#Lente Burke

[shamballalin]

Did You Know What Jesus Said Between His Ages 12 to 30? Lent Is The Time To Learn All That Jesus Said

Have you ever made a puzzle with half of the pieces missing? Do you get the complete picture if half the puzzle is made? What if others made up what was in the missing pieces because it was too powerful for you to know, according to them? What if others scared you and your eternal Soul by saying those missing pieces were apocryphal, which only means hidden knowledge, not anti-Jesus, nor…

[kwebtv]

Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (/ˈdʒɛnə/; June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) Actress whose career in film, stage, and television spanned nearly seven decades. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she collaborated with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films.

Rowlands costarred with Paul Stewart in the 26-episode syndicated TV series Top Secret (1954–55). She guest-starred on such anthology television series as Robert Montgomery Presents, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Studio One, Appointment with Adventure, The United States Steel Hour, and Goodyear Television Playhouse, all in 1955. In 1959, Rowlands appeared in the Western series Laramie, alongside her husband John Cassavetes in the detective series Johnny Staccato, and in the Western series Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin. In 1961, she appeared in the adventure series The Islanders, set in the South Pacific, and in Target: The Corruptors!, starring Stephen McNally. She guest-starred in The Lloyd Bridges Show, the detective series 77 Sunset Strip, Kraft Suspense Theatre, the Westerns Bonanza and The Virginian, and Breaking Point, all in 1963. In 1964, she guest-starred in the medical drama Dr. Kildare and in two episodes of Burke's Law. She appeared in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, three of which were after the series had been renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. In 1967, she was cast as socialite Adrienne Van Leyden in the prime-time ABC soap opera Peyton Place.

In 1985, Rowlands played the mother in the critically acclaimed made-for-TV movie An Early Frost. She won an Emmy for her portrayal of former First Lady of the United States Betty Ford in the 1987 made-for-TV movie The Betty Ford Story

In 2002, Rowlands appeared in Mira Nair's HBO movie Hysterical Blindness, for which she won her third Emmy. Next year she appeared as Mrs. Hellman in an episode from the third season of Numb3rs. She played a Nazi survivor whose whole family was killed. The family owned a painting that the Nazis confiscated. Later on the painting reappeared. The new owner lent the painting to an art gallery in Los Angeles but while on display it was stolen. FBI. agent Don Eppes, played by Rob Morrow, tries to figure out what really happened.

In 2009, she appeared on an episode of Monk ("Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door"). On March 2, 2010, she appeared on an episode of NCIS as lead character Leroy Jethro Gibbs's former mother-in-law, who is embroiled in a murder investigation. (Wikipedia)

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[october-writes]

It took a few minutes for a booth to clear but when it did, Leon and Ada sank into their seats with muffled groans. The booth was... well if Leon was being polite he’d call it ‘cosy’. He had to readjust his legs under the table twice to keep from treading on Ada’s toes.

Ada. She’d barely looked at Leon on the drive up. In fact, she hadn’t said much at all since they’d left that alleyway in Evansville. He thought he’d caught her staring at him a few times, but otherwise all he was getting from her were waves of disquiet beneath a blanket of icy silence.

Their tender truce had barely begun and already he could feel her second-guessing her decision to join him on this hastily sketched-out crusade. He tried to think of something to say that would reassure her, but how could he? He wasn’t sure himself. All he knew was that he hadn’t slept in over twenty-four hours, he didn’t smell great and he still felt like a stranger in his own body and, sometimes, even in his own mind.

So Leon sat there, absently scratching his forearm and willing her to acknowledge his existence so he could begin to persuade her that he had a way out of this fucked-up situation. He opened his mouth, waiting for the words to fill them like rain blessing a dried riverbed.

‘Hi! Welcome to Burk’s!’ trilled their waitress, ‘May I take your order?’

Leon flinched so hard that his knees knocked into Ada’s underneath their tiny shared table. His head snapped up and he blinked at the young woman standing ready at their booth in all her candy-cane red and white glory.

Ada hadn’t moved an inch at the interruption. He sighed. They must look like they were auditioning for America’s Most Awkward First Dates .

Their waitress loomed over them with a curious and faintly guarded expression that suggested she had already clocked them as strangers; of the establishment as well as with each other. The woman was short, petite and looked to be in her early-thirties. She wore white sneakers, dirtied but with cute, stubby laces coated in pink and purple glitter. Her socks were white, but they didn’t match.

Her curly auburn hair was tussled, maybe windswept though she looked pale like she hadn’t been outside in days. Her crown was dotted with little white hairs, but they lent her a charming ethereal glow, which along with her wide freckled forehead and pale green eyes spoke of simple home comforts. Her nail polish was nibbled almost down to the cuticle. There was a greasy orange stain on her apron in roughly the shape of New Jersey. It looked like chilli sauce.

Leon’s gaze flickered to her name tag, ‘Hey, nice to meet you, uh... Christie . We just got here-’

‘I can read you the day’s specials,’ Christie announced, popping her hip as she began reciting them from memory, ‘Let’s see. We have the chef’s signature clam chowder served hot from eight AM to midnight. Or if you want breakfast, I can recommend our maple waffles with toasted hazelnuts and whipped vanilla bean cream with chocolate sauce-’

Leon studied Ada’s profile while their waitress sang the breakfast menu.

‘You know, I think we could both use a coffee,’ he said, turning to Christie with a lopsided smile.

Christie made a breathy ‘uh huh’ noise, her pink cheeks turning three shades darker. She plucked her pen from behind her ear.

‘Did you know Berk’s has the second best coffee in the state?’ she asked him, lowering her voice like this was exclusive gossip and she didn’t want the guys at the next booth to hear about it.

Leon leaned over the table and dropped the volume of his voice to match hers, ‘You know, Christie, that’s actually why we’re here...’

Her green eyes darted nervously around their booth, ‘Wait... really?’

‘Yeah, the two of us,’ Leon jabbed his thumb at Ada, ‘We make the third best coffee in the state. We’re here to scope out the competition. I’ll tip you whatever you want, but please don’t give us away!’

Christie’s eyes went wide and a laugh exploded from between her puckered lips like a gunshot. She almost dropped her pen, ‘Oh my God, you’re so funny!’

Ada let out a groan that was just loud enough for Leon to hear.

---

A sneak peek of Icarus, the WIP sequel to Pandora. Read the rest on Ao3.

