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Love in a Cold Climate

PRIDE & PREJUDICE The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Saturday 23rd September 2023 Cited by many people as their favourite book, Jane Austen’s masterpiece is quintessential romantic comedy to the stage by director James David Knapp, who has also scripted the adaptation.  It begins with Elizabeth narrating that famous opening paragraph, but she is interrupted by her mother, Mrs Bennet, running on…

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Sir Lewis Hamilton backstage at Cats with Nicole Scherzinger, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn (2014)

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270 - Sister Act (Patreon Selects)

All January we'll be doing a series we call Patreon Selects with episodes chosen by members of our sponsor-level tier on Patreon (and they'll be sharing their Oscar origin stories too)! First up is 1992's megasmash musical comedy Sister Act! Originally designed as a showcase for Bette Midler, the film became a starring vehicle for Whoopi Goldberg hot off of her Oscar win for Ghost. With Whoopi as an on-the-run lounge singer who hides out in a convent and turns the church's choir into a sensation, the film won the affection of audiences but not an Academy with a tricky relationship with comedy.

This episode, we talk about Whoopi's career from theatre breakthrough to movie star to Oscar host. We also talk about Dame Maggie Smith's two Oscar wins, the career of writer Paul Rudnick (who took his name off the film), and the divine Mary Wickes.

Topics also include Hook, Nuns Having Fun, and the MTV Movie Awards.

Links:

The 1992 Academy Awards

Vulture Movies Fantasy League

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WATCHLIST 2023: Sister Act

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Birthdays 10.20

Beer Birthdays

Johan Sohn (1817)

Rose Ann Finkel

Phil Leinhart (1961)

Sean Paxton (1972)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Bill Chase; jazz trumpeter (1934)

Charles Ives; composer (1874)

Wanda Jackson; country singer (1937)

Mickey Mantle; New York Yankees OF (1931)

Christopher Wren; English architect (1632)

Famous Birthdays

Herschel Bernardi; actor (1923)

Joyce Brothers; psychologist, columnist (1928)

Art Buchwald; journalist (1925)

James Chadwick; English physicist (1891)

William Christopher; actor (1932)

Frederick Dannay; writer (1905)

John Dewey; philosopher, educator (1859)

Snoop Dogg; rapper (1972)

Arlene Francis; actor (1907)

Lewis Grizzard; comedian (1946)

Thomas Hughes; English writer (1823)

Grandpa Jones; country singer, comedian (1913)

Bela Lugosi; actor (1882)

Juan Marichal; San Francisco Giants P (1937)

Viggo Mortensen; actor (1958)

Jelly Roll Morton; jazz pianist (1890)

Bill Nunn; actor (1953)

Jerry Orbach; actor (1935)

Tom Petty; rock singer, songwriter (1953)

Arthur Rimbaud; French writer (1854)

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Février MMXXIV

Films

Maigret voit rouge (1963) de Gilles Grangier avec Jean Gabin, Michel Constantin, Vittorio Sanipoli, Paul Frankeur, Guy Decomble, Françoise Fabian, Paulette Dubost, Laurence Badie, Roland Armontel et Jacques Dynam

L’Étau (Topaz) (1969) d'Alfred Hitchcock avec Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, Claude Jade, Michel Subor, Karin Dor, John Vernon, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret et John Forsythe

Flic Story (1975) de Jacques Deray avec Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger, Maurice Biraud, André Pousse, Mario David et Paul Crauchet

Poupoupidou (2011) de Gérald Hustache-Mathieu avec Jean-Paul Rouve, Sophie Quinton, Guillaume Gouix, Olivier Rabourdin, Joséphine de Meaux, Arsinée Khanjian, Clara Ponsot et Éric Ruf

Air Force One (1997) de Wolfgang Petersen avec Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy et Dean Stockwell

Bob Marley: One Love (2024) de Reinaldo Marcus Green avec Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Henry Douthwaite, Sevana, Hector Lewis et Tosin Cole

Sister Act (1992) d'Emile Ardolino avec Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nunn et Robert Miranda

Astérix : Le Domaine des dieux (2014) d'Alexandre Astier et Louis Clichy avec Roger Carel, Lorànt Deutsch, Guillaume Briat, Alexandre Astier, Alain Chabat, Élie Semoun, Géraldine Nakache, Artus de Penguern, Lionnel Astier et François Morel

Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia (2024) de Stefano Mordini avec Riccardo Scamarcio, Daniel Brühl, Volker Bruch, Katie Clarkson-Hill, Esther Garrel, Gianmaria Martini : Hannu Mikkola et Haley Bennett

Buster (1988) de David Green avec Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb, Stephanie Lawrence, Ellie Beaven, Michael Attwell, Ralph Brown et Anthony Quayle

Laura (1944) d'Otto Preminger avec Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams et Lane Chandler

Séries

Affaires sensibles

Présidentielle de 1995 : un scandale d'Etat - Michèle Mouton, le Groupe B et les Finlandais volants - Les Ecoutes de la République - La secte du temple solaire, le drame d’une société secrète - Munich 1972 : destin tragique d'un rêve olympique - Les révoltés des Jeux olympiques - Le crash de la Germanwings - Alexandre Litvinenko, victime d’un permis de tuer - Martin Luther King : la naissance d’une icône - Martin Luther King : du rêve au cauchemar - Dans l'ombre de Gérard Lebovici - Macron 2017, le traitre méthodique - Kurt Cobain, portrait d’une génération - Crash au mont Saint Odile

Maguy Saison 1

Rose et Marguerite, c'est le bouquet - Babar et Bécassine se mènent en bateau - Docteur j'abuse - L'union fait le divorce - L'annonce faite à Maguy - Le coupe-Georges - Amoral, morale et demie - Cinquante bougies, ça vous éteint ! - A visage redécouvert'' - Le serment d'hypocrite - Tu me trompes ou je me trompe ? - Comment boire sans déboires - Un veuf brouillé - Le père Noël dans ses petits souliers - L'emprunt ruse - Tous les couples sont permis - L'amant de la famille - Travail, famille, pas triste - Blague de fiançailles - Macho, boulot, dodo - Mi-flic, mi-raisin - Trop polyvalent pour être honnête - La traîtresse de maison - Les trois font la paire - Un grain peut en cacher un autre - La quittance déloyale - Belle-mère, tel fils - Manège à quatre - Comme un neveu sur la soupe - Toutou, mais pas ça ! - A corde et à cri - Jamais deux sans quatre - L'amant comme il respire - Le chômage, ça vous travaille ? - La faillite nous voilà ! - Le divin divan - Toubib or not toubib - L'écolo est fini - Loto, route du bonheur

