#Kevin Osgood

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Kevin Spacey as John Doe in Se7en (1995) by David Fincher

Nicolas Cage as Dale Kobble in Longlegs (2024) by Osgood Perkins

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"Poor Little Millionaire" Song Spotlight | SOME LIKE IT HOT MUSICAL

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HE’S SO SHORT. LOOK AT HIM. HE LOVES HIS TRANS WIFE. ARE YOU NOT SATISFIED? 

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kevin del aguila as osgood fielding III/pedro francisco alvarez, some like it hot

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AUGUST RELEASE

Beetlejuice - First US National Tour

February 19, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Justin Collette (Beetlejuice), Isabella Esler (Lydia Deetz), Britney Coleman (Barbara Maitland), Will Burton (Adam Maitland), Jesse Sharp (Charles Deetz), Kate Marilley (Delia Deetz), Lexie Dorsett Sharp (u/s Miss Argentina), Abe Goldfarb (Otho), Brian Vaughn (Maxie Dean), Karmine Alers (Maxine Dean/Juno), Jackera Davis (Girl Scout), Ryan Breslin (s/w Ensemble), Morgan Harrison (s/w Ensemble)

Notes:

Excellent video of the tour, featuring Lexie's second show as Miss Argentina. There is a head on the left side that is always worked around and doesn't take away at all. some washout is seen in wideshots but it's minimal.

NFT Date: February 6, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAsWs4

Video is $20

Some Like it Hot (Shaiman and Wittman) - Broadway

April 26, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video | Matinée

Cast:

Christian Borle (Joe/Josephine), J. Harrison Ghee (Jerry/Daphne), Adrianna Hicks (Sugar), Kevin Del Aguila (Osgood), NaTasha Yvette Williams (Sweet Sue), Adam Heller (Mulligan), Mark Lotito (Spats), Angie Schworer (Minnie), TyNina Rene Brandon (Ensemble), DeMarius R. Copes (Ensemble), Casey Garvin (Ensemble), Devon Hadsell (Ensemble), Jenny Hill (Ensemble), KJ Hippensteel (Ensemble), Jarvis B. Manning (Ensemble), Brian Martin (Ensemble), Abby Matsusaka (Ensemble), Amber Owens (Ensemble), Charles South (Ensemble), Brendon Stimson (Ensemble), Raena White (Ensemble), Richard Riaz Yoder (Ensemble)

Notes:

Absolutely Flawless video. There is a small head on the bottom left but it only obstructs the very front of the stage. The whole cast was really fantastic.

NFT Date: February 6, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjABxXi

Video is $20

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                                                                                    JULY 2024 

THE RIB PAGE 

     Jason Cooper found a stegosaurus in Colorado. The skeleton is up for auction this month at Sotheby’s. ** Kevin Peterson found a new species of Pterosaur in Australia in 2021. It has now been called the most complete speciman of an anhanguerian from the mid-cretaceous and it had a 15 ft. Wingspan. ** A family in North Dakota found a teen Rex. ** In Montana a Lakiceratops was found. The Cretaceous creature was about 22 feet long, 5and a half tons and looked a bit like a rhino. There were 2 curving horns above the eyes and a headshield with blades and spikes. The plant eater was found only a couple of miles from Canada. 

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JB Pritzker seems to have managed the budget in Illinois. For the first time in over 20 years, the state of Illinois is looking good in the finance department. Thank you, Susana Mendoza and the other hard workers that have made the state fifth largest economy in the U.S. ** JB has also unveiled a $41 billion infrastructure bill. Hell, we’ve already got so much done on the roads with the Fed bill, the place will be smooth as silk, 

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Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, pardoned more than 175,000 marijuana and drug paraphernalia convictions. The order was timed for Juneteenth to address decades of social and economic injustice. These are the kind of elected officials we need.  

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Chad Daybell was sentenced to death. 

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Claudia Sheinbaum is Mexico’s next President. 

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The largest Republican event in Illinois, the annual Lincoln Day Dinner was hosted by Mike Johnson with Darin LaHood. ** Why did Johnson invite Netanyahu to speak to congress on July 24. Why? 

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Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose are divorcing and blaming each other for abuse. ** Word is that Ben and JLo have split. 

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L.A. and NY seem to be banning cell phones in school. 

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Breaking will debut as a new Olympic sport in Paris. 

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The California state fair is allowing cannabis tents for selling and smoking. 

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Can’t wait for Longlegs with Nicholas Cage and Maika Monroe. Osgood Perkins directs and he also directs Stephen King’s The Monkey. 

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Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley will be back for a 2 hour tribute: Ab Fab inside out. 

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Watch out for Clay Higgins who was sanctioned by the Anne Frank foundation. 

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Jimmy Kimmel is taking the summer off but has left the show with guest hosts. The first week started off with a bang with Martin Short. Kathryn Hahn, RuPaul, Lamorne Morris and Jeff Goldblum will also step in. 

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L.A. Police found 3.4 mil in meth at a traffic stop. 

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North Korea and Russia have signed a defense pact so that all available means will be used to assist each other. 

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History never gets old. 

