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d e e p i m p a c t, 1998 🎬 dir. mimi leder

'These chunks of space debris are in an elongated orbit around our sun, but every now and then one of them gets bumped like a billiard ball on a pool table and is knocked into a different orbit.

If this comet continues on its path around the sun and keeps its present course, sometime on August, roughly a year from now, there's a chance that we might have impact.' - beck

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A List of Works Influencing and Referenced by IWTV Season 1

Season 2 here, Season 3 here

Works Directly Referenced:

Marriage in a Free Society by Edward Carpenter

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Cheri by Collete

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

La Nausee by Jean-Paul Sartre (credit to @demonicdomarmand )

Complete Poetry of Emily Dickinson edited by Thomas H. Johnson*

Blue Book by Tom Anderson

The Book of Abramelin the Mage

Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti with libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Iolanta by Pyotr Tchaikovsky with libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky

Pelleas et Melisande by Claude Debussy

Epigraphes Antiques by Claude Debussy

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Nosferatu (1922)

The Graduate (1967)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis by Michael Ranft (1728)

Emily Post’s Etiquette

Bach’s Minuet in G Major (arranged as vampire minuet in G major)

Works Cited by the Writer’s Room as Influences:

Bourbon Street: A History by Richard Campanella (as it hardly mentions Storyville I think interested parties would be better served by additional titles if they want a complete history of New Orleans)

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (This was also adapted into an award winning opera)

poetry by Charles Simic (possibly A Wedding in Hell?)

poetry by Mark Strand (possibly Dark Harbour?)

As seen in Daniel’s apartment & quoted on his LinkedIn account:

The Savage Garden by Mark Mills credit to @speckled-jim

Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff credit to @spreckled-jim

America and Dissent: Why America Suffers When Economics and Politics Collide by Alan S. Blinder credit to @speckled-jim

Dairy Queen Days by Robert Inman credit to @speckled-jim

Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by Lester R. Brown credit to @speckled-jim

Attila: the Judgement by William Napier credit to @speckled-jim

In A Heartbeat by Rosalind Noonan credit to @spreckled-jim

The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal credit to @speckled-jim

Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism" by Jacques Dupuis credit to @speckled-jim

Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle by Anna Chalcraft & Judith Viscardi credit to @speckled-jim

Sailing to Byzantium by Yeats

The Circus Animal's Desertion by Yeats

The Second Coming by Yeats

Artworks referenced (much credit in this section to @iwtvfanevents and to @nicodelenfent )

Fall of The Rebel Angels by Peter Bruegel The Elder (1562)

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt (1633)

Three Peaches on a Stone Plinth by Adriaen Coorte (1705)

Strawberries and Cream Raphaelle Peale, (1816) credit to @diasdelfeugo

Red Mullet and Eel by Edouard Manet (1864)

Starry Night by Edvard Munch (1893)

Self Portrait by Edvard Munch (1881)

Captain Percy Williams on a Favorite Irish Hunter by Samuel Sidney (1881)

Autumn at Arkville by Alexander H. Wyant 

Cumulus Clouds, East River by Robert Henri 

Mildred-O Hat by Robert Henri (Undated)

Ship in the Night James Gale Tyler (1870)

Bouquet in a Theater Box by Renoir (1871)

Berthe Morisot with a Fan by Édouard Manet (1872)

La Vierge D’aurore by Odilon Redon (1890) credit to @vampirepoem on twt

Still Life with Blue Vase and Mushrooms by Otto Sholderer (1891)

After the Bath: Woman Drying her Hair by Edgar Degas (1898)

Bust of a Woman with Her Left Hand on Her

Chin by Edgar Degas (1898) credit to @terrifique

Backstage at the Opera by Jean Beraud (1889)

Roman Bacchanal by Vasily Alexandrovich Kotarbiński (1898)

Dancers by Edgar Degas (1899)

Calling the Hounds Out of Cover by Haywood Hardy (1906)

Dolls by Witold Wojtkiewicz (1906) credit to @gyzeppelis on twt

Forty-two Kids by George Bellows (1907)

The Artist's Sister Melanie by Egon Schiele (1908)

Paddy Flannigan by George Bellows (1908)

Stag at Sharkey’s by George Bellows (1909)

The Lone Tenement by George Bellows (1909)

Ode to Flower After Anacreon by Auguste Renoir (1909) credit to @iwtvasart on twt

New York by George Bellows (1911)

Young Man kneeling before God the Father

Egon Schiele (1909)

Kneeling Girl with Spanish Skirt by Egon Schiele (1911)

Portrait of Erich Lederer by Egon Schiele (1912)

Krumau on the Molde by Egon Schiele (1912)

Weeping Nude by Edvard Munch (1913)

The Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows (1913)

Church in Stein on the Danube by Egon Schiele (1913)

Self Portrait in a Jerkin by Egon Schiele (1914)

The Kitten's Art Lesson by Henriette Ronner Knip credit to @terrifique

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion by Francis Bacon (1944)

New York by Vivian Maier (1953)

Self Portrait by Vivian Maier (Undated)

Self Portrait by Vivian Maier (1954)

Slave Auction by Jean-Michelle Basquiat (1982)

(Untitled) photo of St. Paul Loading Docks by Bradley Olson (2015)

Transformation by Ron Bechet (2021)

(Untitled) sculpture in the shape of vines by Sadie Sheldon

(Untitled) Ceramic Totems by Julie Silvers (Undated)

Mother Daughter by Rahmon Oluganna

Twins I by Raymon Oluganna

@iwtvfanevents made a post of unidentified works here.

