#Jerome Carmichael

[geekcavepodcast]

Invitation to a Murder Trailer

Miranda Green, an amateur detective, along with five strangers, is invited to the remote mansion of billionaire Lewis Findley. “What do they all have in common? What’s become of their absent host? And who just murdered one of the guests in cold blood? Now Miranda must hunt for hidden clues, interview witnesses, and find the killer — before she becomes the next victim!” (Lionsgate)

Invitation to a Murder stars Mischa Barton, Chris Browning, Seamus Dever, Bianca Santos, Giles Matthey, Grace Lynn Kung, Amy Sloan, Alex Hyde-White, James Urbaniak, and Clark Carmichael. Stephen Shimek directs from a screenplay by Gérard MIller, Brian O’Donnell, and Jerome Reygner-Kalfon.

Invitation to a Murder releases on digital and on demand on April 25, 2023.

[recycledmoviecostumes]

This charming blue jacket has appeared in at least three shows over the span of more than 40 years!   In 1974, the costume was worn by Barbara Parkins as Leonie Jerome in 𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆: 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒑𝒉 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍.   The piece wasn't seen again until 2001 when Katy Carmichael wore it as Jane Robins in 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯.𝑮. 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔.   Most recently, the piece was spotted in 2016 on an extra in 𝑹𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕.   Learn more: Bit.ly/VicEd216

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: Opposition day: Winter Fuel Payment

Ayes: 214 (51.6% Con, 32.4% LD, 4.2% SNP, 2.3% Ind, 2.3% DUP, 1.9% PC, 1.9% RUK, 1.9% Green, 0.5% APNI, 0.5% UUP, 0.5% TUV) Noes: 335 (99.7% Lab, 0.3% Ind) Absent: ~101

Day's business papers: 2024-09-10

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (110 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Mitchell Andrew Murrison Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Christopher Chope Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Clifton-Brown George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Luke Evans Mark Francois Mark Garnier Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Rishi Sunak Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Liberal Democrat (69 votes)

Adam Dance Al Pinkerton Alex Brewer Alison Bennett Alistair Carmichael Andrew George Angus MacDonald Anna Sabine Ben Maguire Bobby Dean Brian Mathew Calum Miller Cameron Thomas Caroline Voaden Charlie Maynard Charlotte Cane Chris Coghlan Christine Jardine Claire Young Clive Jones Daisy Cooper Danny Chambers David Chadwick Ed Davey Edward Morello Freddie van Mierlo Gideon Amos Helen Maguire Helen Morgan Ian Roome Ian Sollom James MacCleary Jamie Stone Jess Brown-Fuller John Milne Josh Babarinde Joshua Reynolds Layla Moran Lee Dillon Lisa Smart Liz Jarvis Luke Taylor Manuela Perteghella Marie Goldman Martin Wrigley Max Wilkinson Mike Martin Monica Harding Munira Wilson Olly Glover Paul Kohler Pippa Heylings Rachel Gilmour Richard Foord Roz Savage Sarah Dyke Sarah Gibson Sarah Green Sarah Olney Steff Aquarone Susan Murray Tessa Munt Tom Gordon Tom Morrison Victoria Collins Vikki Slade Wera Hobhouse Will Forster Zöe Franklin

Scottish National Party (9 votes)

Brendan O'Hara Chris Law Dave Doogan Graham Leadbitter Kirsty Blackman Pete Wishart Seamus Logan Stephen Flynn Stephen Gethins

Independent (5 votes)

Adnan Hussain Ayoub Khan Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Shockat Adam

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Plaid Cymru (4 votes)

Ann Davies Ben Lake Liz Saville Roberts Llinos Medi

Reform UK (4 votes)

James McMurdock Lee Anderson Richard Tice Rupert Lowe

Green Party (4 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Alliance (1 vote)

Sorcha Eastwood

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

Noes

Labour (335 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Angela Rayner Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Bryant Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Reynolds Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jess Asato Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Jonathan Reynolds Josh Dean Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Dearden Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Navendu Mishra Neil Coyle Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Rushanara Ali Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Hall Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood

Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Wes Streeting Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Yvette Cooper Zubir Ahmed

Independent (1 vote)

Rebecca Long Bailey

[vatt-world]

Graphic match - Pg 220 A graphic match (as opposed to a graphic contrast or collision) occurs when the shapes, colors and/or overall movement of two shots match in composition, either within a scene or, especially, across a transition between two scenes.

In the ongoing fight for equality scene at the end of the film after the double dolly shot there is a cross burning shot in a field which cuts to flaming torches with people holding them, rioting and shouting 'white lives matter'

Rhythmic match-Pg 224 RHYTHM editing describes an assembling of shots and/or sequences according to a rhythmic pattern of some kind, usually dictated by music. Every shot is of a certain length, with its series of frames consuming a certain amount of time onscreen.

In "Too late to turn back now scene" when Ron Stallworth and Patrice are dancing to " I believe , i believe I'm falling in love" , it is cut Rhythmically.

Spatial match pg 225 Spatial editing is when the relations between shots function to construct film space. Characteristics: establishes a whole and separates it into parts OR establishes parts to create a whole.

Example: In the beginning scenes of the film, Ron stallworth enters into the frame, next shot is we see 'Join the Colorado springs police force' banner and next we see a shot of the sign 'board of Colorado springs police department' which cuts to two police officers sitting (Chief Bridges ) inside a police building ..

This allows the film to relate any two points in space through similarity, difference, or development.

Eyeline match Pg 234

A cut that follows a shot of a character looking offscreen with a shot of a subject whose screen position matches the gaze of the character in the first shot. In an eye-line match, a shot of a character looking at something cuts to another shot showing exactly what the character sees. Essentially, the camera temporarily becomes the character’s eyes with this editing technique.

Klan vs Ron vs Police Scene towards the end of the film.

Ron Stallworth runs to stop Connie from bombing Patrice home. Ron gets stopped by the police for catching Connie and unknowingly, Felix kills himself, Ivanhoe, and Walker by pressing the button to the bomb while parked right next to the car. In this scene we see eye line match editing with the Car burning from bomb blast ,Ron lying on floor etc .

