#Kate O'Toole

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The Dead (1987). Gabriel Conroy and wife Gretta attend an early January dinner with friends at the home of his spinster aunts, an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.

One of my favourite things about John Huston as a director is his ability to create a sense of lived-in intimacy between characters who sometimes don't particularly like each other, and that's really on show here. From all the warmth and bickering and petty grievances of the dinner party, to the powerfully affecting final act in Gabriel and Greta's bedroom. It just oozes a tenderness and empathy for these characters and their experiences, and its in that atmosphere I think that the movie really sings. The story's slight, but the emotions are big, and Anjelica Huston under her father's direction is a bit of magic. 8/10.

[eriksangel666]

Okay but if you ever want a serotonin boost, look at photos of Peter with his daughters 

And this last one is of him with the same girl on How to Steal a Million 

Peter O'Toole playing with a little girl during a break in the shooting of a film in Paris, 1965

How to Steal a Million (1966) directed by William Wyler

Peter O'Toole as Simon Dermott

- photo by Pierluigi Praturlon -

*** https://myfavoritepeterotoole.tumblr.com/post/630189777819402240/peter-otoole-playing-with-a-little-girl-during-a

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TAG GAME: List six of your favorite holiday movies in a poll so your followers can pick which movie they think best fits your vibe!

Because you might not know some of mine, and I want to increase the chances you'll be interested enough to watch them, I'm annotating below!

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978, hourlong). Oscar tells Big Bird if he doesn't solve the mystery of how Santa Claus gets down a skinny NYC chimney, no one will get any presents. Bert and Ernie act out The Gift of the Magi. Cookie Monster tries to contact Santa to ask for cookies. Cute and surprisingly high-stakes, eminently quotable. (I can tell when my brother is watching it because he starts texting me lines.) And the song "True Blue Miracle" still slaps.

Desk Set, I have enthused about at length elsewhere. This is my favorite pairing of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy because it's the one where the script agrees that Kate is perfect to begin with and doesn't need her edges taken off. Not technically a holiday movie, but the office holiday party is the most memorable scene of the film.

The Lion in Winter! Eleanor of Acquitaine is out of jail for Christmas and no one in the palace is having a good time. Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole chew up the scenery and each other. Young Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton are devastating. The script (in pentameter!) is a.ma.zing. The music is iconic in an of-its-era way. The acting is gorgeous. And you might feel better about your own dysfunctional family after.

There are so many iterations of A Christmas Carol! All appreciation to the Muppets, but my favorite is a made-for-TV 1984 film where George C. Scott plays Scrooge. Why? The Ghost of Christmas Present scenes! This adaptation turns on a dime from the party (Roger Rees playing Scrooge's nephew!) to the graveyard, in a way I've never found as chilling in any other adaptation. I won't spoil the details, but it still scares me.

Everyone's got a problematic fave, right? Heyyyy Auntie Mame. There are some scenes that haven't aged well. But also I would watch Rosalind Russell dramatically read the phone book while wearing a gown and a snappy hat. While only one scene is set at the winter holidays, the general tone of this movie is a holiday: it believes fervently in abundance and is generous at heart.

You've probably seen It's a Wonderful Life, you've probably read thinkpieces about it. You've maybe written them. Do I have notes? I do! (If the worst thing that could happen to me is that I am single and a librarian, I think that would be winning at life.) But I love that collective effort and community care win out over greed and malice.

Thanks to @roxyrondell for the invite! No pressure tags to @flameintobeing @some-anonymity-preferred @marbledwings @epersonae @as-a-creww @finethingswellworn and anyone else who would find it fun!

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peter o'toole imitating kate hepburn compilation 1972 - 2012. real freaks will recognize bits from the peeing-in-the-sink story

[agrippinaes]

kate o'toole as margaret pole, countess of salisbury in the tudors, season 3

requested by @willwriteforruns

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Title: Stardust

Rating: PG-13

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Cast: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Ricky Gervais, Jason Flemyng, Mark Strong, Rupert Everett, Peter O'Toole, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Sarah Alexander, Melanie Hill, Henry Cavill, Kate Magowan, Ben Barnes, Nathaniel Parker

Release year: 2007

Genres: romance, fantasy, adventure

Blurb: In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams...and reveals his true identity.

[rmmvr]

Kate Hepburn, which was one of the highlights of my life. — Peter O'Toole.

[dear-donald-sutherland]

DONALD SUTHERLAND | theme: kiss Ft. Jennifer Jayne, Kate O’Toole, Helen Mirren, Brooke Adams, Suzanne Somers, Kate Nelligan, Stockard Channing

[kathrynhoward]

Kate O’Toole as Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

The Tudors (2007-2010)

[myfavoritepeterotoole]

the O'Tooles - Peter, Sian Phillips, Kate, and Patricia -

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♢  Farleigh Hungerford Castle, August 14th 1473 ♢

Birth of Margaret Plantagenet, future Countess of Salisbury. Daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, Prince of England and Isabelle Neville, Duchess of Clarence, joint heiress of the Earl of Warwick.

