#Tamara Austin

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All the Black Femmes || Found, Season 1

Shanola Hampton: Gabi Mosely

Gabrielle Walsh: Lacey Quinn

A'zaria Carter: Teenage Gabi

Anisa Nyell Johnson: Detective Shaker

Jasmine Washington: Bella

Najah Bradley: Jinny Coe

Dana Gourrier: Andrea Robinson

Autumn Monroe: Rena

Tamara Austin: Hollis Brown

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Bad movie I have Return to Me 2000

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THSC Parents Reveal :3333

So here's all the parents that I've created for the henry stickmin characters. I can't decide on which person's family I want to explain the lore of, so I'm going to make a poll on who to talk about first!!!

(POLL IS IN THE REBLOGS)

In order of appearance:

Dr. Lucy Beaker and Director Justsome Guy, the creators of Henry Stickmin

Elizabeth Rose and Austin Thorne, the estranged parents of Ellie Rose

Tamara and Charles Sr, the dearly deceased parents of Charles Calvin, and his loving gay aunts who raised him, Jean and Sloane Calvin

Aaron and Imogen Price, lumberjack parents of Rupert Price

Mrs. Panpa, single mother of Dave Panpa (rip Mr. Panpa)

Flint and Terra Silvers, parents of Reginald...sorry, 'Copperbottom'? I'm afraid you have it wrong. They only had one son, a certain Reggie Silvers.

Florence and Hugo Cross, the Toppats that raised the woman herself, Carol Cross

Last and DEFINITELY least, Sven Sr and Margareta Svensson, criminal overlords and parents of Sven Svensson and Perle "Earrings" Svensson.

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Lucy needed a friend in S4

Whenever I think about episode 4x17 and Chris singing Dream A Little Dream of Me in front of Lucy like it was a normal thing to do or a normal mistake to make. I question like the rest of us “why didn’t she break up with him?”  We could assume that it was the show itself minimizing her trauma or keeping Chris around for drama reasons. But ignoring that type of meta analysis, in character I think it all comes back to the fact that in season 4, Lucy doesn’t have the friends and support she had before. Yes I know she had Tim but we’ll get to that.  Losing Jackson lost Lucy a very important person in her life, because yes they were best friends but they were also peers. They went to each other about everything. Like we saw with Vanessa Chen, Jackson was willing to go scorched earth for Lucy against her own mother, even while Lucy would’ve just suffered in silence about her parents’ disapproval. Unlike her friendships with Nyla, Angela or Tim, Jackson was a peer, they went through the academy together, they were in a very similar stage of life. He was her sounding board in a way Nolan wasn’t or Rachel used to be before she moved. Lucy in season 4 also became Tamara’s primary caretaker, she got a little sister to care about and protect. Lucy absolutely wouldn’t want to burden her with any of the emotional uncertainty or trauma she was working through.  As previously demonstrated with Rachel, Lucy works through her issues by talking through them with someone. Her best ability to introspect is talking through her feelings, and having someone point out the lack of logic, or being able to point out her own logic. She can’t do that with Tamara, she’s not burdening this kid. She can’t really do this with Nyla and Angela, because while they are her friends they also outrank her, and are further in their careers and lives. Thorsen is still a rookie and isn’t quite at that level yet.  That leaves Tim, but at this point, I think something would prevent Lucy from really discussing her relationship with Tim. They both can’t really admit to each other that there are problems in their relationships because well...that would require them to address their deal. THe only reason Lucy intervened with Ashley is that Ashley called *her* about Kojo So anyway back to 4x17. Chris sings the song, Lucy spirals, and then she decides to watch the video, she decides not to testify, and then she’s fine? She goes to dinner with Chris? But let’s look at that scene. Even on one of her most vulnerable days, Lucy sees that Tamara is interested in lawyer intern Austin. So she makes it easy on Tamara. She knows if she’s not perfectly okay, Tamara will feel bad and it’ll ruin her evening. Lucy cares so much, even at the detriment of her own feelings. Lucy takes care of Tamara by going to dinner with Chris and convincing herself that yeah this is fine and that being with a man who belittles her career, and doesn’t listen to her, and is moving too fast is okay. It’s okay because the two people who could clock that she’s not okay, are Tim (distracted by trying to not have feelings for Lucy, and also Lucy will always want him to be proud of her which means not being vulnerable about things she’s supposed to be “over”) and Jackson (who is dead). If Jackson had been around, Lucy could’ve let herself fall apart over the SUPER TRAUMATIC DAY, and he would’ve called her on her stubbornness in needing to make Chris work. Jackson was her safeplace, in the way that Angela was Tim’s and Nyla had become Nolan’s. S4 left her unmoored which left with the ability to grow in her relationship with Tim, but it also hindered her when things came up that she couldn’t talk to Tim about, like issues with Chris, or kissing Tim in her apartment. S4 Lucy needed her friend Jackson a whole bunch, and nothing shows that more then 4x17, because Jackson would have protected her from herself.

