#Laurence Payne

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The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)

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Ill Met By Moonlight (Night Ambush) (1957) Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

April 29th 2024

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Play for Today: Psy-Warriors (BBC, 1981)

"A bomb scare at Aldershot. I see. Attributed to the Provisional IRA."

"They haven't claimed responsibility."

"What if the bomb had gone off?"

"Then the Provisional IRA would've claimed responsibility. Well, why not, eh? We help keep the terrorist's cause in the public eye and the terrorist helps us justify the need for greater security. What's called a symbiotic relationship, I believe."

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Dastari looks like one of those stereotypical elderly dictators when they are not having one of those "wears a military uniform even though we all know that the nearest you got to the actual armed forces is a game of Sierra's 'Red Baron'" days.

Mm...the glasses and the outfit makes it XD

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The Supremes throughout the years

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Warlock III: The End of Innocence (1999)

One thing you can credit the Warlock series for is consistency. While the plots are not connected, the special effects are uneven, the performances vary and the titular Warlock isn’t played by the same actor in all three movies… if you like one, you’ll like all three. Under scrutiny, you can't quite call Warlock III: The End of Innocence "good" but it’s so close and watching it is fun so that doesn't matter.

Right before her college finals, Kris Miller (Ashley Laurence) learns her family home is about to be demolished. If she wants to recover anything from the building owned by the family she never knew she had, she’s got to get it done by Monday morning. With the help of her boyfriend Michael (Paul Francis), her childhood best friend Jerry (Jan Schweiterman), the bondage-loving Lisa and Scott (Angel Boris and Rick Hearst) and free-spirit Robin (Boti Ann Bliss), Kris travels to the isolated home in the middle of a storm. There, she's greeted by the helpful Phillip Covington (Bruce Payne). None of the friends realize he’s actually a century-old warlock who wants to sacrifice Kris to create a race of half-demon spawn.

While Julian Sands' absence is disappointing, Bruce Payne is a fair substitute. His interpretation of the Warlock might not have that delightful twisted sense of humor but he’s sufficiently menacing and committed to his part. This movie has flaws but he isn’t one of them and honestly, you probably won’t even miss Sands once you see Payne.

We’ll get to the movie’s flaws in a bit but first, I want to tell you why - despite all the stumbles - you could convincingly argue for this movie. See, the Warlock wants Kris but to get her, he’s got to get the people closest to her to forsake her - I guess that’s where the “end of innocence” comes in. Once they do, he can sacrifice her in the catacombs below the house on a stone altar surrounded by ever-burning candles. Kris has no family so the only people who love her are her friends. To get them to turn on her, he preys on their weaknesses. Jerry is a musician so he takes away his hearing. Lisa and Scott love whips and chains so he puts them in a Hellraiser-like torture room they can only escape if they betray Kris. A similar fate awaits Michael. The way the Warlock worms his way into the circle of friends and figures out what torture is best suited for them contains the kind of demonic irony that makes you feel bad for the victims and look forward to what's next. While the movie could’ve pushed these ideas further - particularly with Robin, who gets taken out of the picture far too early - there are some great moments with Jerry, who is “secretly” in love with Kris. You could probably extrapolate the relationship between him, Kris and Michael into a whole movie.

That said, Warlock III is no masterpiece. Early in the film, the Warlock kills a random handyman - or maybe it’s the house that’s got a mind of its own - and it has no bearings on the plot. It’s only included to reassure those watching, so they know they are indeed stepping into a horror movie with supernatural shenanigans. I also have to criticize the ending, which is conclusive but still leaves many questions unanswered. In many ways, it feels like the movie is more concerned with building towards the characters’ deaths than allowing us to get to know them. Lisa and Scott, for example. It seems like no matter when or where they are, they’re going to find some way to get into their leather outfits and start using whips and restraints on each other. It’s pretty clear that Angel Boris didn’t have a “no nudity” clause in her contract so director Eric Freiser found as many excuses to get her topless as possible. I won’t actually count that as a flaw - not in this type of movie.

