#Edward daly

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#OTD in 1916 – Easter Rising | Edward Daly, Michael O’Hanrahan, William Pearse (brother of Pádraig Pearse) and Joseph Mary Plunkett are executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol.

Execution of 1916 Easter Rebellion Leaders at Stonebreakers’ Yard in Kilmainham Gaol continues. Joseph Mary Plunkett | Born in Dublin into a privileged background, his father was a papal count. He joined the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and the IRB in 1914. Plunkett was Director of Military Operations for the Rising, with overall responsibility for military strategy. Shortly before the rising was to…

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La maison du docteur Edwardes (Spellbound), Rhonda Fleming dans le film de Alfred Hitchcock, 1945. (décors de Salvador Dali)

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The similarities grow with every news story. There is one Struggle.

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Saoirse Don Phalistín

Freedom for Palestine

It’s unbelievable this is the first time this has happened to one of the hostages considering how hard Israel has been bombing Gaza

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ph. Julien Levy, Edward James and a Mermaid at Salvador Dalí's “Dream of Venus " exhibit at the New York World’s Fair, 1939/40

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Le Passage, 1956, by American surrealist painter Kay Sage, (1898-1963).

WOW!

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HUgE Jan 2011

DOFF the MASK

Masters of portraiture

Even if the same person is photographed by a different photographer, the resulting portrait will be completely different.

There are no two portraits in the world that are the same.

Ten encounters between giants that represent the 20th century.

Photograph by Man Ray

Man Ray (Self-Portrait)

Subject

[Self-Portrait] The title of Man Ray's autobiography is "Self-Portrait," and in fact he left behind a great number of self-portraits. Many of the Surrealist artists of the time, including Dali and Duchamp, who were his friends, were self-exhibitionist artists, and Man Ray could be considered one of them.

Photograph by Philippe Halsman

Salvador Dalí, Artist, 1904-1989

Subject

[Salvador Dali] A genius surrealist painter born in the Catalonia region of Spain. He was a solitary artist who intrigued those around him with his many strange, self-exhibiting words and actions, and who drew the backlash of other artists for his support of dictatorial government. However, there is also a theory that these were just his own kind of performance. He was also famous for his passionate love affair with Gala Eluard, whom he married at the age of 30.

Photograph by Cecil Beaton

Thomas Stearns Eliot, Poet, Playwright, 1888-1965

Subject

[T. S. Eliot] British poet, playwright, and literary critic. He is famous for his five-part poem, "The Waste Land." He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. He is also known as a conservative thinker. He is a photogenic man of letters who has been the subject of many photographers and has left behind many portraits.

Photograph by Edward Steichen

Gary Cooper, Actor, 1901-1961

Subject

[Gary Cooper] Born in Montana, USA. At the age of 25, he set his sights on becoming an actor, and four years later, he rose to stardom with the huge success of "Morocco." In 1936, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in "The Opera Hat," and grew into a leading Hollywood actor. He went on to win three Oscars. Tall and stylish, he was also known as an actor who looked good in suits. His most famous works include "High Noon."

Photograph by Arnold Newman

Truman Capote, Author, 1924-1984

Subject

[Truman Capote] His parents divorced when he was a child, and he moved to his relatives' houses many times. As a result, he rarely went to school and studied on his own. At the age of 19, he won the O. Henry Award and was praised as "Enfant Terrible." He continued to attract attention as a young genius writer, and in 1966 he also had success with non-fiction, with "In Cold Blood." In his later years, he became addicted to alcohol and drugs.

Photograph by Horst P. Horst

Yves Saint-Laurent, Fashion Designer, 1936-2008

Subject

[Yves Saint Laurent] Born in French Algeria. At the age of 21, he was appointed chief designer of Dior, which was in financial difficulty. At his debut collection, a French newspaper highly praised him, saying, "Yves saved France. He will continue to protect the great tradition of Dior." In 1962, he launched his own signature brand. He retired in 2002.

Photograph by Jeanloup Sieff

Homage to Georges Seurat

Subject

[Homage to Georges Seurat] This work was taken by Jeanloup Sieff as a homage to the 19th century Neo-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat. In keeping with Seurat's style, which established a new style of expression using pointillism, Sieff has created a nude with blurred focus and reduced brightness in accordance with the theory of light.