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Oh look - Eugenie/Jack and Zara/Mike share a flight back from the Bahrain Grand Prix with Jeremy Clarkson. by u/Von_und_zu_

Oh look - Eugenie/Jack and Zara/Mike share a flight back from the Bahrain Grand Prix with Jeremy Clarkson. Princess Eugenie, Jack Brooksbank and Mike and Zara Tindall fly back to the UK from Bahrain Grand Prix with Jeremy Clarkson and Madonna's son Rocco. (Also the Duke of Richmond, socialite Tamara Beckwith and billionaire insurance mogul David Howden. Peter Phillips and Sarah Ferguson aren't mentioned as being on the flight although they were at the Bahrain Grand Prix as well). They all look chummy. None of the royals seemed to be shunning Jeremy Clarkson after his poor satire about Madame nearly cost him his Netflix show. How sad that F1 Fan Harold couldn't make the opening race of the F1 season. Harold was at the Austin TX Grand Prix last season as a guest of Mercedes and also cozied up to Christian Horner/Red Bull.https://preview.redd.it/8dpnz0180dmc1.png?width=634&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf52da575d7c8abcad7a296ae9bf49ecff01918d​Mike hugging Jack Brooksbankhttps://archive.ph/I5ijvhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13154701/princess-eugenie-jack-brooksbank-zara-mike-tindall-private-jet-jeremy-clarkson-bahrain-grand-prix.html​https://preview.redd.it/rcmw0qhq2dmc1.png?width=493&format=png&auto=webp&s=02f29bbdcf1dfdd042911789b43a2e0269aa06d2Prince Harry is known to be an F1 fan. In March 2020, he teamed up with [Lewis] Hamilton, 38, to open the Silverstone Experience museum in the U.K. which is dedicated to the past, present and future of British motor racing.The visit was part of Harry’s final round of royal engagements before he and his wife, Meghan Markle, stepped back from their senior roles in the royal family and relocated to her home state of California.https://ift.tt/ctF9Ozn post link: https://ift.tt/ar3KdLM author: Von_und_zu_ submitted: March 04, 2024 at 07:41PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit

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WHY I THINK ROSALIND IS STILL ALIVE

The Rookie episodes follow the standard seasonal arc trope of what was started in episode 1, will be resolved in Episode 21. What were the topics of Episode 1?

Chenford

Nolan and the stupid golden ticket and becoming a training officer

Rosalind’s escape

So then each topic would need to be addressed during the season and resolved by the end, right?

The first third of the season (1-7) - NOLAN was the focus of the season and him learning and reacting to the dynamic of being a TO. I love Celina , because she is forcing Nolan to learn and adapt - much Ike Talia did because their backgrounds and motivations are so vastly different than his. And she pushes back on his smug, condescending, know-it-all-ness.

The second third of the season (8-15)- LUCY has been the focus and we’ve seen and are seeing her find confidence and strength within herself via her blossoming relationship with Tim.

In 5x1, Chenford, they are in massive denial about their feelings and attraction to one another - and have their 2nd kiss because of, and ultimately hook up blocked by Rosalind. Plus I love yous and possibly, possibly a proposal. Depends on Rosalind.

That would mean, by season’s end, they should be open and honest with their feelings with each other, in a committed relationship that everyone knows about and finally vanquishing Rosalind once and for all is the last real hurdle to them being together.

The final third (16-end) is about the capturing and ultimate killing of ROSALIND .

I never believed she actually died. Her death was too easy. I think she has a twin. You all can laugh at me, I don’t care. If Lucy + Tim can have unrelated doppelgängers who are lovers? Then, fuck yeah, Rosalind can have a Twin who she sacrificed to secure her freedom and give her time to plot. I don’t think it was an accident that Rosalind’s disguise was of Ashley, or that the Tim in time was in darker blood on the wall.

We had a conversation about EVIL today and whether a person is themselves inherently evil or a person does evil things - a third of the cast had opinions! Plus, there was a Priest in this episode- and Catholic Priests do exorcisms to battle evil. (Altho I hope Damian isn’t involved in any way with Rosalind)

Oscar. I love Oscar. He is a sociopath - EVIL personified, and every time he shows up, very bad things start happening to the people in our show,

Chris returns. Yes, this could be innocent and unrelated. But he’s always seemed off to me. He’s never fully clicked with Lucy. He’s got a nasty/mean streak to him. Hello ? He treated her like crap when she got upset about him singing that song. If he really did watch the video multiple times, that means he watched Lucy DIE multiple times. That’s heartless. And like Voldie he never seemed to care about Who Lucy actually was or help with her trauma.

Plus, the timing of his bleeding out has always bothered me. That UC op was need to know, so how did Rosalind KNOW to leave Chris on her sofa at that exact time. The only person Lucy told was Tamara. (I’m assuming everyone in the precinct is not linked to Rosalind ), so Rosalind had to have cloned Tam’s phone. (Chris and Austin had best chances to do that).

Thought of another one. Chris was picked up at night by Rosalind. A) how the hell did she know that he would need a ride and what time he would need to be picked up? B) What happened between the late night hour of his pick up and when the next morning he was placed in her apartment, like 8 hours later? Was he drugged? Held hostage? There was no mention of torture? I HAVE QUESTIONS! Seems like a very big ball for our detectives to drop.

Nolan publicly took credit for saving Lucy.

We are seeing Lucy really come into herself this season. So having a showdown with Rosalind would be in line with that.

I think the final coda will be Lucy + Nolan + Rosalind in some kind of final showdown.

Oh, hello. Melissa even said the audience said we’d see what’s coming and I believe that starts with Oscar and that smell Lucy deals with next week.

Cannot wait! Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

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Dream Show Challenge 2023

I decided to do the Dream Show Challenge as it's been a while since we did one and I love doing these.

My cast list (chosen by @theadrogna) is:

Doctor Who - Arthur Darvill Psych - Timothy Omundson  Leverage - Gina Bellman Star Trek Picard - Evan Evagora Stargate Atlantis - Jason Momoa Almost Paradise - Christian Kane  Bridgerton - Nicola Coughlan

Presenting The Spectre Detective Agency

When Private Investigator Adam Spectre is injured during a case and falls into a coma, his younger half-brothers come to see him, meeting for the first time. Reluctantly they agree to run Adam’s detective agency until he recovers, discovering that their brother solved cases for supernatural beings and people with supernatural problems. With Adam’s friend, Tammy, Austin’s ex-army buddy Robbie, some new friends along with Adam’s spirit (linked to their father’s pocket watch) advising, Matthew and Austin find themselves in a new world filled with mystery and danger while delving into the secrets from their own family history.

Starring

Timothy Omundson as Adam Spectre

Adam was a cop for a long time but was injured saving Tamara Jamieson when her bar was being robbed. He retired and became a private detective. His agency wasn’t going anywhere until he ran into Tammy again. She introduced him to a new world with a clientele he’d never known existed and The Spectre Detective Agency became the place for supernatural beings or people with supernatural problems to go to for help. During a case, he was attacked, falling into a coma whilst holding the only thing he has from his father. An antique pocket-watch.

Arthur Darvill as Matthew Spectre                                              

The youngest of the Spectre brothers, he grew up with his mother in a quiet town in Oxford meeting his father for the first and only time at the age of ten. Matthew met his eldest half-brother twice growing up but never knew about his other half-brother. Smart, with a love of puzzles, he’s the easiest to persuade to take over the agency. He was working as a session musician after quitting his job in IT in the hope of starting a music career. The quieter of the brothers, he finds himself drawn into the mysteries offered by the agency and is intrigued by the new world they’ve stumbled into.

And

Christian Kane as Austin Spectre

Austin grew up with his mother in a small town not far from Dallas. He also only met his father once at the age of ten but has visited Adam several times since they first met. Having only recently finished a tour with the army in special ops, Austin is looking for a new purpose. Hearing that his older brother has been hurt, he instantly goes to check on him and help in whatever way he can. Meeting Matthew, he’s intrigued to find he has a younger brother, confused that Adam never told them about one another. Austin seems to be laidback; he relaxes by playing his guitar and prefers working with his hands than a desk job but isn’t dumb. Reluctant at first to take over the agency, he finds he enjoys solving mysteries.

Episode Selection - Season One

Pilot

When Private Detective Adam Spectre is injured during what he thought was a routine case, his younger half-brothers (all who have the same father) Matthew and Austin Spectre come to check up on him, finding he’s in a coma. Surprised to meet one another in Adam’s hospital room, they go get some lunch at The Voodoo Room, the bar Adam always took Austin to when he visited. There they meet Tamara (Tammy) Jamieson, the owner, and a close friend of Adam, who tries to persuade them to take over the agency. Austin refuses instantly but Matthew’s curiosity gets the better of him. He heads to the office where he finds Adam’s case files and starts to work the last case. Finding a pocket watch sitting on the desk, Matthew picks it up then drops it when Adam appears in front of him. Austin is nearly run down while walking by the car from the photos of Adam’s accident, he realises that Matthew is in danger and races back to the office. Matthew tries to explain about Adam, handing Austin the watch who also sees Adam. Their brother explains to them exactly that he’s an astral projection and what type of cases his agency took. Before they can digest this, they’re attacked by the same men who put Adam in the hospital. While Austin fights off the attack, Adam explains to Matthew what they’re after and how to stop them. When Adam’s attacker has been arrested, Austin and Matthew are persuaded by Adam and Tammy to keep the agency going until Adam wakes up as it is a beacon of hope for many within the supernatural community. Reluctantly they agree.

Also starring

Gina Bellman as Tamara (Tammy) Jamieson

Tammy owns The Voodoo Room, a bar just a few doors down from the agency. A medium who can channel spirits and the only one who can see Adam other than Matthew and Austin. She becomes very protective of the brothers, encouraging the younger two to get to know one another but knows more about their family than she says. Caring and compassionate, her bar is a refuge for all supernatural beings. She becomes one of the resources Matthew and Austin use for the new world they’re suddenly thrust into, but she also becomes their confidant.

Fairy Tales

The agency isn’t getting cases so, to pay the bills, Austin gets some work with his old army buddy Robbie Kahale, who now owns a construction company, leaving Matthew in charge of the agency. Hired by a woman who is convinced there are fairies in her garden stealing her flowers, Adam advises Matthew, who thinks it’s a complete waste of time, that Tammy will be able to find someone who can advise. Tammy introduces Matthew to Cassandra, a sorceress. She explained that the flowers being stolen are used in a ritual that could bring about the end of the world. They work out that the ritual will take place at the construction site Austin and Robbie are working at. While Matthew, Austin and Cassandra try to stop the ritual, Robbie is trapped by the sorcerers trying to complete the ritual. After saving the world, and Robbie, the brothers discuss how out of their depth they are and ask Cassandra if they can call on her again. Glancing at Tammy, who gives her a knowing look and nod, she agrees.

Also starring

Jason Momoa as Robbie Kahale

Robbie served in the army with Austin. When he finished his tour, he took over his father’s construction business. He’s hired to work in the same town where Austin and Matthew have taken over the detective agency, and happily hires Austin to work on his crew. Robbie is a positive person, who always has an optimistic look on life. After nearly getting killed during one of the cases the brothers take, he tells Austin that he’s always welcome to work with the construction crew, but Robbie doesn’t want to get involved in any more cases. This doesn’t last long, and he soon finds himself backing up the brothers, getting more involved and soon actively joining in cases.

Nicola Coughlan as Cassandra

Cassandra is a sorceress, powerful and older than she looks. She originally helps Matthew and Austin as she owes Adam a favour, intending never to see them again. Although not wanting to be involved any further, it’s due to Tammy that she agrees to be a resource for them as she is indebted to the bar owner. She gets annoyed watching the brothers stumble around trying to solve cases so starts to actively help them. She and Robbie commiserate with one another about how much the brothers rely on them to do legwork for cases but as time moves on, she becomes very protective of them.

Memory Blank

When a young man appears at their office late at night with no idea who he is, Matthew and Austin take him in intending to take him to the police/hospital the next day. While talking to their guest he explains that he has a bracelet that guided him to the brothers. Adam explains that their guest must have powers as that is the only way he would have been able to use the bracelet to find them. Cassandra is called on the next morning and tells them he’s lost his magic. A few hours later Cassandra meets up with an old friend whose magic has been stolen. It becomes a race to find who is stealing magic and why. Once things are sorted, their guest still has no memory and no magic which Cassandra advises will only come back with his memory, so they call him Max and Tammy hires him to work in the bar.

Also starring

Evan Evagora as Max

Max has no memory of who he is, where he comes from or what kind of magic he had before it was stolen. As he has nowhere to go, Tammy gives him a job at the bar, and he becomes very popular with the younger residents of the town. He also becomes a part time assistant for the Detective Agency, able to blend into places none of the others can. He is quiet and reserved at first, considering he doesn’t know anything about himself, but as time moves on, he develops a camaraderie with Robbie who teaches him self-defence.

A Happy Medium

Tammy shuts down the bar for the evening to perform a séance. Matthew persuades her to allow him to be present, he’s interested to see what she does. During the séance Tammy is possessed by a woman who wants her murder from fifty years ago solved and refuses to leave Tammy’s body until Matthew does so. With Tammy currently not able to help them, Matthew and Austin pull together rest of the team to free their friend while trying to solve an old murder. But the more they investigate, the less Matthew and Austin trust the spirit as it looks as though she may not be the victim that she claimed to be.

Cross Country

Adam’s former police partner, Richard Walker comes to town, now working for the FBI, he’s been following a trail of dead bodies across the country who just seem to have died for no reason. Cassandra suspects a Succubus and warns them not to engage if they run across her as all men will fall under her spell. (This leads to a discussion about what is a man which ends with Cassandra storming out in annoyance that they’re not taking her warning seriously). Tammy leaves Matthew in charge of the bar when she needs to run an errand while Max is out picking up supplies. A woman, who introduces herself simply as Star, comes into the bar and strikes up a conversation with him. They flirt easily with one another, but she leaves suddenly. When Richard calls that he’s in trouble, the brothers with Cassandra race to his last position finding him unconscious with Star standing above him. Then she runs.

Meeting Again

With Richard in hospital, but expected to recover, they try to work out where Star has gone. Adam gets to talk to his unconscious friend explaining his current situation. Austin and Matthew argue with one another as Matthew is sure Star isn’t the killer, it wasn’t possible that she could have got there and attacked Richard before they arrived. When they split up to follow their own leads. Star comes to Matthew explaining she is a Siren and she’s chasing the Succubus who has been attacking men, breaking the laws that governs their people. Cassandra, Tammy, Austin, and Robbie arrive to save Matthew thinking he’s in danger, but Max is the one in danger as the girl he was picking up supplies for the bar from turns out to the killer. After they stop the Succubus, Star says goodbye to Matthew, kissing cheek she tells him her powers didn’t work on him or Austin. And suggests he ask Tammy why.

Special guest stars

Aldis Hodge as Richard Walker

Amy Pemberton as Star

Family Matters

Richard is back, not for a case but to visit Adam. At the same time, Cassandra’s mother, Miriam, is in town wanting to know why Cassandra is working with the brothers and Robbie’s stepfather is visiting. Star also arrives back in town, this time with her sister, Luna, who is also hunter for supernatural beings who break their laws. Matthew and Austin are not getting along, disagreeing on how to run the agency, how to work cases and basically everything in between. Neither are listening to Adam who is getting frustrated, as they keep leaving the watch at the office. Tammy, annoyed by the constant arguing, summons the brothers to the bar to get them to talk. The spell she uses to lock them in goes wrong and soon everyone is trapped in the bar including Star, Luna, Robbie, and Cassandra with people randomly telling the truths to one another. These truths start fights and change some relationships forever.