La croisière s'amuse Saison 2

Un contrat en or - Le Magicien - Copie confuse - Un travail d'équipe - Accrochez-vous au bastingage - Le Célèbre Triangle - Joyeux Anniversaire : première partie - Il y a si longtemps déjà - Passion - Un coup de roulis - Docteur, vous êtes fou - La Petite Illusion - Donne moi ma chance - Qui vivra verra - Réunion de travail : deuxième partie - Méfiez vous de votre meilleure amie - Vague à l'âme - L'amour est aveugle - Chassé croisé

Downton Abbey Saison 6

À l'aube d'un nouveau monde - Le Piège des émotions - En pleine effervescence - Une histoire moderne - Plus de peur que de mal - En toute franchise - Aller de l'avant - Les Sœurs ennemies - Le Plus Beau des cadeaux

Kaamelott Livre IV

Le Jeu de la guerre - Le Rêve d’Ygerne - Les Chaperons - L’Habitué - Le Camp romain - L’Usurpateur - Loth et le Graal - Le Paladin - Perceval fait ritournelle - La Dame et le Lac - Beaucoup de bruit pour rien - L’Ultimatum - Le Oud II - La Répétition - Le Discours - Le Choix de Gauvain - Fluctuat nec mergitur - Le Face-à-face : première partie - Le Face-à-face : deuxième partie - L’Entente cordiale - L’Approbation - Alone in the Dark II - La Blessure d’Yvain - Corpore sano II - L’Enchanteur - Les Bien Nommés - La Prisonnière - Les Paris III - Les Plaques de dissimulation - Le Vice de forme - Le Renoncement première partie - Le Renoncement deuxième partie - L’Inspiration - Les Endettés - Double Dragon - Le Sauvetage - Le Désordre et la Nuit

Coffre à Catch

#153 : Finlay, le retour ! - #154 : Gloire aux Heels ! - #155 : Les débuts historiques de Sheamus ! - #156 : Les Bella Twins arrivent à la ECW ! - #18 ; CM Punk continue d'impressionner & quelqu'un fait du vélo ! - #12 : Le Push de CM Punk + Bsahtek le Bikini !

Castle Saison 4

Sexpionnage - Jeux de pouvoir - Une vie de chien - Le Papillon Blue - Pandore, première partie - Pandore, deuxième partie - Il était une fois un crime - Danse avec la mort - 47 secondes - Au service de sa majesté - Chasseurs de têtes - Mort vivant - Jusqu'à la mort s'il le faut

Les Brigades du Tigre Saison 1

Ce siècle avait sept ans… - Nez de chien - Les Vautours - Visite incognito - La Confrérie des loups - La Main noire

Alfred Hitchcock présente Saison 2, 6

Incident de parcours - Pièce de musée - Reconnaissance

The Grand Tour Saison 5

Trop de sable

La ville Noire

Première partie - Deuxième partie

Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 3

Mortel Karma

Spectacles

Monsieur chasse (1978) de Alain Feydeau avec Michel Roux, William Sabatier, Françoise Fleury, Yvonne Gaudeau, Pierre Mirat, Xavier Vanderberghe, Michel Mayou, Bernard Durand et Roland Oberlin

La Bagatelle (1977) de Jean Meyer avec Amarande, Patrick Préjean, Jacques Balutin, Brigitte Chamarande Bel, René Lefevre, Pierre Aufrey et Didier Roussel

Femmes en colère (2023) de Stéphane Hillel avec Lisa Martino, Gilles Kneusé, Hugo Lebreton, Nathalie Boutefeu, Fabrice de la Villehervé, Sophie Artur, Clément Koch, Magali Lange, Aude Thirion et Béatrice Michel

La Pélerine écossaise (1972) de Sacha Guitry avec Jean Piat, Geneviève Casile, Philippe Etesse, Robert Manuel, Raymond Baillet, Françoise Petit, Alain Souchères, Janine Roux et Ly Sary

Livres

Piège de chaleur de Richard Castle

Spirou et Fantasio, tome 15 : Z comme Zorglub de André Franquin, Jidéhem et Greg

Kaamelott, tome 1 : L'Armée du Nécromant d'Alexandre Astier, Benoît Bekaert et Steven Dupré

OSS 117 : Tactique Arctique de Jean Bruce

Astérix, tome 17 : Le Domaine des dieux de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo

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Who were some of the other "Future Leaders" in that Time piece, and did they go anywhere?

Yes, there were: Lamar Alexander (33 years old at the time); Les Aspin (35); Kit Bond (35); Julian Bond (34); Bill Bradley (30); Jerry Brown (36); Willie Brown (40); Pat Buchanan (35); William Cohen (33); Morris Dees (36); Ron Dellums (38); Marian Wright Edelman (35); Elizabeth Hanford aka Elizabeth Dole (37); Richard Holbrooke (33); Maynard Jackson (36); Barbara Jordan (38); Vernon Jordan (38); Doris Kearns aka Doris Kearns Goodwin (31); Jack Kemp (38); John Lewis (34); Eleanor Holmes Norton (37); Sam Nunn (35); Ross Perot (44); Jay Rockefeller (37); Carl Sagan (39); Lowell Weicker (43); Andrew Young (42). There were more -- it was a list of 200 future leaders, so they took a lot of shots at the hoop.

They also kind of cheated because there were also a bunch of "Future Leaders" who were already leaders like Ted Kennedy, Cecil Andrus, Ralph Nader, Lawton Chilres, Joan Ganz Cooney, Charles Rangel, Billie Jean King, Donald Rumsfeld, Bill Russell, and Gloria Steinem.

It's the July 15, 1974 issue of TIME if you're interested.

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Celebrity Deaths 2023

JANUARY

Gangsta Boo - Jan. 1 (Rapper)

Fred White - Jan. 1 (Drummer)

Immy Nunn - Jan. 1 (TikTok Star)

Galee Galee - Jan. 1 (Rapper)

Ken Block - Jan. 2 (Race Car Driver)

Frank Galati - Jan. 2 (Director)

Suzy McKee Charnas - Jan. 2 (Novelist)

Alan Rankine - Jan. 3 (Singer)

Elena Huelva - Jan. 3 (TikTok Star)

James D. Brubaker - Jan. 3 (Producer)

Peter Rawley - Jan. 3 (Producer)

Asia LaFlora - Jan. 4 (TikTok Star)

Sim Wong Hoo - Jan. 4 (CEO Of Creative Technology)

Hans Rebele - Jan. 4 (Soccer Player)

Arthur Duncan - Jan. 4 (Dancer)

Richard Thornton - Jan. 4 (Swim Coach)

Taylor Lewis - Jan. 5 (Reality Star)

Earl Boen - Jan. 5 (Movie Actor)

Mike Hill - Jan. 5 (Film Editor)

Russell Pearce - Jan. 5 (Politician)

