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pynkhues · 1 year ago

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I just finished the scripts for Succession S2 and I think some of your tags indicate you have as well. The finale script left me with two questions I thought you might have a view on. 1. Maybe it's me but I read the "summer of competitive eating disorders" line from Connor as non-literal. Like there was that one summer where everyone was messed up about food (and maybe everyone did have eating disorders) but it wasn't a literal competition. Is that a weird read? I keep seeing fics that are taking it literally so I may have misunderstood. 2. What is up with Logan being so possessive of Kendall? It's there in the episodes but the way he talks to Naomi is crazy in the scripts. I don't think Logan's really interacted like that with Tom or Willa or Tabitha - is it because Naomi is a Pierce or is it another one of those weird Kendall and Logan things?

Yeah, I have only recently finished reading the s2 scripts, and I've just started on s3. I've actually been enjoying reading them pretty slowly and percolating on them, but I was even more slowed down the last couple of weeks because my nephews were staying with me for the school holidays. It's meant most of my reading has been with and for them, haha, but I can highly recommend Mike Lowery's Bug Scouts book series for the five year olds in your life!

But yes! To your questions.

The Summer of Competitive Eating Disorders

I don't think that's a weird reading at all.

I think a lot of people have a tendency to view things mentioned on the show as very literal (the dog pound being probably the most obvious example, but also Roman's comments about being molested and all of the Roy siblings' insistence around things they did or didn't know about cruises / the wolf pack [especially after reading the s2 scripts and starting the s3 scripts, I think it's pretty heavily implied that Shiv and Roman ignore the things that they knew while Kendall does know more than them, yet not as much as he thinks. He postures his insider knowledge when his dad kept him more in the dark than he cares to admit, which of course falls apart over the course of s3).

That said, all four kids do have textual issues with food, and way back in 2022, I talked about the way the show utilises food as a symbol for power, particularly in the sense of who has it and who doesn't, which is something I stand by.

In tha sense, I think you're right - there wasn't a literal Summer of Competitive Eating Disorders, but I think the memory of it as one is probably reflective of a period of time where either Logan was particularly neglectful, or particularly present. Something abnormal that triggered a new way of dealing with food - enough for Connor to notice and remember it - and personally I'd kind of read it as the former? This is of course totally a headcanon, haha, but I could see it as the summer after Logan pushed Caroline out and the kids were left with the lingering aftermath of that.

In other words, I agree with you, haha, but I can absolutely see why it captured people's imaginations too.

Logan's possessiveness of Kendall

I actually have another ask in my inbox that I've been circling for ages on this, so I'm going to try and answer that tonight (finally!), but yes, I do think his possessiveness around Kendall is specific even among his children, and I agree that it was definitely even more explicit in the scripts.

It's an interesting sticking point that Naomi is a Pierce, but I honestly don't think that's entirely an issue - if it was Roman, for instance, I think Logan would think it was a great in or a strategic move for him, and he clearly didn't think anything of Connor's friendship and political partnership with Maxim.

Logan's possessive of all of his kids, of course, but it does feel different with Kendall, and I think there are a few reasons for that which I'll talk about in this other answer (and I'll try and link back here so it's easy to find!), but it really does make me so curious about how Logan was with Rava.

Bad, I imagine, especially because I do think the show wants us to view Rava as canonically Jewish.

#succession meta #i'm also feeling very vindicated with my age difference hat on with that clip of harriet walter saying the golden trio #are spread over five or six years #i really do think they're supposed to be pretty close in age which the summer of competitive eating disorders really lends itself to #in my head at least #and so many fics write jeremy and sarah's age gap as kendall and shiv's #which i just flat out don't think makes sense for their dynamic #but that's neither here nor there haha #hbo succession #kendall roy #shiv roy #roman roy #connor roy #roy siblings #welcome to my ama

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parkerbombshell · 9 months ago

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allisona23p1 · 1 year ago

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Blog 2: Leer Sobre el Día de Los Muertos 🏵️

Como se está acercando el Día de Muertos que es un día especial para muchos Latinos, quería aprender más de este día porque en mi familia realmente no lo festejamos aunque seámos mexicanos. Decidí leer dos libros pequeños de niños que se llaman: “El Día de Los Muertos” escrito por Linda Lowery y "Día de Los Muertos" por Kerrie Logan Hollihan. Me gusto hacer está actividad porque aprendí muchas nuevas cosas. Aprendí que los aztecas de México creían que los espíritus regresaban al mundo una vez al año. Y también creían los aztecas que el color naranja era sagrado para el mundo de los muertos, entonces la flor cempasúchil se hizo conocida como la "flor de los muertos". Además, aprendí que muchas personas creen que las mariposas monarchas representan niños que se murieron, o "angelitos." Pero el Día de Los Muertos no es un día de tristeza, si no para celebrar los regalos y nueva vida que trae la muerte. La gente acostumbra a decorar altares con papel picado y otras decoraciones, como luces que guían el camino de los fallecidos hacia a la tierra. Preparan comida para ofrecerles y también para merendar. Por ejemplo, hacen mole, tamales, calaveras de azucar, pan de muerto, y tamales de mole. Yo no sabia que existian tamales de mole, pero ahora quiero probarlos. También quiero probar el pan de muerto. Algo que se me hizo un poco difícil de la actividad eran algunas palabras nuevas como la flor "cempasúchil," y la palabra "cráneo" que ahora se que es otra forma de decir calabera. Además, las palabras "pliegos" y "esmero." Entonces, disfruté aprender más de las tradiciones del Día de Los Muertos.

Aquí está uno de los libros que leí al lado de la pagina de las flores cempasúchil.

Aquí está el otro libro que leí.

Aquí está una foto de pan de muerto con calaveritas de azucar.

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imaginefan · 3 years ago

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myysaints · 4 years ago

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kvothes · 3 years ago

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best of 2021

as of december 19th, i’ve read fifty-four books and watched sixty-two movies. without any further ado, my favorites!

poetry

X, james galvin

incarnadine, mary szybist

postcolonial love poem, natalie diaz

stag’s leap, sharon olds

what the living do, marie howe

women in concrete poetry: 1959-1979, mónica de la torre

other

IT, stephen king (fiction)

she who became the sun, shelley parker-chan (fiction)

autobiography of red, anne carson (novel in verse)

red, john logan (play)

movies

first cow dir. kelly reichardt

tenet dir. christopher nolan

gilda dir. charles vidor

the green knight dir. david lowery

psycho dir. alfred hitchcock

the french dispatch dir. wes anderson

the power of the dog dir. jane campion

#did i read novels this year? barely!#lot of good poetry though #2021 #mine #obvs not reserved to only things that came out this year but things i first encountered this year

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kayskasmoviereviews · 5 years ago

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25 Best Films of the 2010s

Admittedly, it has been a very long time since I updated this blog. However, given that we have just come to the end of an exceptionally great decade of film, I wanted to reflect on which films from the 2010s have stuck with me the most. This is of course a very personal list, and I haven’t seen half the movies that I wanted to in the decade. But on the first day of 2020, here are the 25 films I consider the best of the 2010s. If you’re inclined to comment, let me know what your favorites were!

1. Swiss Army Man - This surreal, bizarre comedy has such an eclectic mix of gross-out humor, emotional depth, and spectacularly original visual imagination that I honestly couldn’t imagine putting anything else in the #1 spot.

2. First Reformed - Paul Schrader returns to the transcendental style of classical filmmaking he had studied early in his life, and the result is a film that considers the human condition more seriously than just about anything else in a long time. Ethan Hawke gives a career-best performance, which is saying a lot.

3. Moonrise Kingdom - I always use this film to introduce the film unit of my freshman writing class, meaning I’ve seen it about 8 times or so. It never gets old. It was the movie that really made Wes Anderson click for me, and enhanced my appreciation of his work (and indeed, of cinema in general) to a new level.

4. Calvary - A dark, funny, intensely moving study of a moral dilemma in the life of a priest in Ireland. Absolutely amazing writing and a masterful performance by Brendan Gleeson. Somehow, John Michael McDonagh, the film’s writer and director, then went on to make War on Everyone, one of the worst films of the decade.

5. Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig’s debut movie was an extremely funny, warm, and true-to-life film that artfully and economically created as believable an on-screen world as I’ve ever seen. The film has enormous empathy with every single one of its sizable cast of characters. Gerwig is a major talent.

