#Martin Sandberg

[deepestconnoisseurmoon]

Lights Out (2016)

[dailyanarchistposts]

Anthropogenic climate change cannot be meaningfully denied. What's worse, it cannot be prevented. Theoretically, we might be able to slow it down and keep it at a more or less manageable level. According to the models of the IPCC, it is still "possible within the laws of chemistry and physics" to keep global warming within the level they consider vital (1.5ºC from pre-industrial temperatures) but it would require "unprecedented transitions in all aspects of society."[1] Given that global CO2 emissions have been steadily rising despite the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol, there seems to be little hope that such transitions are likely to happen any time soon. We can therefore expect global warming to accelerate with disastrous consequences for ecosystems and human societies.

How bad these consequences will be depends on two factors that are both very hard to predict. The first is the level of warming and the changes to the natural world that result from it. These things are hard to model because the Earth's climate is a complex system with many feedback loops and tipping points that can accelerate the process in a non-linear trajectory.[2] For example, even if anthropogenic emissions were to be completely stopped, the warming that we have already caused is currently leading to loss of sea and polar ice. As the ice melts, greenhouse gasses stored in the permafrost are released leading to further emissions. Ice also reflects solar radiation, so the loss of polar ice in itself leads to higher temperatures. A tipping point is reached when the process we have started initiates other processes beyond our control.

Some of the consequences to the natural world are known, as they are already happening: More severe and more frequent droughts, heat waves, and forest fires in parts of the world, increased flooding and rising water levels in other parts, loss of habitat for animals, increased ocean acidification, more frequent and violent hurricanes, to name just a few. For humans, some places will become uninhabitable and there will be increased food insecurity. This is already happening. The question is how bad it will get.

The second factor is how human societies respond to these changes, i.e. how we adapt politically and socially to a changing natural world. The birth and growth of the industrialized world of capitalist nation-states was dependent upon exploitation of the Earth's resources and thus changed the planet and now its own continued existence depends upon how it changes in response to the changes it caused. Human society and behavior are arguably even more unpredictable, complex, and hard to model than the Earth's climate system. It too consists of many interconnected factors, feedback loops, and tipping points.

This paper discusses some of the models that have already been proposed, and it examines how the political, economic, and social forces have responded to disasters in the recent past, in order to show which tendencies we should expect to see more of in the near future. But a central claim is that these models themselves can be part of the "feedback loops" that push the sociopolitical processes in one direction or the other. A prediction of the future is an intervention in the present where the tracks for that future are laid. Rejecting both political "idealism" and "realism," I draw upon affect theory to argue that our embodied, emotional reactions to the fact of climate change have an impact on our ability to act on climate change.

I start by describing the widespread sense of doom that permeates both climate science and popular culture. Both scientific think tanks and Hollywood fiction are, in their respective ways, drawing from and promoting a particular ideology and philosophy when they imagine that environmental disruption will lead to societal collapse and chaos. There is a strong Hobbesian influence in this way of thinking. Hobbes is often considered a "realist" regarding political theory and human nature, but his philosophy was not merely descriptive. It was also meant to make his readers fear any challenge to the political order. He thus used emotions to affect the political reality. When we make our scenarios for the future we need to pay attention to how they affect people in the present.

The political tendencies described here should therefore not be seen as predictions but as warnings - things to be aware of when we step forward so we can avoid them. A fixation upon a particular vision of the future, as if it is predetermined by the past, can constrain our conceivable options in the present and thus make that future inevitable. We must therefore look not only for the warning signs but also for positive signs: the things that can expand our notion of what is possible and enable us to take actions that change the course of events. The collective imagination is a causal factor in historical development: In order for another future to become possible we must imagine that it is. Looking at how some communities have already survived disasters and changed their social relations in the process might give us a sense of direction. Our imagination of what is possible is best served by examples of what is actually realized, and by participating in its realization.

[lemonhemlock]

I did not get into Game of thrones when it first started airing. In fact, I waited until it was long past it's heyday (around s6 or 7) to check it out because the marketing and the conversation surrounding it misled me into thinking it was nothing more than "grimdark" bullshit. As one famous YouTuber sarcastically called it "hot fantasy that fucks." So, I avoided Martin's work for literal years due to the impression that I got from online reactors and show-only casuals who did as you and a few others have described as his work being fundamentally misinterpreted.

Fortunately, I overcame my hang-ups, purchased the books (even the supplementary material) and fell down an entire rabbit hole of ASOIAF which led me to recognizing that this world he spent decades creating is far more complex than what had been portrayed onscreen. Regardless of the possibility of the books remaining unfinished (which I am fine with, personally), what George has created is a genuine work of art that I imagine took a tremendous amount of time and energy. So, for so many people online to behave like children and throw tantrums because they feel entitled to him (ew) instead of ushering forth more reasonable conversations and legitimate debates about the nature of his situation frankly makes me look at this fandom with a heavy dose of skepticism.

It is truly baffling to hear even professional critics and see articles describing George as being "ungrateful" or "unprofessional" when it has been well-documented just how often authors get locked out of the adaptation process and left to the wayside as consultants. Look at what happened to Rick Riordan and Christopher Paolini! George R.R. Martin is not the only author to have qualms with how a multimillion dollar studio has mishandled his creative work, and to act like he should remain silent just because he's amassed a certain degree of wealth is quite frankly, ridiculous. He shouldn't have to settle down, be grateful, and stay quiet because the greedy corporate executives and their media drones will get offended by actual criticism that could alter the perception of the adaption being revealed as mediocre for having departed from the source material.

TLDR: authors should be allowed to speak up about their art being sacrificed for commercialization.

