#Janice Engel

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[arwainian]

Reading This Week 2024 #42

hello and good morning! progress on my thesis moves at roughly the pace I set out for myself, maybe even a little bit faster which is exciting. yesterday I dropped by barnes & noble and picked up yet more books to add to my tbr. it will never get shorter no matter how speedily I read

Finished:

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan, audiobook narrate by Natalie Naudus rereading this was an absolute delight. i'm really looking forward to talking about it with my friends!

Blue Box, Vol. 4 by Kouji Miura, translated by Christine Dashiell

Fool's Quest by Robin Hob, audiobook narrated by Elliot Hill the fucking Gender that is present in this book between Bee, Ash, Spark, the Fool, and Amber.....excited for when I feel ready to take on the last book

My Dress-Up Darling, Vol. 1 by Shinichi Fukude, translated by Taylor Engel rey got my DM reaction but the male protagonist of this manga has major egg energy. unfortunately i find the art style extremely un-sexy so I'm having a hard time getting into it (maybe i'll check out the anime?)

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 4 written by Kanehito Yamada, art by Tsukasa Abe, translated by Misa 'Japanese Ammo'

Fadeout by Joseph Hansen, audiobook narrated by Keith Szarabajka i think i was recced this forever ago when looking for non-cop mystery novels. this follows a gay insurance investigator for its sleuth. still a maybe on if i'll check out more of the series

The Wicken + The Divine, Vol. 5-6: Imperial Phase Part 1 & 2 written by Kieron Gillen, art by Jamie McKelvie

The Family Outing by Jessi Hempel, audiobook narrated by the author read for november queer lit book club. oh, i cried!

another sunset by rozecrest on ao3

to hold me like water by rozecrest on ao3 fanfic reading! yay!

Fer-De-Lance by Rex Stout, audiobook narrated by Michael Prichard there is a bit too much casual/implicit misogyny for me to really want to keep on with this series, but it was a fun enough mystery on its own with an eccentric homebody detective

Started/Ongoing:

Magic's Promise by Mereces Lackey, audiobook narrated by Gregory St. John reading to keep up with shelved by genre! big status quo change from the end of the magic's pawn. i'm really liking the storyline with the bard-gifted young man at Vanyel's father's court

The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett, audiobook narrated by Thomas Judd if anything bad happens to steve i'm going to kill everyone in this book and then myself.

[ulkaralakbarova]

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Curtis Taylor Jr.: Jamie Foxx Deena Jones: Beyoncé James “Thunder” Early: Eddie Murphy Marty Madison: Danny Glover Effie White: Jennifer Hudson Lorrell Robinson: Anika Noni Rose C.C. White: Keith D. Robinson Michelle Morris: Sharon Leal Wayne: Hinton Battle Magic: Mariah Iman Wilson May: Yvette Cason Max Washington: Ken Page M.C.: Ralph Louis Harris Tiny Joe Dixon: Michael-Leon Wooley Jazz Singer: Loretta Devine Jerry Harris: John Lithgow Sam Walsh: John Krasinski Ronald White: Alexander Folk Aunt Ethel: Esther Scott Miami Comic: Bobby Slayton Teddy Campbell: Jordan Wright Melba Early: Dawnn Lewis Talent Booker: Jaleel White Joann: JoNell Kennedy Charlene: Sybyl Walker Stepp Sister: Lesley Nicole Lewis Stepp Sister: Eboni Nichols Stepp Sister: Arike Rice Stepp Sister: Fatima Robinson Little Albert: Aakomon Jones Tru-Tone: Bernard Fowler Tru-Tone: Anwar Burton Tru-Tone: Tyrell Washington Dave: Rory O’Malley Sweetheart: Laura Bell Bundy Sweetheart: Anne Elizabeth Warren David Bennett: Ivar Brogger Jimmy’s Piano Player: Daren A. Herbert Elvis Kelly: Jocko Sims Rhonda: Pam Trotter Janice: Cleo King Club Manager: Eddie Mekka Case Worker: Alejandro Furth TV Reporter: Dilva Henry American Bandstand Producer: Vince Grant Nicky Cassaro: Robert Cicchini TV Director: Thomas Crawford Carl: Charles Jones Technical Director: Robert Curtis Brown Tania Williams: Stephanie Owens Man with Gun: Gilbert Glenn Brown Stagehand: Marty Ryan Detroit Reporter: Michael Villani Chicago Deejay: Gregg Berger L.A. Deejay: Daniel Riordan Photographer: David James Promo Film Narrator (voice): Paul Kirby Security Guard: Derick Alexander Curtis’ Secretary: Yvette Nicole Brown Go-Go Dancer: Nancy Anderson Go-Go Dancer: Joelle Cosentino Go-Go Dancer: Lisa Eaton Go-Go Dancer: Clare Kutsko Go-Go Dancer: Tracy Phillips Go-Go Dancer: Kelleia Sheerin Campbell Connection Dancer: Mykel Brooks Campbell Connection Dancer: Johnny Erasme Campbell Connection Dancer: Cory Graves Campbell Connection Dancer: J.R. Taylor Bad Side Dancer: Corinthea Henderson Bad Side Dancer: Craig Hollamon Bad Side Dancer: Reginald Jackson Bad Side Dancer: Chuck Maldonado Bad Side Dancer: Anthony Rue II Bad Side Dancer: John Silver Bad Side Dancer: Larry Sims Bad Side Dancer: Black Thomas Bad Side Dancer: Kevin Wilson Bad Side Dancer: Adrian Wiltshire Bad Side Dancer: Earl Wright Bad Side Dancer: Russell “Goofy” Wright Disco Dancer: Dominic Chaiduang Disco Dancer: Jose Cueva Disco Dancer: Omhmar Griffin Disco Dancer: Sky Hoffmann Disco Dancer: Trevor Lopez-Daggett Disco Dancer: Leo Moctezuma Disco Dancer: Gabriel Paige Disco Dancer: Terrance Spencer Disco Dancer: Tony Testa Disco Dancer: Quinton Weathers Disco Dancer: Jull Weber Disco Dancer: Marcel Wilson Jimmy’s Band: Stevie Ray Anthony Jimmy’s Band: Matthew Dickens Jimmy’s Band: Jerohn Garnett Jimmy’s Band: Mario Mosley Jimmy’s Band: Jimmy R.O. Smith Film Crew: Casting: Debra Zane Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh Executive Producer: Patricia Whitcher Producer: David Geffen Foley Artist: Catherine Harper Foley Artist: Christopher Moriana Producer: Laurence Mark Director: Bill Condon Musical: Tom Eyen Director of Photography: Tobias A. Schliessler Editor: Virginia Katz Original Music Composer: Henry Krieger Production Design: John Myhre Costume Design: Sharen Davis Digital Intermediate: Stefan Sonnenfeld Dialogue Editor: Kimberly Lowe Voigt Sound Effects Editor: George Simpson Stunts: Dick Ziker Makeup Artist: Judy Murdock Stunts: John Cenatiempo Second Unit Director of Photography: Dino Parks Assistant Costume Designer: Lizz Wolf First Assistant Editor: Ian Slater Casting Associate: Jeremy Rich Casting Associate: Tannis Vallely Music Arranger: Harvey Mason Gaffer: Newton TerMeer Assistant Art Director: Jann K. Engel Costume Supervisor: Elaine Ramires Sound Effects Editor: Donald Flick Script Supervisor: Carolyn Tolley Choreographer: Aakomon Jones Camer...