[thepeterotoole]

an interview with siân on her marriage to peter, 1977

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Characters to expect coming up in Batwoman & The Question #1, out August 3rd!

Batwoman (Kate Kane)

The Question (Renee Montoya)

Myra Connelly 

Izzy O’Toole

[agrippinaes]

books I read in 2024

i read 185 books in 2024. it was an odd year for me, and though i know that this number of books is really impressive, reading often felt like a struggle this year. i set myself targets to read more out of my comfort zone but struggled with this, in particular to try and read more physical books, and ended up not meeting my target.

i think the big thing i'm taking away from reading this year is to read more of what i enjoy and accept dnf'ing books more, to be honest; i think i wasted time this year trying to get through books i wasn't enjoying and, ultimately, i'm not sure what the point of doing that is. next year i want to read things i enjoy, and though i still want to read more out of my comfort zone, i'm not going to set myself targets to read more physical books this year because i don't think format matters that much to me.

some other stats:

cassie mint was my most-read author for the second year in a row - thank goodness for her novellas!

my most-read genre was romance

i read 154 fiction books and 31 non-fiction books

i read 126 ebooks, 54 physical books and 5 audio books

i mostly read contemporary romance, with 81 books on my list

my most-read trope was, again, forced proximity, followed by hate-to-love

below is a list of the books i read this year. rereads are italicised, 5 star reads in bold.

great and horrible news!: murder and mayhem in early modern britain by blessin adams

temp by noelle adams

the rule book by sarah adams

the player in new zealand by liz alden

son of prophecy: the rise of henry tudor by nathen amin

well bred by adriana anders

breaking the ice by amy andrews

known to the victim by k.l. armstrong

northanger abbey by jane austen

fangirl down by tessa bailey

the au pair affair by tessa bailey

gathering of strangers: why museums matter by maria balshaw

a reckless match by kate bateman

fix the system, not the women by laura bates

the ruin of evangeline jones by julia bennet

a christmas spark by diana biller

bloom by e.j. blaise

welcome to the hyunam-dong bookshop by hwang bo-reum

lady audley's secret by mary elizabeth braddon

the devil is a marquess by elisa braden

small game by blair braverman

hawk o'toole's hostage by sandra brown

regarding the duke by grace callaway

underneath it all by kate canterbary

hard pressed by kate canterbary

the killing kind by jane casey

keep me by sara cate

don't swipe right by l.m. chilton

in too deep by jade church

breathtaking: inside the nhs in a time of pandemic by rachel clarke

a natural history of ghosts: 500 years of hunting for proof by roger clarke

what katy did by susan coolidge

manchester at war, 1939-45 by glynis cooper

ashes of you by catherine cowles

fragile sanctuary by catherine cowles

at first spite by olivia dade

do your worst by rosie danan

cinderella is faking it by dilan dyer

rapunzel is losing it by dilan dyer

passenger princess by morgan elizabeth

taming rafe by suzanne enoch

london's perfect scoundrel by suzanne enoch

good earl hunting by suzanne enoch

the black duke's prize by suzanne enoch

after the kiss by suzanne enoch

the fake mate by lana ferguson

the diary of a young girl by anne frank

wives and daughters by elizabeth gaskell

dust storm by maggie gates

what heals us by maggie gates

being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end by atul gawande

nanny for the neighbors by lily gold

make her stay by ella goode

come closer by sara gran

the wager by david grann

the reno by maggie grant

don't look back by rachel grant

their last resort by r.s. grey

britain's ghosts: a spine-chilling tour of our most haunted places by anna groves

alive and wells by bailey hannah

seeing red by bailey hannah

small town swoon by melanie harlow

ten things about writing: build your story, one word at a time by joanne harris

you're the boss by emma hart

say yes to the boss by olivia hayle

womb: the inside story of where we all began by leah hazard

bride by ali hazelwood

cruel winter with you by ali hazelwood

taken by a sinner by michelle heard

beauty tempts the beast by lorraine heath

the woman in black by susan hill

queens consort: england's medieval queens by lisa hilton

keanu reeves is not in love with you: the murky world of online romance fraud by becky holmes

the ornithologist's field guide to love by india holton

tame the heart by ava hunter

if you hate me by helena hunting

untie my heart by judith ivory

say yes to the duke by eloisa james

river kings: a new history of the vikings from scandinavia to the silk road by cat jarman

the plantagenets: the warrior kings and queens who made england by dan jones

twisted deeds by mila kane

bound to submit by laura kaye

the unraveling by vi keeland

my wrong number by r.l. kenderson

body check by elle kennedy

the graham effect by elle kennedy

homestead by claire kent

the hollow places by t. kingfisher

a dark and secret magic by wallis kinney

the skull by jon klassen

marrying winterborne by lisa kleypas

the halloween bet by abby knox

a date with demons by abby knox

yellowface by rebecca f. kuang

trail of the lost: the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the pacific crest trail by andrea lankford

