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Sunday 24 September Mixtape 376 “Lucky Colors”

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Miss Majesty-Lucky One 00:31

Marc Shearer-Magma On My Mind 01:31

Hawksmoor-Dream Logic 05:12

Fluxus-Flores Tutus 07:19

Yoker Moon-Ignore Limit for Today 11:32

Hopkirk-Cold Lunar Nights 14:58

Datashock-Zu viel Zeit, zu wenig Möglichkeiten 16:48

Beyond Our Galaxy-Circular logic 21:55

Causa-Heliopolis (Luv*Jam Dream Nip) 25:42

Tomer Baruch-Stephanoceros III 30:28

Future Children-Skulls and Crossbones and Charcoal 35:17

Binaural Space-Communication Error 36:50

Isaac Soto-Wrong Answers 37:46

Piotr Kurek-Tonal Colors 42:47

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Films Watched in 2023:

38. He Who Gets Slapped (1924) - Dir.  Victor Sjöström

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He Who Gets Slapped (1924) Victor Sjöström

August 24th 2024

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Ex-Wife, published anonymously in 1929, was a succès de scandale. The very title aggressively challenged American mores and morals; divorce was almost unheard of in the middle classes at the time. And Manhattan high life in the 1920s (the novel takes place between 1923 and 1927) gave the prurient everything they could wish: not just divorce, but promiscuity, abortion, smoking, and drinking.

And I had, for an instant, that feeling that New York was an altogether beautiful place to live, no matter what happened to me living in it—a comforting feeling that had come to me sometimes, of late, when I stopped looking to people for comfort.

Narrated by Patricia, it tells of her life after her husband walked out on her. She goes from grief and despair to acceptance to indifference while becoming increasingly successful as an advertising copywriter in fashion, and bedding numerous men. Her friend Lucia, a slightly older and more experienced divorcee, supports and mentors her.

Surprisingly, the book is vehemently anti-feminist. The 1920s were a time when women could vote and were free of Victorian behavioral constraints, but systemic sexism ran deep and went largely unnoticed—at least by Patricia and Lucia.

The book was filmed in 1930 as The Divorcée, starring Norma Shearer, who won her only Oscar for it.

Norma Shearer in The Divorcee

In the forward to the 2023 edition (whose cover is shown above), Alissa Bennett writes, "It's easy to get caught in the trap of Ex-Wife's nostalgic charm; there are phonographs and jazz clubs and dresses from Vionnet; there are verboten cocktails and towering new buildings that reach toward a New York skyline so young that it still reveals its stars."

The author's son, Marc Parrott, agreed. "The New York described here," he wrote in an afterward to the 1989 edition, reprinted in the current edition, "and this was true, I think, for 20 years or more—was much smaller, much more intimate, much safer and much cheaper than the city from the '50s on to the present. It was also cleaner. My mother called it 'shining.'"

This is how Patricia and Lucia react to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue:

"The tune matches New York," Lucia said. "The New York we know. It has gaiety and colour and irrelevancy and futility and glamour as beautifully blended as the ingredients in crêpes suzette." I said, "It makes me think of skyscrapers and Harlem and liners sailing and newsboys calling extras." "It makes me think I’m twenty years old and on the way to owning the city," Lucia said. "Start it over again, will you?"

Second & fourth photos: NYC Past Third photo: eBay

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Oscar Nominated Shakesperian performances that arent LAurance Olivier

So I noticed several Shakesperian performances were nominated for oscars.....Most of them by Laurance Olivier (Henry V,Hamlet which he won ,Richard III and Othello ) but I wanna showcase the oscar nominated Shakesperians who arent Olivier

Basil Rathbone as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet

Norma Shearer as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet

Jean Simmons as Ophelia in Hamlet

Marlon Brando as Marc Antony in Julius Ceasar

Maggie Smith as Desdemona in Othello

Joyce Redman as Emilia in Othello

Frank Finlay as Iago in Othello

Kenneth Branagh as Henry V in Henry V

Denzel Washington as Macbeth in Tragedy of Macbeth

@ariel-seagull-wings @the-blue-fairie @themousefromfantasyland @theancientvaleofsoulmaking @princesssarisa @minimumheadroom