Parallel editing or crosscutting Pg 244 An editing technique is the process of alternating between two or more scenes that happen simultaneously in different locations within the world of the film

The scene featuring undercover cop Flip Zimmerman’s (Adam Driver) KKK initiation ceremony, which is cross-cut with civil rights icon Harry Belafonte, as Jerome Turner, talking with student activists. Turner describes the horrific true story of witnessing the lynching of Jesse Washington in Waco, Texas, in 1916. Brown then addresses the impact of D.W. Griffith’s 1915 Birth of a Nation, cutting back and forth to the KKK initiation, where the participants are now watching Birth of a Nation and cheering.

Also , One can notice cross cutting in Ron’s first undercover assignment was monitoring a speech by Black Panther Stokely Carmichael and cops waiting outside.

Another scene is Charlottesville Riot Footage cross cut with trump's speech.

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Tarantino donnera-t-il suite à "Django Unchained" ?

Alors qu’il vient de présenter Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood à Cannes, Quentin Tarantino aurait de nouvelles envie de Far West…

C’est le site américain Collider, relayé par le très sérieux IndieWire, qui vient d’évoquer la rumeur : Quentin Tarantino serait en train d’adapter la bande-dessinée Django/Zorro, à l’aide du comédien et auteur Jerome Carmichael.

Les fans de Django Unchained, septième film du sulfureux cinéaste américain, connaissent très certainement l’existence de cette bande-dessinée, les autres moins : parue entre 2014 et 2015 (soit près de deux ans après le film), Django/Zorro, créée par Tarantino lui-même et Matt Wagner, était une suite directe au long-métrage, mettant en scène un Django en fuite vers l’Ouest, croisant la route d’un certain Don Diego de la Vega à qui il prête main forte lors d’une mission de sauvetage.

Un pitch pour le moins original, un format qui l’est tout autant pour donner suite au plus gros succès de Tarantino (un peu plus de 377 millions d’euros de recettes à travers le monde), qui ne réaliserait pas l’adaptation évoquée depuis quelques jours. Partenaire privilégié du réalisateur, Sony n’a pour le moment pas confirmé travailler sur le projet avec lui. En novembre 2014, le piratage de Sony Pictures Entertainment révélait déjà des échanges de mails entre Tarantino et l’ancienne patronne Amy Pascal, qui se disait déjà très excitée par l’idée.

[perry-mason-della-street]

Paul Drake's Family (My Choice Of His Family)

Father: Edward L. Drake

A hard working man, who was employed at a low paying factory. He loved his family very much. He died young in an accident at work.

(Edward and Harriet on their wedding day, circa 1914)

Mother: Harriet Donley Drake

A dainty woman, even though she lived nearly her whole life as a working class woman. She was frail and of ill health, especially after her husband died. She was unable to get a job because of this.

Paul Drake

Only twelve years old when his father died, Paul had to earn a living to support his mother and sisters and pay the debts and bills. He started out selling papers, shining shoes, and rooting through garbage to find things to sell. When he was fourteen, he got a job as an errand boy for a private detective. He was intrigued by the detective. When he became an adult, he became a part time detective, working the rest of the time at an auto shop. He finally opened his own detective agency. He supported his mother and sisters all of their lives.

Jane Drake Carmichael

Jane Drake was born two years after her brother. When their father died, she took care of their ailing mother and baby sister. She ran the Drake household until she was seventeen. At this age, she married Robert Carmichael. She had four children: Russel, Jack, Joann, and Jerome.

(Jane Drake, at age fourteen)

Katherine Drake (Kate)

Little Kate, as she was affectionately called, never knew her father. Due to her mother's illness, she was raised by her older brother and sister. She was a very happy and sweet girl. She died suddenly at age twenty eight when the car she was driving hit a path of ice and hit a tree.

(Little Kate, circa 1935)

That was a lot of fun!! None of the photos are mine, I only claim the Drake family history. Did you like this? Should I do more for the other members of Perry Mason?

[will-o-the-witch]

An Open Letter to Noonymoon

@noonymoon

I am shocked and saddened.

I recently became aware of your posts and recent shift of content, and having followed your account for a good while I was excited to see what was going to happen. Even if our religious views no longer line up like they used to, I’m still genuinely happy to see people find a faith that really works for them and fulfills them.  I wanted to start this by making it clear that nothing I’m about to say is meant as an attack on your personal religious beliefs. It’s honestly none of my business until you start proselytizing about them, which doesn’t seem to be your intent so much as what you just realized is right and wrong for you. We can disagree about the idea of absolute truths and all that, but that’s the beauty of religion.

My main concern is with everything else. 

Just so the context is explicit in this post, I am a Jew. Even if my personal connection to the religion part has waxed and waned, I have never not been Jewish, and I have always been a proud of my culture. I understand it may be hard for you to see me as anything more than just another “brainwashed” Jew, or to see any dissent I offer as valid and not playing into the narrative, but I have to try anyway. That’s my family you’re talking about, you know? Seeing this kind of content come from a blog that I really respected cut so deeply.

In this post, you discuss many different conspiracy theories and the idea of some truth being behind them. You say that it is ultimately not a Jewish issue and the people in question just happen to be Jewish. Okay, I guess. You say you don't want to delegitimize real Jewish pain. Some of the statements in your post, however, simply can not be redeemed by this.

The main aspect of this argument seems to hinge on the idea that people use cries of antisemitism to distract from real critique. While this is definitely a thing that can happen, that doesn’t mean something can’t still be antisemitic. At one point, you say that the Holocaust and the Israel-Palestine conflict are both carefully constructed, strategic moves to create a narrative of Jewish sympathy. That this pain was planned and weaponized to keep people from criticizing Jewish people with money. This is where you completely lost me. 

The Holocaust was a deeply tragic moment in history for us. It affects all of us to this day. Entire families were killed, entire subcultures decimated. It wiped out nearly TWO THIRDS of all Jewish people alive at the time and we lost countless books, stories, heirlooms, and LIVES that we can never get back. My own great uncle avoided Auschwitz by the skin of his teeth. The story of the Holocaust isn’t this hypothetical tragic story to us. It’s very very real. Yet you say it was done (or eventually used) create a (presumably false or exaggerated) narrative of Jewish sympathy, to distract from the power we have in the banks. 