Quentin Williams - Jan. 5 (Politician)

Michael Snow - Jan. 5 (Multimedia Artist)

Gianluca Vialli - Jan. 6 (Soccer Player)

Owen Roizman - Jan. 6 (Cinematographer)

Adam Rich - Jan. 7 (TV Actor)

Noah Brady - Jan. 7 (TikTok Star)

Russell Banks - Jan. 7 (Poet)

Joseph A. Hardy III - Jan. 7 (Entrepreneur)

Lynette Hardaway - Jan. 8 (Activist)

Bernard Kalb - Jan. 8 (Journalist)

Melinda Dillon - Jan. 9 (Movie Actress)

Ahmaad Galloway - Jan. 9 (Football Player)

Charles Simic - Jan. 9 (Poet)

King Constantine II - Jan. 10 (King)

George Pell - Jan. 10 (Religious Leader)

Patriarch Irenaios - Jan. 10 (Religious Leader)

Jeff Beck - Jan. 10 (Guitarist)

Tatjana Patitz - Jan. 11 (Model)

Carole Cook - Jan. 11 (Stage Actress)

Taylor LeJeune aka Wafffler69 - Jan. 11 (TikTok Star)

Ben Masters - Jan. 11 (TV Actor)

Charles Kimbrough - Jan. 11 (Stage Actor)

*Lisa Marie Presley - Jan. 12 (Rock Singer)

Lee Tinsley - Jan. 12 (Baseball Player)

Robbie Bachman - Jan. 12 (Drummer)

Odele Cape - Jan. 12 (Family Member) *John Ventimiglia's Daughter*

Paul Johnson - Jan. 12 (Journalist)

Robbie Knievel - Jan. 13 (Daredevil)

Al Brown - Jan. 13 (Movie Actor)

Yoshio Yoda - Jan. 13 (Movie Actor)

Julian Sands - Jan. 13 (Movie Actor)

Wally Campo - Jan. 14 (Movie Actor)

C.J. Harris - Jan. 15 (Country Singer)

Yung Hashtag - Jan. 15 (Rapper)

Yoshimitsu Yamada - Jan. 15 (Martial Artist)

Lloyd Morrisett - Jan. 15 (Psychologist)

Gina Lollobrigida - Jan. 16 (Movie Actress)

Jay Briscoe - Jan. 17 (Wrestler)

Michael Lehrer - Jan. 17 (Comedian)

Lucile Randon - Jan. 17 (Supercentenarian) *She Was 118 Years Old*

Edward Pressman - Jan. 17 (Producer)

Sandra Seacat - Jan. 17 (Movie Actress)

Violet Flowergarden - Jan. 17 (YouTube Star)

Renee Geyer - Jan. 17 (Jazz Singer)

Chris Ford - Jan. 17 (Basketball Player)

Van Conner - Jan. 18 (Bassist)

Yun Jung-Hee - Jan. 19 (TV Actress)

David Crosby - Jan. 19 (Guitarist)

Anton Walkes - Jan. 19 (Soccer Player)

Sal Bando - Jan. 20 (Baseball Player)

Stella Chiweshe - Jan. 20 (World Music Singer)

Ava Wood - Jan. 20 (TikTok Star)

Deborah Barak - Jan. 21 (Business Executive)

Slick Goku - Jan. 21 (YouTube Star)

Linda Kasabian - Jan. 21 (Family Member) *Robert Kasabian's Wife*

Sal Piro - Jan. 22 (Movie Actor)

Nikos Xanthopoulos - Jan. 22 (Movie Actor)

Leopoldo Roberto Garcia Pelaez Benitez - Jan. 23 (Comedian)

Lance Kerwin - Jan. 24 (Movie Actor)

Jeremy Ruehlemann - Jan. 24 (Model)

*Enkyboy - Jan. 25 (TikTok Star)

**Cindy Williams - Jan. 25 (TV Actress)

Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble - Jan. 25 (Non-Fiction Author)

Jesse Nathaniel Lemonier - Jan. 26 (Football Player)

Billy Packer - Jan. 26 (Sportscaster)

Gregory Allen Howard - Jan. 27 (Screenwriter)

Sylvia Syms - Jan. 27 (Movie Actress)

Alfred Leslie - Jan. 27 (Painter)

Floyd Sneed - Jan. 27 (Drummer)

Lisa Loring - Jan. 28 (TV Actress)

Kevin O'Neal - Jan. 28 (Movie Actor)

Tom Verlaine - Jan. 28 (Guitarist)

Annie Wersching - Jan. 29 (TV Actress)

Brandon Smiley - Jan. 29 (Family Member) *Rickey Smiley's Son*

Kyle Smaine - Jan. 29 (Freestyle Skier)

Barrett Strong - Jan. 29 (Songwriter)

George R. Robertson - Jan. 29 (Movie Actor)

Hazel McCallion - Jan. 29 (Politician)

Gabriel Tacchino - Jan. 29 (Pianist)

Conner Flowers - Jan. 30 (Family Member) *Olivia Flowers's Brother*

Ann McLaughlin Korologo - Jan. 30 (Politician)

Bobby Hull - Jan. 30 (Hockey Player)

Charlie Thomas - Jan. 31 (Blues Singer)

Joe Moss - Jan. 31 (Football Coach)

Andrea Thompson - Jan. ?? (Family Member) *Tristan Thompson's Mother*

FEBRUARY

Stanley Tobias Wilson Jr. - Feb. 1 (Football Player)

Lanny Poffo - Feb. 2 (Wrestler)

Butch Miles - Feb. 2 (Drummer)

Yung Trappa - Feb. 2 (Rapper)

Gloria Maria - Feb. 2 (Journalist)

Gerardo Islas - Feb. 2 (Politician)

Paco Rabanne - Feb. 3 (Fashion Designer)

Paul Martha - Feb. 4 (Football Player)

Arnold Schulman - Feb. 4 (Playwright)

Pervez Musharraf - Feb. 5 (Politician)

Lilly Kimbell - Feb. 5 (Tennis Player)

Christian Atsu - Feb. 6 (Soccer Player)

Billy Thomson - Feb. 6 (Soccer Player)

Burt Bacharach - Feb. 8 (Composer)

Branka Veselinovic - Feb. 8 (Movie Actress)

Miroslav Blazevic - Feb. 8 (Soccer Coach)

Cody Longo - Feb. 8 (TV Actor)

Kaleb Boating - Feb. 9 (Football Player)

Marcos Alonso Pena - Feb. 9 (Soccer Player)

Kiernan aka Forbes - Feb. 10 (Rapper)

Larry Coyer - Feb. 10 (Football Coach)

Hugh Hudson - Feb. 10 (Director)

Carlos Saura - Feb. 10 (Director)

Dave Hollis - Feb. 11 (Entrepreneur)

Austin Major - Feb. 11 (TV Actor)

Howard Bragman - Feb. 11 (Publicist)

Tito Fernandez - Feb. 11 (World Music Singer)

Brianna Ghey - Feb. 11 (???)

