistic treasures for two decades -- a list that also included the notable works entering the public domain in more sensible countries of the Anglophere, like Canada and the UK, where copyright "only" lasted for 50 years after the author's death.

But this year, it's different.

This is the year that America unpauses its public domain; it's also the year that Canadian PM Justin Trudeau capitulated to Donald Trump and retroactively extended copyright on works in Canada for an extra 20 years, ripping works out of Canada's public domain, making new works based on them into illegal art (more proof that good hair and good pecs don't qualify you to be a good leader -- see also: V. Putin -- not even when paired with high-flying, cheap rhetoric).

Even as Canada's public domain has radically contracted, America's has, for the first, time, opened.

So this year's American Public Domain Day List is, for the first time in 20 years, not a work melancholy alternate history, but rather a celebration of works that Americans are newly given access to without restriction or payment, for free re-use and adaptation, in the spirit of such classics as Snow White, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, All You Need is Love, and more (More than 1,000 in all, summarized in this handy spreadsheet -- thanks Gary!).

Films * Safety Last!, directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, featuring Harold Lloyd * The Ten Commandments, directed by Cecil B. DeMille * The Pilgrim, directed by Charlie Chaplin * Our Hospitality, directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone * The Covered Wagon, directed by James Cruze * Scaramouche, directed by Rex Ingram

Books * Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Golden Lion * Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links * Winston S. Churchill, The World Crisis * e.e. cummings, Tulips and Chimneys * Robert Frost, New Hampshire * Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet * Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay * D.H. Lawrence, Kangaroo * Bertrand and Dora Russell, The Prospects of Industrial Civilization * Carl Sandberg, Rootabaga Pigeons * Edith Wharton, A Son at the Front * P.G. Wodehouse, works including The Inimitable Jeeves and Leave it to Psmith * Viginia Woolf, Jacob's Room

Music * Yes! We Have No Bananas, w.&m. Frank Silver & Irving Cohn * Charleston, w.&m. Cecil Mack & James P. Johnson * London Calling! (musical), by Noel Coward * Who’s Sorry Now, w. Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby, m. Ted Snyder * Songs by “Jelly Roll” Morton including Grandpa’s Spells, The Pearls, and Wolverine Blues (w. Benjamin F. Spikes & John C. Spikes; m. Ferd “Jelly Roll” Morton) * Works by Bela Bartok including the Violin Sonata No. 1 and the Violin Sonata No. 2 * Tin Roof Blues, m. Leon Roppolo, Paul Mares, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel, & Benny Pollack (There were also compositions from 1923 by other well-known artists including Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, WC Handy, Oscar Hammerstein, Gustav Holst, Al Jolson, Jerome Kern, and John Phillip Sousa; though their most famous works were from other years.)

And as great as that list is, it's hardly a patch on the amazing works we'd be inheriting if the Sonny Bono law hadn't been passed and the 1978 law was still on the books -- works whose authors fully expected them to be in the public domain as of tomorrow:

Books * Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time * Rachel Carson, Silent Spring * Barbara Tuchman, The Guns of August * Katherine Anne Porter, Ship of Fools * James Baldwin, Another Country * Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle * Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions * Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire * Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange * Michael Harrington, The Other America * Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom * J.G. Ballard, The Drowned World * Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes * Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest * Edward Albee, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich * Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook * Helen Gurley Brown, Sex and the Single Girl * Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths

Movies * Lawrence of Arabia * The Longest Day * The Manchurian Candidate * Dr. No * Jules and Jim * Sanjuro * Birdman of Alcatraz * Mutiny on the Bounty * Days of Wine and Roses * How the West Was Won

Music * Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream), by Cindy Walker, performed by Roy Orbison * Blowin’ in the Wind, Bob Dylan * Watermelon Man, Herbie Hancock (from his first album, Takin’ Off) * Twistin’ the Night Away, Sam Cooke * You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover and You Shook Me, Willie Dixon * Surfin’ Safari, The Beach Boys * Songs from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Stephen Sondheim * Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream), Cindy Walker * Big Girls Don’t Cry, Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio * Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield * Little Boxes, Malvina Reynolds * The Loco-Motion, Gerry Goffin and Carole King * Soldier Boy, Luther Dixon and Florence Greenberg

And, as Jenkins and Boyle point out, the largely hidden casualty of copyright term extension is the scholarship and research published in academic journals, who paid nothing for these works, and who have locked them up for decades to come:

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Eileen McNamee was born as Eileen O'Leary in Plymouth, Devon, England on December 16, 1892.

She was the eldest child of Richard O'Leary (b. 1866), a Royal Engineer, and Minnie Petheram (b. 1864), natives of London and Gloucestershire, respectively, who had married in Swansea in 1891 before going on to have three children, losing one in infancy.

Eileen's only surviving sibling was her younger brother Galbraith (b. January 28, 1899) who was born in Chelsea.

By 1901, Eileen and her family were living in Gillingham, Kent. Her parents are recorded on the census residing at 7 Middle Street whilst Eileen is recoded elsewhere as a patient at the Canterbury Road Infections Hospital; the nature of her illness is not stated.

At the time of the 1911 census Eileen and her family were living at 8 Wilton Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire; she was described as an unmarried bookkeeper cashier for Lipton's whilst her father was a clerk in the War Office.

Eileen was married in Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church in Pokesdown, Bournemouth on January 12, 1912 to Neal McNamee (b. 1884), a provisions dealer for Liptons and a native of Co Donegal, Ireland. The two had met whilst he was working in Salisbury.

Her new husband was offered a position at Lipton Ltd. in America and Sir Thomas Lipton himself wrote a letter of introduction to his General Manager in New York. Upon hearing that Eileen was leaving for New York, the Superintendent of Salisbury Baptist Church who was also Mayor of Salisbury at the time, Mr W. Pritchard, gave Eileen a letter of kind appreciation and a gift of a testament. This gift was the last item that Eileen's mother saw her pack into her trunk.

The newlyweds boarded the Titanic at Southampton as third class passengers (ticket number 376566, which cost £16, 2s).

It is believed that Lightoller was referring to the McNamees when he recalled events of the evacuation:

“One young couple walked steadily up and down the boat deck throughout pretty well the whole of the proceedings. Once or twice the young chap asked if he could help. He was a tall, clean-bed Britisher, on his honeymoon I should say. The girl--she was little more--never made the slightest attempt to come towards the boats, much less be taken on board, although I looked towards her several times with a look of silent invitation, but no, she was not going to be parted from her man...”

Eileen and her husband died in the sinking; her body was recovered by the MacKay Bennett (#53) and buried at sea on April 22:

NO. 53. - FEMALE. - ESTIMATED AGE, 23. - HAIR, BROWN.

CLOTHING - Brown velvet coat; sailor blouse; white, with blue anchor on front; blue flannel petticoat with "E. M. C."; blue corsets; blue skirt with black braid; black stockings and shoes.

EFFECTS - Wedding ring and keeper (turquois and diamond) gold; bracelet on right wrist; two third class tickets; one purse with 1s. 11d.; fountain pen; keys; cosmetic, & etc.; and cards as below.

THIRD CLASS.

NAME - Mrs N. McNAMEE.

Kingston House, Wilton Rd., Salisbury.

A bench with a plaque and a tree were placed in their memory in Winston Churchill Gardens, Salisbury. The original bench is still there but missing the original plaque; the original tree was destroyed by vandals. On 28 July 1999 a new tree was planted and a new bench and plaque unveiled.

What became of her parents in later years is not clear; there is some suggestion that they settled in Canada but there is also a possibility that they spent their final days living in Sidcup, Kent. Her brother Galbraith died in London on August 9, 1979. (x)

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Will my car insurance cover this? and its no joke this seriously happened please answers!!!!?

ok i JUST got me a new car and i have insurance on it and everything and well i had some friends with me and they were in the back seat and they had a lighter and they decided to try and light their farts on fire and im being very serious here and well he got down and and farted on the flame of the lighter and it actually shot out and caught the back seat of my car on fire and burnt up part of the back seat and this really isnt a joke i didnt even know he was doing that and i walked over there right as he did it and sure enough it actually shot out and caught it on fire so will my insurance cover that? im to embarrassed to call and ask because they probably wont believe me!!!

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Lowell Ohio Cheap car insurance quotes zip 45744

Car insurance?

after a claim with my car insurance they wanted the policy payment in full,i would;nt pay it at first because of the crap service i recieved.4 weeks later i said i would pay as long as my policy ran its term they refused but still want the policy money.now they wont release my no claims bonus until i give them the money. what can i do ?""

How has the highly competitive and free market capitalism of Health Insurance Co worked for the last?

How has the highly competitive and free market capitalism of Health Insurance Co worked for the last? 70 years for Americans? I can only speak for Kanucks... the #1 most popular service the gov't provides for is Universal Health Care coverage, I think the #2 is a Timmies LgDD and a Maple Dipped..""

Car insurance for Fiat?

Hi, guys i was just wondering how much will it cost me for full coverage car insurance for 2013/2014 Fiat Arbath in State of California. Im 24 years old? I'm just wondering how much will it cost in California.""

Should we have socialist car insurance?

Is it unfair that people pay different amounts for their car insurance? Doesthis constitute discrimination against people who have to pay more? Should we socialise it so that we all pay the same rate? Why or why not? :-)

Homeowner's Insurance Question...tree fell on my car and I rent!?

So today I had a terrible storm at my house and a tree (about 1/3 of a huge tree) got ripped off from its trunk and landed on my car. I rent from a landlord and she has homeowner's insurance that may/may not pay for the removal of the tree from the yard and my car. My question is, shouldn't her insurance cover the damage to my property (my car)? Her property damaged my property so in my mind her HO insurance should pay for any damage to my car but she said she thought I would have to file a claim on my auto insurance.""

How much life insurance coverage do I need?

I am a single mother, and have 1 child (she is 2 years old). I am in my mid 20's and healthy. I have no debt besides a small student loan, and do not own a home. My parents are fairly young (late 40's), and would be more than capable of taking care of my daughter if I die (they are upper/middle class). I'm not quite sure how much life insurance I need to carry in my situation now, or if I were to purchase a home etc. Right now I am insured for $50,000. Is that too little? How much coverage would I need? I want to have a good level of coverage, but I can't afford to pay more than $25 a month premium right now.""

What is the average of full coverage car insurance for a chavy blazer 2001 in north Carolina?

I am planing to buy a chavy blazer 2001 used car. I know I will need full coverage insurance. I am a good driver, haven't have any accidents or traffic violations. How much would the car insurance cost in North Carolina?""

How much would nyc car insurance be for a 19 year old insuring only himself? ?

How much would nyc car insurance be for a 19 year old insuring only himself? ?

Cheapest car insurance company for young drivers?

I am 18 and just passed my test. Any one know of any really cheap insurers that i can go with?

How can I find affordable auto insurance quote online?

How can I find auto car cheap insurance quote?

Cheapest motorcycle insurance?

Im 16 and Im thinking about buying a small sports bike. like a Kawasaki Ninja 250 or Honda CBR250R. I have a my license and a clean driving record. If i just wanted to be covered for Bodily Liability and Property Liability, what company do you think would offer the cheapest insurance? I know that under my circumstances insurance will be disgustingly high, but i want a bike that bad.""