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Stay awake or be arrested- Justice Sotomayor 

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The Supreme Court seems to be dragging their feet on some things. They did uphold banning domestic abusers from owning guns. Thomas dissented, of course! ** The Court also allowed emergency abortions in Idaho on a temp basis. The court also weighed in on the census and won’t allow the citizenship question. The ruling about federal agencies allows that they should be able to fill in the details aren’t crystal clear which essentially undoes the Chevron decision. The Court also ruled that outdoor sleeping bans don’t violate the 8th amendment. That takes care of 1 problem the unhoused has. They also ruled that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding must include proof that a defendant tried to tamper with or destroy documents. 

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About 2 dozen bottles of preserved cherries and berries have been found in Mt. Vernon. It is surmised that they were left there before the American Revolution. 

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When will this selfie generation look back and realize how silly they look all holding up tiny boxes at concerts instead of jammin’? 

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Washington Week has new digs. Was finally glad to hear on this show that Kamala Harris is a perfectly great VP and should be the pick IF Biden were to actually step aside. Yes! 

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Louisianna has decided that the ten commandments should be in every school room.  The cult propaganda will be paid for by donations. ** Oklahoma is telling teachers to teach bible lessons after 5th grade. These Christian bullies are trying to get everything thru in case their power goes away. They welcome the lawsuits cuz they love this Supreme Court. 

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Randy Travis spoke on Capitol Hill about intellectual property and the internet. 

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Bolivia had a failed coup attempt. 

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 Michael Crichton’s Eruption was finished off by James Petterson. 

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The Hollywood Arby’s that has been running for over 50 years has closed. 

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Georgia Jagger is having a baby with Cambryan Sedlick. She also has a lotion line called May Botanicals. 

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The Panthers won the Stanley Cup. 

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Chris Bell won the Xfinity and cup race on the June 22 weekend!!! 

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Avery Sehorn, 18 was arrested for breaking and entering and larceny. 

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Hunter Biden was found guilty on lying on gun paperwork.  

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The U.S. has about 130 thousand orphaned oil wells that could contaminate local water among other risks. 

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Jordan Peele will put out his next film in October 2026. 

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Trump claims that Joan Rivers voted for him but she died 2 years earlier. ** Poor Debra messing must be in Hell for all the shit she must be getting. It came out that Trump was apparently attracted to her once. ** Scary Clown 45/34 announced he wants tariffs and no income tax. What? About 8 million people fell into poverty during his administration, I don’t think his ideas are sound. 

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Biden and Obama had a LA fundraiser hosted by Goerge Clooney and Julia Roberts. Jimmy Kimmel interviewed the gentlemen. The Father’s Day weekend soiree made about $30 mil, a record for a single Dem event. Paul McCartney’s vegan get together pulled together the Stones, the Beatles, Springsteen, Austin Butler and some DJing by Taylor Swift. 

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I am glad Jasmine Crockett gave us all the entire context of the ugly exchange between she and the green goblin. Lawmakers waited all day for MTG and her co -horts to get back from supporting their felon to even get on with the business of the people. All that and then MTG starts insulting others. Why do so many want to trample the rights of the rest of us? 

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The Tonys were held on June 16. Winners included Daniel Radcliffe, Illinoise, Suffs, Hells Kitchen, Jeremy Strong and Sarah Paulson. The Outsiders won best musical. Angelina Jolie produced and daughter Vivienne was a PA. Hillary Clinton made an appearance as she produced Suffs. My best dressed were Idina Menzel, Erin Darke, Alicia Keyes, Lena Waithe, Paul Tazewell, Daniel Radcliffe, Arianna Debose, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Billy Porter, Elle Fanning, Cynthis Erivo and Kara Young. 

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Would we be here if Trump and Netanyahu hadn’t torn up the Iran nuclear deal? Israel has trouble on all sides with Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran. Netanyahu behaves just like Trump in that he won’t talk to journalists who disagree with him. His cabinet is full of Jewish supremacists and extremists. ** Israeli minister Benny Gantz quit and Netanyahu dissolved the war cabinet. ** The U.S. has sanctioned an Israeli group for damaging aid to Palestine. 

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Alex Jones is liquidating much of his empire to pay Sandy Hook parents. He can and is still spreading his lies. 

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Jiminy Glick interviewed Bill Maher for Real Time. Maher’s book is #1. ** Glick also hosted Kimmel on June 27. 

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We are now being told of the bad qualities of Scotchguard. Now that 3M has spread their poison to thousands of products and 50 years have passed since they found out, they have let us in on the secret. 

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Aric Almirola was suspended for an altercation with Bubba Wallace after a Nascar race. 

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Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who prevent history being taught fully intend to repeat it. - Carole Mueller Mcintire 