Thank you so much for this message, anon! This needs to be talked about more, because I don't think a lot of commentators truly understand the vulgar, late-capitalistic sheen that seems to set in and slowly poison any ASOIAF adaptation. It honestly baffles me how quick some members of this fandom are to rush to the defense of, what is essentially (let's not be kidding ourselves here), a cashgrab by a giant corporation to the detriment of the actual artist and the actual creative foundation behind it.

Why else would "MAX" (if that is even their name) make another (or several other) ASOIAF adaptations? Not to stay true to any philosophical aesthetic vision, as it has become more than apparent with Season 2, but to increase shareholder profits by appealing to the lowest common denominator. Even the basic premise has been shifted in order to address popular trends and satisfy the mindless consumer that doesn't want to engage with anything deeper than their favourite tropes, prettily packaged:

from a story about a doomed ouroborous family superimposed on the pitfalls of feudalism, with villainy and heroism to be found on both sides, it has been simplified and reduced to a narrative that exalts white feminism and disqualifies anyone who opposes its girlboss protagonist. This is Sheryl Sandberg's version of Fire and Blood.

Truly, I think Sara Hess did (unintentionally) outline it the best: "civilians don't matter in Game of Thrones". They don't matter in Game of Thrones, but they matter in A Song of Ice and Fire. The entire heart of the series is contained in Septon Maribald's speech. The writers "kind of", must have forgotten, though.

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: June 7, 2024

Lyrics:

How can it be? You and me

Might be meant to be, can't unsee it

But I don't wanna 'cause no scene

I'm usually so unproblematic

So independent

Tell me why

'Cause the boy is mine, mine

Somethin' about him is made for somebody like me

Baby, come over, come over (oh my)

And God knows I'm tryin', but there's just no use in denying

The boy is mine

I can't wait to try him

Le-let's get intertwined

The stars, they aligned

The boy is mine

Watch me take my time

I can't believe my mind

The boy is divine

Boy is mine

Please know this ain't what I planned for

Probably wouldn't bet a dime or my life on

There's gotta be a reason why

My girls, they always come through in a sticky situation

Say, "It's fine" (it's fine)

Happens all the time

Somethin' about him is made for somebody like me

Baby, come over, come over (oh my)

And God knows I'm tryin', but there's just no use in denying

The boy is mine

I can't wait to try him

Le-let's get intertwined

The stars, they aligned

The boy is mine

Watch me take my time

I can't believe my mind

The boy is divine

Boy is

And I know it's simply meant to be

And I, I take full accountability for all these years

Promise you I'm not usually

Like this, shit, it's like news to me, to me

But I can't ignore my heart, boy (the boy is mine)

Songwriter:

I can't wait to try him (oh)

Le-let's get intertwined

The stars, they aligned

The boy is mine

Watch me take my time

I can't believe my mind

The boy is divine

Boy is mine

Ariana Grande / David Park / Martin Karl Sandberg / Shintaro Yasuda

SongFacts:

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Homepage:

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[buggie-hagen]

The redemption and forgiveness of sins happened on the cross. But it must be proclaimed so that I may hear it. I will never experience it by simply looking at the cross. At the same time, many stood at the cross, but they did not know that there the forgiveness of sins would be gained until the voice came and directed them to the cross. If you take away the word 'for you' from the cross, you see Christ as a thief on the gallows. But the words must teach you that he is the Savior. ~Martin Luther, "Sermon on Wednesday of Holy Week" in The 1529 Holy Week and Easter Sermons of Dr. Martin Luther, trans. Irving L Sandberg, 68.

[goalhofer]

2024 olympics Denmark roster

Archery

Kirstine Danstrup-Andersen (Copenhagen)

Athletics

Simon Hansen (Herning)

Ida Karstoft (Lemvig)

Lisa Pedersen (Copenhagen)

Katrine Koch-Jacobsen (Ballerup)

Badminton

Viktor Axelsen (Odense)

Anders Antonsen (Aarhus)

Kimmo Astrup-Sørensen (Copenhagen)

Anders Skaarup-Rasmussen (Copenhagen)

Mathias Christiansen (Copenhagen)

Mia Blichfeldt (Solrød Strand)

Maiken Fruergaard-Sørensen (Hvidovre)

Sara Thygesen (Frederiksberg)

Alexandra Bøje (Copenhagen)

Boxing

Nikolai Terteryan (Vejle)

Canoeing

Lasse Madsen (Solrød Kommune)

Victor Aasmul (Rudersdal Kommune)

Morten Gravesen (Copenhagen)

Magnus Sibbersen (Hvidovre)

René Holten-Poulsen (Sakskøbing)

Frederikke Hauge-Matthiesen (Høje-Taalstrup Kommune)

Emma Aastrand-Jørgensen (Bagsværd)

Cycling

Mikkel Norsgaard-Bjerg (Copenhagen)

Michael Mørkøv-Christensen (Kokkedal)

Mads Pedersen (Tølløse)

Mattias Skjelmose-Jensen (Copenhagen)

Carl-Frederik Bévort (Copenhagen)

Tobias Aagaard-Hansen (Odense)

Niklas Larsen (Slagelse)

Rasmus Lund-Pedersen (Odense)

Simon Andreassen (Odense)

Sofie Pedersen (Aalborg)

Rebecca Koerner (Herlev)

Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig (Frederiksberg Kommune)

Emma Bjerg (Silkeborg)

Amalie Dideriksen (Kastrup)

Julie Norman-Leth (Aarhus)

Caroline Bohé (Hillerød)

Malene Kejlstrup-Sørenson (Randers)

Equestrian

Daniel Bachmann-Andersen (Sønderborg)

Peter Tersgov-Flarup (Viborg)

Andreas Schou (Kolding)

Nanna Skodborg-Merrald (Kirke Hvalsø)

Cathrine Landrup-Dufour (Kirke Hvalsø)

Golf

Nicolai Højgaard (Aarhus)

Jacob Olesen (Dubai, U.A.E.)