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A Lon Chaney Double Feature

Norma Shearer and Lon Chaney in He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Sjöström, 1924)

Cast: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King, Marc McDermott, Ford Sterling, Tully Marshall. Screenplay: Carey Wilson, Victor Sjöström; titles: Marian Ainslee; based on a play by Leonid Andreyev. Cinematography: Milton Moore. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons. Film editing: Hugh Wynn.

He Who Gets Slapped is not a film for coulrophobes (people with a fear of clowns). It's crawling with them, performing antics that are supposed to be, to judge from the hilarity they induce in the audiences shown in the film, side-splittingly funny. The film seems to be based on the highly dubious premise that watching someone get slapped repeatedly is one of the funniest things ever. (There may be people who think so, to judge from the perennial popularity of the Three Stooges.) The whole movie is an artificial concoction, anyway, and only the brilliance of Lon Chaney gives it some grounding in real-life feeling. It was one of the films that launched the MGM studios on the road to Hollywood dominance, and the first one to feature Leo the Lion in the credits. It's also a film that contemporary audiences should watch to see the young Norma Shearer, when she was at her freshest and most natural. In He Who Gets Slapped, her love interest is John Gilbert. It was only after the advent of sound that Shearer's husband, MGM's creative director Irving G. Thalberg, decided to make her into a great lady, the cinematic equivalent of Katharine Cornell, putting her into remakes of Broadway hits like The Barretts of Wimpole Street (Sidney Franklin, 1934), which had starred Cornell, or Strange Interlude (Robert Z. Leonard, 1932), which had featured another theatrical diva, Lynn Fontanne. She is barely in her 20s in He Who Gets Slapped, however, and she's delightful, with no trace of the diva to come.

Lon Chaney and Loretta Young in Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Laugh, Clown, Laugh, Herbert Brenon, 1928

Cast: Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young, Cissy Fitzgerald, Nils Asther, Gwen Lee. Screenplay: Elizabeth Meehan; titles: Joseph Farnham; based on a play by David Belasco and Tom Cushing. Cinematography: James Wong Howe. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons. Film editing: Marie Halvey.

Laugh, Clown, Laugh puts him in clown makeup again, but the film is a grand showcase for Chaney, whose reputation as the man of a thousand faces was somewhat misleading. He had one well-worn face that, no matter how much he distorted or disguised it, shone through. Here he's given an opportunity to perform without disguise through much of the film, and the range of expressions available to him is astonishing. The leading lady is 14-year-old Loretta Young. That she often looks her age is one of the more disturbing things about the film, in which she's supposed to be in love with both Chaney, who was 45, and the improbably pretty Nils Asther, who was 31. The cinematography is by James Wong Howe. Laugh, Clown, Laugh was eligible for Oscar nominations in the first year of the Academy Awards, and Chaney should have received one. The closest the film came to an award was the one that Joseph Farnham received for title writing (the one and only time the award was presented). But Farnham's award was for the body of his work over the nomination period, and not for a particular film.

[novumtimes]

Marc Cucurella hoping England star stays on bench in Euro 2024 final with Spain | Football

