#Paul McCallion

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Series Premiere

Where is Everybody - CBS - October 2, 1959

A presentation of "The Twilight Zone" Season 1 Episode 1

Anthology / Science Fiction

Running Time: 30 minutes

Hosted by Rod Serling

Cast:

Earl Holliman as Sgt Mike Ferris

James Gregory  as General

Paul Langton as Doctor

James McCallion as Reporter #1

John Conwell as Colonel

Jay Overholt as Reporter #2

Carter Mullaly as Captain

Garry Walberg as Reporter #3

Jim Johnson as Sergeant

This was the episode that sold the series to the sponsors.

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[Image ID: A Tweet from Paul McCallion @/OrangePaulp that reads as follows - My best acting work to date? has 2 be yesterday when I realized I was walking the wrong direction so I pretended to get a text message that changed EVERYTHING and FORCED me to turn around and walk the other way. End ID.]

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Celebrity Deaths 2023

JANUARY

Gangsta Boo - Jan. 1 (Rapper)

Fred White - Jan. 1 (Drummer)

Immy Nunn - Jan. 1 (TikTok Star)

Galee Galee - Jan. 1 (Rapper)

Ken Block - Jan. 2 (Race Car Driver)

Frank Galati - Jan. 2 (Director)

Suzy McKee Charnas - Jan. 2 (Novelist)

Alan Rankine - Jan. 3 (Singer)

Elena Huelva - Jan. 3 (TikTok Star)

James D. Brubaker - Jan. 3 (Producer)

Peter Rawley - Jan. 3 (Producer)

Asia LaFlora - Jan. 4 (TikTok Star)

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

Hans Rebele - Jan. 4 (Soccer Player)

Arthur Duncan - Jan. 4 (Dancer)

Richard Thornton - Jan. 4 (Swim Coach)

Taylor Lewis - Jan. 5 (Reality Star)

Earl Boen - Jan. 5 (Movie Actor)

Mike Hill - Jan. 5 (Film Editor)

Russell Pearce - Jan. 5 (Politician)

Quentin Williams - Jan. 5 (Politician)

Michael Snow - Jan. 5 (Multimedia Artist)

Gianluca Vialli - Jan. 6 (Soccer Player)

Owen Roizman - Jan. 6 (Cinematographer)

Adam Rich - Jan. 7 (TV Actor)

Noah Brady - Jan. 7 (TikTok Star)

Russell Banks - Jan. 7 (Poet)

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

Lynette Hardaway - Jan. 8 (Activist)

Bernard Kalb - Jan. 8 (Journalist)

Melinda Dillon - Jan. 9 (Movie Actress)

Ahmaad Galloway - Jan. 9 (Football Player)

Charles Simic - Jan. 9 (Poet)

King Constantine II - Jan. 10 (King)

George Pell - Jan. 10 (Religious Leader)

Patriarch Irenaios - Jan. 10 (Religious Leader)

Jeff Beck - Jan. 10 (Guitarist)

Tatjana Patitz - Jan. 11 (Model)

Carole Cook - Jan. 11 (Stage Actress)

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

Ben Masters - Jan. 11 (TV Actor)

Charles Kimbrough - Jan. 11 (Stage Actor)

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

Lee Tinsley - Jan. 12 (Baseball Player)

Robbie Bachman - Jan. 12 (Drummer)

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

Paul Johnson - Jan. 12 (Journalist)

Robbie Knievel - Jan. 13 (Daredevil)

Al Brown - Jan. 13 (Movie Actor)

Yoshio Yoda - Jan. 13 (Movie Actor)

Julian Sands - Jan. 13 (Movie Actor)

Wally Campo - Jan. 14 (Movie Actor)

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

Yung Hashtag - Jan. 15 (Rapper)

Yoshimitsu Yamada - Jan. 15 (Martial Artist)

Lloyd Morrisett - Jan. 15 (Psychologist)

Gina Lollobrigida - Jan. 16 (Movie Actress)

Jay Briscoe - Jan. 17 (Wrestler)

Michael Lehrer - Jan. 17 (Comedian)

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

Edward Pressman - Jan. 17 (Producer)

Sandra Seacat - Jan. 17 (Movie Actress)

Violet Flowergarden - Jan. 17 (YouTube Star)

Renee Geyer - Jan. 17 (Jazz Singer)

Chris Ford - Jan. 17 (Basketball Player)

Van Conner - Jan. 18 (Bassist)

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

David Crosby - Jan. 19 (Guitarist)

Anton Walkes - Jan. 19 (Soccer Player)

Sal Bando - Jan. 20 (Baseball Player)

Stella Chiweshe - Jan. 20 (World Music Singer)

Ava Wood - Jan. 20 (TikTok Star)

Deborah Barak - Jan. 21 (Business Executive)

Slick Goku - Jan. 21 (YouTube Star)

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

Sal Piro - Jan. 22 (Movie Actor)

Nikos Xanthopoulos - Jan. 22 (Movie Actor)

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

Lance Kerwin - Jan. 24 (Movie Actor)

Jeremy Ruehlemann - Jan. 24 (Model)

*Enkyboy - Jan. 25 (TikTok Star)

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

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

Jesse Nathaniel Lemonier - Jan. 26 (Football Player)

Billy Packer - Jan. 26 (Sportscaster)

Gregory Allen Howard - Jan. 27 (Screenwriter)

Sylvia Syms - Jan. 27 (Movie Actress)

Alfred Leslie - Jan. 27 (Painter)

Floyd Sneed - Jan. 27 (Drummer)

Lisa Loring - Jan. 28 (TV Actress)

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

Tom Verlaine - Jan. 28 (Guitarist)

Annie Wersching - Jan. 29 (TV Actress)

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

Kyle Smaine - Jan. 29 (Freestyle Skier)

Barrett Strong - Jan. 29 (Songwriter)

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

Hazel McCallion - Jan. 29 (Politician)

Gabriel Tacchino - Jan. 29 (Pianist)

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

Ann McLaughlin Korologo - Jan. 30 (Politician)

Bobby Hull - Jan. 30 (Hockey Player)

Charlie Thomas - Jan. 31 (Blues Singer)

Joe Moss - Jan. 31 (Football Coach)

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

FEBRUARY

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

Lanny Poffo - Feb. 2 (Wrestler)

Butch Miles - Feb. 2 (Drummer)

Yung Trappa - Feb. 2 (Rapper)

Gloria Maria - Feb. 2 (Journalist)

Gerardo Islas - Feb. 2 (Politician)

Paco Rabanne - Feb. 3 (Fashion Designer)

Paul Martha - Feb. 4 (Football Player)

Arnold Schulman - Feb. 4 (Playwright)

Pervez Musharraf - Feb. 5 (Politician)

Lilly Kimbell - Feb. 5 (Tennis Player)

Christian Atsu - Feb. 6 (Soccer Player)

Billy Thomson - Feb. 6 (Soccer Player)

Burt Bacharach - Feb. 8 (Composer)

Branka Veselinovic - Feb. 8 (Movie Actress)

Miroslav Blazevic - Feb. 8 (Soccer Coach)

Cody Longo - Feb. 8 (TV Actor)

Kaleb Boating - Feb. 9 (Football Player)

Marcos Alonso Pena - Feb. 9 (Soccer Player)

Kiernan aka Forbes - Feb. 10 (Rapper)

Larry Coyer - Feb. 10 (Football Coach)

Hugh Hudson - Feb. 10 (Director)

Carlos Saura - Feb. 10 (Director)

Dave Hollis - Feb. 11 (Entrepreneur)

Austin Major - Feb. 11 (TV Actor)

Howard Bragman - Feb. 11 (Publicist)

Tito Fernandez - Feb. 11 (World Music Singer)

Brianna Ghey - Feb. 11 (???)