Works IWTV may be in conversation with (This is the most open to criticism and additions)

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, uncensored (There are two very different versions of this which exist today, as Harvard Press republished the unedited original with permission from the Wilde family.)

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

Warsan Shire for Beyoncé’s Lemonade

Faust: A Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

La Morte Amoreuse by Theophile Gautier

Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu

Maurice by E.M. Forster

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (credit to @johnlockdynamic )

1984 by George Orwell (credit to @savage-garden-nights for picking this up)

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

Gone With the Wind film (1939)

Hannibal (2013)

Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle Suzanne de Villenueve

Music used in Season 1 collected by @greedandenby here

*if collected or in translation most of the best editions today would not have been available to the characters pre-1940. It’s possible Louis is meant to have read them in their original French in some cases, but it would provide for a different experience. Lydia Davis’ Madame Bovary, for example, attempts to replicate this.

** I've tagged and linked relevant excerpts under quote series as I've been working my way through the list.

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General Rules -

Please be kind, and patient when sending in a request. I have a life outside of this blog, but will do my best to upload your request as soon as Im able to. Sending in a prompt or idea will immensely help me, so keep that in mind. I also will deny a request if I am not comfortable with it. (Minors Don’t Interact)

What I WILL write - Light smut, Angst, Fluff, Yandere, Reader Death, Platonic!Reader, Fem!Reader, Neutral!Reader

What I will NOT write - Heavy smut, OC x Character, Character x Character, Abuse, Rape, SA, Mommy/Daddy kinks

Lists of who I write for down below.

David Dastmalchian List - Bob Taylor, Abner Krill, Johnson (Reprisal), Jack Delroy, James Lewis, Kurt Goreshter, Piter De Vries, Wojchek, Thomas Schiff.

Slasher List - Brahms Heelshire, Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees, Stu Matcher, Billy Loomis, Pinhead, Eric Draven, The Lost Boys, Jack Torrance, Eric Binford, Norman Bates, Killer Klowns.

Final Girls/Boys - Sidney Prescott, Randy Meeks, Laurie Strode, Ash Williams, Ellen Ripley, Jess Bradford, Julie James, Helen Shivers, Ray Bronson, Emerald Haywood, Wendy Torrance, R.J. MacReady, Michael Emerson, Star (Lost boys).

Others - Eddie Munson, Dano!Riddler, Twin Peaks (all characters), Bernard The Elf, Charlie Eppes, Don Eppes.

Will also write for ALL Dead By Daylight characters.

If you don't see someone on the list, but are curious if I will write for them, feel free to ask me.

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[mightyflamethrower]

he Biden Administration’s Department of Defense (DOD) has been spending money on alternatives to meat in its military meals, including fake protein made from fungus.

According to Just The News, this funding is part of a broader “sustainability” agenda promoted by far-left activists who believe in global warming, and thus demand the consumption of less meat in order to reduce carbon emissions. The DOD had previously invested in lab-grown “meat” earlier in 2024 before shifting to the current investment in “protein” made from fungi.

The DOD announced in November that it had awarded $60 million across 34 different grants to various bioindustrial firms as part of the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP).

One of these grants, worth $1.38 million, was awarded to The Fynder Group in order “to plan a bioproduction facility for fungi-based proteins that can be incorporated into military ready-to-eat meals.” Another one worth $1.5 million was given to The Better Meat Company, which specializes in allegedly “harnessing the amazing power of fermentation to make delicious, clean mycoprotein ingredients for food companies to use as the basis of their hybrid and fully animal-free meats.”

In order to produce this so-called “protein,” the company says that they “feed starchy foods to microscopic fungi and allow them to naturally turn into the meatiest animal-free protein on the planet.”

However, some of these grants may have simply been awarded as political favors. Paul Shapiro, the CEO of The Better Meat Company, is a frequent donor to the Democratic Party. He most recently donated to Congressman Adam Schiff’s successful Senate campaign in October and November of 2023, as well as the primary campaign of Virginia State Delegate Dan Helmer for Virginia’s 10th congressional district.

This spending was enacted in Executive Order 14081, signed by Joe Biden, which is officially titled “Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy.” The order is “aimed at bolstering America’s bioeconomic strengths while helping the Department achieve advanced defense capabilities.”

Republican efforts to block the DOD from any future spending on such anti-meat alternatives have been unsuccessful. In June, Congressman Don Bacon (R-Neb.) introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have forbid the DOD from funding lab-grown “meat.” But the amendment was ultimately rejected in Congress.

The program is one of many left-wing priorities of the DOD under Biden that is likely to be undone by the incoming second Trump Administration.

"This is how we intend to treat future soldiers? You think it's hard to get men to volunteer now? Wait till the start feeding them the bugs and fungus that grows on trash bins."

--KD

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #38: March 12th - 18th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from March 12 - March 18, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing!