Photograph by David Bailey

Catherine Deneuve, Actress, 1943-

Subject

[Catherine Deneuve] An actress from Paris, France. Both her parents and her sister are actors, so she comes from a family of actors. She married David Bailey, who took this photo, in 1965. She later had children with film director Roger Vadim and actor Marcello Mastroianni. She is also known as Yves Saint Laurent's muse. Her most famous works include "Belle de Jour," "Indochine," and "Paula X."

Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Lucian Freud, Artist, 1922-

Subject

[Lucian Freud] Grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Born in Berlin, he moved to England with his family and became a painter. His early works were influenced by surrealism, but from the 1950s he began to paint portraits, especially nudes. His nude portrait of Kate Moss, painted in 2005, is particularly famous.

Photograph by Brian Griffin

Damien Hirst, Artist, 1965-

Subject

[Damien Hirst] British contemporary artist. He rose to fame in the 1990s with his series of formaldehyde-soaked cows and sharks called "Natural History." He was criticized by some animal rights groups for his work sacrificing animals. Since 1995, he has come out about his drug and alcohol addiction, which has had a strong influence on his work.

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Skinamarink will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 20 via RLJE Films. The viral sensation received a wide theatrical release in January before streaming exclusively on Shudder.

Writer-director-editor Kyle Edward Ball makes his feature debut on the 2022 Canadian experimental horror film. Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Ross Paul, and Jaime Hill.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by writer-director Kyle Edward Ball and cinematographer Jamie McRae

Trailer

Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.

Pre-order Skinamarink.

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habitat, home, beautiful mirage...

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Skinamarink // Kyle Edward Ball // 2022

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The ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018

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Part 1 is out 🥰

No spanking yet, just what came before it.

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#OTD in Irish History | 4 May:

1699 – According to Jonathan Swift’s book, Gulliver’s Travels, it was on this day that Lemuel Gulliver sets sail on board the Antelope from Bristol. 1715 – Joseph Deane, Justice of Assize for Munster and MP for Co Dublin, dies of a fever resulting from a cold he caught (allegedly caused by a total eclipse of the sun) while returning from circuit on horseback. 1773 – Art Ó Laoghaire, the subject…

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Currently Watching

SKINAMARINK Kyle Edward Ball USA, 2023

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The Stillness, the Quiet, and the Darkness evokes EVIL to Home In. "Skinamarink" reviewed! (Acorn Media International / Blu-ray)

The Kids Aren’t All Right in “Skinamarink” on Blu-ray! A night of silence is disturbed when a young boy, Kevin, falls down the stairs of his two story home.  Rushed to the hospital to return to the same silence-soaked house, the restless boy and his sister Kaylee search for their dad who has suddenly vanished from his bedroom.  Doors, windows, and even the bathroom toilet has strangely…

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Here is a collection of all the character playlists I have created in honor of the Davechella event, which I find very special. Under the cut will be each link, although for ease of convenience unlike my playlist posts, only the link shall be included not the listed out songs.

We've got John Hartnell & John Torrington, Silna, Tuunbaq, The Franklins, Crozier, JFJ, & Sophia, all the lieutenants, all the doctors, all the marines, William Gibson, John Bridgens, Harry Peglar, Edmund Hoar, Richard Aylmore, Genge!, Hickey, Diggle, Wall, Armitage, Golding, Thompson, Thomas Blanky, Tom Hartnell, Mr. Reid, George Chambers, David Young, & Thomas Evans, Magnus Manson, Charles Des Voeux, & John Morfin

Recently Added: Thomas Farr, Frederick Hornby, Francis Pocock, Charles Best, Collins, Billy Orren

PLUS Silna's Father, Koveyook, James CLARK Ross, his translator, and the Netsilik Hunter :)

Silna [LINK]

Tuunbaq [Link]

Lady Jane Franklin [LINK]

Sophia Cracroft [LINK]

Command

Sir John Franklin [LINK]

FRM Crozier [LINK]

James Fitzjames [LINK]

Lieutenants

Edward Little [LINK]

John Irving [LINK]

George Hodgson [LINK]

Graham Gore [LINK]

Henry Le Vesconte [LINK]

James Fairholme [LINK]

Thomas Jopson [LINK]

Stewards

William Gibson [LINK]

John Bridgens [LINK]

Edmund Hoar [LINK]

Richard Aylmore [LINK]

Genge! [LINK]

Doctors

Dr. Henry Goodsir [LINK]

Dr. Alexander McDonald [LINK]

Dr. Stephen Stanley [LINK]