Well, let's look at that.

Historically, Jewish people were legally barred from having lots of regular jobs, but many observant Christians at the time had a rule against charging interest on loans that Jewish people didn't have, so Jews became bankers because it was one of the few industries we could actually thrive in. (Same and similar goes for Hollywood, actually.) This stereotype of Jews being greedy and good with money has consisted to this day, but let's look at modern CEOs of some of our biggest banks:

JP Morgan's - Jamie Dimon - NOT JEWISH

Wells Fargo- Charles "Charlie" W. Scharf - NOT JEWISH

Citigroup-  Michael Louis Corbat - NOT JEWISH

Bank of America-  Brian Thomas Moynihan - NOT JEWISH

Federal Reserve Head -  Jerome Powell-  NOT JEWISH

Fifth Third Bank-  Greg D. Carmichael- NOT JEWISH

Bank of China-   Gao Yingxin - NOT JEWISH

So.... where?

The idea of Jewish people being conspiratorial and subjugating others (or that we're using some kind of clout to gain sympathy and take resources) was used to justify the Holocaust and it's used as a tool for white supremacy today. We are told that discussing antisemitism takes away from “real” issues (because antisemitism isn’t a “real” issue I guess, and also that justice for Jewish people MUST conflict with other forms of social justice.) Yet we are ALSO apparently “behind” the Black Lives Matter movement, controlling both the left and right-wing media, actively conspiring to disrupt/deplatform white people while also subjugating everyone through conspiracy. Both narratives ultimately create a scapegoat benefit white supremacy.

The harm of this is not abstract. In 2019 violent crimes against Jewish people shot up nearly 12%, the highest it's been since the ADL started recording in 1979. Nearly 60% of all religious hate crimes were directed at Jewish people in 2018. And it's because of shit like this.

A theory and statement you make does not become antisemitic just because you say it isn't. Your statements aren't harmless just because you say you don't want to cause harm. It is absolutely possible to critique the predatory aspects of our modern banking system without calling a cultural tragedy a "strategic move" to make Jews more sympathetic, or say that accusations of antisemitism are only being used to distract from the issue (because even if you say it's "not a jewish issue," saying Jewish pain is only being used as a tool MAKES it one.)

Let's talk about big banks and how to make the economy more inclusive to everybody, WITHOUT shitting on a marginalzied group. With a great follower count comes great responsibility. 

I could talk about the New World Order and all of the other nuggets in that post, but it’s honestly going to sound like a broken record for me.

The harm needs to stop. Saying that anybody who disagrees is just "totally brainwashed" is just gaslighting. Saying that your posts aren't meant to be offensive does not erase the very real DANGEROUS potential they have. You can’t just say it isn’t antisemitic when it IS. You say you dont have a hateful bone in your body, yet your rhetoric says otherwise. At best, it shows that even if you don't actively hate us, as some of your new peers might, you certainly don't care what happens to us or care if you feed into violence.

But what do I know, I guess. I'm just one of the Jews.

Please listen to us. Listen to marginalized voices. We do not exist to be weaponized against one another. The truth isn’t found in places where you’re just another person to divide and conquer, another person to perpetuate a narrative, another person to make “think right.” 

I hope you can understand that I’m writing this in good faith from a place of pain and sadness. I’m not angry or resentful or trying to pick a fight. I’m just tired, Noony. Your Tumblr account has more followers than there are Jewish people in my State. (We have about 16.8k here in South Carolina. And that's on the bigger side.) You say you want to use your platform to help enlighten people and help them “wake up,” that if you convince even 100 out of thousands you can rest easy. 

My hope is the same. If a handful of people see this letter, they might second guess this toxic, manipulative, antisemitic, harmful, dangerous narrative. I hope, some day, you can too. 

Note: To all my followers, don’t send this person hate. I’m not trying to start a war or send an army after anybody. I just really needed to speak publicly about this, change some people’s perspective at best and just warn people at worst. It’s ok to reblog this.

[papermoonloveslucy]

ROBERTA

March 8, 1935

Directed by William A. Seiter Produced by Pandro S. Berman Screenplay by Jane Murfin, Sam Mintz, and Allan Scott, based on the play Roberta by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, from the novel Gown’s by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller

Filmed at RKO Studios

World Premiere March 7, 1935 in New York City

Released wide on March 8, 1935

PRINCIPAL CAST

Irene Dunne (Stephanie) was nominated for five Oscars between 1931 and 1949. In 1938 she appeared with Lucille Ball in Joy of Living. 

Fred Astaire (Huck Haines) received an honorary Oscar in 1950, and won a competitive Oscar in 1975. He appeared with Lucille Ball in Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936) and Ziegfeld Follies (1945).  

Ginger Rogers (Countess Scharwenka / Lizzie Gatz) did five films with Lucille Ball. In 1971 she appeared as herself on the “Here's Lucy” episode “Ginger Rogers Comes to Tea” (HL S4;E11), filmed during an actors strike. 

Randolph Crane Scott (John Kent) also appeared with Lucile Ball, Astaire and Rogers in Follow The Fleet (1936). 

Helen Westley (Roberta, Aunt Minnie) also appeared with Lucille Ball in 1934′s Moulin Rouge. 

Victor Varconi (Ladislaw) was a Hungarian-born actor making his only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Claire Dodd (Sophie) was born the same year as Lucille Ball. This is their only film together. 

Luis Alberni (Voyda) was a Spanish-born actor making his only appearance with Lucille Ball.

Ferdinand Munier (Lord Delves) did six films with Lucille Ball between 1933 and 1936. 

Torben Meyer (Albert) was seen with Lucille Ball in The Farmer and the Dell (1936) and played the German Bandleader in “Lucy in the Swiss Alps” (S5;E21 ~ March 26, 1956).

Adrian Rosley (Professor) is a Romanian-born actor making his only appearance with Lucille Ball.

Bodil Rosing (Fernande) is a Danish-born actress making her only appearance with Lucille Ball.