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The First Presidential debate took place on June 27. Dana Bash and Jake Tapper asked the questions on CNN. With 37 years debate experience, Joe Biden disappointed everyone. Trump was measured, firm and confident. Did he babble lie after lie? Yes. Did Biden make Fox news and the other Trumpers come? Probably. The debate was everything the right could have dreamed of. Did he have a cold? People looking for the senior moment did not wait long. I couldn’t help but think that it was almost the opposite of the famous Nixon/ Kennedy debate. People who watched thought Kennedy won but those who listened found it much more even. This time Trump looked mean and Biden looked weak so it was a wash with watching. But, listening, Biden was a mess. Every hesitation, every fumble, every distant stare was a gift to Fox. Biden is slow but rarely wrong. His words were mixed up but there were no outright lies (much) like his opponent. They both dodged questions because they were too busy with their pissing contest. Golf scores?? WTF? It is bizarre when trump is the one that thinks they shouldn’t act like children. Biden was too over rehearsed and Trump had no cohesive answers ** I did love the way they cut off the mikes. That should be a keeper!!!! There is so much wasted time when they talk over each other. I liked the lack of audience too. That is what rallies are for. ** Why does Trump think that Christians don’t vote? ** Back in the day, Presidents didn’t campaign, they let the work speak for them. If Biden stays then he might want to lean into that. I also get tired of Dems listing off those who should take Biden’s place and they never seem to think of our more than competent VP. Kamala Harris hit it out of the park when she was interviewed after. If Joe stays, I am glad she is there. If he feels he can’t go on, she should be our pick. Is it because she is a woman that we don’t think of her first?  She is ready!!! VP’s are always made fun of but let’s not forget how great those VP’s can be when called upon like Lyndon Johnson, Teddy Roosevelt and FDR. If Joe decided to go, Harris/ Pritzker please!! But.. Hey.. At least we are all talking about Joe and not Scary clown for a change. Joe has our attention. I still believe Joe has great people in place and had a bad moment but I am still confident. I don’t know any 81 year olds personally who have a lot of energy at 8 at night. I think we have forgiven Trump for MANY bad days so Joe can have get a pass on this horrid night. 

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Debate performances can be overcome. At the first sign of adversity the spineless Democrats want to throw under the bus, their own incumbent President. - Allan Lichtman 

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Did the late night guys have a feeling that Joe would blow it and they didn’t want to face it? They all leave on vaca at once? ** It is pretty sad that before the debate, journalists basically thought Trump would be ok if he could just act normal and Biden would be ok if he can stay upright. Both accomplished these small tasks but barely. ** I often joke that Trump must be trying to lose with the things he says but debate night, I wondered if Joe was on our side. Is he trying to lose? 

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 I never watch the View anymore but I checked it out after the debate and I have to say I was alarmed by Sara Haines appearance. She always looked so natural and I could hardly see her for all the makeup. To each his own but I found it quite sad. What happened there?? 

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I notice that on genealogy shows, the middle child is given away more than one might think. 

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Julian Assange pled guilty to conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. National defense documents. The Wikileaks founder was ‘on the run’ for more than a decade. 

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The Surgeon General has declared gun violence a health crisis, loneliness as an epidemic and social media a problem too. 

KKK recruitment letters have been showing up in mailboxes. That sounds about right. 

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Days alert: Arianne Zucker and Shawn Christian have been engaged since 2021 and are now tying the knot!! ** Please more Tina Huang!! I wish her daughter and Abigail were alive on the always there island. Bring back Jen Lilley! I just can’t believe that I get my Days wish that Brady and Teresa are back together (if only for a moment ) but wrong actress. And seeing Teresa and Leo together really made me miss Gwen and Leo’s friendship. Emily O’Brien is a good Gwen. I hate Gwen. Soaps need those characters. That is the fun of a soap! Just let her go back to Gwen.** Oh no Johnny and Chanel don’t leave!! ** So great to see Clyde. Is he getting sexier? ** It was great to see Julie talking to Marie. Glad she is still kicking in the scheme of the show somewhere. ** I realize how much I miss the Kate and Lucas scenes. They are such a great Mother and son story. Heat that up!! 

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Look for the new doc: Liza: A truly terrific absolutely true story. 

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Travis Scott was arrested for disorderly intoxication and trespassing. 

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The return of the Boeing Starliner has been delayed. Why is this company still going? 

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It’s the age of hate. - Charlamagne the God 

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The entitlement is that politicians keep raising their wages and giving corporations tax breaks but won’t give us $15 an hour. - Rev. Dr. William Barber, author of White Poverty 

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Scary Clown 45/34 made a big show of himself at the Capitol. The ass kissers applauded for a scary long time. Trump told his people, “ Milwaukee, where we are having our convention is a horrible city.” He later clarified that that wasn’t what he meant. He claims that he was just concerned about the crime numbers and that he wants to be safe. Homicide is down 41%. Well, now Dems have billboards all over Milwaukee and there are t shirts on line with his hate. ** I love Milwaukee- Joe Biden ** and BTW, despite the insane fear mongering that Fox news spreads, crime is actually down across the country. When they are confronted with facts they claim that it doesn’t ‘feel’ like it. How do they live with themselves?? 

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Al Capone would kill Mike Lindell. - Trump 

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The Republicans blocked a bill to regulate the Supreme Court. I will never understand this need to let authority run roughshod over this country. And this pattern of distrust and secrecy from Nixon to Reagan to Trump and the Bush’s. Power and money is not enough, they must push the rest of us down. What is that about? Why do they want us to be Russia? The whining about the way the court behaved in regards to Trump is priceless. Let them go to court in Russia and see how fair it is. ** Trump wants to lower corporate tax rates even more. He visited a black church over Father’s Day weekend in Detroit. Detroit is 77.8% black.The black pastor tried to get more African Americans to come to the service. There were a couple of local rappers and a former mayor just out of prison. Cameras panned back to show the pews filled with mostly white men in MAGA hats and Trump mug shot tee’s. ** What is this obsession with water pressure? Is this just Florida?  I don’t know anybody that has these same problems. 

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A fan at a Trump gathering apparently told him he had been to over 200 rallies. “Wouldn’t it be incredible if he voted for Biden? It would be suicide before Biden, right?” -Trump ** Trump has been upset about tele prompters lately. 

