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For art fans out there, an Archibald Prize finalist is of trans man Ed Le Brocq.

It's a beautiful piece, and absolutely stunning to see in person.

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Unicorn: Warriors Eternal Spoiler-Filled Review

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is a mature supernatural fantasy comedy with steampunk elements. Genndy Tartakovsky, who is well-known in the animation industry, is the director and creator. He is best known for Dexter's Laboratory, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan, and Samurai Jack, and more recently, Primal. This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, being reviewed here, wouldn't exist.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs and Wayback Machine. This was the forty-first article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on July 24, 2023.

This series has a simple plot: a group of heroes are inadvertently awakened by Copernicus, a steam-powered robot, in bodies of three teenagers (Emma, Alfie, and Dimitri), rather than in bodies of adults, like in the past. These heroes are opposed by a mysterious foxlike woman (voiced by Grey DeLisle), who embodies evil.

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal drew me in as a person who enjoyed watching Star Wars: Clone Wars as a kid (and have re-watched it various times), and liked Samurai Jack and Sym-Bionic Titan. Voice actors like Jacob Dudman (voice of Edred) who voiced two characters in Primal, and DeLisle, voice of the mysterious woman and the original Melinda, strengthen this series.

Delisle is well-known for her work in animation, including voicing characters in Invincible, Kid Cosmic, The Owl House, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, DC Super Hero Girls, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Elena of Avalor, Star Wars Rebels, The Legend of Korra, Young Justice, and My Life as a Teenage Robot. In contrast, Hazel Doupe, the voice of Emma in this series, is unique. This is her first voice role, as she has only done live-action series before.

I wasn't as familiar with Jeremy Crutchley, Demari Hunte, Alain Uly, Tom Milligan, Ron Bottita, or George Webster, the voices of Merlin, Alfie, Seng, Lord Edward Fairfax, and Winston in Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. I say this even though Crutchley voiced Glad-One and One in Infinity Train, and Uly as Lieutenant Maylur and two stormtroopers in Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Others, such as Hunte, Milligan, Bottita, Webster, appear to be new to voice work. Rosalind Ayres (voice of Lord Katherine Fairfax) previously voiced characters in video games while Robbie Daymond (voice of various one-off characters) lent his voice to the notorious Curious Cat in Volume 9 of RWBY! He voiced Jesse in Infinity Train season 2, Raymond in OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes!, and many other English dubs of anime characters.

The steampunk setting in Victorian London, in 1890, in this series, reminded me of Steamland in Disenchantment, the upper city in Arcane, or the similarly steampunk action anime, Princess Principal, which spawned a multi-part film series. The steampunk genre has even reached into indie animation and comics. It includes films like Snowpiercer, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Howl's Moving Castle, along with animated series like Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water and The Legend of Korra. I am even reminded of an unaired 2001 pilot for Constant Payne, by Indigenous writer Micah Wright. It has a strong steampunk aesthetic.

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is different than all of those previously mentioned. It is unique in its own way. Just as Samurai Jack was set in the future, with magic, robots, lasers, and the like, this series is set in an alternate world. Unlikely the haphazard and strange inclusion of futuristic technology in the far-too-short Yasuke, this series is much more complete. It draws inspiration from works by animators Max Fleischer and Osamu Tezuka, films by Hayao Miyazaki (like Howl's Moving Castle) and other steampunk aesthetics.

The show's character designer, Stephen DeStefano, worked on Sym-Bionic Titan, Primal, and other projects, with Tartakovsky. He pushed, as did Tartakovsky, to ensure the series had an "old aesthetic" but was told "in a very contemporary way". The studio producing the series, Cartoon Network Studios, has produced many of Tartakovsky's previous projects. Some of the same animators who worked on his previous projects may be working on this series.

These animators could not do their work without the writers. If a recently circulated spreadsheet is representative of Cartoon Network Studios as a whole, it would mean that, for animators, there is repetitive work, little opportunity for advancement, sterile environment due to the Warner-Discovery merger, disorganization, burnout, and overwork. There are two primary show writers: Darrick Bachman and Tartakovsky. While the latter is more well-known, the former is not, despite his work on Primal, Samurai Jack, Regular Show, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and many animated series, some of which he worked on with Tartakovsky.

If Glassdoor is accurate, each of these writers makes somewhere between $46,000 to $83,000 a year. I would guess that Tartakovsky is paid more than Bachman. In any case, the conditions the writers work in influences whether a show is "high-quality" or "low-quality". High Guardian Spice was said to be the latter, until it was revealed that the working conditions at Crunchyroll were horrendous. This does not appear to be the case for Cartoon Network Studios. The recent closure of the iconic studio's headquarters, with employees told to move to a sterile, lifeless Warner Bros. building instead, it does not bode well.

Even some predicted that under David Zaslav, it is difficult to "imagine a future in which the studio’s original animation output can match what it has been in the past," with a strong shit to reboots rather than original series. However, if the writers, and actors, are successful in their strike, these conditions may change for the better. On the other hand, the studios are doing all they can to burn down motivation of actors and writers, while stockpiling completed works and scripts before the strikes began.

Coming back to the series, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is a relatable coming-of-age story. The protagonist, Emma (who can transform into Melinda) is struggling to determine whether she is "Emma" or "Melinda". She loses control of her powers after any emotional outburst she has. Having one's powers tied to their emotions is not new. In the last half of Elena of Avalor's final season, the protagonist, Elena Castillo Flores, had to wrestle with the fact that her magical abilities were tied to her emotional moods. The same was the case for Steven Universe in the series of the same name, and in Steven Universe Future.

For Emma/Melinda, her anger and fury seem to be how she expresses her power, in a super saiyan esque transformation. While this expression of raw power can be effective in defeating enemies, it doesn't prevent her from hurting people, unintentionally, in the process. For instance, in the second episode, she uses this power to defeat a huge magically possessed elephant. However, her fiancé Winston is badly hurt in the process and the surrounding area is nearly obliterated.

The use of her abilities in Unicorn: Warriors Eternal are complicated by her relationship with Edred, a warrior elf. He reincarnates in the body of a wanna-be magician named Dimitri. After Copernicus resurrects him, he rushes over to Emma/Melinda, and kisses her. While he has memories of their relationship, Melinda-as-Emma does not. Making matters worse, she still has some romantic feelings for Winston, who wants to "rescue" her from her "new" form.

This contrasts with Edred. He can effectively fight with a sword in manner which almost seems reminiscent of the sword-wielders in anime or those in Western animations like Amphibia, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Steven Universe. Like all Tartakovsky productions, Edred has his own specific style. Every character is stylized in their own way. This is thanks to the aforementioned character designer, DeStefano, and work by many others at Cartoon Network Studios. The same is the case for their battle moves and attacks. It sets the series apart from others with similar themes.