What are my options for car insurance for son who is 16?

Son is getting his license next week. He does not have a car yet. Wife and each have a car with full coverage. Adding my son to my policy will be $1,500 extra per year. Is there another option to insure him? Mainly Im wondering if I should/could get him a junker and a separate insurance policy with just liability for him and his car or if he could drive our cars with just liability from another insurer? Not sure how that works.""

Where i can get very cheapest motorcycle insurance?

i bay a motorcycle and my dad don't agree to give some money for my insurence

What insurance companies allows under 25's to drive any car on fully-comprehensive insurance?

Hi there, I'm 18 and have insurance with Tesco young drivers however that does not cover me to drive every car as under 25's aren't covered. I need to drive my mums car soon and she is abroad on business for 6months so cannot add me on to her insurance either, which leaves me with a problem. I can't find a company anywhere that allows under 25's to drive any car on fully-comprehensive insurance so was wondering if anybody out there did? Thank you""

Does anyone know of any cheap car insurance for an 18 year old?

Does anyone know of any cheap car insurance for an 18 year old?

Does alaska have state insurance like Tenn.Care?

Does Alaska have state insurance?

""Health insurance for young, healthy people?""

I'm trying to find a health insurance plan made for someone like me- 26, male, non-smoker,non-drinker, currently at ideal weight, regularly exercises, no health conditions, no prescriptions, etc. I mostly want something that'll cover check-ups with maybe a small co-pay, and then has a high deductable for a broken bone/ sports injury etc. Everything available at my job seems to cater to the chronically ill/ older/ heavy prescription user. private plans are to much per month. This is why I decline medical benefits, year after year! I know any of these plans would be helpful in the case of serious injury- just in case. But none seems to offer any tangible benefits like, I don't know, 2 doctor visits a year? Every plan requires that I exhaust my deductable first- I'll never spend 250-1000 a year for doctors visits! I'm guessing, based on cost that a high deductable plan is best for my broken bone scenario- but how can then screw me out of seeing a doctor just to get a check up?""

Are you supposed to have car insurance at 15?

i just thought of this just now and i remember having to pay for auto insurance at 15 just for a school permit for school and back and i hear some people dont have insurance was i right to pay for it or was i tricked because he says you have to be 16 and said he'll accidentally put that i am and say it was a mistake to the company, i think this is a trick but idk and again others dont pay for insurance but were they just too cheap to do it and risk the consinquence? or did i get tricked back then by my insurer""

Car Insurance for G35 Coupe 2003-2007?

I called triple A and they told it would be 2,700 dollars for a G37 Coupe for a 16 year old boy in a family plan, but how about a G35 Coupe? They are much older, so I assume that the insurance would be much lower? An estimate anyone? I Live in Northern California""

""What are the cheapest companies to insure me as a 2nd driver on a 1.2 punto (MALE, 19, UK)?

I'm a 19 year old male living in the UK in Birmingham! I passed around a 2 months ago! The cheapest quote I found was 1600 on a comparison site but it's too expensive! Is it worth getting a tracking device and alarm and stuff fitted? How else could I lower my insurance?? Could you recommend any other cars I could get instead of a punto? (no higher than insurance group 5 and no more than 3000) THANKS! =]

Where can I find Health insurance providers?

I am looking to buy a temporary health insurance. I am a student and need this health insurance for only 3 months. Do you know any reliable, health insurance providers that could help me with this? If you could please provide a website or a phone I would really appreciate it! Thank You""

How insurance coverage work for new a car ?

Hi, I intend to buy a car by the end of this month on the weekend (I work from Monday to Friday and do not want to skip working). I will use my old car for trade-in. And I will switch my current insurance on to the new car. Since it all will be happening on the weekend (my insurance office closed), I will have to switch the insurance on Monday. If something happen to the new car before the insurance switched (sometime before Monday), who will cover the car ? Any advice ? Thank you...""

What do you think it would cost for a 2001 cavalier coupe monthly for car insurance?

I just need an estimate, thanks. I don't know where to look...""

How much would my car insurance be?i'm 18 in los angeles..?

i'm getting a 2003 nissan sentra with 92,000 miles...i was just wondering around how much would my car insurance be..? and if I put it on my dad's name and i'm a co driver?""

Whats the best Health Insurance for Canada?

I'm going to Canada on holiday, and need to have some health insurance. Could anyone please tell me where I can get this from? Also, what the best health insurance consists of? Thanks!""

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Lowell Ohio Cheap car insurance quotes zip 45744

How much is average car insurance 4 a 17/18 year old?

How much is average car insurance 4 a 17/18 year old?

How do I get cheap car insurance?

New driver at 21

Can someone add me to their car insurance policy without me knowing?

my husband, kids and I live in a split house with my in-laws and their car insurance policy was going to add us to their policy without us even knowing. is that illegal. my aunt works for state farm and she's never heard of it in her 25 yrs of working for them. i own my own car insurance through state farm and i don't need two.""

""Spouse suspended license, live together, can I get auto insurance?""

Actually, it is my son in law who has a suspended license. My Daughter's policy was canceled and she wants to start a new policy, but she says that no insurance company will touch her because she lives with someone with a suspended license. Is this for real? Sound like a bunch of hog-wash to me. She lives in Massachusetts.""

Motorcycle insurance question?

Hey, so im 19 and live in ontario. I want to get insurance for my bike but its hella expensive. Could i 'sell' the bike to my uncle (DOES NOT LIVE WITH ME), he insures it and becomes primary rider and puts me as secondary? He has his own bike so he will have 2 bikes under his name, and ill be secondary for 1 will it work?""

Car insurance........................ car insurance have agreed to?

pay for my car after it was stolen and written off. they agreed to pay 200 pounds which is well more than i paid for it.so it looked like a good deal, however, 100 is the excess which i thought left me with 100..NOT the case,,they have taken the other 100 to pay for the years insurance which i wont use as i dont have a car...plus when i complained..they advised me to drop the claim and i dont get anything nor do i owe anything except the fee from the recovery collection which is 150. is this extortionate or what ??are they allowed to do this..i still owe them 20 pounds for the o/s amount for the years insurance as i insisted they do make it as a claim..and they wont take it as 2 seperate d/d payments either as i dont now have a car..HOW CRAP IS THAT ??? what can i do to get my money back""

How much does health insurance cost for just a baby?

Im on my grandpas insurance until the summer of next year and Im due in Feb. I just recently found out that the insurance will cover the birth but not the baby...idk what to do. I ...show more

Can my finance company take my car if I don't get full coverage auto insurance?

I just bought a car and got only the legal minimum insurance which is liability. My finance company is threating to take my car if I don't get full coverage. I don't have full coverage because it's too expensive. They want me to get full coverage because it helps protect them. Can they take my car if I don't get full coverage?

Car insurance. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

I pay $177 for just liability with progressive through my mom. I need a cheaper insurance so I wanna switch. I've never dealt with this before so do I get one agent or do I have to get agents from each insurance company to find out which company would be cheapest?

Insurance on a 95 camaro?

Im considering buying a pre-owned 1995 camaro for my first car. How do I find out how much the yearly insurance would be? Its not a convertible, and also its through allstate in new york. Would it be more than a 1998 maxima?""

Does this car legally have insurance?

My friend just purchased a new car and the temporary registration Is in her name but the car is insured under her moms policy without her listed as an additional driver. So if she is stopped by police will they coincided this car insured or uninsured? Also when it's time for her permanent registration will the state accept a proof of insurance on the car without her name on it? We live in Georgia by the way.

What is the best Insurance company for car quotes ??? (Cheapest)?

Im looking for a cheap reliable insurance company i can get a qoute for a 2003 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2

So is the car insured or the person? can i deliver pizzas on someone elses insurance/car ?

hi i have been given a good opportunity to start working and a great friend willing to lend me their vechicle to deliver pizzas, reall good friend. the car is insured and i live with friend if that makes a difference anyone know for sure ? Do we got to let the insurance company know or what ??""

Do I have to add my spouse to my car insurance even though we don't live together?

I am on my parents car insurance stuff, and I was getting ready to get married, but we don't live together-so does he have to get added on the policy too?""

Can someone name some cheap car insurance agencies for teens?

Can someone name some cheap car insurance agencies for teens?

""NJ auto insurance (NJCURE), anyone ever have any problems with them?""

The new insurance offered to NJ (because our rates are the highest in the nation), anyone ever use them or have any problems with them? Any advice I would appreciate.""

Is my insurance company liable?

My insurance company offered me a policy to cover a de restricted scooter which I agreed to take out, but in order for this policy to take effect I had to give up 4 months of cover totalling around 160 and pay a 80 deposit on the new policy. Last week I was sent a letter notifying me that my insurance was cancelled so I called them and was told that I had to return a copy of my CBT certificate. I rang on Sunday and was told a completely different story and that was that the company they placed me with had decided that they were not going to cover me even though the whole point of changing them was because they specificity dealt with my type of vehicle . They have now offered another policy for 515 pounds with is 100 pounds more than my previous and I am not willing to pay this as they lied to me and told me that I was insured to ride around even though they knew that I was not covered. I have copies of the insurance certificate to prove that they sold me the policy and all other relating documents. Please advise on what I can do.""

What's the best CAR Insurance?

i'm trying to save myself some money. if you know just tell me which car insurance is the best and cheapest.

Health Insurance & Prescriptions?

When my doctor writes me a prescription and I fill it up.... does it show up on my health insurance what precriptions I'm taking?

Will my insurance go up a lot?

I got into a fender bender in the parking lot at the mall yesterday I reverse parked and i was pulling out and I couldn't really see because a huge hummer was parked next to me I drove up a little bit to see, and a big van that was driving fast just hit me I don't exactly know whose fault it was, but I'm only 16 and I got my license a week ago And I drive a 2012 Honda civic Will my insurance go up a lot? I didn't get a ticket but I have a huge dent that's the size of a basketball on the front corner of my car And my hood is bent a little""

Insurance Costs for a P Plate Hyundai Tiburon?

I live in Melbourne and want to get an idea on the insurance? (I already know its a lot) Thanks

How can I lower my car insurance rates?

I'm 17, and got a car a little over a month ago. My car insurance (with Gieco) is $250 a month. My mom's is $100. I'm on her plan, or something. I never took drivers ed (and with two jobs, school full time, and online classes, I most likely never will). I do have all A's though, does anywhere give a discount for that? I've got no tickets or accidents. Please help me find something cheaper!""

Car insurance help please ?

hi i know if you want alloys on your car you have to let your insurance know and they will charge you more but im after a vauxhall corsa sxi and they come with alloys as standard so should i mention i got alloys or will the quote already include that...... thanks.

Car insurance question?

i was just wondering, i know that having a two door car cost more for insurance,but how much more on average is it. im 16 and i wanna buy my friends 03 hyundai tiburon. how much more do u think insurance will be considering its 2 door""

California Traffic School Twice Within 18 months?

Can I do traffic school twice in California within 18 months? From what I think I understand the first citation is kept confidential. The second within 18 months is not. Can my insurance company raise my rates even though I did happen to take traffic school even though it was twice within 18 months. Will my insurance rise, if so how much?""