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I have to hold on to hope that this cycle of hate will lead to a cycle of love and we will elect some smart, fair, loving people. C’mon future.. Spread the love!! Stop the loud and usher in the peace! We need more of those kick ass Gov’s who R getting it done!!!! 

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Corey Booker and Tammy Duckworth have introduced a bill to protect IVF. 

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Hollywood’s walk of fame welcomed Richard Blade. 

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The Bike Riders stars Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer.  

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The Boston Celtics won the NBA title again. 

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Upside down flags and designing their own hate flags are really becoming a thing. It is like a club for 12 year old boys. 

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C’mon Jan 6 offenders: Pay your restitution. Why do so many folks think they should not have to be accountable? 

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Thank goodness for Paul Saltzman and Deb Gendler and the like. It is great to see the bits of the Beatles story that they saw since the actual Beatles were a little busy. 

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Florida is flooded. 

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What this comedian said will shock you from Bill Maher is #1 on the Best sellers list. 

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The rules are in place, the debate is coming and we need to hold their feet to the fire. **Polls show that over 50% of the country thinks Trump should drop out of the race. There are countries he won’t even be able to visit because he is a convicted felon. 

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It is curious how many Republicans worked on and recommended the immigration plan and as soon as Biden liked it and set things in place, they turn on it. 

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Tyson’s CFO was arrested for intoxication and was suspended. 

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Hannah Einbinder has a comedy special: Everything must go. 

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Mel Brooks got a Peabody which makes him a PEGOT. 

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The Colorado GOP issued a call to burn gay pride flags because, “God hates pride.” 

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Dr. Pepper is now as popular as Pepsi. 

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Dr. Squatch has insured Nick Cannon’s balls for $10 mil. 

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The movie 2000 mules about election fraud was pulled off market after a defamation suit. 

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Rob Schneider was asked to leave a charity event for hospitals of Regina foundation in Canada. People started walking out after he was ranting about vaccines, women’s rights and how white men are persecuted. 

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Julia Louis Dreyfus acceptance speech for her webby was great: Listen to old ladies Motherfucker’s. 

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If it had been anybody but Hunter Biden, the gun people would have been screaming about rights. I thought the NRA wanted everyone to have a gun no matter what. 

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Illinois new slogan should be: Come to Illinois where you can enjoy all your rights! 

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Tokyo Vice was cancelled. 

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Now they seem to be after Brown V. Board of Education. 

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The Daytime Emmy’s came and went on June 8 hosted by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner. General Hospital won most of the big ones. Dick Van Dyke won for guest actor on Days. Hooray for Robert Gossett and Thorsten Kaye. I was really hopeful for Eric Martsolf  but maybe next year. Melody Thomas Scott was awarded for lifetime achievement. My best dressed were Sunny Hostin, Steven Nichols, Linsey Godfrey, Abigail Klein, Lisa Yamada, Courtney Hope, Heather Tom, Paul Telfer, Jackee Harry, Suzanne Rogers, Jennifer Hudson and Danielle Pinnock.  

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A giant bus covered with trump paraphernalia crashed into a sign. ** Rep John Rose’ kid showed us how ridiculous these mentally ill people are. We all want to do that when they start this mind- boggling complaining all the time. 

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BTW, isn’t it time to turn the cameras off Trump? Watching and scrutinizing everything he does is not turning his core off. Out of sight out of mind. Oh, I know it isn’t going to happen but I can dream. ** The top biggest political donors prefer Trump. About 69% of his donations come from these wealthy donors. His tax breaks for the rich expire in 2025. Biden has vowed not to bring them back. He is working on those tax loopholes. 

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Thank you, Don Jr. for never shutting up about Epstein. Curious people looked into your assertions that your Father had no connection there. Flight receipts show Scary Clown flew with Epstein at least 7 times. 

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Alec and Hilaria Baldwin and kids are starting up a reality show, The Baldwins. Timing could be better 

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Some of the things the house ethics committee have been investigating about Matt Goetz have been dropped. They are still looking into the sexual misconduct, illegal drug use, accepting improper gifts to dispense special privileges and favors to individuals and sought to obstruct the investigation of his conduct. 

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Peoria’s Planned Parenthood reopened. The renovation is complete after the 2023 firebombing. Tyler Massengill is serving 10 years and has a $1,450,000 fine. 

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Biden’s new program provides legal status to 500,000 immigrants. 

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Wisconsin has charged Kenneth Chesebro, Mike Roman and Jim Troupis with forgery in a fake elector scheme. 

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There is another elder lady movie , The Fabulous Four. This one has Megan Mullaly, Susan Sarandon, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Bette Midler. 

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Books are an idiot’s natural enemy. - Josh Johnson 

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2 moronic climate activists were arrested for spraying orange paint on Stonehenge. Hey, Just Stop Oil.. Why R U fucking up a historical site? There must be better ways to get your point across. 

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Traitor Tulsi Gabbard is trying hard to get Trump’s attention. She does not fight hard enough for him though.  

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The latest sexual assault news: Kanye West has been sued for sexual harassment. ** Howard University revoked Sean Combs honorary degree. ** Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris resigned after an accusation from a woman who claims he has abused her since she was 12. 

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Stephen Colbert seems awful proud of his EW cover. 

