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Russ Mayer [*] Marguerite Empey (or Diane Webber) for "Playboy", march 1955

Michel Comte [*] Eva Herzigová recreating the pose of Margurite Empey/Diane Webber - 2003.

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Musical Monday: Tom Thumb (1958)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Tom Thumb (1958) – Musical #762 Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: George Pal Starring: Russ Tamblyn, Peters Sellers,…

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LAUREN JAUREGUI RELEASES HER NEWEST EP “IN BETWEEN”, AND TALKS ABOUT NEW MUSIC, LOVE & WHAT’S NEXT!

Before giving her fans a new album, Singer/songwriter, Lauren Jauregui, releases her latest EP “In Between” a 7-track EP that holds emotions, love, and the Ty Dolla $ign assisted single “Wolves” alongside Russ. We’re so excited to catch up with Lauren and what she has in store, read our full interview below. Download/stream “In Between” HERE

By Perry Johnson

TELL US ABOUT THE INSPIRATION BEHIND YOUR NEW EP IN BETWEEN

These songs have actually been sitting with me since 2018/2019. I think the inspiration for all of my music is always pretty personal, introspective, and reflective. I drew from experiences that I was going through for songs like Em(oceans), Trust Issues, & Always Love and then I try to relate the themes in such a way that anyone listening can see themselves in my experiences. All In My Feelings was inspired by a fuck boy lol and then Wolves was inspired by the bullshit I’ve been through in this industry and a reminder to keep going to anyone who needs it.

WHAT SONG AND LYRIC FROM THIS EP HIT HOME THE HARDEST FOR YOU

They honestly each hit in a very deep way lol but I think it’s between Em(oceans) & Wolves. Probably Always Love & Trust Issues as well; Trust Issues always hits incredibly hard lyrically.

ALWAYS LOVE IS AN ODE TO LOVE HOW DOES LOVE SHOW UP ON THIS RECORD AND WHAT MOMENTS LED TO WRITING THIS TRACK

Yeah, it’s an ode to love that can no longer be but will always exist. I feel like there aren’t many breakup songs that acknowledge the fact that there was love shared between the two people involved even if it wasn’t meant to be at the end of it all. Most are either bitter & wrought with regret or mean and dismissive of the love that existed once..so I figured this song summed up my actual feelings which is that even though it was difficult to let go, I will always have a place in my heart and love for the people I have once loved.

LOOKING BACK ON YOUR SOLO MUSIC HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE GROWN LYRICALLY AND MUSICALLY AS AN ARTIST

I think I’m still in the process. I’ve released 2 EPs and 4 singles on my own. Plus some really beautiful collaborations with my friends, like Snow Tha Product & Halsey. I think I keep getting more and more comfortable expressing myself and like with anything, practice makes for perfection. I’ve been writing since before I put it into song format so I think just getting clearer and better at expressing myself through music has been the biggest growth arc for me. I’m definitely in the studio now making new things..like I said all these songs were written back in the 2018/2019 era, so I’ve grown A LOT as a woman since then and I think that’s reflected in the music I’m making right now.

WHO HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST INSPIRATION IN MUSIC

I don’t know that I have one biggest inspiration. I’m inspired by all kinds of incredible artists that have shaped my ear and the way I hear and complete my songs. I love singer/songwriters so definitely Amy Winehouse, Mariah Carey, Hayley Williams, Alicia Keys, PINK!, Shakira, John Mayer, Jhene Aiko, Summer Walker, Kehlani, SZA, Lana Del Rey. I’m inspired greatly by Beyoncé and the way she executes background vocals and communicates an entire vision and pulls that into her performances. I’m inspired by Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone…I just love women who express themselves and their truth.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR 16-YEAR-OLD SELF

I’d tell her to relax and allow life to happen for her. I’d tell her that she was safe now and protected and that she deserves to be present and happy and enjoy the moment. Also to read the contracts and find a lawyer who gives a fuck lol

OUT OF ALL THE TRACKS ON THIS NEW EP WHAT SONG DESCRIBES YOUR TRUEST SELF?

Probably Em(oceans) & Always Love

WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WANT LISTENERS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS EP

A better understanding of who I am and who they are and some songs that can accompany them through life and make them feel seen and held and shake their asses.

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH YOUR MENTAL HEALTH BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR SO MANY YEARS AS WE ALL KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN HAVE ITS GOOD SIDE AND BAD

I honestly have had a lot of rapid growth in this department over the past year. I believe life is as spiritual as it is physical and the more that I tap into how connected I am spiritually, the more I’m able to understand that I am protected and held in realms that go beyond this world. The more I tap into that the less I’m tapped into the matrix and what other people think of me. Most of what other people think or judge about someone is actually thoughts and demons of their own that they’re facing and projecting to feel better about themselves at the moment. I know who I am now and no one can tell me otherwise, especially not strangers on the internet that I do not know personally. So, prayer, breaks from the internet, more time in nature, meditation, creating, and spending time w people I love and by mySelf. All of that really helps keep me grounded.

WHAT BEAUTY PRODUCT ARE. YOU OBSESSED WITH AT THE MOMENT

I don’t really wear too much makeup unless I’m going to events haha so I love a good light, clean foundation. I’m obsessed w my new Caliray free dreaming skin wellness diffusing tint. It’s lightweight and feels like a tinted moisturizer but has better coverage AND it’s clean. Which I love. I love products that are made thoughtfully, sustainably, and with ingredients that don’t harm me or the environment. I also loveee their clean mascara called Come Hell or High Water. I also love me some virgin coconut oil. I use it as a full-body moisturizer and makeup remover and it’s amazing.

BEING CUBAN AMERICAN WILL WE SEE MORE MUSIC IN ESPAÑOL FROM YOU IN THE FUTURE

Definitely. Spanglish energy will always be coming from my corner, whether that’s full Spanish songs or incorporation of it into my English music sonically or lyrically.

YOUR FAVORITE SPANGLISH WORD

Hahaa maybe janguear o chilear

WHAT CUBAN DISH DOES YOUR FAMILY MAKE THAT YOU ALWAYS CRAVE

Omg my mom’s bistec empanizado with a side of tostones

WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU THIS YEAR

I’m working on my album so very much in the studio and just connecting with mySelf and life and allowing myself to live in the In Between. Definitely going to be taking these songs on the road as well

Team Credits:

Talent: Lauren Jauregui @laurenjauregui

Photographer: Natasha Austrich @natashaaustrich

Stylist: Raz Martinez @itsmerazzie

Make-up: Vittorio Masecchia @vittoriomasecchiabeuty

Hair: Nathaniel Dezan @nathanieldezan

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7 / 10

Título Original: Network

Año:  1976

Duración: 121 min

País:  Estados Unidos  

Dirección: Sidney Lumet

Guion: Paddy Chayefsky

Música: Elliot Lawrence  

Fotografía: Owen Roizman

Reparto: Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Beatrice Straight, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Arthur Burghardt, Bill Burrows, John Carpenter, Jordan Charney, Kathy Cronkite, Ed Crowley, Jerome Dempsey, Conchata Ferrell, Gene Gross, Stanley Grover, Cindy Grover, Darryl Hickman, Mitchell Jason, Paul Jenkins, Ken Kercheval, Kenneth Kimmins, Lynn Klugman, Carolyn Krigbaum, Zane Lasky, Michael Lipton, Michael Lombard, Pirie MacDonald, Russ Petranto, Bernard Pollock, Roy Poole, William Prince, Sasha von Scherler, Lane Smith, Ted Sorel, Fred Stuthman, Cameron Thomas, Marlene Warfield, Lydia Wilen, Lee Richardson ,Lance Henriksen

Productora: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), United Artists

Género: Drama

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Virus 1/5 : Une mosaïque Macabre

La mosaïque est un art dont l’origine remonte à il y a environ 6000 ans. Il consiste à assembler des petites pièces colorées  de pierre, d’émail, de céramique ou encore de verre de sorte à former des motifs décoratifs. Mais les motifs qui nous intéressent aujourd’hui ont une allure particulièrement macabre. 

Nous sommes au Pays-Bas, les plantations de tabac sont décimés par une maladie qui rend les plantes chétifs et transforme leur feuille en une mosaïque de tissus morts et vivants.  

Marbrure, nécrose, rabougrissement, jaunissement. Voici quelques-uns des symptômes décrits par Adolf Mayer en 1879. Mais sans pour autant en connaître la cause.

Partie 1 : 

Image 1 : Tobacco mosaic virus symptoms orchid.jpg - wikipedia

Des exploitations entières durent être abandonnées. Les fermiers néerlandais demandent alors l’aide de Mayor, chimiste agricole allemand. 

Le chimiste avait déjà démontré que des champignons pouvaient infecter les pommes de terre et d’autres plantes comme le phytophthora infestans, responsable du mildiou de la pomme de terre à l’origine de la famine irlandaise du XIXe siècle. 

Image 2 : https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Isolated-strain-of-Phytophthora-infestans-visualised-under-microscope-after-straining_fig2_322098406

Il commença alors ces recherches sur cette piste, à la recherche d’un quelconque champignon pouvant expliquer cette mosaïque du tabac. 

Et n’en trouva aucun.

Mais fort heureusement pour lui, les champignons sont loin d’être les seuls parasites connus à cette époque, on connaissait par exemple les nématodes phytoparasites. Des espèces de verres s’attaquant aux plantes.

Image 3 : Nématode phytopathogène - Wikipedia

Mais habituellement ces organismes s’attaquent à la racine en ponctionnant à l’aide de leur stylet le système racinaire de la plante, ce qui diminue la capacité d’absorption de l’eau et des éléments nutritifs dans le sol. Mais dans ce cas on pourrait même envisager des nématodes s’attaquant non pas aux racines mais bel et bien aux feuilles de la plante. 

Mais il n’en est rien.

Finalement, Mayor entreprit d’extraire la sève de la plante de tabac malade et en injecter quelques gouttes dans des plantes saines. Et elles tombèrent malades. 

Mayor comprit qu’un agent pathogène microscopique devrait se multiplier à l'intérieur des plantes. Il prit la sève contaminée et l'incuba ; des colonies de bactéries commencèrent à se former. Mayor exposa des plantes saines à ces bactéries en se demandant si elles développeraient la mosaïque du tabac. 

Il n’en fut rien.

Et c’est sur cet échec que les recherches de Mayer prirent fin.

La mosaïque du tabac n’avait pas livré son secret.

Partie 2 : 

Quelques années plus tard, Martinus Willem Beijerinck, ingénieur chimiste nerlandais, reprit les travaux de Mayer, avec l'appui des travaux de Dmitri Ivanovski, botaniste russe. Il se demandait si la maladie de la mosaïque du tabac pouvait être causée par autre chose que des bactéries. Quelque chose de bien plus petit.

Il broya les plantes et les passa dans un filtre assez fin pour ne laisser passer ni les cellules végétales, ni les bactéries. Lorsqu’il injecta le liquide purifié dans des plantes saines, elles tombèrent malades. Beijerinck filtra la sève des plantes nouvellement infectées et constata qu’elle pouvait toujours infecter de nouvelle plantes. Mieux encore, même après dilution, la contagiosité de la substance restait la même. 

Ce n’est donc ni une bactérie, ni une toxine. Mais cette chose pouvait se répliquer et répandre la maladie. En 1898 Beijerinck nomma cela un “fluide vivant contagieux”.

Mais quelque soit la nature de l’agent véhiculé par ce fluide vivant contagieux, sa nature était différente de toutes les formes de vie connues des biologistes.

Partie 3 : 

En plus d’être incroyablement petite, cet agent infectieux est remarquablement résistant. Beijerinck pouvait ajouter de l'alcool au liquide ou le porter à ébullition, il restait toujours contagieux. On pouvait tremper du papier filtre dans la sève contagieuse et le laisser sécher pendant trois mois, et une fois plonger dans l’eau on pouvait de nouveau infecter des plantes.

De toutes évidences cet agent infectieux n’est ni un animal, ni un végétal, ni un champignon, ni une bactérie. Ce que c’était exactement Beijerinck ne sut le dire, mais il utilisa le mot virus pour le décrire.

C’est la première fois qu’on utilise ce terme dans son sens moderne car le mot virus est né d’une contradiction. Il désigne à la fois le sperme humain et le venin du serpent, la création et la destruction dans un même mot.

Image 4 : Virus de la mosaïque du tabac - wikipedia

Et cette nature ambivalente est peut-être ce qui anime aujourd’hui encore une des questions sur la nature même des virus.

Sont-ils vivants ?

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Planète de Virus - Carl Zimmer

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Annecy Journée : dimanche 21 mai 2023.

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Aujourd’hui, dimanche 21/05/23, Journée internationale du thé, Journée mondiale de la diversité culturelle pour le dialogue et le développement, Journée mondiale des communications sociales et Journée mondiale des poissons migrateurs 👌⁠⁠⁠

  Loïs Berrehar et Charlotte Yven ont remporté avant-hier la Transat Paprec. Une édition historique car pour la première fois de l’histoire de la course, les équipages mixtes étaient obligatoires. L'idée est de favoriser l’arrivée de navigatrices dans la course au large ⛵️

  Un Britannique s’est lancé un pari fou, marcher 1.000 kilomètres avec une girafe sur le dos. Le délirant périple de ce Londonien à travers la France va le mener de Marseille à Paris, sur les traces de la girafe Zarafa offerte au roi Charles X. Avec sa marionnette géante sur le dos, Sébastien Mayer a fait étape hier à Lyon 🦒

  La Française Sandra Badie, vice-championne du monde de jiu-jitsu, est morte avant-hier d'un arrêt cardiaque à l'âge de 31 ans. La multiple championne de France avait obtenu une médaille d'argent aux championnats du monde organisés à Abu Dhabi (Émirats arabes unis), à l'automne 2022 😥

  En raison du pont de l'Ascension, un dimanche noir à prévoir dans le sens des retours, a annoncé Bison Futé 🚘

  Invité du sommet du G7, Volodymyr Zelensky est arrivé hier à Hiroshima (Japon) à bord d'un avion officiel français. Selon Émmanuel Macron, la présence du président ukrainien au sommet constitue « une occasion unique » d'échanger avec ses alliés, mais aussi de plaider la cause de l'Ukraine contre l'invasion russe auprès des dirigeants des pays du Sud présents ✊

  La Chine, pointée du doigt dans un communiqué du G7, a exprimé hier  son « vif mécontentement ». Le sommet des dirigeants des sept principales démocraties industrialisées se tient depuis avant-hier 👍

  La Champions Cup, c'est la Coupe d'Europe de rugby à XV. Après une finale d'anthologie, La Rochelle renverse le Leinster et conserve son titre de champion d’Europe. Les Rochelais ont réalisé un come-back historique pour rattraper un début de match terrible et décrocher leur deuxième titre européen, hier, à Dublin (Irlande) 🏉

  Lundi soir dernier, le FC Annecy a battu le premier du classement mais hier soir n'a pas été capable de réitérer la même opération face au dernier. 2 buts à 2 à Niort dans cette 36e journée de Ligue 2, qui permet aux Rouges de pointer à la 14e place mais il reste le match de clôture. Plus que deux matches pour aller chercher le maintien ⚽️

  Publication de 12 infos programmées de 3h à 21h 📣

  Bon septième et dernier jour de la semaine à toutes et à tous ⁠⁠🪐

  📷 JamesO PhotO à Annecy le samedi 20/05/23 📸

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California Is In for a Continuing Parade of Storms

SAN FRANCISCO -The morning of Thursday three men employed handsaws to cut the fallen tree that blocked from the entrance of their. City workers had put trees with cones, but did not remove the tree and residents of the neighborhood decided to take things in their own hands. "We just want to clear it so cars can drive, so people can pass through," said one of the men, Francis Broome, who was removing branches from the walkway within the Western Addition neighborhood when I passed across. One man was using an air blower to get rid of the debris. "Some community teamwork!" Another person said. The group sought to restore some peace and calm after the most severe of the week's storms swept throughout in the Bay Area, just days after a record-breaking rainstorm during New Year's Day. The raging river that hit California over the course of Wednesday and Thursday shut off power for thousands of residents, forced evacuations and caused dangerous waves on the coastline. If the storm did have one motif it was the staggering number of downrooted trees which is the most obvious indication of a state moving between extremes in the environmental of drought and flood, as my coworkers Shawn Hubler and Jill Cowan discuss. If you're experiencing a return to the sunshine of California It's likely to be only for a short time. While California's Golden State is expected to be spared from rain this Friday afternoon, it's set for a flurry of storms after that, which will include a intense one on Tuesday and Monday. The pounding could last into mid-January. "We are not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination," said Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. "We are basically in the eye of the storm right now." Over the last few days you've been writing to me regarding how dealing with and being affected by the events which are both good and bad. Here's a sample of your thoughts with me, lightly edited "The greenery of the typically gray Los Angeles hills makes this the most beautiful time to be for me in Southern California. My trees are strong while my plants are flourishing. Utilizing one for just a couple of weeks isn't a problem for me in the least." --- Bill Mayer, Los Angeles "We've been without power within Mendocino County for more than 24 hours. There's no heat, too which is why we're inside wearing layers of clothing as well as scarves, knit hats and scarfs. The only way to communicate is a mobile service with the lowest bars. Making food and cooking has become a challenge. We're lucky to have a few Goal Zero batteries to recharge phones and keep our refrigerator operating, and I'll look after an elderly neighbor this morning." --- Robin Applegarth, Gualala "My husband and I travelled on Wednesday, on Route 101 from Salinas through Santa Barbara. The winds and rain that fell close to Santa Barbara were powerful. The eucalyptus plants along the coast shed their branches. It was quite a snarl, but vehicles were actually slowing down for the first time in a while. But, I am thankful that it rained." -Amy Brewster, Salinas. Amy Brewster, Salinas "We have been hard hit with heavy snow that has fallen over the last couple of weeks. There was a lot of snow-blowing and shoveling. Trees that were damaged due to drought years have been slashed, making power a continuous issue. We are however taking advantage of this! There is a generator which is extremely helpful. You just need to get a grip and tackle it." --- Russ Woods, South Lake Tahoe Read the full article

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Ten Pole Tudor featuring The Sex Pistols “Who Killed Bambi?” (1980)

In 1969, everyone knows who really killed Bambi: Godzilla. (Not Thumper, you vicious heartless assholes.) Turn to 1980. Somehow he’s survived? Bambi tells Walt Disney to get fucked and implements a short mohawk and a safety pin through the right ear. Our most beloved venison joins the rabid side.

The single “Who Killed Bambi?” was originally supposed to be a 1978 film starring The Sex Pistols, first directed by Russ Mayer who they were a fan of, and written by movie critic Roger Ebert. Pistols svengali Malcomb McLaren proposed the film to be a vehicle for the band’s entry and exposure outside of their native UK. The film was to feature an aging rock-star driving around the Queen’s Reserve to kill a deer and feed the poor with it. The entire band was cast and Sid Vicious was ecstatic in having a sex scene with Marianne Faithfull who played his mum. McLaren had the studios put up huge amounts of money together and Meyer filmed for several days before 20th Century Fox Studios withdrew their involvement, essentially killing the movie. Various reasons included crew members not being properly paid, Fox rejecting the script (disputed by Ebert), and Grace Kelly’s potential of pulling support from said studio. The dissolution of filming had the Pistols ending up suing their idol Mayer. However, two movies of the same name did materialize: a 2003 French medical drama and a 2013 Spanish comedy.

Director and Sex Pistols historian Julien Temple had other plans called The Great Rock N’ Roll Swindle. “Who Killed Bambi?” finally became a reality when it was included in the documentary soundtrack. With Johnny “Rotten” Lydon out of the Pistols equation, Tenpole Tudor’s Edward Tudor-Pole was a potential to take the lead vocal spot and ...Swindle thrust him to the spotlight. He sang on the documentary’s title track and cover of Bill Haley & The Comets’ 1954 hit “Rock Around The Clock”. But it’s “Who Killed Bambi?” that’s the most notable and ridiculous of the three. Tudor’s vocals are a total parody of what could be doo-wop, surf, and garage rock as he bumbles and shouts in swinging highs and lows over a background of orchestral music. Such as the nutty nature of the Pistols world. After Tenpole Tudor ended in 1982, he went successfully solo and even took up acting roles in Little Shop Of Horrors, Game Of Thrones, Sid And Nancy, and Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.

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You post a lot of music stuff! Who are your favorite artists?

Daaaaamn that’s so hard to even answer. My all time constants are Kanye, Chance, Jay Z, J Cole, Childish Gambino, Kendrick, Drake, Biggie, John Mayer, ADTR, Frank Ocean, old school Fall Out Boy, The Story So Far, Bon Iver, Neck Deep and Brand New. My CURRENT favorites, as in shit I’m bumping to right now, would be Kweku Collins, Russ, Daniel Caesar, DVSN, Elijah Blake, R.LUM.R, Chris Stapleton, Flatbush Zombies, Bryson Tiller, and Khalid.