Dr. John Peddie [LINK]

The Marines

Solomon Tozer [LINK]

Private Heather [LINK]

David Bryant [LINK]

William Pilkington [LINK]

Robert Golding [LINK]

George Thompson [LINK]

William Braine [LINK]

John Hammond [LINK]

Robert Hopcraft [LINK]

Henry Wilkes [LINK]

William Reed [LINK]

James Daly [LINK]

Joseph Healey [LINK]

William Hedges [LINK]

Ship Crew

Thomas Blanky [LINK]

Tom Hartnell [LINK]

Mr. Reid [LINK]

Harry Peglar [LINK]

"Cornelius Hickey" [LINK]

Thomas Armitage [LINK]

Mr. Wall [LINK]

Mr. Diggle [LINK]

Magnus Manson (link)

Charles Des Voeux (link)

John Morfin [LINK]

Francis Pocock [LINK]

Frederick Hornby [LINK]

Thomas Farr [LINK]

Charles Best [LINK]

Billy Orren [LINK]

Henry Collins [LINK]

Ship's Boys

David Young [LINK]

Thomas Evans [LINK]

George Chambers [LINK]

Important Characters

Koveyook [LINK]

Silna's Father [LINK]

James Clark Ross [LINK]

Translator [LINK]

Netsilik Hunter [LINK]

Beechey Boys

John Hartnell [LINK]

John Torrington [LINK]

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Tally Ho / Aladdin / Planet Hollywood

Aladdin opened in 1966 with one of the Strip's first neon-enhanced porte-cochéres, a freestanding sign featuring a revolving, three-sided marquee, topped with an "Aladdin's Lamp," designed and fabricated by YESCO.

Timeline.

Tally Ho ('62-'65)

'61: Edwin S. Lowe announces plans for Tally Ho non-gaming hotel. In the 40s the land was owned by locals Salton, Rose, and Goldberg. (Alexander & Rebecca Salton, founding members of the Las Vegas Jewish community.)

'62: Dec. 24, Opening of Tally-Ho, hotel and country club with 9-hole golf course. 322 of the 450 rooms open during “preview opening” in Dec. The hotel was alternately spelled Tally Ho, Tally-Ho, and Tallyho.

'63: Oct. 11, Tally Ho closed. “Ed Lowe made no excuses … admits he was dead wrong about a no gambling luxury hotel.” (Hertz, RJ 10/13/63)

'63: Oct., Norman Kaye and Frank Windsor operate the Tally Ho golf course.

'63: Oct.-Dec., The hotel is sold to Kings Crown Inns of America, represented by Floyd and Beryl Cook, Donald Bolinger (Cooks Brothers Trusts, Indiana). Under lease to operators Edward Nealis, Charles Luftig, and partners, Kings Crown Tally Ho's hotel, lounge, and restaurants reopen in Dec. (Duke, RJ 12/20/63)

'64: Construction of a showroom and casino begins in Fall, misses New Year's Eve opening deadline. The showroom and casino are completed in '65, ultimately never opened. (RJ 4/8/64, RJ 5/18/65)

'65: Nealis heads 18 casino applicants of Tallyho Operating Co. who are unable to get approval from Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB). In later years Jimmy "the Weasel" Fratianno of the Los Angeles crime family claimed he owned a piece of the Tally Ho and was to run the casino. (AP 2/17/65, RJ 11/25/84, Mob Museum 12/8/2017)

'65: Apr. 1, Tally Ho closed for the second time after King's Crown files suit against Tallyho Operating Co. for unpaid rent. Tenants are evicted, property put in control of the owners.

'65: Dec., Tally Ho bought by Milton Prell (Prell Hotel Corp.) from The Cooks Brothers Trusts.

Aladdin ('66-'97)

'66: Aladdin announced. Drawings for redesigned casino and proposed hotel tower unveiled early in the year. Martin Stern, architect. (RJ 1/2/66, RJ 1/17/66)

'66: Mar. 31, Aladdin opened. Freestanding sign and the Strip's first neon-enhanced porte-cochère by YESCO. Primary owners M. Prell, G. Gilbert, and S. Krystal, all former members of Sahara-Nevada Corp. Comedian Jackie Mason opens the 500-seat Baghdad Theatre.