UNCREDITED CAST

Fashion Models

Lucille Ball makes her 21st film since coming to Hollywood in 1933.

Virginia Carroll

Diane Cook

Lynne Carver

Lorraine DeSart

Betty Dumbries

Maxine Jennings

Myrna Low

Margaret McChrystal

Marie Osborne

Wanda Perry

Donna Mae Roberts 

Kay Sutton

Wabash Indianians 

Hal Borne

Halbert Brown

Candy Candido

William Carey

Phil Cuthbert

Delmond Davis

Ivan Dow

William R. Dunn 

Howard Lally

Muzzy Marcellino

Phil McLarind

Charles Sharpe

Gene Sheldon

Cossacks

Mike Tellegen 

Sam Savitsky 

Dale Van Sickel

Others

Anna De Linsky

Judith Vosselli

Chris Marie Meeker 

Charlotte Russell

Zena Savina 

Mike Lally (Bar Patron)

Michael Visaroff (Waiter)

William B. Davidson (Purser)

Mary Forbes (Mrs. Teal)

Rita Gould 

Grace Hayle (Miss Jones, Reporter)

Jane Hamilton

Synopsis ~  Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose the gig immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.

TRIVIA

Lucille Ball, who appears uncredited in this film as a fashion model, would later buy RKO, the studio that made this film. At the height of their success during “I Love Lucy”, she and Desi Arnaz purchased it and renamed it Desilu Studios.

Lucille Ball decided to try out for this film when she heard RKO was looking for girls who had worked as models at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City. She had not actually been employed by Bergdorf, but had participated in a fashion show a promoter had put on there, so she applied and got the job.

The original 1933 Broadway production of Roberta featured Bob Hope and Fred MacMurray, both of whom played themselves on Lucille Ball sitcoms. Chorus member Leon Alton was a background artist on many episodes of “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy.”

A 24 year-old Lucille Ball, decked out in white-blonde hair, white furs and wearing a white gown, appears at 1:37:30 in the fashion show sequence. Lucille Ball originally had dialogue that was later deleted.

In the 1971 “Here's Lucy” episode “Ginger Rogers Comes to Tea” (HL S4;E11) Lucy adds a sugar cube to Ginger's tea for the title of each of her favorite films.   When Lucy realizes she’s put six lumps of sugar in Ginger’s tea, Rogers says she only wanted Top Hat and Roberta (two lumps).  

Clips of the film were included in “Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story: A Woman's Lot” (July 17, 1987). Lucille Ball is also interviewed in the episode. 

Fashion Shows were the subject of several Lucille Ball sitcoms: Lucy Ricardo models a Don Loper original; Lucy Carmichael did an impromptu fashion show in a restaurant to get close to Danny Kaye; Lucy Carter did the same thing to help out her daughter Kim, who got her first job at a fashion boutique.

Roberta earned Lucille Ball a promotion at RKO: from clothes horse to actress!  Little did Maxine Jennings (red head) know Lucille Ball would eventually steel her thunder as a carrot top! 

Some theatre managers took the bold step of offering patrons a money-back guarantee! 

[jazzicology]

The lost art of the jazz verse

Jazz is well known for having its own language. Jazz musicians use terms that aren’t used in other forms of music, or use them in ways which mean different things. An example of this is ‘verse’.

Pop and rock music often has a verse/chorus/verse/chorus structure, where the ‘chorus’ is a repeated section with identical lyrics each time, while the verses are the interleaving bits of the song that tell a story, with different lyrics each time.

In contrast to that, in jazz a ‘verse’ specifically means a section of music right at the start. The verse serves as an introduction. It is not repeated later on in the song, but rather provides a kind of stand-alone run-in to it. These verses often have wonderful, poetic lyrics and beautiful melodies which are quite different in character to the song which follows it. They are often (but not always) sung colla voce (meaning, led by the vocalist, with the instrumentalists following the voice) before entering the rhythm of the song.

These introductory verses are more common in older jazz pieces, and are used to provide background to the story being told in the song. Musically, the verse also allows the writer more creative freedom than the main refrain, which generally has to be straightforward and ‘catchy’.

Some jazz verses are very well known, and form such an important part of the song that not performing them is out of the question. For example, the incredibly complex and sad ‘Lush Life’, written by Billy Strayhorn in the 1930s when he was just 16 (surely a musical genius) has an incredible verse. In terms of word count, it outweighs the song which follows it:

“I used to visit all the very gay places

Those come-what-may places

Where one relaxes on the axes of the wheel of life

To get the feel of life

From jazz and cocktails.

The girls I knew has sad and sullen grey faces

With distingue traces

It used to be where you could see where they’d been washed away

By too many through the day

Twelve o’clock tales

Then you came along with your siren song

To tempt me to madness

I thought for a while that your poignant smile

Was tinged with a sadness

Of a great love for me

Ah yes, I was wrong

Again, I was wrong”.

Hoagy Carmichael’s ‘Stardust’ is another example of a song with a verse that’s as memorable as its chorus — in fact, Frank Sinatra made a recording of the verse alone - you can listen to it here. 

Verses can be musically significant for other reasons. For example, a cornerstone of advanced jazz harmonic practice is ‘Giant steps’, based on the so-called Coltrane changes (tonal centres moving between B, G and Eb). Many musicians are aware that this motif occurs in the bridge of Richard Rogers’s ‘Have you met Miss Jones’. Not so well known is that a Jerome Kern song from 1917, ‘Til the clouds roll by’ (lyrics by PG Wodehouse and Guy Bolton) contains a verse which (in its second half) uses the same modulations.

The ‘lost’ verses

There are many well known jazz songs with verses that are overlooked and rarely performed. These wonderful verses deserve to be revived!

For example, ‘Round Midnight’ (by be-bop jazz god, Thelonious Monk) – officially the most-recorded song in jazz  - has a terrific verse and coda. The verse was actually added later, by Dizzy Gillespie, but was considered so successful that Monk added it to his own performances. Singers rarely perform the verse To be fair, that’s because it is quite challenging for a vocalist: the chords that accompany it provide very few clues to keep the singer from going completely off-piste! A rare example of a vocal performance of the verse is this live recording of the wonderful Carmen McRae. It is utterly brilliant and an electrifying start to the song.