Warlock III: The End of Innocence is the kind of movie I’d love to see remade or ripped off. The idea of an evil sorcerer finding ways to turn a group of friends against your protagonist via supernatural torture and manipulation is ripe with possibility. This movie knows it, which is why it throws concepts like the “nice guy best friend” into the mix. I don’t know if anyone could ever call this trilogy of films their favorite, but they're unexpectedly fun and I'm glad to have seen them. (September 12, 2022)

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Send in the Clowns - Glynis Johns (BBC Documentary Footage)

The great Glynis Johns, the original Desiree Armfeldt in Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece, A Little Night Music, performs “Send in the Clowns.”  For her role as Desiree Armfeldt, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.

She turns 100 years old today, October 5, 2023.

Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a British retired actress, dancer, musician and singer. Recognized as an icon of screen and stage, Johns has a career spanning eight decades, in which she appeared in more than 60 films and 30 plays. She is the recipient of awards and nominations in various drama award denominations, including the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Laurel Awards, the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards and the Laurence Olivier Awards, within which she has won two thirds of her nominations.

She is more familiar to many as Winifred Banks, the wife of George Banks, mother of Jane and Michael, and member of Emmeline Pankhurst's "Votes for Women" suffrage movement, to which she is completely dedicated, in Mary Poppins (1964), considered to be Walt Disney's crowning live-action film achievement.

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Spell your url with song titles and then tag as many people as there are letters - tagged by the lovelies @chinzhilla & @my-rose-tinted-glasses 💕💕

I - It's you - Zayn

T - Teardrops - Liam Payne

S - Sour - The Rose

A - Almost Over You - Jeff Satur

L - Lovebug - Jonas Brothers

L - Lost in Japan - Shawn Mendes

A - Arcade - Duncan Laurence

B - BTBT - B.I

O - Outside - Zayn

U - Used To Be - Jonas Brothers

T - TOMBOY - (G)I-DLE

B - Birthday - TEN

L - Little Things - One Direction

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I'll tag: @bellepark @justapayneaway @negrowhat @25shadesoffebruary @sparklyeyedhimbo @markpakin @khaotunqs @khaotunq @thasorns @celestial-sapphicss @forcebook @alexshenry @spicyvampire (feel free to ignore 😘)

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Commons Vote

On: Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Second Reading

Ayes: 351 (96.6% Lab, 2.3% Ind, 0.8% Green, 0.3% SDLP) Noes: 84 (100.0% Con) Absent: ~215

Day's business papers: 2024-7-29

Likely Referenced Bill: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead of by means of franchises.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: Committee of the whole House

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Labour (341 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 Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Jarvis Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Emily Darlington Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Lewell-Buck Emma Reynolds Euan Stainbank Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jenny Riddell-Carpenter 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 Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Kate Dearden Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Keir Mather Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lorraine Beavers Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Maria Eagle Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Bishop 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 Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosena Allin-Khan Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett

Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephen Doughty Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Warinder Juss Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (8 votes)

Adnan Hussain Apsana Begum Ian Byrne Imran Hussain John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Zarah Sultana

Green Party (3 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Social Democratic & Labour Party (1 vote)

Colum Eastwood

Noes

Conservative (84 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Claire Coutinho Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Geoffrey Clifton-Brown George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Jack Rankin James Cleverly Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Mark Francois Mark Garnier Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

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Laurence Payne, Thorley Walters, and Jane Darby in Vampire Circus (1972)

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Crosstrap (1962) Robert Hartford-Davis

December 15th 2022

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The Saint: The Convenient Monster (5.6, ITC, 1966)

"Mr. Templar, what's your interest in this?"

"Well, let's say I have not bought an ailing hotel on the banks of Loch Ness and I've not been retained to boost Scottish tourism."

"Are you going to help Mrs. Bastion catch the monster?"

"If there is a monster and Mrs. Bastion's after it, then it's the monster who'll need help."

"What's your next move, Mr. Templar?"

"Lunch."

"Oh, one more thing, Mr. Templar: do you believe in the monster?"

"Does the monster believe in me?"

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Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (October 5, 1923 - January 4, 2024) Film, stage and television actress, dancer, musician and singer. In a career spanning eight decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 plays. She has received various accolades throughout her career, including a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, a National Board of Review Award, and a Laurel Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. She is widely considered as being one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema.