David Jolicoeur - Feb. 12 (Rapper)

Diana Deets - Feb. 12 (Model)

Coconut Kitty - Feb. 12 (Instagram Star)

Conrad Dobler - Feb. 13 (Football Player)

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

Tony Schnur - Feb. 13 (Movie Actor)

Jerry Jarrett - Feb. 14 (Wrestler)

Tohru Okada - Feb. 14 (Music Producer)

Raquel Welch - Feb. 15 (Movie Actress)

Paul Berg - Feb. 15 (Biologist)

Paul Jerrard - Feb. 15 (Hockey Coach)

Buncha - Feb. 15 (Dog)

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

Tim McCarver - Feb. 16 (Baseball Player)

Kyle Jacobs - Feb. 17 (Songwriter)

Stella Stevens - Feb. 17 (Movie Actress)

David O'Connell - Feb. 18 (Priest)

Barbara Bosson - Feb. 18 (TV Actress)

Jim Thomas Broyhill - Feb. 18 (Politician)

Richard Belzer - Feb. 19 (TV Actor)

Greg Foster - Feb. 19 (Olympic Athlete)

*Jansen Panettiere - Feb. 19 (Movie Actor)

Dickie Davies - Feb. 19 (TV Show Host)

Maliboo Ziegler - Feb. 19 (Dog)

Ryan Keeler - Feb. 20 (Football Player)

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

Ahmed Qurei - Feb. 22 (Politician)

John Motson - Feb. 23 (Sportscaster)

Tony Earl - Feb. 23 (Politician)

Walter Mirisch - Feb. 24 (Film Producer)

Matt Pobereyko - Feb. 25 (Baseball Player)

Gordon Pinsent - Feb. 25 (Movie Actor)

Ali Yafie - Feb. 25 (Religious Leader)

Betty Boothroyd - Feb. 26 (Politician)

Ricou Browning - Feb. 27 (Movie Actor)

MARCH

Just Fontaine - March 1 (Soccer Player)

Jerry Richardson - March 1 (Football Player)

Irma Serrano - March 1 (Fold Singer)

Anise Koltz - March 1 (Poet)

Steve Mackey - March 2 (Musician)

Tom Sizemore - March 3 (TV Actor)

Sara Lane - March 3 (Movie Actress)

David Lindley - March 3 (Guitarist)

Phil Eugene Batt - March 4 (Politician)

Gary Rossington - March 5 (Guitarist)

Denise Russo - March 5 (Reality Star)

Bob Goody - March 5 (TV Actor)

Georgina Beyer - March 6 (Former Mayor Of Carterton)

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

Peterson Zah - March 7 (Politician)

Matt Davies - March 7 (YouTube Star)

Jim Durkin - March 8 (Guitarist)

Jeff Thomas - March 8 (Model)

Chaim Topol - March 8 (Movie Actor)

Pearry Reginald Teo - March 9 (Director)

Satish Kaushik - March 9 (TV Actor)

Dick Haley - March 10 (Football Player)

Naonobu Fujii - March 10 (Volleyball Player)

Jesus Alou - March 10 (Baseball Player)

Robert Blake - March 11 (TV Actor)

Bud Grant - March 11 (Football Player)

Chen Kenichi - March 11 (Chef)

Ignacio Lopez Tarso - March 11 (Soap Opera Actor)

John Jakes - March 11 (Novelist)

Dick Fosbury - March 12 (Olympic)

Costa Titch - March 12 (Rapper)

Felton Lafrance Spencer - March 12 (Basketball Player)

Jim Gordon - March 13 (Drummer)

Patricia Schroeder - March 13 (Politician)

Joe Pepitone - March 13 (Baseball Player)

Bobby Caldwell - March 14 (Pop Singer)

Mimis Papaioannou - March 15 (Soccer Player)

Peter Hardy - March 16 (TV Actor)

Lance Reddick - March 17 (TV Actor)

Jehane Thomas - March 17 (TikTok Star)

Fito Oliveres - March 17 (World Music Singer)

Paul Grant - March 20 (Movie Actor)

Luri Lapicus - March 20 (MMA Fighter)

Gunter Nezhoda - March 21 (Movie Actor)

Jasmin Voutilainen - March 21 (TV Actress)

Peter Werner - March 21 (Director)

Willis Reed - March 21 (Basketball Player)

Rebecca Jones - March 22 (Soap Opera Actress)

Tad Devine - March 22 (TV Actor)

Tom Leadon - March 22 (Guitarist)

Wayne Swinny - March 22 (Guitarist)

Ben Shelly - March 22 (Politician)

Jerry Green - March 23 (Journalist)

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

Nicholas Lloyd Webber - March 25 (Composer)

Chabelo - March 25 (TV Show Host)

Ron Faber - March 26 (Movie Actor)

Daniel Chorzempa - March 27 (Pianist)

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

Paul O'Grady - March 28 (Comedian)

Bill Leavy - March 28 (Referee)

Ryuichi Sakamoto - March 28 (Composer)

Bill Saluga - March 28 (Comedian)

Myriam Ullens - March 29 (Entrepreneur)

Brian Gillis - March 29 (Pop Singer)

Harrison Gilks - March 30 (TikTok Star)

Mark Russell - March 30 (Comedian)

John Brockington - March 31 (Football Player)

Chelsea Lawrence - March 31 (TikTok Star)

Rabbie Namaliu - March 31 (Politician)

APRIL

Christo Jivkov - April 1 (Movie Actor)

Ken Buhanan - April 1 (Boxer)

Robert "Buchwhacker" Butch - April 2 (Wrestler)

Judy Farrell - April 2 (TV Actress)

Seymour Stein - April 2 (Entrepreneur)

Bob Lee - April 4 (Business Executive)

Andres Garcia - April 4 (TV Actor)

Craig Breedlove - April 4 (Race Car Driver)

Bella Echarri - April 5 (Instagram Star)

Sudhir Naik - April 5 (Cricketer)