Other well known songs with lovely ‘lost’ verses include: ‘A Foggy Day’ and ‘Someone to Watch Over Me’ (both by George and Ira Gershwin); ‘You’ve Changed’ (Carl Fischer; lyrics by Bill Carey); ‘A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square’ (Manning Sherwin; lyrics by Eric Maschwitz), ‘In the wee small hours of the morning’ (David Mann; lyrics by Bob Hilliard) and ‘Guess Who I Saw Today’ (Murray Grand; lyrics by Elisse Boyd).

One of New Zealand’s most well-loved songs, ‘Blue Smoke’, is another example. It was written by Maori soldier Ruru Karaitiana while on a troop ship in the second world war. It was later recorded by Dean Martin, among others. Yet, despite being New Zealand’s first really successful ‘popular song’, the verse doesn’t seem to be included on any of the well-known recordings of it (although one source refers to these lyrics as being spoken over the bridge, rather than sung as a verse). That’s a shame, because it provides a moving introduction to the song.

“Smoke drifts above me - whispering I miss you

Taking my thoughts back to you - across the sea

I know that when - I sail home again

I'll find you waiting for me”

Finding the ‘lost’ verses!

The verses aren’t really lost – they’re all out there, somewhere. They just take a little effort to find. Here are our tips on discovering verses.

First, always do your research when you learn a new song. Find out who composed it and who wrote the lyrics. There may even be alternative lyrics, which is always interesting to know about. (As an aside – knowing and naming the composer is an important act of respect. If you are at a jazz jam and announce that you’re ‘going to sing The Very Thought of You by Billie Holiday’, not only are you disrespecting the composer (Ray Noble) you can guarantee that behind your back, the entire band will be cringing and rolling their eyes.

Second, if you find out there is a verse, search for the original sheet music. Simplified ‘lead sheets’ which can be found online often lack the verses and other nice stuff. Similarly, online lyrics websites rarely provide lyrics for the verses (and incidentally, are often inaccurate, having been written down by listening to singers singing them – so for example, we have seen Strayhorn’s ‘distingue traces’ in Lush Life mistakenly written down as ‘distant gay traces’ in more than one website). Needless to say, you need the chords, the melody and the lyrics.

Third, search for recordings of the song to find one or two that include the verse, and then develop your own ideas for how you would like to tackle it. If the verse is to be sung colla voce, then you need to discuss that with the band. And, as a vocalist, you’ll need to practise the transition from the colla voce section, confidently counting in the band to the right tempo for the rest of the song.

This may all sound like a lot of work – but the efforts are really worth it. Often the verse ends up being the stand-out part of the song. You’ll be doing full justice to lovely songs, and showing that you know your jazz!

Resources:

• Lots of historical and musicological stuff can be found on https://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions/ 

• The standard work on the subject is by Alec Wilder (1972) American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950. Oxford University Press (reprinted many times)

Nance Wilson and Sid Thomas

Nance Wilson is one half of the new jazz duo, Jazzicology, with Mark Rendall Wilson, and has a long-standing collaboration with UK jazz pianist and composer Sid Thomas.  Facebook: @Jazzicology   https://soundcloud.com/nance-wilson-trio

Howard (Sid) Thomas is a British author, scientist and jazz musician. Website: http://sidthomas.net

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HANNA (PRIME VIDEO)

Sinope e Elenco:

Criada em total reclusão nas remotas florestas do leste Europeu, Hanna, de 15 anos, passou toda sua vida treinando para lutar contra aqueles que caçam ela e seu pai mercenário, Erik Heller. Suas habilidades de sobrevivência serão finalmente testados quando ela e Erik são separados após a descoberta por Wiegler, um agente da CIA e seu time de agentes.

Esme Creed Miles como Hanna Joel Kinnaman como Erik Heller Mireille Enos como Marissa Rhianne Barreto como Sophie Yasmin Monet Prince como Clara Khalid Abdalla como Jerome Dermot Mulroney como John Carmichael Anthony Welsh como Leo Garner Cherrelle Skeete como Terri Miller

Bom pode se dizer que a Amazon fez um ótimo investimento expandido o mundo de Hanna, série na qual foi baseada no filme de 2011, dirigido por Joe Wright, diferente do filme original a série se preocupou em mostrar a relação dos personagens e a evolução da protagonista, claro tudo isso sem fugir da trama principal. Algo muito bem feito na primeira temporada é a forma que é mostrado as descobertas de Hanna sobre o mundo, como por exemplo a primeira balada, a primeira melhor amiga entre outras coisas.

O trabalho de David Farr com a direção de fotografia é linda, Hungria, Eslováquia, Espanha e Reino Unido foram alguns locais em que a série foi filmada, o que torna a produção deslumbrante, com cenas bem abertas, mostrando Hanna correndo por incríveis paisagens, outro ponto muito importante é a música que acompanha as descobertas de Hanna que da uma forma envolvente dando um tom bem atual para a série.

O aspecto mais interessante da primeira temporada é as reviravoltas na trama e as cenas de ação, é sempre muito bom ver Hanna nocauteando um bando de marmanjo mal encarado. O único problema mais sério da primeira temporada é a questão da "maturidade" do drama, adolescentes podem gostar bastante como a série aborda problemas comuns da idade mas para o público mais experiente, é capaz de acabar perdendo a paciência com os trechos mais infantis e pela demora que leva pra desenvolver o enredo.

A melhor interpretação dessa 1 temporada com certeza fica com Esme Creed Miles, que interpreta Hanna, apesar de ter só 19 anos e não ter feito muitos trabalhos em sua carreira, tem uma atuação que se destaca em relação a seus colegas, interpretando uma jovem curiosa, furiosa e ao mesmo tempo com medo a atriz tem ótimas expressões e o crescimento dela é ótimo.

