#Sid and Ethel

[blueeyeddarkknight]

Happy 77th birthday to Cher ❤️🎂

Those two are hilarious !😂 (I want a Cher & Val show ❤️)

(Cheral? Cherval? Ver? 🤔 Idk. what do you think their ship name should be? )

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[prettyontheinside-grrrl]

[nitrozem]

#simsof2024

I wasn't tagged I just thought it looked like fun

First sim you made in 2024

Hmm...do pets count? Because it was actually Haku! and tbh he deserves the spot regardless because he bought Miguel and Kimiko together!

Good boy, Haku!

Last/most recent sim you made in 2024

That would be Dennis

Your least favorite sim of 2024

Uhh probably Raquel, sorry girl, your daughter and brother outshined you >> (and she's probably gonna die anyway)

Best sim you made in 2024

Zephyr because he's a cute orc/elf kid and probably the most bizarre one. He's a charming (if not a little bratty) addition to Ajay and Sid's family :)

Sims you made for a challenge

The whole Tiny Town crew! I didn't even finish the challenge but I still have them in the world and actively play 3 of them! I want to play the rest sometime too and they are all suppose to be friends with each other.

I also had fun making some of their family members outside the challenge (Flora's brother and dad, Bailey's lil' sister, Neroli's sister's,Jasper's daughter, Hana's uncle, Paz's father and Ethel's cats kids)

and yes this includes Tackle, Bailey's best friend forever! 🎣

Sim(s) you made for a pack release this year (Lovestruck, Life and Death)

I usually use my own sims to play them but I will make new sims as well...

Diego was for lovestruck Ricky and Yara for Life and Death (They both have macabre trait)

Most photographed sim

Oh it's 100% Miguel, I will forever love him <3

...and my favorite sim of 2024???

I really couldn't pick one without the other, they stole my heart right out the gate so I got say both Bailey & Flora!

This happens to be my favorite screenshot of the year too ♥

[mitchipedia]

“It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” is a 1963 American epic comedy film that stars Spencer Tracy, Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Jonathan Winters and more, about a long-distance chase to find a suitcase full of stolen cash.

It’s the kind of movie they used to call “madcap.”

[grape-v1nes]

here is my 100% accurate and absolutely canon opinion of the marauders and co.’s top artists on spotify

i will not be elaborating nor will i take any criticism

james (not super into music; likes party music/what’s popular): taylor swift (because lily loves ts and he loves lily), post malone, kendrick, j. cole, mitski (he cries to I Bet on Losing Dogs bc it makes him think of regulus)

sirius (guys you can be mad at me for this one but you cannot convince me he wouldn’t be this guy if he was born in the early 2000s): 100 gecs (remus cannot fucking stand it but sirius moshes to stupid horse in the dorm), bladee, yung lean, beastie boys, MF DOOM, and bowie obv

remus (he likes midwest emo and 80s alternative but plays lo-fi when he studies): pinegrove, title fight, david bowie, talking heads, car seat headrest (Body’s is his favorite song), lo-fi beats

pete (ik you all think pete’s taste would be very vanilla but i think he’s a sucker for indie rock and 90s hip hop): the drums, the strokes, radiohead, alex g, the pharcyde, MF DOOM (sirius introduced mfdoom to him and he didn’t stop listening to rap snitch knishes for weeks)

lily (bi girl with bi boyfriend that listens to bi girl music): suki waterhouse, phoebe bridgers, lana, taylor swift, king princess

mary (she’s just really fucking cool and so is her music taste): pinkpantheress, ethel cain, hemlocke springs, doja, ice spice (kicked peter very hard in the shin when he called her mid)

marlene (she reminds me of my best friend so i’m assigning her their music taste): alex g, MGMT, the garden, deftones, the neighbourhood

dorcas (lesbian with lesbian gf that listens to lesbian music): fiona apple, japanese breakfast, faye webster, the cranberries, idigo de souza

reg (hard on the outside soft on the inside; he likes his music to be slow and sad): duster, mac demarco, salvia palth, current joys, tchaikovsky, blink-182 (only because he listens to I Miss You constantly for painfully obvious reasons)