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There is nothing loving about Dolly Parton’s false gospel. Parton’s version of love, which includes condoning immoral sexual behavior is unaligned with God’s vision for humanity. (Parton has said that you should be who you are.) - Ericka Anderson  I think she must be reading the wrong book. She has since said that she regretted using Dolly as an example for the point. She is still making the point! 

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Jennifer Esposito directed, wrote and starred in Fresh Kills. The film shows us the female side of the mob. 

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The Supreme Court took away the ban on bump stocks for firearms. 

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Corporations are pussies. - Jon Stewart 

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Saw this bumper sticker: Ted Bundy was a republican/ Ed Gein was a democrat 

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The Daily show is right: Let Ticketmaster run the border. They know how to keep people out. 

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Frasier is pulling out all the stops for season 2: Patricia Heaton, Spencer Grammer, Yvette Nicole Brown, Dan Butler and Edward Hibbert are joining in. 

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OK.. The stills they are releasing for the new Waltzing with Brando with Billy Zane do look amazing. Richard Dreyfuss and James Jagger also star. Bad timing on the Dreyfuss front. 

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Elisabeth Rohm directs Devil on Campus about Larry Ray, cult leader.  

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Justin Timberlake was arrested for DWI. 

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The Club Q killer, Anderson Aldrich was sentenced to 55 life sentences. 

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Porn is truly unleashed on X. 

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People were calling for Pat McAfee to be tossed off ESPN for calling Caitlin Clark a white 

 Bitch. 

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Rep. Byron Donalds talked of his support of the Jim Crow era. 

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July 1 will see Steve Bannon back to jail. He seems to love the attention it brings him so it all works out. ** He fought it but the Supreme Court said he has to go. 

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The Kansas Supreme Court decided that voting is not a fundamental right.  

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The co -editor of Variety, Ramin Setoodeh has a new book, Apprentice in Wonderland. Citizens of NY were apparently in stitches when they got word of Trump hosting the Apprentice because they all knew what a horrible business man he was.  

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Biden weak? FDR was in a wheel chair and he got a lot done. Why are we so prejudice about age and handicaps?? 

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Will Trumps gun permit be revoked in NY because he is a convicted felon? The ads showing him as a convicted felon have begun. 

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Martha Alito really hates pride flags and tells us so on tape. Her husband is determined to make this country rich with Christians. Why did we come to America to begin with? These people need to live in the real world and realize there are people with other thoughts than their own. ** Funny how they want to keep women in their place unless it is their women then no rules! 

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Micheal, You were the only husband I ever had and one of my lifelong friends. I will miss you forever my Bam Bam, my friend. Micheal Dale King 1963-2024 

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R.I.P. Marian Robinson, Martin Starger, Bette Nash, Jeff Kreiner, Orlando Cepeda, Bill Cobbs, Alan Scarfe, Tom bower, Betty Anne Rees, William Anders, Enchanting, Jerry West, Tony LoBianco, Seven, Kevin Brophy, Mark James, Angela Bofill, Erich Anderson, Tamayo Perry, Al Schultz, migrants thrown overboard by the Greek coastguard, Tony Mordente, Anouk Aimee, victims of the Ecuador landslides, heat related deaths all over the world including over 1300 in Saudi Arabi ,Willie Mays, Spencer Milligan, Bill Cobbs, Kinky Friedman,  Taylor Willy, Gary Weaver, shooting victims, Donald Sutherland, Martin Mull and Mike King. 

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If you get this, answer with 3 random facts about yourself and send it to the last 7 blogs in your notifications, anonymously or not! Let's get to know the person behind the blog. 🥰

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three random facts:

I have a rare disease in my left knee called Osgood Schlatters disease, i've had it since i was a kid. It's not rare in children but it's rare to last as long as it has with me! It's meant to grow out but i stopped growing really early (i'm smol lmao) so it's stuck with me all through childhood into adulthood and refuses to leave. Looks like i have two knee caps lmao.

i have been stabbed in the thigh with a pen knife, it... didn't actually hurt (i'm assuming adrenaline played a part there) and i dont remember it hurting much afterward either, but it bled like a motherfucker. I never got stitches cause i was scared of telling anyone so i just hid it, i was quite young (i should have absolutely gone to the hospital haha) so the scar is small but like... chonky lmao. i remember the stab really clearly i remember never getting help for it, but i legit have no memory of the healing process but hey it's healed! It's weird.

I used to play league of legends with Osric Chau? The guy who plays Kevin Tran in Supernatural. lil shit had a "hacked" maxed out account cause he knew the developers!

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So, I watched White Chicks (2004) for the first time and I am just STRUCK how much it took from Some Like it Hot (1959)! I'm not saying this in a bad way, I was very amused to see things from one of my favourite movies used in this one.

Quite a few scenes from SLIH were literally copy-pasted into WC and it's just hilarious. The biggest one of them being the dates Kevin and Marcus have with Denise and Latrell respectively. I will say that WC does lack the queer tones that SLIH does. But, just like in SLIH, Kevin uses the fact that Marcus has a date with Latrell to his advantage. He steals Latrells car and even breaks into his house so he can take Denise on a date (under the guise of being the real Latrell). Meanwhile, Marcus has to go on a date with the real Latrell and suffer his advances.

This is near exact what happened in SLIH! Daphne has to go on a date with Osgood and and Joe uses it to his advantage to use his small boat and then to wine and dine Sugar Kane in his yacht!