Lowell Ohio Cheap car insurance quotes zip 45744

Lowell Ohio Cheap car insurance quotes zip 45744

Life insurance?

Is there a certain amount of time you have to cash in a life insurance policy?

Is there a age limit to qualify to get car insurance in California?

I am 17 1/2 years old, and I just saved up enough money to buy my own car. Can I insure the car by myself??""

How much will my insurance go uop?

i was in an accident not to long ago. My car was totaled and my insuranced paid it off ($13,000) it wasnt my fault but im 20 and ive been driving for 3 years but recently got my license last year. i was already paying 250 a month, how much more will i have to pay?? my car was an 05 altima. now its a case of he ran a red light, versus she ran a red light""

How much does insurance pay on total loss if owner owes more than its worth?

If a car is worth appoximately 30,000 and the owner owes 40,000 what will the insurance company pay the owner? I hope it is 30,000....""

I need help health insurance help???

ok so i went to the doctor and found out i was pregnant. i live in california and have no health insurance. they gave me temperary medi cal for 30 days and i have to go apply at the cal works office. well i went and they told me i couldnt apply on my own im 19 that since i live with my mom she has to go in. she works alot though and its kinda harg for her to go. so is there any other way i can do it like online and mail in an application?? or do u guys know of any insurance i can get on my own??? please help??

What 600cc Sports Bike is cheapest to Insurance?

Cheapest i got some far is 750 on a honda CBR 600 im looking at not spending more then 500 on insurance

Do I really have to disclose everything for a life insurance quote?

My wife has a family history of cancer which is causing my life insurance quote to change from $100 a month to $300. Do I really need to disclose this info to the companies, or should I not tell them as they would need permission anyway to check history and doctors records???""

Does any1 know what the cheapest insurance is for someone aged 17-19?

Does any1 know what the cheapest insurance is for someone aged 17-19?

Do any car insurance companies do insurance for one month?

Hi So I only want car insurance for one month cause I want to use my car for work purposes (usually it's off road). I have 5 years no claims but for some reason companies are charging like 250 for the month when it'd usually only cost me 700 for the year!? Does anyone recommend any companies that don't charge as much? Thanks in advance

What is the minimum requirements for insurance for a financed vehicle?

I know full coverage is required, but what determines if its full or not? anybody have a breakdown of each of the coverages etc?""

What is the best insurance to have?

im just wondering which is the best car insurance to have and why? also, what is a quote? dont judge pls and thank you""

Is it necessary to buy rental car insurance even though i have my car insurance policy with me?

i have a car and have taken...if i take a rental car , then my auto insurance...""

How much do you pay per year for home owners insurance?

i am buying property in northern virginia and just want a general idea of the price. its fine if you dont live around here, or own a single family instead of a townhouse. its whatever, i just have no clue what even a reasonable amount to be charged is btw, sorry if this is a repost but when i post in the business-insurance section all i get are spam links for responses""

How come I can't medical or insurance ???!?

Hello I'm a 20 year old and I live on my own. I use to have medical Owen I was under 18 && lived with. Y moon but now I'm 20&& live on my own. I tried applying for medical and I got denied because I make like 100 more than the limit. Where can I can I apply for a low healthy plan . I do live on my own and have bills to may. It I wanna be healthy. Someone please help no d mb answes (you don't look cool) I live in California San Diego.

""I'm looking for car insurance, is the General a good car insurance? Are they reliable?""

I have 21st century and my premium is high, so I looked into the General and they're only charging me half of what I'm used to, but in case of an accident, do they really back you up. I have heard of some crooked companies, would this be one among them.""

What is the cheapest car to insure for a 17-19 year old guy from the UK in 2013?

I'm 16 and will be taking my test next year and I want to know what to get for my first car?

Auto insurance is expensive for my teenager son. Are there any options for me to keep expenses down?

I'm makeing payments on truck for him, now that he can drive, do I have to add him to my insurance? And how much more will it be? I hear some parents don't tell there insurance, they just say there child is borrowing the car. But my son does not live in the same house hold , but is in another city over. Can I still just say he is borrowing the truck. If he gets in a car accident I understand it's on me, but will my insurancecand the law see it in that manner.""

Whats the best insurance company for a young driver?

just passed my driving test and was wondering what the cheapest insurance company for young drivers is?

Affordable car insurance quote?

Please can any one tell me where i can find info on affordable car insurance quote

Life Insurance :?

can i stop paying my premium and get back the amount i paid for? . I took insurance for 15 yr. Already 2 years over. Is ther any option to get the invested money back?

Car insurance - if 2 people are going to drive the car are 2 seperate insurance policies required?

My roommate is looking into getting a car and wants to give me access to driving it. Do we need to get 2 seperate insurance policies to drive the car. How does insurance on a car work?

Lowest insurance rates?

Hi!!! I would like your opinions on the lowest car insurance rates. I am currently with an insurance company that has not lowered my rate and I have been accident free for more than 5 years. So I am going to switch carriers and wanted to hear your opinions on where I should try.. Thanks in advance

Can I apply for California Unemployment Insurance?

i was working two jobs, and part time permanent position, and a full time temp position. i was layed off of my part time permanent position. i am still working full time at my temp postition, but at times i don't work that position for a couple weeks at a time. can i apply for edd now so when i have those weeks off i can claim edd. or do i need to wait until i have those weeks off and then claim i was layed off from my permanent job?""

Looking For New Car Insurance Company. HELP!!?

I need something with the fewest complaints yet the cheapest rates. For two cars and only half coverage we are paying over 200...

How much does car insurance cost for a male mid 20s in Boston?

Ill be moving there in a few weeks and need to get insured. I was wondering how much I can expect to pay every year to be insured fairly well. Thanks

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Public Domain Day: 50,000 titles from 1923 available

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Public Domain Day: 50,000 titles from 1923 available

January 1, 2019 is (finally) Public Domain Day

  For the first time in over 20 years, on January 1, 2019, published works will enter the US public domain.1 Works from 1923 will be free for all to use and build upon, without permission or fee. They include dramatic films such as The Ten Commandments, and comedies featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. There are literary works by Robert Frost, Aldous Huxley, and Edith Wharton, the “Charleston” song, and more. And remember, this has not happened for over 20 years. Why? Works from 1923 were set to go into the public domain in 1999, after a 75-year copyright term. But in 1998 Congress hit a two-decade pause button and extended their copyright term for 20 years, giving works published between 1923 and 1977 an expanded term of 95 years.2

But now the drought is over. How will people celebrate this trove of cultural material? Google Books will offer the full text of books from that year, instead of showing only snippet views or authorized previews. The Internet Archive will add books, movies, music, and more to its online library. HathiTrust has made over 50,000 titles from 1923 available in its digital library. Community theaters are planning screenings of the films. Students will be free to adapt and publicly perform the music. Because these works are in the public domain, anyone can make them available, where you can rediscover and enjoy them. (Empirical studies have shown that public domain books are less expensive, available in more editions and formats, and more likely to be in print—see here, here, and here.) In addition, the expiration of copyright means that you’re free to use these materials, for education, for research, or for creative endeavors—whether it’s translating the books, making your own versions of the films, or building new music based on old classics.

Here are some of the works that will be entering the public domain in 2019. A fuller (but still partial) listing of over a thousand works that we have researched can be found here. (You can click on some of the titles below to get the newly public domain works.)

Films

Safety Last!, directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, featuring Harold Lloyd

The Ten Commandments, directed by Cecil B. DeMille

The Pilgrim, directed by Charlie Chaplin

Our Hospitality, directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone

The Covered Wagon, directed by James Cruze

Scaramouche, directed by Rex Ingram

  Books

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Golden Lion

Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links

Winston S. Churchill, The World Crisis

e.e. cummings, Tulips and Chimneys

Robert Frost, New Hampshire

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay

D.H. Lawrence, Kangaroo

Bertrand and Dora Russell, The Prospects of Industrial Civilization

Carl Sandberg, Rootabaga Pigeons

Edith Wharton, A Son at the Front

P.G. Wodehouse, works including The Inimitable Jeeves and Leave it to Psmith

Viginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room

  Music

Yes! We Have No Bananas, w.&m. Frank Silver & Irving Cohn

Charleston, w.&m. Cecil Mack & James P. Johnson

London Calling! (musical), by Noel Coward

Who’s Sorry Now, w. Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby, m. Ted Snyder

Songs by “Jelly Roll” Morton including Grandpa’s Spells, The Pearls, and Wolverine Blues (w. Benjamin F. Spikes & John C. Spikes; m. Ferd “Jelly Roll” Morton)

Works by Bela Bartok including the Violin Sonata No. 1 and the Violin Sonata No. 2

Tin Roof Blues, m. Leon Roppolo, Paul Mares, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel, & Benny Pollack

(There were also compositions from 1923 by other well-known artists including Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, WC Handy, Oscar Hammerstein, Gustav Holst, Al Jolson, Jerome Kern, and John Phillip Sousa; though their most famous works were from other years.)3

Of course, 1923 was a long time ago. (Under the 56-year copyright term that existed until 1978, we could be seeing works from 1962 enter the public domain in 2019.) Unfortunately, the fact that works from 1923 are legally available does not mean they are actually available. Many of these works are lost entirely or literally disintegrating (as with old films and recordings), evidence of what long copyright terms do to the conservation of cultural artifacts. For the works that have survived, however, their long-awaited entry into the public domain is still something to celebrate.

Technically, many works from 1923 may already have entered the public domain decades ago because the copyright owners did not comply with the “formalities” that used to be necessary for copyright protection. Back then, your work went into the public domain if you did not include a copyright notice—e.g. “Copyright 1923 Charlie Chaplin”—when publishing it, or if you did not renew the copyright after 28 years. Current copyright law no longer has these requirements. But, even though those works might technically be in the public domain, as a practical matter the public often has to assume they’re still copyrighted (or risk a lawsuit) because the relevant copyright information is difficult or impossible to find—older records can be fragmentary, confused, or lost. That’s why January 1, 2019 is so significant. On that date, the public will know that works published in 1923 are free for public use without tedious or inconclusive research.

For example, in 2019, we will know that Robert Frost’s famous poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is in the public domain because copyright over the collection containing the poem, New Hampshire, will lapse. (It’s possible that the poem might have entered the public domain earlier because it was first published in a magazine and that earlier copyright was not renewed on time—see discussion thread here—but we can be confident that its copyright has expired in 2019.) Frost’s estate has used copyright law to strictly control uses of his works. Eric Whitacre, who composed the incredible Virtual Choir works, discovered this the hard way when he wrote a piece in memory of a couple who had died within weeks of each other after being married over fifty years. The piece was commissioned by the couple’s daughter, whose favorite poem was “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Whitacre wrote a choral work based on the poem, and it was so well-received that other conductors began asking him for the work. He writes:

After a LONG legal battle (many letters, many representatives), the estate of Robert Frost and their publisher, Henry Holt Inc., sternly and formally forbid me from using the poem for publication or performance… I was crushed. The piece was dead, and would sit under my bed for the next 37 years because of some ridiculous ruling by heirs and lawyers.