Leon Levine - April 5 (Entrepreneur)

**Paul Cattermole - April 6 (Pop Singer)

Norman Reynolds - April 6 (British Production Designer)

Bruce Petty - April 6 (Cartoonist)

Ashley Morrison - April 6 (Instagram Star)

Ian Bairson - April 7 (Guitarist)

Lasse Wellander - April 7 (Guitarist)

*Michael Lerner - April 8 (Movie Actor)

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

Elizabeth Hubbard - April 8 (Soap Opera Actress)

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

Richard Ng - April 9 (Movie Actor)

Anne Perry - April 10 (Novelist)

Raymond Sawada - April 10 (Hockey Player)

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

Al Jaffee - April 10 (Cartoonist)

Jung Chae-Yul - April 11 (TV Actress)

Miles Benner - April 11 (TikTok Star)

Blair Tindall - April 12 (Journalist)

Don Leppert - April 13 (Baseball Player)

Craig Breen - April 13 (Race Car Driver)

Mary Quant - April 13 (Fashion Designer)

Mark Sheehan - April 14 (Pop Singer)

Murray Melvin - April 14 (Movie Actor)

Ahmad Jamal - April 16 (Pianist)

April Stevens - April 17 (Pop Singer)

Charles Stanley - April 18 (Religious Leader)

Otis Redding III - April 18 (Guitarist)

Don Mcllhenny - April 18 (Football Player)

Keith Nale - April 18 (Firefighter / Reality Star)

Koko Da Doll - April 18 (Rapper)

Moonbin - April 19 (Pop Singer)

Dave Wilcox - April 19 (Football Player)

Carlo Saba - April 19 (World Music Singer)

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

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

Barry Humphries - April 22 (Voice Actor)

Dale Meeks - April 22 (Soap Opera Actor)

Keith Gattis - April 23 (Country Singer)

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

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

Harry Belafonte - April 25 (Pop Singer)

Parkash Singh Badal - April 25 (Politician)

Moneysign $uede - April 25 (Rapper)

Frank Agrama - April 25 (Director)

Violeta Marujoz - April 26 (YouTube Star)

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

Dick Groat - April 27 (Baseball Player)

Barbara Young - April 27 (TV Actress)

Robson Gracie - April 28 (Brazilian Martial Artist)

Tim Gregg - April 28 (Guitarist)

Mike Shannon - April 29 (Baseball Player)

Ralph Boston - April 30 (Long Jumper)

Jock Zonfrillo - April 30 (Chef)

MAY

Felipe Colares - May 1 (Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist)

Eileen Saki - May 1 (TV Actress)

Gordon Lightfoot - May 1 (Pop Singer)

Mostafa Darwish - May 1 (TV Actor)

Jordan Blake - May 1 (Rock Singer)

Valentin Yudashkin - May 2 (Fashion Designer)

Tory Bowie - May 2 (Long Jumper)

Linda Lewis - May 3 (Soul Singer)

Lance Blanks - May 3 (Basketball Player)

Sonia Pizarro - May 3 (Reality Star)

Sienna Weir - May 4 (Psychologist)

Rob Laakso - May 4 (Record Producer / Engineer)

Jack Wilkins - May 5 (Guitarist)

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

Vida Blue - May 6 (Baseball Player)

Frank Kozik - May 6 (Graphic Artist)

Newton Minow - May 6 (Lawyer)

Carlos Parra - May 6 (World Music Singer)

Sam Gross - May 6 (Cartoonist)

Vic John Stasiuk - May 7 (Hockey Player)

Don January - May 7 (Golfer)

Peterson Zah - May 7 (Politician)

Grace Bumbry - May 7 (Opera Singer)

Joe Kapp - May 8 (Football Player)

Rita Lee - May 8 (Rock Singer)

Denny Crum - May 9 (Basketball Coach)

John Bland - May 9 (Golfer)

Heather Armstrong - May 9 (Blogger)

David Miranda - May 9 (Business Executive)

Ed Flanagan - May 10 (Football Player)

Jacklyn Zeman - May 10 (Soap Opera Actress)

Ana Paula Borgo - May 11 (Volleyball Player)

Barry Newman - May 11 (Movie Actor)

Kenneth Anger - May 11 (Director)

HAESOO - May 12 (Pop Singer)

Owen Davidson - May 12 (Tennis Player)

Bernard Membe - May 12 (Politician)

Gerry William Hart - May 12 (Hockey Player)

Samantha Weinstein - May 14 (Movie Actress)

Ingrid Haebler - May 14 (Pianist)

Marlene Hagge - May 16 (Golfer)

Superstar Billy Graham - May 17 (Wrestler)

Jim Brown - May 18 (Football Player)

Helmut Berger - May 18 (Movie Actor)

Andy Rourke - May 19 (Bassist)

Martin Amis - May 19 (Novelist)

Veno Taufer - May 20 (Poet)

Ray Stevenson - May 21 (Movie Actor)

Lew Palter - May 21 (Movie Actor)

Ed Ames - May 21 (Pop Singer)

Chas Newby - May 22 (Musician)

Rick Hoyt - May 22 (Runner)

Daniel Brooks - May 22 (Director)

Sheldon Reynolds - May 23 (Guitarist)

John Dunning - May 23 (Novelist)

George Maharis - May 24 (TV Actor)

**Tina Turner - May 24 (Rock Singer)

Micky Jagtiani - May 26 (Entrepreneur)

Milt Larsen - May 28 (Magician)

Antonio Gala - May 28 (Poet)

John Beasley - May 30 (TV Actor)

Sergio Calderon - May 31 (Movie Actor)

Ms Jacky Oh - May 31 (Instagram Star)

Ama Ata Aidoo - May 31 (Playwright)

JUNE

Mike Batayeh - June 1 (Movie Actor)

Anna Shay - June 1 (Reality Star)

Pacho Antifeka - June 1 (Rapper)

Jim Hines - June 3 (Runner)

George Winston - June 4 (Pianist)

Astrud Gilbarto - June 5 (World Music Singer)

Robert Hanssen - June 5 (Criminal)

Pat Cooper - June 6 (Comedian)

Paul Eckstein - June 6 (Movie Actor)

Matulu Shakur - June 6 (Activist)

Tony McPhee - June 6 (Guitarist)

Iron Sheik - June 7 (Wrestler)

Pat Robertson - June 8 (Entrepreneur)

Julee Cruise - June 9 (Pop Singer)

Don Hood - June 10 (Baseball Player)

Tony Lo Bianco - June 11 (Movie Actor)

*Treat Williams - June 12 (TV Actor)

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

Silvio Berlusconi - June 12 (Politician)

John Fru Ndi - June 12 (Politician)

Carl Eiswerth - June 13 (TikTok Star)

Cormac McCarthy - June 13 (Novelist)

Glenda Jackson - June 15 (Movie Actress)