David Jolicoeur - Feb. 12 (Rapper)

Diana Deets - Feb. 12 (Model)

Coconut Kitty - Feb. 12 (Instagram Star)

Conrad Dobler - Feb. 13 (Football Player)

Savannah Watts - Feb. 13 (Family Member) *Laura Lee Watts's Daughter*

Tony Schnur - Feb. 13 (Movie Actor)

Jerry Jarrett - Feb. 14 (Wrestler)

Tohru Okada - Feb. 14 (Music Producer)

Raquel Welch - Feb. 15 (Movie Actress)

Paul Berg - Feb. 15 (Biologist)

Paul Jerrard - Feb. 15 (Hockey Coach)

Buncha - Feb. 15 (Dog)

Simone Ann-Marie Edwards - Feb. 16 (Basketball Player)

Tim McCarver - Feb. 16 (Baseball Player)

Kyle Jacobs - Feb. 17 (Songwriter)

Stella Stevens - Feb. 17 (Movie Actress)

David O'Connell - Feb. 18 (Priest)

Barbara Bosson - Feb. 18 (TV Actress)

Jim Thomas Broyhill - Feb. 18 (Politician)

Richard Belzer - Feb. 19 (TV Actor)

Greg Foster - Feb. 19 (Olympic Athlete)

*Jansen Panettiere - Feb. 19 (Movie Actor)

Dickie Davies - Feb. 19 (TV Show Host)

Maliboo Ziegler - Feb. 19 (Dog)

Ryan Keeler - Feb. 20 (Football Player)

Alicia Allain - Feb. 22 (Family Member) *John Schneider's Wife*

Ahmed Qurei - Feb. 22 (Politician)

John Motson - Feb. 23 (Sportscaster)

Tony Earl - Feb. 23 (Politician)

Walter Mirisch - Feb. 24 (Film Producer)

Matt Pobereyko - Feb. 25 (Baseball Player)

Gordon Pinsent - Feb. 25 (Movie Actor)

Ali Yafie - Feb. 25 (Religious Leader)

Betty Boothroyd - Feb. 26 (Politician)

Ricou Browning - Feb. 27 (Movie Actor)

MARCH

Just Fontaine - March 1 (Soccer Player)

Jerry Richardson - March 1 (Football Player)

Irma Serrano - March 1 (Fold Singer)

Anise Koltz - March 1 (Poet)

Steve Mackey - March 2 (Musician)

Tom Sizemore - March 3 (TV Actor)

Sara Lane - March 3 (Movie Actress)

David Lindley - March 3 (Guitarist)

Phil Eugene Batt - March 4 (Politician)

Gary Rossington - March 5 (Guitarist)

Denise Russo - March 5 (Reality Star)

Bob Goody - March 5 (TV Actor)

Georgina Beyer - March 6 (Former Mayor Of Carterton)

Tom Love - March 7 (Executive Chairman Of Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores)

Peterson Zah - March 7 (Politician)

Matt Davies - March 7 (YouTube Star)

Jim Durkin - March 8 (Guitarist)

Jeff Thomas - March 8 (Model)

Chaim Topol - March 8 (Movie Actor)

Pearry Reginald Teo - March 9 (Director)

Satish Kaushik - March 9 (TV Actor)

Dick Haley - March 10 (Football Player)

Naonobu Fujii - March 10 (Volleyball Player)

Jesus Alou - March 10 (Baseball Player)

Robert Blake - March 11 (TV Actor)

Bud Grant - March 11 (Football Player)

Chen Kenichi - March 11 (Chef)

Ignacio Lopez Tarso - March 11 (Soap Opera Actor)

John Jakes - March 11 (Novelist)

Dick Fosbury - March 12 (Olympic)

Costa Titch - March 12 (Rapper)

Felton Lafrance Spencer - March 12 (Basketball Player)

Jim Gordon - March 13 (Drummer)

Patricia Schroeder - March 13 (Politician)

Joe Pepitone - March 13 (Baseball Player)

Bobby Caldwell - March 14 (Pop Singer)

Mimis Papaioannou - March 15 (Soccer Player)

Peter Hardy - March 16 (TV Actor)

Lance Reddick - March 17 (TV Actor)

Jehane Thomas - March 17 (TikTok Star)

Fito Oliveres - March 17 (World Music Singer)

Paul Grant - March 20 (Movie Actor)

Luri Lapicus - March 20 (MMA Fighter)

Gunter Nezhoda - March 21 (Movie Actor)

Jasmin Voutilainen - March 21 (TV Actress)

Peter Werner - March 21 (Director)

Willis Reed - March 21 (Basketball Player)

Rebecca Jones - March 22 (Soap Opera Actress)

Tad Devine - March 22 (TV Actor)

Tom Leadon - March 22 (Guitarist)

Wayne Swinny - March 22 (Guitarist)

Ben Shelly - March 22 (Politician)

Jerry Green - March 23 (Journalist)

Jeffrey "JV" Vandergrift - March 24 (Radio Host)

Nicholas Lloyd Webber - March 25 (Composer)

Chabelo - March 25 (TV Show Host)

Ron Faber - March 26 (Movie Actor)

Daniel Chorzempa - March 27 (Pianist)

Peggy Scott-Adams - March 27 (R&B Singer)

Paul O'Grady - March 28 (Comedian)

Bill Leavy - March 28 (Referee)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - March 28 (Composer)

Bill Saluga - March 28 (Comedian)

Myriam Ullens - March 29 (Entrepreneur)

Brian Gillis - March 29 (Pop Singer)

Harrison Gilks - March 30 (TikTok Star)

Mark Russell - March 30 (Comedian)

John Brockington - March 31 (Football Player)

Chelsea Lawrence - March 31 (TikTok Star)

Rabbie Namaliu - March 31 (Politician)

APRIL

Christo Jivkov - April 1 (Movie Actor)

Ken Buhanan - April 1 (Boxer)

Robert "Buchwhacker" Butch - April 2 (Wrestler)

Judy Farrell - April 2 (TV Actress)

Seymour Stein - April 2 (Entrepreneur)

Bob Lee - April 4 (Business Executive)

Andres Garcia - April 4 (TV Actor)

Craig Breedlove - April 4 (Race Car Driver)

Bella Echarri - April 5 (Instagram Star)

Sudhir Naik - April 5 (Cricketer)

Leon Levine - April 5 (Entrepreneur)

**Paul Cattermole - April 6 (Pop Singer)

Norman Reynolds - April 6 (British Production Designer)