(Eventually he asked the poet Charles Anthony Silvestri to write new words for the music that had been set to Frost’s poem, you can see the Virtual Choir performance of that composition here and read his full story here; note that Frost’s lawyers were mistaken about when the copyright ends, as indicated above, it lapses in 2019, if it hasn’t already.) Beginning in 2019, the next Whitacre won’t face this frustration, and anyone may use this powerful poem in their own creations.

Note that copyright law has a way of introducing complexities into any analysis. There are some familiar works that appear to be from 1923, but are not in fact entering the public domain in 2019 because of publication details. One is Felix Salten’s Bambi, A Life in the Woods, the basis for Disney’s famous movie. Salten first published it in Germany without a copyright notice in 1923, then republished it with a compliant copyright notice in 1926. When Disney (of all companies) claimed that Bambi was in the public domain, a court disagreed, holding that because the initial 1923 publication was in Germany, the failure to include a copyright notice did not put the book into the US public domain. The 1926 publication was valid, so the book’s copyright expires after 95 years in 2022.4 (The court’s full opinion is here.) Also, while the copyrights in several Jelly Roll Morton songs lapse in 2019, his famous “King Porter Stomp” was not copyrighted until 1924 (even though it was recorded in 1923), so it is not entering the public domain until 2020.

In an abundance of caution, our list above only includes works where we were actually able to track down the notice and renewal data suggesting that they are indeed still in-copyright until 2019. We’ve also compiled—to the best of our research capabilities—a fuller spreadsheet showing other renewed works from 1923. You can find it here. But we want to emphasize that this is only a partial collection; many more works are entering the public domain as well, but we could not find the legal minutia to confirm their copyright status.

It’s a Wonderful Public Domain. . . . What happens when works enter the public domain? Sometimes, wonderful things. The 1947 film It’s A Wonderful Life entered the public domain in 1975 because its copyright was not properly renewed after the first 28-year term. The film had been a flop on release, but thanks to its public domain status, it became a holiday classic. Why? Because TV networks were free to show it over and over again during the holidays, making the film immensely popular. But then copyright law reentered the picture. . . . In 1993, the film’s original copyright holder, capitalizing on a recent Supreme Court case, reasserted copyright based on its ownership of the film’s musical score and the short story on which the film was based (the film itself is still in the public domain). Ironically, a film that only became a success because of its public domain status was pulled back into copyright.

What Could Have Been

Works from 1923 are finally entering the public domain, after a 95-year copyright term. However, under the laws that were in effect until 1978, thousands of works from 1962 would be entering the public domain this year. They range from the books A Wrinkle in Time and The Guns of August, to the film Lawrence of Arabia and the song Blowin’ in the Wind, and much more. Have a look at some of the others. In fact, since copyright used to come in renewable terms of 28 years, and 85% of authors did not renew, 85% of the works from 1990 might be entering the public domain! Imagine what the great libraries of the world—or just internet hobbyists—could do: digitizing those holdings, making them available for education and research, for pleasure and for creative reuse.

Want to learn more about the public domain? Here is the legal background on how we got our current copyright terms (including summaries of recent court cases), why the public domain matters, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions. You can also read James Boyle’s book The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press, 2008)—naturally, you can read the full text of The Public Domain online at no cost and you are free to copy and redistribute it for non-commercial purposes. You can also read “In Ambiguous Battle: The Promise (and Pathos) of Public Domain Day,” an article by Center Director Jennifer Jenkins revealing the promise and the limits of various attempts to reverse the erosion of the public domain, and a short article in the Huffington Post celebrating a previous Public Domain Day.

1 No published works have entered our public domain since 1998. However, a small subset of works—unpublished works that were not registered with the Copyright Office before 1978—have been entering the public domain after a life plus 70 copyright term. But, because these works were never published, potential users are much less likely to encounter them. In addition, it is difficult to determine whether works were “published” for copyright purposes. Therefore, this site focuses on the thousands of published works that are finally entering the public domain.

2 Works published between 1923 and 1977 had to meet certain requirements to be eligible for the 95-year term—they all had to be published with a copyright notice, and works from 1923–1963 also had to have their copyrights renewed after the initial 28-year term.

3 The list of public domain music refers to the “musical composition”—the underlying music and lyrics—not the sound recordings of those compositions. Federal copyright did not used to cover sound recordings from before 1972 (though pre-1972 sound recordings were protected under some states’ laws). However, a new law from 2018 called the Music Modernization Act has federalized copyright for pre-1972 sound recordings, in order to clear up the confusing patchwork of state law protection. For more information about this law, please see the Copyright Office’s summary.

4 Foreign works from 1923 are still copyrighted in the US until 2019 if 1) they complied with US notice and renewal formalities, 2) they were published in the US within 30 days of publication abroad, or 3) if neither of these are true, they were still copyrighted in their home country as of 1/1/96. Note that the copyright term for older works is different in other countries: in the EU, works from authors who died in 1948 will go into the public domain in 2019 after a life plus 70 year term, and in Canada, works of authors who died in 1968 will enter the public domain after a life plus 50 year term.

Special thanks to our tireless and talented research maven and website guru Balfour Smith for building this site and compiling the list of works from 1923.

Public Domain Day 2019 by Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Books Read in 2021

January

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Who is Alex Trebek? A Biography by Lisa Rogak 

Spirit Transformed: A Journey From Tree to Totem by Roy Henry Vickers

A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today by Kate Bornstein 

Russka by Edward Rutherfurd 

February

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka 

The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp

The Sound of Music Companion by Laurence Maslon

Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews 

Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton 

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson 

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson 

March

The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian 

The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea 

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall 

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery 

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth 

Conjure Women by Afia Atakora 

April

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 

Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson 

The Painted Drum (Love Medicine #8) by Louise Erdrich (I actually got the first four Love Medicine books at a used bookstore earlier this year, intending to read them this summer, and borrowed this one from the library not knowing until afterwards that it was part of this series and that it’s intended to be read as the last book in the series. Whoops.)

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 

Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy 

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 

May

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin 

Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas 

The Farm by Joanne Ramos

A Luminous Republic by Andres Barba

Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush

The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson 

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer  

The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld 

June

The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane 

Mudlark: In Search of London’s Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem 

Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings

Love Medicine (Love Medicine #1) by Louise Erdrich 

The Beet Queen (Love Medicine #2) by Louise Erdrich 

Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott 

Tracks (Love Medicine #3) by Louise Erdrich 

The Bingo Palace (Love Medicine #4) by Louise Erdrich 

Summerwater by Sarah Moss

July

The Guest Book by Sarah Blake

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson 

Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn 

The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier by Colin Woodard 

Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman

The Familiars by Stacey Halls 

The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline 

Wild Escape: The Prison Break from Dannemora and the Manhunt that Captured America by Chelsia Rose Marcius 

August

Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma

The Wild Birds by Emily Strelow 

City of Women: Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860 by Christine Stansell 

Erin’s Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century by Hasia R. Diner 

Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars: Life and Culture on the Lower East Side, 1890-1925 by Elizabeth Ewen

The Nesting Dolls by Alina Adams

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (reread)

Greenwood by Michael Christie 

Where We Lived: Discovering the Places We Once Called Home, The American Home from 1775-1840 by Jack Larkin 

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

September

The Arsonists’ City by Hala Alyan 

Great Plains by Ian Frazier 

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline 

October

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

Last Landscapes: The Architecture of the Cemetery in the West by Ken Worpole 

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell 

Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte

Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul by Leila Taylor 

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez 

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The White by Deborah Larsen

November

The Orphan of Salt Winds by Elizabeth Brooks 

Orientalism by Edward Said

The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe by Michael Pye

December

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

A Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (reread)

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (reread)

[bandstolookup]

* Julian Bream

* Buddy Bregman

* Beverly Bremers

* Elton Britt

* Milton Brown

* Vicki Brown

* The Browns

* Ed Bruce

* Buchanan Brothers

* Sam Butera

* Billy Butterfield

C

* Al Caiola

* Red Callender

* Cab Calloway

* Archie Campbell (comedian)

* Chela Campos

* Canadian Brass

* Eddie Cantor

* Frankie Carle

* Bill Carlisle

* Carmela y Rafael

* Darleen Carr

* Leroy Carr

* humperdinck

* purvis

* massenet

* Diahann Carroll

* Jenny Lou Carson

* Martha Carson

* Mindy Carson

* Anita Carter

* Wilf Carter (musician)

* The Cascades (band)

* Page Cavanaugh

* Carol Channing

* Jean Chapel

* Ray Charles (musician, born 1918)

* Savannah Churchill

* Doctor Clayton

* Jack Clement

* Van Cliburn

* Buzz Clifford

* Rosemary Clooney

* Christopher Cloud

* Hank Cochran

* Alma Cogan

* Ramón Collazo

* Arthur Collins (singer)

* Jerry Colonna (entertainer)

* Perry Como

* Dick Contino

* Sam Cooke

* Spade Cooley

* Ronnie Cord

* Don Cornell

* Dave "Baby" Cortez

* Wally Cox

* Floyd Cramer

* The Crew-Cuts

* Bing Crosby

* Lindsay Crosby

* Milton Cross

* Arthur Crudup

* Xavier Cugat

D

* Larry Dale

* Vernon Dalhart

* Vic Damone

* Dick Damron

* Julius Daniels

* The Davis Sisters (country band)

* Danny Davis (country musician)

* Gail Davis

* Walter Davis (blues)

* Wild Bill Davis

* Dennis Day

* Bobby Day

* Bernardo de Muro

* Frank De Vol

* red eyed legends

* red krayola

* Barry De Vorzon

* Jimmy Dean

* Damita Jo DeBlanc

* The DeCastro Sisters

* The Delta Rhythm Boys

* Matt Dennis

* William F. Denny

* Paul Desmond

* Bill Dixon

* Tommy Dorsey

* Jimmy Driftwood

* Bobby Driscoll

* Marilyn Duke

* George Duning

* Don Durant

E

* Billy Eckstine

* Duane Eddy

* Cliff Edwards

* Jonathan and Darlene Edwards

* Lisa Ekdahl

* Larry Elgart

* Jimmy Elledge

* Ray Ellis

* Ethel Ennis

* María Enriqueta

* Dale Evans

* Paul Evans (musician)

* The Everly Brothers

* Everything Everything

F

* Irving Fazola

* Barbara Feldon

* José Feliciano

* greg the hero

* Francisco Fellove

* Ana María Fernández

* Lydia Fernández (singer)

* José Ferrer

* Arthur Fiedler

* Herbie Fields

* Eddie Fisher (singer)

* Shug Fisher

* Ralph Flanagan

* The Fontane Sisters

* The Four Aristocrats

* The Four Lovers

* The Four Tunes

* Virgil Fox

* Sergio Franchi

G

* Juan Gabriel

* Rosario García Orellana

* Brother Dave Gardner

* Erroll Garner

* Gale Garnett

* John Gary

* Alice Ghostley

* Don Gibson

* Ginny Gibson

* Ray Gilbert

* Dizzy Gillespie

* Will Glahé

* Dick Glasser

* Darrell Glenn

* The Go-Go's (British band)

* George Gobel

* Marty Gold

* Jerry Goldsmith

* Al Goodman

* Benny Goodman

* Benny Gordon (singer)

* Curtis Gordon

* Morton Gould

* Gogi Grant

* Grapefruit (band)

* Milford Graves

* Lorne Greene

* Merv Griffin

* Grimethorpe Colliery Band

* Bonnie Guitar

* Guylaine Guy

H

* Adelaide Hall

* Juanita Hall

* René Hall

* Stuart Hamblen

* Judd Hamilton

* Roy Hamilton

* Walter Hampden

* Johana Harris

* Phil Harris

* John Hartford

* Johnny Hartman

* Erskine Hawkins

* Hawkshaw Hawkins

* George "Gabby" Hayes

* Tiger Haynes

* Neal Hefti

* Ray Heindorf

* Tal Henry

* Las Hermanas Montoya

* Milt Herth

* Eddie Heywood Jr.