Again, I'm not displeased with WC borrowing from SLIT. I was laughing the entire time. The date scene isn't the only scene WC took inspiration from, either. If you've seen both films, you'll surely know the other references and what scenes were modeled from the ones from SLIT!

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Reading List, Big Sky edition.

Image: "Crosswalk 13" (2023) by Kevin Yaun

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A spellbinding and surprising treatise on Tony Soprano, and what women really want. [Catherine Shannon's Substack]

When did everything become a "journey"? [Lisa Miller, The New York Times]

The case for quitting dating [Faith Hill, The Atlantic]

The case for celibacy [Kelsey Osgood, The Cut]

Stevie Nicks, Queen of Hearts [Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone]

"The unspoken contract we enter as TV watchers is the same as with any storytelling medium: in exchange for our time and attention, we will be given a beginning, a middle and an end. If that isn’t going to be the case, why should we bother at all? Investing in characters and narrative arcs that will never reach their conclusion is a thoroughly dissatisfying endeavour and it is frankly offensive of streamers to be so cavalier about wasting our time. No wonder we prefer to settle down with old faithfuls like Friends or Sex and the City. Never mind the cosy nostalgia factor; it’s just good to know there will be closure." Streaming services are just too quick to cancel shows. [Rachael Sigee, The I Paper]

Why is London's mobile phone signal so terrible? Jim Waterson is asking the questions Londoners care about [London Centric]

"This kind of wordy “slop” with its multiple mind-numbing clauses often features in the text produced by AI chatbots. It’s what I call the thickening agent: something added to the text that brings no meaning – no flavour or nutrition; that takes up page/brain space and makes it more difficult to understand, not easier. The text seems to be saying something and then, suddenly, it isn’t." Never read anything written by ChatGPT. [Moya Sarner, The Guardian]

What it really takes to make new friends [Aaron Edwards, Slate]

Parenting too gently [Olga Khazan, The Atlantic]

When France takes its clothes off [Lauren Collins, the New Yorker]

"I leave my apartment feeling old, with my accumulating health problems, gray hairs, early bedtime, and inability to drink more than one glass of wine. Then I get to the hill and I’m a student again, eyes and ears open not only for weeding tips but the kind of general wisdom that can only come from someone who's lived decades longer than me. The elders tell me how to pull up a mustard plant, but also about things that happened long before I was born. In a complete reversal from needing to seem like an expert, I feel the urge to drop everything just to absorb as much as possible."[Jenny Odell on Esme Wang's Substack]

I'm loving Emma Forrest's new Substack

Emily Witt is on the Otherppl podcast

[fictionz]

New Fiction 2024 - July

"1 Machabees" ed. Richard Challoner (1752)

A final dramatic push for that Old Testament.

Horrors of the Black Ring by R.L. Stine (1999)

Just... was there a monster backlash? Did we the youths become too cool for monsters in the late 90s? Because I'm sensing a hesitation to go there.

"I'm sorry Jon" by flipocrite (2021)

Insatiable you.

The Frankenstein Wars dev. Cubus Games (2017)

My brother died never.

"Frankenstein" dir. J. Searle Dawley (1910)

A wild man from the get go.

Robot Dreams dir. Pablo Berger (2024)

We can share the dream, at least for a little while.

A Quiet Place: Day One dir. Michael Sarnoski (2024)

Lupita saves it.

Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 dir. Kevin Costner (2024)

Lonesome Dove looms large.

Kalki 2898 AD dir. Nag Ashwin (2024)

Curse of the universes.

Kill dir. Nikhil Nagesh Bhat (2024)

Stepping over the fallen like so much chattel.

Thelma dir. Josh Margolin (2024)

Ask why we must endure.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die dir. Adil & Bilall (2024)

The old men of the gun.

MaXXXine dir. Ti West (2024)

Where's the fire?

Hijack 1971 dir. Kim Seong-han (2024)

You create a monster and lament its actions.

Longlegs dir. Osgood Perkins (2024)

Take me back to simpler times.

Frankenstein Conquers the World dir. Ishirō Honda (1965)

Feed them heart and watch them grow.

Flesh for Frankenstein dir. Paul Morrissey (1973)

The horror of purity.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show dir. Jim Sharman (1975)

Beautifully nerdy.

Oddity dir. Damian Mc Carthy (2024)

The chamber drama of my dream.

Twister dir. Jan de Bont (1996)

That pacing though.

Twisters dir. Lee Isaac Chung (2024)

Takes a little too much time to help us care.

The Bride dir. Franc Roddam (1985)

More of this perspective.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein dir. Charles Barton (1948)

Barely what I hoped to see, but the ensemble can work.

The Curse of Frankenstein dir. Terence Fisher (1957)

Not enough dramatic fevers from this scientist.

Frankenstein Reborn dir. Leigh Scott (2005)

We were still recovering from the crypt.

Victor Frankenstein dir. Paul McGuigan (2015)

A bad legacy to start on.

The Beast Within dir. Alexander J. Farrell (2024)

There is no king.

Deadpool & Wolverine dir. Shawn Levy (2024)

Not the achievement it's meant to be.

Fly Me to the Moon dir. Greg Berlanti (2024)

Selling it with the wrong hook.

The Grey dir. Joe Carnahan (2011)

If ya gotta go.

Lady Frankenstein dir. Mel Welles (1971)

Refreshingly maniacal.

