#a show filled to the brim with the most talented actresses at the top of their game

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The shredding

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LAST NIGHT IN SOHO...Where Nothing Is As It Seems

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, the 2021 British thriller-horror flick by Edgar Wright, is as slick as they come and it leads viewers ever so smoothly deep down into a neon-lit trippy rabbit hole. 

We follow Eloise, an out-of-town introvert naive girl played by Thomasin McKenzie. She is moving to a vibrant London neighborhood near Soho to study at a prestigious fashion school. But nothing is as it seems, and our girl "Ellie” has some serious “abilities” (and/or mental issues) on top of some family drama that makes it difficult for her to navigate the "MEAN GIRL plot" at the school. But her life is turned upside down after she gets what is seemingly the deal of a lifetime and moves into a super roomie room in the middle of London. The thing is, the old landlady (Diana Rigg's last performance) is kinda creepy and the place is decrepit and old, well it is in Goodge Street so guess you get -wayyyyy less than - what you pay for... Everything is like back in the 60s which is perfect since Ellie is obsessed with that decade!

So what should happen happens and at night the girl is transported back in time where she meets, observes, or maybe becomes another young aspiring artist played by Anya Taylor-Joy named Sandie. She is a it-girl type pretty tall and slender bombshell blonde who, with the help of a shady dude played by Matt Smith, wants to become a big-time singer in Sixties' Soho no matter how... From there it all goes downhill and Ellie's beautiful nostalgic dreams turned into terrorizing nightmares where she is trying to figure out if ‘is this real life is this just fantasy’ or maybe something else!

This hence leads to room for all kinds of glorious and freaky shenanigans...plus some unfortunate missteps or plot holes! But the film is so captivating and engaging at all times that one won’t have too much time to dwell on the laters or might be willing to sweep them under… the floor! That being said Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns wrote a hell of a story that is only elevated to heaven - or more like hell in this case! - thanks to a spectacular show masterly shot (by Chung Chung-hoon who better get that Oscar) and filled with some mind-bending practical and technical effects. 

This is all perfectly illustrated in the “highlight of the film” or its piece of resistance (which probs happens a bit too early on for that or that is sadly maybe not topped later on; but how could they top it!) A great party scene where we are introduced to Taylor-Joy's Sandy and Soho's bygone underground world. This scene will undoubtedly go down as one of the best ever made thanks to its technical prowess (one will be seriously blown away by reading about the behind-the-scenes and how they actually did a Texas switch!) and its dizzying intoxicating sight and sound combo. 

And sound LAST NIGHT IN SOHO provides! After all, what did we expect from the guy who brought us BABY DRIVER and its music shepherded direction style. The soundtrack is filled to the brim with nostalgic vibing bangers and we even get to witness Taylor-Joy hidden vocal talents perfectly fitted for the mood. It is hard to fathom this movie with another actress as this is 100% a case of casting match made in heaven with Anya who,  fresh from the glory of Queen Gambit proves - to those who did not believe the hype way back from THE WITCH -  that she is the real deal and one of the most interesting performers of her generation (along with her fellow Brit, Florence Pugh --- Side note: that would have been an awesome pairing - and doubly amusing considering Anya was originally considered for the role of Eloise) But one thing for sure Anya Taylor-Joy is mesmerizing as ever as Sandie and having someone like Pugh playing Eloise might have also brought something a tad different (decisiveness?purpose?) to the role as Thomasin's take or interpretation of the character might be lacking some momentum. Yet her vacillation is why Ellie is so unsettling to watch. 

Nevertheless, this is McKenzie's best, and, plausibly, her “always-disturbed-way-of-being” persona and weirdly unique intonation/pitch, that are, to say the least, very specific, might seem over-the-top for LNIS'S heroine but guess it hammered the point that she is the very obvious black swan. In addition, she is also meant to be a weirdo in and out, but at least she is not alone as the only main character of color, Michael Ajao's John, is likewise unmistakably “different” and...well a simpleton like Eloise. And this brought us to LAST NIGHT IN SOHO “problematic” aspect (or one of the "problems"): it was probably not intended but the way this character behaves and its treatment is sometimes quite unfortunate. 

But again the pair are like a couple of Dopey, so no real beef here although it will VERY easily irritate some as they might find themselves yelling at them/the screen: “why you gotta be so naive!” Eloise is essentially akin to a wide-eyed old-school Disney princess (a 6-years-old in the body of a 16-year-old!) or some variant of the horror genre “manic-pixie-dream-girl-ingenue it-girl"...Wheew! However, with all the different looks and subtle behavioral/mood changes she goes through throughout the movie, Thomasin seriously displays some versatility as she certainly transforms herself; also thanks to the clothing she's wearing. Like everything in this movie, the wardrobe is outstanding, with all those dresses and coats! And they did a truly outstanding job as indeed those clothes are not wearing the girls, the protagonists are wearing the sh$t outta them!

Moral Of The Story: 9/10

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO....Death Becomes Her And Beautiful Nightmares? Maybe, maybe not and more, for it is safe to say that it is one of the best films of 2021 and no doubt one of the most visually alluring films ever made. It is a must-see for so many reasons and, despite things clearly needing to be more plainly explained (like how Eloise “abilities” work for one,) its murder mystery story, twist (cuz yes there is a twist!) and, well, mysteries will stay with you for a long long time.

And so will the psychedelic visual or the wonderful soundtrack (that too many of us are obsessing over!) And, lastly, its witchy vibes with nods to the like of THE CRAFT or evidently SUSPIRIA and the Giallo-ness of it all sprinkled all over, because, what less did you expect! There is also something wicked about LAST NIGHT IN SOHO and this can be seen through its many possible influences, references, or callbacks, bringing to mind other surreal movies. Thus all those easter eggs make this film an even more entertaining and bewitching one to watch. So if you haven’t done so, watch it tonight…. or watch it again!

[themosleyreview]

The Mosley Review: Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season 1)

For the longest time, the beloved Star Wars franchise was left in an uncertain spot of where it would go after the current and divisive Sequel trilogy. This new era of the franchise began in a strong and familiar place, went down a bumpy and different path, then ended on such a sour note that it seemed that there was no hope of recovery. The franchise was stained with too many mistakes with the wrong people in charge of the creative storytelling. Even the most hardcore of fans would agree that this was a new dark age for the franchise. That age of darkness came swiftly to an end once the gate keepers gave the keys to a team that studied what George Lucas had created and learned from it. This team knew that to make Star Wars great again, it would mean not doing something familiar, but rather something that is unexpected, new and expanding of the things that inspired the original creator. Jon Favreau got together with Lucas’ apprentice, Dave Filoni, and they got to work in creating the greatness that this series has become. Their love for this universe and the knowledge they've obtained over the years has culminated into this amazing achievement in storytelling. The spaghetti western, sci-fi fantasy and scaled down tones were expertly portrayed throughout the season and you feel the love and respect for what has come before it in every frame. From the first badass bar fight scene to the last shot of the season, this show is the shining example of what happens when you let the right hands take over the reins.