6. Arrival - Denis Villenueve made a lot of great films this decade (Prisoners, Blade Runner 2049, Enemy, Sicario), but none were better than this intellectually and emotionally brilliant work. As a bonus, it got me into reading Ted Chiang, who is now one of my favorite writers.

7. A Ghost Story - David Lowery also had some exceptionally strong work this decade (The Old Man & the Gun, Pete’s Dragon, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints), but the best and most distinctive was this film, which featured Casey Affleck as a ghost in a white sheet who can’t leave the house he shared with his wife (Rooney Mara). This film did more interesting things with cinematic time than any other this decade, and felt like an actually successful version of what Terence Malick tried (but in my opinion, failed) to achieve with The Tree of Life.

8. Her - One of the most profound romantic films ever made. Most romantic comedies play around with relationships as plot elements, but this one actually asked what a relationship even is in the first place.

9. Phantom Thread - The only movie to ever actually make me say, “What the fuck?” out loud in the theater. In a good way.

10. Turbo Kid - A wonderfully entertaining low-budget indie movie that mixed irony, sincerity, nostalgia, pastiche, humor, and gory violence into something truly singular.

11. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - One of the most purely fun films ever made in terms of visual style. Edgar Wright’s meticulous attention to mise-en-scene, editing, and visual effects has never been put to better use than it was here.

12. 12 Years a Slave - The best historical film of the decade, one that used art-house style visuals, stern filmmaking discipline, and major Hollywood actors to create an extremely convincing and harrowing portrayal of slavery.

13. Room - One of the most moving films of the decade, and Brie Larson was a deserving Oscar winner for this one.

14. The Paddington films - The cutest, cuddliest, most sweetly entertaining kids’ movies in a very long time. Both films are essentially perfect in their charm and their surprisingly elaborate attention to visual craft. I can’t wait for Paddington 3.

15.The Hateful Eight - Everyone knows the over-the-top violence in Quentin Tarantino’s other films is largely played for fun and laughs, and I enjoy it as much as anyone. However, I think he was doing something distinctly different here, something much darker and more morally serious. Jennifer Jason Leigh’s performance was one of my absolute favorites of the decade.

16. The Lobster - Few films are this original, this dark, or this bitterly funny. I really gelled with Yorgos Lanthimos’s distinctive style in this movie, and thought Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, and the other actors all landed on the perfect wavelength for their performances.

17. Logan - People talk constantly about the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, and it is very true that those films as a group achieved something truly unprecedented and highly enjoyable in the 2010s. In terms of individual films, though, the best superhero movie this decade (and maybe ever) was Logan, which gave an extremely satisfying conclusion to Hugh Jackman’s 17 years with the character.

18. The John Wick series - The John Wick films are undoubtedly some of the most technically proficient and stylistically accomplished action films ever made. The plot is so simple as to be a joke, yes, but the action is executed with such an incredibly high level of skill and dedication that you simply have to respect the people who put this madness together.

19. Blade Runner 2049 - Some of the most visually stunning cinematography and visual effects I’ve seen, smartly put in service of a strong story that does actually live up to the legacy of the original.

20. Cloud Atlas - Sure, you could pretty fairly say that this movie was cheesy, messy, silly, and missed some of the elements of the book. But dammit, it was truly ambitious, and the Wachowskis (one of whom had transitioned before the making of the film, and the other of whom did later) really did put their hearts into it.

21. The Favourite - Lanthimos further develops the weird style I had liked so much in his earlier films, but this time puts it in the service of a slightly warmer and more accessible story than before. Olivia Colman gave a truly astonishing performance.

22. It Follows - My favorite horror movie of the decade, even more than Hereditary, Get Out, or Midsommar. I found the premise ingeniously frightening, and thought the direction, mise-en-scene, and performances really helped develop the film into a singular horror achievement.

23. Dunkirk - I would actually argue this is one of the best war films ever made, maybe even the best one, precisely because it does away with most of the cliches and contrivances and narrative devices common to most war films in favor of simply creating two hours of an ever-escalating “We need to get out of here right now” feeling. By abandoning so many trappings, it managed to feel more real than almost any other war film.

24. It’s Such a Beautiful Day - This film got me into Don Hertzfeldt’s work, and now he’s someone I’m keeping an eye on forever. This is intense, weird, emotionally powerful stuff, all done with stick figures.

25. Parasite - A perfect film from beginning to end. There’s not one frame out of place, and no way I can imagine Bong Joon Ho and his collaborators having made this film any better than they did. They should teach this one in film school forever.

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noblockbusters · 5 years ago

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TOP FILMS 2019: 20 films

1/ PARASITE. Bong Joon-ho

De film en film, le coréen s’affirme comme le plus grand raconteur d’histoire de son époque. A la fois auteurisant et grand public, politique et burlesque, gore et esthétique, Parasite est un film comme les américains ne savent (ne peuvent, ne veulent) plus en faire. Succès critique et public mérité et encourageant !

2/ MARRIAGE STORY Noah Baumbach

Réalisateur culte depuis Les Berkman se Séparent et Frances Ha, Baumbach doit cependant lui aussi se réfugier sur Netflix pour sortir ses films. Après Roma en 2018, l’opérateur prouve qu’on peut lui faire confiance pour créer encore du cinéma noble et délicat. Le duo Driver/Johansson est fascinant, le récit de leur séparation filmé avec justesse et force. Du grand art.

3/ MIDSOMMAR. Ari Aster

En 2 films le réalisateur américain s’impose dans la cour des grands avec 2 expériences dont on ne ressort pas indemne. Midsommar, sur un sujet casse gueule (et qui rappelle The Wicker Man) reste longtemps dans les esprits et prouve que l’on peut encore surprendre et fasciner à Hollywood en 2019. La version de 3h sortie en Blu Ray en remet une couche. On attend la suite avec impatience.

4/ Il ETAIT UNE FOIS A HOLLYWOOD. Quentin Tarantino

Hollywood justement, dont l’un de ses fervents admirateurs se plait à réécrire l’histoire avec son talent de conteur hors-pair. Depuis Les 8 Salopards, son cinéma est moins pop, plus adulte et l’on ne peut pas penser une seconde qu’il arrêtera après le prochain. S’il est depuis 25 ans l’un des réalisateurs les plus fascinants, il dirige ici de main de maitre les 2 derniers géants d’Hollywood: Di Caprio et Pitt. La concurrence est très loin derrière.

5/ BORDER Ali Abbasi

Un des plus gros chocs visuels et sensoriels de cette année. Border mélange les genres, contes de fées, thriller, fantastique et film naturaliste avec une force et une grâce qui vous poursuivent longtemps. Un hymne à la différence et une réflexion sur notre rapport à la nature. Inspiré par une nouvelle de John Lindqvist, qui avait écrit Morse...

6/ THE LIGHTHOUSE Robert Eggers

Après la claque The Witch, Eggers continue et creuse le sillon d’un cinéma horrifique, tordu et sans concession. Noir et blanc, format carré et bande son obsédante pour une descente (ou une montée) vers la folie, magnifiquement mise en scène. Pattinson confirme son statut de nouveau grand, Dafoe est toujours parfait dans un conte gothique qui cherche la lumière et tangue comme une chanson des Pogues.

7/ SORRY TO BOTHER YOU. Boots Riley

Une petite claque par le leader du groupe rap The Coup. Le film dynamite la mondialisation et le racisme ordinaire dans une charge punk et pop contre l’exploitation humaine et la blanchisation de la société américaine. On pense à Gondry, Spike Jonze, Idiocracy ou à l’Arme Fatale...Jouissif et culte.

8/ AD ASTRA James Gray

On aime tellement James Gray qu'on lui pardonne ici les facilités du scénario, parce qu’on se laisse quand même emporter dans son trip SF, élégant et fragile. Au-delà de certains passages un peu légers (donc curieux de la part de son réal), Gray film Brad Pitt comme jamais, tout en retenue, donnant là une 2e interprétation majeure sur l’année...Le cinéma moderne américain a besoin de James Gray et de son classicisme.

9/ LE TRAITRE Marco Bellocchio

On attendait plus grand chose du vieux Bellocchio, et plus grand chose aussi du film de mafia italienne depuis que Gomorra (le film et la série) avait redistribué les cartes ( Suburra, Piranhas, A Ciambra, Les Ames Noires...). Mais le film remet au coeur de l’actualité l’histoire du juge Falcone et d’un traitre qui su renverser la Pieuvre en bravant l’Omerta. Grande performance de Pierfranceso Favino.