Bruce Petty - April 6 (Cartoonist)

Ashley Morrison - April 6 (Instagram Star)

Ian Bairson - April 7 (Guitarist)

Lasse Wellander - April 7 (Guitarist)

*Michael Lerner - April 8 (Movie Actor)

Travis 'Honcho' Taylor - April 8 (TikTok Star)

Elizabeth Hubbard - April 8 (Soap Opera Actress)

Julian Figueroa - April 9 (Family Member) *Joan Sebastian's Son*

Richard Ng - April 9 (Movie Actor)

Anne Perry - April 10 (Novelist)

Raymond Sawada - April 10 (Hockey Player)

Lesley Swink-Van Ness - April 10 (News Anchor)

Al Jaffee - April 10 (Cartoonist)

Jung Chae-Yul - April 11 (TV Actress)

Miles Benner - April 11 (TikTok Star)

Blair Tindall - April 12 (Journalist)

Don Leppert - April 13 (Baseball Player)

Craig Breen - April 13 (Race Car Driver)

Mary Quant - April 13 (Fashion Designer)

Mark Sheehan - April 14 (Pop Singer)

Murray Melvin - April 14 (Movie Actor)

Ahmad Jamal - April 16 (Pianist)

April Stevens - April 17 (Pop Singer)

Charles Stanley - April 18 (Religious Leader)

Otis Redding III - April 18 (Guitarist)

Don Mcllhenny - April 18 (Football Player)

Keith Nale - April 18 (Firefighter / Reality Star)

Koko Da Doll - April 18 (Rapper)

Moonbin - April 19 (Pop Singer)

Dave Wilcox - April 19 (Football Player)

Carlo Saba - April 19 (World Music Singer)

Esther Jenner - April 20 (Family Member) *Caitlyn Jenner's Mother*

**Len Goodman - April 22 (TV Show Host)

Barry Humphries - April 22 (Voice Actor)

Dale Meeks - April 22 (Soap Opera Actor)

Keith Gattis - April 23 (Country Singer)

Ginny Newhart - April 23 (Family Member) *Bob Newhart's Wife*

Rachel Marshall - April 24 (Founder Of Rachel's Ginger Beer)

Harry Belafonte - April 25 (Pop Singer)

Parkash Singh Badal - April 25 (Politician)

Moneysign $uede - April 25 (Rapper)

Frank Agrama - April 25 (Director)

Violeta Marujoz - April 26 (YouTube Star)

**jerry Springer - April 27 (TV Show Host)

Dick Groat - April 27 (Baseball Player)

Barbara Young - April 27 (TV Actress)

Robson Gracie - April 28 (Brazilian Martial Artist)

Tim Gregg - April 28 (Guitarist)

Mike Shannon - April 29 (Baseball Player)

Ralph Boston - April 30 (Long Jumper)

Jock Zonfrillo - April 30 (Chef)

MAY

Felipe Colares - May 1 (Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist)

Eileen Saki - May 1 (TV Actress)

Gordon Lightfoot - May 1 (Pop Singer)

Mostafa Darwish - May 1 (TV Actor)

Jordan Blake - May 1 (Rock Singer)

Valentin Yudashkin - May 2 (Fashion Designer)

Tory Bowie - May 2 (Long Jumper)

Linda Lewis - May 3 (Soul Singer)

Lance Blanks - May 3 (Basketball Player)

Sonia Pizarro - May 3 (Reality Star)

Sienna Weir - May 4 (Psychologist)

Rob Laakso - May 4 (Record Producer / Engineer)

Jack Wilkins - May 5 (Guitarist)

Nick Gilbert - May 6 (Family Member) *Dan Gilbert's Son*

Vida Blue - May 6 (Baseball Player)

Frank Kozik - May 6 (Graphic Artist)

Newton Minow - May 6 (Lawyer)

Carlos Parra - May 6 (World Music Singer)

Sam Gross - May 6 (Cartoonist)

Vic John Stasiuk - May 7 (Hockey Player)

Don January - May 7 (Golfer)

Peterson Zah - May 7 (Politician)

Grace Bumbry - May 7 (Opera Singer)

Joe Kapp - May 8 (Football Player)

Rita Lee - May 8 (Rock Singer)

Denny Crum - May 9 (Basketball Coach)

John Bland - May 9 (Golfer)

Heather Armstrong - May 9 (Blogger)

David Miranda - May 9 (Business Executive)

Ed Flanagan - May 10 (Football Player)

Jacklyn Zeman - May 10 (Soap Opera Actress)

Ana Paula Borgo - May 11 (Volleyball Player)

Barry Newman - May 11 (Movie Actor)

Kenneth Anger - May 11 (Director)

HAESOO - May 12 (Pop Singer)

Owen Davidson - May 12 (Tennis Player)

Bernard Membe - May 12 (Politician)

Gerry William Hart - May 12 (Hockey Player)

Samantha Weinstein - May 14 (Movie Actress)

Ingrid Haebler - May 14 (Pianist)

Marlene Hagge - May 16 (Golfer)

Superstar Billy Graham - May 17 (Wrestler)

Jim Brown - May 18 (Football Player)

Helmut Berger - May 18 (Movie Actor)

Andy Rourke - May 19 (Bassist)

Martin Amis - May 19 (Novelist)

Veno Taufer - May 20 (Poet)

Ray Stevenson - May 21 (Movie Actor)

Lew Palter - May 21 (Movie Actor)

Ed Ames - May 21 (Pop Singer)

Chas Newby - May 22 (Musician)

Rick Hoyt - May 22 (Runner)

Daniel Brooks - May 22 (Director)

Sheldon Reynolds - May 23 (Guitarist)

John Dunning - May 23 (Novelist)

George Maharis - May 24 (TV Actor)

**Tina Turner - May 24 (Rock Singer)

Micky Jagtiani - May 26 (Entrepreneur)

Milt Larsen - May 28 (Magician)

Antonio Gala - May 28 (Poet)

John Beasley - May 30 (TV Actor)

Sergio Calderon - May 31 (Movie Actor)

Ms Jacky Oh - May 31 (Instagram Star)

Ama Ata Aidoo - May 31 (Playwright)

JUNE

Mike Batayeh - June 1 (Movie Actor)

Anna Shay - June 1 (Reality Star)

Pacho Antifeka - June 1 (Rapper)

Jim Hines - June 3 (Runner)

George Winston - June 4 (Pianist)

Astrud Gilbarto - June 5 (World Music Singer)

Robert Hanssen - June 5 (Criminal)

Pat Cooper - June 6 (Comedian)

Paul Eckstein - June 6 (Movie Actor)

Matulu Shakur - June 6 (Activist)

Tony McPhee - June 6 (Guitarist)

Iron Sheik - June 7 (Wrestler)