Na segunda temporada o enredo acaba apresentando problemas, a série acabada desviando da história principal e se focando muito em subtramas que parecem ser muito irrelevantes o que faz com que a história acabe evoluindo só nos dois últimos episódios da temporada. Mesmo que se distancie bastante da primeira temporada, Hanna se mostra muito mais experiente, e a série mesmo levando muito tempo para desenvolver a história ainda sim abre muitas possibilidades para uma terceira temporada que pode ser muito mais interessante que a primeira e a segunda temporada.

Claro que a direção deve tomar muito cuidado na próxima temporada já que a segunda temporada se perde naquilo que era o potencial dela, a grande repetição de ciclos sem fim a deixa bem chata no começo de se ver mas ainda a sim apresenta um certo mistério e um pouco de ação que foi o que nos chamou atenção na primeira temporada.

Curiosidades:

- O diretor Danny Boyle de "Quem Quer ser um Milionário?" chegou a desenvolver o roteiro com Seth Lochhead, autor da ideia no começo de 2009, mas acabou desistindo do projeto.

- O cineasta Alfonso Cuarón de "Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban" chegou a ter seu nome associado ao projeto, mas semanas depois Joe Wright assinou o contrato.

- Foi Wright que indicou Saoirse Ronan, com que já tinha trabalhado em "Desejo e Reparação" de 2007.

- A série é uma adaptação do filme homônimo, de Joe Wright.

"Me diga, quem você é".

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Rin Iwate - Devyn Nekoda

Erik Carmichael- Kevin Quinn

Dahlia Reynolds - Coco Jones

Jerome Desmarais - Kolton Stewart

Dorcas Meadowes - Jade Pettyjohn

Bernie Bourgeois - Micah Abbey

Erin - Paulina Chávez

Preston Nott - Harry Kirton

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Ariel Triton (Sophie Skelton): Sophie Turner

Eleanor “Nellie” Van Helsing (Natalia Dyer): Ayça Ayşin Turan

Iain Hopper (Alex Pettyfer): Jaime Lorente

Megara Pavlis (Sarah Hyland): Dakota Johnson

Miguel Dorante (Lucas Till): Arón Piper

Simon “Sam” Carmichael Lyon (Jharrel Jerome): Donald Glover

Viv Flieger (Benedetta Gargari): Medalion Rahimi

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Commons Vote

On: Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul

Ayes: 228 (49.3% Con, 31.7% LD, 4.4% Ind, 4.0% SNP, 2.2% DUP, 2.2% RUK, 1.8% PC, 1.8% Green, 0.9% SDLP, 0.4% Lab, 0.4% APNI, 0.4% UUP, 0.4% TUV) Noes: 348 (100.0% Lab) Absent: ~74

Day's business papers: 2024-09-10

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (112 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Mitchell Andrew Murrison Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Christopher Chope Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Esther McVey Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Clifton-Brown George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Julian Smith Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Luke Evans Mark Francois Mark Garnier Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Rishi Sunak Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Liberal Democrat (72 votes)

Adam Dance Al Pinkerton Alex Brewer Alison Bennett Alistair Carmichael Andrew George Angus MacDonald Anna Sabine Ben Maguire Bobby Dean Brian Mathew Calum Miller Cameron Thomas Caroline Voaden Charlie Maynard Charlotte Cane Chris Coghlan Christine Jardine Claire Young Clive Jones Daisy Cooper Danny Chambers David Chadwick Ed Davey Edward Morello Freddie van Mierlo Gideon Amos Helen Maguire Helen Morgan Ian Roome Ian Sollom James MacCleary Jamie Stone Jess Brown-Fuller John Milne Josh Babarinde Joshua Reynolds Layla Moran Lee Dillon Lisa Smart Liz Jarvis Luke Taylor Manuela Perteghella Marie Goldman Martin Wrigley Max Wilkinson Mike Martin Monica Harding Munira Wilson Olly Glover Paul Kohler Pippa Heylings Rachel Gilmour Richard Foord Roz Savage Sarah Dyke Sarah Gibson Sarah Green Sarah Olney Steff Aquarone Steve Darling Susan Murray Tessa Munt Tim Farron Tom Gordon Tom Morrison Victoria Collins Vikki Slade Wendy Chamberlain Wera Hobhouse Will Forster Zöe Franklin

Independent (10 votes)

Adnan Hussain Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Ian Byrne Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Richard Burgon Shockat Adam Zarah Sultana

Scottish National Party (9 votes)

Brendan O'Hara Chris Law Dave Doogan Graham Leadbitter Kirsty Blackman Pete Wishart Seamus Logan Stephen Flynn Stephen Gethins

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Reform UK (5 votes)

James McMurdock Lee Anderson Nigel Farage Richard Tice Rupert Lowe

Plaid Cymru (4 votes)

Ann Davies Ben Lake Liz Saville Roberts Llinos Medi

Green Party (4 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)

Claire Hanna Colum Eastwood

Labour (1 vote)

Jon Trickett

Alliance (1 vote)

Sorcha Eastwood

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

Noes

Labour (348 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Angela Rayner Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Bryant Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Lammy David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Reynolds Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jess Asato Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Jonathan Reynolds Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Dearden Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Keir Starmer Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Navendu Mishra Neil Coyle Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Reeves Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Rushanara Ali Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon

Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Wes Streeting Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Yvette Cooper Zubir Ahmed

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Hanna Season 1 & 2 Recap: Explaining UTRAX, Marissa, the Pioneers and the Hit List

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When will shady organisations learn that if they’re going to breed a squadron of teen girl super soldiers, their range of genetic enhancements needs to include an off switch? Yes, teenagers can fly under the assassin radar (as Hanna CIA baddie John Carmichael says, “Who’s really going to suspect an 18-year-old freshman in pigtails of state-sponsored murder?), but rebellion is built in. Brainwashed or not, at some point your murder-optimised darling will turn on you and when she does, you’ll rue the day you made her quite such an efficient killing machine.

Hanna, UTRAX, the forest, Erik and Marissa

Hanna (Esme Creed-Miles), the sole surviving member of the 2003 UTRAX generation of wolf-DNA-enhanced babies, is the most efficient killing machine of all. She has every genetic improvement plus a lifetime of survival and combat training from former military man Erik Heller (Joel Kinnaman). He was a UTRAX recruiter who developed qualms about his job convincing vulnerable women to sign over their unborn babies for experimentation by the CIA. So when Johanna Petrescu asked him to help get her daughter back, Erik fell in love with her and rescued the child from the secret Romanian facility, but Johanna died in a car crash during the escape attempt. Erik raised the girl – Hanna – as his daughter alone in the Polish forest, where he taught her to be lethal and to trust nobody.