10/ JOKER Todd Philips

Un film qui divise autant les critiques et forcément intéressant. Au-delà des débats sur ses propos soi-disants nauséabonds , le film dérange surtout parce qu’il met en avant un pauvre type largué, prêt à tout pour se faire remarquer, dans un pays où l’accès aux armes est un jeu d’enfants, et dans une société où les laissés pour compte se réveillent. La figure du clown est brillante, le jeu de Phoenix captivant et il ressort de cette expérience quelque chose de désespéré et fortement actuel. Que Batman et DC soit dans les parages importe finalement assez peu, que le public ait adhéré à un film aussi noir et éloigné des codes du film Marvel plus que rassurant. Pour plein de raisons, Joker est un film important.

11/ SPIDER-MAN NEW GENERATION. P.Ramsey & B.Persichetti

Si les reboot en tous genres et les films DC/Marvel ne m’intéressent plus vraiment depuis Logan, la claque reçue ici est proportionnelle à mon désintérêt pour le genre ! Ou comment dynamiter, dynamiser et redonner de l’intérêt à une franchise réchauffée ? En injectant des persos peu mis en avant (latinos et blacks), plusieurs super héros, une musique pop et rap, et mille idées d’animations à la minute, mélangeant les styles avec bonheur et intelligence. Du divertissement 4 étoiles, qui ne prend pas les spectateurs pour des cons.

12/ EL REINO. Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Après le magistral Que Dios Nos Perdone, le réal espagnol rebondit avec cette affaire de corruption au sein de la classe politique espagnole, bien malade. Ou comment suivre un ripou tout le long du film sans le rendre attachant. Une prouesse filmée caméra à l’épaule, de loin, comme pour mieux faire monter ce sentiment d’oppression et de paranoïa permanente.

13/ COMPANEROS. Alvaro Rechner

Un autre film (Uruguay/ Espagne), porté par Antonio de la Torre. Le film revient sur les années 70 et la torture des opposants politiques en Uruguay. On y suit le parcours de 3 d’entre eux, enfermés pendant 12 ans...Fort et captivant, à rapprocher de Buenos Aires 77...

14/ TRAINE SUR LE BITUME. S.Craig Zahler

Réalisateur culte depuis Bone Tomahawk, Zahler poursuit son parcours discret, tous ses films sortant en DVD chez nous. Auteur, scénariste, compositeur, il signe un cinéma personnel et percutant, posant le décor pendant la première heure avant de faire basculer ses histoires dans une déflagration de violence crue et inédite. Ici une histoire de braquage foireux et d’âmes brisées, portée par un Mel Gibson ténébreux à souhait et un Vince Vaughn déjà à l’oeuvre dans Section 99. Un film froid, implacable et hors-normes qui a tout pour devenir culte.

15/ UNE VIE CACHEE. Terrence Malick

Parce qu’on espérait un éclair après les exercices de styles et les purges précédentes, parce qu’il y a souvent plus de cinéma dans un plan de Malick que dans tous les derniers Marvel, parce que cet homme reste un des plus grands filmeurs de la nature, parce que sur 3h il y en a au moins 2 de magnifiques...Oui, c’est répétitif, oui c’est trop long, mais Malick est revenu déjà à quelque chose qu’il semblait avoir perdu depuis la Ligne Rouge : faire un film, pas juste une succession de plans, fussent-ils réussis...

16/ THE OLD MAN & THE GUN. David Lowery

Après Ghost Story, le réal américain change de style et embarque Robert Redford dans un film touchant et gracile qui confirme la facilité du réalisateur pour raconter des histoires sensibles et à fleur de peau. Redford, en braqueur sénile, tiré d’une histoire vraie, assume son âge, se revoie à la grande époque de The Chase et signe là une des ses dernières apparitions.

17/ BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. Edward Norton

Norton aura mis 20 ans à faire son film, dans la grande tradition du film noir américain. Mais là où De Palma (Le Dahlia Noir) ou Ben Affleck ( Live By Night), se sont plantés en beauté, il tire un film sérieux et personnel, porté par une bande son jazz du meilleur effet. On y entend aussi Thom Yorke. Norton joue également le rôle principal, un privé atteint du Syndrome de la Tourette, et Dieu si l’on n’a pas l’habitude de voir de tels personnages au cinéma. Mention spéciale à Alec Baldwin en méchant de service contrôlant les biens immobiliers de la ville. Belle réussite.

18/ MARWEN. Robert Zemeckis

Grand faiseur d’images et amoureux des effets techniques novateurs (Roger Rabbit), Zemeckis adapte la vie de Mark Hogancamp, amnésique depuis une agression qui recrée chez lui une ville de la 2e guerre mondiale qu’il peuple de jouets et de poupées...Porté par une technologie incroyable et un Steve Carrell rarement aussi touchant, le film aborde des sujets éprouvants (le nazisme, les agressions homophobes, la maladie mentale...) dans un divertissement adulte qui ne pouvait décemment guère plaire au grand public...

19/ UN GRAND VOYAGE VERS LA NUIT. Bi Gan

A 30 ans, le cinéaste chinois signe son 2e film, et une prouesse visuelle impressionnante. Après une première heure esthétiquement incroyable, le film bascule dans un plan séquence d’1 heure, en 3D...Réflexion sur les rêves, les souvenirs, l’amour et le cinéma, le film de Bi Gan ne laisse pas insensible et confire la naissance d’une grand réalisateur dans une année forte pour le cinéma chinois ( Le Lac aux oies sauvages, Le Eternels, So Long My Son, Face à la nuit, An Elephant Sitting Still...)

20/ MEURS MONSTRE MEURS. Alejandro Fadel

Le cinéma argentin a souvent donné de merveilleux ovnis, mais celui-ci aura pu en dérouter certains. Entre polar et film fantastique ( on n’est pas loin du mexicain Amat Escalante et sa Région Sauvage). On n’y parle de femmes décapitées, de sexualité, de voix intérieures...Un film curieux et déstabilisant, mais qui marque les esprits. Sans la fin grotesque, le film aurait pu espérer mieux en terme de classement...

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Spring 2019 Honor List

NATCHITOCHES – One thousand forty-three undergraduates were named to Northwestern State University’s Honor List for the Spring 2019 semester. Students on the Honor List must be enrolled full-time and have a grade point average of between 3.0 and 3.49. Students listed by hometown are as follows.

Abbeville – Annemarie Broussard, MaKayla Lewis, Zabrinia Spates;

Aimwell – Jonathan Poole;

Alexandria – Markeyla Anderson, Gavin Arabie, Sharenthia Chew, Angel Christophe, Josyf Das Neves, Joshua Dorsey, Alexis Flowers, Kelvina Ford, Zuleika Fountain, Vanity Givens, Kyle Guillory, Khloe Jasper, Whitney Joffrion, Gustov Johnson, Martavius King, Ashley Koestler, Kasey Lacombe, Taylar Lee, Kelli Leone, Jimmie Magee, Dean Mayeux, Jason McDaniel, Jalyn Mcneal, Ashley Mitchell, John O’Dell, Madison Ogorek, Tiffany Ore, Sadae Polk, Alyssa Rivers, Mart Sampson, Brandy Sayer, Shakera Shorts, Kizzy Slaughter, Kiaijah Thomas, Hailey Urena, Jenna Wade, Alysha Walker, Aalyiah Williams;

Amelia – Renwick McPherson;

Anacoco – Rachel Fournier, Angela Guy, Andrea Halladay, Tristan Harvey, Madeleine Hensley, Aaron Norris, Jason Ortiz, Ireland Slocum, Amanda Sorg, Tyler Stephens, Emily Williams, Rhonda Perry,

Arlington, Texas -- Mariah Denson, Devin Gipson, O’Shea Jackson;

Arnaudville – Macey Boyd, Bailey Dautreuil, Maddison Janice;

Athens – Jacob Ellis;

Atlanta – Ashley Mitchell, Jackson Teal, Jamie Wagley;

Aurora, Colorado – William Mccullough;

Avondale – Mikala Clark;

Bastrop – Alisha Bolton;

Baton Rouge – Jordan Hall, Melvin Hudson;

Belcher – Loriann Long;

Boyce – Lane Robinson

Baker – Devante George, Cherish Netter;

Ball – Angel Chavez, Christopher Constance, Bryan Sayes, Vanessa Toney, Alice Wilson;