The cast across the entire season was top notch and fantastic all around. Pedro Pascal stars as The Mandalorian and he is every bit the Clint Eastwood "Man With No Name" type of hero I love. I love his determination, cold and almost humorless take on such a dangerous part of the galaxy. Even though his face is covered, he still emotes in the subtle art of body language and vocal tones. Every head tilt or change in speed or tone in his voice made you pay attention to every choice he was about to make. Carl Weathers was cool and commanding as the leader of the Bounty Hunter's Guild Greef Karga. Carl's charm and wit is on full display and he was a welcomed jovial spirit. The scenes between him and the Mandalorian carry so much weight and lighten the mood for a time. Nick Nolte voices the character Kuiil and he brings such wisdom and warmth to the screen. I liked that we delve into his history of indentured service to the Galactic Empire and how he got his freedom. Gina Carano was awesome and stunning as the former Rebel Shocktrooper Cara Dune. She has greatly improved as an actress and she is truly in her element. She natural plays Cara with such confidence and doesn't come off as arrogant as other would be female heroines. I loved seeing her fight and there is so much more to explore with her. Taika Waititi is always been a talented and hilarious actor and storyteller. As IG-11, he brings to life one of the most dangerous and terrifying hunter droids in Star Wars lore with such gusto. His dry and sometimes lifeless vocal performance gives such off an ominous tone, but by the end he penetrates your heart. I had more of an emotional attachment to this droid in one episode, then any of the other droids that have been introduced in the Sequel trilogy.

The villains and scoundrels of the series were on par with heroes as far talent goes. Werner Herzog was truly outstanding and chilling as an ex-imperial officer that goes by the name The Client. The amount of gravitas Werner brings to a scene is beyond understated and his scenes with the Mandalorian are the most tense and tonally satisfying. You feel the looming power of the Empire and the history of oppression behind his every word. Bill Burr joins the franchise as fellow bounty hunter and rogue as Migs Mayfeld. I loved his wise cracks, sarcastic and smart ass attitude. He was a perfect addition to the show and I want more of him. Natalia Tena was cool as an evil Twi'lek and I liked that there was a history between her and the Mandalorian. There's always a brute in every team and Clancy Brown was just that as the Devaronian Burg. It’s always good to see Clancy on screen and he was so much fun. Ming-Na Wen plays the assassin Fennec Shand and she was as deadly as she is beautiful. There is a mystery behind her eyes and I really wanted to explore her more. The main antagonist of the season was proof that this series is dealing with the remnants of the Empire that are still spread across the galaxy. Giancarlo Esposito was brilliant and intimidating as Moff Gideon. There is a level regalness and intelligence once he steps on screen. He is the face of the Empire and I can't wait to see more of his cunning plans come to life.

John Williams will always be the blueprint of how Star Wars music should sound. I was delighted to see that one of my new favorite composers, Ludwig Goransson, was behind the music. This series required a new and original sound that didn't sound like anything of the past. Ludwig brought his magic to the score and every bit of it is now iconic and beloved. I liked that it was somewhat tribal and electronic while still keeping the classical elements intact. Ludwig's score throughout the series is now up there with Williams as the best music Star Wars has ever had. Visually this show is stunning in every way. From the molten landscape of Nevarro to the lushes greens of Sorgan, every location has something to marvel at. The use of more practical effects and makeup are always appreciated and it makes each character and world all the more tangible. Jon Favearu and Dave Filoni have come together and crafted such a great story that is filled to the brim with exploration, adaptation and surprises that will blow the doors off to what is possible in this franchise. They are the hand that reached out and saved Star Wars from the Sarlacc pit it was being swallowed into. If you are a hardcore, moderate or even casual fan of Star Wars and you feel that the franchise is dead, fear not! There is still life to be had. This is the best Star Wars story to date and a must watch for all! Season 1 is currently streaming on Disney+ and if you liked the show or my review, let me know in the comments below. Thanks for reading!

[aarontalksmusic-blog]

A Top 30 Horror Movies

This is Halloween! This is Halloween! There are a lot of awesome horror movies, but I picked just 30 that qualify as my favorites. 

#30 - The Conjuring

So this movie isn’t perfect. The last 20-30 minutes kinda turn into a mess as the demon gets more confrontational. But, the first 90 minutes are a near perfect slow build of tension and smart visual storytelling. All the actors do a good job, even the kids. This movie has insured I never play Hide and Clap.

#29 - Paranormal Activity 2

In my opinion superior to the (still pretty good) original, PA2 moves faster than its predecessor and uses the audience’s curiosity against them in interesting ways. You’re always looking to the edges of the screen for something or someone out of place, and as the movie progresses, that curiosity rattles the nerves more and more.

#28 - The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

One of the only modern horror remakes that improves and expands on the original. The Hills Have Eyes hit when I was a junior in high school. It is gleefully gorey and deranged. People die in awful ways, and the protagonist (seen above) spends most of the last half hour drenched in blood. It’s a lot of fun if you’re into that sort of thing.

#27 - Event Horizon

Space Horror is a hard genre to get right. Event Horizon knocks it out of the park by getting the slow build right. There are gruesome and bloody images from time to time, but the majority of the movie is built on tension and dread. Having Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne leading the cast adds some dramatic weight to the proceedings.

#26 - The VVitch

The GOAT 17th Century rural horror movie. This movie gets real weird and leaves a lot up to the audience’s imagination. The less said about it the better if you haven’t seen it. But, even for the 2010s renaissance of horror, this one stands out.

#25 - Hereditary

This is a list of my favorite horror movies, not the scariest. If it were “scariest” this would be top 10, maybe top 5. The second half of this movie is some of the most uncomfortable and relentlessly horrifying storytelling I’ve ever seen. Across just two feature films, Director Ari Aster has proved himself a master of the horror genre. We’re all worse off for it.

#24 - Return of the Living Dead

The first movie on this list that is more funny than scary, Return of the Living Dead is laugh out loud hilarious at times. Somehow, it still manages to be a more effective zombie movie than most serious ones. Great punk rock soundtrack and highly quotable, this is great for people who scare a little too easily.

#23 - Friday the 13th Part 2

Basically improving on the original in every way, Friday the 13th Part 2 is iconic even without Jason’s hockey mask making an appearance. The killer instead keeps a lumpy bag over his head the whole time. The movie lets you know early on that its going to be ridiculous, when the Part 2 logo literally smashes through the Friday the 13th title card. Great representation of the slasher genre.

#22 - Suspiria (2018)

I’m a sucker for lore in movies, and Suspiria is full to the brim with details that expand on the world. Led by great performances from Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson, the movie is highly intelligent and occasionally brutally violent. The fact that the director’s prior movie was “Call Me By Your Name” shows that he’s a talented filmmaker no matter the genre.

#21 - Halloween (1978)

Michael Myers is iconic. The music is iconic. Jamie Lee Curtis is an all-time great horror leading lady. Halloween is a must watch for horror genre fans. 

#20 - Get Out

This movie is so well written it won an Oscar. Get Out is both hilarious and brutally tense. The acting is awesome across the board. Who knew Jordan Peele would use his comedy talent to make a career in scary movies? 

#19 - Shaun of the Dead

A classic comedy filled with so many jokes that it takes about 3 watches to catch them all. Not scary in the least, but uniquely playful in the genre. Also made Simon Pegg a star. Nothing but greatness here.

#18 - The Descent

I’ll always remember my first watch of this movie. It slaps you in the face with trauma in the first 5 minutes. Then spends three quarters of an hour building tension and claustrophobia before suddenly becoming a solid monster feature. Though it fizzles a little at the end with some wtf moments, the first 3/4ths are very effecting.

#17 - Nightmare on Elm Street

Nightmare on Elm Street is just a cool as hell idea for a horror movie. It takes the occasional predictability of Halloween or Friday the 13th and flips it. The kills are inventive and visually interesting, the effects are very cool, and you get to see Johnny Depp get brutally murdered. win-win-win.

#16 - Saw

Saw came out at a perfect age for me. Seeing this movie at 16 was a great experience. Even as the sequels got worse and worse, the whodunnit nature of the original held up. People were literally drowning in gore by Saw 3, but this is a solid movie that knows when to tone things down. Great watch.

#15 - Evil Dead 2

By turns hilarious and unsettling, watching Evil Dead 2 allows the viewer to marvel at the special effects done on a shoestring budget. Bruce Campbell is an absurd and talented physical actor, and singlehandedly carries this movie into the hall of fame.

#14 - IT Chapter 1

Chopping the 1,000 page Stephen King book in half allowed the first half of the IT saga to thrive. Bill Skarsgard is a fantastic Pennywise, and the child actors all do well. A slightly repetitive series of scares keeps this one from perfection (and would be the downfall of Part 2), but its still an amazing peak of the genre.

#13 - Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Fast zombies. Zack Snyder directing before his head got too big. Hilarious musical cues. Apocalyptic imagery. This movie is one of the best of the zombie genre.

#12 - Fright Night (1985)

One of the most simply fun movies on this list, Fright Night is straight out of the mid 80s. It never takes itself too seriously, but it still has some good scares sprinkled in. An essential vampire movie, and the remake with Colin Farrell wasn’t half bad either.

#11 - The Omen (1976)

One of my early favorites, The Omen is another lore filled film that gradually ramps up the twists until the dramatic finale. Probably one of the least scary films on my list, its built on Gregory Peck being a great actor and a few pretty messed up deaths.

#10 - An American Werewolf in London

Another favorite from childhood, this is the best the werewolf genre has to offer. Made by John Landis who also did Animal House and Blues Brothers, American Werewolf balances 80s level of gore with award winning special effects and clever music (every song featured has moon in the title).

#9 - It Follows

One of the newest (and most original) movies on the list, It Follows is one of a kind. It’s terrifying, has great cinematography and halfway through the movie you have absolutely no clue how it will end. Must see.

#8 - Midsommar

This is absolute newest film on the list, and one I’m anxious to rewatch. Midsommar sets itself apart by being 95% in broad daylight and providing a wealth of backstory to the “bad guys”. Also Florence Pugh shows that she is an amazingly skilled actress, particularly in the final 10 minutes.

#7 - The Exorcist

^That guy is scary. He’s also only in the movie for like 3 seconds. Obviously this is a classic. If you haven’t seen it and like horror at all, it will still amaze you, almost 50 years later. I would’ve loved to be a fly on the wall when it was in theaters watching people lose their minds. Still a masterpiece of the genre.

#6 - The Blair Witch Project

I watched The Blair Witch Project for the first time alone in my room at age...I believe 14. That was a mistake. While the mistakes of the hikers become a bit hilarious on multiple rewatches, the night scenes are still tense af. The last 15 minutes are uniquely terror-inducing. Everybody’s seen this one, but if you haven’t, maybe watch it with the lights on?

#5 - The Evil Dead (2013)

This movie is one of the most intense and relentless horror movies ever. Nail guns, rusty knives, a turkey carver, a chainsaw, a machete: people get literally ripped apart in this movie. But, here’s the thing, its really really fun to watch. You’ll be out of breath when its over, but still.

#4 - Cabin in the Woods

Cabin in the Woods isn’t THAT scary. It flirts with scary. It has some shocking and frightening moments But mostly its a shitload of fun that plays on every trope of the horror genre. It also has one of my favorite final moments of any film on this list.

#3 - The Thing

Underappreciated upon its release, The Thing has become the standard by which body horror is measured. Its delightfully paranoid and lets the audience sit and think as gruesome deaths pile up. 

#2 - Alien

One of the first movies to terrify me, Alien is one of the greatest horror movies ever made. The monster design is iconic. The kills and set pieces are one of a kind. It has a kick ass female heroine played by Sigourney Weaver. What more do you want?

and finally

#1 - The Shining

YEAHHHHHHH Here’s a brief list of iconic Shining scenes: - An elevator full of blood - The old woman in room 237 - All work and no play make Jack a dull boy - The snowy hedge maze - Here’s Johnny - Danny’s vision of the twins - The house of horrors finale featuring the man in bear costume featured above and of course - REDRUM This movie is a masterpiece, made by one of the greatest directors of all time, starring one of the greatest actors of all time and based on one of the scariest books by the defining horror author of our time. Its damn near perfect.

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Michael After Midnight: Movie 43

I want you all to know I sat at my computer for many minutes trying desperately and ultimately failing to find some way to talk about anthology or sketch comedy films. I kept trying to come up with some comparisons to how well the horror genre handles these kinds of films (for the most part anyway). And I was totally going to come up with some brilliant, cutting lead in to talking about the black hole of talent known as Movie 43.

Sorry to disappoint you all. It’s a sentiment I share with just about every single actor in this film.