Challenges/Prompts:

No open challenges/prompts this week that we’re aware of! Do you have an upcoming challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

Photos/Videos:

Big week for cast photos! Here’s what was posted from March 12 - March 18.

Allison Janney posted pictures of herself at an Oscars party.

Amy Landecker posted pictures taken backstage after the opening night of A Doll’s House on Broadway, featuring Brad, stars Jessica Chastain and Arian Moayed, Arian’s wife Krissy Shields, Arian’s mom, and Nicholas Braun.  

Amy Landecker posted a throwback photo of herself along with Bradley Whitford, Our Lady J, and Zackary Drucker when they visited the White House for the Transparent Season 2 premiere.

Bradley Whitford posted a photo of Amy and their pets. 

Bradley Whitford posted a video speaking out for women’s rights in advance of the April 4 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. 

Dule Hill posted photos of himself signing caps for Caps for Kids. 

Josh Malina posted a selfie comparing his Leopoldstadt beard to Trotsky’s. 

Josh Malina posted a photo of himself with fellow Leopoldstat actors David Krumholtz and Dave Register. 

Josh Malina posted a clipping from Playbill of a letter he wrote about himself in A Few Good Men under a fake name. 

Josh Malina posted rehearsal photos from Leopoldstadt: 1 | 2 | 3 

Marlee Matlin Oscars Round-Up: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Mary McCormack posted a photo of herself with her husband Michael Morris, To Leslie star Andrea Riseborough, and Andrea’s husband Karim Saleh at the Oscars. 

Mary McCormack posted a photo of herself doing DuoLingo at the Oscars. 

Rob Lowe posted the cover of Men’s Health, featuring him and his son Johnny Lowe. 

Lawrence O’Donnell posted a photo of Richard Schiff in the White House.

Richard Schiff posted photos from Washington D.C., including a trip to Arlington National Cemetery. 1 | 2 | 3

Richard Schiff posted photos of himself and his wife Sheila Kelley at the White House St. Patrick’s Day event with several prominent guests. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Donna Moss Daily: March 12 | March 13 | March 14 | March 15 | March 16 | March 17 | March 18 

Daily Josh Lyman: March 12 | March 13 | March 14 | March 15 | March 16 | March 17 | March 18 

No Context BWhit:  March 12 | March 13 | March 14 | March 15 | March 16 | March 18 

@janelmilfoney: March 14

@JanneyUpdates: March 15

@down_brad_: March 12 | March 12 (2) | March 13 | March 14 | March 15 

This Week in Canon:

Welcome to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 2, Episode 17: The Stackhouse Filibuster aired on March 14, 2001.

Season 6, Episode 19: Ninety Miles Away aired on March 16, 2005.

Season 7, Episode 13: The Cold aired on March 12, 2006.

 Edits/Artwork

#DONNAMOSS: honey honey honey pie ! by @somethingbuffy [VIDEO EDIT]

#JOSHDONNA: her dad’s irish by @ainsleyhcyes [VIDEO EDIT]

 Miscellaneous:

Rob Lowe celebrated his birthday on March 17.

Editors’ Choice: 

Taylor Swift’s Eras tour kicked off this week! We’re rounding up ten fics titled after or inspired by Taylor’s lyrics - one for each of her albums!

Debut: darling, so it goes (some things are meant to be) by mikaylawrites | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “Hey,” Josh says as he approaches his friend, gesturing in the general direction of the stage. “Who is this?”

Sam rolls his eyes. “I’m doing well, thank you for asking.” When Josh doesn’t respond, Sam gives him what he wants by responding, “It’s Donna.”

“Donna?”

“Donna Moss.” The name sounds vaguely familiar, but Josh can’t put his finger on why. “You know, Donna? She and I were on Andy Wyatt’s tour together last fall? She’s the one who said she didn’t believe I could go shot for shot with her at a dive bar after our St. Louis show and ended up having to drag me back to the hotel and put me into bed afterward.”

The story of rising country singers Josh Lyman and Donna Moss

(Editors’ note: We could not find a West Wing fic titled after debut lyrics, so instead we’re reccing this country music AU partially inspired by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill because of its connection to the first track of the album!)

Fearless: when you’re close I feel like coming undone by pumpkinpatch95 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Will, after Josh drags everyone to throw snowballs at Donna's window: is this uhh normal Everyone: yeah

Poor Will is trying to figure out the relationship dynamic of his new colleagues. Plus, Josh and Donna know something has changed after Josh's big gesture, but it takes a dance, and some jealousy, for them to finally get it together.

Speak Now: i'll spend forever wondering if you knew by sam_writes_fics | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Josh was hoping that tonight would be different. He was hoping that the maybe for once these things would be fun, like they’re supposed to be, because he was celebrating a man that he believed in. He was a key player in making tonight happen, so it stood to reason that tonight should be fun. He could almost feel it, deep in his bones, that tonight was going to be something special. Something he’d remember for the rest of his life. Something he’d tell his kids about one day.

Red: i watched it begin again by hufflepuffhermione | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress | “Is your name really Donnatella?”

“Well, my mom is Italian,” she says with a sigh. “I go by Donna, though. Donna Moss.”

He tilts his head to the side, taking her in. “I think Donnatella suits you. I might call you that.”

“You’ll waste a lot of breath trying to call me by my full name.”