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US one sheet for RAISE HELL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS  (Janice Engel, USA, 2019)

Designer: Brandon Schaefer

Poster source: Birth. Movies. Death.

[filmhabits]

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins - Poster

No wide release date set. 

[dozydawn]

vintage bridal fashion: 1970s portrayals

some portrayed 70s weddings missed or overlooked in previous posts.

candice bergen in the adventurers (1970) designed by ronald paterson. the style of embellishment feels very ahead of its time, and i adore the heavy beaded collar.

valerie harper in rhoda (1974).

janice lynde in the young and the restless (1975). fur cuffs!

karen gorney in all my children (1976).

mary frann in days of our lives (1976). the gibson girl lives.

kate mulgrew in ryan’s hope (1976). love the green ribbon detail.

susan seaforth hayes in days of our lives (1976). pink! and a hairstyle vaguely reminiscent of regency to match that waistline.

dominique sanda in 1900 (1976). designed by gitt magrini.

on the left, a dress worn by georgia engel in mork and mindy (1979). on the right, a dress worn by an actual bride in 1977.

i’m so excited to have found my first dress reappearance! even better that one is portrayed and one is from a real-life wedding.

[destinygroovedavis]

Never Too Late To Be A Hero from Francis Wu on Vimeo.

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Director: Francis Wu Producer: Amirk Pabla, Yaoxing Ye, Matthew Heath & Francis Wu Executive Producer: Janice Engel Talent: TK Moyer Director of Photography: Chawin Piriysgaul Production Designer: Selby Souza Editor: Thub Chaikaewsakulchai Composer & Sound Designer: Zayn Mufti Sound Mixer: Francisco J. Arciniega

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NEW ‘20/20’ FEATURES CO-ANCHOR AMY ROBACH’S EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT FALATER WHO MADE HEADLINES WHEN HE CLAIMED HE KILLED HIS WIFE WHILE SLEEPWALKING

‘20/20’ Features Exclusive Footage from Prison Visit Between Falater and His Son, 24 Years After Murder   ‘20/20’ Airs Friday, January 29 (9:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET) on ABC

When Scott Falater’s neighbor witnessed him drag his wife into their backyard pool and hold her head underwater after he stabbed her, it may have seemed to be an open-and-shut case. That was until Falater acted utterly stunned at the accusations and maintained he had no recollection of killing his wife. With no criminal record and a seemingly good marriage, Falater’s actions also puzzled his family and friends. But when Falater claimed to have a sleepwalking disorder, it raised the stunning question: was he asleep during the murder? The intriguing case quickly made headlines as the media covered the trial gavel-to-gavel. “20/20” Co-anchor Amy Robach sat down for an exclusive jailhouse interview with Falater in his first interview since his conviction 22 years ago. In the emotional interview Falater opens up about the killing, his children and his life in prison. “20/20” features exclusive footage from the prison visit between Falater and his son, Michael, who was just 12 years old at the time of the murder. The two-hour program also features the first interviews with Joel Tranter and Steven Stanowicz, and the first network TV interview with Kemp Layden, members of the Phoenix Police Department at the time of the murder, about what they saw when they were some of the first to arrive at the crime scene. “20/20” also includes interviews with the renowned sleep experts who testified that they believed Falater was sleepwalking and some of the jurors. “20/20” airs on Friday, January 29 (9:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET) on ABC. 