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

Paxton Whitehead - June 16 (Movie Actor)

Angela Thorne - June 16 (TV Actress)

Michael Hopkins - June 17 (Architect)

Big Pokey - June 18 (Rapper)

Shahzada Dawood - June 18 (Business Executive)

Stockton Rush - June 18 (Business Executive)

Britney Joy - June 19 (TikTok Star)

Robert Elegant - June 20 (Non-Fiction Author)

Betta St. John - June 23 (Movie Actress)

Fredric Forrest - June 23 (Movie Actor)

Terry Price - June 23 (Coach)

Sheldon Harnick - June 23 (Composer)

Richard Ravitch - June 25 (Politician)

Nicolas Coster - June 26 (Soap Opera Actor)

Alfredo Victoria - June 26 (Instagram Star)

Ryan Mallett - June 27 (Football Player)

Maria Del Carmen Garcia - June 27 (TV Actress)

Sue Johanson - June 28 (TV Show Host)

**Alan Arkin - June 29 (Movie Actor)

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

Darren Drozdov - June 30 (Wrestler)

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Thirstiest reactions to Jeremy White Allen in Calvin Klein

New Post has been published on https://qnews.com.au/thirstiest-reactions-to-jeremy-white-allen-for-calvin-klein/

Thirstiest reactions to Jeremy White Allen in Calvin Klein

Actor Jeremy Allen White is the latest male celebrity to strip off as the face of Calvin Klein underwear, and the thirst is real.

The American actor became a global sex symbol after his role as the short-tempered but brilliant chef Carmen “Carmy��� Berzatto on The Bear, streaming in Australia on Disney+.

In the new Calvin Klein campaign, which dropped overnight, Jeremy trades his chef’s uniform for underwear in the photos and videos by fashion photographer Mert Alas shot in New York.

Jeremy got ripped to film his latest film The Iron Claw. In the A24 flick, the actor plays beefy professional wrestler Kerry Von Erich alongside Zac Efron and Harris Dickinson.

“I was used to running around in front of large groups of people in my underwear because of [that movie],” Jeremy told GQ. “So maybe there was some mental and emotional prep [for this shoot] from that job.”

The Iron Claw is in Australian cinemas next week.

Check out Jeremy’s Calvin Klein photos below, and watch the promo video as many times as you need:

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After the campaign dropped, over on Gay Twitter X, Jeremy Allen White’s Calvin Klein shoot had people assuming the position.

*assume the position pic.twitter.com/dfs03EAfxC

— Jeremy (@jeremyyrayy92) January 4, 2024

me liking every jeremy allen white for calvin klein tweet i see on the timeline pic.twitter.com/iTzWgMHxOb

— juan (@redrumjuan) January 4, 2024

My bussy seeing these photos of Jeremy Allen White this morning pic.twitter.com/evYPr6kTFj

— Cole Barrett (@barrettjcole) January 4, 2024

talking to people who don’t find jeremy allen white attractive pic.twitter.com/elj8Jy1nnF

— rad libs (@Rad323) January 4, 2024

the types of images that make a young gay boy start realizing things https://t.co/V04uJnxzNz

— matt (@mattxiv) January 4, 2024

i would let him spit in my food https://t.co/Je6RNNpx16

— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) January 4, 2024

“Jeremy Allen White for Calvin Klein”

Me: pic.twitter.com/PprmUrA1WZ

— 🏳️‍🌈Jackson🏳️‍🌈 (@jackHollywood09) January 4, 2024

me double tapping to zoom in on all the jeremy allen white pictures this morning pic.twitter.com/Ya6bPhhhof

— monica (@waystarroyhoe) January 4, 2024

Jeremey Allen White it seems I’ve grown quite AWOOOGA HUMANA HUMANA HUMANA BOO-OI-OI-OINGGG of you… https://t.co/O0yGtrw1bO

— Paul McCallion (@OrangePaulp) January 4, 2024

I just bit a chunk out of my bed frame https://t.co/Mojc1vC1Me

— bailey (@gaileyasf) January 4, 2024

Jeremy Allen White you would be unstoppable in Ancient Greece pic.twitter.com/nKdneJtAxc

— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) January 4, 2024

Having some very LGBTQ+ thoughts https://t.co/dFn4qHubLa

— Joe ✨ (@JoeWritesThings) January 4, 2024

For the latest LGBTIQA+ Sister Girl and Brother Boy news, entertainment, community stories in Australia, visit qnews.com.au. Check out our latest magazines or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have I Feel Pretty 2018

[nerds-yearbook]

On October 2, 1959, the most iconic of the sci-fi/horror/fantasy TV anthology series premiered. The Twilight Zone was created and narrated by Rod Serling who was looking for a vehicle to address social ills and controversial ideas with less interference from sponsors. The first episode "Where Is Everybody?" probably was very economical as, until the end, only featured one actor and utilized existing sets. While it took a while to find an audience, eventually it would inspire other like anthology series and made quite an impact. The show itself was relaunched in 1985, 2002, and 2019 as well as a tragic film version in 1983. TV guide ranked the episode "Serve Man" number 11 and "It's a Good Life" 31 on 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. TV Guide also ranked it the 2nd Greatest Sci-Fi show, the 4th Greatest Drama, and 5th Greatest Show of All Time. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the 7th Greatest Show of All Time. The show won two Emmys for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series and one golden globe for Best Director or Producer.

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OUR SHORT FILM IS OFFICIALLY OUT!

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[profeminist]

One of my favorite interviews with Toni Morrison. The interviewer asked her when she was going to “substantially” write about white people. Her response? “You can’t understand how powerfully racist that question is, can you?”