Johns made her television debut in 1952 with Fletcher Markle's Emmy Award-winning series Little Women. She appeared in just one episode: season 4's "Lilly, the Queen of the Movies" as Lily Snape. Her television credits of the 1950s include brief appearances in the Hollywood anthology series Lux Video Theatre (in the 1953 episode "Two For Tea"), Errol Flynn's anthology series The Errol Flynn Theatre (in the 1956 episodes "The Sealed Room" as Lou McNamara and "The Girl in Blue Jeans" as The Girl Susan Tracey), CBS's anthology series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (in the 1957 episode "The Dead Are Silent"), and ABC's variety and drama series The Frank Sinatra Show (in the 1958 episode "Face of Fear" as Christine Nolan)

Johns was cast in 1961 in the ABC/Warner Bros. crime drama The Roaring 20s. She portrayed Kitty O'Moyne, an Irish immigrant who falls overboard into the harbour as she arrives in the United States. Johns guest-starred in the CBS anthology seriesThe Lloyd Bridges Show in the episode "A Game for Alternate Mondays" of the 1962–63 television season, playing widow Leah Marquand, with Leslye Hunter as her daughter Isabella. On 5 August 1963, Vacation Playhouse premiered the episode "Hide and Seek" as the pilot of her eponymous CBS television series Glynis. The original working title for the series was The Glynis Johns Show; in it, Johns played the neophyte mystery writer and amateur sleuth Glynis Granvile. In the autumn of that year, Glynis officially premiered, starring Johns and Keith Andes as a married couple, Glynis Granville and Keith Granville, a criminal defence attorney. Due to pressure from NBC's The Virginian and Bill Cullen's The Price Is Right game show on ABC, the programme was cancelled after thirteen episodes. In 1965, when CBS reran the series as a summer replacement for The Lucy Show, Glynis ranked #6 in the Nielsen ratings. Johns remained busy on screen, appearing as Steffi Bernard in the episode "Who Killed Marty Kelso?" of ABC's detective series Burke's Law opposite Gene Barry. In 1967, she appeared in four episodes of the Batman television series as villainess Lady Penelope Peasoup, one half of the evil duo with Rudy Vallée as her brother Lord Marmaduke Ffogg.

During the first season of NBC's hit sitcom Cheers, Johns guest-starred as Diane Chambers' mother, Helen Chambers, an eccentric dowager who, due to a stipulation in Diane's late father's will, will lose all her money unless Diane is married by the next day. In 1985, Johns played Bridget O'Hara in the episode "Sing a Song of Murder" of CBS's crime drama television series Murder, She Wrote, working again with Angela Lansbury. From 1988 to 1989, she played Trudie Pepper, a senior citizen living in an Arizona retirement community, in the television sitcom Coming of Age, also on CBS. (Wikipedia)

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The Bird and the Bee. We are on episode 3 of series 3 of Yonderland still trying to answer the question "Who has more unique roles in the series?"

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Jim Howick:

Physical Characters: The Bee (Archibald)

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Mathew Baynton:

Physical Characters: The Bird (Christopher Payne)

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Simon Farnaby:

Physical Characters: Literal Bartender

Non Speaking Characters: Book Salesman

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Laurence Rickard:

Physical Characters: Tired Dog Human Creature, Thief (Colin), Cult Leader

Voices: News Anchor, Mr Big

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Ben Willbond:

Physical Characters: Angry News Watcher, Thief, Christopher's Father (Mr. Payne)

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Final Character Scores:

Jim Howick: 46

Mathew Baynton: 37

Simon Farnaby: 27

Laurence Rickard: 48

Martha Howe-Douglas: 3

Ben Willbond: 51

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Larry makes a full run to second place with two points over Jim staying three points away from first place, still belonging to Ben.

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Vampire Circus (1972) Movie Review

Vampire Circus – Movie Review Director: Robert Young Writer: Jud Kinberg (Screenplay) Writer: George Baxt, Wilbur Stark (Story) Cast Adrienne Corri (Doctor Zhivago) Thorley Walters (Murder She Said) Anthony Higgins (Raiders of the Lost Ark) John Moulder-Brown Laurence Payne Plot: As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus.…