The team of Emma/Melinda, a cosmic monk named Seng (in the body of a young Black ruffian named Alfie), Copernicus, and Edred, make an interesting combination. Each has personal issues they must overcome. Seng cannot fully comprehend the cosmic plane as a young child. Edred has a "clouded" mind despite having a largely intact memory and retains his power. Emma/Melinda has an identity crisis. She even tells Winston, at one point, that she isn't Emma anymore and that the Emma he knew is dead. This is a cold, hard truth which is hard for him to accept.

The complications in each character's lives make it an increasing challenge for these heroes, whose souls are tasked with protecting the world throughout eternity. With the scrambled memories, especially of Emma/Melinda, and the fact that only Edred remembers the most about their role in fighting evil, it makes the story that much more intriguing. The secretive villain is almost as devious as Shadowy Figure in O.K. KO!, but shares more characteristics with Kilgore in Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen, Part 1. He aimed to change the Justice League into teenagers, so they are "vulnerable", are ripped apart by the world, and have to deal with emotions they ignore or regress as adults.

There is one major difference. The villain in Unicorn: Warriors Eternal never intended on awakening the Order of the Unicorn (Melinda, Seng, Edred, and Copernicus). Instead, she wanted to destroy Copernicus so the order would cease to exist. The villain exploits the situation for her own ends. She hopes that these heroes will be resurrected one final time. The heroes will do anything they can to stop this evil, with Edred declaring that the villain will "not succeed".

In future seasons, Melinda's insecurities may be exploited just as Invictus did with Ash Graven in Final Space. If so, she may turn against her friends. It is hard to say whether the series villain will be as devious as Aku, who had built an entire empire and dedicated many of his resources to track down Samurai Jack.

By the show's third episode, there is a clear focus on discrimination, specifically how humans will "other" that which they don't understand. The response of the British police and Scotland Yard to a theft of priceless artifacts bound for the British Museum is to arrest anyone engaged in "magic" in London. There are mass arrests of soothsayers, fortune tellers, and anyone else on Mystic Row.

To make matters worse, they put up a Wanted poster for Emma/Melinda. Even when two spiritualists, Clarice Leydoux and Lao Xi Sheng, tell the police detective the reality, he doesn't believe them. Clearly, the police in this series, including Inspector General Hastings (voiced by Gildart Jackson), do not know how to deal with the situation at hand. People such as Agatha (voiced by Rosalind Ayres), another royal official, try and put in place more order.

Through it all, Emma/Melinda tries to figure out herself. She isn't sure of her connection with Winston, who she inadvertently injured. She even goes to a seance which separated her two identities, making her question whether she wants to be a hero or not. As a result, she declares that she hates the other part of herself. Her father even realizes that she is different, remarking "that is not our daughter". Winston remains in pursuit, even when he clashes with Edred on who "truly" loves her.

After the first two episodes, the series explored the insecurities of Seng. The villains cause him to be swallowed by a cosmic fox. The latter, known as a Lady Fox, attacks them. An amazingly animated chase scene on the rooftops follows, reminding me of similar scenes in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Samurai Jack. In the fourth episode, this is more apparent. Seng is unable to use his powers while he is trapped on an abandoned ship with other Unicorn team members. He even starts to become translucent! Although they escape this predicament, it could foreshadow more trouble for Seng in the future.

As Emma/Melinda learns more about the story of her Melinda side, with the child version of original Melinda voiced by Marley Cherry Hilbourne. She learns that her mother, Morgan Le Fay (voiced by Peta Johnson), was terribly injured, thanks to her. It is revealed that Merlin (voiced by Jeremy Crutchley) is her father. The conflict between the two halves of herself remains an important part of the story. This is especially the case when they all fight a big squid threatening to destroy the town. Her attempts at reconciliation do not go well, even though she is making some progress by the seventh episode.

At the end of the fifth episode, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal takes a bold step: it appears to kill off one of its protagonists, Copernicus. This is comparable to a similar "loss" of Octus in Sym-Bionic Titan. While Emma/Melinda is most distraught, she works together with Edred to find someone to repair Copernicus. They find an inventor named Otto (voiced by Jason O'Mara), thanks to a robot named Dashwood (voiced by Chris Butler). He works on a huge floating airship, which functions like a space station.

He remarks that Copernicus is like a robot he hasn't created yet, but he says it feels familiar. Copernicus cannot fully come back until his magical power is restored. He is a futuristic magical being. The power from an ancient magical stone is used by Merlin. He brings Copernicus back to life. Even so, this sequence implies that Copernicus can die, in certain instances.

The seventh episode of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is a rollercoaster ride. It is revealed that Edred left his bride-to-be, in an arranged marriage meant to unite two clans, to be with Melinda. At the same time, it is further implied that Emma/Melinda somewhat remembers this. The quest to get the necessary magical power, the presence of Merlin, and restoration of balance, causes Edred's brother, Aelwulf (voiced by Jack Bandeira), to regain respect for him.

At the end of the seventh episode, the Unicorn team learns that they still have evil to fight, and that their time in this world has not ended. It is implied that Merlin will help they stop it. The eighth episode throws this into question. Out of nowhere, Merlin appears and tells them to come "quickly" to battle an evil machine killing the land. While they meet the mighty tiger Rakshasa (voiced by Sunkrish Bala), Merlin attacks Emma/Melinda, surprising them all.

The last three episodes of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal lay bare tensions between the group members. This is clear with the addition of a new member, Winston, who can become a werewolf. Predictably, Edred objects, as Winston has feelings for Emma/Melinda. All the while there is the fight against evil, which exudes dark magic.

This reaches a critical point in the ninth episode when the evil leaves Merlin and enters the cosmic realm. They meet an older Seng who has been fighting it for over 20 years, with no success. It is said that if the evil devours everything, the world will end. Merlin and Rakshasa remain optimistic until  Emma and Melinda are split apart.

I wish Unicorn: Warriors Eternal had been longer. By the eighth episode, it appears that Melinda is coming to peace with the part of her who is Emma, and vice versa. This seemed too quick. Her struggle with her identity could have stretched across an entire season of 20 to 26 episodes. Take Cassandra in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, for example. She is mentally manipulated by Zhan Tri. Even so, she tries to figure out her identity and how she feels about Rapunzel. Like that series, which ended with a bang, this series is burdened by compulsory heterosexuality. Tangled differs by featuring well-recognized gay vibes between Rapunzel and Cassandra, shipped by fans as "Cassunzel".

Much of the internal struggle that Emma/Melinda experiences is couched by a love triangle. Emma loves Winston, while Melinda loves Edred. However, Edred hates Winston and vice versa. Due to the propensity of male characters in this series, there isn't any character, female, non-binary, or otherwise, written for Emma/Melinda that would allow her to have a queer romance.