-  Paul McCallion

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2019

2019

Deerhunter - Why hasn’t everything already disappeared Quelle Chris - Guns James Blake - Assume Form Panda Bear - Buoys Self Esteem - Compliments please PUP - Morbid Stuff Pixvae - Cali Fat White Family - Serfs up! The comet is coming - Trust in the lifeforce of the deep mystery Malihini - Hopefully, again Great Dad - Great Dad Public Body - EP Public Body Chris Cohen - Chris Cohen Miley Cyrus - She is coming Karen O - Lux Prima The Mauskovic Dance Band - The Mauskovic Dance Band Potsu - Ivy League Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a sheepskin vest Why?- AOKOHIO Metronomy - Metronomy Forever Cashmere Cat - Princess Catgirl Drake - Care Package Kanye West - JESUS IS KING Clark - Kiri Variations Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Elephant Shamir - Be the yee, here comes the haw Skinny Pelembe - Dreaming is dead now Cate Le Bone - Reward Vagabon - Vagabon SAULT - 7 SAULT - 5 Toro y Moi - Outer Space Tyler, the creator - IGOR FKA Twigs - MAGDALENE Pleasure System - Terraform Charlotte Adigéry - Zandoli 2018 SOPHIE - Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides Hen Ogledd - Mogic BC Camplight - Deportation Blues Shamir - Resolution Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want IDLES - Joy As An Act Of Resistance Wei Zhongle - The Operators Elza Soares - Deus É Mulher JID - DiCaprio 2 Christian Fitness - Nuance - The Musical Devi McCallion & Katie Dey - Some New Form Of Life Palm - Rock Island Pusha T - DAYTONA Lithics - Mating Surfaces Paul Williams - Surf Music serpentwithfeet - soil quest?onmarc - ? : ID Noname - Room 25 Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - Everything's Fine The Beths - Future me hates me Teleman - Family of Aliens U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited LUMP - LUMP BUSDRIVER - Electricity Is On Our Side Heather Leigh - Throne Guerrilla Toss - Twisted Crystal Vessel - Queen of Golden Dogs Amen Dunes - Freedom Baxter Dury, Etienne de Crécy, Delilah Holliday - B.E.D Insecure Men - Insecure Men Soccer Mommy - Clean Kamaal Williams - The Return SUPERTEEN - Over Everything LICE - It All Worked out Great, Vol 1 & 2 Material Girls - Leather Ask Carol - Ask Carol The Mauskovic Dance Band - Down in the basement Potsu - Just Friends A L E X - Hollow Moon Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Heart CD1 + CD2 Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg Gwenno - Le Kov Aisha Devi - DNA Feelings Channel Tres - Black Moses Holly Herndon - Proto Rezzett- Rezzett The Ophelias - Almost Pan Amsterdam, thatmanmonkz - The Pocket Watch Oh papa - Papa Les Loners - Be Happy Against all logic -  2012 - 2017 2017 Curtis Harding - Face your fear Protomartyr - Relatives In Descent JFDR - Brazil Soccer Mommy - Collection Alessandro cortini - avanti Miley Cyrus - Younger now Beach House - B-Sides and Rarities Silvia Kastel - Air Lows Why? - Moh Lhean Mildlife - Phase 2016 Kevin Abstract - American Boyfriend: A suburban love story Ela & PomPom - My New Music Elizabeta Lāce - Songs About D Elizabete Balčus - Conarium The comet is coming - Channel the Spirits Duchess Says - Sciences Nouvelles Nina Ryser - I Hope All Of Your Dreams Come True SUPERTEEN - Isn’t A Person Bestial Mouths- Heartless The Sooper Swag Project - Badd Timing Rozi Plain - Friend of a friend Khompa - The Shape Of Drums To Come Subrosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages Comfort food - Waffle Frolic LICE - Nulmilk: The Basement Demo Skinny girl diet - Heavy Flow The Octopus Project - Memory Mirror Porridge Radio - Rise, Pasta and other fillers Big thief  - Masterpiece Injury Reserve - Floss DRAM - Big Baby DRAM Miike Snow - iii Will wood and the tapeworms - Self-ish Opposite sex - Hamlet David Bowie - Blackstar Orkesta mendoza - !Vamos a Guarachar! 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Lee Fields & The Expressions - Special Night Flock of Dimes - If You See Me, Say Yes Lee Hazlewood - 13 Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love! Modern Baseball - Holy Ghosts Oddisse - Alwasta Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been SungHalf Japanese - Perfect AJ Cornell & Tim Darcy - Too significant to ignore Jaimeo Brown Transcendence - Work Songs Kamaiyah - A Good Night In The Ghetto 2015 BC Camplight - How To Die In The North Kefaya - Radio International Other Lives - Rituals Viegli - Loks paliek vala SUPERTEEN - Stay Creepy Miley Cyrus - Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz EL VY - Return to the Moon Dakha brakha - wnrx The I.L.Y’s - I’ve always been good at true love 2014 Keaton Henson - Romantic Works The dø - Shake Shook Shoken 2013 DARKSIDE - Golden Arrow SUPERTEEN - Exponential Superteen Why? - Golden Tickets 2012 Allah-Las - Allah-las Why? - Mumps, etc Why? - Sod in the Seed 2011 Viegli - Viegli 2010 The Books - The Way Out Johnny Flynn - Been Listening 2009 Peter Doherty - Last of English Roses Bill Callahan - Sometimes I wish we were an eagle Why? - Eskimo Snow 2008 Why? - Alopecia Johnny Flynn - A Larum 2007 BC Camplight - Blink of a Nihilist Subtle - Yell and Ice Akron/Family - Love is simple John Maus - Love is Real 2006 The Forest & The Sea - Leafcutter John Subtle - For Hero: For Fool The Books - Music for a french elevator and other oddities Why? - Rubber Traits 2005 BC Camplight  - Hide, Run Away The Books - Lost and Safe Akron/Family - Akron/Family Why? - Elephant Eyelash Why? - Sanddollars 2004 The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat 2003 Matmos - wide open spaces Hymie’s Basement - Hymie’s Basement The Books - The Lemon of Pink Why? - Oaklandazulasylum Why? - The Early Whitney Parsley Sound - Parsley Sound 2002 Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People The Books - Thought for food 2001 The Avalanches - Since I left you 1998 The Sugarcubes - Life’s too good 1997 The Sea And Cake- The Fawn Stereolab - Dots and Loops 1996 Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things 1984 Art of Noise - Who’s afraid of the art of noise? 1981 This Heat - Deceit 1977 Fleetwood Mac - Rumors 1973 Perigeo - abbiamo tutti un blues da piangere 1971 Jethro Tull - Aqualung

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[ID 1: tweet from Paul McCallion @OrangePaulp]

not to victim blame, but you can simply choose not to be queerbaited

[/end ID 1]

(in fairness this tweet is dated Jun 14, 2021 and therefore may not actually be about Marvel specifically. or it might be. idk.)

[ID 2: tweet from kira @BlackSailsTheme]

"wahhh i got queerbaited by owen wilson in loki" ok well everyone else got queerbaited by owen wilson in night at the museum. grow up.

[/end ID 2]

[ID 3: tumblr post from @andhumanslovedstories]

People accusing the MCU of queerbaiting has always seemed off base to me because queerbaiting implies a level of emotional character interaction that the MCU has overall staunchly refused to feature. Nobody is even friends

[/end ID 3]

i love people who are continuously surprised that there aren’t men kissing in marvel

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Construction Manager of the Year finalists revealed

The shortlist for the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Construction Manager of the Year Awards 2021 has been revealed.

A total of 77 of the best construction managers in the UK have been named in the shortlists for 10 categories.

The finalists will be whittled down to one winner in each category when the awards are presented in September.

Caroline Gumble, CIOB CEO, said: “Our CMYA competition seeks out the very best of leadership and talent in our sector so huge congratulations to everyone who’s made it to the finalists list. Those who have reached the final are all examples of excellence in construction and I applaud them for their hard work, commitment and achievements.”