Marc Cucurella and Cole Palmer could lock horns in the Euro 2024 final this weekend (Picture: Getty) Marc Cucurella says he has been in contact with Cole Palmer and hopes his Chelsea team-mate stays on the bench for Spain’s Euro 2024 final with England. The 25-year-old left-back endured a difficult season at Chelsea last term but has been instrumental for Spain this summer, starting all but one of his nation’s games en route to Sunday’s spectacle. After starring in Spain’s semi-final victory over France on Tuesday, La Roja’s sixth successive win at the tournament, Cucurella is widely expected to continue his run in Luis de la Fuente’s starting XI. Spain have been far and away the most convincing team in Germany and enter their first major final in 12 years as the favourites to get their hands on the trophy. Cucurella could come up against his club team-mate Palmer in Berlin, though the attacker – Chelsea’s Player of the Season – has so far been limited to substitute appearances by Gareth Southgate. Palmer made a huge impact off the bench in the Three Lions’ semi-final victory over the Netherlands, though, providing the assist for Ollie Watkins’ stunning 90th-minute winner in Dortmund. ‘I spoke with him, but it was over a week ago. We talked for a while in the previous rounds,’ Cucurella told Spanish publication Mundo Deportivo. ‘For me, it’s much better if he doesn’t play and stays on the bench.’ Cucurella hopes Southgate keeps Palmer on the bench (Picture: Mundo Deportivo) Asked if De la Fuente had asked him for any inside information on England’s players, Cucurella replied: ‘Today we had our first talk and we discussed it a bit. ‘But he has Rodri, who knows more about English football than I do. ‘I suppose that if he has doubts, we can give him different points of view. ‘We are going to approach the game as we have done for every other match so far. If we are at our best level, we have a good chance of winning.’ Palmer has been limited to substitute appearances in Germany (Picture: Getty) While Cucurella has shone at the Euros and proven many of his doubters wrong, the full-back found himself the target of boos and jeers during Spain’s semi-final defeat of France in Munich – leaving many viewers confused. It subsequently became evident that the culprits were not disgruntled French fans, rather neutral German supporters venting their anger after Cucurella escaped punishment for a shout of handball in last week’s quarter-final. Asked whether he was surprised by the booing, Cucurella replied: ‘At first, yes, a little, because I didn’t really understand it. ‘But I quickly saw that there were a lot of people in white and I understood why. ‘Spending money to be in the semi-finals of the European Championship and then to boo… they could have given the ticket to someone who would have enjoyed the match. More Trending Read More Stories ‘The important thing is that we are in the final and the people who were angry or bored are watching it at home.’ Earlier this week, Cucurella’s girlfriend claimed the Chelsea star had ‘promised’ to dye his hair bright red should Spain beat England at the Olympiastadion. ‘If we win, if we win… I can’t play in a final with red hair,’ he responded. ‘I have to do it and I’ve been thinking about how so that I don’t end up with red hair like the character in the Little Mermaid. We’ll do something.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. MORE : Alan Shearer names England’s ‘player of the tournament’ ahead of Euro 2024 final with Spain MORE : Wayne Rooney makes prediction for England’s Euro 2024 final against Spain MORE : Chelsea star training away from first-team ahead of potential summer exit This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Source link via The Novum Times

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Come Hell or Highwater #666

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Moher, Telenn Tri, The Drowsy Lads, Maggie’s Wake, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, The Out of Kilters, Paisley Close, The Flailing Shilaleighs, Medusa's Wake, Wooden Legs, The Walker Roaders, Ashley Davis

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THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC

0:07 - Moher  -  BZH “Phœnix  (reels)  Phœnix  -  Sean Sa Cheo  -  Galway Rambler” from Phoenix

3:51 - WELCOME

5:57 - Telenn Tri “The Hills of Kaitoke” from The Cat's Meow

10:37 - The Tannahill Weavers “The Gallant Shearers” from Alchemy

15:22 - The Drowsy Lads “G Jigs” from Everyone In

19:51 - Maggie’s Wake “Maid of Fortune” from Maggie’s Wake

23:25 - FEEDBACK

26:26 - Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps “Sweet St. John's” from Down to the Roots

30:49 - Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening “Long For Light” from Cloud Horizons