Even so, the struggle of Emma to reunite with Melinda, resulting in defiance of her by-the-book parents, is promising. Considering this series is set in the 1890s, it is no shock that Emma's parents try to hold her back. They think she is out of her mind and want to bring her to a doctor, who will commit her to an asylum. Her actions, including drawing on equations on the walls of the bathroom, akin to the oft-memed scene from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in which Pepe Silvia goes on a conspiratorial rant, don't help her case. In her defense, she is desperate and wants to get back to the cosmic realm at any cost.

This episode goes off the rails when two huge men try to capture Emma and bring her to "the doctor". What follows is an intense chase scene in which Emma has many near-death experiences, and barely escapes those trying to get her, even riding a steam-powered tram to Mystics Row. Two mystic warriors (Clarice Leydoux and Lao Xi Sheng) offer to help her. With their assistance, she uses the Heart of the Forest to get to the cosmic realm.

The Unicorn: Warriors Eternal finale concludes strongly. Emma inspires everyone, reuniting with Melinda, and convinces them to combine their powers into one. They strike a decisive blow against evil forces. This is blunted by the surprising revelation: Morgan is trapped in the heart of the evil beast! At the end of the episode, the protagonists find themselves in a bizarre world in which "the evil" has changed everything. Emma/Melinda gets the last word, noting their determination to save Morgan and defeat the evil being no matter what.

The ending is not definitive, but is open-ended. The central conflict rings true, especially if seen as a metaphorical extension of Genndy Tartakovsky as a Jewish immigrant who faced pressure to support his mother and live up to the myth of a "model minority". A possible second, or even third, and fourth season, could expand upon these characters and their struggles. Possibly, the series may go an Infinity Train route, having different characters for each season.

I hope that any possible future seasons of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal would increase diversity of the cast. Surely, there are talented voice actors like a Black men Demari Hunte (voice of Seng) and Victor Alli (voice of Adult Seng). They are joined by a Filipino man, Alain Uy (voice of Lao Xi Sheng), an American actor of Tamil descent, Sunkrish Bala (voice of Rakshasa), and a British actor of Iraqi, Lebanese, and Indian descent, Brian George (voice of Darvish).

From the available lists of the cast members, I'm not seeing much diversity beyond the aforementioned individuals. A quick read of the cast list for Primal, indicates that the series has a much more diverse cast than this series! Perhaps, this is just reflecting the fact that historically, London was ethnically homogeneous, composed primarily of White British residents, until after World War II. By 1891, over 5.6 million were living in Greater London, a number which would grow in later years.

Cartoon Network Studios president, Sam Register, is an executive producer, and Shareena Carlson is supervising director. Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is expertly animated thanks to Studio La Cachette in France and Studio Zmei in Bulgaria. Cartoon Network Studios is the aforementioned production company. This is reinforced by the show's music, composed by Tyler Bates and Joan Higginbottom. It is effective, connecting the action with the story. It makes you excited to watch each episode, and become more invested in the characters.

None of this is much of a surprise. Bates is a well-known producer, composer, and musician, primarily of action and horror media, including the John Wick franchise. He was probably chosen because he composed the music scores of Sym-Bionic Titan, the fifth (and final) season of Samurai Jack, and Primal.

Similarly, Higginbottom was a composer on the same season of Samurai Jack, Primal, and John Wick Chapter 4. Tara Billinger, known as the creator of Long Gone Gulch and a storyboarder, did production work on the series as well. The animators either worked on French productions not known in the U.S., or series such as Love, Death & Robots, and Primal. Even Tartakovsky did some storyboarding. The animation, background art, and set pieces are strong in this series.

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal may have been a passion project for Tartakovsky. However, it is incorrect that the plot is "humdrum". Furthermore, Emma/Melinda is not a "poorly written" character, nor does she have a "pat dilemma" or lack emotional complexity. Her struggles are at the series' center. On the other hand, this series, like Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan, and Primal, is male-centered. In fact, Emma/Melinda is the only female protagonist.

The series has "urgent stakes" and the characters are intriguing. This accompanies amazing mythologies and some worldbuilding. It could be better, but it is not missing "the magic of Tartakovsky". Instead, this series is unique and different from other Tartakovsky series in the past. Surely, I'd love to have queer characters and even have a love triangle akin to the one between Hazumu Osaragi, Yasuna Kamiizumi, and Tomari Kurusu in Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl. Unfortunately, this series did not go that direction, instead having male-female couples, without any one-way crushes.

Overall, despite my criticisms, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is an enjoyable series and I'd recommend it. I can hope that it improved to become even better, breaking out of the good-evil dichotomy, and other common tropes used in Tartakovsky's work.

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal can be watched on Adult Swim or streamed on Max, DirectTV, and Spectrum. It can be purchased through Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu, or Microsoft Store.

© 2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

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3 ships: I don't tend to get *super* into ships these days, but... Olrox/Mizrak (Castlevania Nocturne), Stede/Blackbeard (OFMD, in anticipation of S2), and for a very freewheeling definition of "ship", 621/Ayre/Rusty OT3 (Armored Core 6)

First ever ship: ...I *really* do not remember at this point

Last song: Burning Down the House (live) by Talking Heads

Last movie: hm... I'm going to go ahead and count the recording of Nerdy Prudes Must Die

Currently reading: just finished Androne by Dwain Worrell, about to start The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

Currently watching: just finished Castlevania Nocturne, next show tbd

Currently consuming: ...water?

Currently craving: the leftover kielbasa and rice that I brought for lunch

Tagging (no pressure ofc) @enonem @dragonsaffron @axiolotl @storywonker @daxleopard @jakey-beefed-it @mugasofer @centaurianthropology @johnconstantius

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Each time you happen to me all over again, part II

“How unhappy she is, Countess Olenska,” Emma said, fiddling with the ribbon tying the end of her night-plait. It was scarlet, like a cardinal’s wing, far too gay for its purpose, but it had delighted Henry when he’d first seen it and so she’d resolved to use nothing but the brightest bits of silk ribbon she had in her sewing basket, however little it suited the propriety of a minister’s wife.

“She seemed cheerful enough at the dinner,” Henry said. “There was no shortage of smiles for the gentlemen, she was quite generous in that regard.”

“You are quite the dearest goose, Henry,” Emma replied.

“I feel you’re casting aspersions upon my character, though I must admit, it sounds quite nice when you do,” he said, hanging his frock coat up quite carefully. She’d finally mastered the ironing of it around the time they could well afford to hire a laundress and Henry hadn’t lost the habit of trying to minimize any wrinkles. He wasn’t so orderly by temperament, so she’d known he did it out of love for her, though the benefit to his cuffs and collars had been immeasurable.

“You’d say that even if I called you an abominable blackguard,” she said.

“I would if you said it like that,” he answered, smiling.

“How did I say it?”

“Adoringly. Adorably,” he said. She could not have anticipated how openly tender the stern and solemn Reverend Hopkins of Mansion House would be once they’d wed and she felt the sharpest pang of pity for the lonely Countess.