[raisongardee]

"La cabale littéraire avait élaboré il y a un certain nombre d’années quelque chose comme un plan de campagne en vue de la destruction de la religion chrétienne. Ils poursuivaient ce dessein avec un zèle que l’on n’avait connu jusqu’ici que chez les apôtres de quelque système religieux. Ils étaient possédés de l’esprit de prosélytisme le plus fanatique ; et de là, ils en étaient venus tout naturellement à user, dans la mesure de leurs moyens, de la persécution. Ce qu’on ne pouvait pas faire directement et tout d’un coup pour arriver à la noble fin qu’on s’était proposée, on le tramait par des procédés plus lents, en travaillant sur l’opinion. Pour commander à l’opinion, le premier pas est d’assurer son empire sur ceux qui la dirigent. Leurs premiers soins furent donc de s’emparer avec méthode et avec persévérance de toutes les avenues qui conduisent à la gloire littéraire […] en faisant tous leurs efforts pour accaparer à leur seul profit et à celui de leurs adeptes toute réputation d’intelligence, de savoir et de goût. J’oserai dire même que cet esprit exclusif et étroit n’a pas été moins préjudiciable aux lettres et au goût qu’à la morale et à la vraie philosophie."

Edmund Burke, Réflexions sur la révolution de France, trad. Pierre Andler, 1790.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.25

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Dominican Republic)

Big Bang Theory Day

Choiseul Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Colt Revolver Day

Commedia dell’Arte Day

Coronado Day (Mexico)

Cuddle Day

Dag van de Revolutie (Day of Liberation and Innovation; Suriname)

Dance of the Secret Places

Day of Liberation and Innovation (Suriname)

Deinonychus Day

DNA Discovery Day

EDSA Revolution Day (Philippines)

Februaristaking (Netherlands)

Flag Day (Bangladesh)

George Harrison Day

Gray Day (Scotland)

High Five Day

Imam Ali Day (Iran)

International Cochlear Implant Day

Ireland Reads Day (Ireland)

Italian Buckthorn Day (French Republic)

Meher Baba Day

Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary)

National Billy Day

National Day (Kuwait)

National Don't Utter a Word Day

National Jessica Day

National Kathy Day

National Masturbation Day (Poland)

National Nicholas Day

National radio Day (Thailand)

National Reparations Awareness Day

Peace Memorial Holiday (Taiwan)

People Power Day (Anniversary of EDSA Revolution; Philippines)

Pistol Patent Day

Revolution Day (Suriname)

Russian Warship GFY Day

Quiet Day

Sister Wendy Day

Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia)

Time of the Old Woman begins (until March 4)

Tristan da Cunha (a.k.a. Queen’s Day, Saint Helena)

Women’s Day (Iceland)

World Bookmark Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day

Let's All Eat Right Day

National Chocolate-Covered Nuts Day

National Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day

National Clam Chowder Day

National Muffin Day

Tastykake Day

4th & Last Sunday in February

College Goal Sunday [Last Sunday]

Freedom Sunday [Last Sunday]

National Woman’s Day (original date; 1909) [Last Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 25 (4th Week)

Peace Corp Week [thru 3.2]

Telecommuter Appreciation Week [thru 3.2]

Independence & Related Days

Choiseul Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Kuwait (from UK, 1961)

Pigeon Island (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Texas Independence Day Celebration, Day 1 (of 2; Texas)

Festivals Beginning February 25, 2024

Popsicle Bridge Contest (Richmond, Virginia)

Tampa Bay Jewish Food Festival (Tampa Bay, Florida)

Feast Days

Æthelberht of Kent (1st Christian Anglo-Saxon King) [current date]

Anthony Burgess (Writerism)

Bd Robert of Arbrissel (Christian; Saint)

Burke Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Caesarius, Physician of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (Positivist; Blessed)

Dance of the Secret Places (Shamanism)

Day of Mut (Mother Goddess; Ancient Egypt)

Elizabeth Fedde (Lutheran Church)

Ethelbert of Kent (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Fflur (Celtic Book of Days)

Feast of the Blessed Regina Marriam of Vattalil (India)

Feast of Montu (Egyptian Falcon-Headed War God; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Feast of the Stinky Butts

Festival of Ptah (Ancient Egypt)

Gerland of Agrigento (Christian; Saint)

Giuseppe De Nittis (Artology)

Hare Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Hermie (Muppetism)

Jacques Philippe Caresme (Artology)

John Roberts, writer and missionary (Christian; Saint)

Kitano Baika-sai (Plum Blossom Festival; Kyoto, Japan; Shinto)

Maria Adeodata Pisani (Positivist; Blessed)

Media Hiems I (Pagan)

Octopus Enjoyment Day (Pastafarian)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Artology)

2nd Sunday in Lent (a.k.a. ... 

Reminiscere Sunday

The Transfiguration

Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Victornius and six companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Virgil (Positivist; Saint)

Walpurga (Christian; Saint; she was canonised on 5.1 c. 870 and Walpurgis Night is celebrated 4.30) [Crops]

Wendy Beckett (Christian; Sister) [Art]

Wenchang Wang Day (Chinese God of Literature)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [9 of 53]

Premieres

Belle Epoque (Film; 1994)

Boat Builders (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Boom at the Top or Bullwinkle Loses His Head (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 259; 1964)

Boris Talks to Himself or Mockingbird Heel (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 260; 1964)

Born to Peck (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1952)

The Bourne Ultimatum, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1990)

Broom-Stick Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Camelot (TV Series; 2011)

The Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saëns (Musical Suite; 1922)

The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1964)

Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger (WB MM Cartoon; 2020)

Drive Angry (Film; 2011)

Gold Rush Daze (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Hall Pass (Film; 2011)

Henry IV, Part 1, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1598)

In the Name of the Father (Film; 1993)

The Lady Eve (Film; 1941)

Little Earthquakes, by Tori Amos (Album; 1992)

Modern Times (Film; 1936)

The Mouse on 57th Street (WB MM Cartoon; 1961)

On the Beach, by Nevil Shute (Novel; 1957)

Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip, by TLC (Album; 1992)

The Passion of the Christ (Film; 2004)

Phoney Booths, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 37 & 38; 1967)

Please Please Me, by The Beatles (US Song; 1963)

Reindeer Games (Film; 2000)

Rubber Duckie, sung by Ernie (Song; 1970)

Slap Shot (Film; 1977)