He thinks she’s going to like this girl. “I have breaths to waste."

.

A year after being forced to resign from his White House position, Josh is looking for his shot to get back into the world of politics. His plan: run a nearly impossible Congressional campaign for Joey Lucas in the California 46th. He expects a difficult campaign, but what he doesn't expect is how meeting Donna Moss is going to change his life.

1989: we never go out of style by jeaniecregg  | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | CJ and Toby rush to get dressed after morning office sex.

Reputation: only bought this dress so you could take it off by hanyolo | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “Can I tell you one of my fantasies now?” Josh swallows, hands trembling as they come up to undo his top few buttons. “You’re wearing that red dress.”

A flicker of confusion crosses her face.

“What red dress?”

“You had a date.” He clears his throat, lowers his gaze. Can feel himself blushing. “His name was Todd. You were leaving straight from work. And you had on this unbelievable red dress.”

“Oh,” she breathes, eyes wide and awed. “You remember that?”

// josh has a thing for donna in red (as he should)

Lover: sacred new beginnings by JessBakesCakes  | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | But now, he doesn’t need her anymore – or he shouldn’t, anyway. So she’ll go back to her apartment, and he’ll go back to work, and things will go back to normal, whatever the hell that means.

There’s something about that idea that makes his stomach churn.

Folklore: sit with you in the trenches by swancharmings for defendingtheearth | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | ”So you’ve got health and strength.”

“And we’ll steal the rest?”

“Bet your ass.”

//

Four ways they did exactly that.

Evermore: one for the money, two for the show by octothorpetopus | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | “Will you marry me?” The words left Sam’s mouth in a flood, but the hard part was over, so it seemed. The silent moment following the question of the century stretched off into infinity like the world’s biggest rubber band. And, like all rubber bands, after a moment, it came snapping back.

“I’m sorry.” A beat. “I can’t.” A second beat, this one longer, and much more painful. “And I think maybe we shouldn’t be together anymore.”

Midnights: like we were in paris (we were somewhere else) by BeneathAnOrangeSky  | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress | Josh, Donna, and the worlds they transform together

// or: an ode to Paris (Taylor's Version)

Fics:

Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own. If you are so inclined, please be sure to leave the authors some love in the form of kudos or comments. Be mindful of posted warnings/tags for each story.

Josh/Donna

Domestic Days by spooky_spacegirl | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

you take care of us (when i make it tough) by mikaylawrites | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

it ain't nothing but a family thing by hell_to_breakfast | Not Rated | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

 Other Pairings/Gen Fic

The Language of Tomorrow by silasfinch for justdreaming88 | Rated T | Ellie Bartlet/Original Female Character(s) | In Progress

Where The Hell…? by dumbchemist | Rated T | No Pairings Listed | In Progress

None of Us are More than Caretakers by onekisstotakewithme for daylight_angel, miabicicletta, Luppiters, hondagirll | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

Always: Your Way by lindsaybob | Rated M | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete

Interview With the President by Hackney123 | Annabeth Schott, Donna Moss (no pairings listed) | Rated G | Complete

Multiple Pairings

The Kindness of Strangers by mlea7675 (7th Heaven Crossover) | Rated T | Helen Santos/Matt Santos, Doug Westin/Elizabeth Bartlet Westin, Annie Camden/Eric Camden | Complete

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The Best Picture Oscar My Way (1980-1999)

Here’s Part 2 of Best Picture My Way (as started here). All information about my approach with this category can be found on that linked first part.

For convenience sake, I’ll relay this message. Only the films I add onto here as nominees will have listed nominated producers next to the movie’s title. (Here’s the Wikipedia page for the rest.)

1980

The Empire Strikes Back - Gary Kurtz

Raging Bull

The Elephant Man

Coal Miner’s Daughter

Ordinary People

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Das Boot - Gunter Rohrbach; Michael Bittins

Reds

On the Golden Pond

Chariots of Fire

1982

Tootsie

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Fitzcarraldo - Werner Herzog; Willi Segler; Lucki Stipetic

Missing

Gandhi

1983

Fanny and Alexander - Jorn Donner

Terms of Endearment

Scarface - Martin Bregman

Mender Mercies

The Right Stuff

1984

Amadeus (still)

The Terminator - Gale Anne Hurd

Love Streams - Yoram Globus; Menahem Golan

Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman

A Passage to India

1985

Back to the Future - Neil Canton; Bob Gale

The Color Purple

After Hours - Robert F. Colesberry; Griffin Dunne; Amy Robinson

Ran - Masato Hara; Serge Silberman

Witness

1986

Platoon (still)

Misery - Rob Reiner; Andrew Scheinman

Hannah and Her Sisters

A Room with a View

Blue Velvet - Fred C. Caruso

1987

The Last Emperor (still)

The Princess Bride - Rob Reiner; Andrew Scheinman

Broadcast News

Moonstruck

Fatal Attraction

1988

Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Frank Marshall; Robert Watts

Rain Man

Dangerous Liaisons

Mississippi Burning

The Last Temptation of Christ - Barbara De Fina

1989

Do The Right Thing - Spike Lee

Driving Miss Daisy

Dead Poets Society

My Left Foot

Cinema Paradiso - Giovanna Romagnoli

1990

Goodfellas

Dances with Wolves

Edward Scissorhands - Tim Burton; Denise Di Novi

Ghost

The Godfather Part III

1991

The Silence of the Lambs (still)