“She hasn’t anything like this, Countess Olenska” Emma said.

“I should think not,” Henry replied. “I’ve not got much in common with a wealthy Polish aristocrat.”

“She doesn’t live with him. If she loved him, she doesn’t anymore, but she can’t be with the man she does love most desperately,” Emma said. The loneliness of it colored her voice and Henry came over and sat beside her, taking her hands in his, unbothered by his untucked shirt, his bare feet.

“How are you so certain, my darling?” he asked. “I didn’t think you had any private conversation with her, for her to confide so in you.”

“I didn’t speak to her. It’s because I recognize her expression. I saw it often enough in my own looking-glass when we were in Alexandria during the War. After Ayres Farm,” she said.

“I was a fool,” he said softly. But there was no bitterness left in his tone. They’d finally gotten beyond that, though it had taken plenty of Henry’s self-recrimination, Emma’s exasperation, and Mary Foster sending over a properly baked Marlborough pie and Dr. Foster tucking in a bottle of French brandy accompanied by a short note Dose liberally.

“You were foolish,” she said. “And I was stubborn. But whoever Countess Olenska loves so devotedly must not be willing to see what he’s giving up.”

“You say willing. Perhaps he isn’t able,” Henry suggested.

“It must be a lack of will. She couldn’t love a man who didn’t understand who she is, what she offers. Nor could she be so attached to someone who’d be so bound to society’s strictures that he’d give her up,” Emma said.

“He might not be free,” Henry said. “He might owe his honor before his heart.”

“It sounds very well, but it’s sheer addle-pated codswallop,” Emma replied with alacrity, making Henry chuckle and then lift one of her hands to his lips for a kiss.

“I begin to think you have spent too much time talking with Jed Foster,” Henry said. “That sounds like one of his bon mots.”

“I shall tell him you said so and you’ll hear him shout down the house with his laughter,” Emma replied. “He’d agree with me if he saw the Countess. He had that same look about him when he thought he’d never be able to marry Mary, however much he tried to disguise it with his never-ending exasperation with Dr. Hale.”

“Perhaps you’re right. About the Countess and how Jed looked back then,” Henry said. “I can’t recall so clearly.”

“You can’t?”

“When I think back to those days, I only see your face, Emma,” Henry said.

There was nothing she could say in response, so she did what she must, drawing his lips to hers for a kiss.

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Section II

His primary interests focus around songs and music in general. He spends the most of his time listening to music and discovering new songs to add to his playlist (and this counts as one more fact about him: he enjoys curating playlists). When he’s in the mood, he watches like an addict. However, this occurs only occasionally. Lastly, he can’t really say he reads much, but he does seldomly.

To sum up his interests in names and titles, you can read more below:

Music (R&B, Contemporary R&B, Soul, Pop): Adrian Khalif, Ariana Grande, BABYMONSTER, BAEKHYUN, BOYNEXTDOOR, brb., Bruno Major, Bruno Mars, BTS, Charlie Puth, Chase Atlantic, Christian Kuria, Colde, Coldiac, DEAN, Diskoria, DPR LIVE, ENHYPEN, HONNE, IVE, ILLIT, Jeff Bernat, Jesse Barrera, Johnny Stimson, Juicy Luicy, JO YURI, KISS OF LIFE, LANY, Lauv, Mac Ayres, MALIQ & D’ESSENTIALS, NewJeans, NIKI, NU’EST, Oslo Ibrahim, Rafi Sudirman, Rex Orange County, RINI, Ruel, Sal Priadi, Sam Henshaw, SIVIA, Taylor Swift, The 1975, Tulus, WOODZ, YUGYEOM.

Film/Serial/K-Drama (romance, comedy, rom-com, slice of life, mystery): Lupin, Knives Out, Anatomy of a Fall, Murder on the Orient Express, Sherlock: A Study in Pink, A Man Called Otto, Dead Poets Society, One Piece (Live Action), Emma, Emily in Paris, Enola Holmes 1&2, Elemental, Trolls, Zootopia, Sing 1&2, Coco, Encanto, Pride and Prejudice, The Importance of Being Earnest, Vincenzo, Business Proposal, Start-Up, See You in My 19th Life, Little Women, The Worst of Evil, Bad and Crazy, King the Land, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Celebrity, Castaway Diva.

Book: Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), Sherlock, Lupin, dan Aku (Irene Adler), Pulang (Tere Liye), Serangkai (Valerie Patkar).

K-Pop: SEVENTEEN, EXO, NCT.

Other profiles: Spotify, Letterboxd.

P.S.: take a note that any K-Pop groups or soloists that are listed in music section means that he enjoys the songs only and he doesn’t stan them as a fan.

[aboutdancers]

if you could create a dream group dance what dancers would be in it? style of dance? song? choreographer? etc

Ohhh I love it when you make me create a group lol

A jazz group by either Chase Hudson or Lia Dominique. Can’t pick a song rn because it’s gonna take me forever lol

Mila Renae, Carter Walk, Chloe Mirabal, Bella Mendez, Jilly Mahan, Helena Olaerts, Adiyah Ayres, Kynzli Reece, Emma Gerberding, Kate Matthews, Emery Bourne, Aubrey Horacek

[watchinghallmark]

Color My World with Love - June 12th on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Emma's daughter Kendall becomes engaged, but Emma is concerned as Kendall and her fiancé have Down Syndrome and Emma worries she's not ready to take this step. Starring Lily D. Moore, Erica Durance, Benjamin Ayres and David DeSanctis.

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Hallmark to Debut Romance Centered on Lead Character With Down Syndrome 

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will premiere a new romance centered on a lead character with Down syndrome, ET can exclusively reveal. 

Color My World With Love, which recently wrapped production, follows Kendall (Never Have I Ever's Lily D. Moore), a talented artist with Down syndrome who creates beautiful paintings in the impressionist style that reflect the reality of her subjects as she sees them. Thanks to the support of her mother, Emma (Erica Durance), and grandmother, Bev (Karen Kruper), Kendall is happy and thriving. Her life takes a turn when she meets Brad (David DeSanctis) in a cooking class at the local center for diverse learners and romance blossoms. 

While Emma has spent the last 22 years trying to protect her daughter, she has reservations about Kendall and Brad’s new relationship, especially when it quickly moves in a serious direction. Not wanting Kendall to experience heartbreak, Emma tries to slow things down. With the help of Nic (Benjamin Ayres), a longtime family friend of Brad’s, Emma slowly accepts that Kendall is ready to -- and should -- live her own life. In the process, Emma learns a lesson from Kendall about how to look beyond what’s in front of you and see the beauty that exists. And, just maybe, she finds herself ready to find love once again.

Clink on the link for the full story at Entertainment Tonight Online.