ABC News’ “20/20” is an award-winning primetime program anchored by David Muir and Amy Robach. A proven leader in the long-form newsmagazine for over 40 years, “20/20” features hard-hitting investigative reports, in-depth coverage of high profile trials, unforgettable, character-driven stories and exclusive newsmaker interviews. In conjunction with ABC Audio, “20/20” produced top true crime podcasts “A Killing on the Cape” and “Cutthroat Inc.” “20/20” airs Fridays from 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET on ABC and is available to stream on ABC News digital platforms and Hulu. 

David Sloan is senior executive producer and Janice Johnston is executive producer. Matt Lombardi is senior producer, and Andrew Paparella and Scott Engel are producers of this episode.

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[surrealistnyc]

A Spark in Search of a Powderkeg

Rebellion is its own justification, completely independent of the chance it has to modify the state of affairs that gives rise to it. It’s a spark in the wind, but a spark in search of a powder keg.

André Breton

If only one thing has brought me joy in the last few weeks, it began when the matriarchs at Unist’ot’en burned the Canadian flag and declared reconciliation is dead. Like wildfire, it swept through the hearts of youth across the territories. Reconciliation was a distraction, a way for them to dangle a carrot in front of us and trick us into behaving. Do we not have a right to the land stolen from our ancestors? It’s time to shut everything the fuck down!

Tawinikay (aka Southern Wind Woman)

The toxic cargo carried in Canadian pipelines, whether it be tar sands oil or fracked liquid natural gas (LNG), is, according to all serious climate scientists, a major, perhaps even decisive contribution to global warming, i.e. ecological catastrophe.   Meant to fuel industrial expansion, the pipelines have themselves become fuel for revolt. Designed to move these dirty fossil fuels from one location to another, they are a crucial element in normalizing the dubious paradise of unlimited growth in awe of which all obedient consumer/citizens are supposed to genuflect. In what the colonial mapmakers have called British Columbia (BC), resource extraction has always been the name of the game. However, the emergence in February of this year of a widespread oppositional network ranging from “land back” Indigenous warriors to elder traditionalists and from Extinction Rebellion activists to anarchist insurrectionaries was heartening. Railways, highways and ferries were blockaded, provincial legislatures, government administrative offices, banks and corporate headquarters were occupied. The catalyst for this rebellion was a widespread Indigenous uprising that refused the illusory promises of reconciliation. Together, these rebel forces disrupted business as usual in solidarity with the Unist’ot’en Big Frog clan of the Wet’suwet’en tribal house.

       ​As objective chance would have it, the primary Indigenous land defense camp is situated not far from the same Hazelton, B.C. area to which surrealist Kurt Seligmann and his wife Arlette had journeyed in 1938. During that time, they visited Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en villages, marveled at the imaginative power of the totem poles and ceremonial objects, made field notes, shot 16mm film, collected stories and recorded mythic histories. Now, in 2020, growing numbers of these same Indigenous peoples have been threatening to bring the Canadian economy to a grinding halt. Unwilling to be bought off by corporate petrodollars or mollified by a legal system that has never done anything but pacify, brutalize, or betray them in the process of stealing their land, Indigenous peoples passionately fought back against the forces of colonial law and order in a radical whirlwind of willful disobedience and social disruption. One action built upon another in creating a rolling momentum that seemed unstoppable. When one railroad blockade would be busted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), another would spring up in its place elsewhere extending the frontlines of the battle all across the continent. Then the debilitating Covid-19 virus arrived to compound the damage that had previously been done to the capitalist economy by the incendiary virus of revolt. The resistance of these Indigenous communities against the pipelines concerns all of us, worldwide, since they are on the front lines of the struggle to prevent cataclysmic climate change.

       ​In the future, a key question will be whether Canadian authorities can successfully put the genie of Indigenous rebellion back in the colonial bottle of “reconciliation”. As surrealists, we hope they will not, and we stand in solidarity with the unreconciled insurgent spirit of defiant Indigenous resistance. A new reality is to be invented and lived instead of the one that today as yesterday imposes its environmental miserabilism and its colonialist and racist hierarchies.  As surrealists, we honor our historical affinity with the Kwakwaka’wakw Peace Dance headdress that for so long had occupied a place of reverence in André Breton’s study during his lifetime before being ceremoniously returned in 2003 to Alert Bay on Cormorant Island by his daughter, Aube Elléouet, in keeping with her father’s wishes. With this former correspondence in mind, we presently assert that our ongoing desire to manifest the emancipation of the human community as distinctively undertaken in the surrealist domain of intervention is in perfect harmony with the fight of the Indigenous communities of the Americas against globalized Western Civilisation and its ecocidal folly.