Guest Starring April Bowlby as Luna

The Past We Left Behind

Everyone is avoiding one another after the night of telling each other unfiltered truths. Matthew is hiding out in the office while Austin is staying in the apartment that they share above it. Going through old file boxes, Matthew finds old files and the story flashes back to Adam opening the agency, Matthew as he decides to quit his job and Austin as he finishes his tour. Each makes their decision after an unknown man always hidden in the shadows guides them on their path, all that is seen of him is a familiar pocket watch.

Missing Part 1

A couple hire the agency to find their missing daughter but because they can’t agree how to work the case decide to split up. Austin persuades Richard, who is still in town, to work with him while Matthew goes off on his own. Finding the missing girl in an old, abandoned school building, Matthew discovers she isn’t the client’s daughter but a young Succubus who has been abducted. As he tries to get her to safety, Star appears but she is being chased by the supposed parents and the three of them are soon trapped in a room filling with water. Austin and Richard realise at the same time their case is not what they thought, but before they can get to Matthew their car is run off the road, it rolls and crashes into a tree leaving them both unconscious hanging upside down. In the hospital, Adam starts to wake up just as a shadowy figure appears above him.

Missing Part 2

Thanks to Cassandra, Robbie finds Austin and Richard while Tammy and Max save Matthew, Star and the girl. Neither Austin nor Richard can remember what they found that led them to realise the case was bogus. Matthew ensures Star and her charge get away safely before he seeks out Cassandra and tells her he wants to learn magic. She reluctantly agrees but with the stipulation he cannot tell anyone she is teaching him. A call from the hospital tells them that Adam has woken up, but as they head to the hospital to see him, the people who hired them appear trying to kill them. Star and Luna save the brothers arresting the couple. Finally, the brothers go to see Adam, who has no memory of anything that happened since he fell into the coma but is happy that Matthew and Austin finally met. As the three of them sit together talking, the shadowy figure watches them, a pocket watch in his hand.

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That's a wrap on film awards season. 2022 was a stupendous year for film so I can't be too put out that almost none of the performances/films/artists that I wanted to win didn't.

What could've been.

At least I liked some of the fashions. An effective balm for the pain of the losses of Justin Hurwitz', Austin Butler and ALL QUIET ALONG THE WESTERN FRONT for Best Picture.

My favourite looks of the night

Harry Shum Jr. in Adeam, followed very closely by Donald Glover in his Vanity Fair Oscar party fit.

Halle Berry in Tamara Ralph, followed very closely by my fashion queen Fan BingBing in Tony Ward Couture

Honourable Mentions:

Bad Girl Riri in Alaïa

Ram Charan with the insignia from his RRR character's uniform

N.T Rama Rao Jr in Gaurav Gupta (The tiger emblem to signify his RRR character)

Harvey Guillen in Christian Siriano

Malala Yousafzai in Ralph Lauren *I love it. It invokes Old Hollywood.

Shoreham Aghdashloo in Christian Siriano in a dress honouring Iranian women fighting for their freedom.

The Rest

Team EEAAO: Jamie Lee Curtis in Dolce & Gabbana, Michelle Yeoh in Dior, Stephanie Hsu in Valentino and Ke Huy Quan in Giorgio Armani

Team TOP GUN: MAVERICK: Monica Barbaro in Elie Saab, Jay Ellis in Fendi, Lewis Pullman and Danny Ramirez in Dior Homme.

Team Giambattista Valli (Alison Williams and her baby daddy Alexander Dreymon (The Last Kingdom) and Sandra Oh)

Team Versace: Lady Gaga, Ariana DeBose and Kerry Condon

Hunter Schafer at the Vanity Fair party

Danai Gurira in Jason Wu

Jonathan Majors in a Geoffrey B. Small.*The suit is his homage to Frederick Douglass. His ever-present tiny cup is because his mom always told him to never let anyone fill his cup (not literally)

Brendan Fraser (with sons) in Armani

Melissa McCarthy in Christian Siriano *Gorgeous

Halle Bailey in Dolce & Gabbana

Eva Longoria in Zuhair Murad *Tis a mess, I fear. This is more suited for the AVN Awards than the Oscars.

Florence Pugh in Valentino Couture*Too familiar. Too similar to what she wore at Venice.

Olivia Wilde at the Vanity Fair party.

Taika Waititi and wifey Rita Ora at the Vanity Fair party.

Emily Blunt in Valentino, Dwayne Johnson in Dolce & Gabbana

Angela Bassett in Moschino

Paul Mescal (with mum) in Gucci

Cate Blanchett in Louis Vuitton

Colin Farrell and son Henry

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tamara lindeman, as part of the weather station, performing on austin city limits, june 2022. photo by scott newton.

[eddymyla]

just watched S4, Ep. 17 of The Rookie and....

- i think that LUCY SHOULD OF BROKE UP WITH CHRIS AFTER HE SANG THE SONG!!! Like how dumb can you be to sing a song that your GF?, the girl your dating? (WHAT EVEN ARE THEY AT THIS POINT 😅) was singing while she was dying?! 

- Also, anyone notice her touching the spot of the tattoo when Chris walks away?

- what ever happened to that Austin guy Tamara was talking to?? 

* Also, because I’ve watched all of season 5... I feel like Jonah will be one of the guys involved in whatever will continue from the finale. I don’t know.. he built randsomware and hacked the hospital, and was taken from his dying wife, seems like a person of interest to me. THOUGHTS?? Because from what we saw from the finale, people from past arrests/episodes were in on what was happening.

[ulkaralakbarova]

Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been burned by passionate relationships and longs for a sexless union based on friendship and respect. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Rose Morgan: Barbra Streisand Gregory Larkin: Jeff Bridges Hannah Morgan: Lauren Bacall Henry Fine: George Segal Claire: Mimi Rogers Alex: Pierce Brosnan Doris: Brenda Vaccaro Barry: Austin Pendleton Candy: Elle Macpherson First Girl Student: Ali Marsh Sara Myers: Leslie Stefanson Female Professor: Taina Elg Felicia: Lucy Avery Brooks Felicia (Video): Amber Smith Claire’s Masseur: David Kinzie Rabbi: Howard S. Herman Reverend: Thomas Hartman Trevor: Trevor Ristow Mike (Student): Brian Schwary Randy (Student): Randy Pearlstein Stacie (Student): Stacie Sumter Taxi Stealer: Cindy Guyer Taxi Driver: Thomas Saccio Waiter: Andrew Parks Jimmy the Waiter: Jimmy Baio Henry’s First Date: Emma Fann Henry’s Second Date: Laura Bailey Justice of the Peace: Mike Hodge Gloria: Anne O’Sullivan Female Student: Sandi Schroeder Female Student: Kiyoko M. Hairston Male Student: Ben Weber Male Student: Christopher Keyes Female Aerobic Instructor: Lisa Wheeler Male Aerobic Instructor: Kirk Moore Make-Up Artist: Regina Viotto Hair Colorist: Paul LaBreque Waiter: Rudy Ruggiero Mr. Jenkins: William Cain Doorman: Adam LeFevre Irate Woman: JoAn Mollison Opera Man: Carlo Scibelli Male Student: Eli Roth Girl in Commercial (uncredited): Milla Jovovich Film Crew: Theme Song Performance: Barbra Streisand Screenplay: Richard LaGravenese Casting: Todd M. Thaler Production Design: Tom H. John Executive Producer: Cis Corman Casting: Bonnie Finnegan Editor: Jeff Werner Original Music Composer: Marvin Hamlisch Director of Photography: Dante Spinotti Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge Original Story: Gérard Oury Co-Executive Producer: Ronald L. Schwary Location Manager: Declan Baldwin First Assistant Director: Amy Sayres Director of Photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak Producer: Arnon Milchan Production Accountant: Tamara Bally Original Story: André Cayatte Hairstylist: Susan Germaine Makeup Artist: Randy Houston Mercer Chief Lighting Technician: William Ward Rigging Gaffer: James Malone Production Coordinator: Lori Johnson Camera Operator: Dick Mingalone Casting Assistant: Gayle Keller Sound Editor: Mark Larry Sound Editor: Steven Ticknor Sound Editor: John M. Colwell Assistant Costume Designer: Kevin Brainerd Actor’s Assistant: Renata Buser Sound Editor: Chuck Neely Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark Steadicam Operator: Gregory Lundsgaard Makeup Artist: Edouard F. Henriques Production Supervisor: Ray Quinlan Camera Operator: Patrick Capone Theme Song Performance: Bryan Adams Set Decoration: Alan Hicks Supervising Sound Editor: Charles L. Campbell Assistant Sound Editor: Jerry Edemann Assistant Editor: Marilyn Madderom Stunt Coordinator: Vince Deadrick Jr. Art Direction: Teresa Carriker-Thayer Script Supervisor: Karen Kelsall Production Sound Mixer: Tom Nelson Craft Service: Roger Poirier Supervising ADR Editor: Gail Clark Burch Assistant Property Master: Travis Wright Second Unit Director of Photography: Richard Quinlan Orchestrator: Jack Hayes Unit Publicist: Stanley Brossette Property Master: Thomas Saccio Transportation Co-Captain: Dennis Radesky Assistant Sound Editor: Keith Edemann Additional Editing: Alan Heim Foley: Alicia Stevenson Supervising Music Editor: Charles Martin Inouye Orchestrator: Torrie Zito Boom Operator: Daniel Rosenblum ADR Editor: Laura Graham Chief Lighting Technician: Jay Fortune Rigging Grip: Matthew Miller Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O’Connell Sound Editor: Ronald Eng Sound Editor: Harry Cheney Sound Editor: Richard C. Franklin Hairstylist: John Quaglia Sound Editor: Leonard T. Geschke Scenic Artist: Leslie Salter Camera Operator: Gary Jay First Assistant Camera: Steve Adcock Sound Editor: John H. Arrufat Foley: Marko Costanzo Still Photographer: David James Music Supervisor: Jay Landers Assistant Sound E...

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Life sentence for hater of ‘queers’ who mistook a woman for a man

Michael Dines was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting Kerstin Marie Taylor on March 13, 2022. Courtesy, Bexar County Sheriff's

A San Antonio man has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in the fatal shooting of a woman he thought was a man.

A Bexar County jury this week heard testimony and viewed evidence in the trial of Michael John Dines, 52, who fatally shot Kerstin Marie Taylor, 56, whom authorities described as a homeless person.

Prosecutors argued that Dines was homophobic, and in court they played a portion of a video from a VIA transit police officer’s body camera in which Dines said he killed Taylor “because I don’t like queers.”

Taylor came to Texas from Illinois and had lived in Austin.

Testimony established that Dines invited her to his apartment on North Frio Street on March 13, 2022, and went to a grocery store to get dinner and wine while she waited for him there.

Later on, as they were about to become intimate, Dines came to the conclusion that Taylor was really a man, and shot her, he told police.

He left his apartment and told the first police officer he saw that he had just killed someone and that the body was in his apartment.

Taylor was shot twice, and Dines said he watched her die.

Interrogation videos by San Antonio police show Dines making homophobic comments and saying he killed Taylor because he believed he was about to have sex with a man.

A Bexar County medical examiner testified that Taylor was a woman from birth and had not made or begun any transition.

Defense attorneys challenged the admissibility of the confessions as evidence and in the trial's punishment phase asked the judge to allow the jury to consider “sudden passion,” directly caused by and arising out of provocation by the victim, to lower his sentence.

Dines was found guilty of murder on Thursday after about an hour and a half of deliberations in the 226th District Court, with Judge Velia J. Meza presiding.

On Friday, the panel took about the same amount of time to render a life sentence.

The jury concluded the crime had not occurred out of sudden passion.

Court records indicate Dines had no prior criminal record.

He will have to serve at least 30 years before he is eligible for parole.

“The verdict and sentence reflect the gravity of Michael Dines’ actions,” Bexar County District Attorney Joe D. Gonzales said in a statement released late Thursday. “Our office is committed to the protection and justice for victims of crime.”

Bexar County Assistant District Attorneys Raul Jordan, Willem VanZeben, and Tamara Strauch, chief of the DA’s Felony Criminal Trial Division, prosecuted the case.

Defense attorneys Suzanne Kramer and Loraine Efron represented Dines.

[chrissmou]

Wheel of Crowns books Ranking

Hi! As I said, I started my new job the previous day, so I don’t have much time to write these posts or my stories even if I have many ideas for the last, that I am excited about. This post in particular is one that I planned last week, after I finished the Wheel of Crown by Brandi Elledge which I loved. As, I can’t find the last published as of now book, the Queen of the Sea. So, I thought it would be fun for one of these to try to rank the series as I did and with other book series that I like. I hope to rank other series of books I have read over the years. Like the Bridgerton Series, I would leave the Goodreads link, so you can check them out. Also, all of these are romances and have explicit scenes and swearing as a war goes on. In all of the, there are references from other characters in the collection. So let’s see my ranking of the first 5 books in the series from the one I like the least to the one I like the most:

5. The Werewolf Queen (Wheel of Crowns #1): (CG and Sadie) It is the start of the universe, so it is a little slow on the action but it has an interesting triangle and we see many of the characters for the later like the Physick Ariana and Jo and of course the brothers of both the protagonists as they are protagonists in their books later in the series. The slow start is the only reason I liked the less.

4. The Vampire Queen (Wheel of Crowns #3): (Stephen and Tandi) For the psycho that is the Vampire Queen herself to the late-in-the-books interactions of the two protagonists. I liked that Tandi wants to help almost everyone she meets and that she is full of surprises also I liked that her Fae of great relative as it gives good explanations about both her nature and abilities.

3. The Demon Queen (Wheel of Crowns #4): (Carmen and Austin) Austin is cute with a bitch girlfriend but with good reasons. Carme is a misunderstood Demon with a complex Fae of a best friend. They have an agreement in the beginning and they argue a lot but I like the evolution of their relationship in this action-packed book.

2. The Queen of Witches (Wheel of Crowns #2): (Charlie and Camden) So CJ’s brother from the first book and Tandi’s best friend from the Vampire one. I like the protective side of Camden from the start and of course that he wants to help her. Also, I love that Charlie’s brother is my favorite male protagonist in the series. And despite this being the second book in the series, it is action-packed with world-building, making it easy to read.

1. The Zombie Queen (Wheel of Crowns #5): (Tamara and Wes) I love their pseudonyms for each other which are Death and Red. I love that Tamara is half Zombie and half Vampire and that he is the Undertaker with the hobby of painting. I also like that he is the brother of the Queen of the Witches and is good with protecting even if she is more powerful than any other of her kind and that she can wake the ones he puts to sleep. I like that Wes is a grump and the evolving of their relationship from reluctant on her part to supporting and loving in the end.