[theheartoftv]

Kendall (Lily D. Moore) is a talented artist with Down syndrome who creates beautiful paintings in the Impressionist style that reflect the reality of her subjects as she sees them. Thanks to the support of her mother, Emma (Erica Durance), and grandmother, Bev (Karen Kruper), Kendall is happy and thriving. Her life takes an exciting turn when she meets Brad (David DeSanctis) in a cooking class at the local center for diverse learners and romance blooms. Emma has spent the last 22 years trying to protect her daughter and has reservations about Kendall and Brad’s new relationship, especially when it quickly moves in a serious direction. Not wanting Kendall to experience heartbreak, Emma tries to slow things down. With the help of Nic (Benjamin Ayres), a longtime family friend of Brad’s, Emma slowly accepts that Kendall is ready to – and should – live her own life. In the process, Emma learns a lesson from Kendall about how to look beyond what’s in front of you and see the beauty that exists. And, just maybe, she finds herself ready to find love once again.

[whgmasterofceremonies]

WHG 14 - Day 1

The podiums rise up, bringing 36 tributes up into the Arena. Many are hesitant to fight, but a few are eager to get started. The wind is already biting and cold. Sunlight dazzles across fresh snow in a clearing surrounded by tall pines. Stone cliffs continue to climb on one side and drop on the other--this Arena is all ice and pits and sheer elevation. As the timer ticks down to zero, everyone’s grateful they were given hiking boots.

And then it begins.

For the first time in perhaps ever, we have a fairly bloodless bloodbath--but that doesn’t mean it was uneventful! Lots of very important bags and backpacks, but nothing worth breaking a nose over, it seems, except in Memphia’s case. Get that bread!. Atlas is fixing to go all Odysseus on his fellow tributes, Rosalie gets some thorns, and in general, we have a LOT of weapons going around, okay?

Let’s see what they’re used for as we head into the first afternoon!

Never mind! Daily proves that all you need to use for killing is your good old-fashioned hands! That’s it for the murders. Alice fulfills her purpose of examining the lack of safety regulation compliance in the arena, Aya gets creative and Coal...the robot is making snow angels...(Does xe know I would die for xir?)

The simulation kinda glitches for some reason and says there are two cannon shots to honor the fallen this evening--one for Devin Reynolds, and one for...nobody, no district. Incredibly suspicious. Moving on~!

Night falls, and so does Canvas! So sorry, buddy. I tried to warn you at the start of the post to watch your step...meanwhile, many other tributes cozy up in the name of “”survival””! And either nobody loves Cass Jeung or the snow she’s surrounded by melts into poison and not clean water. Yikes!

That’s day 1, folks! I don’t have the time or space to comment on everything, but I really enjoyed this! Lots of little character-building events...so warm and touching...We’ll see how long it lasts!

District 1 (Luxury Goods)

Katie Berthold (she/her), @the-moving-finger-writes

Hayes Cooke (they/them), @the-moving-finger-writes

Silas Delarane (he/him), @the-moving-finger-writes

District 2 (Masonry)

Elizabeth Ann Hart, “Ella” (she/her), @rhikasa

Elisven Luina Skylark, “Eli” (she/her, @rhikasa

Memphia (she/her), @rhikasa

District 3 (Technology)

Siv (she/her), @writingamongthecoloredroses

Mary Arden Ayres (she/her), @writingamongthecoloredroses

Liza Dorado, (she/her), @writingamongthecoloredroses

District 4 (Fishing)

Vincent Santillian (he/they), @aeslin-writes

Cass Jeung (she/her), @aeslin-writes

Devin Reynolds (he/him), @aeslin-writes

District 5 (Power)

rosalie barnum (she/her), @makeitmonstrous

daily michelson (he/him), @makeitmonstrous

kasey kang (she/her), @makeitmonstrous

District 6 (Transportation)

Aya Callistan, “Aya” (she/her), @andiwriteunderthemoon

Bo Mendoza (they/them), @estrella-writings

Rebecca Bullard (she/her), @ratracechronicler

District 7 (Lumber)

C.O.L.E.-Unit MFC 473/195, “Coal” (they/xe), @timefirewrites

Canvas (any pronouns), @timefirewrites

Sun (they/them), @timefirewrites

District 8 (Textiles)

Asher Sang (he/him), @maple-writes

Cirrus (he/him), @maple-writes

Kalakant, “Kal” (he/him), @nightskywriter

District 9 (Grain)

Tia (she/her), @knmartinshouldbewriting

Art (she/her), @knmartinshouldbewriting

Poli (he/him), @knmartinshouldbewriting

District 10 (Livestock)

1. Lynn Aballane (he/him), @pen-of-roses

2. Rowan Elswyth (they/them), @pen-of-roses

3. Sophia Renee (she/her), @pen-of-roses

District 11 (Agriculture)

Evelynne Marne, “Lynne” (she/her), @concealeddarkness13

Zenith (he/him), @concealeddarkness13

Nesri (she/her), @concealeddarkness13

District 12 (Mining)

Alice H. Thomas (she/her), @spacebrick3

Emma Hamilton (she/her), @spacebrick3

Atlas (he/him), @nightskywriter​

Transcripts

The Bloodbath

As the tributes stand on their podiums, the horn sounds.

Sophia Renee and Devin Reynolds fight for a bag. Sophia Renee gives up and retreats.

Mary Arden Ayres grabs a sword.

Cass Jeung grabs a backpack and retreats.

Bo Mendoza finds a backpack full of camping equipment.

Daily Michelson grabs a backpack and retreats.

Art grabs a backpack and retreats.

Poli finds a bow, some arrows, and a quiver.

Siv and Tia fight for a bag. Tia gives up and retreats.

Kal runs away from the Cornucopia.

Sun grabs a jar of fishing bait while Lynn Aballane gets fishing gear.

Rowan Elswyth grabs a sword.

Asher Sang runs away from the Cornucopia.

Eli runs away with a lighter and some rope.

Hayes Cooke runs away from the Cornucopia.

Memphia breaks Emma Hamilton's nose for a basket of bread.

Aya grabs a shovel.

Vincent Santillian, Coal, Lynne, and Kasey Kang share everything they gathered before running.

Ella takes a handful of throwing knives.

Rosalie Barnum finds a bow, some arrows, and a quiver.

Canvas and Nesri fight for a bag. Nesri gives up and retreats.

Katie Berthold runs away from the Cornucopia.

Zenith scares Liza Dorado away from the cornucopia.

Alice H. Thomas retrieves a trident from inside the cornucopia.

Atlas finds a bow, some arrows, and a quiver.

Rebecca grabs a sword.

Cirrus and Silas Delarane fight for a bag. Silas Delarane gives up and retreats.

Day 1

Hayes Cooke defeats Liza Dorado in a fight, but spares Liza Dorado's life.

Daily Michelson strangles Devin Reynolds after engaging in a fist fight.

Aya constructs a shack.

Canvas sprains an ankle while running away from Silas Delarane.

Kal receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor.