Bastrop – Allenicia Arbet;

Baton Rouge – Mark Alexander, Chloe Castello, Ricky Chatman, Shelby Christian, Briyonna Collins, Madison Harris, Mckane Kinchen, Griffin Lundin, Cydni Millican, Rachel Monsour, Katie Pham, James Steelman, Jharon Whitfield;

Beacon Falls, Connecticut – Stacey Brown;

Bedford, Texas – Katina Booker;

Belle Chasse – Hayley Barbazon, Denim Reeves;

Belmont – Kelly Bass, Ashley Hill;

Bentley – Heather Jones,

Benton – Bryanna Cooper, Steven Gardner, Milla Gonzales, Grayson Isom, Colby Ponder, Blaine Reeder, Hannah Schott, Jackson Mathews, Megan Russell;

Bermuda – Michael Vienne;

Bienville – Sarah Macynski;

Big Spring, Texas – Kristin Wilson;

Birmingham, Alabama – Emma Wallace;

Bogalusa – Amanda Crawford, Taylor Johnson;

Bossier City – Yetunde Adegbovega, Austin Averitt, Abigail Castillo, Kendall Corkern, Cameron Davis, Daniel Dial, Kimberly Eloby, Ri’Kaela England, Khairig Frost, Hannah Gaspard, Margaret Gates, Jacob Guest, Tangy Heilbling, Ashlynn Henderson, Jordan Hunter, Shane Kaiser, Alyssa Kidd, Seth Lowery, Jordan Markle, Rebecca Markle, Jennifer Martinez, Rance Mason, Coby McGee, Alexa Montgomery, Yuridia Olea, Sabri Parks, Shelby Peebles, Brittani Phillips, Rachael Pierce, Cierra Rachal, Litzy Rivera, Gabriela Rodriguez, Madison Rowland, Rheagan Rowland, Dakota Schudalla, Makayla Strother, Trevor Tackett, Kellie Toms, Bobby Trichel, Madalyn Watson, Pamula Whicker, Elizabeth Zanca, Nour Zeidan;

Boutte – Jose Del Rio;

Boyce – Savanna Budnik, Timothy Glass, Kaitlyn Miller, Jessie Turner, Julia Watson;

Brownsboro, Texas – Brice Borgeson;

Buffalo, New York – LeTerrance Reed;

Bunkie – Izola Williams;

Bush – Serena Bonnette;

Calhoun – Marissa Barentine;

Campti – Paige Cason, Damarte Fisher, Kourtney Horton, Malachi Lester, Pepper Lloyd, Madison McLaren;

Canton, Texas – Tiffany Cayson, Jack Dyre;

Cape Coral, Florida – Karleigh Acosta;

Carencro – Malik Babin, Chaney Dodge, Harold Williams;

Cartagena, Colombia – Samantha Arellano Chavz, Edwin Castro Frias, Jalima Dias, Miledys Jiminez Vasquez, Daniel Racero Rocha, Gabriela Forero Salcedo, Sadoc Silva Calderon;

Cartagena Bolivar, Colombia – Alejandro Dager Carrasquilla;

Castor – Loxlie Dodd, Hogan Nealy;

Center, Texas – John Harrington;

Chalmette – Isaiah Carpenter, Gabriel Ernest, Sara Mendoza;

Chatham – Jonathan Gill;

Cincinnati, Ohio – Terry Brewer;

Clarence – Quintarous Coleman, Kimberly Reliford;

Clinton – Arianna Parrish;

Cloutierville – Alexia Gistarb;

Colfax – Camren Bell, Kensey Knight, Paidin Luneau, Kaitlyn Slalyter, Ontavius Williams;

Colorado Springs, Colorado – Sarah Wagner;

Columbia – Jackson McCann;

Columbus, Mississippi – William Taylor;

Converse – Zachary Faircloth, Nicolas Farmer, Victoria Gasper, Wade Hicks, Jared Jagneaux, Skyler Laroux, Ashley Sims, Delia Smith, Triston Waldon;

Coppell, Texas – Jada Freeman;

Cottonport – Jacob Harris, Joneshia Jacobs, Christine Lemoine;

Coushatta – Journi Brown, Faith Cason, La’Zaria Clark, Jon Hester, Tawanda Johnson, Amey Sepulvado;

Covington – Madison Blanks, Sarah Shiflett, Jennifer Vo;

Coyolilla Veracruz, Mexico – Guadalupe de Jesus Mendez Zaragoza;

Crowley – Mc’Kayleen Milson;

Cullen – D’Agurelle Epps;

Cut Off – Zachary Breaux, Kaelyn Musgrave;

Dallas – Nadia Carney;

De Berry, Texas – Sarah Britt;

DeQuincy – Hayden Robertson;

DeRidder – Carson Brown, Lauren Callis, Maygin Chesson, Sheridan Douglas, Sarah Fulford, Katherine Goodman, Michelle Green, Alexis Holland, Elliott Jones, Ethel Jones, Jordan Mack-McNair, Presley Phelps, Richard-Jayson Puzon, Morgan Smith, Heather Sorton, Madison Tilley, Tyler Wright, Airiuna Satchell;

Delhi – KeDiejah Cooper;

Denham Springs – Samantha Burgess, Joni Burlew, Caleb Callender, Zyneshia Jennings;

Deville – Emily Bonial, Courtney DeVille, Amy Henderson, Ashtyn Knapp, Karlee Littleton, Morgan McCrory, Caleb Rhodes, Marcia Rogers, Garrett Sellers;

Dodson – Nolan Griffin, Brendan Thomas;

Donaldsonville – Jermaine Collier, Natalie Landry;

Doyle – Mackensie Ulrich;

Doyline – Carmesia Russell;

Dry Prong – Ethan Lewis, Shian Murrell, Lindsey Weatherford, Ashley Webb;

Dubach – Oilvia Hancock, Kayla Loyd;

Dubberly – Audrie Dison;

Duson – Alexandra Broussard, Desmond Prejean;

Edmond, Oklahoma – Ravon Nero;

Elizabeth – Hannah LaCaze;

Elmer – Victoria Coleman

Elton – Maia Lacomb;

Eunice – Tanner Thibodeaux, Emily Deshotel;

Falfurrias, Texas – Marco Arevalo;

Farmerville – Adrianna Loyd, Jalissa Loyd;

Fayetteville, Arkansas – Cody Coleman;

Ferriday – Dalenesha Wimley;

Fisher – Hayden Courtney;

Flatwoods – Lindsey Willis;

Florien – Katelynn Alford, Danielle Anthony, Gabrielle Bryant, Braelyn Calhoun, Magon Lester, Ashton Remedies, Jordan Weldon;

Flower Mound, Texas – Randall Ruffner;

Folsom – Monique Basse, Shaylee Laird;

Forest Hill – Adrianne Dore;

Forney, Texas – Kaymi Wheeler;

Fort Polk – Brittany Chadwick, Mara Eifolla, Jayla Hart, Andrea Marquez, Madison Popp, Amanda. Ridenhour, Shiela May Tabonares, Whitney Tipton, Kiara Turner, TeKweena Wilson, Alexie Sarabia;

Fort Riley, Kansas – Breanna Bryan;

Fort Worth, Texas – Charles Gregory Meade;

Franklin – Zachary McEndree;

Franklinton – Randy Garza, Brittany Sanders;

Frierson – Mason Barnes;

Frisco, Texas – Hallie McCarroll;

Geisman – Rylee Leglue;

Guin, Alabama – Taylor Porter;

Garland, Texas – Joseph Goodson, Kobe Poole, Nia Randall;

Geismar – Elijah John-Baptiste;

Georgetown – Kaleb Hudson;

Glenmora – Reagan Humphries, Abbie Johnson, Kerstyn Johnson;

Gloster – Caitlyn Burford, Paris Gillum;

Goldonna – Brianna Calhoun;

Gonzales – Julie Breaux, Chaquera Caldwell, Ashlyn Chenevert;

Grand Cane – Sandra Kimble, Ciana Mcintyre, Emily Miller;

Grand Isle – Abigail Frazier;

Grand Prairie, Texas – Stephen Garrett;

Greenwell Springs – Morgan Bellot;

Greenwood – Leah Evans, Tamera Harris, Trenton Starks;

Gretna – Braxton Brown, Leroy Holmes, Nadia Johnson, Michael Wilson;