                                                                                                               Surrealists in the United States: Gale Ahrens, Will Alexander, Andy Alper, Byron Baker, J.K. Bogartte, Eric Bragg, Thom Burns, Max Cafard, Casi Cline, Steven Cline, Jennifer Cohen, Laura Corsiglia, David Coulter, Jean-Jacques Dauben, Rikki Ducornet, Terri Engels, Barrett John Erickson, Alice Farley, Natalia Fernandez, Brandon Freels, Beth Garon, Paul Garon, Robert Green, Maurice Greenia, Brigitte Nicole Grice, Janice Hathaway, Dale Houstman, Karl Howeth, Joseph Jablonski, Timothy Robert Johnson, Robin D.G. Kelly, Paul McRandle, Irene Plazewska, Theresa Plese, Michael Stone-Richards, David Roediger, Penelope Rosemont, LaDonna Smith, Tamara Smith, Steve Smith, Abigail Susik, Sasha Vlad, Richard Waara, Joel Williams, Craig S. Wilson

Surrealists in the UK: Jay Blackwood, Paul Cowdell, Jill Fenton, Rachel Fijalkowski, Krzysztof Fijalkowski, Merl Fluin, Kathy Fox, Lorna Kirin, Rob Marsden, Douglas Park, Michel Remy, Wedgwood Steventon, Frank Wright, the Leeds Surrealist Group (Gareth Brown, Stephen J. Clark, Kenneth Cox, Luke Dominey, Amalia Higham, Bill Howe, Sarah Metcalf, Peter Overton, Jonathan Tarry, Martin Trippett), the London Surrealist Group (Stuart Inman, Philip Kane, Timothy B. Layden, Jane Sparkes, Darren Thomas) and the surrealists of Wales (Jean Bonnin, Neil Combs, David Greenslade, Jeremy Over, John Richardson, John Welson)

Surrealists in Paris: Ody Saban and The Surrealist Group of Paris (Elise Aru, Michèle Bachelet, Anny Bonnin, Massimo Borghese, Claude-Lucien Cauët, Taisiia Cherkasova, Sylwia Chrostowska, Hervé Delabarre, Alfredo Fernandes, Joël Gayraud, Régis Gayraud, Guy Girard, Michael Löwy, Pierre-André Sauvageot, Bertrand Schmitt, Sylvain Tanquerel, Virginia Tentindo, Michel Zimbacca)

Surrealists in Canada: Montréal (Jacques Desbiens, Peter Dube, Sabatini Lasiesta, Bernar Sancha), Toronto (Beatriz Hausner, Sherri Higgins), Québec City (David Nadeau), Victoria (Erik Volet), the Ottawa Surrealist Group (Jason Abdelhadi, Lake, Patrick Provonost) and the Inner Island Surrealist Group (as.matta, Jesse Gentes, Sheila Nopper, Ron Sakolsky)

The Surrealist Group of Madrid: Eugenio Castro, Andrés Devesa, Jesús Garcia Rodriguez, Vicente Gutiérrez Escudero, Lurdes Martinez, Noé Ortega, Antonio Ramirez, Jose Manuel Rojo, María Santana, Angel Zapata

Surrealists in Sweden: Johannes Bergmark, Erik Bohman, Kalle Eklund, Mattias Forshage, Riyota Kasamatsu, Michael Lundberg, Emma Lundenmark, Maja Lundgren, Kristoffer Noheden, Sebastian Osorio

Surrealists in Holland: Jan Bervoets, Elizé Bleys, Josse De Haan, Rik Lina, Hans Plomp, Pieter Schermer, Wijnand Steemers, Laurens Vancrevel, Her de Vries, Bastiaan Van der Velden

Surrealists in Brazil: Alex Januario, Mário Aldo Barnabé, Diego Cardoso, Elvio Fernandes, Beau Gomez, Rodrigo Qohen, Sergio Lima, Natan Schäfer, Renato Souza

Surrealists in Chile: Jaime Alfaro, Magdalena Benavente, Jorge Herrera F., Miguel Ángel Huerta, Ximena Olguín, Enrique de Santiago, Andrés Soto, Claudia Vila

 The Middle East and North Africa Surrealist Group: Algeria (Onfwan Foud), Egypt (Yasser Abdelkawy, Mohsen El-Belasy, Ghadah Kamal), Iraq (Miechel Al Raie), Syria (Tahani Jalloul), and Palestine (Fakhry Ratrout)

Surrealists in Prague: Frantisek Dryje, Joe Grim Feinberg, Katerina Pinosova, Martin Stejskal, Jan Svankmajer

The Athens Surrealist Group (Elias Melios, Sotiris Liontos, Nikos Stabakis, Theoni Tambaki, Thomas Typaldos, Marianna Xanthopoulou)

Surrealists in Costa Rica: Gaetano Andreoni, Amirah Gazel, Miguel Lohlé, Denis Magarman, Alfonso Peña

Surrealists in Buenos Aires: Silvia Guiard, Luís Conde, Alejandro Michel

Surrealists in Australia: Anthony Redmond, Michael Vandelaar, Tim White

Surrealists in Portugal: Miguel de Carvalho, Luiz Morgadinho

Surrealists in Bucharest (Dan Stanciu), Mexico (Susana Wald), and the Canary Islands (Jose Miguel Perez Corales)

 Postscript: During the process of gathering signatures for the above declaration, we were inspired to see its uncompromising stance against white supremacy and police repression reflected in the brightly sparkling flames of the Minneapolis uprising that lit a powder keg of pent-up rage and incited an earth-shaking eruption of spontaneous rebellion in the streets of America. It was only fitting that in solidarity with the uprising about police brutality kicked off by George Floyd’s execution/lynching at the hands of the police, anti-racism protestors in the United States would take direct action by beheading or bringing down statues of Christopher Columbus, genocidal symbol of the colonial expropriation of Native American lands. (Guy Girard, Michael Löwy, Penelope Rosemont, and Ron Sakolsky, June 18, 2020).