'66: Dec., Prell stops $75k/month payments on the Aladdin and asks that the price be cut. The trustees agree to reduce the sale price to $5.5M. (Dayton, 4/20/72)

'67: Sep. 26, Milton Prell suffers a debilitating stroke which removes him from Aladdin management. (Dayton, 4/20/72)

'68: Apr., Stockholders of Prell Hotel Corp. vote to merge with Parvin-Dohrmann Co., leading to Parvin-Dohrmann take-over the Aladdin.

'68: Jun., Parvin-Dohrmann operation of Aladdin’s casino approved by GCB. (RJ 6/20/68)

'68: Sep., 28, "after the stock trade was finalized, Milton Prell, by this time paralyzed, was told by the new management he had two weeks to get out of the Aladdin." (McKnight, Alexander. Journal Herald, 4/20/72)

'70: Parvin-Dohrmann adopts the new name Recrion, and strips the firm of all its holdings except for its three Las Vegas hotel-casinos: Aladdin, Fremont, and Stardust.

'71: Oct.-Dec., Recrion announces sale to Sam Diamond, P. Webbe, R. Daly, D. Aikin as Aladdin Hotel Corp. Diamond announces plans for hotel tower.

'71: Entertainment director James Tamer is involved in secretly managing the casino and directing the skim, according to later conviction.

'74: Aladdin investigated by GCB for issuing comps to organized crime figures.

'74: Groundbreaking for the “Tower of Majesty” high-rise, and theater. Lee Linton, architect. Years later in '83, Linton and Aladdin attorney Sorkis Webbe are each convicted of tax fraud in relating to a kickback scheme during the '74 expansion.

'76: Jul., Tower and Theatre for the Performing Arts opened; new porte-cochère by Charles Barnard, Ad-Art; original sign replaced; all financed by Teamsters Central States Pension Fund loan.

'76: Mae Ellen George buys 24% of the hotel, relying on advice of Tamer.

'78: Aug. 3, Detroit federal grand jury indicts Tamer, Aladdin GM James Abraham, Aladdin casino manager Edward Monazym, and Charles Goldfarb (denied a license in ’71) of conspiring to allow hidden owners to exert control over the resort. Owners of the Aladdin at this time are Webbe (34%), Diamond (23%), Mae George (19%), Daly (14%), John Jenkins (8%), and George Morse (2%). (RJ 8/3/78)

'79: Mar. 13, Tamer, Abraham, Monazym, and Goldfarb convicted.

'79: Aug., GCB closes the resort; U.S. District Judge Claiborne opens it hours later, “until a mob-free buyer could be found.” (German, RJ 9/20/2021.)

'80: Jan., Ed Nigro gains a court-sanctioned takeover of the Aladdin after he and Johnny Carson sign an agreement to buy the property for $105M. The deal falls through.

'80: Jul. 10, GCB revokes Aladdin's license and the casino is closed; hotel remains open.

'80: Oct. 1, Casino is reopened after Ed Torres and Wayne Newton buy the Aladdin for $85M.

'82: Jul, Torres buys Newton's shares of the Aladdin.

'84: Feb., Aladdin placed under bankruptcy protection after a Teamsters Pension Fund forces foreclosure.

'85: Jan. 22, Ginji Yasuda buys the Aladdin for $54M; casino closed during Yasuda licensing.

'87: Apr. 1, gaming reopens.

'89: Aug., Yasuda, failing to reveal the source of millions in loans, loses his gaming license; Aladdin forced into bankruptcy.

'89: Sep., Court appointed trustee Jack Fidelman, and WDT Associates (Wm. and Tim Dougall, Larry Bertsch) take over operating the hotel. Aladdin remains in bankruptcy through the early 90s.

'91: Jun., Property title transferred to Bell Atlantic Tricon Leasing Corp when no buyers meet the minimum bid.

'92: Jun., Aladdin emerges from 3-year bankruptcy, control is given to Joe Burt and his JMJ management team on a 12-year lease with Bell Atlantic Tricon.

'94: Dec., Jack Sommer, Signman Sommer Family Trust, buys the Aladdin for $80M. "When the family trust sold a major New York property in '94, Sommer needed to find a real estate investment for the proceeds to avoid substantial capital-gains taxes. The Aladdin was on the market at the time." (Simpson. RJ 8/13/2000.) Other potential buyers included Donald Trump.

'97, Nov 25: Aladdin closed. A new hotel-casino to be built on the 35-acre parcel.

'98, Apr 28: Aladdin tower demolished. Former Tally Ho rooms later demolished; Theater remains.