Gueydan – Hannah Sedatol;

Hackberry – Lexie Stine;

Hahnville – Cierra Puryear, Colin Vedros;

Hammond – Kaylon Wiloughby;

Harlengen – Frances Knight;

Harvey – Destiny Johnson;

Haughton – Deitric Alexander, Shakayla Bell, Katelynn Edwards, Anitra Fayad, Camry Heath, Kylee Jackson, Timothy Newell, Angie Nguyen, Makenezie Rains, Licentra Randolph, Bailee Rattanachai, Kaylee Sanford, Joshua Steele, Megan Tilley, Laura Waldroup, Katherine Weeks, Kacie Wilkinson, Chases Woltz, India Wright;

Haynesville – Jmarquiez Robinson, Sabrina Sowell, Michael Turner, Allysa Dodds;

Heflin – Kendall Brunson, Simiuna Cook, Kyle Smith;

Henderson – Andrew Blackmon;

Hessmer – Daren Dauzat;

Hineston – Victoria Carroll;

Homer – Francene Ferguson, Keyana Mccoy, Mariah West;

Hornbeck – Lane Alford, Ariel Rodgers;

Houma -- Courtney Chancellor, Rhiannon Dean, Venessa McKinley;

Houston – Rafael Bonilla, Jennifer Hitt, Casey Irvin, Natashia Jackson;

Humble, Texas – Toiquisha Johnson, Furquan Shorts;

Independence – Maria Thomas-Alfaro, Chloe Whiddon;

Iowa – Keiona Guy;

Jasper, Texas – Linsey Guthrie;

Jeanerette – David Blakesley;

Jefferson – Emily Ricalde;

Jena – Tiara Brown, Braegan Burlew, Candace Decker, Madison Erwin, Jasmine Furlow, Chelsea Redd, Tyler Thomas;

Jennings – Destiny Brown, Anayah Joseph;

Jonesboro – Ashlyn Gaines, JaVonna Lawrence, Alex Toms;

Kaplan – Chris Hebert;

Katy, Texas – Brittnay Cecil, Floyd Turner;

Keatchie – Sarah Plaisance;

Keithville – Germany Jones, Shelby Loftin, Cara Lorenen, Maya Porter;

Kenner – Emily Bennett, Willie Soniat, Parul Sharma;

Kentwood – Iris Travis;

Kernen – Antonia Blattner;

Kinder – Teralyn Plumber;

Konarskie, Poland – Elzbieta Iwaniuk;

Labadieville – Jacellynn LeBlanc, Logan Simoneaux;

Lacombe – Amy Schneider;

Lafayette – Taylor Aucoin, Ashanti Alfred, LaToya Bellard, Emma Burlet, Jared Dore, Reagan Guillory, Jacob Hawkins, Qualantre Jackson, Michele Kramer, JaKayle Lee, Paul Martin, Skylar Mccoy, Robert Middleton, Sarah Palmintier, Aishwarya Patel, Tylar Senegal, John Touchet, Ireland Williams, China Young;

Lafitte – Helen Kassahun;

Lake Charles – Landon Dore, Camren Green, Joel Moreaux, Jordan Mulsow, Destany Washington;

LaPlace – Caitlyn Turnbull;

Las Vegas, Nevada – Caitlin Schweighart;

Le Mars, Iowa – Shannon Smith;

League City, Texas – Lacee Savage, Blake Tessitore;

Leander – Karissa Boswell;

Lebeau – Sharissa Tanner;

Lecompte – Logan Cheek;

Leesville – Dakota Abrams, Cecilia Alfaya, Kimberly Alwell, Jebediah Barrett, Hailey Brantley, Kaylee Buby, Victoria Butler, Anthony Cantrell, Charlotte Cassin, Joseph Cryer, Cameron Davis, Marlee Dowden, Payton Gordy, Caleb Hillman, Hanna Johnson, Zachary Keeton, Lauren Kreyenbuhl, Mahala Lewis, Christina Lluvera, Gerard Lord, Brianna Maricle, Billy McGhee, Amy McKellar, Ashley McKellar, Kaitlyn Pajinag, Chloe Rouleau, Destiny Sanders, Cesar Santos, Dalton Schulte, Erin Schwartz, Megan Trask, Tabitha Vasquez, Marissa Weldon, Lana West, Cheyene Wise, Mikayla Zills;

Lena – Dillon Guin, Courtnee Hamberlin, Cortland Smith;

Lettsworth – Landon Benton;

Little Elm, Texas – Daniel Larin;

Little Rock, Arkansas – Whitney Jinks;

Livingston – Jay Gentry-Pace;

Livonia – Ryann Bizette, Shanyia Haynes;

Lockport – Malaina Falgout;

Logansport – Rebecca Tomlin, Shelby Woods, Kendoyle Cox;

Loranger – Cambree Bailey;

Lubbock, Texas – Miranda Stroud;

Mansfield – Tremeon Allen, Latyeauna Goodwin, Nicolette Hogan, Canessia Johnson, Demetric Preston, Madylin Sullivan, Kyah Wilson,

Madisonville – Zoe Almaraz, Bailey Perrilloux;

Mandeville -- Mya Holmes, Jalen Willis;

Many – Jocelyn Cannon, Patrick Colston, Sarah Cross, Timothy Early, Sydni Easley, Kyle Elliott, Tiarra Frazier, Brittney Garcie, Moses Gonzales, Jessie Johnson, Clayton Kelley, Lathan Meyers, Darion Miller, Matthew Peace, Andrew Penfield, Tanner Rains, Madison Rutherford, Aubrey Sepulvado, Mallary Veuleman;

Maringouin – Laura Scronce;

Marksville – Regan Balius, Nichole Dauzat, Leah Dupuy, Kayle Gaspard, Olivia Johnson, Victoria Lucas;

Marrero – Kelsey Brooks, Lius Escobar;

Marshall, Texas – Alexis Balbuena, Abagale Godrey;

Marthaville – Dylan Daniels, Veronica James, Thomas Lirette;

Meraux – Sophie Stechmann;

Merryville – Kyleah Franks;

Mesquite, Texas – Eric Renova, Curtis Williams;

Metairie – Kathryn Bancroft, Madysen Norra;

Midland, Texas – Channing Burleson;

Minden – Erin Dotson, Layla Easley, Abby Greene, Karasha Harris, Kiara Jenkins, Donna Law, Asata Sylvas, Jorge Zaldivar;

Missouri City, Texas – Cayla Jones;

Monroe – Demonta Brown, Kennedy Butler, Jansen Chisley, Kiara Drumgo, Taylor Edwards, Jaronda Griffin, Prettyunje Hunter, Diamond Knox-Jackson, Ashley Murphy, Keldrick Ward;

Montegut – Stephanie Cohen;

Monterey – Rebecca Womack;

Montgomery – Tabatha Bowlin, Payton Carroll, Gerald Chelette, Hailee Skains, Laryn Graves;

Monticello, Arkansas – Kamilah Kelley;

Mora – Gracy Rowell;

Moreauville – Reginea Alexander, Ashley Dunnam;

Natchitoches – Jeremy Aaron, Cass Arnold, Aaron Averett, Thomas Balthazar, Adam Barnes, Blake Bechtel, Terrius Bell, Kacy Bonds, Matthew Brown, Charles Bouchie, Santaurus Burr,Ladiamond Burrell, Dominitra Charles, Kaleb Chesser, Lane Clevenger, Jessica Coleman, Kaia Collins, Christian Cunningham, Sean Day, Moises Florez-Perez, Hannah Forsythe, Eric Fredieu, Abbie Garner, Peyton Graham, Denetria Green, Pamela Gross, Thomas Hadzeriga, Jalen Hall, Jasmine Hall, Samantha Hall, Deshon Hayes, Jett Hayes, Saul Hernandez, David Holmes, Jasmine Howard, Kanika Irchirl, Rachel Jeane, Emily Johnson, Karlee Laurence, Robert Lee, Emily Leone, Christopher Lewis, Helen-Lois Mancil, Wesley Manuel, Savannah Maricle, Brooklyn Martin, Tyler McCain, Lamarr McGaskey, Kristin McQuillin, Joshua Minor, Jair Morelos Castilla, Jakori Morris, Katelyn Murphy, Tori Neitte, Matthew Nelson, Donovan Ohnoutka, Christian Owens, Leilani Padilla, Kenneth Penrod, Eryn Percle, Veronica Pikes, Kenneth Poleman, Katherine Rachal, Michael Raymond, Jeffrey Remo, Devin Reyes, Kayla Rokett, Taylor Rutledge, Shelbi Ryan, Jalon Sangster, Chandler Sarpy, Gabrielle Scarborough, Natalie Sers, Anna Sibley, Athena Smith, Blake Teekell, Joseph Thibodaux, Margaret Thompson, Lantz Vercher, Elizabeth Vienne, Garrett Vienne, Huey Virece, Laurin Waldrip, Jacob Ware, Brianna Watermolen, Anna Waxley, Emma-Leigh Webster, Ellen Wells, Deondra White, Nicholas Wiggins, Leah Wilkins, Shavon Williams,