After Erik’s break-in, UTRAX shut down the programme and ordered boss Marissa Wiegler (Mireille Enos) to salt the earth. Following orders, she killed the remaining babies by lethal injection and incinerated their bodies – an act that’s haunted her ever since. She was told that UTRAX was finished and would remain a secret, and so she went back to the CIA, always keeping one eye open for Erik and the missing child.

(Unbeknownst to Marissa, one year after Erik rescued Hanna, the programme was restarted under the name UTRAX Regenesis. Another cohort of female babies were sourced from adoption agencies and elsewhere, and for fifteen years were known only by numbers, experimented on, medicated and trained to kill. Why? Because UTRAX founders The Pioneer Group – a splinter cell of Nationalist Radicals in the CIA – planned to use the girls to assassinate a raft of young political activists before they grew up and changed the world.)

Season One: Sophie, Berlin and UTRAX Regenesis

Aged 16, Hanna grew curious about life outside the Polish forest where Erik raised her. He agreed to show her the world on the condition that they first find and kill Marissa Wiegler – the woman he says killed Hanna’s mother – before she finds and kills them. Wiegler though, was one step ahead. She discovered their whereabouts and captured Hanna, sending her to a Moroccan outpost for questioning. In the first of many efficiently bloody escapes, Hanna overpowered the guards, got out, and befriended holidaying English teenager Sophie (Rhianne Barreto), with whose family she travelled to France.

Marissa employed the shady services of ex-intelligence agent Jacobs (Andy Nyman) to hunt Hanna down. He found her in France but she fought off his goons and escaped to Berlin where she reunited with Erik. His ex-army pals hid the pair, and they enacted a plan to kidnap Marissa and use her to gain safe passage for Erik and Hanna out of the country. Erik killed Jacobs and tried to leave with Hanna on the plane that Marissa arranged, but Hanna had learned that he wasn’t her biological father and so refused to leave. Instead, Hanna smuggled herself to England where she was hidden by Sophie. Meanwhile, CIA agent Jerome Sawyer, who was behind UTRAX Regenesis, freed Marissa and captured Erik.

In England, Hanna lost her virginity to a boy named Anton and fell out with Sophie over him. Marissa tracked her down via social media, and took her back to the continent, where Erik (also no slouch when it comes to bloody escapes) broke out, hacked a computer that revealed the existence of UTRAX Regenesis, then tracked Marissa down and escaped with Hanna. Erik told Hanna the truth about her past as an experimentation subject for UTRAX, took her to see her mother’s grave in Romania, and to meet her biological father, who offered her a home with his family. Hanna rejected that in order to go and help the girls in the second UTRAX programme, which Marissa was shocked to learn about through Erik.

Hanna and Erik broke in to the UTRAX facility and attempted to rescue the brainwashed girls but only one – Trainee 249/Clara Mahan (Yasmin Monet Prince) – came with them. Hanna used the computer to show Clara her real name and that her birth mother was still alive. The other girls refused to disobey orders and were transported to a new facility. Hanna, Clara and Erik fought their way out but Erik was shot and Sawyer held them at gunpoint until Marissa arrived, killed Sawyer and let them leave. As a cover story, she shot herself in the leg and said that Erik had killed Sawyer. Erik died of his injuries, and Hanna buried him next to her mother’s grave after accepting him as her father. She and Clara escaped.

Season two: The Meadows, Clara, Sandy, Barcelona and the Pioneer hit list

Hanna returned to her forest life with Clara, whose drive to find her mother led her right back into the hands of Marissa Wiegler, now back with the CIA. Clara was taken to join the rest of her trainee cohort in English facility ‘The Meadows’. There, the super-soldiers were given new names, fake family histories and regular clothes, and educated about popular culture in addition to their combat training. Clara was renamed ‘Clemency’ but initially resisted integration because she wanted to find her mother, whom they said was dead.

Eventually, Clara accepted her place at The Meadows and found a friendship group with ‘Sandy’, ‘Jules’ and ‘Helen’, all of whom approached their new identities in different ways. Jules questioned their reality, educated herself about socio-political issues and came out as gay, while Sandy (Aine Rose Daly) swallowed her WASP backstory and found comfort in confiding online to her ‘mom’ , who was really CIA operative Terri (Cherrelle Skeete) who’d created the girls’ false families and posed as their family members online. Terri wrote a letter purporting to be from Clara’s mother when she gave her up for adoption, which helped Clara to accept her situation.

Marissa’s loyalty to the CIA at this point was being rightly questioned by her boss John Carmichael (Dermot Mulroney). Hanna sought out Marissa in Paris as part of her search for Clara, and Marissa sheltered and hid Hanna. She dyed her hair blonde, sourced a false passport and arranged for her to go and live in Canada with her former professor and his wife. Hanna though, was determined to find Clara. During their time in the forest, she had extracted a medication implant from Clara’s arm, and followed the name on it to a medical trial. Posing as another girl, she underwent the trial, during which she hallucinated and became violent, but also learned of the existence of The Meadows. Marissa tracked Hanna down and they planned to travel to The Meadows together until Hanna discovered that Marissa was lying to her about being in contact with her boss Carmichael, so Hanna attacked her and went to The Meadows alone.

There, Hanna was given the German identity Mia Wolff, but resisted integration. She was there to break Clara out, and couldn’t understand why Clara had chosen to accept her false reality. Marissa teamed up with Mannion, part of a resistance group aiming to take down UTRAX Regenesis and The Pioneers, and infiltrated The Meadows, where she was taken prisoner. Clara betrayed Hanna and their escape attempts were foiled.