-disclaimer ; my knowledge of evan and barty is very limited this is just the vibes-

evan (enjoys trad-goth/ post-punk/ shoegaze. gets mad if you call him goth. he’s punk!): the cure, bauhaus, depeche mode, my bloody valentine, slowdive

barty (is punk and enjoys punk but completely mis-understands the politics): sum 41, blink-182, the smashing pumpkins, hollywood undead, sex pistols (was very obsessed with the death of sid viscous and thought he was just the coolest)

[broidobe]

3, 7, 8, and 10 for the asks

answers below the cut

3 ~ playlists

oh god i have so many playlists lmfao. so i'll name every single one ;)

the main one i listen to is called innocent school girl mix and it's every single metal song i listen to with some other songs that just fit the playlist

and then i have 9 playlists that are separated by genre of metal. i have death, black, deathcore/metalcore, goregrind (and really any other grind), slam, melodeath, nu metal, doom (called whimsical asf 😭), and to top it off an entire playlist dedicated to wifey, alissa white-gluz

i have one called divorced dad that is really all the rock music i listen to. i have an ethel cain playlist also.

one that i never thought i'd reveal to the public is one called twinks. it is full of 5sos and 1d... cause i've been a fan since i was 4. somethings just never die down.

i have one called oldies that is filled with old hollywood broadway music and classics in general. don't hate lol

i have one called wyoming territory that is country. once again, don't hate. i like never listen to it and i promise i'm cool

there's one called punky which is pretty self explanatory, it's punk. theres hell yeah which is...chappell roan, sabrina carpenter, charli xcx, the dare, you get it.

i have emo which is basically just the emo trinity (marry me frank iero). i have mcr and fall out boy and i used to have a p!atd one but why have a playlist for just two albums?

also one for the cure cause...robert smith rocks. please listen to high by the cure, you won't regret it. best cure song ever

and finally, big minge energy. i mentioned it on my blog once but it's midwestern emo with weezer because i thought they worked well together. specifically pinkerton though

7 ~ celeb crushes

okay theres a lot.

my number one forever has been duff mckagan. i saw him for the first time when i was 4 and my mom says my eyes widened so much she thought they'd fall out. what can i say? i'm just cool like that.

but soon after my king ashton irwin followed. i'm a pretty diehard 5sos fan and uhhh...ashton stole my heart right away. that sexy ass aussie can take me away any day.

i saw frank iero at a young age too and fell in love. he's just so fucking cool.

i first knew i was bisexual when i saw pamela anderson. that woman...holy shit. more on her in my next post cause someone asked if i've met celebrities.

and james hetfield. my dearest angel boo boo bear sweetheart babygirl.

let me list some ladies:

gabbriette

angelina jolie

issa rae (GIVE ME HER)

pheobe dynevor

kylie bunbury

megan fox

BEYONCÉ (THE REAL WIFE, BEEN A FAN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME)

solange

sharon tate

rosie hw

karen mulder

brigitte bardot

alissa white-gluz

now for the men:

slash

robert smith

bill hader (FIGHT ME)

john mulaney (FIGHT ME)

luke hemmings

michael clifford

calum hood

PHIL BOZEMAN UGH OMG. I NEED YOU

mick thomson (daddy issues strike again)

peter steele (daddy issues strike once again) (and size kink)

sid wilson

PETE MOTHERFUCKING WENTZ. HE'S AN OG TOO

AND THE WAY BROTHERS (MIKEY OMG YOU BITCH I LOVE YOU)

oh god there are so many more guys.

8 ~ languages

i am a PROUD polyglot. i speak six lanugages, 4 fluently. my first language is english but i started learning russian at a really young age, as that's what is spoken at my house 50% of the time

once i was pretty good at russian, my mom started teaching me finnish and let me tell you, not a fun ride. i got it so confused with russian and i sucked at it. now that i'm older, i'm way better though.

i am fluent in those languages and dutch. i learned dutch because some of my family hails from nijmegen which is like the most beautiful place on earth. i'm happy to say i was actually born there. but i stayed there for like a month before leaving.

i speak a decent amount of norwegian and french but there's still a lot of grammar mistakes i make. and that's it!

obviously, as russian, finnish, etc. aren't my first languages, it's likely i'll make SOME SORT of grammar mistake lol.

if you're lazy and didn't want to read that, here's a list

fluent:

english

russian

finnish

dutch

decent amount:

french

norwegian

also i absolutely love getting messages or asks in different lanugaes so if you speak them, don't be afraid to talk to me in that language.