Thelma & Louise - Ridley Scott

Beauty and the Beast

Boyz in the Hood - Steve Nicolaides

JFK

1992

Unforgiven (still)

A Few Good Men

Malcolm X - Spike Lee; Marvin Worth

Reservoir Dogs - Lawrence Bender; Harvey Keitel

Aladdin - Ron Clements; John Musker

1993

Schindler’s List (still)

The Piano

Philadelphia - Jonathan Demme; Edward Saxon

In The Name of the Father

The Fugitive

1994

The Lion King - Don Hahn

Forrest Gump

Pulp Fiction

The Shawshank Redemption

Eat Drink Man Woman - Kong Hsu; Li-Kong Hsu

1995

Toy Story - Bonnie Arnold; Ralph Guggenheim

Se7en - Phyllis Carlyle; Arnold Kopelson

The Postman (Il Postino)

Before Sunrise - Anne Walker-McBay

Braveheart

1996

Fargo

Trainspotting - Andrew Macdonald

Secrets & Lies

Jerry Maguire

The English Patient

1997

Titanic (still)

Good Will Hunting

L.A. Confidential

Princess Mononoke - Toshio Suzuki

Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson; Lloyd Levin; John S. Lyons; JoAnne Sellar

Lost Highway - Deepak Nayar; Tom Sternberg; Mary Sweeney

As Good as It Gets

The Full Monty

1998

Saving Private Ryan

Life is Beautiful

The Thin Red Line

The Big Lebowski - Joel and Ethan Coen

Mulan - Pam Coats

Central Station - Arthur Cohn; Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre; Robert Redford; Walter Salles

The Truman Show - Edward S. Feldman; Andrew Niccol; Scott Rudin; Adam Schroeder

Rushmore - Barry Mendel; Paul Schiff

Shakespeare in Love

1999

The Matrix - Joel Silver

American Beauty

The Green Mile

The Sixth Sense

Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson; JoAnne Sellar

The Straight Story - Neal Edelstein; Mary Sweeney

Man on the Moon - Danny DeVito; Michael Shamberg; Stacey Sher

Being John Malkovich - Steve Golin; Vincent Landay; Sandy Stern; Michael Stipe

[fadingbearprincess]

Don Schiff - Ireland

[lboogie1906]

James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was a pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano, he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton, one of the key figures in the evolution of ragtime into what was eventually called jazz. He was a major influence on Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and Fats Waller, who was his student.

He composed many hit songs, including the unofficial anthem of the Roaring Twenties, “The Charleston,” and he remained the acknowledged king of New York jazz pianists through most of the 1930s. His artistry, influence on early popular music, and contributions to the musical theatre are often overlooked, and as such, he has been referred to by musicologist David Schiff as “The Invisible Pianist.”

He may be thought of as both the last major pianist of the classic ragtime era and the first major jazz pianist. He is considered a bridge between ragtime and jazz. His musical legacy is present in the body of work of his pupil, Thomas “Fats” Waller, as well as scores of other pianists who were influenced by him, including Art Tatum, Donald Lambert, Louis Mazetier, Pat Flowers, Cliff Jackson, Hank Duncan, Claude Hopkins, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Don Ewell, Johnny Guarnieri, Dick Hyman, Dick Wellstood, Ralph Sutton, Joe Turner, Neville Dickie, Mike Lipskin, and Butch Thompson.

Two Romare Bearden paintings bear the name of his compositions: Carolina Shout, and Snow(y) Morning.

On September 16, 1995, the USPS issued a James P. Johnson 32-cent commemorative postage stamp.

1970 Songwriters Hall of Fame

1973 Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame

1980 Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame

2007 ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame

In 2020, his song “Carolina Shout” was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 2.1

Beer Birthdays

Johann Schiff (1813)

John Thomas (1847)

Leo van Munching (1901)

Drew Ehrlich (1982)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Fritjof Capra; physicist, writer (1939)

John Ford; film director (1895)

Langston Hughes; poet (1902)

Terry Jones; actor, comedian, "Monty Python" (1942)

Vivian Maier; street photographer (1926)

Famous Birthdays

Paul Blair; Baltimore Orioles CF (1944)

Exene Cervenka; rock singer (1956)

Edward Coke; jurist (1552)

Elsa the Lioness; from "Born Free" (1956)

Don Everly; pop singer (1937)

Sherilyn Fenn; actor (1965)

Clark Gable; actor (1901)

Michael C. Hall; actor (1971)

Sherman Hemsley; actor (1938)

Victor Herbert; composer (1859)

Richard Hooker; writer, "MASH" (1924)

Rick James; singer (1948)

Jill Kelly; pornstar (1971)

Brandon Lee; actor (1965)

Del McCoury; bluegrass musician (1939)

Garrett Morris; comedian (1937)

Bill Mumy; actor (1954)

George Pal; animator, special effects artist (1908)

S.J. Perelman; screenwriter (1904)

Stephen Potter; writer (1900)

Lisa Marie Presley; celebrity (1968)

Joe Sample; jazz pianist (1939)

Jessica Savitch; television journalist (1947)

Muriel Spark; writer (1918)

Stuart Whitman; actor (1926)

Boris Yeltsin; Russian politician (1931)

[bllsbailey]

Broken: 'The Resistance' Is Mostly MIA for Trump 2.0

Do you remember the liberal meltdowns after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton for the presidency in 2016? 