34:40 - The Out of Kilters “Botany Bay” from Hot Potatoes

38:14 - Paisley Close “Fair Maid On the Shore” from All On A Day

42:31 - THANKS

45:04 - The Flailing Shilaleighs “Seven Drunken Nights” from Yours To Discover

48:44 - Medusa's Wake ”Gates of Hell” from Rascals and Rogues

52:28 - Wooden Legs “Paw on the Pan” from Animali

57:20 - The Walker Roaders “Turned out Nice Again” from The Walker Roaders

1:01:47 - CLOSING

1:02:30 - Ashley Davis “Doire Cholm Cille” from Down By the Sea

1:05:36 - CREDITS

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This fall, I’m taking a very small group of invaders to taste whisky and hike the hills and dales of Scotland. Find out if you can still join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/ #celticmusic #irishmusic #celticmusicpodcast

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Jackie Wassilie emailed: “So..just listened to my first podcast..it was the absolute fastest hour! Totally entertaining in my early quiet morning hour. Awesomeness!”

Ryan Weyls shared a photo from Wolfe Tones in Norwalk, CT on March 13: “Hi Marc, here's a photo of the Wolfe Tones from what they say is their last tour of the US. In a nod to our modern era, they had a keyboardist playing bass lines and synth strings, and a laptop was visible onstage as well. The Mac might have been for the slide show or a click track, or both. I'd prefer a live bassist but their extra man made it work with his Roland. Have a great weekend.

Patrick Rieger emailed photos right before St Patrick’s Day: “Hello Marc,

Celtic Pittsburgh was part of the Saint Patrick's Day parade for the first time this year, and it was also my first parade on such a scale. I was part of two tiny parades for other occasions, but nothing like this. Pittsburgh Public Safety estimated 200,000 spectators would be lining the 1.4 miles route, and it certainly looked it. Emerging from under a railroad bridge to reach the start of the parade route and seeing the sides of the streets of downtown Pittsburgh packed with so many people cheering and whooping was a thrill. Some people were even watching from a parking garage.

We had seven people marching. Three members marched, as well as some people who volunteered to march with us. Two people were from the Lady MacGregor Lodge #73 of the Daughters of Scotia based in Youngwood, PA.

Besides groups honoring Irish and Celtic culture, there were other groups in the parade, including a Ghostbusters fan group.

The radio program who interviewed Susan Borowski and I, The Saturday Light Brigade, asked people downtown for the parade to call in and let them know how the parade was going, so I called while we were waiting in the staging area.

I have attached some photos, most to show the size of the crowd, and one of the reviewing stand.”

Check out this episode!

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MTMTE #15

4 Scans Under The Cut

Story by James Roberts Pencils by Alex Milne Inks by Alex Milne, Marc Deering, Brian Shearer and Phyllis Novin Colors by Josh Burcham with Josh Perez and Joana Lafuente Letters by Tom B. Long Editor John Barber

Note: This is a series of Drift & Ratchet interactions in MTMTE/LL that I'm posting for reasons that should be obvious from this blog's name. I'm using minimal tags so I can find them easily for my own reference. Please, let me know if I need to add a tag to assist you with either viewing or avoiding these posts.

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Micah Richards leaves Shearer and Lineker in stitches with pronunciation of Guehi as trio pick England Euro 2024 line-up

MICAH RICHARDS left Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker in stitches as the trio revealed their England Euro 2024 teams. Thatâs by mispronouncing the name of Crystal Palace star Marc Guehi.

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GMA3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW,’ SEPT. 18-22

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “GMA3: What You Need to Know” during the week of Sept. 18-22. “GMA3: What You Need to Know” is a one-hour program co-anchored by Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan, with Dr. Jennifer Ashton as chief health and medical correspondent. The news program airs weekdays at 1:00 p.m. EDT | 12:00 p.m. CDT on ABC, and 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. EDT on ABC News Live.