* Ronnie Hilton

* Al Hirt

* Gaynel Hodge

* Lorin Hollander

* Sterling Holloway

* The Honey Dreamers

* rex harrison

* Bob Hope

* Broadway Performers

* Helmut Zacharias

* Jerry Hadley

* Lena Horne

* David Houston (singer)

* Hugo & Luigi

* Rex Humbard

* Betty Hutton

* Dick Hyman

rex harrison & julie andrews

* Los Indios Tabajaras

* Autry Inman

* The Isley Brothers

stanley holloway

julie andrews

leonard weir

* Jim Jackson (musician)

* Etta James

* George James (musician)

* Sonny James

* Hilton Jefferson

* sailing with the sun

* Herb Jeffries

* Florence Foster Jenkins

* Waylon Jennings

* Johnnie & Jack

* J. J. Johnson

* soft kill

* Ada Jones

* Curtis Jones (pianist)

* Grandpa Jones

* Jack Jones (American singer)

* Spike Jones

* The Jordanaires

* Judas Priest

heartbreak

the unseen

* Kitty Kallen

* munch

* Mickey Katz

* Beatrice Kay

* Sammy Kaye

* KC and the Sunshine Band

* Hal Kemp

* Anita Kerr

* The King Sisters

* tai verdes

* Clydie King

* kella sin

* revolting cocks

* r-generation

* alan jackson

* mighty vhybes

* Pee Wee King

* little acre

* Peggy King

* Pete King (saxophonist)

* Wayne King

* Ray Kinney

* Lisa Kirk

* Eartha Kitt

* Baker Knight

* John Kongos

* Josef Krips

* wah-wah

* tetrarch

* flock of pigs

* brent faiyaz

* Gene Krupa

L

* Julius La Rosa

* Labelle

* Avelina Landín

* Abbe Lane

* Don Lang (musician)

* Mario Lanza

* Ellis Larkins

* josef salvat

* Charles Laughton

* Rod Lauren

* Paul Lavalle

* Lee Andrews & the Hearts

* Michel Legrand

* Tommy Leonetti

* David Lindley (musician)

* Living Strings

* Hank Locklin

* Lonzo and Oscar

* Sophia Loren

* Myrna Lorrie

* John D. Loudermilk

* Dorothy Loudon

* Norman Luboff

* Dora Luz

M

* Gisele MacKenzie

* Henry Mancini

* Lorene Mann

* Zeke Manners

* Peggy March

* Marilú (singer)

* Benny Martin

* Freddy Martin

* Janis Martin

* Jimmy Martin

* Mary Martin

* Ray Martin (orchestra leader)

* Skip Martin

* Tony Martin (American singer)

* Trade Martin

* Harpo Marx

* Marie McDonald

* Ray McKinley

* Rod McKuen

* Don McNeill (radio presenter)

* Audrey Meadows

* Jayne Meadows

* Lauritz Melchior

* Robert Merrill

* Paul Mickelson

* Mickey & Sylvia

* Glenn Miller

* Glenn Miller Orchestra

* Roger Miller

* Lucky Millinder

* Anthony A. Mitchell

* Vic Mizzy

* MØ

* Domenico Modugno

* Anna Moffo

* Charlie Monroe

* Marilyn Monroe

* Vaughn Monroe

* Patsy Montana

* Lou Monte

* Hugo Montenegro

* Noro Morales

* Jaye P. Morgan

* Erika Morini

* Buddy Morrow

* Bennie Moten

* Patrice Munsel

* Jimmy Murphy (country musician)

* Rose Murphy

joe roberts

* Toña la Negra

* Willie Nelson

* Peter Nero

* Phineas Newborn Jr.

* Anthony Newley

* Joe Newman (trumpeter)

* Robert Nighthawk

* Ray Noble

* alyssa trahan

* watkins and the rapiers

* Bob Nolan

* Norma Jean (singer)

* Alex North

* The Nutty Squirrels

O

* Odetta

* Claus Ogerman

* Roy Orbison

* Organisation (band)

* Eugene Ormandy

* Orquesta Casino de la Playa

* Osborne Brothers

* Ottawan

* Vernon Oxford

P

* Jack Paar

* Fess Parker

* Les Paul

* Rita Pavone

* matthew pauling

* Minnie Pearl

* Mike Pedicin

* Jan Peerce

* Dave Pell

* Hank Penny

* Pérez Prado

* Anthony Perkins

* Ray Peterson

* Stu Phillips (country singer)

* Piano Red

* Jane Pickens

• Bobby Pickett

* The Pied Pipers

* Ezio Pinza

* Nilla Pizzi

* Bud Powell

* anonymous willpower

* André Previn

* Kenny Price

* Leontyne Price

* louis prince

* Charley Pride

* Louis Prima

* Jeanne Pruett

* Tito Puente

leontovich

* Rosita Quintana

R

* Sid Ramin

* Ariel Ramírez

* Frankie Randall (singer)

* Boots Randolph

* Barney Rapp

* Rebeca Silva Cosío

* The Redcoats

* Della Reese

* Jim Reeves

* Phil Regan (actor)

* Joe Reisman

* Henri René

* Reparata and the Delrons

* Charlie Rich

* Mona Richardson

* Elvira Ríos

* Don Robertson (songwriter)

* Alys Robi

* Carson Robison

* Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)

* Tito Rodríguez

* Zé Rodrix

* Roy Rogers

* Shorty Rogers

* Sonny Rollins

* Ronny & the Daytonas

* Mick Ronson

* David Rose (songwriter)

* Annie Ross

* Andy Russell (singer)

* Johnny Russell (singer)

S

* Jean Sablon

* Barry Sadler

* Tommy Sands (American singer)

* Sauter-Finegan Orchestra

* Hal Schaefer

* Daniel Joseph Schafer

* Jack Scott (singer)

* Linda Scott

* Tony Scott (musician)

* The Searchers (band)

* arthur "big boy" crudup

* Al Sears

* Neil Sedaka

* lowell fulson

* Mike Settle

* Artie Shaw

* Robert Shaw (conductor)

* George Beverly Shea

* The Shelton Brothers

* Allan Sherman

* Dinah Shore

* Flor Silvestre

* entertainment

* Nina Simone

* Six Fat Dutchmen

* Skip Bifferty

* Walter Slezak

* Small Faces

* Roy Smeck

* Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith

* Kate Smith

* Walt Solek

* Sonora Matancera

* Sons of the Pioneers

* Red Sovine

* Muggsy Spanier

* Speer Family

* Mary Speer

* Tim Spencer (singer)

* Kay Starr

* The Statesmen Quartet

* Tommy Steele

* Max Steiner

* Steve and Eydie

* April Stevens

* James Stewart

* Redd Stewart

* Arbee Stidham

* Rex Stewart

* the vasco

* Pat Suzuki

* Henry (Hank) Sylvern

T

* Tampa Red

* Jack Teagarden

* The Teen Queens

* modern love child

* Nino Tempo

* Gordon Terry

* don't look down

* dollar 380

* fluf

* tent

* chuck treece

* g. love & special sauce

* 7 minds

* Sonny Terry

* Conrad Thibault

* Danny Thomas

* Bob Thompson (musician)

* Claude Thornhill

* The Three Suns

* Floyd Tillman

* Terry Timmons

* Art and Dotty Todd

* The Tokens

* Isao Tomita

* Mitchell Torok

* Arturo Toscanini

* Giorgio Tozzi

* The Treniers

* Tommy Tucker (singer)

* Johnny Tyler

* T. Texas Tyler

V

* Miguelito Valdés

* Caterina Valente

* Rudy Vallée

* June Valli

* Sylvie Vartan

W

* Fats Waller

* Cedar Walton

* Fran Warren

* Ethel Waters

* Slim Whitman

* Cootie Williams

* Joe Williams (jazz singer)

* Tex Williams

* Meredith Willson

* Paul Winchell

* Hugo Winterhalter

* Jimmy Witherspoon

* Del Wood

* Ilene Woods

* George Wright (organist)

* Nan Wynn

Y

* Glenn Yarbrough

Z

* Si Zentner

• 10cc

* 4 Runner (Polydor Nashville)

* +44 (Polydor UK)

* wolf creek

* • ABBA

* Absent Minded (Polydor UK)

* Bryan Adams

* cathy rich

* AFI (Polydor UK)

* Abd al Malik

* Ace of Base

* A-ha

* A II Z (Polydor UK)

* Alizée

* Alphabeat

* Alphaville

* gary lewis and the playboys

* black dresses

* xiu xiu

* gonjasufi

* Alpines

* Alquin

* The All-American Rejects (Polydor UK)

* The Allman Brothers Band

* María Conchita Alonso

* All Time Low (Polydor UK)

* The Amboy Dukes

* Thomas Anders

* Jon Anderson

* Angels and Airwaves (Polydor UK)

* Die Antwoord (Polydor UK)

* Paul Anka

* Army of Lovers (Polydor UK)

* Art of Noise (China/Polydor)

* Appleton

* Asia

* Athlete (Polydor UK)

* Atlanta Rhythm Section

* Audience

* Audioslave

* The Automatic

* Roy Ayers

* Ayọ

* Intan Ayu (Polydor Bandung)

B Edit

* • Tony Banks (Charisma/Polydor) (US/Canada)

* Barclay James Harvest

* Gary Barlow

* Daniel Bedingfield (Polydor UK)

* The Bees

* Bee Gees (Polydor UK)

* The Big Three

* Björk (outside the UK and Iceland)

* Black Tide (Polydor UK)

* Blind Faith

* Blink-182 (Polydor UK)

* Blossom Toes

* Boyzone

* Brand New (Polydor UK)

* Brick and Lace

* Alicia Bridges

* Bright Eyes (Polydor UK)

* Sarah Brightman

* James Brown

* Ian Brown

* Miquel Brown

* Roy Buchanan

* Buckingham Nicks (outside Canada)

* Bucks Fizz

* Bully Buhlan

* the pietzsche nietzsches

* bob prong

* • Café Tacvba

* personal blend

* pietzsche nietzsche

* Cast

* Cat's Eyes

* Cat Mother & the All Night News Boys

* Celeste (Polydor UK)

* The Chakachas

* Chapel Club

* Chelsia Chan (Polydor Hong Kong)

* Cheryl Cole (Fascination/Polydor)

* Cher Lloyd (UMG Polydor)

* Chris Cornell (Polydor UK)

* Christine Fan (Polydor France)

* Clare Maguire

* Claire Waldoff

* Cover Drive

* Eric Clapton

* Petula Clark

* PEACH MISFITS

* Stanley Clarke

* Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

* Amie Comeaux (Polydor Nashville)

* Commodores

* Billy Connolly

* bloodkrow butcher

* Jodie Connor

* the isotopes

* Celia Cruz

* mykey

* Cookie Crew

* Crystal Castles

* The Courteeners

* The Cure

D Edit

* • D Mob

* Daley

* Dashboard Confessional (Polydor UK)

* Davis Daniel (Polydor Nashville)

* Bill Deal

* Esmee Denters (Polydor UK)

* Deep Purple (outside US)

* Delays

* Delphic

* Demi Lovato (Polydor UK/Fascination)

* Cathy Dennis

* Destinee & Paris (Polydor UK)

* Lynsey De Paul

* Jim Diamond

* Diddy (Polydor UK)

* Dino

* Dirty White Boy

* Alesha Dixon

* Dodgy

* Plácido Domingo

* Donel

* Double

* Dr. Vades

* Duffy (A&M/Polydor) (outside US)

* The Duke Spirit

* Hilary Duff (Polydor UK)

* Durrty Goodz (Polydor UK)

* E/Eels

* primitive radio gods

* Elbow (Polydor UK)

* 1994!