Pat Robertson - June 8 (Entrepreneur)

Julee Cruise - June 9 (Pop Singer)

Don Hood - June 10 (Baseball Player)

Tony Lo Bianco - June 11 (Movie Actor)

*Treat Williams - June 12 (TV Actor)

John Romita Sr. - June 12 (Comic Book Artist)

Silvio Berlusconi - June 12 (Politician)

John Fru Ndi - June 12 (Politician)

Carl Eiswerth - June 13 (TikTok Star)

Cormac McCarthy - June 13 (Novelist)

Glenda Jackson - June 15 (Movie Actress)

Ray Lewis III - June 15 (Family Member) *Ray Lewis's Son*

Paxton Whitehead - June 16 (Movie Actor)

Angela Thorne - June 16 (TV Actress)

Michael Hopkins - June 17 (Architect)

Big Pokey - June 18 (Rapper)

Shahzada Dawood - June 18 (Business Executive)

Stockton Rush - June 18 (Business Executive)

Britney Joy - June 19 (TikTok Star)

Robert Elegant - June 20 (Non-Fiction Author)

Betta St. John - June 23 (Movie Actress)

Fredric Forrest - June 23 (Movie Actor)

Terry Price - June 23 (Coach)

Sheldon Harnick - June 23 (Composer)

Richard Ravitch - June 25 (Politician)

Nicolas Coster - June 26 (Soap Opera Actor)

Alfredo Victoria - June 26 (Instagram Star)

Ryan Mallett - June 27 (Football Player)

Maria Del Carmen Garcia - June 27 (TV Actress)

Sue Johanson - June 28 (TV Show Host)

**Alan Arkin - June 29 (Movie Actor)

Christine King Farris - June 30 (Family Member) *Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sister*

Darren Drozdov - June 30 (Wrestler)

[niamhsnationalproject]

Week 4

Monday

Due to damage on the overhead line at Coventry, all trains were cancelled towards birmingham from Northampton. This meant i was unable to travel in to uni. As soon as i knew i wasn’t going to make it, i informed Lara and my group. Asking if they would keep me updated throughout the day and if they could call me on teams if there was any group discussion being made.

Once i was back at home, i read through the narrative PowerPoint on Moodle, and tried to brainstorm some ideas for a narrative/ theme for our installation. Just so that if the group were to call me or for the next time i was back at uni, i had something to contribute. Here are a few of my ideas:

- Landmarks (express lift tower, greyfriars bus station etc.)

- shoe factory

- Great Fire of Northampton (1675)

-Everest (Northamptonshire made the shoes of Everest summiters Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay)

-DNA/ double helix themed space

I also found a BBC article on how northampton proposes to save its dying town centre (from May 2019). Conservative councillor Mr Nunn was quoted in this article warning against quickly filling empty shops by selling off land and said does not want “a mediocre thing that does not actually achieve anything for the town.” This should suggest the local government would be in favour of a proposal such as ours as its aim is to bring the community together and to bring more footfall back to Northampton’s town centre. Hindsight is also interesting as a lot of the empty high street stores in northampton have been converted into casinos within the past year which would indicate that this aim was unsuccessful.

I also looked into what type of exhibitions were currently on display in Northampton’s museum and art gallery. They have a punk exhibition and their permanent shoe exhibit. Both of these could be good to go and see when the group come to visit the location. I then also remembered 78 Derngate is another artistic landmark in the town centre as it is Charles Renee mackintosh’s only house designed by him. I forwarded this to the group to see if it was of any interest to them.

Other than this, I didn’t really get to talk to my group about our ideas. They only offered to call when they were going to present their ideas on narrative to the group at the very end of the day and by this point I had to start getting my things together for dance as we were having a class competition in the evening and my dad had kindly agreed to drive me to Sutton Coldfield so I wouldn’t miss it.

There was no progress on what our next steps are to move forward within our project, only a message at 6pm from Lewis suggesting we reconsider having our project based in Birmingham. I found this slightly irritating as we had the whole day to discuss our ideas yet he chose this time of evening to message the group. I also think that changing our idea four weeks into the project would be detrimental to the quality of our work. Therefore I did not respond to the message as I would rather speak to the whole group in person and see what the whole group thinks instead of coming up with a response just from one persons message.

Tuesday

I spent most of this day converting my website to have a section for my portfolio. prior to this, I had tried to create a digital portfolio using a different website however all of the sites used to make a portfolio type of website required a subscription. there do seem to be limits with using big cartel as a portfolio. I seem to only be able to have my images displayed singularly in a top to bottom aspect, unless they are items being sold. this makes it a lengthy process to navigate through my work and its different categories.

Here are images of where I am currently with my CV, website/portfolio and instagram:

Wednesday

The morning began with our feedback from David. I presented to him my CV, website and instagram. He seemed to like what I had in terms of branding and contents. His feedback was mainly for my website. we discussed whether or not I should separate myself from my shop brand, marketing myself in two different manners. this clarity was great for myself to understand how I will market myself in the future. as we decided my art shop is more of a side hustle, rather than my main career goal, I should create a LinkedIn profile for myself, that mentions my shop as one of my projects. from this, I have decided to add "by Niamh Greene" to the description of Badass Cow across my instagram and website. this also confirmed that I should keep my portfolio on my website as it may bring me other commission type of work.

For my website, we also discussed having the categories of my work displayed on one page that would link to collections of my work that could then be enlarged with a description of each piece of work. I will have to do some more playing around with this possibility as I'm not sure big cartel would allow this internally. David also mentioned having more text on my website. I feel I could include this as a welcome to my site/shop, as well as each section/page of the site.

I will also add more highlights to my instagram so that people can quickly navigate through my different categories of work, and potentially upload carousels of different projects that are featured in my portfolio.

I found this day to be the most difficult with my group. The way we originally decided between Birmingham and Northampton was by having a vote and majority ruling because this was the most fair way of deciding. Northampton had the majority yet I feel a lack of engagement from some of the group members. While I understand Northampton is further away and most of the group cannot pop down regularly to the town centre just to have a look around, we are doing a national project and there are copious amounts of online research potentials to make up for this. Not to mention I would be more than happy for them to send me to go check anything out for them. We are also planning a visit to Northampton anyway so that everyone in the group can get a feel for the town and the possibilities.

sunday

more potential narratives:

the high street was mare alive when we were children, the space could mimic the feeling of being a child again, transporting you to a different time.

Northamptons love for theatre (taking design inspiration from the circus?)

dystopian death of the high street, artistic representation of what the current high street looks/feels like.

fireworks/ gunpowder plot

During our group discussion on Wednesday, the others mentioned that they were visual people who struggle to understand a concept unless they can see it. to help display these narratives, I put together some Pinterest boards. We said we would make some designs for the space over the week so I have opted to go for collages to propose this.

here are the mood board/ collages I put together:

^childhood

we could also use charity shop shirts/ garments to make a more sustainable exhibition as well as highlight the high levels of consumerism that takes place in shops on the high street.