Soldiers' Pay, by William Faulkner (Novel; 1926)

Songs from the Big Chair, by Tears for Fears (Album; 1985)

Superman: Red Son (WB Animated Film; 2020)

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle, by Carl Jung (Science Book; 1952)

Ten Summoner’s Tales, by Sting (Album; 1993)

Terror Island (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #24; 1965)

That’ll Be the Day, recorded by Buddy Holly (Song; 1957)

Vikings: Valhalla (TV Series; 2022)

Wonder Boys (Film; 2000)

Yes Minister (UK TV Series; 1980)

Your Show of Shows (TV Series; 1950)

Today’s Name Days

Walburga (Austria)

Berislav, Hrvoje, Nestorije (Croatia)

Liliana (Czech Republic)

Victorinus (Denmark)

Tormi, Tuule, Tuuli, Tuulike (Estonia)

Tuija, Tuire, Vanessa (Finland)

Roméo (France)

Edeltraud, Walburga (Germany)

Riginos, Tarasios, Tarsi (Greece)

Mátyás (Hungary)

Cesario, Costanza, Vittorino (Italy)

Alma, Grants, Zalga (Latvia)

Margiris, Rasa, Regimantas, Viktoras (Lithuania)

Viktor, Viktoria (Norway)

Bolebor, Cezary, Konstancjusz, Maciej, Małgorzata, Modest, Nicefor (Poland)

Tarasie (Romania)

Frederik (Slovakia)

Donato, Valerio (Spain)

Sigvard, Sivert (Sweden)

Artema, Artemis, Welden, Weldon (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 56 of 2024; 310 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 8 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 8 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 16 (Ji-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 16 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 15 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 26 Grey; Fryday [26 of 30]

Julian: 11 February 2024

Moon: 98%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 28 Homer (2nd Month) [Virgil]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 67 of 89)

Week: 4th Week of February

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 7 of 30)

[historyhermann]

"Carmen Sandiego": An Enthralling Animated Series [Part 5]

Continued from part 4

Carmen dancing along with the music to get inside a secure VILE facility, helped by her former partner, Gray, who makes sure energy fields are lowered so she isn't electrocuted

Carmen Sandiego is a unique series. It is different from the 1990s Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? series, as Carmen is the head of VILE, stealing objects, buildings, and other treasures for the thrill of it. She even travels through time, so she can acquire priceless artifacts. Although Zack and Ivy are still siblings in this iteration of the franchise, they are closer in age.

This article was originally meant for The Geekiary. I submitted the article in mid-August 2022, on August 16, and it got sent back for edits, and even after a long conversation with one of the editors, including re-submitting the article a second time, I decided to publish it on my own (see original post for details) It was published on my History Hermann WordPress blog on Jan. 2, 2023.

Furthermore, on Carmen Sandiego, Carmen is often only saved thanks to her athletic abilities. However, when she gets seriously injured, she rests and recovers. This makes the series more realistic so that Carmen isn't portrayed as some superhuman character.

This series has as much impact as Carmen's previous portrayals. She will remain a "symbol of cultural rebellion", a Latine role model, with her keen fashion sense, while remaining glamorous, smart, and cool. After all, she was reportedly based on Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda. In this series, she is a thief with a conscious, stealing from thieves who are stealing for financial gain.

Carmen Sandiego features many voice actors I'm familiar with. For example, Olagundoye voices characters in Cleopatra in Space, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Kid Cosmic, and Steven Universe. Rodriguez voiced Princess Marisa in Elena of Avalor. Lewis voiced LaBarbara Conrad in Futurama. Montano voiced characters in The Casagrandes, Cleopatra in Space, and The Ghost and Molly McGee.

Other voice actors have lent their voices to The Legend of Korra, Craig of the Creek, Spirit Riding Free, We Bare Bears, and The Owl House. Unlike other shows, the series has a relatively diverse cast.

These talents were put to good use in the series. There are witty one-liners and comedic moments. Unfortunately, the fact that two final seasons are short, resulted in limitations. For instance, the third season was only five episodes long, cutting short possible capers.

Only two episodes in the show's final, and fourth, season featured evil/manipulated Carmen. An expanded season could have included more episodes where Carmen is ruthless and unforgiving. It would have allowed her to have "really bad morals" as one song goes.

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Continued in part 6

[byneddiedingo]

Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess in Broken Blossoms (D.W. Griffith, 1919)

Cast: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, Edward Peil Sr., George Berenger, Nathan Selby. Screenplay: D.W. Griffith, based on a story by Thomas Burke. Cinematography: G.W. Bitzer. Film editing: James Smith.

The raw pathos of Broken Blossoms has probably never been equaled on film, thanks to three extraordinary performers. Lillian Gish is a known quantity, of course, but it's startling to see Donald Crisp as one of the most odious villains in film history. Crisp, whose film-acting career spanned more than fifty years, from the earliest silent shorts through his final performance in Spencer's Mountain (Delmer Daves, 1963), is best known today for fatherly and grandfatherly roles in How Green Was My Valley (John Ford, 1941), Lassie Come Home (Fred M. Wilcox, 1943), and National Velvet (Clarence Brown, 1944), but his performance as Battling Burrows is simply terrifying. As the cockney fighter, he displays a macho strut that might have influenced James Cagney. Richard Barthelmess is no less impressive as Cheng Huan, known in the film mostly as The Yellow Man. We have to make allowances for the stereotyping and the "yellowface" performance today, but Barthelmess (and Griffith) deserve some credit for ennobling the character, running counter to the widespread anti-Asian sentiments and fear of miscegenation in the era. Barthelmess, who became a matinee idol, makes The Yellow Man simultaneously creepy and sympathetic. And then there's Gish, who as usual throws herself (almost literally) into the role of the waif, Lucy. It's an astonishing performance that virtually defined film acting for at least the next decade, until sound came in and actors could rely on something other than their faces and bodies to communicate. True, some of her gestures lent themselves to parody, as when Buster Keaton steals Lucy's trick of pushing up the corners of her mouth to force a smile in Go West (1925), but parody is often the sincerest form of flattery.