Emily Pedersen (Copenhagen)

Nanna Koerstz-Madsen (Nørrebro)

Handball

Niklas Landin-Jacobsen (Gladsaxe Kommune)

Magnus Landin-Jacobsen (Gladsaxe Kommune)

Niclas Vest-Kirkeløkke (Ringe)

Emil Manfeldt-Jakobsen (Kerteminde)

Rasmus Lauge-Schmidt (Randers)

Emil Nielsen (Aarhus)

Magnus Saugstrup-Jensen (Aalborg)

Hans Lindberg (Høje-Taastrup Kommune)

Mathias Gidsel (Skjern)

Henrik Møllgaard-Jensen (Bramming)

Mikkel Hansen (Helsingør)

Lukas Lindhard-Jørgensen (Lejre)

Lasse Bredekjær-Andersson (Copenhagen)

Simon Hald-Jensen (Aalborg)

Thomas Sommer-Arnoldsen (Skanderborg)

Simon Bogetoft-Pytlick (Thurø)

Sandra Toft (Gribskov Kommune)

Sarah Aaberg-Iversen (Nykøbing Falster)

Rikke Iversen (Nykøbing Falster)

Helena Hagesøe-Elver (Copenhagen)

Anne Hansen (Glostrup)

Kathrine Brothmann-Heindahl (Rudersdal)

Line Haugsted (Skive)

Althea Reinhardt (Aarhus)

Mette Tranborg (Aarhus)

Kristina Jørgensen (Horsens)

Trine Østergaard-Jensen (Skanderborg)

Louise Vinter-Burgaard (Esbjerg)

Mie Enggrob-Højlund (Voldum)

Emma Uhrskov-Friis (Herning)

Michala Elsberg-Møller (Aalborg)

Judo

Lærke Olsen (Hørsholm)

Rowing

Sverri Sandberg-Nielsen (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands)

Marie Hauberg-Johannesen (Solrød Kommune)

Julie Poulsen (Odder)

Astrid Steensberg (Sorø)

Clara Hornæss (Copenhagen)

Sára Johansen (Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands)

Nikoline Laidlaw (Dunblane, U.K.)

Karen Mortensen (Fredericia)

Caroline Munch (Bjæverskov)

Nanna Vigild (Copenhagen)

Sofie Vikkelsøe (Copenhagen)

Frida Werner-Foldager (Roskilde)

Sofie Østergaard (London, U.K.)

Hedvig Rasmussen (Frederiksberg)

Fie Udby-Erichsen (Hobro)

Frida Sanggaard-Nielsen (Copenhagen)

Sailing

Johan Søe (Aarhus)

Johan Lundgaard-Schubert (Aarhus)

Nikolaj Hoffmann-Buhl (Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune)

Daniel Nyborg (Copenhagen)

Mathias Bruun-Borreskov (Skanderborg)

Andrea Schmidt (Aarhus)

Johanne Schmidt (Aarhus)

Natacha Saouma-Pedersen (Odense)

Anne-Marie Rindom (Søllerød)

Shooting

Jesper Hansen (Bjegsted)

Rikke Mæng-Ibsen (Herning)

Stephanie Scurrah-Grundsøe (Roskilde)

Skateboarding

Viktor Solmunde (Copenhagen)

Swimming

Thea Blomsterberg (Birkerød)

Martine Damborg (Kastrup)

Elisabeth Sabroe-Ebbesen (Skanderborg)

Schastine Tabor (Copenhagen)

Julie Kepp-Jensen (Hvidovre)

Helena Rosendahl-Bach (Holstebro)

Signe Bro (Copenhagen)

Table tennis

Anders Lind (Hørsholm)

Martin Buch-Andersen (Rudersdal Kommune)

Jonathan Kjaer-Groth (Albertslund)

Taekwondo

Edi Hrnic (Brøndby Kommune)

Tennis

Clara Tauson (Kongens Lyngby)

Caroline Wozniacki-Lee (Miami-Dade County, Florida)

Triathlon

Emil Holm (Frederiksberg)

Alberte Kjær-Pedersen (Aarhus)

Wrestling

Turpal-Ali Bisultanov (Copenhagen)

[alphawolfice1989]

The new Murtaugh and Riggs

https://www.instagram.com/p/CuDNOmyomre/

Andre Braugher as Roger Murtaugh Andy Sandberg as Martin Riggs 

[cleverhottubmiracle]