Kyoufu Densetsu - Kaiki! Frankenstein dir. Yûgo Serikawa (1981)

Freed to trot out the Christian iconography.

Last Frankenstein dir. Takeshi Kawamura (1991)

Live by the death cult, die by the new life.

Mary Shelley dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour (2017)

Muted, but perhaps as intended.

Star Trek: Prodigy - Season 2 (2024)

Oh, you're good.

Night Gallery - Season 2 (1971-1972)

Luxuriate in the collapse of uptight squares.

[burningexeter]

I realized very early on that I've always been attracted to in media and fiction, unconventional protagonists that while are heroic, they're NOT at all the typical type of "heroes" you'd expect. I've always found that way more interesting and compelling than most other regular or conventional type of stories. Here's a list of the ones that I think are some (or in this case, a LOT) of my biggest influences when it comes to the characters that I write, the protagonists that I write where it's unconventional main characters fighting the odds or facing the highest stakes possible or BOTH in incredible situations or scenarios BUT are again NOT the generic "heroes" you'd think or expect them to be:

• Andy Dufrense & Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding — The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

• Paul Edgecomb & John Coffey — The Green Mile (1999)

• John McClane — Die Hard (1988)

• Arthur Morgan — Red Dead Redemption 2

• Mrs. Brisby — The Secret Of NIMH (1982)

• Norman Babcock — ParaNorman

• Frank — Thief (1981)

• Alice Johnson — A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master & A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

• Miguel Rivera — Coco (2017)

• Eddie Valiant & Roger Rabbit — Who Framed Roger Rabbit

• Marty McFly & Emmett "Doc" Brown — The Back To The Future Trilogy

• Samantha "Charly" Caine — The Long Kiss Goodnight

• Walter "Heisenberg" White — Breaking Bad

• Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes — Mayans MC

• Peter "Spider-Man" Parker — Spider-Man 2 (2004)

• Michael De Santa, Franklin Clinton & Trevor Philips — Grand Theft Auto V

• Niko Bellic — Grand Theft Auto IV

• Jaguar Paw — Apocalypto (2006)

• Jack Sparrow, Will Turner & Elizabeth Swann — The Pirates Of The Caribbean Trilogy

• Poindexter "Fool" Williams, Alice Robeson & Roach — The People Under The Stairs

• Shane Vendrell — The Shield (FX)

• Matt Parkman — Heroes (Season 1)

• Bob & Helen Parr — The Incredibles (2004)

• The Man With No Name & Tuco Benedicto Pacífico Juan María Ramírez — The Dollars Trilogy

• Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Frank Castle & David "Micro" Lieberman — Marvel Netflix

• Robyn Goodfellowe & Mebh Og MacTire — Wolfwalkers (2020)

• Kevin Garvey — The Leftovers (HBO)

• El Mariachi — The Mexico Trilogy

• John Hartigan, Marv & Dwight McCarthy — Sin City (2005)

• Andrea Grimes — The Walking Dead (Comic Series)

• Kenny McCormick — South Park

• Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture, Malcom "The Monarch" Fitzcarraldo & Gary "Henchmen 21" Fischer — The Venture Bros.

• Gwen Tennyson — Ben 10: Alien Force & Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

• Literally all of the protagonists — Generator Rex

• Virgil Ovid Hawkins/Static Shock & Richard "Richie" Osgood Foley/Gear — Static Shock

• Al "Spawn" Simmons — Todd McFarlane's Spawn (HBO)

• Billy "Shazam!" Batson & Frederick "Freddy" Freeman — SHAZAM! (2019)

• Frank Bannister — The Frighteners

• Ann Darrow — King Kong (2005)

• Sarah Bowman, John "Flyboy" & Bill McDermott — Day Of The Dead (1985)

• Rick O'Connell, Evelyn "Evie" & Jonathan Carnahan — The Mummy (1999)

• U.S. Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard — Apocalypse Now

• Staff Sergeant Mikhail "Mike" Vronsky — The Deer Hunter

• Mikasa Ackerman — Attack On Titan

• Max Rockatansky — Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

• Sheriff Hassan — Midnight Mass

• Historia Reiss — Attack On Titan (Manga)

• Grey Trace — Upgrade (2018)

• Seth Gecko — From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

• Cecilia "Cee" Kress — The Invisible Man (2020)

• Private Cooper — Dog Soldiers

• Quintus Dias — Centurion (2010)

• Lucius Vorenus & Titus Pullo — Rome (HBO)

• Seth Bullock & Al Swearengen — Deadwood (HBO)

• Alita — Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

• O.J. Haywood — Nope (2022)

• Puss In Boots & Perrito — Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

• Po — Kung Fu Panda 2

• Bob Belcher — Bob's Burgers

• Atticus Finch — To Kill A Mockingbird

• John Rambo — First Blood

• Bruce Wayne/Batman — Batman (1989)

• Logan/Wolverine — Logan (2017)

• Charlie Shakespeare — Deathwatch (2002)

• Edward Boyce & Lewis Ford — Overlord (2018)

• Solomon Kane — Solomon Kane (2009)

• Alan Wake — Alan Wake (2010)

• Private/Sergeant J.T. "Joker" Davis — Full Metal Jacket

• Lee Everett — Telltale's The Walking Dead (Season 1)

• Bigby Wolf — Telltale's The Wolf Among Us

• Heather Mason — Silent Hill 3

And that's just merely the tip of the iceberg.