There were huge “P-hat” demonstrations (riots), widespread outrage, and unhinged commentary from the corrupt media. Now, we still see that today, some eight years later, as Trump won yet again, but it’s not the same. 

There’s a feeling of defeat emanating from the left. 

Mostly, we see videos of mentally disturbed Democrats losing their stuff on social media and misty-eyed anchors at MSNBC and CNN still trying to tell us our Democracy is in peril (their ratings prove that few are listening anymore), but we haven’t seen any serious coordinated reaction.

The thrill is gone, according to Axios:

While President-elect Trump's 2016 win sparked shock, outrage and massive protests, the response to his 2024 victory has been more muted. The big picture: 2016 birthed The Resistance, a political movement to protest Trumpism online and in the streets. There's still plenty of resistance to Trump across the country, but little mass mobilization. Flashback: Trump won in 2016 despite trailing in the polls, and within weeks of the infamous Access Hollywood tape and multiple sexual assault allegations.

Do you remember this (perverted) idiocy?

Seriously, a governor donned a genitalia-themed cap? Give me a break.

But for now, "The Resistance" just plain seems to have lost its mojo:

This time Democratic voters, particularly women, were just as disappointed but less shocked, says Lisa Mueller, a political science professor at Macalester College.

I love this photograph:

To be sure, there are many who will continue to fight on for the failed progressive movement—especially blue-state governors—and expect some knock-down, drag-out fights over Trump’s Cabinet picks.

A failure to read the room: 

REPORT: California to Lead 'Resistance' Against the Orange Man What Is Bad

Left-Wing Donors Wary As They Fear Funding Won't Buy the 'Resistance' It Used to in a New Era of Trump

Unity, Schmunity: Leftist Governors Declare War on Trump's Agenda Just Days After His Historic Victory

There are also plans for inauguration day protests, but we’ll see if some of the usual agitators are too burnt out from all the pro-Hamas demonstrations they’ve been attending since October 2023. And you can be sure odious former Rep. now Sen. Adam Schiff (CA) will do everything in his power to kneecap the Trump agenda, ethics be damned.

But at least for now, it feels different than 2016.

It feels like Trump broke them.

[billysjoel]

I'm starting to rewatch Law and Order from the very beginning with my family! i forgot Mike was in the very first episode! wild! he's so young and don craigan too!

MIKEY MY BABY he was in every ep for the first 5 seasons! also idk if you know or not but 1x06 was the original pilot, shot in 1988, before steven hill was cast as schiff, but for whatever reason, they made it the 6th ep and just start off with 1x01. it's weird if you watch it in order without knowing that 😅 there's a random william h. macy too. N E WAY he's so baby puppy i love him so much please feel free to share any and all feelings as you watch 🥰 also YES we love and respect captain dad in this household!

[filmjunky-99]

d e e p i m p a c t, 1998 🎬 dir. mimi leder 'Not On the List'

[justinspoliticalcorner]

David Smith at The Guardian:

“And now, the end is near/ And so I face the final curtain.”

Before a roaring crowd on Monday, Donald Trump summoned sons Don Jr and Eric, daughter Tiffany, daughter-in-law Lara Trump and son-in-law Michael Boulos to the stage. Their faces threw the orangeness of the family patriarch into stark relief. Trump insisted that his son Barron and daughter Ivanka were watching from afar. “She loves the whole thing,” he said, not very convincingly. It was election eve and the former US president gazed out at thousands of supporters gathered at an ice hockey arena in Pittsburgh and apparently ready to follow him through the gates of hell. Like a child awakening to mortality, he suddenly seemed to realise that The Trump Show was coming to an end. “It’s sad because we’ve been doing this for nine years,” he said, as the family looked on. “We’ve had hundreds of rallies, hundreds. Actually numbers that are not even conceivable. I’ve heard 800, 900 – I don’t know – but we don’t even count ’em. And they’re all like this, all these magnificent, magnificent rallies.” This would be his last one in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania with one to follow in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “Remember, the rallies are the most exciting thing. There’ll never be rallies like this. You’re going to have some leading candidate come in in four years and, honestly, if they’re successful they’ll have 300 or 400 people in a ballroom some place. This is never going to happen again.”

Yes, Donald Trump is already comparing his crowd sizes with whoever runs for president in 2028. Still, was this a rare moment of wistful self-reflection from the man whom the New Yorker writer Mark Singer once memorably described as leading “an existence unmolested by the rumbling of a soul”? Well, up to a point. In a characteristic brain swerve, Trump, 78, went from sweet nostalgia to a rant about “Barack Hussein Obama” as a “very divisive guy” whose wife, Michelle, was “hitting me” in a recent speech. Then he decried the Russia “hoax” and how Don Jr had been unfairly caught up in it, which led to letting rip at the Democratic congressman Adam Schiff as “watermelon head”, “evil” and “human scum”.