[brookston]

Holidays 2.25

Holidays

Armed Forces Day (Dominican Republic)

Big Bang Theory Day

Choiseul Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Colt Revolver Day

Commedia dell’Arte Day

Coronado Day (Mexico)

Cuddle Day

Dag van de Revolutie (Day of Liberation and Innovation; Suriname)

Dance of the Secret Places

Day of Liberation and Innovation (Suriname)

Deinonychus Day

DNA Discovery Day

EDSA Revolution Day (Philippines)

Februaristaking (Netherlands)

Flag Day (Bangladesh)

George Harrison Day

Gray Day (Scotland)

High Five Day

Imam Ali Day (Iran)

International Cochlear Implant Day

Ireland Reads Day (Ireland)

Italian Buckthorn Day (French Republic)

Meher Baba Day

Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary)

National Billy Day

National Day (Kuwait)

National Don't Utter a Word Day

National Jessica Day

National Kathy Day

National Masturbation Day (Poland)

National Nicholas Day

National radio Day (Thailand)

National Reparations Awareness Day

Peace Memorial Holiday (Taiwan)

People Power Day (Anniversary of EDSA Revolution; Philippines)

Pistol Patent Day

Revolution Day (Suriname)

Russian Warship GFY Day

Quiet Day

Sister Wendy Day

Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia)

Time of the Old Woman begins (until March 4)

Tristan da Cunha (a.k.a. Queen’s Day, Saint Helena)

Women’s Day (Iceland)

World Bookmark Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day

Let's All Eat Right Day

National Chocolate-Covered Nuts Day

National Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day

National Clam Chowder Day

National Muffin Day

Tastykake Day

4th & Last Sunday in February

College Goal Sunday [Last Sunday]

Freedom Sunday [Last Sunday]

National Woman’s Day (original date; 1909) [Last Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 25 (4th Week)

Peace Corp Week [thru 3.2]

Telecommuter Appreciation Week [thru 3.2]

Independence & Related Days

Choiseul Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Kuwait (from UK, 1961)

Pigeon Island (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Texas Independence Day Celebration, Day 1 (of 2; Texas)

Festivals Beginning February 25, 2024

Popsicle Bridge Contest (Richmond, Virginia)

Tampa Bay Jewish Food Festival (Tampa Bay, Florida)

Feast Days

Æthelberht of Kent (1st Christian Anglo-Saxon King) [current date]

Anthony Burgess (Writerism)

Bd Robert of Arbrissel (Christian; Saint)

Burke Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Caesarius, Physician of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (Positivist; Blessed)

Dance of the Secret Places (Shamanism)

Day of Mut (Mother Goddess; Ancient Egypt)

Elizabeth Fedde (Lutheran Church)

Ethelbert of Kent (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Fflur (Celtic Book of Days)

Feast of the Blessed Regina Marriam of Vattalil (India)

Feast of Montu (Egyptian Falcon-Headed War God; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Feast of the Stinky Butts

Festival of Ptah (Ancient Egypt)

Gerland of Agrigento (Christian; Saint)

Giuseppe De Nittis (Artology)

Hare Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Hermie (Muppetism)

Jacques Philippe Caresme (Artology)

John Roberts, writer and missionary (Christian; Saint)

Kitano Baika-sai (Plum Blossom Festival; Kyoto, Japan; Shinto)

Maria Adeodata Pisani (Positivist; Blessed)

Media Hiems I (Pagan)

Octopus Enjoyment Day (Pastafarian)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Artology)

2nd Sunday in Lent (a.k.a. ... 

Reminiscere Sunday

The Transfiguration

Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Victornius and six companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Virgil (Positivist; Saint)

Walpurga (Christian; Saint; she was canonised on 5.1 c. 870 and Walpurgis Night is celebrated 4.30) [Crops]

Wendy Beckett (Christian; Sister) [Art]

Wenchang Wang Day (Chinese God of Literature)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [9 of 53]

Premieres

Belle Epoque (Film; 1994)

Boat Builders (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Boom at the Top or Bullwinkle Loses His Head (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 259; 1964)

Boris Talks to Himself or Mockingbird Heel (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 260; 1964)

Born to Peck (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1952)

The Bourne Ultimatum, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1990)

Broom-Stick Bunny (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Camelot (TV Series; 2011)

The Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saëns (Musical Suite; 1922)

The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1964)

Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

DC Showcase: The Phantom Stranger (WB MM Cartoon; 2020)

Drive Angry (Film; 2011)

Gold Rush Daze (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

Hall Pass (Film; 2011)

Henry IV, Part 1, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1598)

In the Name of the Father (Film; 1993)

The Lady Eve (Film; 1941)

Little Earthquakes, by Tori Amos (Album; 1992)

Modern Times (Film; 1936)

The Mouse on 57th Street (WB MM Cartoon; 1961)

On the Beach, by Nevil Shute (Novel; 1957)

Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip, by TLC (Album; 1992)

The Passion of the Christ (Film; 2004)

Phoney Booths, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 37 & 38; 1967)

Please Please Me, by The Beatles (US Song; 1963)

Reindeer Games (Film; 2000)

Rubber Duckie, sung by Ernie (Song; 1970)

Slap Shot (Film; 1977)

Soldiers' Pay, by William Faulkner (Novel; 1926)

Songs from the Big Chair, by Tears for Fears (Album; 1985)

Superman: Red Son (WB Animated Film; 2020)

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle, by Carl Jung (Science Book; 1952)

Ten Summoner’s Tales, by Sting (Album; 1993)

Terror Island (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #24; 1965)

That’ll Be the Day, recorded by Buddy Holly (Song; 1957)

Vikings: Valhalla (TV Series; 2022)

Wonder Boys (Film; 2000)

Yes Minister (UK TV Series; 1980)

Your Show of Shows (TV Series; 1950)

Today’s Name Days

Walburga (Austria)

Berislav, Hrvoje, Nestorije (Croatia)

Liliana (Czech Republic)

Victorinus (Denmark)

Tormi, Tuule, Tuuli, Tuulike (Estonia)

Tuija, Tuire, Vanessa (Finland)

Roméo (France)

Edeltraud, Walburga (Germany)

Riginos, Tarasios, Tarsi (Greece)

Mátyás (Hungary)

Cesario, Costanza, Vittorino (Italy)

Alma, Grants, Zalga (Latvia)

Margiris, Rasa, Regimantas, Viktoras (Lithuania)

Viktor, Viktoria (Norway)

Bolebor, Cezary, Konstancjusz, Maciej, Małgorzata, Modest, Nicefor (Poland)

Tarasie (Romania)

Frederik (Slovakia)

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[biglisbonnews]