Sun defeats Cass Jeung in a fight, but spares Cass Jeung's life.

Cirrus discovers a cave.

Alice H. Thomas explores the arena.

Kasey Kang and Vincent Santillian discuss the possible dietary benefits of pinecones.

Lynn Aballane tries to sleep through the entire day.

Coal makes snow angels.

Emma Hamilton is pricked by thorns while picking berries.

Rosalie Barnum hunts for other tributes.

Asher Sang sees smoke rising in the distance, but decides not to investigate.

Atlas travels to higher ground.

Rowan Elswyth constructs a shack.

Ella chases Tia.

Bo Mendoza is accidentally injured.

Nesri discovers a river.

Poli sees smoke rising in the distance, but decides not to investigate.

Lynne is accidentally injured.

Memphia defeats Eli in a fight, but spares Eli's life.

Mary Arden Ayres is chased by a bear but escapes unharmed.

Siv searches for firewood.

Rebecca steals from Katie Berthold while Katie Berthold isn't looking.

Zenith ice fishes.

Sophia Renee tries to sleep through the entire day.

Art travels to higher ground.

Night 1

Liza Dorado, Siv, and Bo Mendoza sleep in shifts.

Rosalie Barnum finds a sleeping bag and shares with Art for warmth.

Alice H. Thomas and Aya hold hands.

Sophia Renee is awoken by nightmares.

Lynn Aballane and Lynne talk about the tributes still alive.

Mary Arden Ayres receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor.

Emma Hamilton tries to work through the night to stay warm.

Nesri convinces Poli to snuggle.

Sun and Rowan Elswyth hold hands.

Silas Delarane tries to work through the night to stay warm.

Memphia convinces Ella to snuggle.

Canvas falls into a frozen lake and drowns.

Kal defeats Kasey Kang in a fight but spares the loser's life.

Cass Jeung receives clean water from an unknown sponsor.

Rebecca passes out from exhaustion.

Zenith and Atlas tell stories about themselves to each other.

Daily Michelson, Tia, and Hayes Cooke cheerfully sing songs together.

Asher Sang, Coal, Katie Berthold, and Cirrus tell each other ghost stories to lighten the mood.

Vincent Santillian passes out from exhaustion.

Eli receives fresh food from an unknown sponsor.

[aus-wnt]

W-League 2020/21

Adelaide United

Head coach: Adrian Stenta

Charlotte Grant, defender, renewed contract Isabel Hodgson, attacker, renewed contract Dylan Holmes, midfield, renewed contract Emily Condon, attacker, renewed contract Matilda McNamara, defender, renewed contract Chelsea Dawber, attacker, renewed contract Emily Hodgson, defender, renewed contract Laura Johns, defender, renewed contract Georgia Campagnale, midfielder, renewed contract Sian Fryer-McLaren, goalkeeper, new signing Annalee Grove, goalkeeper, new signing Mallory Weber, attacker, renewed contract Meleri Mullan, attacker, new signing Ella Tonkin, defender, renewed contract

Brisbane Roar

Head coach: Jake Goodship

Rosie Sutton, forward, new signing Emily Gielnik, forward, new signing Kim Carroll, defender, new signing Tameka Yallop, midfielder, renewed contract Georgina Worth, goalkeeper, renewed contract Kaitlyn Torpey, defender, renewed contract Morgan Aquino, goalkeeper new signing Leticia McKenna, forward new signing Winonah Heatley, defender, renewed contract Anna Margraf, midfielder, renewed contract Jamilla Rankin, defender, renewed contract Mariel Hecher, striker, new signing Billie Murphy, midfielder, new signing Sharn Freir, striker, new signing Olivia Chance, midfielder, new signing Katrina Gorry, midfielder, renewed contract Isobel Dalton, midfielder, renewed contract Clare Polkinghorne, defender, renewed contract Rebekah Horsey, midfielder, new signing

Canberra United

Head coach: Vicki Linton

Paige Satchell, striker, new signing Kendall Fletcher, midfielder, new signing Grace Maher, midfielder, new signing Laura Hughes, midfielder, renewed contract Rachael Goldstein, midfielder, renewed contract Lauren Keir, defender, renewed contract Hayley Taylor-Young, forward, renewed contract Nicki Flannery, striker, new signing Bianca Galic, midfielder, new signing Jessika Nash, defender, new signing Clare Hunt, defender, new signing Ashlie Crofts, midfielder, renewed contract Isabella Foletta, defender, renewed contract Demi Koulizakis, striker, new signing Sally James, goalkeeper, renewed contract Jessie Rasschaert, defender, renewed contract Michelle Heyman, striker, new signing

Melbourne City

Head coach: Rado Vidosic

Sofia Sakalis, midfielder, under contract Teagan Micah, goalkeeper, new signing Julia Sardo, defender, new signing Leah Davidson, midfielder, new signing Rhali Dobson, attacker, renewed contract Hollie Palmer, midfielder, new signing Melissa Barbieri, goalkeeper-assistant coach, renewed contract Teigen Allen, defender, renewed contract Samantha Johnson, defender, new signing Tori Tumeth, defender, new signing Chelsea Blissett, defender, renewed contract Tyla-Jay Vlajnic, attacker, renewed contract Jenna McCormick, defender, new signing Chinatsu Kira, attacker, new signing Emma Checker, defender, renewed contract Alex Chidiac, midfielder, new signing Harriet Withers, attacker, new signing Sarah Cain, midfielder, new signing Margot Robbine, attacker, new signing Naomi Chinnama, defender, new signing Lia Muldeary, defender, new signing

Melbourne Victory

Head coach: Jeff Hopkins

Claudia Bunge, defender, new signing Catherine Zimmerman, attacker, new signing Lia Privitelli, attacker, renewed contract Angie Beard, defender, renewed contract Melina Ayres, attacker, renewed contract Amy Jackson, midfielder, renewed contract Kayla Morrison, defender, new signing MelindaJ Barbieri, midfielder, renewed contract Kayla Morrison, defender, new signing Polly Doran, attacker, renewed contract Maja Markovski, attacker, new signing Lisa De Vanna, attacker, new signing Kyra Cooney-Cross, attacker, new signing Annalie Longo, midfielder, renewed contract Natalie Martineau, midfielder, new signing Natalie Tathem, defender, new signing Melissa Maizels, goalkeeper, renewed contract Gaby Garton, goalkeeper, new signing Tiffany Eliadis, midfielder, new signing

Newcastle Jets

Head coach: Ashley Wilson

Gema Simon, defender, renewed contract Cassidy Davis, midfielder, renewed contract Tara Andrews, attacker, renewed contract Hannah Brewer, defender, renewed contract Claire Coelho, goalkeeper, renewed contract Nicole Simonsen, goalkeeper, renewed contract Lauren Allan, attacker, renewed contract Tessa Tamplin, defender, renewed contract Panayiota Petratos, midfielder, renewed contract Jemma House, attacker, new signing Tiana Jaber, midfielder, new signing Taren King, defender, new signing Evelyn Chronis, attacker, new signing Sophie Harding, attacker, new signing Chloe O'Brien, midfielder, new signing Sunny Franco, midfielder, new signing Rhianna Pollicina, attacker, new signing Alisha Bass, midfielder, new signing