10 ~ fav book

this is a hard one. i'd have to say a little life by hanya yanagihara or don't want you like a bestfriend by emma alban.

i'm a pretty avid reader but those happen to be my favourite, right now at least.

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By Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).Published about 4 hours ago • 3 min read



Robert M. Massimi.

"Gypsy" is still in previews.

This "Gypsy" at the Majestic Theatre is one you will either love or not like. For me, dating back to 1989 when Tyne Daly starred as Rose and onto Bernadette Peters in 2003 and Patti LuPone in 2008, the musical has vacillated as far as likeability. I did not really like Ms. Daly as Rose, Peters was much better in the role and Patti LuPone is by far the best of the class. Whereas LuPone belted out the songs, where she owned the role, Audra McDonald more dained in he efforts. LuPone was more believable than the current star in that she was Mama Rose!

Written by Gypsy Rose Lee with the book by Arthur Laurents and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, "Gypsy" has played Broadway countless times with mega stars like Ethel Merman and Angela Lansbury at the lead. This musical more than others is dependent on both the director (George C. Wolfe), the choreographer (Camille A. Brown), as well as the supporting cast. If the dance numbers are not crisp, and the songs not resonant, "Gypsy" can make for a long night at the theater.

While this "Gypsy" is not a complete flop, it lacks in imagination in the dance numbers. Yes, from the audience they look real in-depth, but in actuality the dance numbers are banal and the songs for the most part are forgettable. While the house was energized this evening, especially when Baby June (Jade Smith) and Baby Louise (Kyleigh Vickers) sung and danced; even the scenes with the young troupe gave pleasure to the crowd. A closer look and listen to the seasoned theater goer really saw more fluff in the dance pieces than anything else.

This rendition of the historic musical was nothing more than smoke and mirrors. The entertaining sets (Santo Loquasto), the hard glam lighting, the garish costumes (Toni-Leslie James) all were more show than substance, much like Rose herself. In past productions, the interaction with Rose and Herbie were much better than McDonald and Danny Bernstein. Never once could we imagine the two being an item; the warmth was never there. The two never had a warm feel when they sung together.

I was disappointed in this "Gypsy". I thought McDonald would be able to carry this role a lot better than she did. Her song patterns never really resonated throughout the evening; she never tested her strong voice. Her performance reminded me of her last show that I saw her in, "Ohio State Murders. There too she was un-moving in her role; as if she was going through the motions rather than giving us a deeply felt performance.

After seeing Nicole Scherzinger's performance in "Sunset Boulevard this season, McDonald's efforts do not compare. Where her Norma Desmond was first rate, Audra McDonald did not entertain us!

Robert Massimi writes for my Life Publications, Studio Seven Publications, Show Prep, Trending Content, Nimbus Magazine and Art New York. He is a member of The Dramatist Guild and has been featured on MCC and WABC Radio. He has produced 14 shows both on and off Broadway and sat on the board of directors of Metropolitan Playhouse. He has edited two films and advised on production to several films.

Broadway, Hollywood, Audra McDonald, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Sunset Boulevard, Gypsy, Tony Awards, Oscars, Majestic Theatre, Phantom of The Opera, Dramatists Guild, Scott Lehrer, Gypsy Rose Lee, Stephen Sondheim, Lyrics, Book, The Lion King, Alladin, Harry Potter, Elf, Buddy, Kate Wilson, Nancy Wilson, CNN, Bloomberg, WABC, Camille Brown, Michael Clifton, Robert Ginzler, Sid Ramin Orchestrations, off Broadway.

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I have been writing on theater since 1982. A graduate from Manhattan College B.S. A member of Alpha Sigma Lambda, which recognizes excellence in both English and Science. I have produced 14 shows on and off Broadway. I've seen over700 shows

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Oh The Shame

This week’s Limerick has a nudgle of truth about it:: fame Great aunt Ethel, quite the grande dame Acquired a rather dubious fame: To everyone’s horror She fell for a collier Called Sid, which compounded the shame. My great aunt Ethel, during WW1 ran off with Norwegian sailor and had to be ‘rescued’ by my grandmother! She married her love eventually, and my great uncle was I’m told…

[frankterranella]

Here’s my pick for the best musical comedy of all time

If I had to pick my favorite musical, it would be a very tough choice. I love “Seesaw” and “1776” and “Pippin” and “Merrily We Roll Along.” But if I had to choose what I consider to be the best musical ever written, it would have to be “Gypsy.” I was fortunate enough to see a production this week. “Gypsy” was created in 1959 by roughly the same team who had created “West Side Story” on Broadway two years earlier, except that master songwriter Jule Style replaced Leonard Bernstein as composer. Stephen Sondheim again wrote the lyrics; Arthur Laurents wrote the book and Jerome Robbins directed. The musical is the fictionalized life story of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous burlesque star. But since this was to be a vehicle for the 51-year-old Ethel Merman, the central character is Gypsy Rose Lee’s mother, Rose, probably the greatest stage mother of all time. The show takes us on a ride with Mama Rose, her two children, June and Louise, and her would-be husband Herbie, from the fringes of vaudeville in the 1920s to center stage at Minsky’s burlesque in the 1930s. I think that if I were asked to introduce anyone to musical theater, I would start with “Gypsy,” because I think it is the perfect combination of book and music. The problem many people have with musicals is that the book is often simply a device to connect songs. That’s not the case with “Gypsy,” where the book is so strong it could actually stand on its own as a straight play without any songs and be entertaining. There are few musicals (notably “1776”) that can claim that. The other thing that “Gypsy” has going for it is that it has quite simply the best overture of any Broadway musical. Orchestrator Sid Ramin, who also worked on “West Side Story” (with Irwin Kostal), took Jule Styne’s songs and created a masterpiece. Overtures traditionally were simply music to get people to sit down and shut up before the curtain went up. But this overture is a work of art. It perfectly creates the mood of the show to come and generates excitement and anticipation of a great night in the theater. The overture begins with a cymbal crash and four quarter notes (A-D-A-E) played by the trumpets. Those four notes correspond to the words “I Have A Dream” that Rose sings at the beginning and end of the show (four years before Martin Luther King made those words immortal). In fact, the entire show is propelled by Rose’s dreams. The show opens with an example Rose’s bullying tactics as she works to fulfill her dream, this time to get her daughters into Uncle Jocko’s Kiddie Show. But the second song of the show is the traditional “I Want” song where the protagonist sings about her goals in life. Here, in the hands of composer Jule Styne with Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics, we learn what makes Mama Rose tick. The song is “Some People” (you can hear Ethel Merman sing it at https://youtu.be/U_r5SizITAE). The scene is Rose’s father’s house where she is trying to get him to give her $88 so she can put together an act to take on the road. She begins singing:

Some people can get a thrill Knitting sweaters and sitting still— That's okay for some people Who don't know they're alive

Some people can thrive and bloom Living life in a living room That's perfect for some people Of one hundred and five!

But I at least gotta try When I think of All the sights that I gotta see yet All the places I gotta play All the things that I gotta be yet Come on, Poppa, whaddaya say?

Some people can be content Playing bingo and paying rent— That's peachy for some people For some Hum-Drum People to be But some people ain't me!

Like many extraordinary people, Rose can think of nothing worse than being ordinary. She has a dream, and now she uses the first four notes of the overture to sing about it:

I had a dream A wonderful dream, Poppa All about June and the Orpheum circuit— Gimme a chance and I know I can work it

I had a dream Just as real as can be, Poppa There I was in Mr. Orpheum's office And he was saying to me:

"Rose! Get yourself some new orchestrations New routines and red velvet curtains Get a feathered hat for the Baby Photographs in front of the theatre Get an agent—and in jig time You'll be being booked in the big time!"

Oh, what a dream A wonderful dream, Poppa And all that I need Is eighty-eight bucks, Poppa That's what he said, Poppa Only eighty-eight bucks, Poppa

Unfortunately, her father has heard this song before and he’s having none of it. He wants her to get a job and settle down in Seattle. So he tells her:

You ain't gettin' eighty-eight cents from me, Rose! (interesting fact: this line was voiced by Stephen Sondheim on the original cast album)

Rose replies:

Then I'll get it someplace else—but I'll get it and get my kids out!

Rose is determined to fulfill her dreams. And she’s going to do that by any means necessary:

Goodbye To blueberry pie! Good riddance to all the socials I had to go to All the lodges I had to play All the Shriners I said hello to— Hey, L.A., I'm coming your way!

Some people sit on their butts Got the dream—yeah, but not the guts! That's living for some people For some Hum-Drum People, I suppose Well, they can stay and rot— But not Rose!

And with that, Rose, her girls, and the show, hit the road. From then on, it’s a classic show business tale. Although the story was supposedly based on Gypsy Rose Lee’s autobiography, Gypsy apparently told Arthur Laurents to change anything he wanted for the sake of a good show. That’s why the full name of the show is “Gypsy—A Musical Fable.”

I make it a point to see “Gypsy” at least once a decade, and I listen to the score regularly. I wasn’t fortunate enough to see Ethel Merman as Mama Rose. (My parents weren’t likely to take a six-year-old to a show about a stripper.) But I saw the first Broadway revival in 1974 with Angela Lansbury, and several other productions since. The show is so strong that I can honestly say I’ve never seen a bad production. If you’ve never seen it, seek it out. If you have seen it, take others. And don’t be afraid to take children. There are lots of children in the show for heaven’s sake! Children need to see the power of the words “I Have a Dream.”

[thinkbolt]

Mickey's Gala Premier (Disney, 1933) dir. Bert Gillett - ft. literally EVERYBODY

Ben Turpin * Ford Sterling * Max Swain * Harry Langdon * Chester Conklin * Wallace Bealey * Marie Dressler * Ethel Barrymore * John Barrymore * Lionel Barrymore * Laurel & Hardy * Marx Brothers * Maurice Chevalier * Eddie Canter * Jimmy Durante * Jean Harlow * Joan Crawford * Bette Davis * John Gilbert * Sid Grauman * Edward G. Robinson * William Powell * Monty Hale * Rudy Valley * Adolphe Menjou * Janet Gaynor * Buster Keaton * Douglas Fairbanks * Joe E. Brown * Greta Garbo * Charlie Chaplin * Clark Gable * Mae West * Bert Wheeler * Robert Woolsey * Ed Wynn Will Rogers * George Arliss * Marlene Dietrich *

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Londres, 1950. Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton) mora com seu marido Stan (Philip Davis) e seus filhos já crescidos, Sid (Daniel Mays) e Ethel (Alex Kelly). Eles não são ricos, mas formam uma família feliz e unida. Vera trabalha como faxineira e Stan é mecânico na oficina de seu irmão. Porém, Vera mantém uma atividade paralela que esconde do resto da família: sem aceitar pagamento, ajuda jovens mulheres a abortarem. Quando uma dessas garotas precisa seguir para o hospital, a polícia começa uma investigação que faz o mundo de Vera desabar.

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Bad movie I have It’s a Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World 1963

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hey daphne! i’m curious, what are your fav bands and then your fav members? - 🐛

heyyy! i literally am so glad you asked because i LOVE telling absolutely everyone

bands

the agonist (#1 band EVER. but i really only listen to the albums with alissa lol)

arch enemy

candlemass

chelsea grin

lorna shore

draconian

him

korn

slipknot

metallica

gnr

my dying bride

mayhem

fall out boy

mcr

p!atd (only ryro days lol)

whitechapel

sublime

the cure

the black dahlia murder

literally so many more lol

members

alissa white-gluz (MY WIFE)

angela gossow

will ramos

messiah (candlemass)

robert smith

heike langhans

ville valo

jon davis

head

sid wilson

corey taylor

james hetfield

DUFF MCKAGAN (my #1 childhood crush)

slash

lena abé

pete wentz

gerard way

mikey way

ryan ross

phil bozeman

bradley nowell

brain eschbach

ethel cain (not a member but THIS DIVA)

if you couldn't tell, i love melodeath lol