Marta Del Rio Lends Her Avant-Garde Eye to KitchenAid Marta Del Rio has been styling and crafting some of the most memorable looks for artists and pop culture icons for years, from Lady Gaga to Billie Eilish and Paris Hilton. But she’s also lent her creative chops to consumer brands like Apple, Estee Lauder and Fendi, making her a fitting partner for new territory like kitchen appliances.This week, Del Rio is unveiling a stylish new project that’s been in the works with KitchenAid, the brand known for equipping kitchen lovers with all kinds of essentials. In partnership with Whirlpool’s in-house agency, WoW Studios, together they designed a capsule collection of seven one-of-a-kind designs inspired by KitchenAid’s most iconic products: the Artisan Stand Mixer and K400 Blender.Both products are being released in a new Hibiscus shade, which KitchenAid has named its 2023 Color of the Year. (Past KitchenAid Colors of the Year have included Beetroot and Honey.) Hibiscus, a vivid fuschia shade with a matte finish, was chosen for its nod to the Hibiscus flower and the global resurgence of maximalism."We’ve been tracking the evolution of the color pink since 2017," said Brittni Pertijs, lead color, material & finish designer of KitchenAid. “Beginning with Millennial Pink and advancing to deeper hues as of late, pink is bringing boldness to life in its color and energy. We took that as the spark to create Hibiscus. Hibiscus is a color that draws us to something exciting.” Del Rio’s collection, which will be presented on the eve of New York Fashion Week on February 9, features sculptural, strong and avant-garde (her signature) silhouettes and is rendered entirely in that Hibiscus colorway. It merges industrial and organic references with the distinct lines and curves of KitchenAid appliances.“KitchenAid is a brand with an instantly recognizable design language, which made celebrating the new Hibiscus color a natural fit,” said Del Rio. She also invited a group of New York’s emerging fashion vanguard to each create a full look inspired by Hibiscus as well as KitchenAid’s design language. The guest designers include Jackson Wiederhoeft, Tara Babylon, Tia Adeola, Bach Mai and Man Made Skins.“It was a pleasure to be able to invite five New York-based fashion labels to expand this core collection,” Del Rio adds. “Each of their custom editions for this project showcases their design hallmarks and celebrates the KitchenAid Color of the Year, Hibiscus.”STAND MIXER: ®/™ ©2023 KitchenAid. The design of the stand mixer is a trademark in the U.S. and elsewhere. All rights reserved.BLENDER OR WHERE THERE IS NO MIXER: ®/™ ©2023 KitchenAid. All rights reserved. Photography: Thom Kerr DP: Mylo Butler Design and Styling: Marta Del Rio Hair: John Novotny Makeup: Ryan Burke Nails: Juan Alvear Set design: Bijan Souri Models: Dom Robinson, Gloria Tang, Iman Sukalo, Nathaniel Brunner Guest designers: Bach Mai, ManMadeSkins, Tara Babylon, Tia Adeola and Wiederhoeft Assistant director: Daniel Hanson Photo assistant: Aubrey Wipfli Digitech: Matthew Ramos Gaffer: Cole Frasher Key grip: Jonathan Arevalo 1st assistant camera: Ginny Taglia Hair assistant: Miss Kam Makeup assistant: Aura Flores Nails assistant: Vito Pelleccia Styling assistants: Miguel Sanchez and Kristtian Chévere Tailor: Christoforos Kotentos Set design assistant: Adam Velarde Creative services: Eric Vidmar Food styling: Tom Karole Creative production: Will Foster Production coordinators: Elise Sullivan and Chelsea Wooten Production assistants: Errinn Abrams and Kaitlyn Fitzpatrick Editor in chief: Justin Moran VP production: Katie Karole https://www.papermag.com/kitchenaid-marta-del-rio-2659390672.html

[truepdf]

When “Frankenstein” appeared in 1818 it was well known that the medical profession lent silent support to the grave-robbing gangs who regulary sold the surgeons newly-buried bodies for dissection. This “resurection trade” led to the sensational Burke and Hare case, which revealed that the bodies of murder victims had been pased to the Edinburgh surgeon Dr Robert Knox with his connivance. This work demonstrates that the third edition of “Frankenstein”, appearing in 1831, acquires a remarkable range of new meanings from these developments. Marshall’s particular historical focus is the Anatomy Act of 1832, which ended the grave-robbin trade by permitting the use of unclaimed pauper bodies for dissection. He argues that “Frankenstein” and the Anatomy Act can be seen as twins, one in the world of the imagination, the other in the realms of legilation. “Frankenstein” and a range of affiliated literature is read alongside accounts of medical, legal and political/social history. Drawing on work by Ruth Richardson, Elias Canetti and Karl Polyani, Marshall assembles the early-19th century’s fictional commentary on the changing and troubled status of the medical profession.

[notjeffthompson]

He'd been in London for five years now and felt comfortable with the persona he'd built up for everyone. He had a unique set of skills which had lent themselves perfectly to this mission, which is why he had volunteered in the first place. Jack had to fully become Jeffrey Thompson for this plan to work and for the last five years it has been working, being a death eater and working at Borgin & Burke's, but he was wondering how much longer he would have to keep this facade up and act fascinated and not disgusted by the Death eaters and their goals. A small smile played at his lips at Estelle's compliment, amusement visible in his expression. "I've never been compared to a flower before, such a compliment fits far better in regards to a beautiful witch such as yourself. Although a simple flower holds nothing in comparison to you. Perhaps one dipped in gold."

who: open to all where: ministry of magic event: ministry spring gala 1979

Events such as this one were ever a reminder of the many other events and parties the young witch had attended all throughout her life, always playing along with a smile. Generally, Estelle didn’t matter the crowds, the buzzing of things and of course the chatter. People were so utterly distracted and happy to chitter chatter away at it without a second thought. Perhaps that was where her lack of reluctance to attend came from? The blonde scanned the crowd in front of her, eyes roaming politely before she spotted the bar. Only just having arrived it wouldn’t suit to make her way there, yet she could tell from the small crowd near it, the increased density that it certainly was a popular place. An event such as this, who could she blame?

The witch took a few steps, greeting people here and there as she usually would. One could mistake her for a social butterfly. And perhaps, to a degree she was. Estelle herself would not have chosen those words yet her face lit up with a smile each time she came across a familiar face. It was hard to tell if mask or simple truth; only she herself would let that be know. A closely guarded secret. And then she spotted someone of actual interest. “Look at you! Like a flower fresh into blooming, hm?” A compliment usually went a long way, whether the truth or not. Estelle would always try her best to play nice; play only.