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CELEBRITY DEATHS 2019

JANUARY Pegi Young - Jan. 1 (Folk Singer) Bob Einstein - Jan. 2 (TV Actor) Gene Okerlund - Jan. 2 (Sportscaster) Daryl Dragon - Jan. 2 (Pop Singer) Herb Kelleher - Jan. 3 (Entrepreneur) Jo Andres - Jan. 6 (Director) Annalise Braakensiek - Jan. 6 (TV Actress) Kevin Fret - Jan. 10 (Rapper) Mel Stottlemyre - Jan. 13 (Baseball Player) Carol Channing - Jan. 15 (Stage Actress) Hailie Masson - Jan. 17 (TikTok Star) Windsor Davies - Jan. 17 (TV Actor) Mary Oliver - Jan. 17 (Poet) Boo the Pomeranian - Jan. 18 (Dog) John Coughlin - Jan. 18 (Figure Skater) Sean Dolan - Jan. 19 (Family Member) *Ethan & Grayson's Father* Masazo Nonaka - Jan. 20 (Supercantenarian)   Emiliano Sala - Jan. 21 (Soccer Player) Ashley Lovelace - Jan. 21 (Imstagram Star) Kaye Ballard - Jan. 21 (Stage Actress) Russell Baker - Jan. 21 (Memoirist) Kevin Barnett - Jan. 22 (Comedian) James Frawley - Jan. 22 (Director) Oliver Mtukudzi - Jan. 23 (Reggae Singer) Aloysius Pang - Jan. 24 (TV Actor) Fatima Ali - Jan. 25 (Chef) Michel Legrand - Jan. 26 (Composer) Jayo Sama - Jan. 27 (Rapper) Pepe Smith - Jan 28 (Rock Singer) James Ingram - Jan. 29 (R&B Singer) Dick Miller - Jan. 30 (Movie Actor)

FEBRUARY Clive Swift - Feb. 1 (TV Actor) Neal James - Feb. 1 (Reality Star) *Kristoff St. John - Feb. 3 (Soap Opera Actor) Julie Adams - Feb. 3 (TV Actress) Matti Nykanen - Feb. 4 (Skier) Albert Finney - Feb. 7 (Movie Actor) John Dingell - Feb. 7 (Politician) Frank Robinson - Feb. 7 (Baseball Player) Fabio Legarda - Feb. 7 (Reggaeton Singer) Cadet - Feb. 9 (Rapper) Ron W. Miller - Feb. 9 (Entrepreneur) Jan Michael Vincent - Feb. 10 (Movie Actor) Pedro Morales - Feb. 12 (Wrestler) Gordon Banks - Feb. 12 (Soccer Player) Bruno Ganz - Feb. 15 (Movie Actor) Saban Saulic - Feb. 17 (Folk Singer) Sean Milliken - Feb. 17 (Reality Star) *Karl Lagerfeld - Feb. 19 (Fashion Designer) Stanley Donen - Feb. 21 (Director) Beverley Owen - Feb. 21 (TV Actress) Peter Tork - Feb. 21 (Pop Singer) Brody Stevens - Feb. 22 (Comedian) Morgan Woodward - Feb. 22 (TV Actor) Clark James Gable - Feb. 22 (TV Actor) Lisa Sheridan - Feb. 25 (TV Actress) Mark Hollis - Feb. 25 (Rock Singer) Christian Bach - Feb. 26 (Soap Opera Actress) Nathaniel Taylor - Feb. 27 (TV Actor) Andre Previn - Feb. 28 (Composer) Anna Cunningham - Feb. 28 (TikTok Star)

MARCH Katherine Helmond - March 1 (TV Actress) Elly Mayday - March 1 (Model) Janice Freeman - March 2 (Pop Singer) **Luke Perry - March 4 (TV Actress) Keith Flint - March 4 (Pop Singer) Ted Lindsay - March 4 (Hockey Player) King Kong Bundy - March 4 (Wrestler) Chokoleit - March 9 (Comedian) Jed Allan - March 9 (Soap Opera Actor) Hal Blaine - March 11 (Drummer) Felicite Tomlinson - March 13 (Instagram Star) Mike Thalassitis - March 15 (Reality Star) Lil Mister - March 15 (Rapper) Dick Dale - March 16 (Guitarist) Richard Erdman - March 16 (TV Actor) Scott Walker - March 22 (Pop Singer) Agnes Varda - March 29 (Director) Nipsey Hussle - March 31 (Rapper)

APRIL Wowaka - April 5 (Pop Singer) Seymour Cassel - April 7 (Movie Actor) Mya-Lecia Naylor - April 7 (TV Actress) Earl Thomas Conley - April 10 (Country Singer) Bibi Andersson - April 14 (Movie Actress) Georgia Engel - April 15 (TV Actress) Black Jezuss - April 15 (Rapper) Alan García - April 17 (Politician) Lorraine Warren - April 18 (Supernatural Investigator) Julio Melgar - April 19 (World Music Singer) Stefanie Sherk - April 20 (TV Actress) Ken Kercheval - April 21 (TV Actor) Mark Medoff - April 23 (Playwright) John Singleton - April 29 (Director) **Peter Mayhew - April 30 (Movie Actor)