The previous year, a drunk Carmichael had tried to recruit government attorney Robert Gelder to the Pioneer Group, and showed him the hit list of targets. Gelder refused on the basis of the targets’ young ages, but photographed the list and planned to leak it to a journalist in London. When Carmichael learned that his indiscretion was about to be exposed, he sent Hanna and Jules on an undercover mission to London, to find out where the meeting was planned to take place, and assassinate the journalist. He also sent Sandy and Clara undercover to Barcelona, where Robert Gelder’s daughter Kat was studying at university. In London, Hanna met with Mannion’s resistance group and tried to stop the assassination, but Jules was onto her and carried it out alone.

In Barcelona, Hanna tried to talk Clara out of assassinating Gelder by telling her how to find her real mother. In Gelder’s hotel room, Clara refused to carry out the killing, so Sandy – ever loyal to Carmichael – did it and ran away, leaving Hanna, Clara and Gelder’s daughter Kat, who escaped to a house in the Barcelona hills. Hanna returned to the hotel and got the hit list Gelder was planning to leak. There, she met Marissa, who had been kept prisoner by Carmichael until two of his people posed as resistance members to ‘break her out’, which was all just a ruse so Marissa would lead them to Hanna and the list. Hanna recognised Carmichael’s goon and warned Marissa, who shot her way out.

The girls’ hideaway in the hills was discovered by Leo from The Meadows, and he tried to kill Clara but ended up being accidentally shot by Carmichael. Then Marissa turned up, shot the CIA agents, helped Hanna, Clara and Kat escape, and made a deal with Carmichael. She wouldn’t tell his bosses that he was the one who let the target list slip to the whistle-blower if he took her and Hanna back so they can destroy the Pioneers from the inside. Kat flew home, Clara reunited with her real mother, and went off into the sunset on a fake passport. Back at The Meadows, Terri discovered Clara’s plan to meet her mother, but covered it up to allow her to escape.

All of which sets the stage in season three for Hanna and Marissa to attempt to stop the Pioneers from carrying out their world-changing assassinations using UTRAX assassins, perhaps with help from Terri and Carmichael, perhaps with hindrance from Sandy. Might redemption for Marissa, and a normal life for Hanna, be possible?

All episodes of Hanna season 3 will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday the 24th of November.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (October 17, 2017) – Novus Content and Footage Films announced today that principal photography has begun on “ALWAYS & FOREVER,” from filmmaker Christopher B. Stokes, with Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robbie Jones and Wood Harris starring. The film is shooting in Los Angeles.

“ALWAYS & FOREVER” is directed by Stokes (“’TIL DEATH DO US PART,” “BOY BYE,” “YOU GOT SERVED”) and co-written with fellow producer, Marques Houston. The duo will produce through their Footage Films banner, along with Shondrella Avery, Jerome Jones and Jarell Houston. Novus Content’s Patrick Johnson Jr., Patrick Johnson Sr. and Robert Johnson will serve as executive producers with Novus Content also distributing worldwide. This will be the second co-venture for Footage Films and Novus Content who achieved recent box office success with the urban psychological thriller, “TIL DEATH DO US PART” which released in theaters on September 29. As a true independent title, the film debuted at the #3 spot for new releases and broke in within the top ten of all weekend box office grosses.

“ALWAYS AND FOREVER” centers on the life of Nicole Taylor, a successful criminal prosecutor with both beauty and brains. Nicole has everything going right – until it all goes wrong. When Nicole’s childhood friends begin to die under mysterious circumstances, she becomes convinced their deaths are tied to dark secrets from her past.

Cynthia Addai-Robinson (“THE ACCOUNTANT,” “ARROW”) stars as Nicole and Robbie Jones (“BOSCH,” “TEMPTATION:CONFESSIONS OF A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR”) as her loving husband Brian. Wood Harris ( “BLADE RUNNER 2049,” “CREED”) plays Danny, the detective assigned to the case. Rounding out the cast is Lauren London (“THE GAME,” “THE PERFECT MATCH”) as Nicole’s friend Tammy; while Nicole’s childhood friends are Deborah Ayorinde (“GIRLS TRIP,” “LUKE CAGE”) playing Sommer, Rocsi Diaz (“DATING NAKED,” “ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT”) playing Miranda, and Vanessa Curry (“BENCH SEAT”) playing Brandi. The film also stars Loretta Devine (“THE CARMICHAEL SHOW,” “NAKED”), Joely Fisher (“LAST MAN STANDING,” “TIL DEATH”) and Erica Tazel (“THE GOOD FIGHT,” “JUSTIFIED”).

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logan’s exes:

prudence kincaid — logan’s first real girlfriend, because she was gentle and sweet and funny. their parents knew each other, their brothers were friends, and they went to the same country club. it was unfortunate that they had to end on bad terms before entering their junior year, but logan couldn’t quite bring himself to look her in the eye for a long time. he has been dancing around apologizing to her face to face now that she’s in new york studying fashion design. (britt robertson)

whittaker kincaid — logan’s first fuckup. whittaker was prudence’s perfect older brother, jerome without the biting edge-- or so logan thought. it wasn’t until they were alone together that whittaker picked up on something no one else had, his inclination towards teh same sex. when they were discovered in a compromising position whittaker absolved himself of blame and let logan bear the brunt of georgia’s less than kind social scene as he went to college. (dan stevens)

kimber idris — kimber, a transplant from california, wasn’t offput by logan’s tragic social standing. she thought he was fun, and introduced him to people who were more openminded, and their parties where he was free to be himself. they were together like peanut butter and jelly until kimber left for college, and are still close. logan stayed with her for a few weeks in new york city after he’d dropped out of college. (troian bellisario)

katie carmichael — katie was fun the way logan liked to have fun when he lived in new york city. everything about her party lifestyle meshed with his, in the sense that they were free to do whatever they wanted without much worry about what the other person was doing. they never broke up officially but started seeing other people with much more regularity and are still friendly, possibly too much so, if they see each other in passing.  (courtney eaton)

sid anthony — sid was the next thing that logan moved onto, for better or worse. the young cop wasn’t as closeted like some of guys logan has dated, but that doesn’t mean he was particularly kinder. logan’s relaxed look at relationships meant that sid had no problem leaving him high and dry, so when sid quit answering his calls, logan accepted that chasing after men wasn’t going to be his thing anymore. (clayton straker)