* Sophie Ellis-Bextor

* Electric Light Orchestra (Polydor UK)

* Ellie Goulding (Polydor UK)

* Emma Bunton (Polydor UK)

* Emma's Imagination (Polydor UK)

* Emerson Lake & Powell

* Eminem (Polydor UK)

* Engine Alley (Polydor UK)

* Envy & Other Sins (Polydor UK)

* Escape The Fate

* Paul Evans

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The Soundtrack of the Civil War

In almost every Civil War movie ever produced by Hollywood, there is, at some point, music. You know the type: young boy on a fife, a drummer behind him, and the army marching behind them to victory. But what’s the story behind the musical instruments during the Civil War?

 The Civil War was both a clash of a nation and a clash of musical tastes.  The aristocracy of colonial America still focused on the music of Mozart and Haydn. Traditionally classical music was popular and was the expectation for parties and outings, as well as for the U.S. Marine band. These sounds were reflected in the Revolutionary War: clarinets, oboes, horns, bassoons became drum and fifes. After the war was won by America, these sounds that had once been in the parlors of their enemy became the new status symbol.

 In 1810, the game changed. Joseph Holiday from Dublin, Ireland invented the keyed bugle (think: Churchill Downs to start the race). Halliday’s invention was not the first of its kind; he simply cut holes in the side of a bugle and provided lever-operated padded keys that could produce a full chromatic scale. The market was immediately flooded with demand for this new instrument.

Halliday’s invention preceded the American all-brass band era which started in 1835. Unfortunately, the movement faced certain peril with the outbreak of the Civil War 25 years later. With Sumter being fired upon, there was an immediate call for men to join the cause and fight on both sides of the country. Musicians were among that call. The thought was, if some of the brass bands, famous in their own right, joined up, there would be a large income of volunteers who would want to walk alongside them. By dressing band members in flamboyant clothing and insuring that they were noticed, but also were a miscalculation: most thought the war would be over in a few months and this festive gesture was, unfortunately, in the face of preparation.

 Some bands were formed directly out of the ranks. Rather than paying for expensive pre-existing agents and their bands to come and play (and even follow the men onto battle), some regiments looked to their own soldiers. With ten companies to a regiment and two musicians allowed per company, there was the possibility to put together a band of twenty men (or more!) if the officers agreed to allow the joining of soldiers who had not enlisted as musicians. This was especially popular after Congress passed a bill on July 17, 1862 that ordered the regimental bands to muster out. No longer were full 50-piece brass bands allowed with each regiment- mainly because they were too loud and confusing!

 After the order from Congress (and its approval by the War Department), the only way to really be in a military band was to be authorized as a company’s fifer, bugler, or drummer. There were a few positions available for each musician and the ensuing battles that occurred were…interesting. One account details a “battle of the bands” in Cold Harbor on June 8, 1864. The union and confederate bands played in trenches against each other. The southerners started with “Dixie” and “Bonnie Blue Flag” and they were met with “America” and “The Star Spangled Banner.”

 With all the war waging on, it is important to note that the stringed instruments of yesterday had not vanished. People continued to play violins and fiddles and even accordions and guitars. The continued growth of instruments was slowed slightly by the war but the iconic sounds that they created lived on long after the war ended.

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Rachel Weisz Biography, age, weight, height, net worth, movies, husband, son, body measurement

Rachel Weisz Biography, age, weight, height, net worth, movies, husband, son, body measurement. Rachel Weisz is an English actress. She started his career in the early 1990s. She was born in Westminster, London, England on 7 March 1970. She appeared in Hollywood movies including, Chain Reaction (1996), opposite Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman.

Rachel Weisz Biography, age, weight, height, net worth, movies, husband, son, body measurement

Birthday: March 7, 1970 Nationality: British Famous: Actresses British Women Also Known As: Rachel Hannah Weisz Sun Sign: Pisces Age: 48 Years Born In: Westminster, United Kingdom Famous As: Actress Height: 1.68 M Spouse/Ex-: Daniel Craig (M. 2011) Father: George Weisz Mother: Edith Ruth Children: Henry Aronofsky

Rachel Weisz Net Worth

Net Worth: $30 Million

Rachel Weisz Body Measurement

Body shape: Hourglass (explanation) Dress size: 2 Breasts-Waist-Hips: 37-24-35 inches (94-61-89 cm) Shoe/Feet: 8 Bra size: 34C Cup: C Height: 5’7″ (170 cm) Weight: 125 pounds (57 kg)

Rachel Weisz Movies

2000 Beautiful Creatures Petula 2000 This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis Lauren Hynde 2001 Enemy at the Gates Tania Chernova 2001 The Mummy Returns Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell / Nefertiri 2002 About a Boy Rachel 2003 Confidence Lily 2003 The Shape of Things Evelyn Ann Thompson 2003 Runaway Jury Marlee 2004 Envy Debbie Dingman 2005 Constantine Angela Dodson / Isabel Dodson / Mammon 2005 The Constant Gardener Tessa Quayle 2006 The Fountain Isabel Creo 2006 Eragon Saphira (voice) 2007 Fred Claus Wanda 2007 My Blueberry Nights Sue Lynne 2008 Definitely, Maybe Summer Hartley 2008 The Brothers Bloom Penelope 2009 The Lovely Bones Abigail Salmon 2009 Agora Hypatia 2010 The Whistleblower Kathryn Bolkovac 2011 360 Rose 2011 Dream House Libby Atenton 2011 The Deep Blue Sea Hester Collyer 2012 The Bourne Legacy Dr. Marta Shearing 2013 Oz the Great and Powerful Evanora 2014 Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger Herself Documentary 2015 The Lobster Short Sighted Woman 2015 Youth Lena Ballinger 2016 Complete Unknown Alice Manning 2016 The Light Between Oceans Hannah Roennfeldt 2016 Denial Deborah Lipstadt 2017 My Cousin Rachel Rachel Ashley 2017 Disobedience Ronit Krushka Also producer 2018 The Mercy Clare Crowhurst 2018 The Favourite Sarah Churchill Post-production

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Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years!

Every year, Jennifer Jenkins and Jamie Boyle from the Duke Center for the Public Domain compile a "Public Domain Day" list (previously) that highlights the works that are not entering the public domain in America, thanks to the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which hit the pause button on Americans' ability to freely use their artistic treasures for two decades -- a list that also included the notable works entering the public domain in more sensible countries of the Anglophere, like Canada and the UK, where copyright "only" lasted for 50 years after the author's death.

But this year, it's different.

This is the year that America unpauses its public domain; it's also the year that Canadian PM Justin Trudeau capitulated to Donald Trump and retroactively extended copyright on works in Canada for an extra 20 years, ripping works out of Canada's public domain, making new works based on them into illegal art (more proof that good hair and good pecs don't qualify you to be a good leader -- see also: V. Putin -- not even when paired with high-flying, cheap rhetoric).

Even as Canada's public domain has radically contracted, America's has, for the first, time, opened.

So this year's American Public Domain Day List is, for the first time in 20 years, not a work melancholy alternate history, but rather a celebration of works that Americans are newly given access to without restriction or payment, for free re-use and adaptation, in the spirit of such classics as Snow White, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, All You Need is Love, and more.

Films * Safety Last!, directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, featuring Harold Lloyd * The Ten Commandments, directed by Cecil B. DeMille * The Pilgrim, directed by Charlie Chaplin * Our Hospitality, directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone * The Covered Wagon, directed by James Cruze * Scaramouche, directed by Rex Ingram

Books * Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Golden Lion * Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links * Winston S. Churchill, The World Crisis * e.e. cummings, Tulips and Chimneys * Robert Frost, New Hampshire * Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet * Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay * D.H. Lawrence, Kangaroo * Bertrand and Dora Russell, The Prospects of Industrial Civilization * Carl Sandberg, Rootabaga Pigeons * Edith Wharton, A Son at the Front * P.G. Wodehouse, works including The Inimitable Jeeves and Leave it to Psmith * Viginia Woolf, Jacob's Room

Music * Yes! We Have No Bananas, w.&m. Frank Silver & Irving Cohn * Charleston, w.&m. Cecil Mack & James P. Johnson * London Calling! (musical), by Noel Coward * Who’s Sorry Now, w. Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby, m. Ted Snyder * Songs by “Jelly Roll” Morton including Grandpa’s Spells, The Pearls, and Wolverine Blues (w. Benjamin F. Spikes & John C. Spikes; m. Ferd “Jelly Roll” Morton) * Works by Bela Bartok including the Violin Sonata No. 1 and the Violin Sonata No. 2 * Tin Roof Blues, m. Leon Roppolo, Paul Mares, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel, & Benny Pollack (There were also compositions from 1923 by other well-known artists including Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, WC Handy, Oscar Hammerstein, Gustav Holst, Al Jolson, Jerome Kern, and John Phillip Sousa; though their most famous works were from other years.)

And as great as that list is, it's hardly a patch on the amazing works we'd be inheriting if the Sonny Bono law hadn't been passed and the 1978 law was still on the books -- works whose authors fully expected them to be in the public domain as of tomorrow:

Books * Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time * Rachel Carson, Silent Spring * Barbara Tuchman, The Guns of August * Katherine Anne Porter, Ship of Fools * James Baldwin, Another Country * Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle * Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions * Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire * Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange * Michael Harrington, The Other America * Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom * J.G. Ballard, The Drowned World * Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes * Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest * Edward Albee, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich * Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook * Helen Gurley Brown, Sex and the Single Girl * Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths

Movies * Lawrence of Arabia * The Longest Day * The Manchurian Candidate * Dr. No * Jules and Jim * Sanjuro * Birdman of Alcatraz * Mutiny on the Bounty * Days of Wine and Roses * How the West Was Won

Music * Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream), by Cindy Walker, performed by Roy Orbison * Blowin’ in the Wind, Bob Dylan * Watermelon Man, Herbie Hancock (from his first album, Takin’ Off) * Twistin’ the Night Away, Sam Cooke * You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover and You Shook Me, Willie Dixon * Surfin’ Safari, The Beach Boys * Songs from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Stephen Sondheim * Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream), Cindy Walker * Big Girls Don’t Cry, Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio * Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield * Little Boxes, Malvina Reynolds * The Loco-Motion, Gerry Goffin and Carole King * Soldier Boy, Luther Dixon and Florence Greenberg

And, as Jenkins and Boyle point out, the largely hidden casualty of copyright term extension is the scholarship and research published in academic journals, who paid nothing for these works, and who have locked them up for decades to come:

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Overwatch League: How to Pick Your Team

After a mouth-wateringly long wait, the Overwatch League preseason begins this week. Cue the drums and fanfare! But before we bust out the foam fingers, it is of vital importance that each fan picks a favorite team. Picking at random is not an option.