Movie 43 is a sketch comedy film, though honestly the “comedy” part should be in quotations because it takes a mind heavily impaired by illicit substances to find humor in this film. And look, I’m no comedic prude; I get a laugh out of stuff like Freddy Got Fingered, I’m not so snooty I’m above Scary Movie or getting a chuckle out of Step Brothers, I’m not only in to high concept British comedies or anything. But this, this really is bad on a level that even The ABCs of Death wasn’t, because as disgusting, vomit-inducingly bad as that film was, at least it was full of no-name actors with nothing to lose and no dignity to begin with seeing as they were in The ABCs of Death. This movie is not only stuffed to the brim with famous actors and actresses, most of them were roped into appearing in this out of strict contractual obligation rather than any real desire to be in the film. A lot of actors just got sucked in and guilted, only a small handful of them even showed up to the premier, and only Stephen Marchant has anything nice to say about being in the movie. Everyone else has at least enough dignity to be ashamed of their involvement.

I guess there’s no sense in prolonging this: let’s take a look at one of the most abysmal comedies of the modern age:

The Pitch: This is the framing device that is used for the US cut of the film, and thus the framing device I saw, in which a disgraced movie director played by Randy Quaid pitches his numerous shitty ideas to a producer, with said shitty ideas being all the sketches in this film. So basically, what you’re watching is what I can only assume was the actual pitch for this movie, and thus it sucks. There is nothing entertaining about this framing device; it really says something when the international version’s framing device, where kids look for a banned movie on the internet, sounds a lot better as a framing device.

The Catch: So apparently this was the first sketch filed, and it was used to sucker other celebs into joining the film. And I mean, it has Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet, and who wouldn’t want to be in a movie with those two? Well, when Hugh Jackman has testicles dangling from his neck, I sure wouldn’t. This isn’t really the worst sketch because of its content, but it is awful because it just hurts so much to see something so embarrassing. You feel so bad for Jackman for having those fake testicles on his neck, and you feel bad for Kate Winslet for having to act through this with Jackman. It honestly makes me depressed just thinking about it.

Homeschooled: This is probably one of the few sketches in the film that actually approaches being amusing. In it, parents played by Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber talk to another couple about how they homeschooled their kid, and how they made his homeschooling feel like authentic high school, complete with the parents bullying, hazing, and just making their poor son’s life into a living hell. All these jokes are pretty standard and basic, and of course they gotta throw in some incest jokes too and top everything off with some Oedipal imagery, but it could have been worse. Really, when it comes to this film, “could have been worse” is the best you can ask for.

The Proposition: Have you ever wanted to see Chris Pratt’s ex-wife ask him to take a shit on her? No? Well congratulations, fucker! You’re a normal, functioning human being, and not either of the writers for this shitty segment. This segment ends with Chris Pratt being hit by a car, exploding in a massive shit tsunami, and then his girlfriend finally accepts his proposal. What a load.

Veronica: Out of the entire movie, this might be the most inoffensive clip of the bunch; it’s not funny or anything, but it’s at least not as tacky and offensive as the others. I guess it helps that Emma Stone and Kieran Culkin are just really hamming it up for this one, as if they know they’re in a terrible bastardization of an indie movie scene and just want to make the whole thing look as dumb as possible. It’s not a good sketch, but it’s almost okay.

iBabe: So there’s this new life-sized nude replica of a woman you can use as an MP3 player. The fan was place din a certain spot that’s causing problems. Can you guess the spot, and the problem? If you’re the age of twelve or older, you sure can, and if you can, there’s really no reason to watch this pointless sketch.

Superhero Speed Dating: Batman is a dick to Robin. Tee hee. What a funny fucking joke. Next.

Machine Ki- Ok you know what? Fuck it. I am talking about the fucking speed dating segment, because it is just such an obnoxious, unfunny joke. Batman is just rude, condescending, and worst of all a total cockblock who doesn’t respect his partner, which is the sort of thing you see a lot in parodies of Batman mythos. And it’s just so… totally opposite of what Batman is, it doesn’t really subvert his relationship with Robin in a funny way either, it’s just “Haha what if Batman was a dick to his student?” And it’s just not funny. It’s lame, it’s lazy, and it’s a sign of someone with an extremely shallow knowledge of Batman.

Anyway…

Machine Kids: So it was kind of supposed to just be a joke, interrupting this segment to rant about the last one, but there is honestly just nothing I can say about this one. It’s a sketch that exists, I guess? It’s not particularly funny, it’s just something that’s real.

Middleschool Date: You know what’s really funny? Girls getting their periods. That’s the entire joke of this segment. If you don’t think girls getting their periods and teens freaking out over not understanding basic life facts is funny, this won’t amuse you. It also has a rather nonsensical ending, which certainly doesn’t help it out much.

Happy Birthday: This is it. This is the sketch that most closely approaches the realm of being funny. It’s about a guy catching a leprechaun for his buddy’s birthday, but the leprechaun is an obscene, nasty little bastard. It’s funny seeing Gerard Butler play a leprechaun, the joke is okay, the sketch doesn’t really overstay its welcome, and it has a juvenile but kinda amusing punchline. Maybe it’s just because everything else in the movie is so bad, but this one just isn’t really one I can muster a lot of hate for.

Truth or Dare: Halle Berry and Stephen Marchant go on a date and begin playing, well, truth or dare, and soon enough things go from risque to downright insane. If you’ve ever wanted to see Halle Berry make guacamole with a prosthetic boob, well, here you are. I feel it’s not worth it considering how nasty and disturbing the end is, but Marchant sure is unashamedly proud of being in a sketch with Halle Berry.

Victory’s Glory: This one is just boring and filled with bland stereotyping. It’s one you’ll forget exists as soon as it’s over.

Beezle: In the midst of the credits, we see how far James Gunn has come as a creator when we are subjected to this edgy piece of garbage he created. It’s about a girl who thinks her boyfriend’s animated cat is trying to sabotage her relationship, which he is. It has sodomy, brutal murder, bestiality, all that charming stuff from the man who brought us Guardians of the Galaxy. I guess this really is good as a showcase of how far he has come as a writer and director, because this ain’t Guardians, it ain’t Slither, and most importantly it ain’t good.

So… yeah. As you can see, there’s really nothing of value to be found here. Like yes, there’s an okay sketch in the middle of all this, but there were some passable ones in The ABCs of Death, and that movie was still shit. I’m sure you’re expecting some witty summation of this movie and its flaws, maybe a reiteration of how depressing it is to see so much talent wasted for unfunny jokes, maybe some sort of comedic take on all this garbage.

Well, that’s not happening. Even thinking about this stupid movie for this long has sapped my strength. I’m going to lie down. Fuck this movie.

[courageforbeginners]

Discouraged  August 14th, 2018

I am going to be completely honest, and quite frankly really upfront. I am feeling very discouraged. It seems like I can’t figure out what I want to do with my life anymore. I keep going back and forth, wanting different things in life. And right now, all I have is a simple list. 

1. My absolute unattainable dream: an Actress on Broadway. 

2. My somewhat attainable dream but is going to be a very rough, hard, and expensive journey: A Marine Biologist.

3. My most attainable and current pathway dream: An Editor for Novelists. 

Now time for  little explanations:

1. Broadway: 

Pros: My ultimate passion I have found in life is theater. There is just something about taking on the persona of another person that brings me joy. The stories, the characters, the emotions, everything that it takes to embody a character and to put on the best show possible, all of these things fill me to the brim with happiness. On top of adopting a new life for awhile, the theater, the stage, the spotlight, and the sense of family and community brings a sense of accomplishment to my life. The applause from each performance fuels me to bring my all night after night. I have been in productions since age eleven. I have had parts ranging from extras to principal roles. No matter my position in the cast or on the stage, I take every moment and store it in my heart. Theater is what I love doing so much, and I couldn’t imagine never doing it every again. Now that I am out of High School, my sense of community and belonging has been stripped away and I am still raw from it.  

Cons: I grew up performing in the smallest theater in the world: my tiny Christian school auditorium. The theater program was run by a very very underpaid English teacher who had a theater background. Though I love her to death, there was very little training in acting. Students who wanted to do theater, got to do it. When a high school only has 37 students total, you take what you get. Experienced or not. Good or not. Passionate or not. Those who take it seriously or not. Beggars can’t be choosers. It was like a taping of Oprah Winfrey up in there, “You get a part. You get a part. Everyone gets a part!” However, with only 37 students in the high school, the ratio of students who were interested in theater to the students who could be talked/bribed into theater to those who would never join theater was pretty skewed. This left only a handful of students who actually cared enough to try and impress on stage. This also meant that there was absolutely no possible way for us to EVER do a musical. Which for me was a blessing and a curse. The blessing would have been if I had started doing musicals when I was eleven, I would be relatively experienced by now. The curse would be the fact that I couldn’t (and can’t) sing or dance to save my life. I am aware that Broadway isn’t exclusively musicals, and that they produce plays too, but there is a huge difference in popularity. I cannot sing. I cannot dance. It is too late to begin learning. People who make it, are beyond talented and have usually been working hard since they could walk, whereas I have not. This dream is pretty much a fantasy. An unachievable goal. 

2. Marine Biology:

Pros: From the moment I could speak, I knew I wanted to work with marine animals. However, at the time, I wanted to work at Seaworld to train the dolphins and the sea lions. This too was my mother’s dream, as she is dolphin-obsessed. She never once pushed me to have this dream though, I just must have inherited it. I am in love with marine mammals too much, they are just so adorable. But as I have grown up now, I know that I probably couldn’t work at Seaworld. Half of me believes that training such intelligent animals for entertainment seems a little wrong to me. But the other half of me believe that it is pretty cool to see how these species learn and interact with humans and each other. I don’t know. The biggest thing that worries me with keeping these creatures in captivity is their comfort level and well-being. I guess, I’ll just leave that there for now until I research it further and this is not the place for this discussion. Anyways, what I’m trying to say is that, I would love to work with marine animals in an environment that is beneficial to both parties, perhaps at a reservation. 

Cons: There are many things about this path that will terrify me. First off, the biggest issue that I know is going to completely stop me from becoming a marine biologist is the biology part. Science has never been my strong suit, but the hardest thing for me to do in school ever is any type of dissection. I am too squeamish to cut into anything, which would put a huge damper on the whole biology part (I mean I did the projects but I could never willingly do it by choice). Anatomy is a no go. This just means that I couldn’t go into any veterinarian-biology side of the marine care career. However, I have talked to dolphin trainers down at Discovery Cove who have said they went the psychology/behavior route, which is a much cleaner road, and have worked in places ranging from reservations in Hawaii to the east coast. So, this is an option. However, this is a ton of schooling and a ton of money for someone coming from a lower- middle class family. On top of this, the community college I am currently enrolled at has no degree for this marine biology (they do have psychology, though), so even if I wanted to change my current major, I would have to change schools as well. I feel like with such a specific career field, finding work will be super tough. 

3. Editor for Novelists

Pros: Writing and Grammar is another one of my passions. I didn’t get big into it though until early middle school, but in elementary I always loved writing projects and assignments. For me, reading is definitely a favorite pastime, so I thought “why not be paid to read and to give my two cents.” This is why I decided that being an editor would be a great job for me. To clarify, I don’t want to be an editor for newspapers, magazines, or whatever. I specifically would love to edit novels or series (I mean I could edit whatever comes to me, though, but my first choice would be books). I want to be the person in the very back of a book to whom the author gives that little shout out to in the acknowledgements, “This book would have never come together if it weren’t for my lovely editor so-and-so.” If you pick up any book and flip to the acknowledgements, then you would see exactly what I mean. I also believe this would be a very practical career as well. Many books are being published on the daily, and I could help get someone’s voice and story out there. And just maybe, if I get in at a publishing house, I could always try to get my own writing published, and it would be fully edited!

Cons: My biggest fear with this career choice is that I will hate my life after awhile. Bare with me. I love reading and grammar as I said, but I’m terrified that this job will require me to sit in an office all day, just staring at a computer until my retinas burn out or I kill myself. Whichever comes first. Will I be stuck in an unexciting job my whole life? Will I even make it in a publishing house or will I have to freelance? Anyone can learn grammar; there are plenty of people you can hire online to edit your work or hell, even write it for you. Will I end up becoming one of those people who write college papers for students to buy? This career is my current path, but it is filled with so many possibilities and anxieties that I just don’t know.    

Final thoughts: Two of the three options could take me any where in the world. I have no clue where I will be, who I will meet, or who I will become. These thoughts may entice many, but to me they bring nothing but fear. I have no clue what to do. All the adults in my life just tell me to pray about it and that God will show me the way.  I don’t know what to do. I don’t know who I am.  I am lost. I am so discouraged. 

Will I move from here or fall from fear? 

(12:05 am)

Macin

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TMS S3: GROUP B

THE MASKED SINGER SEASON 3 

GROUP B/ GROUP 2: (contestants 7 - 12)

EP 3x04: CLUES & MORE: RECAP for remaining 5:

SPOILERS BELOW!!!

FROG

CLUES:

Location: Hollywood (CBS?) Lot: 1920s street/building 

VISUAL CLUES:

His clues video is done in black & white (like a 1920s silent film) 

B&W image: MIB sitting on a bench, on a street, as newpapers are being thrown at them (by a paperboy)

Newspaper: The Daily Ribbit (price: 5 cents) 

Newspaper headline: Frogs are jumping! Frogs are jumping!

Newspaper headline: Tadpole plucked from large creek!

Newspaper article subtitle: Toad’s crazy ride begins! 

Newspaper photo credit: Frog joins The Masked Singer 

Newspaper article [this is a nod to the detectives among us, viewers]: TEXT HERE LATER “So there was this tadpole just swimming along, doing its tadpole thing, thinking “Hey, life is pretty good!” Who needs legs anyway?” Then one day it was swimming near a horseshoe and mustve felt lucky. It waived it’s little fishy tail and swam faster than ever and the metamorphosis began in the blink of a frog’s eye. Good bye tail, hello legs! “What arethese weird spongy things in my body? Oh, lungs! Cool!”  The tadpole became a frog, but seriously are you actually  reading all this? Did you pause on me? Are you hoping for more clues? Or should I say hopping for more clues? Well here’s a frog joke: Why are frogs so happy? Because they eat whatever bugs them! Hahaha. Sorry, that wasnt a clue, but hopefully there’s a kid in the roomto enjoy it. I’m impressed you’re still reading this small print. Back to the frog: it really did have a wild, wild ride. Though it did have some interesting eating habits and I'm not just talking about dining on flies. By the way, have you seen slo-mo videos of frogs using their tongues? Pretty fascinating. Okay, you’ve made it this far. I’ll just tell you the tadpole who became a frog is the celebrity we all know and love who goes by the name” [ARTICLE ENDS HERE] 

Sign on the wall of the building “arrow pointing to the left” 

Papar bags on the ground next to the bench with “Leftovers” written on it & “leftovers” from one nag have fallen out...to the ground. 

The frog’s shadow behind the window/glass is seen using his tongue to catch/eat a fly on the glass

Poster on the (office) floor: 1996 Games: 1000-Meter Leap Frog

The frog & MIB doing dance moves on the street (as he comes out of the building) 

Old school michrophone with the “LIKE” sign on it. 

Dollar bills on the “counter”: 100 dollar bill +  5 dollar bill + 1 dollar bill (100 + 5 + 1 = 106 dollars) 

AUDIO CLUES/VOICE OVER:

“News Flash: My metamorphosis has been anything but typical.”

“I leapt to stardom as fast as the lightning bolt.” 

 “Never had a chance to evolve my image, and do things my way.” 

“I was slitherin with the big frogs from Jump-Jump. Just had to fit in and survive.” 

“But now I can write my own masterpiece” 

“Showing this new side (of me) gives me butterflies in my stomach.”  

“But I'm ready to drop the hammer, and sing my face off.” 

ON STAGE CLUES:

Song choice: “U Can’t Touch This” by MC Hammer 

Look/Costume: Frog is wearing a purple suit & a yellow/purple checkered tie. He has a matching hat with a feather (1920s “gangster” style) & “Gatsby” style shoes. 

Stage: Moves around & dances a lot, while rapping. Very energetic. Touches the brim of the hat during “questining”

Height: Short. Seems around 170 -173cm = 5 feet 6 inches 

Build: He’s small, but athletic. 

Mic hand: Right. 

Talking: “I feel free, baby! I came here to win it all, baby, that’s what I came to do - win it all!”  (when answering "How does it feel to dress up as The Frog?”)

GUESSES:

Shad Moss aka (Lil) Bow Wow (rapper/singer/musician) - for me the dance moves confirmed it’s him, cause I am not super familair with his voice alone. But last  year when many suggested he could be "The Rottweiler”, I looked him  up, and the dance routines he and his kid do in several of his posts leave me with no doubt that it’s him. I would not have gotten this one from the voice alone. 99% chance 

POSSIBLE MEANING OF CLUES.

TBA LATER [SEE: LISTED CLUES & YOU’LL KNOW ANYWAY] 

Paper bag “Leftovers” = Doggy Bag -- his artist nme was/is Bow Wow + it’s the title of one of his albums (Doggy bag)

Mic + Like sign = Like Mike 

106 dollars = he hosted the”106 & Park” music vid show

KITTY

CLUES:

Location: many clips used from Georges Méliès silent film(s) - “Astronomers Dream” watch on YT 

Silent film era style clips from a (movie) theatre

VISUAL CLUES:

Most of her clue package is in black & white, in “silent cinema” style. Lot of footage from the time films were first made & lots of references to the film of that time. 

(Stage) Curtains opening

B&W: People watching the performance though binoculars. 

B&W: Audience clapping (during the performance) 

Kitty Mask appearing on each lens of the binoculars. 

B&W image: a group of men coming to the stage, in one line...as we see it from the audiences POV. And Kitty Mask appearing in front on them...as the only in COLOUR image that has been added to it. 

B&W: (Astronomical) Observatory with a telescope pointed at the Moon. There is a globe in the room. A stand with drawings and shapes (geometry) on one side & a blackboard with AB + CD = [more math...which I can’t type in here...for reasons] An old man/astronomer in a wizard hat is sitting on a chair, reading a book. Then gets up to write something on the blacboard. There is a coat of arms on the back of the chair. - a clip from Georges Méliès "The Astronomer's Dream" (old film from 1898)

In colour:  Kitty walking to center stage - alone on the stage, in an ampty theatre 

B&W: The Moon with a face being blown up - a clip from Georges Méliès "The Astronomer's Dream" (old film from 1898) 

Blinking dressing room lights (a wall full of them) in the background of Kitty Mask 

A glass jar/bottle of milk  + a glass of milk...with Kitty mask sitting on top of he glass...as milk is poured into it.

B&W: Pirates sword-fighting on an old ship deck. 

Kitty doing the CATwalk... with greenish-blueish lights in the background...

A (big) glass rose shattering to pieces as it falls to the ground... with rose petals fling everywhere... 

AUDIO CLUES/VOICE OVER:

“In all my wildest dreams I’d never imagined I’d be here where I feel at home among the weird and the wonderful.”

“It’s almost like this show was made for me. -- A little bit of heaven where I can wipe the slate clean as the purest snow.” 

“Sometimes it feels lonely, because people don’t think of me as the person I’ve become, but the person I once was.”

“But now under these light - among the cream of the crop - I get to start from scratch.”

“And just like a Kitty will always find a way to nuzzle into your heart, Tonight, for my big debut, I'm going for high drama...as I show you why I'm the pick of the litter”

ON STAGE CLUES:

Song choice: “Dangerous Woman” by Ariana Grande 

Look/Costume: Burlesque/(Vegas) showgirl costume - sparkly dress with straps, and feathery skirt + feathers on top of the head (inside a small crown”, and added to that are sparly silver boots. Wearing a leotard under the dress (it seems to be a  Red Silver Tabby cat). Kitty mask with different-coloured eyes (heterochromia) - one blue & one brown. The costume has a kind of Satine from “Moulin Rouge” feel/look to it. 

Stage presence: Dancing sensual “Cabaret” chair dance while singing. Her backup dancers are dressed as “Chesire cats” 

Height: Short, looks around 155-163cm =  5 feet 1 to 5 feet 4

Build: Petite. Very small & slender. 

Mic hand: Alternates between left & right 

Talking: “I am being somebody that noboby has ever seen before, and its always been inside of me, so... it’s great!”  (when answering “Whats it like being The Kitty?”) 

GUESSES:

Sarah Hyland (actress) -- the voice & the stage presence remind me of her...the most, though alost none of the clues fit her (rose for BF & drama for being on a popular mock series with lots of “drama”...are the main ones fitting her) 50% chance 

Emma Watson (actress) - several clues fit her, but I am uncertain about the voice being a good match

Chloë Grace Moretz (actress) ...so many clues seem to reference to the movie “Hugo” she was in...that was a “tribute” to Georges Méliès...

Kate Bosworth (actress/model) - she has heterochromia + several clues fit 

Mila Kunis (actress) - she has heterochromia 

Lily Rose Depp - I am not that familiar with her voice to make a definite yes/no decision, but several clues match - pirates connection through her dad & French connection though her mom. She starred in a film titled “Planetarium”... and in the Vanity Fair’s “Secret Showcase/Talent” she did has a very similar oldie feel to it...like the clue package has 

some/any “former” Disney actress, who is now in their late teens to late 20s

With this Mask I am more confused than I have ever been with any other mask...any season. Some fit the voice, some the stage prsence, some the clues. But none seem to fit (to me/to my knowledge) them all. And I still cannot decide on the voice..even after re-listening/watching. I really need that 2nd & 3rd song to make up my mind. 

POSSIBLE MEANING OF CLUES.

TBA LATER [SEE: LISTED CLUES & YOU’LL KNOW ANYWAY]

TACO 

CLUES

Location: (Restaurant) Kitchen 

Location: Hollywood (CBS) Lot: streets/parking lot 

VISUAL CLUES:

MIB dressed as chefs (in buffed up/sumo suits) preparing food - tacos

The taco lying on the plate as MIB chef adds some seasoning to it 

VHS tapes...on the counter 

Anchor (nautical.. ships anchor) on a plate 

A (solved) Rubik’s Cube on top of a bowl filled with lemons/limes. 

Fresh food in the fridge as the door is opened (salad, peppers) - a red trolley (tramcar/streetcar) is on top of the food 

The MIC chefs adding more seasonings, and then ketchup to the taco. Writing TACO as a decoration on the plate, next to the taco, with ketchup. 

The taco jumps off the plate, and onto the kitchen floor, adn starts running away..as the MIB chefs run after him (with ladles in hands)...He runs out of therestaurant...and onto the street

The MIB looking out between large TMS door and waving for Taco to come their way...and the Taco running into the studio...as the doors close just in front of the chasers

Sign next to the TMS mask logo doors: Studios 36 & 46 Main Entrance [arrow pointing to the left]

Sign on the wall inside the TMS studio doors: Stage 46 [arrow to the right] 

AUDIO CLUES/VOICE OVER:

“Like the comfort food I am, I’ve been a confirting part of your lives for decades” 

“I’ve got plenty of seasoning & I'm in a good place, but my routine can get a bit mild, so I'm here to bust out of the buffet...and spice things up.” 

“To enchiladas and beyond!“ 

“Here I go...as fast as I can.” 

“I want to be the last mask standing.” 

“I just hope I don’t fall apart out there.” 

“Time for Taco Wednesday.”

ON STAGE CLUES:

Song choice: “Fly Me to the Moon” by Frank Sinatra 

Look/Costume: Dark green suit under a taco suit/costume. Cherry tomato for a head. Ketchup bottle for a mic. suits in the background. 

Stage presence: Moon & stars theme: Big Band with starry suits. Swing music style..very 1960s Sinatra vibes. 

Height: He’s around 170cm = 6 feet (about the same height as the host, Nick)

Build: Tall-ish & lean-ish. 

Mic hand: Right 

Talking:  "This is how  dress normally! No(w), the weirdest thing about this experience is being ignored by everyone, cause they don’t know who I am. For the first time (in my life) I feel invisible!” (when answering “How is his normal life different from being on TMS?”) 

GUESSES

Tom Bergeron (TV show host & comedian) 99% chance 

Tim Allen (actor/comedian) 0.5% chance 

Tom Hanks (actor) 0,5% chance 

Though the voice at times makes it seem as this could be the actor (and comedian, and writer, and artist) John Lithgow and/or the clues at times make it seem as this could be the actor Ted Danson...it cannot be either of them. They’re just too tall to be the person in that costume. 

POSSIBLE MEANING OF CLUES

TBA LATER [SEE: LISTED CLUES & YOU’LL KNOW ANYWAY]

VHS tapes =  America’s Funniest (Home) Video’s - he hosted the show..for years

The trolley = the exact trolley/model like in “Mr. Roger’s Neighbourhood” +the 2019 film about him - hesang a song on the 2019 films “soundtrack”

“...as fast as I can” = the title of his (autobiographical) book is “I'm hosting as dast as I can” 

MOUSE 

CLUES:

Location: Football field 

VISUAL CLUES:

The Mouse holding a megaphone & gicing orders through it to others (shes the boss of them all)

MIB dressed in dark slacks & yellow jerseys + wearing helmets...ready to play some “american football”

One MIB is dressed as a cheerleader - with pink tutu skirt & golden pom-poms...cheering them on...

There is a dark football helmet with the US flag on the bench next to the Mouse Mask

The Mouse standing on top of a car/trcuk tire...that’s on the foorball field 

Whiteboard with game strategy on it. Title: Bang Bang Formation. Football field drawin under it...with each players moves indicated. 

The four cardinal directions: N for north, S for souts, W for West & E for east (in a different colour!) on each side of the table. 

The MIB athletes doing push-ups..with The MOuse standing on top of one of their helmets

The MIB yellow jerseys say “Wariors” & their numbers are “19″ & “79" 

The MIB athletes tackle the trainign equpment the mouse is standing on, making her fly, and (crach) land of the grass

AUDIO CLUES/VOICEOVER:

“Just like a mouse I’m small and cute. But don’t let my size fool you, because my presence is larger than life. ” 

“I’ve always been a leader in my field, really.” 

“I wrote the Playbook.” 

“But as much as I love calling the shots, and showing everyone who’s the boss, I also love having a walk-on role to play.” 

“They say: “Don’t sweat the small stuff.”  But now that I'm putting myself in, you should. Because I never accept anything less than gold.” 