[theraccolta]

Cardinal Burke at Santissima Trinita in Rome

[usernoneexistent]

A/N: Welcome to day and the prompt is ‘hat’ and we have Eulin on a date. I love these two and I've realised they're my only non-Ravenclaw x Gryffindor, whoops.

Characters mentioned: Albert Burke @madelineorionswan and Lysander Mercury @slytherindisaster

Warnings: mentions of class discrimination.

Colin waited as he fixed up his best casual suit. Well, more like on loan. His best friend, Bertie had lent the suit for Colin as he wanted to look his best for his sweetheart, Euphemia Macnair. Colin was ashamed with the lack of good-looking suits that he owned. Though Lysander Mercury, his half-sister's maternal cousin and fellow dorm mate overheard and wanted the details of his secret meeting. Colin paled at the thought of telling how his date went to the guy who spread the rumours that his father was a werewolf.

He looked at the table he had prepared with a simple lunch in the empty herbology greenhouse six. He has been fostering a relationship with the house-elves who allowed him to take some leftovers sandwiches. He wanted to help the house-elves have better working conditions and pay; however, many of them shook their heads and told the strange blue-haired boy they were happy with their work at Hogwarts.

Greenhouse six has become a regular place for them to meet privately. They knew that nobody except the Herbology N.E.W.Ts students used them before six in the evening.

“Collie?” A soft voice entered the greenhouse. A girl, Euphemia Macnair, entered in cautiously, closing the door behind her. She wore a light lacy dress with a woven hat covered in dainty white flowers.

“I’m here-ah!” Colin nervously bumped into the table, rattling it.

“Colin? Are you alright?” Euphemia rushed over. Colin quickly hushed her, “shh, I’m alright, Phemmy.”

Euphemia nodded silently. They had to find more and more hiding spots, so her older brother, Clyde, couldn’t find her unaccompanied with a ‘commoner’ and a ‘Moss’ on top of that. They knew they must tell her family one day, but today was not the day.

Colin pulled out the metal garden chair gesturing to her to sit down. Euphemia blushed slightly at the gesture. He always made sure to treat her like a gentleman should, with dignity and equal respect.

“I only have sandwiches and tea cakes,” he said with a hint of embarrassment. Euphemia held his hand and reassured with a smile. She knew how little he had and how much he tried to make her happy. “I can’t wait to try them.”

“I would have liked to bring tea too but that would be a little too obvious,” Colin chuckled a little.

She put her hat down; some loose auburn brown locks framed her soft face, “we would not want my brother to find us. Oh, did I tell you that what happened in Herbology class earlier today?”

Colin shook his head, allowing his floppy blue hair in his eyes. “No, you didnae but do tell me what happened?”

He looked at her like a love-struck cruppy, tenderly listening to her reenact the story of how a Chinese chomping cabbage mistakenly mistook a student’s hand as a snack. Luckily, the student managed to get their hand away in time. His hazel eyes pierced her grey blue though Colin would argue they’re  more blue, almost like forget-me-nots. Hours crept by before they realised how long they have been there. He sneaked his hand out to shyly offer it to Euphemia, and she gladly returned and held his hand across the table. He softly laughed along with her before, in the corner of his eyes, he noticed a shadowy figure.

“Is anyone there?” The familiar posh accent was clear, and her grey blue eyes turned stormy in horror. It was Clyde, her older brother doing his duty on night watch as a prefect. Colin checked his cracked watch and realised they were past their curfew.

“We need to leave now,” he whispered quietly and quickly, getting them both out of their chairs. They watched his movements drawing closer to the front door. They left through the back door, listening as they heard Clyde enter inside while creeping past him.

“Oi, you two!”

They were seen. Euphemia grabbed Colin’s hand, “We need to run now!”

With one hand holding up her dress, the other dragging her sweetheart back inside the castle. Their footsteps echoed loudly in the corridors as they ran downstairs to Hogwarts’ lower levels.

“Collie, go inside!” Euphemia said breathlessly as they passed the kitchens where the Hufflepuff’s common room was located. The big wooden round door stared at them. But Colin shook in refusal at the Euphemia’s command.

“No Phemmy. I want tae accompany you to the Slytherin common room tae make sure that you arrived safely. Especially with yer brother on our tail.” He fiddled with his fingers, “And if in the case that he is there, I will take the responsibility for accompanying you alone.”

“You really don't have too, Collie. I know how to handle my brother,” she mentioned as they walked towards the dungeons. Euphemia intertwined her fingers with Colin’s as they got closer to the Slytherin common rooms. He knew that she was nervous until they reached the entrance. A plain stone wall inconspicuous to passersby. Euphemia said the password, and the wall opened, but before heading in, she gave Colin a small peck on his cheek, still holding his hand.

“I’ll see you tomorrow at herbology club.”

“See you then, goodnight and sweet dreams.” Colin blushed.

“Goodnight,” Euphemia said as she finally let go of him.

Colin managed to sneak back to the Hufflepuff common rooms undetected. He was greeted by Lysander, eagerly waiting for the juicy details and Bertie, worried about him pacing about like a mother. Colin thought, despite the close call, that he and Euphemia were off the hook, but what they didn’t realise was Euphemia’s hat was left in greenhouse six.

[virtuouslibertines69]

"Burke: “the feeling of the sublime is grounded on the impulse towards self-preservation and on fear, i.e., on a pain [...] capable of producing delight; not pleasure but a sort of delightful horror.” A delightful horror — this is the paradoxical affect that stimulates a person who says to himself, I know it’s wrong but I’ll do it anyway. Horror comes from the cognizance of wrongdoing, delight from transgression of the same. Voluptuous Panic." - Supervert, Perversity Think Tank

Quando Sogno Sogni Morti by Lente Scura

[teamhawkeye]

Can I hear more about “AU” please? 😁

so the idea was "Anna wakes up/returns from the canon end of FC/5 and is dropped right back at the moment of the arrest from the start of the game" and then it was where she would progress with all the knowledge she has from her time in the Resistance and whether or not the Collapse was truly inevitable or not

It took several solid pushes and kicks into the bunker’s doors to get them to budge. There was a growing fear that Joseph would wake from the noise and come to try and stop her, and it lent desperation to her struggle to get the metal to give way. With one last aching push, the doors inched forward with a squeal. Bishop dug her heels in and used the building momentum to force them open further, panting with the exertion.