The OWL teams have marketed themselves in a fashion very similar to traditional sports teams. This has helped remind me that choosing a favorite team is of vital importance. My dad raised me to be a BYU Sports fan, and even though my interest in following their teams waned, I still got my degree from BYU. Since Overwatch League is in its first generation, the choice you make today may affect your family far into the future. You may take your children or even your grandchildren to the Overwatch World Cup. The decision you make today will have long-reaching consequences. Here are six different ways you can choose your future favorite OWL team, and choosing at random is not an acceptable option.

1. Ride the Bandwagon

This article will be really short if you like riding the bandwagon. Picking a favorite OWL team is easy for you, as you will root for the team that has the best chance of dominating their competition, no matter who it is or who else you rooted for earlier in the season. All you have to do is convince your friends you always supported the winning team. This is easily accomplished by buying twelve different jerseys with a different team logo each. Then, when your loyalties drift, you can swap out jerseys and tell your friends that their memories are mistaken, that you’ve always had this one jersey with that one team on it. If this is already your plan, then you can log off, satisfied you have this season in the bag.

2. Geography

Many sports teams find their fans within their home cities or even the surrounding area. If you are one of those lucky OWL fans with a team (or two) in your city, good for you! However, since there are only twelve Overwatch teams scattered all across the world, the odds of a team being in your city is slim.

Your next option is to choose the closest city. In my case, this is San Francisco. But I live in Utah, and I’ve never even been to California. The only things I know about San Francisco are what’s shown the movie Big Hero 6, and I’m sure that movie only got the city half right, anyway.

For some of you, this bullet point was helpful enough to help you choose your team. But if you’re like me, mere proximity isn’t enough to guarantee a lifelong, multi-generational fandom. Another solution besides picking at random has to be found.

3. Team Name

With twelve team names, it can be hard to narrow them down. Knowing that the myriad options are a veritable firehose, I created a list that successfully matches every possible demographic with best suited team name. I guarantee not a single person in the entire world will be left out by this list.

a. Choose Boston Uprising if you belong to an enterprising group of wise-cracking, well-meaning rebels out to tear down their oppressive empire.

b. ‎Choose Dallas Fuel if you work in the gasoline industry.

c. ‎Choose Florida Mayhem if you consider yourself the Junkrat of your friend group.

d. ‎Choose the Houston Outlaws if you love running from law enforcement in a chain gang.

e. ‎Choose the London Spitfire if your favorite historical figure is Winston (Churchill, not Gorilla).

f. ‎Choose the Los Angeles Gladiators if you are Spartacus.

g. ‎Choose the Los Angeles Valiant if you can list more than five of the classic Christian virtues off the top of your head.

h. ‎Choose the New York Excelsior if you love every single one of Stan Lee’s appearances in the Marvel movies.

i. ‎Choose the Philadelphia Fusion if you’re a nuclear physicist.

j. ‎Choose the San Francisco Shock if you’re a bad electrician.

k. ‎Choose the Seoul Dynasty if you are a fan of the 2017 soap opera reboot series.

l. ‎Choose the Shanghai dragons if you insist on playing a Dragonborn in every single one of your friend’s Dungeons and Dragons game.

And there you have it. Of all the conceivable demographics across the world, OWL managed to represent all of them with every team name. Unfortunately, I was not represented by any of these team names, so it’s on to a different method. Anything besides picking at random.

4. Team Colors

When looking at all the OWL team uniforms, you will likely see your favorite color, so long as your favorite color is adjacent to orange or blue.

Boston Uprising, Dallas Fuel, New York Excelsior, and London Spitfire are blue, different blue, third blue, and less blue blue, respectively. Philadelphia Fusion, Florida Mayhem, San Francisco Shock, and Shanghai Dragons are yellow-orange, red and yellow, orangest orange, and yellow-red. The Houston Outlaws and the Los Angeles Valiant are green and same green, and so the only two teams with any originality to their color scheme–Seoul Dynasty and Los Angeles Gladiators–stand out compared to the rest. Of course, if purple or black aren’t your colors, then you’re out of luck.

As for me, my favorite color is teal, so I am definitely out of luck. Even worse, because so many teams share color schemes, throwing a dart at a color wheel won’t help you pick out a favorite team, either. Thankfully, there are still more ways to pick an Overwatch team than just at random.

5. Favorite Streamer

A lot of OWL team members became well-known Overwatch personalities thanks to their YouTube and Twitch channels. If you’ve played Overwatch for any amount of time, you’ve likely stumbled upon one or more of these streamers as they completely and totally wreck their competition live in front of thousands of fans. If you can name a single Overwatch personality off the top of your head, then rooting for their team is probably the best option for you.

However, if you’re like me, you probably spent more time watching Unit Lost and Dabacabb–the perfect combination of strategy and hilarity–than watching the pros before their first official season. Also, you probably have a job where you aren’t able to watch streamers during work hours. As it is, I, and probably you, don’t have a favorite streamer to root for. There must be another option.

If you’ve read this far, then you must be feeling pretty desperate. “I’ve been reading this unhelpful article for ten minutes, and it hasn’t helped me figure out a better solution than picking at random!” Don’t worry, my good friend. We’re almost to the end, and I guarantee you, picking at random is not the last option.

6. Picking at Random

All right. All right! I don’t live close to a team, I am not represented by any of the team names, my favorite color is absent from the team list, and I don’t watch Overwatch streamers. Throwing a dart at a picture of the league logos probably isn’t the worst plan.

… and I just hit my cat.

7. Be a Bro

You know, in thinking about it, I have a friend who knows which team he wants to root for. Maybe I’ll just root for his team so I can use his TV and eat his snacks whenever the season officially starts.

And that’s it! Thanks to my incredibly helpful article, you now have a favorite OWL team. Stay tuned for more updates as the preseason comes in swinging!

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ED’s 2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions – The Actors

Listen, I’ve been analyzing and making Oscar predictions for almost 20 years now, and just because I’m no longer considered worthy of being a Gold Derby expert, that’s really just their loss, because I still plan on covering the Oscars whenever and however I can. 

I don’t have to go further down into the well of this expanded season and how we’re still nearly three months away from knowing the Oscar winners. I’ll just start with the actors, as the title might suggest, since I feel it might be easier to cover those four categories then getting into all the nitty gritty that goes into some of the other above the line categories. (And you just know I’ll cover any of the artisan and technical categories over at Below the Line.)

What’s always interesting about the performances that get attention is that they often follow very similar routes, and sometimes, a good actor gains momentum from having a great script or even a good make-up and hair team.

LEAD ACTOR

I feel that every year, this tends to be a crowded field, and maybe more this year than ever, but it tells you how many movies are still being led by men, and that’s not just in front of the camera but also behind it.

Kingsley Ben-Adir - One Night in Miami There’s a little confusion about which category this talented and still relatively unknown British actor playing Malcolm X in Regina King’s historical drama should be placed, which is only going to be compounded by the Golden Globes and SAG nominations. Ben-Adir is indeed great in the role, giving us a very different take on the black activist then Denzel Washington’s performance in Spike Lee’s movie, but by being put in lead means he’s facing much tougher competition, including…

Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

The late Black Panther actor tragically died last year leaving us with two final performances in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloodsand George C. Wolfe’s adaptation of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The latter is where he’s likely to get the nomination (and many think the win) because his role as the brash trumpet-player Levee who butts heads with the title character, played by Viola Davis, makes the movie so unforgettable. It seems likely that the Academy might want to honor Boseman with a posthumous Oscar, and his performance here is good enough that it won’t seem like a token if they award the Oscar to Boseman.

Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal

Ahmed is an actor who has been getting more attention with every role from starring opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler to his starring role in the HBO limited series The Night Of, for which he won an Emmy and was nominated for a Golden Globe. His role as a metal drummer losing his hearing in Darius Marder’s drama shows another side to the actor who really goes to some extremes in terms of emotions. It’s a fantastic performance that almost guarantees him a nomination, and we’ll have to see if Amazon Studios has the clout to move him into the frontrunner’s field.

Anthony Hopkins - The Father

Based on his own stage play, Florian Zeller’s drama about a man suffering from dementia, played by Hopkins, has all the elements and backing that could get Hopkin his second Oscar nomination in a row after last year’s The Two Popes. Personally, I wasn’t too big a fan of the movie, and though Julianne Moore finally won her Oscar by playing a woman with dementia, I’m not sure this is that great a role for Hopkins, so best he might do is get another nomination.

Delroy Lindo - Da 5 Bloods

That brings us to another actor who has been gaining much respect from his peers over the past few decades and whose starring role in Spike Lee’s latest movie has been gaining him new respect among the critics.  One of the top critics group, the New York Film Critics Circle gave Lindon their top award, as did the National Society of Film Critics, as did Boston and Philly. That’s a lot of clout right there, which will help the Netflix film get a lot more traction.

Gary Oldman - Mank

One of the performances expected to be front and center during Oscar season is the Oscar-winner’s latest real-life portrayal, having won that Oscar for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour a few years back. This time, he plays classic Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz who fights alcoholism and Hollywood critics as he co-writes Orson Welles’ 1941 film, Citizen Kane. Besides being about old-time Hollywood and a classic film – which plays well to the ego of Oscar voter -- Mank also teams Oldman with director David Fincher, who has directed probably half a dozen or more actors to an Oscar nomination. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like Mank is getting as much love from the critics some expected and that could ultimately hurt the movie if it doesn’t connect with the industry people it portrays, although Oldman has a good chance at sneaking into nominations.

Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth – Supernova

Two brilliant performances come from the previous winner Firth and the one-time nominee Tucci, who play long-time lovers dealing with the latter’s terminal cancer in Harry Macqueen’s well-reviewed drama. The movie missed out on getting any critical love, so it’s really up to SAG to give either actor a push. Unfortunately, they’re both so good in the movie they might cancel each other out.

Steven Yeun – Minari

One of the most beloved audience-pleasisng movies going all the way back to last year’s Sundance Film Festival is Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical family drama, and Yeun’s performance has gotten quite a bit of attention as it follows his rise to serious actor legitimacy that began with the Korean drama Burning a few years back.