Natchez – Victoria Bradford, James Rougeou, Lauren Seawood;

Navasota, Texas – Shelton Eppler;

New Iberia – Mia Bashay, Dainell Ledet, Alex Romero;

New Llano – Deja Castille, Laura Cowell, Kendra Jones, Earnesta Riggins, Gabriel Vargas, Caden Wheeler;

New Milford, Connecticut – Lisa Rosenberg;

New Orleans – Demetrius Boulieu, Nyasha Brown, Damon Carter, Jeron Duplantier, Darlene Fairley, Matthew Gonzales, Omar Hall, RyShaneka Kirsh, Maxwell Martello, Phallon Robinson, Jonae Skinner, Rishard Winford;

Newellton – Chasity Glasspoole;

Noble – Shelby Etheridge, Tiffany McMillion, Krista Rivers, Thomas Rivers;

North Richland Hills, Texas – Cody Germany;

North York, Ontario – Alexander Comanita;

Oak Ridge – Kelly Futch;

Oakdale – Clayton Ashworth, JaQuanda Evins, Dylan Hamblin, Destani Johnson;

Olla – Morgan Barbo, Amanda Fenoli, Savannah Kirl;

Omro, Wisconsin – Jason Kralovetz;

Opelousas – Keylee Boone, Jordan Brisco, Kenya Gradnigo, Kayla Pitre, Lashante Richard, Kallie Zeringue;

Paris, Texas – Cody Vorwerk;

Pelican – Tyler Howard;

Pensacola, Florida – Mallory McClain;

Pierre Part – Blaise Crochet;

Pineville – Savannah Hope Andries, Melissa Barnhill, April Cain, Erika Carter, Korey Cleveland, Luke Conway, Sydney Duhon, Selena Ferguson, Ameera Ghannam, Ollie Gossett, Leia Graham, Megan Jacks, Trey Joseph, Ethan Lachney, Brooke Leger, Rodney Lonix, Sierra Matney, Sonya McClellan, Autumn McSwain, Abby Nichols, James Perry, Hannah Pusateri, Christina Rachal, Amaria Sapp, Elizabeth Shuler, Laikyn Slusher, Robert Tabor, Emily Wiley, Sarah-Elizabeth Wilkes;

Pitkin – Braydon Doyle, Jayce Doyle, Jessica Jones;

Plain Dealing – Nicholas Cason;

Plano, Texas – Asher Van Meter;

Plaucheville – Alexis Casarez;

Pleasant Hill – Makenzi Patrik;

Pollock – Krystal Bennett, Sarah Hunt, Dalton Kopp, Allyssa Zemp;

Ponchatoula – Keyadda Brim, Kaitlyn Hawkins;

Pontotoc, Mississippi – Elizabeth Murrah;

Port Allen – Evan Daigle, Kaleb Gauthier;

Port Barre – Danielle Schexnayder, Kristen Sonnier;

Prairieville – Hannah Beason, Donesha Blount, Lauren Breaux, Claire Credeur, Kristen Prettelt, Lysia Varisco, Elllise Vice, Brady Wilson, Faith Wilson;

Pride – Ashlyn Johnson;

Princeton – Katelyn Nattin, Ariell Shield;

Provencal – Taylor Craft;

Puyallup, Washington – Aine Oh;

Quitman – Cindy Crawford;

Raceland – Emily Adams;

Ragley – Katherine Greenmun;

Rayne – Bishop Breaux;

Reno, Nevada – Sydney Oren;

Richardson, Texas – Riley Cantrell;

Richfield, Minnesota – Leah Barnes;

Richmond, Texas – Ebonie Francis;

Ridgecrest – Melissa Kelly;

Ringgold – McKenzie Davidson, Autumn McCoy, Olivia Prado;

River Ridge – Rachel Chimeno;

Robeline – Chad Berly, Patricia Goodwin, Hannah Hennigan, Kristal Lachney, Kacy Morae, Ember O’Bannon, Laura Olguin, Morgan Rachal, Hannah Schoth;

Rosepine -- Emilee Johnson;

Ruston – Paul Bryant, Tekiren Evans, Jalen Garrison, Seth Hartsfield, Christopher Letendre, Aujani Richburg;

St. Amant – Larson Fontenot;

St. Bernard – Ashlie Kieff, Emily Snyder;

St. Francisville – Emeria Jones;

St. Martinville – Belinda Alexander, Jacoby Fontenette, Destiny Simon, Maleik White, Cassandra Zenon;

St. Rose – Crystal Jones;

Saline – Makayla Jackson, Isabella Jones, Malayna Poche, Aaron Savell;

San Antonio, Texas – Matthew Aguilera, Anthony Renteria;

Sarepta – Katie Ingle;

Scott – Hannah Durgin, Tayla Soileau;

Shreveport – Aubrey Allen, Katelynn Benge, Frances Boggs, Leta Broome, Makayla Bryant, Shatericka Christor, Kesherion Collins, Naterria Davis, Reonia Davis, Hailey Deaton, Miya Douglas, Daja Easter, Deadrian Egans, Meghan Fry, Cassidy Giddens, Savon Gipson, Ellen Grappe, MIzzani Grigsby, Lindsey Hagan, Adrianne Hampton, Katelyn Householder, Shelby Hunter, Jazzmine Jackson, John Jefferson, Drake Johnson, Korynthia Johnson, Zachary Johnson, Nathan Jones, Summer Jones, Alicia King, Lauren Lee, Samantha Lyons, Tiffany Mack, Caitlyn Malloy, Christopher Markham, Andria Mason, Ashley Mason, Tifphany McClinton, Rici McDonald, Claire McMillan, Samantha Metoyer, Najah Mitchell, Brittney Nicleso-Rayfus, Megan Osborn, Tara Pair, Tierry Perry, Christina Peterson, Kalyn Phillips, Hayden Pilcher, Sierra Prelow, Shelby Reddy, Grayson Roberts, Jalisa Roberts, Savonya Robinson, Madelyn Ruiz, Amanda Rushing, Breanna Samuel, Angelica Satcher, Shermaine Shorter, Jackiesha Simmons, Ciara Sipes, Richard Sloan, Kendria Smith, Jessica Sowers, Jamie Stewart, Somer Stratton, Lindsey Stroud, Khalil Sumlin, Destini Sweet, Hailey Thomas, Anne Tibbit, Katerina Vargas, Khamaria Vaughn, De’Andra Washington, Lakayla Whitaker, Gaylin White, Jamisa Williams, Lajayda Williams, Tre’Darius Williams, Kristy Wilson, India Wright;

Sibley – Madison Mouser;

Sieper – Emily George;

Simmesport – Lexi Gremillion, Elise Normand;

Simpson – Katelynn Martin;

Slidell – Terran Cole, Noah Glass, Tristan Johnson, Rachel Reed, Maci Walgamotte, Thomas Garner;

Sondheimer – Anna Marsh;

Springfield – Tyler Pigott;

Sterlington – Catherine Trichell;

Stonewall – Bessie Cable, Dawson Cranford, Emma Delafield, Emmy Hinds, Robert McAllen, Mackenzie Panther, Maguire Parker, Heather Schiller, Tehya McDonald, Chassidy Sutton;

Sugar Land, Texas – Jake Gore;

Sulphur – Andrew Stephens;

Sunset – Zachary Linville, Lauren Pope;

Tallahassee, Florida – Edward Clarke;

Tallulah – Anna Boney;

Taylor, Texas – Jake English;

Texarkana, Texas – Daphne Hammett, Kristin McDuffie, Jasmine Neal;

Thibodaux – Beth Olin, Cierra Winch

Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania – Brianna Morosco;

Tomball, Texas – Natalee Henry;