Perth Glory

Head coach: Alexander Epakis

Natasha Rigby, defender, renewed contract Sarah Carroll, defender, renewed contract Caitlin Doeglas, attacker, renewed contract Patricia Charalambous, defender, new signing Jamie-Lee Gale, defender, renewed contract Abbey Green, attacker, renewed contract Hana Lowry, midfielder, renewed contract Lexie Moreno, midfielder, renewed contract Isabella Wallhead, defender, renewed contract Katarina Jukic, attacker, renewed contract Marianna Tabain, attacker, new signing Lily Alfeld, goalkeeper, new signing Elizabeth Anton, defender, new signing Malia Steinmetz, midfielder, new signing Deborah-Anne de la Harpe, forward, new signing Sarah Morgan, defender, new signing Rebecca Bennett, goalkeeper, new signing Gemma Craine, attacker, new signing Tijan McKenna, midfielder, new signing

Sydney FC

Head coach: Ante Juric

Teresa Polias, midfielder, renewed contract Ellie Brush, defender, renewed contract Ally Green, defender, renewed contract Mackenzie Hawkesby, midfielder, renewed contract Angelique Hristodoulou, defender, renewed contract Princess Ibini, attacker, renewed contract Rachel Lowe, attacker, new signing Jada Mathyssen-Whyman, goalkeeper, new signing Charlotte McLean, midfielder, new signing Elizabeth Ralston, midfielder, renewed contract Taylor Ray, midfielder, renewed contract Charlize Rule, attacker, new signing Remy Siemsen, attacker, renewed contract Natalie Tobin, midfielder, renewed contract Cortnee Vine, attacker, new signing Clare Wheeler, midfielder, new signing Allira Toby, attacker, new signing Katie Offer, goalkeeper, new signing

Western Sydney Wanderers

Head coach: Dean Heffernan

Teigan Collister, midfielder, new signing Rosie Galea, midfielder, renewed contract Sarah Willacy, goalkeeper, new signing Courtney Newbon, goalkeeper, renewed contract Danika Matos, defender, renewed contract Chloe Middleton, midfielder, renewed contract Georgia Yeoman-Dale, defender, renewed contract Susan Phonsongkham, attacker, renewed contract Courtney Nevin, defender, renewed contract Olivia Price, midfielder, renewed contract Caitlin Cooper, defender, renewed contract Libby Copus-Brown, midfielder, new signing Margaux Chauvet, defender, new signing Nikola Orgill, defender, new signing Bryleeh Henry, attacker, new signing Aideen Keane, midfielder, new signing Isabel Gomez, midfielder, new signing Sarah Hunter, midfielder, new signing Julie-Ann Russell, attacker, new signing

[leonardoantiqueira]

histórias afro-atlânticas [afroatlantic histories]

29/06/2018 - 21/10/2018 masp

eleita pelo new york times a melhor exposição do ano de 2018 eleita pela artnews a terceira melhor exposição da década catálogo da exposição indicado ao prêmio jabuti

curadoria [curatorial project]

adriano pedrosa, artur santoro, ayrson heráclito, hélio menezes, leonardo antiqueira, lilia moritz schwarcz, matheus araújo e tomás toledo.

histórias afro-atlânticas apresenta uma seleção de 450 trabalhos de 214 artistas, do século 16 ao 21, em torno dos “fluxos e refluxos” entre a áfrica, as américas, o caribe, e também a europa. a exposição parte do desejo e da necessidade de traçar paralelos, fricções e diálogos entre as culturas visuais dos territórios afro-atlânticos—suas vivências, criações, cultos e filosofias. é importante levar em conta a noção plural e polifônica de “histórias”; esse termo que em português (diferentemente do inglês) abrange tanto a ficção como a não ficção, as narrativas pessoais, políticas, econômicas, culturais e mitológicas. essas histórias possuem uma qualidade processual, aberta e especulativa, em oposição ao caráter mais monolítico e definitivo das narrativas tradicionais. nesse sentido, a exposição não se propõe a esgotar um assunto tão extenso e complexo, mas antes a incitar novos debates e questionamentos, para que as histórias afro-atlânticas sejam reconsideradas, revistas e reescritas.

artistas

aaron douglas / abdias nascimento / ad junior, edu carvalho e spartakus santiago / adenor gondim / agnaldo manoel dos santos / agostinho batista de freitas / agostino brunias / albert eckhout / albert huie / alberto henschel / alexander "skunder" boghossian / alfred weidinger / alfredo volpi / aline motta / alma thomas / alphonse garreau / andré cypriano / andy warhol / anita malfatti / antonio bandeira / antonio gomide / antônio obá / antônio parreiras / antônio rafael pinto bandeira / archibald j. motley / arthur bispo do rosário / arthur timótheo da costa / augustus earle / babalu / barbara jones‑hogu / barrington watson / bauer sá / beauford delaney / belmiro de almeida / ben enwonwu / benny andrews / blair stapp / bruno baptistelli / cameron rowland / candido portinari / canute caliste / captain stedman / carlos moraes / carlos vergara / carybé / castagnez pierre / castera bazile / celina / charles landseer / chico tabibuia / cícero dias / coletivo de artistas de cachoeira / cristofano dell’altissimo / cyprien tokoudagba / dalton paula / david driskell / david miller senior / dicinho / dimitri ismailovitch / dirk valkenburg / disbrow & few photographers / djanira da motta e silva / dumile feni / edinízio ribeiro primo / edna manley / edouard antoine renard / edsoleda santos / elisa larkin nascimento / ellen gallagher / ellis wilson / emanoel araujo / emiliano di cavalcanti / emma amos / emory douglas / enrique grau araújo / ernest crichlow / ernest mancoba / eustáquio neves / faith ringgold / felix beltran / félix émile taunay / félix farfan / flávio cerqueira / flávio gomes / françois auguste biard / françois désiré roulin / françois froger / frans post / frederico guilherme briggs / frente 3 de fevereiro / gary simmons / gaspar gasparian / george valris / gerard sekoto / gilberto de la nuez / gilberto hernández ortega / glauber rocha / glenn ligon / hank willis thomas / heitor dos prazeres / henry chamberlain / howardena pindell / hyacinthe rigaud / ibrahim el‑salahi / ibrahim mahama / iracy hirsch / isaac mendes belisario / ismael nery / j. cunha / jacob lawrence / jacques arago / jaime colson / jaime lauriano / james phillips / janaina barros / jaime fygura / jean chauffrey  / jean‑baptiste debret / joão cândido da silva / joaquim lopes de barros / johann moritz rugendas / john biggers / john wood / jorge henrique papf / josé alves de olinda / josé correia de lima / josé gil de castro / josé segura ezquerro / joshua reynolds / juan roberto “diago” durruthy / juana borrero / juarez paraíso / julien vallou de villeneuve / kara walker / lasar segall / loïs mailou jones / luiz braga / lula cardoso ayres / lynette yiadom‑boakye / mallica “kapo” reynolds / manuel mendive / manufatura de gobelins / marc ferrez / marcus rainsford / marepe / maria auxiliadora / mariano de zuñiga y ontiveros / mário cravo júnior / marius‑pierre / le masurier / martinho patrício / maurício simonetti / maxwell alexandre / mcpherson & oliver / mestre didi / mídia ninja / militão augusto de azevedo / moisés patrício / nadia taquary / nina chanel abney / no martins / noemia mourão / nona faustine / norman lewis / octávio araújo / osmond watson / pascale marthine tayou / paul cézanne / paul harro‑harring / paulo nazareth / pedro américo / pedro figari / philip thomas coke tilyard / pierre verger / radcliffe bailey / rafael borjes de oliveira / rafael rg / ram geet / ramiro bernabó / rené portocarrero / revert henry klumb / richard bridgens / rigaud benoit / roberto burle marx / rodolpho lindemann / rogério reis / romare bearden / rosana paulino / rosina becker do valle / rubem valentim / samuel raven / sénèque obin / seydou keïta / sheila pree bright / sidney amaral / solomon nunes carvalho / sonia gomes / tatewaki nio / theaster gates / theodor kaufmann / theodore géricault / thomas jones barker / tiago sant’ana / titus kaphar / toyin ojih odutola / uche okeke / uzo egonu / vicentina julião / victor meirelles / victor patricio landaluze / victoria santa cruz / vincent rosenblatt / walter firmo / wifredo lam / william henry johnson