The 2021 finalists are:

Accommodation over 4 storeys:

Jordan Allingham, E H A Group

Henry Camillus, Durkan

Jon Clayden, ISG Ltd

Paul Consterdine, Tolent Construction

Ger Hayes, John Sisk

John Higgins, McAleer & Rushe

Ciaran McCallion, McAleer & Rushe

Steven Vaux, Morgan Sindall

Accommodation up to 4 storeys:

Ian Green, Barratt and David Wilson Homes Mercia

Mick Hill, Willmott Dixon Construction

Jon Kelly, Storey Homes

Kirk Raine, Barratt and David Wilson Homes Mercia

Jack Wells, Willmott Dixon House

Healthcare:

Marc Burton, Garenne Group

Stephen Harnett, Willmott Dixon Construction

Martin James, Willmott Dixon

Vince Kesterton, Tilbury Douglas

Peter Sharpe, Laing O’Rourke

Andy Shepherd, Kier Construction

Adam Watts, Vinci Construction Ltd

Higher education:

Richie Carter, Beard Construction

Nick Claessen, Willmott Dixon

Rob Cooper, Laing O’Rourke

Ashley Dale, Sir Robert McAlpine

Liam Davies, ISG

Andrew Greaves, Henry Boot Construction

Darren Hancock, Willmott Dixon Construction

Steve Lambourne, Beard Construction

Jack Pitt, ISG Limited

Nick Preedy, Willmott Dixon Construction

Nicholas Proverbs, Willmott Dixon Construction

Neil Sleigh, Henry Brothers Midlands Ltd

Office:

Tony Boorer, Skanska

Andrew Feighery, Multiplex Construction Europe

Emily Hoggins, BAM Construction

David John, Willmott Dixon

Tony Northcott, Kier Construction

Public and leisure:

Shaun Burrows, Willmott Dixon Construction

Christian Clues, BAM Construction

Mark Gibson, ISG ltd

Andy Howarth, Willmott Dixon Construction

Dafydd Morris, Willmott Dixon Construction Limited

Paul Purser, Kier Construction

Robert Sankey, Greater Manchester Police

Refurbishment and restoration over £10 million:

Anojkumar Canagasundaram, Galliard Homes Ltd

Stuart Cowan, Glencar Construction

Dale Harris, Morgan Sindall

Chris Linfoot, Willmott Dixon Interiors

Jeremy Mann, Kier Construction Western & Wales

Jocelyn Whittaker-Smith, Willmott Dixon Interiors

Mark Wolverson, Willmott Dixon Construction

Refurbishment and restoration under £10 million:

Brian Cole, Willmott Dixon

Laurence Courtney, WW Martin Ltd

Megan Forster, Coniston Ltd

Michael Garrett, Modus Group

Ronald Hening, Glencar Construction

Tristam Lithgow, Willmott Dixon Construction Limited

Pete Marks, Greendale Construction Limited

Sam O’Neill, Oakmont Construction

Stuart Peace, William Birch

Andy Stamford, Woodhead Group

Mick Ward, Pexhurst Services Limited

Schools over £20 million:

Fergus Brown, Heron Bros

Roderick Graham, Kier Construction

James Gray, BAM Construct UK

Ben Harvey, Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd

Martin Horton, VINCI Construction UK Limited

Lianne Lawson, Willmott Dixon House

Dale Parker, Willmott Dixon Construction

David Tomlin, Kier

Schools under £20 million:

Andy Barlow, Skanska

Finlay Black, Robertson

Nigel Hayes, Kier Construction

Andy Mitchell, Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd

Wayne Stokes, Stepnell Limited

Mark Turner, Willmott Dixon Construction

James Wood, Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Limited

  from https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2021/07/29/construction-manager-of-the-year-finalists-revealed-4/

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Construction Manager of the Year finalists revealed

The shortlist for the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Construction Manager of the Year Awards 2021 has been revealed.

A total of 77 of the best construction managers in the UK have been named in the shortlists for 10 categories.

The finalists will be whittled down to one winner in each category when the awards are presented in September.

Caroline Gumble, CIOB CEO, said: “Our CMYA competition seeks out the very best of leadership and talent in our sector so huge congratulations to everyone who’s made it to the finalists list. Those who have reached the final are all examples of excellence in construction and I applaud them for their hard work, commitment and achievements.”

The 2021 finalists are:

Accommodation over 4 storeys:

Jordan Allingham, E H A Group

Henry Camillus, Durkan

Jon Clayden, ISG Ltd

Paul Consterdine, Tolent Construction

Ger Hayes, John Sisk

John Higgins, McAleer & Rushe

Ciaran McCallion, McAleer & Rushe

Steven Vaux, Morgan Sindall

Accommodation up to 4 storeys:

Ian Green, Barratt and David Wilson Homes Mercia

Mick Hill, Willmott Dixon Construction

Jon Kelly, Storey Homes

Kirk Raine, Barratt and David Wilson Homes Mercia

Jack Wells, Willmott Dixon House

Healthcare:

Marc Burton, Garenne Group

Stephen Harnett, Willmott Dixon Construction

Martin James, Willmott Dixon

Vince Kesterton, Tilbury Douglas

Peter Sharpe, Laing O’Rourke

Andy Shepherd, Kier Construction

Adam Watts, Vinci Construction Ltd

Higher education:

Richie Carter, Beard Construction

Nick Claessen, Willmott Dixon

Rob Cooper, Laing O’Rourke

Ashley Dale, Sir Robert McAlpine

Liam Davies, ISG

Andrew Greaves, Henry Boot Construction

Darren Hancock, Willmott Dixon Construction

Steve Lambourne, Beard Construction

Jack Pitt, ISG Limited

Nick Preedy, Willmott Dixon Construction

Nicholas Proverbs, Willmott Dixon Construction

Neil Sleigh, Henry Brothers Midlands Ltd

Office:

Tony Boorer, Skanska

Andrew Feighery, Multiplex Construction Europe

Emily Hoggins, BAM Construction

David John, Willmott Dixon

Tony Northcott, Kier Construction

Public and leisure:

Shaun Burrows, Willmott Dixon Construction

Christian Clues, BAM Construction

Mark Gibson, ISG ltd

Andy Howarth, Willmott Dixon Construction

Dafydd Morris, Willmott Dixon Construction Limited

Paul Purser, Kier Construction

Robert Sankey, Greater Manchester Police

Refurbishment and restoration over £10 million:

Anojkumar Canagasundaram, Galliard Homes Ltd

Stuart Cowan, Glencar Construction

Dale Harris, Morgan Sindall

Chris Linfoot, Willmott Dixon Interiors

Jeremy Mann, Kier Construction Western & Wales

Jocelyn Whittaker-Smith, Willmott Dixon Interiors

Mark Wolverson, Willmott Dixon Construction

Refurbishment and restoration under £10 million:

Brian Cole, Willmott Dixon

Laurence Courtney, WW Martin Ltd

Megan Forster, Coniston Ltd

Michael Garrett, Modus Group

Ronald Hening, Glencar Construction

Tristam Lithgow, Willmott Dixon Construction Limited

Pete Marks, Greendale Construction Limited

Sam O’Neill, Oakmont Construction

Stuart Peace, William Birch

Andy Stamford, Woodhead Group

Mick Ward, Pexhurst Services Limited

Schools over £20 million:

Fergus Brown, Heron Bros

Roderick Graham, Kier Construction

James Gray, BAM Construct UK

Ben Harvey, Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd

Martin Horton, VINCI Construction UK Limited

Lianne Lawson, Willmott Dixon House

Dale Parker, Willmott Dixon Construction

David Tomlin, Kier

Schools under £20 million:

Andy Barlow, Skanska

Finlay Black, Robertson

Nigel Hayes, Kier Construction

Andy Mitchell, Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd

Wayne Stokes, Stepnell Limited

Mark Turner, Willmott Dixon Construction

James Wood, Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Limited

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Everyone From Billie Eilish to Thom Yorke Is Celebrating Joe Biden’s Presidential Victory

Everyone From Billie Eilish to Thom Yorke Is Celebrating Joe Biden’s Presidential Victory

Everyone from Spike Lee to Thom Yorke has hit the streets — and Twitter — Saturday in celebration of Joe Biden, who was elected the 46th President of the United States after a lengthy week of vote tallying.

SPIKE LEE LMAOOO pic.twitter.com/EXkWrLKFeH

— Paul McCallion (@OrangePaulp) November 7, 2020

In a video shared to Twitter, movie director and producer Spike Lee shook and sprayed a bottle of…

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What Went Wrong With Dwayne Johnson’s Doom Movie?

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When Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to the stage at the Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida on March 29, 2008, few could have predicted what would come next.    

The budding action star was there to induct his father and grandfather into the WWE Hall of Fame, however, at times, his speech felt more like an impromptu comedy roast.    

“There was big controversy with the WWE and illegal torture,” one convoluted gag began. “Apparently they would find Iraqi insurgents, tie them up and make them watch DVD copies of The Marine.”    

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John Cena, who starred in The Marine, was in the audience that night and took the ribbing in good humor, with his exaggerated on-camera reaction spawning what would come to be known as the “John Cena oh s**t gif”.  

Johnson wasn’t finished though.  

“By the way I made Doom. Did you ever see Doom? Well, you probably didn’t and it’s okay because nobody else did either.”    

Cue laughter.   

Nearly three years on from its release, The Rock could finally laugh about Doom. No one had been laughing when the film first debuted in October 2005 to rank reviews and a poor box office return. 

Film critic Richard Roeper was among those to tear into the film.  

“The performances are awful, the action sequences are impossible to follow, the violence is gratuitous, the lighting is bad and I have my doubts that the catering truck was even up to snuff.”   

He had a point.   

Largely filmed in a series of identical-looking and poorly lit corridors of a generic space station, Doom had the look and feel of a bad Alien knock-off.  Worse still, it bore almost no resemblance to the source material.  

Johnson may be the biggest film star in the world today but back then he was still just another wrestler trying to make the leap into movies. In truth, he was fortunate that Doom didn’t torpedo his chances in the way countless misfiring movies had for other aspiring wrestlers-turned-actors.  

So where did it all go wrong?  

Arnold Schwarzenegger and ILM

Film adaptations of popular video games are famously fraught with difficulties.   

You could probably count the number of good video game movies on one finger – Paul W.S. Anderson’s Mortal Kombat, before you ask.    

But id Software, the developers behind the pioneering Doom franchise, had been hopeful of bucking the trend back in 1994 when Universal first purchased the film rights.   

“I think Doom would be easier to write a script for than, say, Street Fighter,” business manager and co-owner Jay Wilbur told PC Gamer.   

Wilbur’s vision for the movie certainly sounded appealing.   

“I see Arnold Schwarzenegger with all the Doom garb on, Industrial Light & Magic supplying the special effects and the story would be something along the lines of Arnie stationed on Mars when the dimensional gateway opens up and demons flood in…So everybody’s dead – well maybe not everybody, you need a little human interaction and comic relief going on. But mainly, just non-stop seat-of-your-pants sweat-of-your-brow action.”   

Fusing elements of Commando, Total Recall, and the later Arnie effort End of Days, Wilbur’s sketch of a Doom movie sounded perfect – but there were issues from the start.  

According to former CEO Todd Hollenshead, several potential scripts were vetoed by id Software for failing to stay true to the source material.  While Schwarzenegger was approached, plans for the project were ultimately shelved in the wake of the Columbine High School massacre and negative press it generated around the game.   

Doomed Casting

It would be almost a decade before interest in a movie version would be rekindled by producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and John Wells, who obtained the rights after footage from Doom 3 was shopped to agents from Creative Artists Agency.   

Di Bonaventura enlisted David Callaham, then a novice writer in Hollywood, to pen a script based loosely on a handful of ideas he had pitched during a chance meeting.   

Schwarzenegger, by then, was not only significantly older but also busy as Governor of California. Alternatives were explored. One rumor, neither confirmed nor denied, suggests Vin Diesel was in the frame to star. Ultimately, however, it was Johnson who ended up landing top billing.   

Not that anyone was complaining. Johnson was largely a B-movie star up until that point, making Doom a good fit to potentially take him into the big leagues. There was just one problem though – The Rock didn’t want to play the good guy.   

Producers had originally slated the WWE star to play the film’s main protagonist, Staff Sgt. John “Reaper” Grimm. Johnson had other ideas, though.   

“When I first read the script, and read it for [the part of] John, after I read it I thought wow John is a great character and, of course, the hero of the movie,” Johnson explained at the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con.  “But for some reason I was drawn more to Sarge, I thought Sarge was, to me, more interesting and had a darker side.”   

He agreed to star but only in the role of Sarge, leader of the film’s Rapid Response Tactical Squad sent to Mars and someone who ends up becoming the principal villain.   

Karl Urban, fresh from featuring in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was cast in his place in what represented the first major misstep.  

Watching the film back now, it’s tempting to wonder whether Doom might have fared better had the two switched roles.  

After all, Johnson has carved a sizeable niche as an all-American good guy in the years since, while roles in Dredd and The Boys highlighted a darker streak to Urban’s repertoire.  

It’s certainly something Wesley Strick, who served as script doctor and ultimately co-writer on the film, concurs with when the notion is put to him.  

“That would work better,” he tells Den of Geek.  “I think you are onto something there. The swap was his idea though and this is all with hindsight.”   

Blame Superman

An experienced screenwriter with credits on Arachnophobia and Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear, Strick ended up working on Doom as an indirect result of Tim Burton’s failed Superman movie.   