Trump’s children laughed at the insults – hardly an uplifting closing argument just hours before polling day. The former president then gave his stream of consciousness full rein, talking fast as he freely associated from his economy to Covid, from the military to Isis, from the border wall to transphobia. It was vintage Trump, like a final episode recap of a long-running series. But after his family departed – Lara giving a heart sign to the supporters wearing miners’ helmets – Trump pondered the passage of time again. “We have people that have come to hundreds of the rallies and we all love it. They all love the country. They don’t come to our rallies if they don’t love the country.”

There might be something achingly poignant and elegiac about it – a lion in winter departing the stage – but for the fact that Trump is a twice-impeached malignant narcissist with a knife at the throat of democracy.

Like Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes in A Face in the Crowd, the rallies were always more natural territory for this carnival barker than sitting behind a desk in the Oval Office. “Is there anything more fun than a Trump rally?” he has often asked rhetorically, even though some people flee before the end (and did again in Pittsburgh). These are gaudy, raucous spectacles that combine cult-like worship of a demagogue with a church-like sense of community, the vibe of a rock concert with the fired-up “us versus them” quality of a sports event. The rallies are gathering places for the “Make America great again” (Maga) faithful who wear the team colours – red and white – on hats, T-shirts and other merchandise, sold by vendors who tour the country. Monday’s sampling included “I’m voting for the outlaw and the hillbilly” and “Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president”, plus a photo of Trump with the legend “Pet Lives Matter” – a reference to his false claim that Haitian immigrants were eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio.

Greatest hits, and a few misses

One day a university academic somewhere will write a paper about the musical playlist at Trump’s rallies and what it said about the class, age and race of his crowds. On Monday it included Mr Blue Sky by the Electric Light Orchestra, Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5, Nessun dorma by Luciano Pavarotti and It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World by James Brown. Other regulars are An American Trilogy by Elvis Presley, Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O’Connor and numbers from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Cats and Phantom of the Opera. The rallies have produced some of Trump’s greatest verbal hits. “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters,” he told one in Sioux Center while campaigning in Iowa in 2016. None is complete without a swipe or two at the “fake news” media; the crowd turns and jeers as if playing a part.

It was at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, this summer that Trump survived an assassination attempt then, with face bloodied, raised his fist and urged his supporters to “Fight, fight, fight!” (A chant repeated by supporters in Pittsburgh.) Having lived by the rally, he nearly died by the rally that day. And the rally might yet be his political undoing: what was once Trump’s greatest strength could prove his achilles heel. In Latrobe, Pennsylvania, he mused on the size of the late golfer Arnold Palmer’s penis, giving fodder to critics of his mental stability.

When he fulfilled his lifelong wish to stage a mass rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden, critics drew a parallel with a Nazi event there in 1939. A comedian described Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage”, upstaging Trump and potentially costing him vital Latino votes. As Democrat Kamala Harris stuck resolutely to the script at her rallies in the closing weeks, Trump’s self-destruction continued at his. He declared himself the protector of women “whether the women like it or not” and said the vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy Jr would work on “women’s health”.

Hopefully Donald Trump’s tired old act gets cancelled after 9 years of terrorizing Americans.

See Also:

Daily Kos: Trump and Vance end on the ugliest note they can

[cksmart-world]

SMART BOMB

The Completely Unnecessary News Analysis

By Christopher Smart

June 18, 2014

SAD DAY ON CONEY ISLAND — MIGHTY JOEY CHESTNUT OUT

NEWS FLASH! World Champion hot-dog-eater Joey Chestnut has been banned from Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest! Hells bells Wilson, what is this world coming to. Chestnut is the perennial winner — 19 years running — of the Independence Day extravaganza and holds the world record of eating (swallowing) 76 beef dogs in 10 minutes. Heck, the entire staff here at Smart Bomb couldn't eat that many franks in 10 minutes — or all day for that matter. The drama is outlined in The Atlantic magazine under the headline, “The Dog Days of Summer”: Turns out that Joey signed a sponsorship deal with another hot dog company — and get this Wilson, they're meatless dogs! Holy s - - t! The host of the Nathan's dog contest, George Shea, told The New York Times, “It would be like back in the day Michael Jordan coming to Nike — who made his Air Jordans — and saying, ‘I am going to rep Adidas too’ … It just can’t happen.” The annual Coney Island glut is no small deal. TV coverage garners more than 1 million viewers. Still, competitive eaters like Chestnut struggle to cash in on their fame. Imagine this Wilson, you're a cashier at a department store and people come up to you and say, oh my god, aren't you Joey Chestnut? WTF — no deal with Nike?

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HARD IT IS TO BE DONALD TRUMP

Wilson, did you ever consider how difficult it is to be Donald J. Trump? The Democrats want to cut his head off — or so says the big orange guy. “Haul out the Guillotine!” he said last week in a fund-raising email, “is the sick dream of every Trump-deranged lunatic out there!” At a Las Vegas campaign rally the former president asked the adoring crowd what would happen if he were on a battery powered boat that was sinking near a shark. No Wilson, we are not making this up. “Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted or do I jump in over by the shark... ” FYI: he chose electrocution. What that has to do with anything, we're not sure but it is entertaining in a stupid sort of way. And then there was this: Adam Schiff, D-Cal., told Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee that he would like to quote the jury in Trump's New York hush-money trial: “Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty... (he said 34 times). Fortunately Trump has Marjorie Taylor Greene to defend him. “The Democrats and the fake news media want to constantly talk about ‘Oh, President Trump is a convicted felon,’” she said. “Well, the man that I worship is also a convicted felon, and he was murdered on a Roman cross.” Joy to the world, Don the Christ has come.