The first time Chase Sui Wonders attempted comedy, she was still a shy teenager in suburban Detroit. Inspired by the freewheeling, raunchy humor of the Austin Powers movies, Wonders had just started coming out of her shell. “I was a bit of the clown of my household, and then slowly I became the clown of the playground,” she tells W. Wanting to encourage her daughter’s interests, Wonder’s mother took her to a local comedy club downtown. There were these seasoned comedians on stage, and there was no way in hell a 16-year-old girl could say anything that would be remotely okay up there, so I chickened out,” she recalls with a laugh. “But I have always loved and respected the game.”Now, the 28-year-old’s natural comedic timing is on full display with her role as go-getter executive Quinn Hackett on The Studio. The Apple TV+ series, created by and starring Seth Rogen, is a cynical but loving send-up of the modern movie industry, dogged as it is by issues like AI, performative social justice, and the never-ending chase for big-ticket IP. As Quinn, Wonders is all bob and verve, backstabbing her colleague and rival Sal (Ike Barinholtz) with ease and desperately trying to prove her worth in the unpredictable man’s world of Hollywood.Chase Sui Wonders, Seth Rogen, Kathryn Hahn and Ike Barinholtz in The StudioPhoto courtesy Apple TV+Kathryn Hahn and Catherine O’Hara round out the ensemble cast, in addition to several dozen starry guest cameos, including Bryan Cranston, Zoë Kravitz, Martin Scorsese, Zac Efron, Charlize Theron, and Steve Buscemi, to name a few. The character of Quinn is a departure from Wonders’s past roles in peak Gen Z fare like HBO’s teen drama Genera+ion and the campy pandemic horror film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies. “It’s crazy when you’re surrounded by so many comedy legends. It feels like a lot of pressure to be funny,” Wonders says of jumping headfirst into The Studio. Below, the actor shares what it was like working with Rogen, “going into the deep end” with her biggest scene on the first day of filming, and why Quinn dresses the way she does:Were you a Seth Rogen fan growing up?I’ve been a Seth Rogen fan for as long as I can remember. I can recall where I was when I first watched Superbad, Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, and This Is The End. All of his movies have made an impression on me. As soon as I got the audition in my inbox, I read it, and then I read it again like, ‘Really? This is insane.’ I did the callback with Seth, and he said, Let’s toss the script and just riff. Suddenly, I’m improv’ing with Seth Rogen after meeting him for the very first time on Zoom. I was really nervous, so thank god my character’s energy is nervous in the show.Quinn dresses older than her age, with her bob and retro suits. Was that part of covering up her nervousness?Quinn wants a seat at the boys’ table. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg is one of her favorite books. She has a bit of a power complex, and wants everything right now. Part of that comes with how she dresses, which is very serious and almost like a man. She’s got these big suits and ties and collars buttoned all the way up. She’s always wearing pants. Until the final episode, she’s never caught in a skirt. The bob, [which is a wig], was an intentional choice, for her to have a look that’s very severe, almost Edna Mode. She knows she’s young, but she wants to be taken seriously. Episode five, The War, is basically one long fight between you and Ike Barinholtz. How did you choreograph that?That was day one, scene one. I was meeting everyone for the first time, and Seth was like, “We’re going to start light and just do one scene.” And the scene was a six-minute-long take of Ike and me screaming at each other. We went right into the deep end. But it was helpful, because then you knew the heights of your character. It was a lot of choreography, and rehearsal was a playground. That was our time to be totally free, and you would gauge from the laughter of the crew what worked and what didn’t. Once it got down to actually filming, it became much more rigid—very much zero room for error.Bodies had comedy in it, but this show is on a whole other level. What’s your relationship with the genre?I have an informal but very deep relationship with comedy. Mike Myers, Jack Black, Rowan Atkinson—all these physical comedians and clowns made me want to become an actor. I was a shy kid. I remember being like, it’s so embarrassing that people talk. I didn’t talk outside of my home. But these movies made talking worthwhile because what they were doing and saying was so funny.In college, you wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.That was its own savage training ground, where if you tell a joke and it’s not funny, no one’s going to laugh. No one’s going to shepherd you through your bad jokery. I felt that I was funny in real life, but translating it on camera was a whole other thing. But Seth and [creator Evan Goldberg] were so generous. Contrary to the Lampoon, they are very generous laughers, which gives you sea legs to let your freak flag fly. They’re both snake charmers in coaxing out the weird in people, and they definitely did that with me.How much of yourself did you put into Quinn, given that you’ve also experienced being a young woman coming up in Hollywood?I have a Chinese father and a mom from the Midwest, and they’re both very nose-to-the-grindstone people. They were focused on me and all my siblings achieving success and surpassing what they did in their lifetime. It was a lot of pressure, but I’m also so grateful for it, because it helped bring me into this chapter of my life in Hollywood. I had a real sense of, it’s the Wild West out here. People are going to appreciate gunslingers who are taking risks. That approach became second nature. When I was starting out, I would send emails to people I was not supposed to, or say something in the audition room that was probably untoward. Things that weren’t part of the rule book or the code of etiquette, but could set me apart. Quinn definitely has that attitude. She’s more conniving and ruthless than I am, but I appreciate her demeanor. She is so savage in her approach, and so blindly, delusionally ambitious.There are so many guest stars on the show. Did you have a favorite?Ron Howard was a joy. It was fun seeing him play an absolute ass, because he’s such a nice guy. He was on set for a couple of days, and between takes, I would just be asking questions about all his movies: Splash, Happy Days, American Beauty. I went over to Seth and was like, “I think I’m being really annoying to Ron Howard.” He’s like, “No, no, no. Do that. If I was your age, I would be so annoying to Ron Howard.” That just shows you what a real one Seth is.You’ve got some interesting projects coming up, like I Know What You Did Last Summer, and I Want Your Sex, from Gregg Araki, which also features another Studio guest star, Olivia Wilde.Olivia’s the coolest woman ever. She is a real aspirational legend, and we were just talking about the movie and how excited we are about it. If you’re a Gregg Araki fan, it’s going to deliver and then some. And if you’re an Olivia Wilde, Charli xcx, Cooper Hoffman fan—it’s all these actors at their most extreme, including myself. I Know What You Did Last Summer, I can’t say enough good things. It’s a fun romp, full of camp and horror and hot stuff. Source link

[norajworld]

The first time Chase Sui Wonders attempted comedy, she was still a shy teenager in suburban Detroit. Inspired by the freewheeling, raunchy humor of the Austin Powers movies, Wonders had just started coming out of her shell. “I was a bit of the clown of my household, and then slowly I became the clown of the playground,” she tells W. Wanting to encourage her daughter’s interests, Wonder’s mother took her to a local comedy club downtown. There were these seasoned comedians on stage, and there was no way in hell a 16-year-old girl could say anything that would be remotely okay up there, so I chickened out,” she recalls with a laugh. “But I have always loved and respected the game.”Now, the 28-year-old’s natural comedic timing is on full display with her role as go-getter executive Quinn Hackett on The Studio. The Apple TV+ series, created by and starring Seth Rogen, is a cynical but loving send-up of the modern movie industry, dogged as it is by issues like AI, performative social justice, and the never-ending chase for big-ticket IP. As Quinn, Wonders is all bob and verve, backstabbing her colleague and rival Sal (Ike Barinholtz) with ease and desperately trying to prove her worth in the unpredictable man’s world of Hollywood.Chase Sui Wonders, Seth Rogen, Kathryn Hahn and Ike Barinholtz in The StudioPhoto courtesy Apple TV+Kathryn Hahn and Catherine O’Hara round out the ensemble cast, in addition to several dozen starry guest cameos, including Bryan Cranston, Zoë Kravitz, Martin Scorsese, Zac Efron, Charlize Theron, and Steve Buscemi, to name a few. The character of Quinn is a departure from Wonders’s past roles in peak Gen Z fare like HBO’s teen drama Genera+ion and the campy pandemic horror film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies. “It’s crazy when you’re surrounded by so many comedy legends. It feels like a lot of pressure to be funny,” Wonders says of jumping headfirst into The Studio. Below, the actor shares what it was like working with Rogen, “going into the deep end” with her biggest scene on the first day of filming, and why Quinn dresses the way she does:Were you a Seth Rogen fan growing up?I’ve been a Seth Rogen fan for as long as I can remember. I can recall where I was when I first watched Superbad, Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, and This Is The End. All of his movies have made an impression on me. As soon as I got the audition in my inbox, I read it, and then I read it again like, ‘Really? This is insane.’ I did the callback with Seth, and he said, Let’s toss the script and just riff. Suddenly, I’m improv’ing with Seth Rogen after meeting him for the very first time on Zoom. I was really nervous, so thank god my character’s energy is nervous in the show.Quinn dresses older than her age, with her bob and retro suits. Was that part of covering up her nervousness?Quinn wants a seat at the boys’ table. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg is one of her favorite books. She has a bit of a power complex, and wants everything right now. Part of that comes with how she dresses, which is very serious and almost like a man. She’s got these big suits and ties and collars buttoned all the way up. She’s always wearing pants. Until the final episode, she’s never caught in a skirt. The bob, [which is a wig], was an intentional choice, for her to have a look that’s very severe, almost Edna Mode. She knows she’s young, but she wants to be taken seriously. Episode five, The War, is basically one long fight between you and Ike Barinholtz. How did you choreograph that?That was day one, scene one. I was meeting everyone for the first time, and Seth was like, “We’re going to start light and just do one scene.” And the scene was a six-minute-long take of Ike and me screaming at each other. We went right into the deep end. But it was helpful, because then you knew the heights of your character. It was a lot of choreography, and rehearsal was a playground. That was our time to be totally free, and you would gauge from the laughter of the crew what worked and what didn’t. Once it got down to actually filming, it became much more rigid—very much zero room for error.Bodies had comedy in it, but this show is on a whole other level. What’s your relationship with the genre?I have an informal but very deep relationship with comedy. Mike Myers, Jack Black, Rowan Atkinson—all these physical comedians and clowns made me want to become an actor. I was a shy kid. I remember being like, it’s so embarrassing that people talk. I didn’t talk outside of my home. But these movies made talking worthwhile because what they were doing and saying was so funny.In college, you wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.That was its own savage training ground, where if you tell a joke and it’s not funny, no one’s going to laugh. No one’s going to shepherd you through your bad jokery. I felt that I was funny in real life, but translating it on camera was a whole other thing. But Seth and [creator Evan Goldberg] were so generous. Contrary to the Lampoon, they are very generous laughers, which gives you sea legs to let your freak flag fly. They’re both snake charmers in coaxing out the weird in people, and they definitely did that with me.How much of yourself did you put into Quinn, given that you’ve also experienced being a young woman coming up in Hollywood?I have a Chinese father and a mom from the Midwest, and they’re both very nose-to-the-grindstone people. They were focused on me and all my siblings achieving success and surpassing what they did in their lifetime. It was a lot of pressure, but I’m also so grateful for it, because it helped bring me into this chapter of my life in Hollywood. I had a real sense of, it’s the Wild West out here. People are going to appreciate gunslingers who are taking risks. That approach became second nature. When I was starting out, I would send emails to people I was not supposed to, or say something in the audition room that was probably untoward. Things that weren’t part of the rule book or the code of etiquette, but could set me apart. Quinn definitely has that attitude. She’s more conniving and ruthless than I am, but I appreciate her demeanor. She is so savage in her approach, and so blindly, delusionally ambitious.There are so many guest stars on the show. Did you have a favorite?Ron Howard was a joy. It was fun seeing him play an absolute ass, because he’s such a nice guy. He was on set for a couple of days, and between takes, I would just be asking questions about all his movies: Splash, Happy Days, American Beauty. I went over to Seth and was like, “I think I’m being really annoying to Ron Howard.” He’s like, “No, no, no. Do that. If I was your age, I would be so annoying to Ron Howard.” That just shows you what a real one Seth is.You’ve got some interesting projects coming up, like I Know What You Did Last Summer, and I Want Your Sex, from Gregg Araki, which also features another Studio guest star, Olivia Wilde.Olivia’s the coolest woman ever. She is a real aspirational legend, and we were just talking about the movie and how excited we are about it. If you’re a Gregg Araki fan, it’s going to deliver and then some. And if you’re an Olivia Wilde, Charli xcx, Cooper Hoffman fan—it’s all these actors at their most extreme, including myself. I Know What You Did Last Summer, I can’t say enough good things. It’s a fun romp, full of camp and horror and hot stuff. Source link

[chilimili212]

The first time Chase Sui Wonders attempted comedy, she was still a shy teenager in suburban Detroit. Inspired by the freewheeling, raunchy humor of the Austin Powers movies, Wonders had just started coming out of her shell. “I was a bit of the clown of my household, and then slowly I became the clown of the playground,” she tells W. Wanting to encourage her daughter’s interests, Wonder’s mother took her to a local comedy club downtown. There were these seasoned comedians on stage, and there was no way in hell a 16-year-old girl could say anything that would be remotely okay up there, so I chickened out,” she recalls with a laugh. “But I have always loved and respected the game.”Now, the 28-year-old’s natural comedic timing is on full display with her role as go-getter executive Quinn Hackett on The Studio. The Apple TV+ series, created by and starring Seth Rogen, is a cynical but loving send-up of the modern movie industry, dogged as it is by issues like AI, performative social justice, and the never-ending chase for big-ticket IP. As Quinn, Wonders is all bob and verve, backstabbing her colleague and rival Sal (Ike Barinholtz) with ease and desperately trying to prove her worth in the unpredictable man’s world of Hollywood.Chase Sui Wonders, Seth Rogen, Kathryn Hahn and Ike Barinholtz in The StudioPhoto courtesy Apple TV+Kathryn Hahn and Catherine O’Hara round out the ensemble cast, in addition to several dozen starry guest cameos, including Bryan Cranston, Zoë Kravitz, Martin Scorsese, Zac Efron, Charlize Theron, and Steve Buscemi, to name a few. The character of Quinn is a departure from Wonders’s past roles in peak Gen Z fare like HBO’s teen drama Genera+ion and the campy pandemic horror film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies. “It’s crazy when you’re surrounded by so many comedy legends. It feels like a lot of pressure to be funny,” Wonders says of jumping headfirst into The Studio. Below, the actor shares what it was like working with Rogen, “going into the deep end” with her biggest scene on the first day of filming, and why Quinn dresses the way she does:Were you a Seth Rogen fan growing up?I’ve been a Seth Rogen fan for as long as I can remember. I can recall where I was when I first watched Superbad, Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, and This Is The End. All of his movies have made an impression on me. As soon as I got the audition in my inbox, I read it, and then I read it again like, ‘Really? This is insane.’ I did the callback with Seth, and he said, Let’s toss the script and just riff. Suddenly, I’m improv’ing with Seth Rogen after meeting him for the very first time on Zoom. I was really nervous, so thank god my character’s energy is nervous in the show.Quinn dresses older than her age, with her bob and retro suits. Was that part of covering up her nervousness?Quinn wants a seat at the boys’ table. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg is one of her favorite books. She has a bit of a power complex, and wants everything right now. Part of that comes with how she dresses, which is very serious and almost like a man. She’s got these big suits and ties and collars buttoned all the way up. She’s always wearing pants. Until the final episode, she’s never caught in a skirt. The bob, [which is a wig], was an intentional choice, for her to have a look that’s very severe, almost Edna Mode. She knows she’s young, but she wants to be taken seriously. Episode five, The War, is basically one long fight between you and Ike Barinholtz. How did you choreograph that?That was day one, scene one. I was meeting everyone for the first time, and Seth was like, “We’re going to start light and just do one scene.” And the scene was a six-minute-long take of Ike and me screaming at each other. We went right into the deep end. But it was helpful, because then you knew the heights of your character. It was a lot of choreography, and rehearsal was a playground. That was our time to be totally free, and you would gauge from the laughter of the crew what worked and what didn’t. Once it got down to actually filming, it became much more rigid—very much zero room for error.Bodies had comedy in it, but this show is on a whole other level. What’s your relationship with the genre?I have an informal but very deep relationship with comedy. Mike Myers, Jack Black, Rowan Atkinson—all these physical comedians and clowns made me want to become an actor. I was a shy kid. I remember being like, it’s so embarrassing that people talk. I didn’t talk outside of my home. But these movies made talking worthwhile because what they were doing and saying was so funny.In college, you wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.That was its own savage training ground, where if you tell a joke and it’s not funny, no one’s going to laugh. No one’s going to shepherd you through your bad jokery. I felt that I was funny in real life, but translating it on camera was a whole other thing. But Seth and [creator Evan Goldberg] were so generous. Contrary to the Lampoon, they are very generous laughers, which gives you sea legs to let your freak flag fly. They’re both snake charmers in coaxing out the weird in people, and they definitely did that with me.How much of yourself did you put into Quinn, given that you’ve also experienced being a young woman coming up in Hollywood?I have a Chinese father and a mom from the Midwest, and they’re both very nose-to-the-grindstone people. They were focused on me and all my siblings achieving success and surpassing what they did in their lifetime. It was a lot of pressure, but I’m also so grateful for it, because it helped bring me into this chapter of my life in Hollywood. I had a real sense of, it’s the Wild West out here. People are going to appreciate gunslingers who are taking risks. That approach became second nature. When I was starting out, I would send emails to people I was not supposed to, or say something in the audition room that was probably untoward. Things that weren’t part of the rule book or the code of etiquette, but could set me apart. Quinn definitely has that attitude. She’s more conniving and ruthless than I am, but I appreciate her demeanor. She is so savage in her approach, and so blindly, delusionally ambitious.There are so many guest stars on the show. Did you have a favorite?Ron Howard was a joy. It was fun seeing him play an absolute ass, because he’s such a nice guy. He was on set for a couple of days, and between takes, I would just be asking questions about all his movies: Splash, Happy Days, American Beauty. I went over to Seth and was like, “I think I’m being really annoying to Ron Howard.” He’s like, “No, no, no. Do that. If I was your age, I would be so annoying to Ron Howard.” That just shows you what a real one Seth is.You’ve got some interesting projects coming up, like I Know What You Did Last Summer, and I Want Your Sex, from Gregg Araki, which also features another Studio guest star, Olivia Wilde.Olivia’s the coolest woman ever. She is a real aspirational legend, and we were just talking about the movie and how excited we are about it. If you’re a Gregg Araki fan, it’s going to deliver and then some. And if you’re an Olivia Wilde, Charli xcx, Cooper Hoffman fan—it’s all these actors at their most extreme, including myself. I Know What You Did Last Summer, I can’t say enough good things. It’s a fun romp, full of camp and horror and hot stuff. Source link