Highlights of the week include the following:

Monday, Sept. 18 —Born This Way Foundation President and co-founder and mother of Lady Gaga Cynthia Germanotta; “GMA3” co-anchor Eva Pilgrim on moms who do mushrooms; health teacher and coach Keisha Edwards; social media and TV personalities Charli, Dixie, Marc and Heidi D’Amelio (“The D’Amelio Show”)

Tuesday, Sept. 19 — ABC News chief national correspondent and author Matt Gutman (“No Time to Panic”); “GMA3” co-anchor DeMarco Morgan spotlights “Swimming while Black” with four experts; organizers and authors Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin (“The Home Edit Stay Organized”); comedian and author Gary Gulman (“Misfit”)

Wednesday, Sept. 20 — Fearless Fund co-founder and CEO Arian Simone and attorney Ben Crump; influencer and nonprofit Project sWish founder McKinley Nelson; actor Chris Hemsworth; musician Gavin Rossdale; Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Thursday, Sept. 21 — First Packer’s female athletic trainer Erin Roberge; rapper Ice-T; former NASCAR racecar driver and author Dale Earnhardt Jr. (“Buster Gets Back on Track”)

Friday, Sept. 22 — Faith Friday with author Dr. Simran Jeet Singh (“The Light We Give”)

ABC Media Relations Brooks Lancaster Brooks.Lancaster@abc.com

Daniela Urso Daniela.Urso.-nd@abc.com

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A Quartet of Dream Roles from Plays

I love these shows, and I'm dying to play these heroines!

Frank Wedekind's original 1891 Spring Awakening is infinitely superior to the musical, in my opinion - it's intense and gut-wrenching and comic, all at once. I'll definitely do an in-depth post about it in the future. I adore Wendla's sweetness and wide-eyed optimism.

Then there's Gigi, in Anita Loos' Gigi, a 1952 adaptation of Colette's novel - I love her steadfast integrity. Come what may, nothing can shake her resolve to live life on her own terms.

Mary Haines in Clare Booth Luce's 1936 comedy The Women is wondrously tenacious, willing to fight tooth and nail for her happiness - side note, the 1939 film adaptation starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Rosalind Russell is a MUST-WATCH. Glorious.

And Viola in Shakespeare in Love (a 2014 stage adaptation by Norman Lee, Tom Stoppard, and Marc Norman of Stoppard's 1998 film) has a marvelous gusto for life that I find truly inspirational.

P.S. - If you haven't read the original Spring Awakening, I recommend the 2007 translation by Jonathan Franzen - it's brilliant.

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He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

Paul Beaumont (Lon Chaney) is a scientist who labored for years alone to prove his radical theories on the origin of mankind. Baron Regnard (Marc McDermott) becomes his patron, enabling him to do research while living in his mansion. One day, Beaumont announces to his beloved wife Marie and the Baron that he has proved all his theories and is ready to present them before the Academy of the Sciences. He leaves the arrangements to the Baron. However, after Beaumont goes to sleep, Marie steals his key, opens the safe containing his papers, and gives them to the Baron.

On the appointed day, Paul travels to the Academy with the Baron. He is aghast when the Baron, instead of introducing him, takes credit for Paul's work himself. After he recovers from the shock, Paul confronts him in front of everyone, but the Baron tells them that Paul is merely his assistant and slaps him. All of the academicians laugh at his humiliation. Paul later seeks comfort from his wife, but she brazenly admits she and the Baron are having an affair and calls him a clown. Paul leaves them.

Five years pass by. Paul is now a clown calling himself "HE who gets slapped", the star attraction of a small circus near Paris. His act consists of his getting slapped every evening by other clowns, and includes Paul pretending to present in front of the Academy of the Sciences.

Another of the performers is Bezano (John Gilbert), a daredevil horseback rider. Consuelo (Norma Shearer), the daughter of the impoverished Count Mancini, applies to join his act. Bezano falls in love with Consuelo, as does Paul. Consuelo's father, however, is planning to restore the family's fortunes by marrying her to the wealthy Baron Regnard.

One night, during HE's performance, he spots the Baron in the audience and becomes enraged. The Baron then goes backstage and begins flirting with Consuelo, which she does not like. The next day, the Baron sends Consuelo jewelry, but she rejects it.

When her father leaves for a meeting with the Baron, Bezano takes Consuelo out to the countryside for a romantic meeting, where they declare their love for each other. Meanwhile, Count Mancini convinces the reluctant Baron that the only way he can have Consuelo is by marrying her. The Baron agrees, and discards the heartbroken Marie, leaving her with a check.

Later, HE admits to Consuelo he, too, is in love with her. She thinks he is kidding and laughingly slaps him. They are interrupted by the Baron and the Count, who inform Consuelo she will marry the Baron after the evening performance. When HE tries to interfere, he is locked in an adjoining room, where an angry lion is kept in a cage. He moves the cage so that, when he carefully opens it, only the door to the next room prevents the lion from escaping. HE re-enters the other room through the only other entrance (making sure to lock it behind him) and reveals his identity to the Baron. HE threatens the Baron, but the Count stabs him with a sword.

The Baron and the Count try to leave but, finding the main entrance locked, open the side door, releasing the lion. The animal kills the Count, then the Baron. However, the lion tamer shows up and saves HE from the same fate. HE goes on stage and collapses. He assures Consuelo he is happy and that she will be happy, before dying in her arms.

[jessicakehoe]

A Look Back at the Best Fashion Moments in Met Gala History

Mention the first Monday in May to any fashion lover and they’ll immediately know what you’re talking about. Each year, the star-studded Met Gala takes place on this date, in partnership with The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and brings with it some of the most incredible fashion looks we’ll see in the year. From larger-than-life ballgowns to radical suits, there’s no limit on self-expression on style. However, today looks a little different as this year’s Met Gala –  to be themed About Time: Fashion and Duration – has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So instead, we took a look back at the event’s archives to relive some of its most memorable moments. Ahead, see 62 of the best Met Gala looks of all time.

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Lizzo in custom Marc Jacobs

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Billy Porter in The Blonds and Baz Luhrmann in Prada

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Celine Dion in Oscar de la Renta gown and Noel Stewart headpiece, Law Roach, and Zendaya

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Michael B. Jordan in Coach, Cara Delevingne in Dior and Jared Leto in Gucci

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Lena Waithe in custom Pyer Moss and Kerby Jean-Raymond in custom Pyer Moss

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Cardi B in Thom Browne

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Kim Kardashian West in Thierry Mugler, Jennifer Lopez in Versace, Kylie Jenner in Versace, and Kendall Jenner in Versace

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Ciara in Peter Dundas

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Darren Criss in Balmain

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Awkwafina in Altuzarra

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Laverne Cox in Christian Siriano

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez in Versace

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Lady Gaga in Brandon Maxwell

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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion

Harry Styles in Gucci and Alessandro Michele

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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination

Katy Perry in custom Versace

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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination

Lana del Rey in Gucci and Jared Leto in Gucci

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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination

Rihanna in Maison Margiela

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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination

Madonna in Jean Paul Gaultier

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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination

Jasmine Sanders in custom H&M

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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination

Cynthia Erivo in custom Valentino

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2017 – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between

Ashley Graham in custom H&M

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2017 – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between

Blake Lively in Atelier Versace and Ryan Reynolds

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2017 – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between

Zendaya in Dolce & Gabbana

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2017 – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between

Cara Delevingne in Chanel

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2016 – Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology

Lupita Nyong’o in Calvin Klein

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2016 – Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology

Florence Welch in Gucci

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2016 – Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology

Kanye West in Balmain (jacket) and Fear Of God (jeans)

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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass

Grace Coddington

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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass

Kim Kardashian West in Roberto Cavalli

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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass

Beyoncé in custom Givenchy

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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass

Rihanna in Guo Pei

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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass

Katy Perry in Moschino

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2014 – Charles James: Beyond Fashion

Lupita Nyong’o in Prada

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2014 – Charles James: Beyond Fashion

Mary-Kate Olsen in vintage Chanel and Ashley Olsen in vintage Gianfranco Ferré

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2013 – PUNK: Chaos To Couture

Kerry Washington

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2012 – Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations

Karolina Kurkova

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2011 – Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Beyoncé in Emilio Pucci

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2011 – Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Blake Lively

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2011 – Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Naomi Campbell in Alexander McQueen

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2010 – American Woman: Fashioning A National Identity

Jessica Alba in Sophie Theallet for Gap

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2008 – Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy

Anna Wintour in Chanel

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2007 – Poiret: King of Fashion

Jennifer Lopez

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2006 – AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion

Victoria Beckham in Roland Mouret

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2005 – The House of Chanelves

Rolf Snoeren, Karolina Kurkova in Chanel, Viktor Horsting

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2004 – Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion And Furniture In The 18th Century

Scarlett Johansson in Calvin Klein

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2003 – Goddess: The Classical Mode

David Bowie and Iman

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1999 – Rock Style

John Galliano

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1999 – Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron

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1999 – Rock Style

Whitney Houston in Dolce & Gabbana and Bobby Brown

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1997 – Gianni Versace

Iman and Ferré Gianfranco

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1997 – Gianni Versace

John Galliano

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1997 – Gianni Versace

Salma Hayek in Versace

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1996 – Christian Dior

Donatella Versace and Gianni Versace

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1995 – Haute Couture

Naomi Campbell

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1994 – Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress

Iris Love

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1990 – Théâtre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture

Naomi Campbell and Francesco Scavullo

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1985 Costumes of Royal India

Cher and Bob Mackie

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1981 – The 18th Century Woman

Diana Ross

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1981 – The Eighteenth Century Woman

Calvin Klein and Iman

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1979 – Fashions of The Hapsburg Era

Jackie Onassis

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1974 – Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design

Anthony Perkins, Berry Berenson and Marisa Berenson

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1974 – Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design

Cher in Bob Mackie

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May your house become like the house of Pe’rez, whom Ta’mar bore to Judah, from the offspring that Jehovah will give you...

“Now in the meantime it came about that when Judah went down from his brothers he pitched [his tent] near a man, an A·dul’lam·ite, and his name was Hi’rah. And there Judah got to see a daughter of a certain Ca’naan·ite, and his name was Shu’a. So he took her and had relations with her. And she became pregnant. Later she bore a son and he called his name Er. Again she became pregnant. In time she bore a son and called his name O’nan. Yet another time she went on to bear a son and then called his name She’lah. Now he happened to be in Ach’zib at the time she bore him.

In time Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Ta’mar. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, proved to be bad in the eyes of Jehovah; hence Jehovah put him to death. In view of that Judah said to O’nan: “Have relations with your brother’s wife and perform brother-in-law marriage with her and raise up offspring for your brother.” But O’nan knew that the offspring would not become his; and it occurred that when he did have relations with his brother’s wife he wasted his semen on the earth so as not to give offspring to his brother. Now what he did was bad in the eyes of Jehovah; hence he put him also to death. So Judah said to Ta’mar his daughter-in-law: “Dwell as a widow in the house of your father until She’lah my son grows up.” For he said to himself: “He too may die like his brothers.” Accordingly Ta’mar went and continued to dwell at her own father’s house.

Thus the days became many and the daughter of Shu’a, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah kept the period of mourning. After that he went up to the shearers of his sheep, he and Hi’rah his companion the A·dul’lam·ite, to Tim’nah. Then it was told to Ta’mar: “Here your father-in-law is going up to Tim’nah to shear his sheep.” With that she removed the garments of her widowhood from her and covered herself with a shawl and veiled herself and sat down at the entrance of E·na’im, which is along the road to Tim’nah. For she saw that She’lah had grown up and yet she had not been given as a wife to him.

When Judah caught sight of her, he at once took her for a harlot, because she had covered her face. So he turned aside to her by the road and said: “Allow me, please, to have relations with you.” For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. However, she said: “What will you give me that you may have relations with me?” To this he said: “I myself shall send a kid of the goats from the herd.” But she said: “Will you give a security until you send it?” And he continued: “What is the security that I shall give you?” to which she said: “Your seal ring and your cord and your rod that is in your hand.” Then he gave them to her and had relations with her, so that she became pregnant by him. After that she got up and went and removed her shawl off her and clothed herself with the garments of her widowhood.

And Judah proceeded to send the kid of the goats by the hand of his companion the A·dul’lam·ite in order to get back the security from the hand of the woman, but he never found her. And he went inquiring of the men of her place, saying: “Where is that temple prostitute in E·na’im along the road?” But they kept saying: “No temple prostitute has ever been in this place.” Finally he returned to Judah and said: “I never found her and, besides, the men of the place said, ‘No temple prostitute has ever been in this place.’” So Judah said: “Let her take them for herself, in order that we may not fall into contempt. At any rate, I have sent this kid, but you—you never found her.”

However, about three months later it happened that it was told to Judah: “Ta’mar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot, and here she is also pregnant by her harlotry.” At that Judah said: “BRING her out and let her be burned.” As she was being brought out she herself sent to her father-in-law, saying: “By the man to whom these belong I am pregnant.” And she added: “Examine, please, to whom these belong, the seal ring and the cord and the rod.” Then Judah examined them and said: “She is more righteous than I am, for the reason that I did not give her to She’lah my son.” And he had no further intercourse with her after that.

Now it developed that in the time of her giving birth, why, here there were twins in her belly. Further, it turned out that when she was giving birth one extended his hand, and the midwife at once took and tied a scarlet piece about his hand, saying: “This one came out first.” Finally it developed that as soon as he drew back his hand, why, here his brother came out, so that she exclaimed: “What do you mean by this, that you have produced a perineal rupture for yourself?” Hence his name was called Pe’rez. And afterward his brother upon whose hand the scarlet piece was came out and his name came to be called Ze’rah.”

-Genesis 38, NWT

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“Losing Him is Losing an Icon:” Art “Poppa Funk” Neville Dies at 81

Art Neville, the keyboardist/vocalist who co-founded the Meters and later the Neville Brothers, has died.

Neville, 81, retired in late 2018 because of poor health and his death on July 22 was first reported by NOLA.com.

"It was peaceful," Neville’s manager, Kent Sorrell, told the website. "He passed away at home with his adoring wife, Lorraine, by his side."

Neville’s death comes less than two months after his “dear friend” and fellow New Orleans legend Dr. John’s own passing.

On Facebook, John’s heirs offered their “deepest sympathies” to the Neville family, which includes Dumpstaphunk’s Ivan Neville, Art’s nephew, and brothers Cyril and Aaron, who eulogized his eldest brother as “the patriarch of the Neville tribe, big chief, a legend from way way back, my first inspiration” in a lengthy Facebook post that recalled playing with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Santana and others.

“From the park bench in the Calliope to Valence Street in the 13th Ward to parts unknown, we brought our music and inspiration to the world stage,” Aaron wrote. “We now can say that 88 keys were blessed by ‘Poppa Funk’ ... you are loved dearly by every one who knew you.”

Charles Neville died in 2018.

Tipitina’s, the famed, Galactic-owned club where the Neville Brothers played many shows and recorded a live album, tweeted its regrets and hopes.

“May his legend and music play on through his family, friends and countless fans throughout the world.”

Art Neville was a “musical legend and funk innovator,” Trombone Shorty said on Twitter.

Todd Rundgren’s Spirit of Harmony Foundation, the Rebirth Brass Band, the Louisiana Music Factory and Harry Shearer, who called Neville “the heart and soul of two great bands,” also posted condolences and remembrances.

Even Marc Broussard, who said he rarely posts eulogies on social media, took to Twitter because “the passing of Art Neville is hitting me harder than usual.

“He was such a kind-hearted man,” Broussard wrote. “The pinnacle of my entire career was sharing the stage with him. Losing him is losing an icon and I’m devastated.”

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