MAY   Rachel Jones - May 4 (Blogger) Rachel Held Evans - May 4 (Religious Author) Max Azria - May 6 (Fashion Designer) Jim Fowler - May 8 (TV Show Host) Peggy Lipton - May 11 (TV Actress) Pua Magasiva - May 11 (TV Actor) Alvin Sargent - May 11 (ScreenWriter) Elsa Patton - May 12 (Reality Star) Doris Day - May 13 (Movie Actress) *Grumpy Cat - May 14 (Cat) Tim Conway - May 14 (TV Actor) Isaac Kappy - May 14 (Movie Actor) I.M. Pei - May 16 (Architect) Ashley Massaro - May 16 (Wrestler) Bob Hawke - May 16 (World Leader) Herman Wouk - May 18 (Noveist) Niki Lauda - May 20 (Race Car Driver) Bart Starr - May 26 (Football Player) Gabriel Diniz - May 27 (World Music Singer) Bill Buckner - May 27 (Baseball Player) Susan Anne Christman - May 29 (Family Member) Leon Redbone - May 30 (Jazz Singer) Patricia Bath - May 30 (Inventor) Roky Erickson - May 31 (Rock Singer)

JUNE José Antonio Reyes - June 1 (Soccer Player) Ani Yudhoyono - June 1 (Political Wife) Dr. John - June 6 (Jazz Singer) Noemi Ban - June 7 (Non-Fiction Author) Curlyhead.kidd - June 8 (Instagram Star) Mary Duggar - June 9 (Reality Star) Bushwick Bill - June 9 (Rapper) Gabriele Grunewald - June 11 (Runner) Sylvia Miles - June 12 (Movie Actress) Sean McCann - June 13 (TV Actor) Edith González - June 13 (Soap Opera Actress) Franco Zeffirelli - June 15 (Director) Bishop Bullwinkle - June 16 (Soul Singer) Mohamed Morsi - June 17 (Politician) Gloria Vanderbilt - June 17 (Entrepreneur) Philippe Zdar - June 19 (DJ) Judith Krantz - June 22 (Novelist) Dave Bartholomew - June 23 (Songwriter) Stephanie Niznik - June 23 (TV Actress) Fame Reek - June 24 (Rapper) Billy Drago - June 24 (Moive Actor) Etika - June 25 (Youtube Star) **Beth Chapman - June 26 (Reality Star) Max Wright - June 26 (TV Actor) Hella Sketchy - June 27 (Rapper)

JULY Tyler Skaggs - July 1 (Baseball Player) Lee Iacocca - July 2 (Entrepreneur) Arte Johnson - July 3 (TV Actor) Chris Cline - July 4 (Entrepreneur) **Cameron Boyce - July 6 (TV Actor) Martin Charnin - July 6 (Director) Joao Gilberto - July 6 (Guitarist) *Rip Torn - July 9 (Movie Actor) Freddie Jones - July 9 (Movie Actor) **Denise Nickerson - July 10 (Movie Actress) Emily Hartridge - July 12 (Youtube Star) Bianca Devins - July 14 (Instagram Star) Rutger Hauer - July 19 (Movie Actor) Gabe Khouth - July 23 (Voice Actor) David Hedison - July 23 (TV Actor) Beji Essebsi - July 25 (Politician) Russi Taylor - July 26 (Voice Actress) Carlos Cruz-Diez - July 27 (Pop Artist) Dillon Henderson - July 28 (Youtube Star) The King of Random - July 29 (Youtube Star) Nick Buoniconti - July 30 (Football Player) Harold Prince - July 31 (TV Producer)

AUGUST Toni Morrison - Aug. 5 (Novelist) David Berman - Aug. 7 (Rock Singer) Ben Unwin - Aug. 14 (TV Actor) Peter Fonda - Aug. 16 (Movie Actor) Cedric Benson - Aug. 17 (Football Player) Gina Lopez - Aug. 19 (Environmentalist) Jessi Combs - Aug. 27 (TV Show Host) Valerie Harper - Aug. 30 (TV Actress)

SEPTEMBER Peter Lindbergh - Sept. 3 (Photographer) Carol Lynley - Sept. 3 (Movie Actress) Lashawn Daniels - Sept. 3 (Songwriter) Chris March - Sept. 5 (Fashion Designer) Jimmy Johnson - Sept. 5 (Guitarist) Robert Mugabe - Sept. 6 (World Leader) Robert Axelrod - Sept. 7 (Voice Actor) Camilo Sesto - Sept. 8 (World Music Singer) Robert Frank - Sept. 9 (Photographer) Daniel Johnston - Sept. 11 (Folk Singer) Eddie Money - Sept. 13 (Rock Singer) Ric Ocasek - Sept. 15 (Rock Singer) Phyllis Newman - Sept. 15 (Stage Actress) Suzanne Whang - Sept. 17 (TV Actress) Cokie Roberts - Sept. 17 (Journalist) Aron Eisenberg - Sept. 21 (TV Actor) Sid Haig - Sept. 21 (Movie Actor) Carl Ruiz - Sept. 21 (Chef) Robert Hunter - Sept. 23 (Songwriter) Linda Porter - Sept. 25 (TV Actor) Jacques Chirac - Sept. 26 (Politician) Jose Jose - Sept. 28 (World Music Singer) Jessye Norman - Sept. 30 (Opera Singer) Louie Rankin - Sept. 30 (Reggae Singer)