NEW ANTI-WOKE WATER — DRINK UP FREEDOM

It's called “Freedom2o” and it will make you giddy with righteousness and the knowledge that you don't have to swallow any more woke water. “This water isn't free but your speech is,” according to a post on “X” during the right-wing Turning Point USA's People's Conference. “It's not just refreshing, it rebellious and it's unapologetic to drink this in public,” said company founder Elizabeth White. “[It] isn’t just about what’s inside the bottle,” she added, “it’s about the message it sends with every sip.” The communiqué apparently being something like the MAGA directive, “F- your feelings.” Yeah Wilson, the right is always being put upon by something or another. Imagine being forced to drink woke water — it's enough to make you puke. As White told the New York Post, she got the idea while watching the Republican debates, where she noticed audience members drinking water that had “no connection to the people drinking it.” Just think of it Wilson, drinking water that you had no political affinity with. You could get that twitchy thing that Democrats have. Or, you might feel like Martha-Ann Alito having to look across the lake at a rainbow flag for an entire month. Boy, she could sure use some Freedom2o now — along with her Glenlivet. Better make that a double.

Post script — That's just about going to do it for another fun-filled week here at Smart Bomb where we keep track of Mike Lee so you don't have to. Yes Wilson, it is quite a community service when you consider that Utah's senior senator has no soul — he sold it on the cheap to you know who. Recently, Lee voted against a bill guaranteeing IVF (in vitro fertilization), calling it “showboating” by Democrats. Meanwhile, he introduced legislation to stop noncitizen immigrants from voting —there is no evidence they are — which is against the law already. This week The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Lee asked Republicans in an unofficial poll if they would rather listen to NPR, KSL or be waterboarded. Of the 931 respondents, 85.8 percent chose the torture, he said. The tempest in a teapot, according to Trib ace Jeff Parrott, was a response to a social post by KSL that said the Utah GOP had “been running into tough times” and asked if folks were “tired of the Republican Party’s antics?” Your right Wilson, when it comes to fiction Lee is no slouch and he loves to say, I told you so — nanner, nanner nanner. “Waterboarding seems to be enjoying an early lead over listening to either KSL or NPR,” he said, “I totally understand.” Nanner, nanner, nanner. Such a statesman. Rock on, Mike Lee.

OK Wilson, Mike Lee ain't no elitist like them liberal Dems — although he clerked for Samuel Alito; his father, Rex E. Lee, was U.S. solicitor general under Ronald Reagan; his brother Thomas Rex Lee is a justice on the Utah Supreme Court. Oh, and Mike Lee spent much of his youth in an upscale suburb of Washington, D.C. Maybe you and the guys in the band can cook up a nice little ditty for Mike “Me-No-Elitists” Lee.

Some folks are born made to wave the flag Ooh, they're red, white and blue And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief" Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no Some folks are born silver spoon in hand Lord, don't they help themselves, oh But when the taxman come to the door Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale, yeah It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no Some folks inherit star-spangled eyes Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" Ooh, they only answer, "More! More! More!" Yo It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no It ain't me, it ain't me...

(Fortunate Son — Credence Clearwater Revival)

[ulkaralakbarova]

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA’s role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Gary Webb: Jeremy Renner Anna Simons: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Fred Weil: Michael Sheen John Cullen: Ray Liotta Ronny Quail: Robert Patrick Norwin Meneses: Andy García Coral Baca: Paz Vega Ricky Ross: Michael Kenneth Williams Sue Webb: Rosemarie DeWitt Alan Fenster: Tim Blake Nelson Russell Dodson: Barry Pepper Jerry Ceppos: Oliver Platt Richard Zuckerman: Richard Schiff Quail’s Girlfriend: Jena Sims Rich Kline: Joshua Close Danilo Blandon: Yul Vazquez Ian Webb: Lucas Hedges Eric Webb: Matt Lintz DEA Agent Miller: Gil Bellows Anonymous Agent: Steve Coulter Leo Wolinsky: Dan Futterman Los Angeles Times Editor: Susan Walters Washington Post Editor: David de Vries Doug Farah: David Lee Garver Female Anchor: Rhoda Griffis Ricky Ross Trial Judge: Jen Harper DEA Agent (uncredited): David Alessi Reporter Washington Post (uncredited): Grace Baine DC Business Woman (uncredited): Shaira Barton Self (archive footage) (uncredited): Nancy Reagan Christine Webb: Parker Douglas Film Crew: Producer: Scott Stuber Director: Michael Cuesta Executive Producer: Peter Landesman Producer: Jeremy Renner Producer: Naomi Despres Executive In Charge Of Production: Louis Phillips Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt Novel: Gary Webb Original Music Composer: Nathan Johnson Executive Producer: Pamela Abdy Executive Producer: Michael Bederman Executive Producer: Don Handfield Editor: Brian A. Kates Production Design: John Paino Casting: Avy Kaufman Costume Design: Kimberly Adams Costume Design: Doug Hall Movie Reviews: