#STORER IS ADAPTING

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No so fast!

OK so this post by @rose-of-red-lake is amazing BUT

Also very scary, because IRL Trotter ended up like this:

Source: Wiki

The Trotter Project is too similar to the LEGERDEMAIN agenda Carmy talks about in LEGACY 3X7 to pass on the legacy to others as a mission to make the "trick last longer".

I really hope Storer only finds inspo in these true stories and doesn't go verbatim and my only hope is Mariya, who is indeed living happily ever after with her blue-eyed white husband who is also a renowned chef, they have a beautiful family and are living the dream, whereas Trotter and Rochelle did not get a happy ending, and she was excluded from the Trotter Project by the rest of his family. I really don't want that for Sydcarmy.

The Bear's legacy

The series finale has already been announced

I still think Sydcarmy will be endgame, of course. But most importantly, I also think that all Carmy said in this scene in regards to HIS LEGACY (because that's what he was talking about, not just legacy in general but his own based on what he learned from the legends that taught him well) is the clearest foreshadowing of what Storer has in mind to wrap The Bear up.

I say all of this now because I believe S4 will be the last one and after this S3 we were just served my mind keeps wandering to: HOW CAN WE GET OUT OF HERE?!?! HOW WILL STORER GET US OUT OF THIS. HOW WILL HE CLOSE THE OPEN LOOP HE LEFT US STUCK AT IN THE SEASON FINALE:

I already went over my idea of how the endgame for the entire series may look like here, before watching S3. But that was just an assumption (yet fully compatible with what I will elaborate on below).

These previous posts of mine, also tap into The Family tree concept and I suggest you check them out for context as well:

The tree

Found Family

What I think will happen in whatever way Storer wants to go about it is that even though The Bear, the restaurant will not go under, at least not as a result of this bad review:

Eventually, it might close its doors like Ever did (after getting 1 or more stars for Sydney), so Carmy can live and escape the prison of his own design that Richie mentioned:

Now, I'm prepared to make a formal prediction based on the script presented in ep 03x07 → Legacy, which I cross-referenced with LWTH.

And the parallelisms, which would take a way longer post than what I have time to make right now, all point in this direction:

The team will spread around the world/country to open their own restaurants/bakeries, etc. - This happens either in the post The Bear era or even if The Bear remains open.

Or in other words, like Storer Carmy said:

This will be the case for each member of the family:

And because the show is about "found family", they still find a way to remain together, even if at some point they go their separate ways to carry on with The Bear's legacy elsewhere as Carmy foreshadowed and just like Carmy carried on with Michael's at some point, which was the kickstart of the whole series.

Thus, it will be a full circle.

IMO, and this is unrelated to the book, The Bear will close its door eventually or change its name and Sydney will open her dream spot, maybe where The Bear once was or elsewhere. Carmy will change careers and will crossover into other arts, such as painting. Let's not forget that he's already an artist of the culinary arts, so it will not be too much of a stretch. He seemed to have found his peace once in Copenhagen doing this and he keeps coming back to it, even now, as he hits rock bottom, he keeps turning to this type of art to try and cope:

He never seems to drift too far away from it.

I think this is where he's headed post The Bear. Back to his solace (which will include Syd too).

And this is what comes to mind → an Austenian happy ending for the entire family that was foreshadowed in 03x07 "Legacy".

The ending will be all about carrying on with Carmy's legacy or better yet, "Sydcarmy's Legacy", one way or the other. Kinda like this fic narrates here.

And I can't wait.

Bonus track: I hope they leave the door open to continue telling this story on the big screen, which if you didn't cheat and carefully read the Found Family context post I linked at the beginning, you now know was Storer's original idea for The Bear. This, unlike all I mentioned above, is indeed a stretch. But... a girl can dream.

[popculturebrain]

‘The Bear’ Creator Christopher Storer To Direct Don Winslow Novel Adaptation ‘The Winter Of Frankie Machine’ At Paramount EXCLUSIVE: As his series creation The Bear turned in record Season Two ratings for Hulu, Christopher Storer is set to direct at Paramount Pictures The Winter of Frankie Machine, an adaptation of the 2006 Don Winslow novel. Subscribe to the Pop Culture Brain Daily newsletter for more stories like this!

[new-philosopher]

Matt Storer does so many good comedic tune adaptions like this! Original adaptation by Matt Storer -

Original tune: Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush - https://youtu.be/wp43OdtAAkM?si=4pJyzCDeaD5G4MxK

idk what your all talking about tiktok rules

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‘The Bear’ Creator Christopher Storer To Adapt & Direct Amor Towles’ ‘The Lincoln Highway’ For Warner Bros http://dlvr.it/T42HFW

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Effect of alcohol on Breast Cancer and Effect of Breast Cancer on Female Employ rate

I checked all of the datasets given in the course but the one I would like to work on, is the gapminder data set. There are total sixteen variables- all numeric except for the country as identifier.

I downloaded the data, and tried to read the CSV file into tableau and created some basic Scatter plot to compare each of the Variables given in the data set and to understand the relation between them. Some of the variables showed good relation with each other. In order to understand and explore the topic more, I created a separate code book and took the variables into consideration that I wanted to work on.

I created a separate code book and took the variables into consideration that I wanted to work on. Some of the variables that I mainly focused on, was Female employ rate, Breast Cancer and Alcohol Consumption. The data set given by NESARC was also taken into consideration during study. I created a scatter plot showing Correlation between two variables a small x associated with a small y whereas a large x associated with a large y. The variables plotted here are alcohol consumption per 100 female residents, and breast Cancer per 100 females. My main focus is to understand the impact of alcohol usage on Breast Cancer and effect of Breast cancer on female Employ rate.  I will explore the possibility that alcohol causes Breast Cancer and Breast cancer makes an impact on female employ rate! I can even back up my claim with publications:

In 2018, Epidemiologic studies had founded that due to increase of alcohol intake the risk of breast cancer also increases. A survey was done on pooled data of 118 individuals studies, indicates that light drinker have slightly increased (1.04-fold higher), moderate drinkers (1.23-fold higher), heavy drinkers (1.6-fold higher) risk of breast cancer[1].According to Statistics adapted from the American Cancer Society's publication, More women are diagnosed with breast cancer than any other cancer, besides skin cancer. According to statistics 276,480 women in the united states are diagnosed with Breast Cancer whereas the estimated date rate is 42,170 for females. The average 5-year survival rate for women with invasive breast cancer is 91%. The average 10-year survival rate for women with invasive breast cancer is 84% [2]. According to WHO (World Health organization), Breast cancer is one of the most frequent type of cancer among females impacting 2.1 million women each year. In 2018, it is estimated that 627,000 women died from breast cancer – that is approximately 15% of all cancer deaths among women [3]. Therefore, looking towards this data I think this is also of the important factor that affects the female  employ rate. According to a study by Lucinda Barry, Leanne Storer, Meron Pitcher on The impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on women’s work status, a study done on an audit of the medical records of women who presented to the Western Health (Victoria, Australia) nurse led breast cancer Survivorship Clinic (SC) between October 2015 and October 2016 was performed to identify employment status at diagnosis and at their review at SC 12 months later a result was taken on 111 records  which found that Financial stress was reported by 8/19 of women who stopped working working for a shift of 9 -10 hrs.  65% of those who reported financial stress (11/17) had stopped working [4].This study shows that Breast cancer makes an impact on the Female Employ Rate.

 [1] National cancer Institute , at the national institutes of health https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/alcohol/alcohol-fact-sheet

[2] Statistics adapted from the American Cancer Society's publication, Cancer Facts & Figures 2020 (January 2020), the ACS website (January 2020), and the National

Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (January 2020). https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/breast-cancer/statistics

[3] World Health Organization,https://www.who.int/cancer/prevention/diagnosis-screening/breast-cancer/en/

[4] The impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on women’s work status. https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2018.36.7_suppl.23

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Thiornis sociata

By José Carlos Cortés

Etymology: Bird of Sulfur

First Described By: Navás, 1922

Classification: Dinosauromorpha, Dinosauriformes, Dracohors, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoromorpha, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Averaptora, Avialae, Euavialae, Avebrevicauda, Pygostaylia, Ornithothoraces, Euornithes, Ornithuromorpha, Ornithurae, Neornithes, Neognathae, Neoaves, Aequorlitornithes, Mirandornithes, Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae

Status: Extinct

Time and Place: From sometime around 7.2 to 5.3 million years ago, in the Messinian of the Miocene of the Neogene 

Thiornis is known from a site in the Libros Basin of Teruel, Spain 

Physical Description: Thiornis was a fairly typical grebe - a sort of bird very highly adapted for diving in the water. They have long necks and small heads, and legs that are good at propelling the body through the water down to where they are diving to below. Thiornis was no different, and is in fact notable for being a very advanced-looking grebe several millions of years ago. It is known from a nearly complete skeleton, lacking the skull, but including impressions of the tail and even some feathers. It was about the size of the larger of today’s modern grebes, somewhere around 35 centimeters in length. It had good feet for diving, allowing it to go deeper in the water than at least some modern species in this group.

Diet: Probably larger ocean prey, such as sizeable fish

Behavior: Given that Thiornis is known from a large skeleton with strong diving feet, it probably spent most of its time in the water, hunting after fish; other than that it’s behavior is largely uncertain, especially due to its lack of extensive remains.

Ecosystem: Thiornis lived near the coast of the burgeoning Mediterranean, and environment filled with a large variety of invertebrates, fish, and sharks, which would have been probably a great danger to Thiornis. In addition there was a sizeable number of rodents, which may have preyed upon the eggs and young of Thiornis.

Other: Thiornis is the most completely known fossil grebe, and one of the oldest known grebes - this group seems to have appeared in the fossil record out of nowhere, so it gives us what is the best idea of what grebes were like during their evolution.

~ By Meig Dickson

Sources under the Cut 

Brodkorb, P. 1967. Catalogue of fossil birds: Part 3 (Ralliformes, Ichthyornithiformes, Charadriiformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 11(3):99-220

Navás, R. P. Longinos. 1922. Algunos Fósiles de Libros (Teruel). Boletín de la Sociedad Ibérica de Ciencias Naturales 21:52-61

Olson, S. L. 1995. Thiornis sociata Navás, a nearly complete miocene Grebe (Aves: Podicipedidae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181: 131 - 140.

Storer, R. W. 2000. The systematic position of the Miocene Grebe Thiornis sociata Navás. Annals of Paleontology 86 (2): 129 - 139.

[aliveandfullofjoy]

GOLDEN ELLIOTT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE

01. If Beale Street Could Talk - dir. Barry Jenkins; prod. Megan Ellison, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, and Barry Jenkins; dist. Annapurna Pictures; USA 02. The Favourite - dir. Yorgos Lanthimos; prod. Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, and Yorgos Lanthimos; dist. Fox Searchlight Pictures; Ireland/UK/USA 03. Shoplifters - dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda; prod. Matsuzaki Kaoru, Yose Akihiko, and Taguchi Hijiri; dist. Magnolia Pictures; Japan 04. Minding the Gap - dir. Bing Liu; prod. Bing Liu and Diane Moy Quon; dist. Hulu; USA 05. BlacKkKlansman - dir. Spike Lee; prod. Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick; Jordan Peele, and Shaun Redick; dist. Focus Features; USA 06. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman; prod. Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Christina Steinberg; dist. Sony Pictures Releasing; USA 07. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen; prod. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, and Robert Graf; dist. Netflix; USA 08. Eighth Grade - dir. Bo Burnham; prod. Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Lila Yacoub, and Christopher Storer; dist. A24; USA 09. Can You Ever Forgive Me? - dir. Marielle Heller; prod. Anne Carey, Amy Nauiokas, and David Yarnell; dist. Fox Searchlight Pictures; USA 10. Leave No Trace - dir. Debra Granik; prod. Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, and Anne Rosellini; dist. Bleecker Street; USA 

other categories: (director) (actor) (actress) (supporting actor) (supporting actress) (original screenplay)(adapted screenplay) (animated feature) (foreign language film) (art direction) (cinematography) (costume design) (film editing) (original score) (use of song) (ensemble)

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My alternative 91st Academy Awards

As always during 31 Days of Oscar, I partake in an annual fantasy. What would the Oscars look like if I stuffed the ballots - choosing every single nomination and choosing every single winner? It always would look a lot different. Fans of Black Panther and Bohemian Rhapsody and Vice? Come at me.

91st Academy Awards – February 24, 2019 Dolby Theatre – Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Host: None Broadcaster: ABC

Best Picture: ROMA

BlacKkKlansman, Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele, and Spike Lee (Focus)

Burning (KOR), Lee Joon-dong and Lee Chang-dong (Pinehouse Film/Now Film/NHK/CGV Arthouse/Well Go USA Entertainment)

Eighth Grade, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Lila Yacoub, and Christopher Storer (A24)

The Favourite, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, and Yorgos Lanthimos (Fox Searchlight)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout, J.J. Abrams, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and Jake Myers (Paramount)

Roma (MEX), Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez, and Nicolas Celis (Netflix)

Shoplifters (JPN), Matsuzaki Kaoru, Yose Akihiko, and Taguchi Hijiri (AOI Promotion/Fuji TV/GAGA/Magnolia Pictures)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Avi Arad, Ami Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Christina Steinberg (Columbia)

A Star Is Born, Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, and Lynette Howell Taylor (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros.)

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Morgan Neville, Caryn Capotosto, and Nicholas Ma (Focus)

Wholesale changes in this category compared to real life. The best three films of 2018, to me, were Burning, Roma, and Shoplifters -- none of these were in the English language. Films I tossed for Best Picture were Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, and Vice. I don’t think any of those four films have any business being in this category. In their place are the likes of Eighth Grade, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, and one of the most technically marvelous action films in decades in Mission: Impossible -- Fallout. Yes, an M:I film (superb editing, setpieces, and audacious style that finally wakes the franchise up).

But I’m going for an unexciting pick according to some with Roma. To use an oxymoron, it is an intimate epic -- one crafted beautifully, daring to comment on relations between ethnicities and the sexes at a certain time in Mexico. 

Best Director

Lee Chang-dong, Burning

Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Hirokazu Koreeda, Shoplifters

Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Paul Schrader, First Reformed

If you’re scratching your head, yes... Paul Schrader was nominated for Director in my ceremony, but First Reformed is nowhere to be found in Picture. I tend to do this for one Best Director nominee every year.

Best Actor

Christian Bale, Vice

Ryan Gosling, First Man

Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Yoo Ah-in, Burning

The real-life Best Actor category this year is the most dire slate in a while. So here is your palate cleanser. 

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio, Roma

Glenn Close, The Wife

Olivia Colman, The Favourite

Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade

Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born

It is not so much acting, as inhabiting. And, as a non-professional actress, Yalitza Aparicio has it. And I believe that, in my alternate Oscar universe (yes, I’ve drawn up and thought about it for many ceremonies past... I’ll reveal those some day), Aparicio would be the first indigenous woman to be awarded an acting Oscar.

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade

Tim Blake Nelson, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Steven Yeun, Burning

Ali is good, don’t get me wrong. But, compared to the movie Moonlight and his performance in it, it looks like he is about to get a second Oscar for a far worse movie and a lesser role. Ali is fourth or fifth in this lineup for me. Grant is fantastic in Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actress

Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Emma Stone, The Favourite

Marina de Tavira, Roma

Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians

This comes down to the fact I couldn’t separate Stone and Weisz’s performances in their saucy movie. Nor could I find the argument to give de Tavira or Yeoh the Oscar. This is a bit of a default choice, I hate to say.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman

Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Leave No Trace

Spike Lee would have at least one or two Oscars in my alternative universe by this point! The difference between the screenplays for BlacKkKlansman and Can You Ever Forgive Me? is far slighter than you think.

Best Original Screenplay

Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade

Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite

Paul Schrader, First Reformed

Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Hirokazu Koreeda, Shoplifters

Not even a contest if you asked me. This category is something else if I consider The Favourite and Roma bringing up the rear. But Koreeda’s drama about a found family that does what they can to survive is the culmination of what he has done in his career thus far. This is his Oscar.

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2 (Pixar/Walt Disney)

Night is Short, Walk On Girl, Japan (GKIDS/Toho Company)

Ruben Brandt, Collector, Hungary (Mozinet/Sony Pictures Classics)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia)

Tito and the Birds, Brazil (Bits Produções/Shout! Factory)

Longtime followers know that I have unorthodox opinions about animated features. The only Animated Feature Oscar I’ve handed to Pixar/Walt Disney Animation Studios since beginning this tradition in 2013 was for Inside Out. I thought Ralph Breaks the Internet was a painful addition to the Disney animated canon, so it is not here. Nor is Wes Anderson’s culturally insensitive Isle of Dogs or Mamoru Hosoda’s sloppy Mirai. At the end of the day? No boat-rocking this time, except in some of the other nominees.

Best Documentary Feature

Free Solo (National Geographic)

Hale County This Morning, This Evening (The Cinema Guild)

Minding the Gap (ITVS/Kartemquin Films/Hulu/Magnolia Pictures)

Three Identical Strangers (CNN/Channel 4/Neon)

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Focus)

Shoulda been nominated! Shoulda won! But in the spirit of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, these are all great documentaries. Minding the Gap is a close #2.

Best Foreign Language Film

Burning, South Korea

Capernaum, Lebanon

Cold War, Poland

Roma, Mexico

Shoplifters, Japan

Best Cinematography

Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

Caleb Deschanel, Never Look Away (GER)

Rob Hardy, Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Matthew Libatique, A Star Is Born

Łukasz Żal, Cold War

Best Film Editing

Barry Alexander Brown, BlacKkKlansman

Jay Cassidy, A Star Is Born

Tom Cross, First Man

Eddie Hamilton, Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Yorgos Mavropsaridis, The Favourite

Best Original Musical*

Julia Michels, A Star Is Born

Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns

Sia, Greg Kurstin, Scott Walker, and Margaret Yen, Vox Lux

*Best Original Musical – known previously as several other names – exists in the Academy’s rulebooks, but requires activation from the Academy’s music branch. To qualify, a film must have no fewer than five original songs. This category was last activated when Prince won for Purple Rain (1984).

Best Original Score

Michael Giacchino, Incredibles 2

Justin Hurwitz, First Man

John Powell, Solo

Alan Silvestri, Ready Player One

Brian Tyler, Crazy Rich Asians

The Star Wars universe is in good musical hands when John Williams leaves after Episode IX!

Best Original Song

“All the Stars”, music by Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, and Anthony Tiffith, lyrics by Lamar, SZA, and Tiffith, Black Panther

“Nowhere to Go but Up”, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns

“The Place Where Lost Things Go”, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns

“Shallow”, music and lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt, A Star Is Born

“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings”, music and lyrics by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Best Costume Design

Alexander Byrne, Mary Queen of Scots

Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther

Sandy Powell, The Favourite

Sandy Powell, Mary Poppins Returns

Mary E. Vogt, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Cindy Harlow and Camille Friend, Black Panther

Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer, Border (SWE)

Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher, and Jessica Brooks, Mary Queen of Scots

Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, Solo

Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia Dehaney, Vice

Best Production Design

Hannah Beachler, Black Panther

Nelson Coates, Crazy Rich Asians

Fiona Crombie, The Favourite

Nathan Crowley, First Man

John Myhre, Mary Poppins Returns

Best Sound Editing

Benjamin A. Burt and Steve Boeddeker, Black Panther

Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan, First Man

James Mather, Victoria Freund, and Nina Norek, Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl, A Quiet Place

Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom, Cameron Barker, and Doug Winningham, Ready Player One

Best Sound Mixing

John Casali, Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, and Niv Adiri, Bohemian Rhapsody

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis, First Man

Chris Munro, Paul Munro, Lloyd Dudley, and Mark Timms, Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, and Michael Barry, A Quiet Place

Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow, A Star Is Born

Best Visual Effects

Daniel DeLeeuw, Jen Underdahl, Kelly Port, Matt Aitken, Dan Sudick, Avengers: Infinity War

Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones, and Chris Corbould, Christopher Robin

Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm, First Man

Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler, and David Shirk, Ready Player One

Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Dominic Tuohy, Solo

Best Documentary Short

Black Sheep (Lightbox Entertainment/The Guardian)

End Game (Netflix)

Lifeboat (Spin Film/RYOT Films)

A Night at the Garden (Field of Vision)

Period. End of Sentence. (Guneet Monga)

My omnibus review of this year’s nominees is coming soon (check this space later).

Best Live Action Short

Detainment (Twelve Media)

Fauve, Canada (H264 Distribution)

Marguerite, Canada (H264 Distribution)

Mother, Spain (Apache Films/Caballo Films/Malvalanda)

Skin (New Native Pictures/Salaud Morisset)

My omnibus review of this year’s nominees is coming soon (check this space later).

Best Animated Short

Animal Behaviour (National Film Board of Canada)

Bao (Pixar/Walt Disney)

Late Afternoon (Cartoon Saloon)

One Small Step (Taiko Studios)

Weekends (Past Lives Productions)

My omnibus review of this year’s nominees can be read here.

Academy Honorary Awards: Cicely Tyson, Lalo Schifrin, and Marvin Levy

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall

MULTIPLE NOMINEES (24) Eight: The Favourite; Roma Seven: First Man; A Star Is Born Six: Mission: Impossible – Fallout Five: Black Panther; Burning; Mary Poppins Returns Four: Crazy Rich Asians; Eighth Grade; Shoplifters Three: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs; BlacKkKlansman; First Reformed; Ready Player One, Solo Two: Bohemian Rhapsody; If Beale Street Could Talk; Incredibles 2; Mary Queen of Scots; A Quiet Place; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Vice; Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

WINNERS 4 wins: Roma 2 wins: First Man; Mary Poppins Returns 1 win: BlacKkKlansman; Black Panther; Border; Can You Ever Forgive Me?; Cold War; Crazy Rich Asians; First Reformed; If Beale Street Could Talk; Marguerite; Mission: Impossible – Fallout; Shoplifters; Solo; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; A Star Is Born; Weekends; Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

19 winners from 25 categories. 39 feature-length films and 15 short films were represented.

[gingergofastboatsmojito]

Just a matter of timelines

I 💯 believe Storer never envisioned The Bear as a love story per se but romance was rather a closure/ending for his original movie script. My reason to believe this is quite factual: He said The Bear was actually thought of as a movie about dysfunctional characters finding each other -found family- in a dysfunctional (realistic) kitchen. Not a rom-com. I already talked about that here quoting his interview with the Enquirer.

That being said, I also figured by 02x01 that he had been converted (I assumed by Calo, but ultimately doesn’t matter how) and turned into a Sydcarmy shipper. I go over that here. That’s why his constant gaslighting makes me sick! When I found out that Kasama means together in Filipino and that its owners are married IRL, I was soooo ready to sue this guy.

Anyway, my point is that now with S2 under our belts we can read more into S1 than what Storer wrote originally when all he had was the movie script adapted for TV and no guarantee about the show being picked up for a 2nd season, however, the fact that the ending of the movie/S1 was about leaving the door open for a potential romance between Carmy and Syd as Braciole (Storer has a fetish with naming characters and eps) foreshadowed and that threshold was indeed kinda crossed in S2 (aka the most Sydcarmy season so far), especially in ep 02x09,

it’s important to notice the storytelling length pattern here. Meaning: Storer starts in the opposite direction he actually wants to take, which is what most great writers do BTW and it's not uncommon, ofc. So if he wants to dive into Sydcarmy waters by the end of S3, we can expect a full-on Clairmy renaissance in the first half of the season. You guys know how I feel about her and thus how opposed I am to that, but on Storer terms, the fact that we see Claire get her fucking way at first is gonna be actually a good sign for Sydcarmy.

I have my mind set up to have to wait till S4 to get what I want but with all this new info about the pasta decoding and the storytelling patterns Storer is showing, I’m starting to believe in a S3 Sydcarmy breakthrough. 🤞

There is NO DOUBT in my mind about The Bear getting a star this season or some kind of award like the James Beard that is usually what all Michelin star chefs get first, that’s what makes it so important in the big leagues. More about that here and here.

I have also mentioned that the star will bring them together and also break them up because it comes with a price. And Carmy doesn’t want the star, he wants Sydney and to give her what she wants.

She’s the one who wants The Bear to be a Michelin star spot, Carmy just wanted it to be their spot.

He could have been content with just that. So he will get her the star and probably lose her in the process (I bet but wish I was wrong on this one), which leads me to believe that in S4 he will get her back and that’s why I have my $ on the grand finale, not on S3 for Sydcarmy, but if Storer wants to take a U-turn in S3 as now that I saw this I'm starting to kinda infer... I’m all for it, sure! Unfortunately, he chose the love triangle dynamic, which I hate, to do that, but I’ll take it.

If S3 is Sydcarmy territory as opposed to pre-Sydcarmy territory, I’m here for it.

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Emily Wood

GSA Sustainability Degree Show Prize, Highly Commended

Material Ecology in the Symbiocene presents a vision for a regenerative future using alternative bio-sources. These materials, and the ecologies they inhabit, surpass manufactured design through their sustainability, circularity, and adaptability. The work employs varied methodologies to reveal unexpected and complex collaborations between human and non-human species at the intersection of art, material science, and ecology. Blurring the boundaries between the practices of making and growing, audiences are invited to interrogate hierarchies between human and non-human species, culture and nature, and linear and circular economies. The project has been informed by continuous exchanges across multidisciplinary fields- with ecologists, mycologists, and perfumers, alongside a host of non-human species. The workstation is modelled on a children’s mud kitchen, encouraging the idea that audiences’ homes can be transformed into sites of material curiosity. Implementing natural materials in the home also incentivises human inhabitants to have an invested interest in protecting the environment that surrounds the living materials within their homes. Designed with functionality in mind, the structure is easily assembled using screws and wood joints, with an adaptable framework to suit differing needs.

I imagine a future where instead of processing materials, we might grow them directly from living organisms. This stool is grown from mycelium- the vegetative part of the fungus consisting of thread-like filaments. The mycelium binds with hemp hurds- a by-product of the hemp industry- to create a solid composite- alive, breathing, autonomous and organic. The material processing, manufacturing, and waste cycles of petroleum-based plastics are energy- and resource-intensive and ecologically destructive. On the other hand, I grew the stool to finished form in a week, replacing intensive man-made steps with one biological step. The process requires minimum energy, with structures grown at room temperature and in natural lighting conditions. The mycelium stool can biodegrade in 45 days, all-the-while performing mycoremediation to decontaminate the environment from toxic pollutants and restore soil health.

The workstation is tiled with a composite of mycelium and seaweed tiles. Algae production offers a considerably more sustainable way of sourcing raw material than terrestrial crops, which are more commonly used within biodesign. They are among the fasted growing organisms on the Earth, far exceeding the growth rate of terrestrial plants and a storer of CO2 emissions. Algae acts as a biofilter, capturing and processing chemical runoff and excess nutrients to mitigate pollution and increase resilience to climate change. The workstation’s cupboard is fitted with a curtain embellished with bioplastic sequins. Bioplastic is a natural plastic derived from agar, a polysaccharide extracted from red algae. The material could be crucial in building a regenerative future, reducing oil consumption for petroleum-based plastics. The sequins are dyed using excess kitchen food such as beetroot juice, wilted spinach, and onion skins, promoting the conservation of materials and reduction of environmental pressures linked to waste management.

In nature, every organism’s waste is another’s raw material. The installation portrays a coming-together of organisms that build on and complexify each other before falling apart. Through life and eventual decay, the materials will return to the soil, whereupon decomposition will support health and new growth in the surrounding ecosystem- a bona fide Material Ecology.

An olfactory piece, blended in collaboration with a perfumer, transports the audience to the forest where the Oyster mushroom grows. The piece re-engages the sense of smell as a critical factor in the bodily perception of space, initiating a chemical conversation between the fungal scent and the human body.

The installation is accompanied by a publication titled Sea to Soil, which engages with environmental activism, ecology, and sustainability through creative practice. A call for community action, the publication contains a culmination of processes, recipes, and ideas to encourage readers to collaborate with natural materials and living systems, creating experimental artworks and speculative design objects. The publication and its manufacturing processes are 100% vegan, and it is printed on FSC accredited paper using bio-based inks and a CO2 neutral press.

In a time of environmental crises such as climate change, pollution, and resource depletion, we are confronted with unprecedented urgency to reconsider our relationship with materials. And so, here’s to a new age of creation, where we design with and for nature.

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Entre Pinot et Gaudu, qui sera le leader de la Groupama-FDJ ?

Entre Pinot et Gaudu, qui sera le leader de la Groupama-FDJ ?

Aux côtés de Valentin Madouas, Stefan Küng et Michael Storer, Thibaut Pinot et David Gaudu font partie des cinq hommes présélectionnés en poste sur le Tour de France par la Groupama-FDJ. Leur saison se construit en conséquence, adaptant chaque parcours disputé, chaque étape franchie, à fin juillet. Pour David Gaudu, il s’agit d’améliorer la précédente marque lancée à l’épreuve, que ce soit une…

[thestageyshelf]

Footloose @ Sadlers Wells 2017 (#52)

Title: Footloose

Venue: Sadlers Wells

Year: 2017

Condition: Good condition

Author: Stage Adaption by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie. Music by Tom Snow. Lyrics by Dean Pitchford

Director: Racky Plews

Choreographer: Matt Cole

Cast: Gareth Gates, Maureen Nolan, Joshua Dowen, Luke Dowling, Emma Fraser, Dominic Gee Burch, Reuven Gershon, Connor Going, Lindsay Goodhand, Gracie Lai, Grace Lancaster, Lawrence Libor, Alex Marshall, Hannah Price, Jamie Ross, Laura Sillett, Lauren Storer, Tomas Wolstenhome

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Why is the world’s largest rain forest burning?

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The Amazon rainforest is burning at a record rate. The fires are no accident, and we need to face it. How does this affect our planet? Just the FAQs, USA TODAY

The Amazon is burning at an alarming rate as tens of thousands of fires lay waste to the world’s largest tropical rainforest. 

There have been more than 74,000 wildfires across Brazil this year, up 85% over the same period in 2018, and about 40,000 of them are burning in the Amazon, according to the country’s National Institute of Space Research. 

The Amazon is often called “the lungs of the world,” absorbing greenhouse gases that would otherwise harm the planet. It also is home to a number of indigenous people who rely on the forest’s resources. 

Here’s why it’s on fire and why it has become such a big problem.

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Why is the Amazon on fire? 

People who want to clear land in the Amazon for business prospects are cutting down portions of the forest, leaving them out to dry and setting them on fire. With the trees out of the way, they have room to grow crops or raise cattle.

This practice is illegal but is not being monitored by Brazil’s government, said Nigel Sizer, chief program officer of Rainforest Alliance. Not only is the government turning the other way, President Jair Bolsonaro is encouraging the practice, Sizer said. 

“With confidence, we can say that a lot of that is illegal and is happening because the government has given the nod to illegal clearing and burning across the Amazon,” Sizer said. “The president has even encouraged the invasion of indigenous territories and areas that the previous administrations have really been working hard to protect.”

In this Aug. 20, 2019, drone photo released by the Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Grosso, brush fires burn in Guaranta do Norte municipality, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, a federal agency monitoring deforestation and wildfires, said the country has seen a record number of wildfires this year. (Photo: Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Grosso, AP)

Bolsonaro has blamed environmental nonprofits for acting as obstacles in his mission to further develop Brazil’s economy. His administration has eased protections of areas such as the Amazon, making way for people to damage the rainforest. 

In response to the staggering increase in wildfires this year, Bolsonaro suggested nongovernmental organizations could be starting them to make his administration look bad. He took office Jan. 1 of this year. 

“Maybe – I am not affirming it – these (NGO people) are carrying out some criminal actions to draw attention against me, against the government of Brazil,” Bolsonaro told reporters.

When asked to provide evidence, he gave none. 

“There is a war going on in the world against Brazil, an information war,” Bolsonaro said.

Sizer said previous Brazilian administrations have been environmentally conscious and decreased the rate of deforestation. With this president, though, he said he is worried about what’s to come. 

“It takes a while for people to react and respond, and what we’re seeing now is the first wave of that,” Sizer said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if these numbers get a lot of worse if the government does not change course.”

An aerial view Aug. 20, 2019, of an area of land that has been scorched by fire in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. According to media reports, the Brazilian Amazon region is suffering a record amount of fires, with an 84% increase on the same period last year. (Photo: ROGERIO FLORENTINO, EPA-EFE)

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Are fires in the Amazon normal? 

The Amazon holds a lot of moisture – massive fires aren’t a natural occurrence there. Sizer said that if it’s a dry season and you set a fire in the undergrowth it may spread a little, but it peters out quickly. But once you start clearing forest and let the trees dry, fires can cause more damage, he said. 

“The forest shifts from being a fire-resistant ecosystem to a fire-prone ecosystem,” Sizer said.

The trees, plants and animals in the Amazon are not adaptive to fire, and so they are easily killed. That is different from forests in North America, which have adapted to wildfires and can survive them, Sizer said.

Sizer said putting out wildfires in the Amazon is “basically impossible.” They’ll run their course until they run out of chopped-down trees to burn. The best way to stop a crisis like this is for the government to strictly protect the land, said Adrian Forsyth, co-founder of Amazon Conservation Association.

“If you had an enlightened president in Brazil, they would put a stop to illegal deforestation in Brazil, just in the way that they prevent robbery and murder,” Forsyth said.

A view Aug. 20, 2019, of an area that has been scorched by fire in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. (Photo: ROGERIO FLORENTINO, EPA-EFE)

How will the Amazon’s fires affect people?

“The Amazon is a rain factory,” Forsyth said, describing the Amazon’s role in people’s lives. 

Forsyth said the Amazon generates rain that helps crops grow across the Americas, which affects basic food supplies. Additionally, without the Amazon’s carbon absorption, damage to the climate becomes increasingly unavoidable, Forsyth said.

“The Amazon is the biggest storer of tropical carbon in the world, and if that goes up into the sky it’s going to be impossible to meet the climate goals that we’re trying to establish,” Forsyth said. 

Moira Birss, finance campaign director of nonprofit Amazon Watch, said the indigenous people and others who live in or near the forest face the most immediate harm.

“The fires specifically for folks who are living in that are extremely harmful, the air they’re breathing, the ability to live their daily lives, and in some cases, it’s affecting people’s land,” Birss said.

Birss said many people have reached out to Amazon Watch asking about ways they can help. Ultimately, she said, it’s the government’s responsibility to put an end to illegal fire setting. Sizer said one way people can help, though, is by donating to Brazilian environmental groups. 

The #AmazonRainforest is a critical piece of the global climate solution. Without the largest rainforest in the world, we cannot keep the Earth’s warming in check. The Amazon needs more than prayers. So what can YOU do? (1/5) pic.twitter.com/U7mXL4K4yK

— Rainforest Alliance (@RnfrstAlliance) August 21, 2019

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