[silent-era-of-cinema]

Agnes Ayres (born Agnes Eyre Henkel; April 4, 1898 – December 25, 1940) was an American actress who rose to fame during the silent film era. She was known for her role as Lady Diana Mayo in The Sheik opposite Rudolph Valentino.

Agnes Eyre Henkel was born on April 4, 1898, in Carbondale, Illinois, to Solon A. Henkel (1858–1899) and Emma Slack Rendleman. She had an elder brother, Solon William Henkel, who was a decade her senior. She was of English and German descent.

She began her career in 1914 when she was noticed by an Essanay Studios staff director and cast as an extra in a crowd scene.

After moving to Manhattan, New York City, with her mother to pursue a career in acting, Ayres was spotted by actress Alice Joyce. Joyce noticed the physical resemblance the two shared which eventually led to Ayres being cast in Richard the Brazen (1917), as Joyce's character's sister. Ayres' career began to gain momentum when Paramount Pictures founder Jesse Lasky began to take an interest in her. Lasky gave her a starring role in the Civil War drama Held by the Enemy (1920), and also lobbied for parts for her in several Cecil B. DeMille productions. During this period Ayres married, and quickly divorced, Captain Frank P. Schuker, an army officer whom she had wed during World War I. She also began a romance with Lasky.

In 1921, Ayres shot to stardom when she was cast as Lady Diana Mayo, an English heiress, opposite "Latin lover" Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik. Ayres later reprised her role as Lady Diana in the 1926 sequel The Son of the Sheik. Following the release of The Sheik, she went on to have major roles in many other films including The Affairs of Anatol (1921) starring Wallace Reid, Forbidden Fruit (1921), and Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1923).

By 1923, Ayres' career began to wane following the end of her relationship with Jesse Lasky. She married Mexican diplomat S. Manuel Reachi in 1924. The couple had a daughter in March 1926, before divorcing in 1927.

In 1929, Ayres lost her fortune and real estate holdings in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. That same year, she also appeared in her last major role in The Donovan Affair, starring Jack Holt. To earn money, she left acting and played the vaudeville circuit. She returned to acting in 1936, confident that she could make a comeback—but, unable to secure starring roles, and somewhat overweight, Ayres appeared in mostly uncredited bit parts and finally retired from acting for good in 1937.

After her retirement, Ayres became despondent and was eventually committed to a sanatorium. In 1939, she also lost custody of her daughter to Reachi.

She died from a cerebral hemorrhage on December 25, 1940, at her home in Hollywood, California, at the age of 42; she had been ill for several weeks. She is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. In 1960, Ayres was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 6504 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the film industry.

Her daughter Maria Reachi (1926–2009) had a small part in the movie East Side, West Side (1949).

[jomiddlemarch]

made up fic titles: "success in circuit lies" & "all the heavens were a bell"? please and thank you!

success in circuit lies

Shortly after Ayres Farm, after Emma has confronted Henry about how he’s avoiding her and they argue bitterly, Henry Hopkins wakes up one day and finds it’s the same as the day before. And then the next is the same. At first, he believes this is only because the War is interminable and dull, that he’s slept poorly or the small portion of stew he’d managed to choke down had gone bad and sickened him, but soon enough, it’s clear. He’s living the same day over and over and he has no idea how or why or how to make time resume its proper course but he does know it means something and it must have to do with his guilt, his faltering faith, and Emma Green’s bluer-than-blue eyes.

The Groundhog Day/Mercy Street crossover AU no one ever asked for. The title makes it clear there’ll be a happily-ever-after no matter what Henry thinks.

all the heavens were a bell

Matthew Clairmont struggles with becoming a father again once the twins are born and christened, sleeping far more than any vampire worth his salt ever would, tormented by dreams of his first child, the bell tower he’d built when he was Mateu and had no other name, dreams of falling and a baby’s cry, Lucas’s first giddy laughter, Bianca’s face after her travail, her eyes on her death-bed. He cannot tell Diana and Marthe is too much occupied with making sure the household is properly run. He despairs of having anyone to act as a confidant and confessor until Sarah comes to him and says, “Emily would have been better at this,” hands him a tisane smelling of linden and hawthorn, and lets him take the first swallow before she sits down across from him and crosses her arms in the universal gesture of I’m waiting. 

[clovermunson]

Okay so new mc information!!

Name: Emmaline “Emma” Jane Galloway

Nationality: Scottish

Blood Status: Pure-Blood

Residence: Ayr, Scotland

Age: first year; 11 - last year; 18

Birthdate: April 3rd, 1973

House: Gryffindor

Parents: Alan Galloway and Gwendolyn Galloway née Duff

Siblings: Jacob Galloway and two younger twin brothers, Andrew and Oliver Galloway

Affiliations:

Gryffindor

Dragon Club

Sphinx Club

Dueling Club

Quidditch (Gryffindor Chaser)

Appearance: fair skin, very light brown/red hair, hazel/blue eyes, short-statured, athletic build