The light bleeding through the opening was blinding – an unnatural white that left her eyes tearing up at its radiance. It didn’t deter her in the slightest, however from stepping into it once there was enough space to slip through the doors-

_____________________

The light faded, revealing a darkened space with several indistinct shapes before her. Bishop blinked to adjust to the change, eyes slowly taking in the scene sharpening into focus.

There was no outdoors to be seen. Joseph Seed stood before her, hands stretched above his head as he reached heavenward within the confines of his church. His siblings stood behind him, alive and well, staring at her intently. Bishop’s breath hitched as her eyes connected with John’s-

“Step forward.”

She jolted at the Marshal’s voice, head whipping towards him to see him practically sneering at Joseph. It had been some time since she’d dreamed of Cameron Burke, and often it was of his last moments at the Jail before he…he-

Here he was, strong - standing tall with indignant rage and a touch of arrogance. Just as she remembered him being the first time this scenario had played out in full…

“-And I saw.”

Joseph leveled Burke with the full weight of his unflinching stare before swinging his gaze over to the Sheriff on her other side.

“And behold, it was a white horse…”

Bishop barely had a moment to take in the sight of Whitehorse for herself before the Father’s gaze landed on her and held. It took her breath away, just as before – how he seemed to stare into her very soul and lay bare all her secrets, all her demons, weighing and measuring them himself.

“…And Hell followed with him.”

It was the night of the arrest – that fateful day that had kicked off the conflict between the Project and the Resistance. The calm before the storm that was the Collapse that saw the world end in fire and brimstone…

“Rookie, cuff this son of a bitch.”

She had dreamed of this moment over and over and over…always wondering just what she could have done differently to avert what came next. The unconscious plane was never kind to her: no matter how much she begged and pleaded for another outcome, it always ended the same way. She handcuffed Joseph and the whole world was doomed because of it.

His eyes were unflinching, staring into her very soul, as always. But this time, it felt…different. In all other dreams, Joseph seemed omniscient – already resigned to the choice she would make in the coming minutes and waiting patiently for her to put the bracelets on him.

Now…now he seemed to be staring at her as if she still had a choice.

…did she? Could it be…?

“God will not let you take me…”

He’s right, she wanted to say aloud, feeling herself quiver under the weight of his gaze. We need to leave-.

“Rook, put the cuffs on him.”

[timeless-hollywood-classics]

Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis; August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamorous actresses of her day, nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor" because she photographed so well in that medium.

Fleming was born Marilyn Louis in Hollywood, California, to Harold Cheverton Louis, an insurance salesman, and Effie Graham, a stage actress who had appeared opposite Al Jolson in the musical Dancing Around at New York's Winter Garden Theatre from 1914 to 1915. Fleming's maternal grandfather was John C. Graham, an actor, theater owner, and newspaper editor in Utah.

She began working as a film actress while attending Beverly Hills High School, from which she graduated in 1941. She was discovered by the well-known Hollywood agent Henry Willson, who changed her name to "Rhonda Fleming".

"It's so weird", Fleming said later. "He stopped me crossing the street. It kinda scared me a little bit -- I was only 16 or 17. He signed me to a seven-year contract without a screen test. It was a Cinderella story, but those could happen in those days."

Fleming's agent Willson went to work for David O. Selznick, who put her under contract.[5][6] She had bit parts in In Old Oklahoma (1943), Since You Went Away (1944) for Selznick, and in When Strangers Marry (1944).

She received her first substantial role in the thriller, Spellbound (1945), produced by Selznick and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. "Hitch told me I was going to play a nymphomaniac", Fleming said later. "I remember rushing home to look it up in the dictionary and being quite shocked." The film was a success and Selznick gave her another good role in the thriller The Spiral Staircase (1946), directed by Robert Siodmak.

Selznick lent her out to appear in supporting parts in the Randolph Scott Western Abilene Town (1946) at United Artists and the film noir classic Out of the Past (1947) with Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas, at RKO, where she played a harried secretary.

Fleming's first leading role came in Adventure Island (1947), a low-budget action film made for Pine-Thomas Productions at Paramount Pictures in the two-color Cinecolor process and co-starring fellow Selznick contractee Rory Calhoun.

Fleming then auditioned for the female lead in a Bing Crosby film, a part Deanna Durbin turned down at Paramount in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), a musical loosely based on the story by Mark Twain. Fleming exhibited her singing ability, dueting with Crosby on "Once and For Always" and soloing with "When Is Sometime". They recorded the songs for a three-disc, 78-rpm Decca album, conducted by Victor Young, who wrote the film's orchestral score. Her vocal coach in Hollywood, Harriet Lee, praised her "lovely voice", saying, "she could be a musical comedy queen". The movie was Fleming's first Technicolor film. Her fair complexion and flaming red hair photographed exceptionally well and she was nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor", a moniker not worth much to her as she would have preferred to be known for her acting. Actress Maureen O'Hara expressed a similar sentiment when the same nickname was given to her around this time.

She then played another leading role opposite a comedian, in this case Bob Hope, in the The Great Lover (1949). It was a big hit and Fleming was established. "After that, I wasn't fortunate enough to get good directors", said Fleming. "I made the mistake of doing lesser films for good money. I was hot – they all wanted me – but I didn't have the guidance or background to judge for myself."

In February 1949, Selznick sold his contract players to Warner Bros, but he kept Fleming.

In 1950 she portrayed John Payne's love interest in The Eagle and the Hawk, a Western.

Fleming was lent to RKO to play a femme fatale opposite Dick Powell in Cry Danger (1951), a film noir. Back at Paramount, she played the title role in a Western with Glenn Ford, The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951).

In 1950, she ended her association with Selznick after eight years, though her contract with him had another five years to run.

Fleming signed a three-picture deal with Paramount. Pine-Thomas used her as Ronald Reagan's leading lady in a Western, The Last Outpost (1951), John Payne's leading lady in the adventure film Crosswinds (1951), and with Reagan again in Hong Kong (1951).

She sang on NBC's Colgate Comedy Hour during the same live telecast that featured Errol Flynn, on September 30, 1951, from the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood.