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: September 30, 2014

Lyrics:

Tell me something I need to know

Then take my breath and never let it go

If you just let me invade your space

I'll take the pleasure, take it with the pain

And if in the moment, I bite my lip

Baby, in that moment, you'll know this is

Something bigger than us and beyond bliss

Give me a reason to believe it

'Cause if you want to keep me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

And if you really need me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

(Lo-love me harder)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Love me, love me, love me

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Harder, harder, harder

I know your motives and you know mine

The ones that love me, I tend to leave behind

If you know about me and choose to stay

Then take this pleasure and take it with the pain

And if in the moment you bite your lip

When I get you moaning, you know it's real

Can you feel the pressure between your hips?

I'll make it feel like the first time

'Cause if you want to keep me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

(I'ma love you harder)

And if you really need me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder (love me, baby, love me)

(Lo-love me harder)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Love me, love me, love me

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Harder, harder, harder (oh)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Love me, love me, love me

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Harder, harder, harder (you gotta love me harder)

So what do I do if I can't figure it out? (Figure it out)

You got to try, try, try again, yeah (whoa)

So what do I do if I can't figure it out? (Figure it out)

I'm gonna leave, leave, leave again

'Cause if you want to keep me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

(I'ma love you, love you, love)

And if you really need me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

(Got to love me, baby)

'Cause if you want to keep me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta

Got to love me harder

(Love me harder)

And if you really need me

You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta (I'ma do it, do it, do it)

Got to love me harder

(I'ma love you harder, hey)

Songwriter:

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Love me, love me, love me (love me)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Harder, harder, harder

(Boy, you gotta love me, love me, baby)

Love me, love me, love me

(Just a little bit harder, harder, baby)

Harder, harder, harder

Abel Tesfaye / Ahmad Balshe / Ali Payami / Martin Karl Sandberg / Peter Svensson / Savan Harish Kotecha

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[screenandcinema]

Coming Attractions April 2025

As usual, we present monthly previews of new movies being released. These are the movies that will be hitting your local cinemas (and streaming services) this month:

April 4th

A Minecraft Movie - Step into the Overworld with his film about the iconic video game.

Hell of a Summer - From Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk comes this comedy horror film set at a sleepaway camp.

The Luckiest Man in America - Paul Walter Hauser stars in this true tale of a cheating scandal on the game show Press Your Luck in 1984.

April 11th

G20 (April 10th) - Viola Davis is the President of the United States in this action thriller for Amazon Prime that seems to riff on Air Force One.

The Amateur - Rami Malek is an analyst turned operative in this vigilante spy thriller based on a 1981 novel of the same name.

Drop - Meghann Fahy stars in this mystery thriller as a woman who is being forced to murder her date.

Warfare - Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and genre filmmaker Alex Garland comes this real-time true about Navy SEALs in 2006 Iraq.

April 18th

Sinners - From Ryan Coogler comes this film about twins fighting vampires in the 1930s American South. Michael B. Jordan plays both twins.

Sneaks - Sneakers come to life in this animated comedy featuring the voices of Anthony Mackie and Martin Lawrence.

April 25th

The Accountant 2 - Tax season is back again the sequel to 2016's action thriller also starring Ben Affleck and from director Gavin O'Connor.

Until Dawn - Loosely based on a video game of the same game comes this horror film from director David F. Sandberg who has finally been freed from the Shazam! films.

Havoc - The Raid's Gareth Evans is back with this action thriller starring Tom Hardy for Netflix.

Now for a quick look ahead to March, my top picks for next month are Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and Thunderbolts*.

-MB-

[denk-weisen]

Die 100 einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten, Autoren und Berater in den Bereichen Business, Branding, Marketing und Verkauf seit Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, die Du als #Unternehmer kennen solltest:

Branding

1. Al Ries 2. David Aaker 3. Marty Neumeier 4. Wally Olins 5. Seth Godin 6. Simon Sinek 7. Kevin Lane Keller 8. Jack Trout 9. Naomi Klein 10. Douglas B. Holt

Marketing

11. Philip Kotler 12. Peter Drucker 13. David Ogilvy 14. Jay Conrad Levinson 15. Michael E. Porter 16. Guy Kawasaki 17. Scott Galloway 18. Byron Sharp 19. Joe Pulizzi 20. Ann Handley

Verkauf

21. Zig Ziglar 22. Brian Tracy 23. Grant Cardone 24. Jeffrey Gitomer 25. Tom Hopkins 26. Napoleon Hill 27. Tony Robbins 28. Chet Holmes 29. Dan Kennedy 30. Frank Bettger

Multidisziplinäre Experten

31. Gary Vaynerchuk 32. Claude C. Hopkins 33. Seth Godin 34. Rory Sutherland 35. Bernadette Jiwa 36. Malcolm Gladwell 37. Daniel Kahneman 38. Robert Cialdini 39. Jonah Berger 40. Edward Bernays

Innovationsführer & Trendsetter

41. Steve Jobs (Marketing & Branding) 42. Elon Musk (Personal Branding) 43. Howard Schultz (Markenführung von Starbucks) 44. Richard Branson (Virgin Branding) 45. Sheryl Sandberg (Social Media Marketing) 46. Gary Keller (Marketing in Immobilien) 47. Seth Godin (Tribes & Permission Marketing) 48. Ogilvy & Mather Team (Werbestrategien) 49. Henry Ford (Innovative Verkaufsansätze) 50. Jeff Bezos (Amazon Markenführung)

Digitales Marketing & Social Media

51. Neil Patel 52. Rand Fishkin 53. Avinash Kaushik 54. Amy Porterfield 55. Mari Smith 56. Ann Handley 57. Jay Baer 58. Krista Seiden 59. Pam Moore 60. Pat Flynn

Konsumentenpsychologie und -verhalten

61. Paco Underhill 62. Gerald Zaltman 63. Martin Lindstrom 64. Sheena Iyengar 65. Roger Dooley 66. Nir Eyal 67. Adam Ferrier 68. Rory Sutherland 69. Dan Ariely 70. Jonah Sachs

Behavioral Economics und Neuromarketing

71. George Loewenstein 72. Thaler & Sunstein (Nudge-Theorie) 73. Gerald Zaltman 74. Phil Barden 75. Timothy Wilson 76. Antonio Damasio 77. Paul Zak 78. David Rock 79. Peter Kruse 80. Jürgen Klaric

Storytelling und Content Marketing

81. Donald Miller 82. Nancy Duarte 83. Andrew Davis 84. Annette Simmons 85. Robert McKee 86. Chip Heath & Dan Heath 87. Kevin Roberts (Lovemarks) 88. Julie Zhou 89. Chris Anderson (TED Talks) 90. Tamsen Webster

Experten für Markenführung & Positionierung

91. Michael Johnson 92. Ken Schmidt (Harley Davidson) 93. Roy H. Williams 94. Julie Cottineau 95. Andy Stalman 96. Scott Bedbury (Nike & Starbucks) 97. Steve Cone 98. Mark Ritson 99. Adam Morgan 100. Alexander Osterwalder

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[mediamixs]

Top 10 Horror Thriller Movies

1. Scream (1996)

Directed by Wes Craven, Scream revitalized the slasher genre with its self-aware characters and clever commentary on horror tropes. The film follows a high school student, Sidney Prescott, as she becomes the target of a masked killer who uses horror movie trivia to taunt his victims. Its blend of humor and horror made it a cultural phenomenon and spawned several sequels.

The Conjuring (2013) This film, directed by James Wan, is based on the real-life investigations of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. They help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. The Conjuring is praised for its effective scares and strong performances, particularly from Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson.

3. Insidious (2010)

Another creation by James Wan, Insidious tells the story of a family trying to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose son in a realm called "The Further." The film is noted for its eerie atmosphere and unexpected plot twists, making it a standout in modern horror.

4. Sinister (2012)

This psychological horror film features Ethan Hawke as a true-crime writer who discovers disturbing home movies that reveal the dark history of his new home. As he delves deeper into the mystery, he unwittingly places his family in grave danger. The film's unsettling imagery and tension-filled narrative are highly regarded.

The Strangers (2008) Based on true events, The Strangers follows a couple who find themselves targeted by three masked assailants while staying at a remote vacation home. The film's slow-building tension and sense of isolation create an atmosphere of dread that lingers long after viewing.

Lights Out (2016) Directed by David F. Sandberg, this film explores the fear of darkness as it follows a woman haunted by a supernatural entity that only appears when the lights go out. Its premise taps into primal fears, delivering effective scares throughout.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) This classic thriller features Jodie Foster as FBI trainee Clarice Starling, who seeks the help of imprisoned cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to catch another serial killer. The film's intense psychological interplay and chilling performances have made it a timeless favorite.

Shutter Island (2010) Directed by Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island stars Leonardo DiCaprio as U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigating the disappearance of a patient from a mental institution. The film is known for its atmospheric tension and shocking twists that keep viewers guessing until the end,

The Exorcist (1973) Considered one of the scariest films of all time, The Exorcist follows the harrowing story of a young girl possessed by a demonic entity and the priests who attempt to save her through exorcism. Its powerful themes and groundbreaking special effects have left an indelible mark on horror cinema.

Jaws (1975) Directed by Steven Spielberg, Jaws is not only a thrilling monster movie but also a masterclass in suspenseful storytelling. As a great white shark terrorizes a beach town, local authorities must find a way to stop it before more lives are lost. Its iconic score and memorable scenes have made it an enduring classic.

These films represent just a fraction of what the horror thriller genre has to offer, each providing unique experiences that thrill and terrify audiences worldwide.