“Lorenzo [di Bonaventura] was head of production at Warner Bros when Tim Burton asked me to come onboard for Superman Lives,” Strick explains.    

“Tim and I and Nicolas Cage cooked up this whole scenario for a Superman movie and we would often walk into Lorenzo’s office to do battle with him, essentially, because he was stubbornly opposed to almost every idea we had,” Strick says. “Consequently, Lorenzo and I really butted heads and sometimes it could get quite ugly…I felt like I might have burned my bridges.”

With Superman years in the past, di Bonaventura called Strick to gauge his interest about working on Doom.

“I really wasn’t interested,” Strick says. “Just because I knew nothing about the game. But I have two sons and they were teenagers so there was a lot of enthusiasm from them. They told me to look into it and were excited about the idea of their dad working on this video game movie. Any project you can do where your kids are involved and excited is fun. So that appealed to me.”   

Strick was also sold on the film’s director, an exciting young Irish filmmaker called Enda McCallion. McCallion had made his name with a series of striking TV adverts (the Metz alcopop ‘Judderman’ campaign) and music videos for the likes of Nine Inch Nails.  

He was being tipped to follow in the footsteps of filmmakers like Jonathan Glazer by transitioning into features.   

“Enda was this up-and-coming new Irish director who was hyped to me as a visionary and someone who was going to bring something very original to the movie. It wasn’t going to just be this piece of product.”   

Big picture stuff

Strick was tasked with simplifying Callaham’s script to ensure it translated into a workable schedule and, crucially, that it could be made within a modest budget of $60–70 million. That meant cuts.  

“The producers looked at it and tried to put together a schedule and realized it was too complicated,” Strick says. “So, I read it and came up with a simple solution. In Callaham’s draft the marines kept going back and forth through this portal. Three times or something. It was unnecessary. They would go over there and then chase back and then regroup and then return to Mars or whatever. I said no, do it once and be done with it. I also had a list of a couple of monsters I thought the movie could do without.”   

The decision to cut several monsters familiar to Doom enthusiasts was a contentious one among fans, with Callaham’s original script featuring both the Cacodemon and Arch-Vile among others. Strick had been through this kind of process before though.   

“This is sort of the big picture stuff,” he says. “You can get a lot of shit from fans when they feel like you are trespassing on their genre and I think that happened to an extent on Doom. People were like ‘how dare you’.”   

He cites his experience on Batman Returns as an example of when the fanboys miss the point.   

“I hadn’t read a comic book since I was 12 and I loved them but I was 37 then,” he says. “Way past comic book age. In my mind, that’s okay because you’re trying to write a movie, not a comic book. You don’t want a comic book fanatic on a job like that – what would they bring to the movie?”   

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Despite ringing the changes, one sequence Strick was determined to retain from Callaham’s script was the five-minute first-person shooter sequence.  

“That was one bit I wanted to keep in no matter what. It was just funny. It had a great attitude and visually it was just delightful. If anyone ever proposed cutting it, I would argue strenuously against that. It was a great idea. Real, in your face.”   

All Change

By the time filming commenced in Prague in the winter of 2004, however, Strick found himself working on a very different film. McCallion had departed the project for reasons unknown. He didn’t respond to our request for an interview.   

In his place came Andrzej Bartkowiak, a seasoned cinematographer who had recently branched out into directing in the early 2000s, helming a trio of Jet Li action movies.   

“I was deeply disappointed when Enda left the project,” Strick admits. “It became the thing that I was assured of at the beginning it wouldn’t be. A more conventional approach to a movie like that. I don’t know what kind of movie Enda would have made but at least there was the possibility with him that it was going to be something special.”   

Strick was also having to contend with issues elsewhere.  

“When Doom moved to Universal, a guy called Greg Silverman became my executive on the project and he didn’t like me. He just always gave me shit,” Strick says. “Once he told me everything I had portrayed about the marines and their tactics was inauthentic. He wanted real, genuine, marine combat tactics.  I went back and did loads of research, read books like Jarhead, and really immersed myself in the whole marine mindset. I did a rewrite where I fixed all of the combat stuff, so it was genuine US marine combat protocol. And he hated it. I tried to explain that was exactly what was happening in Iraq, but he was just like ‘nah’. So we ended up going back to the fake stuff.”   ​

It’s an anecdote that hints at that dreaded but all too familiar issue on disjointed projects of this kind – studio interference – and Strick wasn’t the only one experiencing frustration. In the run-up to the film’s release, his co-writer Callaham had begun interacting with angry Doom fans online, who had heard rumors of the film taking liberties with the source material.   

Writing in a lengthy open letter defending his screenplay, the young writer managed to make things worse.    

“Let me assure you…, that the themes and elements that you love about Doom are ALL represented strongly in the film…just with some new twists,” he wrote.   

Few were convinced, however, particularly after he went on to claim he had watched a “bunch of strangers bastardize” his original vision of the film.   

Strick has some sympathy.   

“As soon as you engage in a fight on the internet, you’ve lost. I don’t think Dave realized that until it happened, but he got the shit kicked out of him by Doom fans. He was determined to defend himself and his movie against all comers and they just kicked him around. But he got back up and got moving again.”   

Callaham certainly did that, going on to pen The Expendables and, most recently, Wonder Woman 1984.  

Strick remains philosophical about his experience on Doom and still has cherished memories of taking his sons to the premiere [“they were in awe of The Rock” ].   

Positives and Negatives

“I thought the film was pretty good. Particularly in the sequence where it becomes like the video game. It’s the one great thing in the movie. Ironically, it’s a movie but it’s at its best when it devolves into pure video game action.”   

Bartkowiak took the brunt of the criticism for the film’s visual issues – visual effects wiz Jon Farhat took charge of the much-lauded first-person shooter sequence.  

Things would get even worse for the experienced cinematographer-turned-director a few years later with his next film, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, which pulled off the ignominious feat of being an even worse video game movie.  

Johnson rode the storm though, eventually hitting A-lister pay dirt with 2011’s Fast Five – a movie that breathed new life into his career and the Fast & Furious franchise as a whole.  

Today, Johnson is able to laugh about Doom, recently claiming its failure was the result of a “video game curse” he successfully broke with Rampage. The jury is still out on that one.   

With a different director, more ambitious budget and the right stars in the right roles, Doom could well have ended up being a great video game movie – but Strick thinks making a truly great video game movie “is next to impossible.”  

It’s about narrative,” he explains. “In a movie, we’re taking you for a ride whereas in a video game you are in the driving seat. So they are two conflicting and competing ideas for what makes a story engaging. Sit back, relax, we’re going to entertain you versus you’re immersed in an environment that you control. I don’t know where you find the center for that where the two opposing ideas co-exist. That’s possibly why the video game sequence is so good. It took on that paradox. You’re watching a video game movie that’s a simulation. It’s a kind of reminder of what the movie could never be.”   

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The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens? (1/2)

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