OCTOBER Karel Gott - Oct. 1 (Pop Singer) Kim Shattuck - Oct. (Rock Singer) Diahann Carroll - Oct. 4 (TV Actress) Ginger Baker - Oct. 6 (Drummer) Rip Taylor - Oct. 6 (Movie Actor) Larry Junstrom - Oct. 6 (Guitarist) David Weisman - Oct. 9 (Film Producer) *Robert Forster - Oct. 11 (Movie Actor) Kadri Gopalnath - Oct. 11 (Saxophonist) Sulli - Oct. 14 (TV Actress) Elijah Cummings - Oct. 17 (Politician) Alicia Alonso - Oct. 17 (Dancer) Bill Macy - Oct. 17 (TV Actor) Willie Brown - Oct. 22 (Football Player) Robert Evans - Oct. 26 (Film Producer) John Witherspoon - Oct. 29 (TV Actor)

NOVEMBER Rudy Boesch - Nov. 1 (Reality Star) Brian Tarantina - Nov. 2 (TV Actor) Walter Mercado - Nov. 2 (TV Show Host) Laurel Griggs - Nov. 5 (Stage Actress) Fred Cox - Nov. 20 (Football Player) Goo Hara - Nov. 24 (Pop Singer) Gary Rhodes - Nov. 26 (Chef) Godfrey Gao - Nov. 27 (Model)

DECEMBER Shelley Morrison - Dec. 1 (TV Actress) Ron Leibman - Dec. 6 (TV Actor) Juice WRLD - Dec. 8 (Rapper) Caroll Spinney - Dec. 8 (Puppeteer) Rene Auberjonois - Dec. 8 (TV Actor) Marie Fredriksson - Dec. 9 (Pop Singer) Philip McKeon - Dec. 10 (TV Actor) Danny Aiello - Dec. 12 (Movie Actor) Chuy Bravo - Dec. 14 (Reality Star) Mama Cax - Dec. 16 (Blogger) Claudine Auger - Dec. 18 (Movie Actress) Sue Lyon - Dec. 26 (Movie Actress) Don Imus - Dec. 27 (Radio Host)

[questforpants]

I AM GOING TO REMAIN FURIOUS ABOUT THE MAGICIANS

If you wanna leave the show, then leave the show behind

BUT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE FURIOUS and TALK ABOUT IT and RANT ABOUT IT and WRITE CRITICISMS

Tag the creators who also produce and write AND these two make all executive story decsions ( Sera Gamble & John McNamara ). You can also consider the producers as they make executive decisions, Mike Cahill, Michael London, Janice Williams, Scott Smith, John McNamara, Sera Gamble, Henry Alonso Myers, & Mitch Engel TAG THEM ESPECIALLY SERA AND JOHN SO THEY KNOW

TAG THEM ALL THROUGH THEYEAR AND THROUGH SEASON 5, you don’t have to watch it, but don’t just let this happen

AND THEY ALSO DON’T CARE ABOUT RATINGS ! So while go ahead and tell them about their ratings, sure it’ll get them cancelled, but know that they don’t care and every year the viewership and rating goes down

BUT I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST YELLING ABOUT HOW THEY WEREN’T SUBVERTING TROPES ! THEY MISSED CRITICAL THINGS ! THEY WERE QUEERCATCHING (term coined by Rowan Ellis) AND THEN ALL OF THE PLOT HOLES !

This post points out ALL the set backs for each character

DEMAND RIGHT NOW THEY DO BETTER ! AND CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM THEY FUCKED UP

Because I LOVED THIS SHOW SO MUCH ! I love this world ! I love the characters ! I love the cast ! The actors who brought the characters to life ! I am reading the books and I love it ! The Magicians is a fantasy and concept that I love ! I LOVE SO MUCH ! 

And it was trampled on. and I am still going to love it. 

I don’t know what I am going to do about season 5. I love the actors and I want to support them in whatever they do. I can’t help but say I am curious. 

I’ll be mad and maybe I won’t watch, or maybe I will. 

But I am defintiely going to be let the creators know that I’M FUCKING UPSET 

I am queer as hell and proud of it ! And I am not going to shut up and be over it. 

I HAVE A VOICE AND I AM GONNA YELL ABOUT ALL OF IT BECAUSE I HAVE A VOICE and I will make it heard

PLEASE REBLOG IF YOU WANT TO 

[fangirlnationmag]

'Raise Hell' Introduces Molly Ivins to a New Generation

‘Raise Hell’ Introduces Molly Ivins to a New Generation

Molly Ivins was the gun-toting, hard-drinking, Texas, Liberal political columnist you may have never heard of. Director Janice Engel wants to change that for folks that weren’t alive in the Lone Star state for Molly’s writing reign. With wit and words, Ivins skewered members of Texas politics as easy as breathing. In the new…

[thecurvycritic]

AFI DOCS: Molly Ivins Still Raising Hell in Magnolia Pictures Doc

Molly Ivins was acerbic, candid and called out the political status quo out for 'legalized bribery @AFI @magnoliapics. I love her!!!! #mollyivinsfilm #AFIDOCS