there are no sinners by sophie lark

there is no devil by sophie lark

the catch by amy lea

filthy rich vampire by geneva lee

knot the one they want by hannah lennox

my roommate is a vampire by jenna levine

love and other scandals by caroline linden

fortune favors the viscount by caroline linden

what i did for a duke by julie anne long

uproar!: satire, scandal and printmakers in georgian london by alice loxton

empire state enemies by rosa lucas

love to loathe him by rosa lucas

power play by maria luis

sin bin by maria luis

play with me by becka mack

assistant to the villain by hannah nicole maehrer

above the shop by chloe maine

father of the bride by chloe maine

dominated by marni mann

hate mail by donna marchetti

relight my fire by c.k. mcdonnell

attack warning red!: how britain prepared for nuclear war by julie mcdowall

kenna's dragon by leigh miller

tangling with the boss by cassie mint

grump gone bad by cassie mint

guarded by a broody biker by cassie mint

fight dirty by cassie mint

hard knocks by cassie mint

mistletoe mobster by cassie mint

zeta rodgers needs to relax by elanna moon

crave by monica murphy

the bossy one by leslie north

a rivalry of hearts by tessonja odette

every wrong you right by j.e. parker

failure to match by kyra parsi

dark matter by michelle paver

dining for love by valerie pepper

where the dark stands still by a.b. poranek

desire by amanda quick

match point by katherine reilly

reckless by stella rhys

buried: an alternative history of the first millennium in britain by alice roberts

into the uncanny by danny robins

white holes by carlo rovelli

the scenic route by katie ruggle

swift and saddled by lyla sage

the catcher in the rye by j.d. salinger

the worst best man by lucy score

fake law: the truth about justice in an age of lies by the secret barrister

who owns england? by guy shrubsole

off to the races by elsie silver

a photo finish by elsie silver

touching the void by joe simpson

forty years of murder: an autobiography by keith simpson

the bossy billionaire by samantha skye

for the record by juliana smith

almost pretend by nicole snow

a history of the roman empire in 21 women by emma southon

silver fox by stevie sparks

the white ship: conquest, anarchy and the wrecking of henry i's dream by charles spencer

slumming it by sabrina stark

one good crash by sabrina stark

when grumpy met sunshine by charlotte stein

everyone on this train is a suspect by benjamin stevenson

everyone this christmas has a secret by benjamin stevenson

dead rinker by ruth stilling

the lamplighters by emma stonex

mine to take by jennifer sucevic

the shadow network by deborah swift

you shouldn't be here by lauren thoman

nero by s.j. tilly

hans by s.j. tilly

latte darling by s.j. tilly

spurred by vanessa vale

hannah and the hitman by vanessa vale

misadventures with my billionaire boss by vanessa vale

ultra-processed people: why do we all eat stuff that isn't food...and why can't we stop? by chris van tulleken

the suffragettes by various authors

possessive heart by brighton walsh

playing the field by becky ward

run posy run by cate c. wells

the tyrant alpha's rejected mate by cate c. wells

the wild wolf's rejected mate by cate c. wells

secret santa by kati wilde

bourbon and lies by victoria wilder

think again by jacqueline wilson

oranges are not the only fruit by jeannette winterson

p.s. you're intolerable by julia wolf

iron flame by rebecca yarros

beyond the thistles by samantha young

[elenatria]

Oh i loved Tauriel, such a nice surprise see her on your blog! Uhm I think the reason she was created is because there are no female characters in The Hobbit book, not a single one. Only Bilbo's mom is mentioned once in the first pages. No Galadriel, no Bard's girls, no women in Laketown. Zero. Even if Tauriel was made for Feminism... Uhm yes? So what?😂 Little girls can see the movies and feel represented too? Oh no what a terrible feminist thing! You are right: people simply hate who disagree

Is this a different Tauriel fan?? Heh, don’t thank me, thank that other anon. ^^

Sounds like a legit reason to me. And c’mon, what is a fantasy film without a little romance? At least back then, that was the objective. I know that after Tauriel we got enough Elsas and Captain Marvels and the “I don’t need no man” rhetoric began (ok but GIRL, you could have a woman, a female love interest, I mean come on, don’t pretend romance doesn’t exist *at all* or that a romance makes you look weaker). 

I remember my mom, who watched Lawrence of Arabia in the ‘60s, always said that it was hard for her to relate to that film because “there were no female characters”. Obviously my teenage brain was screaming “Hellz yeah, no women, who says I can’t relate to a blond blue-eyed man who fights a war that’s not his own?”, long before my adult brain screamed “Hellz yeah, let’s ship Lawrence/Ali, WHO NEEDS WOMEN, RIGHT??”. 

EXACTLY. Let’s face it, Hobbit was filmed with younger audiences in mind. And younger audiences = little girls looking for strong female role models with elfish ears. What little girl wouldn’t love a strong female elf with bows and arrows! 

Yeap, I did have my representation too and I *loved* it. 

Canon or not Tauriel was cool, and let those haters hate.

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