^gunpowder

this narrative could be tied with the Northampton landmarks too.

^circus/theatre

^dystopian

this reminded me of the nature lab in first year, specifically joe's group and their "nature will prevail" ethos.

[heartodaygrowntomorrow]

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‪The Song of the Day is: Berlin - “Take My Breath Away” (1986)‬ ‪#SongoftheDay #musicblog #parenting #journal #Berlin #TopGun #soundtrack #giorgioMoroder #topgunmaverick #newwavd #watchinginslowmotion #HearTodayGrownTomorrow Support the Blog - Click Below ‬

The Song of the Day is:

Berlin – “Take My Breath Away” From the album Count Three & Pray (1986)

Watching every motion In my foolish lover’s game On this endless ocean Finally lovers know no shame Turning and returning To some secret place inside Watching in slow motion As you turn around and say

Take my breath away

Giorgio Moroder – Tom Whitlock

Let’s play one for our fallen summer movie…

[byneddiedingo]

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in Strike Up the Band (Busby Berkeley, 1940) Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman, June Preisser, William Tracy, Larry Nunn, Ann Shoemaker, Margaret Early, Francis Pierlot, Virginia Brissac, George Lessey, Enid Bennett, Howard Hickman, Sarah Edwards, Milton Kibbee, Helen Jerome Eddy. Screenplay: John Monks Jr., Fred F. Finkelhoffe. Cinematography: Ray June. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons, John S. Detlie. Film editing: Ben Lewis. Music: Leo Arnau, George Stoll. At one point in Strike Up the Band, the kids put on a show that's a burlesque of a "Gay Nineties" melodrama. Which might remind us that 1890 and 1940 were not so remote from each other as 2022 is from 1940. We might even look at a film like High School Musical (Kenny Ortega, 2006) or a TV series like Glee (2009-2015) as a burlesque of Strike Up the Band, except they took the subject matter more seriously than the kids in the 1940 movie did the material of old-time melodrama. Strike Up the Band is a still-honored subgenre, the "hey, kids, let's put on a show" musical. It has all the caricaturable excesses of its kind: big musical numbers that would never fit on an actual stage; the struggle to raise money for the show; the setback when one kid gets sick; the protagonist struggling with whether to become a musician or a physician; the teen romance that isn't quite gelling; the kindly, understanding mother; and even a rousing finale that actually waves the flag. Unfortunately, it's also something of a dud, especially considering the talent involved: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, and direction by Busby Berkeley. But this is the Berkeley of the MGM years, not the unfettered "choreographer of space" of the Warner Bros. musicals of the early 1930s -- or even the Berkeley who snuck over to 20th Century Fox in 1943 and gave Carmen Miranda a tutti-frutti hat in one of the craziest moments in The Gang's All Here. At MGM he was reined in too much, though you can sense him yearning to break free in numbers like the title sequence and "Do the La Conga." Garland sings some mostly unmemorable songs well -- though MGM bought the rights to the 1927 stage musical by George and Ira Gershwin, it retained only the title song; the rest are by Roger Edens and the film's producer, Arthur Freed, along with some period oldies for the melodrama sequence. And Rooney is as manic as he ever got on film: dancing, mugging, and frenetically playing the drums. Still, at 120 minutes, Strike Up the Band sags a little too often, especially in a stop-motion puppetry sequence in which Rooney imagines conducting an orchestra made up of fruit -- an idea that Vincente Minnelli came up with and producer Freed enthusiastically adapted. Better songs and a brighter supporting cast might have helped, and the 40-year-old hairlines on some of the supposed high school students are too much in evidence.

[meetcutediaryblog]

I want to submit a story I wrote. It's told admittedly from the perspective of a cis girl, but the love interest is a trans girl like me. I was actually inspired to write the story and start my blog for it and similar stories after reading the original Meet Cute Diary book by Emery Lee. My blog is called "Our Queer Corner", and I just want to submit the story I have on it.

Noël

It was June Graduation Day 2017. I watched as my elder sibling, Maren Lee, walked across the stage. They were followed by a bunch of students whose names I kinda dozed off on… James Lewis, Carrington Malt, Courtney Mayer, Jude McColt, Anthony Meyers, Lucas Mill, Joshua Morris, Emory Muse, Orel Nasser, Samuel Nelson, Alina Nichols, Spencer Norman, Quincy Nunn, and Leona Orkins. But then SHE walked across the stage: Ashley Parker. Ashley wasn’t someone I was interested in; in fact, I didn’t really like her that much at all. But she’d prove more important than I thought.

Ashe and my sibling were good friends. Maren is a bit more of a calm, relaxed type of person, and they don’t mind being away from the action. Ashe, on the other hand, is everywhere: she loves being the center of attention, she’s wild, eccentric, and always peppy, which is probably why I didn’t like her at first. I didn’t know at the time that Ashe had a younger brother - or rather sister. I mean, I took two classes with the girl, sure, but we never really talked all that much, nor did we have any mutual close friends - well, except for one: Coriander Edwards. She was in three of my classes and four of Ashley’s sister’s, and one of those. At the time, Ashe’s sister wasn’t out publicly yet, but she did tell Coriander, and she was introducing herself as female to any new people she met. She wasn’t closeted, she just hadn’t told everyone. Cori, who thought Ashe’s sister and I might become good friends, said to me, “Hey, there’s this girl in one of our classes, maybe you should talk to her.”

Now, anyone knows that you don’t just walk up and talk to someone, it ain’t that simple. So I, dismissively, suggested that she get all of us to meet up somewhere outside of school. Cori, having the nerve that she does, decided to take my sorry behind seriously and got me and all our girls up - and our guy friend, Jude Payne - to meet up at the waterpark that Saturday, along with Maren, Ashe, and of course, Ashe’s younger brother - sister. There were about ten of us: Me, Maren, Cori, Leroia and Larissa McAlister, Sparrow Davis, Hayleigh Johnson, Jude, Ashe, and of course, Ashe’s younger “brother”, Michael Parker.

Without even saying the “b” word, Ashe tried to introduce her sister as Michael, which got shut down really quickly. The sister spoke up quickly, not angrily but rather jokingly, “Ashley, you idiot! My name is Noël!” to which Ashley instantly replied “Girl, you ain’t ever tell me you were ready to come out! I’m sorry!”

Then Noël and I started talking, hit it off, had a lesbian bonding session, and had a fun day at the waterpark.

That’s how I met my wife.