Aladdin (2000-2007) Planet Hollywood (2007-)

2000: New build of the Aladdin. Mall opens 8/17/00, hotel and casino delayed, opening 8/18/00. Cost: $1.1B.

2001: Sep., Aladdin files for bankruptcy.

2003: Aladdin sold for $635M to OpBiz investment group led by Planet Hollywood CEO Robert Earl. Sale finalized 9/1/2004.

2007: Apr. 17, renamed Planet Hollywood.

2009: Harrah’s Ent. purchases part of the $860M mortgage, takes full ownership in Feb. 2010. Harrah’s later rebranded as Caesars Entertainment.

Photos of Tally Ho | Photos of the Aladdin

Headline photo: Undated, circa '68, from The Magic Sign by Charles Barnard.

Circa Feb.-Mar. 1966: The hotel was open before the casino. Installation of the sign is beginning. Photo: Las Vegas News Bureau.

Mar. 1966: Sequence of photographs showing YESCO’s revolving, three-sided Aladdin pylon structure being pieced together by dual cranes ahead of their opening on the 31st. Ad-Art collection, from Charles Barnard’s The Magic Sign.

Undated, Las Vegas News Bureau.

3/31/66 – Opening night. Four men holding scissors are Bill Braire, Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson, Milton Prell, Las Vegas Sun Publisher Hank Greenspun. Las Vegas News Bureau, LVCVA Archive.

“Aladdin Casino was the first Las Vegas hotel to integrate major sign elements and neon into its porte-cochère. Sign modules were incised into the leading edge of the projecting canopy and wrap-around grids of incandescent lamps followed these contours back to the entry.” - Charles Barnard, The Magic Sign. Photo: Las Vegas News Bureau.

Postcard c. '66-'68

Showgirls at the Aladdin, 1966. Las Vegas News Bureau.

Timeline sources.

Previous landowners: C.D. Baker Map of Las Vegas Valley ’40; Alexander Salton. UNLV Special Collections & Archives.

Tally Ho: Tallyho Preview Attracts 3500. Review-Journal, 12/28/62; Tallyho Hotel Closes. Review-Journal, 10/11/63 p1; Murray Hertz. Future of Tallyho Raises Questions. Review-Journal, 10/13/63; Gordon Kent. Tally-Ho Hotel Sold. Review-Journal, 11/1/63; Forrest Duke. New Tallyho Sale Deal. Review-Journal, 12/20/63; Tallyho Plans $1 Million Show. Review-Journal, 4/8/64; Associated Press. Gaming Board Refuses Tallyho Casino License. Review-Journal, 2/17/65 p1; G. Kent, F. Duke. Strip Hotel Closes. Review-Journal, 4/1/65 p1; Tallyho Sues Owners. Review-Journal, 5/18/65 p1.

Tally Ho and Aladdin sales covered in a series by Keith McKnight and Andrew Alexander for The Journal Herald, Dayton OH. Welsh confirmed with crime figures. Journal Herald, 4/20/72; Firm with crime ties linked to casino deal. Journal Herald, 4/21/72.

Aladdin: Associated Press. Gamers Approve. Review-Journal, 6/20/68 p1; Associated Press. Firm adopts new name: Recrion Corp. Reno Gazette Journal, 12/14/70; Lou Miller. Aladdin Hotel sold. Review-Journal, 11/8/71; Jerry Ralya. New Aladdin Corporation seeks license. Review-Journal, 12/29/71; Aladdin execs indicted. Review-Journal, 8/3/78; AP. Las Vegas architect sentenced to prison. Review-Journal, 3/8/83; AP. Webbe convicted. Review-Journal, 6/19/83; Jane Ann Morrison. LV Casinos Targeted in Money Laundering. Review-Journal, 11/25/84; Aladdin Hotel's history spans 30 years. Review-Journal, 1/5/94 p3; Dave Palermo. Aladdin Hotel finally sells. Review-Journal, 12/9/94 p1; History. Review-Journal, 11/23/97 p14; Jeff Simpson. Aladdin owner faces music. Review-Journal, 8/13/2000; Chronology of the Aladdin hotel-casino. Las Vegas Sun, 8/18/2000. John L. Smith. Sharks in the Desert. Barricade Books, 2005; David Schwartz. Jimmy The Weasel Fratianno. themobmuseum.org, 12/8/2017; Jeff German. The Genie in the Lamp, and Close the Place Down. Review-Journal, 9/20/2021.