[ledenews]

The Death Penalty in West Virginia

When I address the death penalty, I am no stranger to the issue. On June 8, 2000, a priest and friend, who had welcomed me on my first day in the seminary years earlier, was brutally murdered by a drunken young man who broke into his rectory in Germantown, Maryland, looking for money. The state prosecutor wanted to seek the death penalty but the priest’s family urged him not to, citing the priest’s opposition to capital punishment. After the murderer’s conviction, the judge imposed a 42 ½ year sentence on him. I agree with the priest’s family: a long prison sentence but not death. Why not put to death a vicious criminal? After all, in the Bible we read: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand and foot for foot . But, in the same Bible, when God punished King David for contriving to have his soldier, Uriah, killed so he would not discover that David had committed adultery with his wife, God did not condemn the king to death but rather confronted him through the prophet Nathan and gave the king the opportunity to repent and be forgiven. Jesus urges us to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you . It is a struggle for most people to embrace this teaching, although many eventually do. But Jesus’ words raise a fair question: can the state, charged with maintaining civil order, forego the retribution of life for life and take another approach in punishing vicious criminals? In 1965 the legislators of West Virginia found another way. They abolished the death penalty in the Mountain State. Perhaps it bothered them that, in exacting a life for a life, the state was committing deadly violence, just as the criminal had done. There was no compelling evidence then, as there is none now, that capital punishment deterred violent crime. Some undoubtedly thought that a long prison sentence might give the convicted criminal time to reform. That can happen. Chuck Colson, a White House counselor to President Richard Nixon, spent a year in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal. While there he converted to Christ and, after his release, founded Prison Fellowship to aid prisoners and their families. Stephen Richards spent nine years in prison for drug dealing but used his time there to earn a college degree and, after prison, an MA and a Ph.D. He now teaches criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Kevin Metrick spent seven years in prison for hacking into the software of Digital Equipment Co. Now, fittingly, he heads a firm that helps companies fill gaps in their security system. None of these men were sentenced to death for their crimes but they illustrate the truth that prisoners can reform. Some of our legislators are understandably frustrated with crime and want to reinstate the death penalty to punish perpetrators. I have been robbed twice, so I’m no friend of crime. But is capital punishment the right approach to curbing serious crime? Before making such a drastic decision, is it not prudent to remember why we abolished capital punishment many decades ago? A death sentence serves only to express the anger of the state and aggrieved families; it does not prevent future violent crimes; it is inflicted disproportionately on the poor and on racial minorities and it wastes taxpayers’ money. On November 3, 2023, the City of Philadelphia settled a lawsuit with Walter Osgood for $9,100,000 after he was exonerated of a murder it was later discovered he did not commit. He had spent twenty-three years on death row. He escaped execution but Philadelphia is paying a big price for its miscarriage of justice. Since 1973 many dozens of death row inmates across the country have been exonerated and released. Is it worth the risk of putting to death an innocent Walter Osgood to bring back a practice that has no real benefit to the citizens of our state and which West Virginia previously abolished? +Mark E. BrennanBishop of Wheeling-Charleston Read the full article

[drgmoveson]

Tuesday, June 6, 2023: The first show of this Broadway week was Some Like It Hot. This was such a fun show! The acting and choreography were amazing, especially J. Harrison Ghee as Daphne, Christian Borle as Josephine, Natasha Yvette Williams as Sweet Sue and Kevin del Aguila as Osgood. This was an awesome beginning to what I hope is a wonderful week.

[reportwire]

Review: In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ an Invitation to Liberation

Review: In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ an Invitation to Liberation

Take Osgood Fielding III, the millionaire who falls in love with Daphne. Now provided with a substantial back story — he’s Mexican American, justifying a detour to a south-of-the-border cantina — he’s less of a lecher than a case study in laissez-faire sexuality. On the upside, we thus get Kevin Del Aguila’s adorably goofy line readings and eccentric, wiggly dancing. On the downside, the movie’s…

[prismartist]

that was so fun and sweet!!!!!!!!! there are so many things i absolutely loved about that i can't even begin. christian borle is still the funniest mf, incredible as always and his character balances infuriating and precious so well. adrianna hicks blew it out of the park and i envy how much breath she can hold, the way her belts kept climbing higher in her last solo left me awestruck, and her expressionssssss auughh she hit man, all her solos were beyond beautiful, ethereal even. i saw an understudy––i think jarvis manning––instead of j harrison ghee but he also absolutely owned the role and i love daphne with my entire heart and soul. kevin del aguila as osgood was hilarious and also soooooooo fucking precious, his reactions alone melted me. and man. the choreo. you can just kinda tell casey nicholaw did that. especially with the final chase scene like WHAT THE FUCK it went on for so long but i never felt bored because there was so much to look at and it was SO TIGHT and SO FUN i cannot even begin to imagine a neutron of the planning and rehearsal that must've gone into it. it hurts my brain in the best way possible. not to mention the whole rest of the cast and ensemble who carried so hard, i even enjoyed the mobsters and the cop!! and the music goddddd. all bops. i remmeber listening to the album and liking it well enough but not being super impressed yknow. but i enjoyed them so much more watching them!!!! theyre so good!!!!!!!!

anyways. hell yeah i loved that i need to go to sleep but I LOVED IT i wanna rewatch it as soon as possible

just finished some like it hot through totally legal means haha and ohhhh my god. it sure is up there.

[wendywallow]

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