Fleming was top-billed for Sam Katzman's The Golden Hawk (1952) with Sterling Hayden, then was reunited with Reagan for Tropic Zone (1953) at Pine-Thomas. In 1953, Fleming portrayed Cleopatra in Katzman's Serpent of the Nile for Columbia. That same year, she filmed a western with Charlton Heston at Paramount, Pony Express (1953), and two films shot in three dimensions (3-D), Inferno with Robert Ryan at Fox, and the musical Those Redheads From Seattle with Gene Barry, for Pine-Thomas. The following year, she starred with Fernando Lamas in Jivaro, her third 3-D release, at Pine-Thomas. She went to Universal for Yankee Pasha (1954) with Jeff Chandler. Fleming also traveled to Italy to play Semiramis in Queen of Babylon (1954).

Fleming was part of a gospel singing quartet with Jane Russell, Connie Haines, and Beryl Davis.

Much of the location work for Fleming's 1955 Western Tennessee's Partner, in which she played Duchess opposite John Payne as Tennessee and Ronald Reagan as Cowpoke, was filmed at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California, (known as the most heavily filmed outdoor location in the history of film and television). A distinctive monolithic sandstone feature behind which Fleming (as Duchess) hid during an action sequence, later became known as the Rhonda Fleming Rock. The rock is part of a section of the former movie ranch known as "Garden of the Gods", which has been preserved as public parkland.

Fleming was reunited with Payne and fellow redhead Arlene Dahl in a noir at RKO, Slightly Scarlet (1956). She did other thrillers that year; The Killer Is Loose (1956) with Joseph Cotten and Fritz Lang's While the City Sleeps (1956), co-starring Dana Andrews, at RKO. Fleming was top billed in an adventure movie for Warwick Films, Odongo (1956).

Fleming had the female lead in John Sturges's Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) co-starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, a big hit. She supported Donald O'Connor in The Buster Keaton Story (1957) and Stewart Granger in Gun Glory (1957) at MGM.

In May 1957, Fleming launched a nightclub act at the Tropicana in Las Vegas. It was a tremendous success. "I just wanted to know if I could get out on that stage – if I could do it. And I did! ... My heart was to do more stage work, but I had a son, so I really couldn't, but that was in my heart."

Fleming was Guy Madison's co star in Bullwhip (1958) for Allied Artists, and supported Jean Simmons in Home Before Dark (1958), which she later called her favorite role ("It was a marvellous stretch", she said).

Fleming was reunited with Bob Hope in Alias Jesse James (1959) and did an episode of Wagon Train.

She was in the Irwin Allen/Joseph M. Newman production of The Big Circus (1959), co-starring Victor Mature and Vincent Price. This was made for Allied Artists, whom Fleming later sued for unpaid profits.

Fleming travelled to Italy again to make The Revolt of the Slaves (1959) and was second billed in The Crowded Sky (1960).

In 1960, she described herself as "semi-retired", having made money in real estate investments. That year she toured her nightclub act in Las Vegas and Palm Springs.

During the 1950s, 1960s, and into the 1970s, Fleming frequently appeared on television with guest-starring roles on The Red Skelton Show, The Best of Broadway, The Investigators, Shower of Stars, The Dick Powell Show, Wagon Train, Burke's Law, The Virginian, McMillan & Wife, Police Woman, Kung Fu, Ellery Queen, and The Love Boat.

In 1958, Fleming again displayed her singing talent when she recorded her only LP, entitled simply Rhonda (reissued in 2008 on CD as Rhonda Fleming Sings Just For You). In this album, which was released by Columbia Records, she blended then-current songs like "Around The World" with standards such as "Love Me or Leave Me" and "I've Got You Under My Skin". Conductor-arranger Frank Comstock provided the musical direction.

On March 4, 1962, Fleming appeared in one of the last segments of ABC's Follow the Sun in a role opposite Gary Lockwood. She played a Marine in the episode, "Marine of the Month".

In December 1962, Fleming was cast as the glamorous Kitty Bolton in the episode, "Loss of Faith", on the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews. In the story line, Kitty pits Joe Phy (Jim Davis) and Peter Gabriel (Don Collier) to run against each other for sheriff of Pima County, Arizona. Violence results from the rivalry.

In the 1960s, Fleming branched out into other businesses and began performing regularly on stage and in Las Vegas.

One of her final film appearances was in a bit-part as Edith von Secondburg in the comedy The Nude Bomb (1980) starring Don Adams. She also appeared in Waiting for the Wind (1990).

Fleming has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2007, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her.

Fleming worked for several charities, especially in the field of cancer care, and served on the committees of many related organizations. In 1991, her fifth husband, Ted Mann, and she established the Rhonda Fleming Mann Clinic for Women's Comprehensive Care at the UCLA Medical Center.

In 1964, Fleming spoke at the "Project Prayer" rally attended by 2,500 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The gathering, which was hosted by Anthony Eisley, a star of ABC's Hawaiian Eye series, sought to flood the United States Congress with letters in support of mandatory school prayer, following two decisions in 1962 and 1963 of the United States Supreme Court, which struck down mandatory school prayer as conflicting with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Joining Fleming and Eisley at the rally were Walter Brennan, Lloyd Nolan, Dale Evans, Pat Boone, and Gloria Swanson. Fleming declared, "Project Prayer is hoping to clarify the First Amendment to the Constitution and reverse this present trend away from God." Eisley and Fleming added that John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Roy Rogers, Mary Pickford, Jane Russell, Ginger Rogers, and Pat Buttram would also have attended the rally had their schedules not been in conflict.

Fleming married six times:

Thomas Wade Lane, interior decorator, (1940–1942; divorced), one son

Dr. Lewis V. Morrill, Hollywood physician, (July 11, 1952 – 1954; divorced)

Lang Jeffries, actor, (April 3, 1960 – January 11, 1962; divorced)

Hall Bartlett, producer (March 27, 1966 – 1972; divorced)

Ted Mann, producer, (March 11, 1977 – January 15, 2001; his death)

Darol Wayne Carlson (2003 – October 31, 2017; his death)

Through her son Kent Lane (b. 1941), Rhonda also had two granddaughters (Kimberly and Kelly), four great-grandchildren (Wagner, Page, Lane, and Cole), and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was a Presbyterian and a Republican who supported Dwight Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election.

Fleming died on October 14, 2020, in Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California, at the age of 97. She is interred at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California.