Toms River, New Jersey – Jacqueline Manza;

Toronto, Ontario – Rhea Verma;

Trout – Makayla King, Haley Lisenby, Kalee Mcguffee, Andrea Walters;

Troy, New York – Kasey Whitmore;

Tupelo, Mississippi – Bailey Griffin;

Ville Platte – Gabrielle Chapman, Nicholas Blood, Andrea Bradley;

Vinton – Shae Cramer, Toby Stanley, Alayna Zaunbrecher;

Violet – Callie Maschmeyer;

Vivian – Kaylee Scott, Chase Lewis;

Vossburg, Mississippi – Chequira Bonner;

Walker – Madison Arnold;

Walworth, New York – Devonne Seelig;

Washington – Kyeishia Evans, Catherine Stevens;

Waskom, Texas – Blakely Canfield, Zink Kiper, Laken Thompson;

Welsh – Autumn Hanks;

West Helena, Arkansas – Brittani Arana;

West Monroe – Abigail Beck, Austin Dodson, Brianna Fife, Kennedy Ford, Allison Freeman, Aubrey Gamble, Jasmyn Johnson, Eva Sanford, Madison Shidiskis, Melissa Taylor, Christopher Wynn;

Westwego – Tja’h Edwards;

Wilmington, Delaware – Amy Bourett;

Winnfield – Annalise Austin, Harli Austin, Rhonda Duff, Kara Grantadams, Rakeen Williams, Caroline Womack;

Winnsboro – A’Lexus Johnson;

Woodworth – Lexus Weston;

Youngsville – Devin Forestier, Devyn Shores, Sophia Toranto;

Zachary – Laney Davis;

Zwolle – Kierstyn Cartinez, Dayton Craig, Trenton Malmay, Ariana Martinez, Treveon Perry, Autumn Wyatt.

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my favorite female character : sookiemy favorite male character : lukemy favorite book/season/etc : god i have to pick just one? i can’t : (my favorite episode (if its a tv show) : again, idk. there are too many good onesmy favorite cast member : i love milo okay ..... i LOVE himmy favorite ship : luke and lorelai :’ )a character I’d die defending : I WOULD DIE FOR MICHELa character I just can’t sympathize with : meh, they all have flaws for various reasons. although i was never a fan of logan LOL RIPa character I grew to love : emily :\my anti otp : rory and logan SORRY BOUT IT

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In Hurricane Florence's Path 2m Tons of Toxic Coal Ash Loom Over Lumberton by Oliver Laughland

A county worker drives astride the levee along Lowery Street in Lumberton, North Carolina, ahead of Hurricane Florence. Photograph: Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images

Storm rains could cause a dump containing mercury, arsenic and lead to overflow into a North Carolina town’s water supply.

A few thousand feet behind Godwin Vicki’s trailer home, concealed behind thick forest, is a dump of coal ash weighing over 2 million tons.

“I wish it weren’t there,” said the 62-year-old, as her dog yapped by the plywood boards waiting to be nailed to windows. “We don’t know what to expect. Especially this time with all the rain.”

The ash is a byproduct of the now-defunct Weatherspoon coal power plant, closed in 2011, and is just one of more than two dozen ash basinsthat experts and environmental advocates warn could do catastrophic damage when Hurricane Florence makes landfall in the coming hours.

They contain potentially dangerous levels of mercury, arsenic and lead, and the collapse or spill of one of these dumps could potentially lead to the contamination of nearby rivers and waterways. The Weatherspoon plant backs straight on to the Lumber river, which supplies water to the entire city.

Vicki, and her dog, will evacuate the area on Thursday. “I ain’t sticking around to see what happens,” she said. “But my husband will be here to watch over the property.”

Two years ago, when Hurricane Matthew hit North Carolina as a category one storm, flooding of a nearby creek in Lumberton flowed into one of the Weatherspoon plant’s former cooling ponds. That one did not contain corrosive ash, but at another dump further north near the city of Goldsboro, an unknown amount of ash flowed into the Neuse river after a basin was breached by the hurricane.

Florence, a far stronger storm, is expected to dump vastly more rain than Matthew, as its likely pathway lingers over the Carolinas for days, making it far more hazardous in relation to the state’s coal ash dumps.

Residents of Lumberton remember the 2016 hurricane with palpable anxiety.

“Matthew was like our Katrina,” said 29-year-old Jeremy Lewis. The city went for seven days without water after the local water plant was overwhelmed by the flooding.

“People here were getting water out of the lakes. It was a disgusting situation,” said Lewis, a labourer at a local textile factory. “I’ve been freezing ice for the past four days, I ain’t going to let what happened then happen again,” he said.

None of the residents in Lumberton interviewed by the Guardian said they had received any guidance from local authorities about the potential dangers of the Weatherspoon ash basin.

Brandon Love, Lumberton’s deputy city manager, said the basin was downstream of the city’s water plant on the Lumber river.

“Personally, I don’t think it will have any effects. But that’s my layman’s interpretation,” he said, conceding he was not aware of any environmental impact assessment on the coal ash dump, which, he said, fell just outside the city limits.

The Robeson county water department, which manages supply for the broader region, did not respond to a request for comment.

Duke Energy, one of the largest electricity companies in the US, which manages dozens of coal ash sites in the state, said the company was posting monitoring staff to sites, including Weatherspoon, closest to the coast.

“We have a set of protocols we follow for inspections following heavy rain events, and site staff will perform those field inspections as needed as long as conditions are safe to do so,” said a company spokeswoman, Paige Sheehan.

The company has excavated 250,000 tonnes of coal ash from the Weatherspoon site, as part of efforts to clean up and close more than a dozen sites in the state after the company pleaded guilty to environmental crimes in 2015.

The plea occurred following another leak of up to 39,000 tonnes of coal ash into the Dan river in 2014.

Despite the state’s checkered history with its coal ash dumps, some residents in Lumberton were entirely unfazed by the looming hurricane’s scale and power, unprecedented in the region’s history. Robeson county voted 51.4% for Donald Trump, an ardent backer of coal power, in 2016.

Jackie Britt, 87, owner of Carolina Sales – a fishing boat dealer a few miles from the plant – has lived in the area his entire life.

“It ain’t nothing but ashes,” he said. “It’s been spilling off into the river for years, so why would I start worrying about it now? Me and my friends have been eating and drinking out of the river for years and 90% of them didn’t die young.”

He added: “All this environmentalism can kiss my ass.”

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10 Best Movies of 2021 (So Far)

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Can you ever really go home? Millions of cinephiles are likely asking themselves this as summer 2021 winds down with doubt again lingering over their favorite movie houses. For a time, theaters were once again open for big business in the U.S. and UK, and remain so in at least one of those venues. But box office reports paint an ambiguous future, and many casual moviegoers clearly remain reluctant about returning to the cinema.

Nonetheless, it’s still good to be back in those old familiar places, as well as to have an ever expanding list of options to discover on streaming. Compared to last year, 2021 feels like a sunny balm, particularly now that the heaviest hitters and biggest surprises of July and the dog days of summer have landed.

It’s why we typically save our “mid-year” ranking for that deep breath between the end of summer escapism and the awards season push that begins in September. There have been some real treats on the 2021 calendar, so whether you’ve seen the entire list below or are looking for something you missed, sit back and enjoy a collection of the best movies of 2021. So far.

10. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo wrote and star in this bizarre, brightly colored, and utterly joyful comedy that defies expectations throughout. The two are middle-aged best friends who take their very first vacation to Florida together to visit the idyllic Vista del Mar.

But it’s not all cocktails and banana boats. Behind the scenes, super villain Sharon Fisherman (also played by Wiig) has an evil plan for the resort. With shades of the best of Austin Powers (though far more sincere) Barb and Star is a good natured friendship comedy through a surrealist lens, which could scratch an itch for anyone missing a bit of beach time this year.

9. Psycho Goreman

Unexpected gem of the year surely goes to this utterly bonkers grue-filled cosmic horror B-movie which is also really funny and kind of sweet at the same time. It follows annoying little shit Mimi (Nita-Josee Hanna) who bullies her brother Luke (Owen Myre) mercilessly. After defeating him in a game of “crazy ball,” Luke’s punishment is to dig his own grave (!) but instead the pair discover an artifact which turns out to be the key to controlling a universal evil imprisoned on earth for trying to destroy the galaxy.