  Molly Ivins was a good ole girl from Texas, progressive political pundit, humorist and respected journalist, who at the height of her career had the most popular political newspaper column in the country appearing up 300-400 papers across the country.  She regularly called on and called out political heavyweights and owned a dog named sh*t.  That drawl of hers no doubt made many of her quips…

[citizendamepod]

Director Janice Engel Talks About Raising Hell and Her Documentary on Molly Ivins

Kristen (@Journeys_Film) had the funnest time interviewing director Janice Engel (@JaniceEngel) about her Molly Ivins documentary, RAISE HELL (@MollyIvinsFilm)

There wasn’t any woman like Molly Ivins. A loud, stocky Texan with a verbal wit as barbarous as the deadly sword, Ivins shook up the political landscape with her common sense (and highly funny) lampooning of events in Washington. Ivins’ work is laid out in the wondrous documentary Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins. Ivins’ colorful life and mental acumen is fantastically documented and…

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Molly Ivins “A Rebel Life” 2009

“People say — and it’s a very Texan thing to say — that people on welfare are living on the dole or off the backs of others. “Gotta pull yourself up by the bootstraps,” they say. But you know what? You gotta be to afford the bootstraps before you can pull yourself up.” ~that’s what spurs? are for?????

“ She says, “You have to have a good time while you’re fighting for freedom. It might get to be the only fun you ever had!” You can agree to disagree.”

READ MORE https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/28/18276087/molly-ivins-raise-hell-janice-engel-interview

[ourdallasvideofestthings]

Bart Chat 8.26.19 Greetings all, As August is coming to its end, I hope you have enjoyed summer, relaxed a bit and are getting ready for the opportunities that await you when football starts and the leaves fall. We here at VideoFest headquarters are in the midst of the 24 Hour Video Race, that we are co-sponsoring with the Pegasus Film Festival this year. We had the kick-off on Friday night and it was really wonderful to see the energy and excitement that the race brings. This year, with the help of Darren Dittrich, we have our teams sending the films to Dropbox instead of coming back to the Angelika. Every year I’ve worried about someone being so tired after being awake so long and stressed out to get the film turned in, that someone would have a wreck, but luckily that hasn’t happened.  This is a nice way to turn in the work—a bit less drama, but much safer. As you are reading this, you might be asking where can I see these films.  This year’s race requirements were challenging. How do you work in empathy, a biodegradable item, a line from Shakespeare and a coffee shop into a coherent work of cinema? Well, you can come out and see the first round on Monday and Wednesday of this week at the Angelika Film Center Dallas. The next round will be next Wednesday because Monday is Labor Day! Our TV show on KERA TV, Channel 13 will be starting up NEXT THURSDAY, not this one, so set your DVR now. If you want to meet some of the filmmakers, we will have a reception at The Texas Theater on opening night, Thursday, September 5th at 8:30. The show airs at 10:00. I’m very proud of this year’s series and I know you’ll enjoy and be moved by the films this year. I’ve been so busy watching work for DocuFest that I’ve not been out to see many films and there’s so much great work out there. On Wednesday night, several of the Alamo Drafthouses in Dallas will have a special screening of Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins with Livestream Q&A. Filmmaker Richard Linklater, Editor of the Texas Tribune, Emily Ramshaw, Editor of the Texas Observer, Andrea Valdez, and author/activist Jim Hightower join director Janice Engel for an advanced screening of her incendiary new documentary RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS followed by a live stream panel discussion at Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar. Catch the inspiring documentary at Denton, Lake Highlands, Las Colinas, and North Richland Hills. I’ve seen this film and it is something we all need to see. In a time of fake news and the need have real watchdogs, Molly is missed. Even though she lived and worked in Austin, she worked for the late, great Dallas Times Herald. Some other Alamo Highlights are The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (a film that I really like) which will be showing at various locations. They are also showing a GWTW 50th Anniversary Screening (Hmm, read the 1619 section of the times and contemplate.) The most intriguing thing at The Alamo this week is Deconstructing the Beatles: Abby Road Side 1 with Q and A in Lake Highlands on Wednesday. If you are a Beatles fan, you should check this out. Meanwhile, at The Texas Theater, they have many screenings of Tigers are Not Afraid. I haven’t seen this film, but have heard good things. On Saturday, they will be showing Apocalypse Now one more time and I really hope I can catch it. The same day they have Pan’s Labyrinth, which is worth a second screening if you’ve only seen this once. On Tuesday night, The Magnolia Theater is showing Lolita, but read the Morning News story about it first. Also at The Magnolia is One Child Nation, and the Deconstructing the Beatles: Abbey Road experience as well as this film Tel Aviv on Fire which sounds interesting. Whoever is doing this programming at The Magnolia, good job! EarthX Films is showing KIFARU on Monday, which was a big hit at their fest this year at The Magnolia. On Tuesday night, there is reading for the Dallas Screenwriter’s Association at Half Price Books on Northwest Highway. At 6:30 PM on Wednesday, Women in Film has their Women’s Wednesday at Judy Pie where you can play pie bingo, whatever that is. That’s all I know. Come check out the Race videos and enjoy our Q and A’s. See you there. #DVF24HourVideoRace Bart Weiss Artistic Director Dallas VideoFest