[dxsturbia]

I rarely ever wrote it down I used to role-play by myself on YouTube I tell you the story every few weeks I think

I like that show the real and I would watch clips on YouTube and join the discussion I sat right next to Tamara

But I was Demi Lovato

And when JoJo’s album came out when she came back I pretended that I wrote it with him like it was a joint album I do it album because it was like perfect for what happened in the relationship not Austin my alter that got me away from him

[atletasudando]

Selección de Guyana, rumbo a los Juegos Carifta

Fuente: GuyanaTimes La Asociación de Atletismo de Guyana (AAG) difundió una lista de 18 atletas que están siendo considerados para los Juegos CARIFTA de este año en las Bahamas.Allí se encuentra un equipo femenino Sub-17 4X100M propuesto, un movimiento que el presidente de la AAG, Aubrey Hutson, había expresado previamente su intención de explorar.     Mientras tanto, las medallistas de oro de CARIFTA 2022 Attoya Harvey y Anisha Gibbons encabezan la lista, ambas listas para competir en la categoría Sub-20 de niñas. Gibbons, quien actualmente se encuentra en New Mexico Junior College (EE.UU.) participará de jabalina en busca de medallas de oro consecutivas. Harvey, por otro lado, competirá en sus eventos favoritos: las carreras de 800, 1500 y 3000 metros llanos. también en esa categoría de edad se encuentra otra medallista de 2022, Narissa McPherson, quien competirá en las carreras de 400 y 800 metros Para los Sub-20 de varones estarán Ezekiel Newton, Wesley Noble Jr, Seon Booker, Omar James, Odida Parkinson y Trevon Hamer . Newton disputará el doble sprint (100M y 200M), mientras que Noble Jr. se enfrentará a los 400M. En los 400M también estará Omar James, que también tiene los 200M en su lista de citas. En las carreras de media distancia (800M y 1500M), Seon Booker está listo para representar a Guyanana, mientras Parkinson lo hará en 5.000. El medallista de 2022 Javon Roberts (800M, 1500M) lidera el equipo u17 que incluye a Malachi Austin (200M, 400M), Ezekiel Saul (Triple salto, Salto en alto), Deuel Europe (Salto en largo) e Immanuel Adams (Salto de altura). En damas están Athaleyah Hinckson (100M, 200M), Tianna Springer (200M, 400), Tamara Harvey (Salto en largo) y Adessa Albert (100M), quienes formarán el equipo experimental de relevos 4X100M de Guyana. Los Juegos CARIFTA están programados del 7 al 10 de abril en las Bahamas. En los Juegos de 2022, el contingente guyanés regresó con 7 medallas: dos de oro, tres de plata y dos de bronce. Read the full article

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Chenford + MISTLETOE 😘

Hello lovelies!  I’m clearing out my inbox of prompts (or trying to at least).  

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Lucy was explaining the matching holiday sweatshirts that she, Tim and Tamara were wearing to Nyla, James and Jann when Angela snuck up to tap Tim’s arm.

Tim leans down next to her and says, “one sec, I love how she lights up when she explains how clever she is.”

Lucy points to a grinning Tamara who curtsies as Lucy says, “That one sent me a link from ClipTalk as a joke of these customizable holiday sweatshirts, so I got them for the entire family for our “favorite things” newsletter and photo.  As you can see, Tim in his green sweatshirt has circles containing a rams helmet, a football, the dodgers logo, Tam, Kojo and me.  That’s my hand in an I-L-Y on his heart. (Tim stood up a little straighter as people turned to inspect his shirt); Tamara’s white sweatshirt is covered in pics of Kojo, me, Officer Zaddy (Tim), books, and Austin;  my red sweatshirt has Tim, Kojo,Tamara, Nevin’s chai latte, Jack, jackson and on my heart is Tim’s hand in the same ILY hand signal.  We had to also get one for Kojo - so his hoodie has pics of all of us on it.  The sweatshirts are double lined so they are perfect for this cold snap we are having.”

Tim turned to Angela and whispered, “She hasn’t yet found the circle that I had added that says, “will you marry me?” on it.  So who knows when the engagement will happen.  Thank you by the way for helping me with the ring.”

Angela wraps her arm around Tim and squeezes -she loves how happy both he and Lucy are.  But that’s not why she’s here.  

Quickly remembering, Angela turns to Tim and says, “Tim - We have a CODE: ORANGE happening on the back deck.”

Tim is on instant alert and the group stops laughing to focus on Angela.  Tim turns to her and asks, “Sleazy Santa or Rabid Reindeer?”   

Angela says, “Rabid Reindeer - you and Wesley are going to approach him while I get my abuela out of there.  She’s 85 Tim, her heart cannot handle this.”

As Tim and Angela quickly weave through the families in Patrice’s living room towards the back deck, Lucy and Nyla look at each other in complete confusion.  “Should we go after them?”  

Jann takes that moment to chime in and say, “No, sadly this is not our first Rabid Reindeer alert. Dammit, give the man a inch and he takes a yard. Angela must have finally taken him off of double-secret probation and invited him to the party.  We call him Rabid Reindeer because he gets drunk on Rumplemintz Schnaps and french kisses any female over 50 -  by standing with a decrepit bit of mistletoe on a headbad which hangs over the person in front of him.  You think he’s going to hug you, but then he just lays one on you instead.”  

Jann added, “He got banned from the party 5 years ago after kissing Angela’s mom - who promptly hit him over the head with her purse after dumping the still warm hot toddies all over him.

Smitty and Mistletoe should never be in the same room together.”