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[fearsmagazine]

Screen Media Acquires British Psychological Thriller ‘CORDELIA’ Starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Johnny Flynn

Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, announced the acquisition of all North American rights to the psychological thriller Cordelia from Great Point Media, who have world distribution rights outside the UK. Directed and written by Adrian Shergold (Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman) with co-writer and star Antonia Campbell-Hughes (It Is In Us All, 3096 Tage), Cordelia also stars Johnny Flynn (Emma, Beast), Joel Fry (Yesterday, “Game of Thrones”), Michael Gambon (Harry Potter Franchise) and Catherine McCormack (Braveheart, 28 Weeks Later). The film is produced by Kevin Proctor of StudioPOW and executive produced by Andrew Boswell, Sally Hawkins, Georgina Lowe, Tania Reddin, Perry Trevers and Charlie Wood. Released earlier in the UK, the film received critical acclaim for its complicated, trauma-afflicted characters and reality-bending plot. Screen Media is planning a day-and-date release in May.

“Cordelia feels betrayed,” said Director and Writer Adrian Shergold. “She’s a survivor… but that brings guilt… reality begins to blur…. What is real and what is not? Paranoia sets in, but because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean you’re wrong.”

Cordelia (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), a young woman living in London with her twin sister, meets her mysteriously alluring neighbor Frank (Johnny Flynn) for the first time but quickly becomes suspicious of his true motives. With her sister out of town for the weekend, the anxious Cordelia is all alone and consumed by her many fears. She begins to unravel and sink back into past traumas the more Frank tries to charm his way into her life.

“Reminiscent of great classic 1960s British psychological Horror with a modern female hand, Cordelia's London is preserved, sumptuous and rich,” said Antonia Campbell-Hughes. “It's a joy to share this rare gem that we manifested to an international audience of Cinema lovers.”

“CORDELIA is the kind of thriller that instantly intrigues thanks to a well-crafted atmosphere of paranoia and stunning lead performances by Antonia Campbell Hughes and Johnny Flynn,” said Screen Media in a statement. “We know this one will grip audiences and won't let go until the credits roll."

Screen Media recently acquired the psychological thriller The Good Neighbor starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, the psychological horror film Monstrous starring Christina Ricci, the thriller The Immaculate Room starring Emile Hirsch and Kate Bosworth, Kevin Lewis’ follow up to Willy’s Wonderland, The Accursed starring Mena Suvari, Gigi Gaston’s 9 Bullets starring Lena Headey and Sam Worthington, and Philip Noyce’s Fast Charlie starring Pierce Brosnan.  Screen Media released Gold starring Zac Efron this month. Other recent releases include Manny Perez’s La Soga Salvation acquired out of the Toronto International Film Festival, Casey Tebo’s Black Friday starring Devon Sawa and Bruce Campbell, James Nunne’s One Shot starring Scott Adkins and Ryan Phillippe, and Brent Wilson’s documentary Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road.

[howtfdoyouusethissite]

Here are some parallels to show you that CYCLING IS A VVV GAY ACTIVITY 🚲🌈🚲

In scene, Elio and Oliver (somewhere in northern italy <3)

Played by Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer

Call Me By Your Name, directed by Luca Guadagnino

In scene, Rue and Jules

Played by Zendaya and Hunter Schafer

Euphoria (Season 1), created by Sam Levinson

In scene, Ellie Chu and Aster Flores

Played by Leah Lewis and Alexxis Lemire

The Half of It , directed by Alice Wu

In scene, Eric Effiong

Played by Ncuti Gatwa

Sex Education, created by Laurie Nunn

In scene, Kate Messner

Played by Peyton Kennedy

Everything Sucks, created by Ben York Jones and Michael Mohan

In scene, Emily Fields

Played by Shay Mitchell

Pretty Little Liars, created for TV by Marlene King

Cycling is for us gays y'all ✌🏻 👉🏻👈🏻

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 10.20

Beer Birthdays

Johan Sohn (1817)

Rose Ann Finkel

Phil Leinhart (1961)

Sean Paxton (1972)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Bill Chase; jazz trumpeter (1934)

Charles Ives; composer (1874)

Wanda Jackson; country singer (1937)

Mickey Mantle; New York Yankees OF (1931)

Christopher Wren; English architect (1632)

Famous Birthdays

Herschel Bernardi; actor (1923)

Joyce Brothers; psychologist, columnist (1928)

Art Buchwald; journalist (1925)

James Chadwick; English physicist (1891)

William Christopher; actor (1932)

Frederick Dannay; writer (1905)

John Dewey; philosopher, educator (1859)

Snoop Dogg; rapper (1972)

Arlene Francis; actor (1907)

Lewis Grizzard; comedian (1946)

Thomas Hughes; English writer (1823)

Grandpa Jones; country singer, comedian (1913)

Bela Lugosi; actor (1882)

Juan Marichal; San Francisco Giants P (1937)

Viggo Mortensen; actor (1958)

Jelly Roll Morton; jazz pianist (1890)

Bill Nunn; actor (1953)

Jerry Orbach; actor (1935)

Tom Petty; rock singer, songwriter (1953)

Arthur Rimbaud; French writer (1854)

[sexualintimidationdemon]

Day 17

Reflections on: The Fury (1978)

Holy shit I loved this! I had never heard about it before. Brian De Palma made this right after Carrie (1976) and it deals with similar subject matter: teenage girls and telekinesis. I think this one is better! 

The first three scenes involve characters wearing either tiny bathing suits or underwear. Mostly it’s 61-year-old Kirk Douglas. 

This was Daryl Hanna, Laura Innes and Jim Belushi’s first film. See if you can spot them all in the screenshots above.

John Cassavetes plays a great bad guy with a “dead arm”.

Great fashion an excellent big hair.

Sort of feels like multiple movies in one. So much happens! So many characters! So many locations! Lots of unexpected twists and turns! I love movies like that. 

John Williams did the music. He was probably composing this score around the same time as Star Wars (1977) and as a result this has a lot of similar arrangements and themes as the more popular sci-fi score. 

Cool synthesizer music when characters use psychic powers. 

Alice Nunn aka Large Marge from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) plays a housekeeper who loves to make ridiculously decadent meals. I want Large Marge to make me a sundae. 

Excellent dog and cat acting. 

One scene takes place in an INDOOR AMUSEMENT PARK. I didn’t know that was a thing that existed! Apparently it was only around in Chicago from 1975 to 1980. I’m glad it was documented here. 

Fiona Lewis plays a doctor doing weird experiments on teens - she plays a very similar character in the excellent movie Strange Behavior (1981).

This contains everything I love about Brian De Palma movies. It’s serious yet melodramatic. There are great action sequences yet also lots of cartoonish broad performances. It explores his familiar themes of voyeurism and political conspiracies and the “bioplasmic universe”.

This movie rocks.