A few others in the mix include Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (a Golden Globe nominee for sure), Tom Hanks for News of the World (ditto?), Lakeith Stansfield for Judas and the Black Messiah, John David Washington for Malcolm and Marie, and Tahar Rahim for The Mauritanian, but they all need to up their game, especially the latter two which are opening later in the season.

My nomination predictions: Ahmed, Boseman, Hopkins, Lindo, Oldman (The last three seem to be the most vulnerable to be replaced by Ben-Adir or even Yeun, who have roles in far more popular movies.)

LEAD ACTRESS

By comparison, there aren’t nearly as many actresses up for this category, and that’s somewhat telling that this seems to be the case every year. In fact, there’s only five or six actresses that I can see being nominated, and then it’s gonna be a bloodbath for the win.

Andra Day – United States vs. Billie Holiday

One of a couple amazing musical biopics about great women from music history, this Lee Daniels drama based on a tough period in the acclaimed singer’s later life reminds me a bit of last year’s Judy and others. Early critical takes on the movie were pretty negative, but there’s no denying that the singer, making her feature film lead debut no less, really embodies the title character and shows so many different sides as Daniels directs another Oscar-caliber performance. The question is whether Oscar voters can get past the tougher aspects of the film and Holiday’s life to fully appreciate Day’s work. Being on Hulu in late February will make sure that Academy members are seeing it while filling out their ballots.

Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Davis won her first Oscar for supporting Denzel Washington in his adaptation of an August Wilson play, and she’s back in another Wilson adaptation. For this one, she’s in a far less recognizable role with elaborate costumes and an actual horsehair wig and dental prosthetics that give even more weight to her performance of the “Queen of the Blues” recording in Chicago in the late 1920s and not putting up with guff from anyone, whether it’s her manager or her brash trumpet player, played by Chadwick Boseman.

Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman

Giving a head-turning performance that includes an unforgettable (but hard to watch) 20-minute labor sequence, Kirby has already impressed her peers with her work on Netflix’s The Crown, as well as her scene-stealing in the 2018 action movie Mission: Impossible – Fallout. This drama by Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó’s gives us another look at the actress, but the biggest hurdle Kirby is facing is that her co-star Shia Labeouf (who is also quite good in the movie) has been accused of horrible behavior and essentially cancelled, even by Netflix from its awards and marketing campaign for the movie. Will that hurt Kirby chances or will Oscar voters be able to focus on her craft?

Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman

That brings us to a thriller that normally might not be considered Oscar-worthy except that mostly everyone who sees this movie loves it and is blown away by the performance Mulligan gives, which shows so many sides of the actress previously nominated for one of her early roles in An Education (which also premiered at Sundance!).  Few people aren’t impressed by Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut, and people will continue to talk about the movie and its shocking climax in the months leading up to Oscar nominations. Expect SAG and Golden Globe nominations leading up to her inevitable second Oscar nomination.

Frances McDormand – Nomadland

Although the two-time Oscar-winning McDormand stars in Chloe Zhao’s drama, which many people are already considering the frontrunner for Best Picture, some might even feel that McDormand’s performance is better than the two for which she won Oscars, it feels like this nomination is a given and many Oscar voters might prefer to draw attention to the newer talent in this category. But no one should be surprised if McDormand pulls out another surprise win on Oscar night without doing any of the campaigning others always do.

Zendaya - Malcolm and Marie

Another late arrival in this extended Oscar season is this movie from Sam Levinson, the writer/director whose HBO series Euphoria made the singer/actor best known for playing Mary Jane in the recent Spider-Man movies the youngest Emmy winner. Her role in the tough drama about a couple either will connect with Oscar voters or will hit way too close to home, so this might put her right up against Andra Day for that fifth slot.

Oddly, there aren’t nearly as many possible contenders in this category except for the other veteran, Sophia Loren, starring in her son’s Italian film, The Life Ahead; Amy Adams in Hillbilly Elegy, which suffers from horrible reviews; Kate Winslet in the mostly forgotten Ammonite or Meryl Streep in The Prom, although the latter of those is likely to be a Golden Globe Musical nominee and go no further.

My nomination predictions: Day, Davis, Kirby, McDormand, Mulligan (Zendaya seems like the spoiler but it seems unlikely she can win a nomination over five five flashier roles.)

SUPPORTING ACTOR

This is going to be a really interesting category this year, since there are three or four movie that have three to five (or more!) great male roles that have brought so much to those movies we’re likely to see them making waves in the SAG Ensemble category even if not all of them can get individual attention via supporting nominations.

Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods While Boseman is likely to get more attention for his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, some critics groups have also been giving the late actor attention for this relatively small flashback role in Spike Lee’s movie, although it’s not nearly as showy or memorable a performance compared to Delroy Lindo.

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Speaking of what could be a SAG Ensemble frontrunner, Aaron Sorkin’s recreation of the famed government case against a number of 60s activists accused of inciting a riot (sound familiar?) features a number of strong performances, but the actor getting the biggest push (and doing the rounds, as they say) is the star of Borat who plays Abbie Hoffman in the movie and seems to really be flexing his dramatic muscles. The only thing that might hold Cohen back are his co-stars and voters who might not be sure who to push for the film.

Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah Some might feel that Kaluuya’s performance as Black Panther Fred Hampton – a far more minor role played by Kelvin Harrison Jr. in Trial of the Chicago 7 – should have been deemed the lead, since it is a movie about how Hampton was set up by an undercover FBI agent, played by Lakeith Stansfield. Kaluuya already was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Jordan Peele’s Get Out (in which Stansfield had a minor role), but the performance he gives in this could certainly put him over the top with Oscar voters.

Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami

One of the most memorable performances in Regina King’s narrative feature debut is this Tony-winning Hamilton star in his performance as legendarly soul singer Sam Cooke, as he butts heads with Kingsley Ben-Adir’s Malcolm X (see above), but with him being put into lead, it seems like Odom is likely to get the most love from SAG as well as Oscar voters, which puts him into direct competition with Kaluuya.

Paul Raci - Sound of Metal A name that isn’t very well known but is sure to be an actor we’ll see more of is this actor who has been mainly taking small roles on various TV shows for many years but as Riz Ahmed’s mentor in coping with his loss of hearing, Raci is likely to get some love as well, although he would really have to step up his game and get out there more.

David Strathairn – Nomadland

Chloé Zhao populated her acclaimed movie with many non-actors that come from the nomad community depicted in the film, and while much of the attention is rightfully put on Frances McDormand’s lead role, Strathairn’s supporting performance gives the film true heart. If nominated, this would be Strathairn’s first Oscar attention since starring as Edward Morrow in George Clooney’s Good Night and Good Luck.

Mark Rylance, Yahya Abdul-Mateen, Frank Langella - Trial of the Chicago 7 The big problem with the large ensemble cast of Sorkin’s movie is that there are so many great performances all working from his sure-to-be nominated screenplay, and no one can seem to decide which of the great actors is the best. Rylance already on an Oscar in this category, Abdul-Mateen is a hot upcoming star, and Langella is a veteran who has only been nominated once 11 years ago for Frost/Nixon. It feels Langella’s performance as the judge in the case is the most memorable, but these three might cancel themselves out especially with Cohen in the running.

Then we get to a lot of decent performances that might be hard to make a mark with so much competition in this category including Trevante Rhodes in United States vs. Billie Holiday, Charles Dance in Mank, Glynn Turman and Colman Domingo for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (with the same issue as Trial of the Chicago 7 acting against flashier performances), and the problematic candiates: Jared Leto in The Little Things, Shia Labeouf in Pieces of a Woman, and James Corden in The Prom.

My nomination predictions: Cohen, Kaluuya, Odom Jr, Raci, Strathairn (One of the last two seems the most likely to be bumped by a second Trial actor.)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Welcome to this year’s “problematic” category, not because there aren’t many great actresses giving supporting performances that any filmmaker or actor would kill for, but more because two of the movies have issues, either in term of bad reviews or a problematic co-star.

Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Sacha Baron Cohen’s surprise sequel wasn’t just praised for his decision to tackle COVID and the current American government but also for the performance by Bulgarian newcomer Bakalova as Borat’s daughter who keeps on being put into awkward situations to get laughs. Bakalova performs supremely, holding her own against the veteran Cohen in many scenes with many people leaving the movie awed by Bakalova.

Ellen Burstyn - Pieces of a Woman

Another acting legend, Ellen Burstyn, returned for Kornel Munduczo’s drama, playing the meddlesome mother of Vanessa Kirby’s character, who tries to push for a lawsuit after the latter loses her child. Like many great supporting roles, this one is almost exclusively about one memorable scene and monologue by Burstyn that was partially improvised, but there’s still that Shia Labeouf in the room that might sour voters’ desire to give Burstyn her first acknowledgment since Requiem for a Dream twenty years ago.

Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy

A few years back, we nearly saw Glenn Close win her first Oscar for her performance in The Wife but she was snubbed in favor of Olivia Colman’s memorable role in The Favourite, which helped put the prolific British actress onto many radars even before she took over the lead in Netflix’s The Crown. Close is back with another memorable performance, this one playing the cranky Mawmaw in Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy.  The movie was obliterated by critics who refuse to give Close her due for what she brings to the movie.  I don’t think that will be the case with the Golden Globes or SAG and not even the Oscars’ acting branch, all whom should nominate her again.

Olivia Colman - The Father Although much of the attention for Florian Zellers’ adaptation of his own play has been put on Anthony Hopkins’ performance in the title role, there’s still quite a lot of love for Colman, who looks to once again hijack Glenn Close’s Oscar chances, even if this role isn’t nearly as showy or memorable.

Amanda Seyfried – Mank

People seem to be all over the place in terms of their feelings about David Fincher’s Mank, his first movie since 2014’s Gone Girl, but there’s a general sense of love towards Amanda Seyfried’s portrayal of old Hollywood starlet Marion Davies who seems to be a bright and shiny counterpoint to Oldman’s title character. I’m not sure she can win but has enough support for her first nomination.

Yuh-jung Youn -- Minari

There’s a lot of great performances in Lee Isaac Chung’s family drama but the one that the critics seem to be drawn to the performance by this Korean acting vet who plays the eccentric grandma who mostly brings laughs to the film. I don’t think either SAG or Golden Globes will pick her and the absence of the Chinese grandmother from The Farewell being nominated last year makes me dubious Ms. Young will get nominated either.

As with supporting actor, there are quite a few outliers who could sneak in, and we’ll be looking towards the SAG and Golden Globe nominations to see if there’s any consensus for any of the following.

Without going into further details, others in the mix include Olivia Cooke in Sound of Metal, Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite, Helena Zengel in News of the World, Jodie Foster in The Mauritanian, and possibly Dominique Fishback in Judas and the Black Messiah. As with the lead actress vis-à-vis lead actor, there just aren’t as many

My nomination predictions: Bakalova, Burstyn, Close, Colman, Seyfried (This seems like a pretty strong roster that should be able to navigate through SAG and Golden Globes, with the two oldest actresses having to overcome the hurdles of co-stars and/or critics. Who knows? Maybe Bakalova will win it.)

Hopefully soon (but probably after Sundance) I’ll offer my predictions for the screenplay categories, director and Best Picture, but look for the Golden Globe nominations to be announced on February 3, launching this year’s Oscar race in earnest.

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