So of course Mimi names him Psycho Goreman and forces him to hang out with her family and friends despite his insistence that he will bathe in their blood the moment he is freed. From Steven Kostanski, the director of 2016’s The Void, Psycho Goreman is a spot-on blend of brutal slaying and hardcore gore, a cosmic plotline involving an alien council and a wholesome family comedy. An unexpected delight.

8. Cruella

Emma Stone is a punk rock designer in the mold of Vivienne Westwood in this vibrant London-set comedy, which is on paper a prequel to 101 Dalmatians. But in reality, take it as a standalone and you’ll have way more fun.

Up and coming fashionista Estella manages to impress one of the leading designers The Baroness (Emma Thompson) and secures a coveted job at her world famous fashion house. But when Estella discovers a dark secret relating to her own past, she takes on the outrageous alter-ego Cruella to destroy The Baroness by out-fashioning her at every opportunity.

Packed with banging tunes and great dresses, Cruella is a high energy spectacle but it’s the sparring of the two Emmas that brings the real electricity. Forget any future she might have as a puppy killer, in her own film, Cruella is a legend.

7. In the Heights

The sunniest film to hit theaters this season, Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights was as sugary sweet as the frozen Piragua Lin-Manuel Miranda hocks around this movie’s block. Based on the Hamilton composer’s earlier Tony winning musical, the picture was the rare thing: a Broadway adaptation that actually soars as high as its stage production and (rarer still) the first Hollywood blockbuster with an all-Latinx cast.

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The film came under fair criticism on social media for not being as inclusive as it could be, but that shouldn’t be the last word on such a big-hearted achievement. From the buoyant performances which have already opened doors for Anthony Ramos and Leslie Grace’s immense charisma, to the Latin, salsa, and hip-hop infused melodies which celebrate a culture long left out of the Hollywood image of American life, In the Heights is a jubilant celebration. There really hasn’t been a giddier time at the multiplex this year. Plus, those “96,000” and “Carnaval del Barrio” sequences really are fire.

6. Zola

Based on a “true” story which was told via a series of tweets posted back in 2015 (and the subsequent Rolling Stone article that brought the tale to prominence), Zola is a stranger-than-fiction saga seen through the lens of social media. An ultra contemporary, experimental, low budget comedy-thriller with a backdrop of abuse and sex trafficking, the film is as willfully uncomfortable to watch as it is massively entertaining.

From the jump, Zola (Taylour Paige) is a Detroit waitress and part time exotic dancer who meets a customer named Stefani (Riley Keough) and agrees to take a trip with her to Florida to hit up strip clubs where Stefani promises they’ll make a lot of money. With them are Stefani’s feckless boyfriend (Succession’s Nicholas Braun) and her obviously dodgy roommate. Sometimes told through spoken tweets with switches in perspective, this marks director Janicza Bravo as a compelling new voice, and her cast of leads as nothing short of captivating.

How much of what you’re watching actually happened? Well, that’s the elusive quality of social media…

5. Judas and the Black Messiah

Fred Hampton was murdered with the consent and planning of law enforcement at both federal and local jurisdiction levels. That Judas and the Black Messiah made this common knowledge would be reason enough for consideration. Yet that director Shaka King tells Hampton’s story so thrillingly here elevates his film into one of the most compelling crime dramas in years—only with the FBI’s illegal COINTELPRO program being the primary criminal element.

Told from the perspective of the man who spied on the Black Panthers and eventually facilitated the raid that took Hampton’s life, Judas radiates a despairing quality which somehow can still feel electrifying whenever Daniel Kaluuya’s powerhouse performance takes center stage. Which is pretty much any time the Black Panther chairman takes the microphone. Kaluuya deserved his Oscar, but LaKeith Stanfield’s paranoid turn as Bill O’Neal, the poor bastard coerced into being a snitch while still a kid, is what gets under your skin and walks beside you after the credits roll.

4. Pig

Are there really folks out there who wandered into a screening of Pig and assumed they’d get the Nicolas Cage knockoff of John Wick? I like to think so, just as I love to imagine what they said to each other afterward. To be sure, Michael Sarnoski’s Pig sounds on paper like something in that ballpark: Cage plays a hermit living in self-exile from his past life when ruffians steal his beloved… truffle pig. In response, he comes down from the mountain, ready to reengage with the old ways.

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Yet when you realize those old ways involve being the greatest chef in his state—and reengagement means partaking in a fight club that’s far more pitiful than it sounds and simply cooking gourmet meals—the more apparent it is that this is a sophisticated, nuanced allegory about grief and self-identity. Anchored by Cage’s best performance in a long, long time, Pig is a gentle and revelatory experience that slowly unpacks its brilliance piece by piece, vignette by vignette. For those coming in wanting fast food, this probably will be a disappointment. For all others, it’s a resplendent five course meal.

3. The Suicide Squad

For once the marketing wasn’t kidding. Writer-director James Gunn does have a horribly beautiful mind, and we at last get to see it fully unleashed on a superhero property. Yes, the filmmaker made many cry over a CGI tree and talking raccoon in the Guardians of the Galaxy films, but perhaps not since Logan has a storyteller seen such free rein over valuable studio IP. Gunn didn’t waste it.

The Suicide Squad plays very much like the men and women on a mission ‘60s capers its director grew up on, but that structure is channelled here through a filthy and deranged sensibility. How else can you describe a picture that makes you want to cuddle a land shark who just swallowed a bystander whole? The Suicide Squad does that and more while providing a showcase for sure things like Margot Robbie’s irresistible Harley Quinn, as well as the dregs and rejects of DC Comics who ultimately steal the movie: David Dastmalchian’s Polka-Dot Man and Daniela Melchior’s Ratcatcher 2, namely. Box office be damned, this is one of the best superhero films ever made and will be a classic in the years to come.

2. The Green Knight

When you hear the name “King Arthur,” certain elements spring to mind. It’s one of those classic properties which have been adapted, exploited, and parodied with killer rabbits ad nauseam. Even so, it’s safe to say you’ve never seen the lore become as foreboding and startling as this. Reimagined through the gaze of writer-director David Lowery, the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight at last takes on a trippy and witchy connotation. An interpretation that pulls as much from medieval paganism as it does obsessions with chivalry and Christian virtue, The Green Knight successfully reinvents its Arthurian quest into a journey toward certain doom.

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As the central figure on that mission, Dev Patel reveals superstar charisma and the ability to completely command the screen. His version of Gawain, the wayward nephew of King Arthur (Sean Harris), is vain, cowardly, selfish, and somehow wholly sympathetic as he searches for Ralph Ineson’s Green Knight: a godlike creature who has promised to behead Gawain when they meet again. Through it all, Lowery and company craft a sumptuous world that in every shot looks like the most transportive Dungeons and Dragons cover you’ve ever seen. The atmosphere is oppressively brooding, and it will not appeal to everyone. Yet like the very best films released by indie distributor A24, there is a touch of mad genius at work here that demands to be seen and then seen again.

1. Inside

As arguably the best piece of art to come out of 2020’s torments, Bo Burnham’s Inside was not marketed or even conceived of as a film. Nevertheless, it slowly transformed into one throughout its months-long production process, which forewent mere sketch humor to reveal an undeniably cinematic, experimental, and ultimately bleak heart. In other words, it’s a perfect distillation of how all mediums are blurring into that loathsome word: content.

Through heavily edited, conceived, and revised set-pieces, the film’s director, star, writer, and composer lays his insecurities and vanities bare. Filmed inside Burnham’s home studio space, Inside is the result of the young filmmaker behind Eighth Grade becoming acutely aware he’s regressed to his early resources as a teenage YouTube star: a camera, a music keyboard, some synth programs, and hours of idle boredom.

Within those numbing hours, Burnham built something both reflective and suspicious about technology, the internet culture which gave him his career, and even his own self-image. With a catchy songbook of synthesized bangers, many of which echo ’80s pop ballads, Burnham crystallizes better than any typical three-act film the anxieties and delirium of a year spent mostly at home. He also provides a scathing critique of how our concepts of communication and identity have been co-opted and undermined by tech companies whose products incite division for profit—all while still releasing his film on the biggest streaming platform in the world. It’s a challenging, self-loathing, and haunted piece of work that will invariably become a time capsule for its moment in history.

Runner ups that almost made the cut: Annette, Black Widow, Coda, Mr. Soul, No Sudden Move, Raya and the Last Dragon, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It, The Sparks Brothers, Val.

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