#Valentinelli

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Are you Ready for new Car Warriors fiction?

Are you Ready for new Car Warriors fiction?

Because this Friday, April 19th, 2024, Go Hard or Go Home, a Car Warriors Autoduel Chronicles Anthology goes live! The big events may get most of the limelight, but that’s not where all the action happens.This collection of fast-paced, action-packed stories highlights the road warriors who struggle to survive, without the glory of the duel. Caravan guards, gun bunnies, insurance adjusters,…

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SFWA Posthumously Presents Jennell Jaquays with the 2024 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award

A multi-award winning and honored artist, game designer, editor, and activist, Jennell Jaquays left an indelible mark on the gaming industry and SFF community for nearly fifty years. Ms. Jaquays’ career began in college, when she and her friends created “The Dungeoneer,” one of the first licensed Dungeons and Dragons fanzines. Now, from magazines to books, Ms. Jaquays’ art can be seen on multiple covers and throughout the pages of the many different forms and iterations of Dungeons and Dragons’ media. Having designed two modules of her own, “Dark Tower” and “The Caverns of Thracia,”  her writing was celebrated by players for eschewing traditional and linear game mechanics and are not only playable today–but continue to inspire game designers and GMs. Also known for her game industry work at companies such as Coleco, TSR, and id Software, Ms. Jaquays designed and contributed to multiple projects such as Coleco Vision, certain levels on the Quake II and III video games, arcade conversions of Pac-Man and Donkey-Kong, Halo Wars, and created an expansion pack in Age of Empires III. Ms. Jaquays was nominated for multiple H.G. Wells Awards for her work and creation of the “Dark Tower” D&D module and for her design and illustrations on“Griffin Mountain.” Her work with Coleco’s WarGames won her the 1984 Summer C.E.S. original software award. Additionally, Castle Greyhawk won an Origins Gamer’s Choice Award for “Best Role-Playing Adventure,” and in 2017, the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design inducted Ms. Jaquays into their hall of fame. Inspired by her own journey, Ms. Jaquays also became a recognized transgender activist, spending time working as the creative director of the Transgender Human Rights Institute. “A beacon of hope and inspiration, Jennell Jaquays worked tirelessly in the spirit of community while gifting us with her art, her games, and her stories for almost fifty years,” said SFWA Director-at-Large, Monica Valentinelli. “The Board is honored to commemorate Jennell Jaquays and her indelible legacy as an artist, writer, and game designer in the video game and tabletop roleplaying industries.” Accepting on behalf of Ms. Jaquays at the 59th Annual Nebula Awards is her wife, Rebecca Heineman.

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Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello, 2016)

Cast: Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Hamza Meziani, Manai Issa, Martin Petit-Guyot, Jamil McCraven, Raban Nait Oufella, Laure Valentinelli, Ilias le Dore, Robin Goldbronn, Luis Rego, Hermine Karagheuz, Adèle Haenel. Screenplay: Bertrand Bonello. Cinematography: Léo Hinstin. Production design: Katia Wyszkop. Film editing: Fabrice Rouaud. Music: Bertrand Bonello.

Nocturama is a kind of existential thriller in which a group of young people bomb and burn various Parisian landmarks. I use the word "existential" because their terrorism appears to be unmotivated; it's an acte gratuit thatseems to stem from no political or social dissatisfaction. The narrative is elliptical: We watch the members of the group as they cross Paris to assemble at their various assigned targets before we even know where they're going and why. Eventually, there's a flashback that shows their preparatory meeting, but even that supplies only the most rudimentary information: that the explosive is semtex, which has been procured for them an older man named Greg (Vincent Rottiers). Their several missions accomplished, they regroup in a department store that's closed for the night, where they raid the food and wine department, try on the clothes, listen to music, and watch the news, which eventually reveals that their hideout has been discovered. Two of them are missing: One is killed in a showdown with a security guard, while Greg suffers a fate that we learn about in a curious way. The outcome is presented with a cold-blooded detachment. Bertrand Bonello breaks no new ground for the thriller genre, but skillfully plays with the viewer's reactions to the young protagonists, an alternation of censure and sympathy.   

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Des révélations choc dans le milieu de la musique Une rédactrice en chef du média indépendant Joly Môme, Jenna Boulmedaïs, a brisé le silence en dénonçant publiquement les agissements d'Antoine Valentinelli, alias Lomepal, chanteur et rappeur réputé. Elle l'accuse d'avoir commis des gestes déplacés et non désirés, qualifiables d'agressions sexuelles. Dans son témoignage, elle met également en lumière un silence complice de l'industrie musicale face à de tels actes. Appels à la parole libérée et le refus de tout commentaire Jenna Boulmedaïs ne s'arrête pas là et dénonce aussi les agissements de Nicolas Bedos et de Gérard Depardieu. Elle appelle à briser le silence sur ces actes graves et exhorte les victimes potentielles à témoigner. Malgré le soutien de nombreux fans et acteurs de la scène musicale sur les réseaux sociaux, le chanteur Lomepal n'a pas encore réagi publiquement aux accusations. Son entourage refuse tout commentaire pour le moment. Les accusations de Jenna Boulmedaïs marquent un tournant dans l'industrie musicale en mettant en lumière des comportements inacceptables qui étaient restés jusqu'à présent étouffés. La parole libérée de la rédactrice en chef peut encourager d'autres victimes à témoigner et mettre en place une prise de conscience collective sur la nécessité de condamner fermement de tels agissements.

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"Noctuama" de Bertrand Bonello (2016) avec Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Laure Valentinelli, Hamza Meziani, Manal Issa, Jamil McCraven, Rabah Naït, Ilias Le Doré, Robin Goldbronn, Luis Rego, Hermine Karagheuz et Adèle Haenel, février 2020.

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Lomepal // Antoine Valentinelli (400x640)

Crédit: Gérard Menjoui

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Originality podcast episode #28: 50% Art Stuff, 50% Life Stuff

Originality podcast episode #28: 50% Art Stuff, 50% Life Stuff - in which we discuss the value of covens and collectives and community (and other things that start with C).

In the past year I’ve had many occasions to think about the value of community and having a close-knit cadre of friends you can count on. It’s key to my mental health, my creativity, and everything that’s important to me. And that’s what this episode is about.

For about a year and a half I’ve been part of an artist’s collective with five other amazing woman who inspire me with their creativity…

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I have a new Silly Interview up! Monica Valentinelli and I talked about science fiction tie-ins, her work on the Firefly RPG, and more! Featuring her charming feline companions.

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Nocturama | dir. Bertrand Bonello (2016)

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Do yourself a favor and listen to Trop beau by Lomepal. You don’t need to understand french to get the idea of how a destructive love hides a painful truth. 

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Ils disent que c'est drôle comme un toboggan au paradis...mais un toboggan au paradis, c'est la descente aux enfers

AVION (Lomepal) 

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Nocturama (2016) Bertrand Bonello 14-06-2018 A quite strange film that deals with modern french issues but doesnt delve too deep into character motivations or logic

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Nocturama (2016) Directed by Bertrand Bonello

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"Noctuama" de Bertrand Bonello (2016) avec Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Laure Valentinelli, Hamza Meziani, Manal Issa, Jamil McCraven, Rabah Naït, Ilias Le Doré, Robin Goldbronn, Luis Rego, Hermine Karagheuz et Adèle Haenel, février 2020.