“So, to all my copetitors, you “cheddar” watch out” 

ON STAGE CLUES:

Song choice: “Get here” by Oleta Adams 

Look/Costume: Pink-ish mouse costume, wearing a long fairy skirt/dress (with flowers in front) & fairy wings on the back. 

Stage presence: Static. Sitting during both the performance/singing AND the “panel guessing” part [indicating she’s older and/or has a health issue and/or it’s done just to fool the viewers about her height...and hence the line “don’t let my size fool you” in the clue package] 

Height: Shorter than the host, Nick. Seems about 170- 175 cm = 5 feet 5 iches to 5 feet 7 inches  tall. 

Build: “Normal” ...to smallish

Mic hand: Right 

Talking:  “Not being able to talk. Yeah, you know, I’m a chatterbox. And I love talking and they always tell me...that I can’t say anything to anybody.” 

(when answering the question “what makes this experience different from her day-to-day life?” 

POSSIBLE MEANING OF CLUES:

TBA LATER [SEE: LISTED CLUES & YOU’LL KNOW ANYWAY]

Warriors 19 & 79 = 1979 [the year, the number] = This is  the year, when her album “Dionne” was released.

Gold (pom-pons) in her clue package = many of her (her bands) albums/songs have gone Gold. 

GUESSES:

Dionne Warwick (singer) 90% chance 

I dont really have other guesses. I was conflicted for a bit during the original airing, cause it looked like she was wayshorter than the host, but thats cause I did not pay attention to the fact that she was sitting the whole time. So my confusion “that’s D.W.s voice, but the height excludes her... cause she is a bit taller than that” was over as soon as someone pointed it out to me, and I was able to re-watch & see that she sat not only during the Q&A, but also her performance. 

BANANA

CLUES:

Location: Football field 

Location: Party/Tour bus 

VISUAL CLUES:

Four small fruit-shaped “hobbit houses” - one pear, one stwarberry & 2 watermelons...behind a white picket fence + theres a bicycle nxt to the fence 

Banana sleeping & “yawning”  outside, on a grass (football field)... on a blanket

A cowboy hat next to the sleeping banana 

A tomato & a blowfish next to the sleeping banana 

MIB texting “Banana! Where R U?” to him..on an orange-coloured phone 

All kinds of veggies and salads + a banana peel..on the grass. The MIB “walking and texting”, and hence not seeing the banana peel & slipping on it & falling down next to the blanket 

The Banana sleeping under the blanket...with two dressed in green “cowgirls” sleeping on either side of him. The Bananas clothes/costume is on the floor/grass next to them...so he’s “naked” under the blanket 

All kinds of veggies lying around the blanket, on the grass õA

A blue (dog) collar on the grass next to the blanket

Banana partying on a tour bus with the two green creatures

Banana dancing on the table...

AUDIO CLUES/VOICE OVER:

[Banana sleeping on a football field & getting a text “Where R U” from MIB] “What? Where am I? Oh, no, I’m late for the stage! Aaahh” 

[12 hrs earlier] “Ugh, I cant believe I overdid it last night. You’d think this was my first rodeo.”

“I’m the banana because I'm tough on the outside, but a total smoothie on the inside. And a hoot to have at parties. Am I right, ladies?”

[getting up from under the blanket] “Help me get dressed, dadgumit.” 

"I cant wait to peel back my layers, and show I can use my voice in any environment.” 

"I just wanna see you smile.” 

ON STAGE CLUES:

Song choice: “A Little Less Conversation” by Elvis Presley 

Look/Costume: Yellow costume suit & a banana head with banana peel for a collar

Stage presence: Very energetic, moving around & dancing a lot. Ends the song with an “Iron Man landing pose”

Height: He’s around 180cm = 6 fee (around the same height as the host, Nick) 

Build: He’s tall & lean

Mic hand: Right 

Talking: “[chuckles] Technically... No. My kid. -- I’m getting ready to work out -- she hands me a banana, and it’s a sign. So here I am - The Banana. And I’m peeling it. I’m peeling the music.” (when aswering the question “Did you always want to be the Banana?” 

GUESSES:

Bret Michaels of “Poison” (singer/musician) - those denace moves! and stage presence just give him away. 

POSSIBLE MEANING OF CLUES.

TBA LATER [SEE: LISTED CLUES & YOU’LL KNOW ANYWAY]

Cowbvoy hat = he wars one quite often (its kind of one of his trademarks) 

Blowfish = they are poisonous & “POison” is the name of his band 

The MIB slipping on a banana peel & falling = Bret famously fell once during Tony Awards in 2009

Blue Collar = he has a pet clothing line + his daughetrs name is Bleu 

ELEPHANT

First mask to be voted out in ep 4! 

I am sad, cause I really liked his performance. But I get it...they’re all really equal, so it just depends which voie/mask has most “fans” in the audience that day/moment. 

The clue package video hinted at a sportsman (athlete: skateboard, acrobatics, parkour, snowboarding...or similar..based on the MIB choreography). An individual sport, not team sport. The blue birds hinted at his company name + kinda his last name, too. 

What people shoul’dve picked up, too were: his “limping” as he entered the stage. His “sliding to his knees” on stage (a move in his sports...to protect from falls). And... even though it was most likely just about “he's moving to the beat of his own drum” with the drums/drumming, but Id like to think that is was a nod to his role in that “Guitar Hero” add, where he & 3 other famous athletes played band members...and he was the drummer.

<<<<< THIS IS WHAT GOES ON IN MY HEAD AFTER EVERY TMS SHOW/EPISODE. THIS IS HOW I CATEGORIZE THE INFO I HAVE INTO FOLDERS IN MY MIND. THIS IS HOW SPECIFIC I AM, AND HOW INTO DETAILS I GO. THIS IS HOW MUCH I PAY ATTENTION (while, most likely, missing a ton of more hints that I’ll only notice during re-watch) I JUST DECIDED TO WRITE IT DOWN…FOR ONCE.

As promised, I’ll be doing this for the first episode of each group (3x01 for group A, 3x04 for group B, and in a few weeks 3x07 for group C). But that’s all I’ll be doing. Those three. Cause I have no time or energy to write it all down each week. 

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Tom Konkle reviews

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"Invention with Brian Forbes, presented by the dynamically droll duo of David Beeler and Tom Konkle, is as dry as a Dean Martin martini (i.e. you just wave the bottle of Vermouth over the glass of gin), with a twist of Monty Python and a dash of Benny Hill, i.e., it's very, very British, in a retro sort of way. This series of short two man comedy sketches even features a 1970s sensibility in its color palate and fashions, which surely must be a deliberate tribute to its obvious source of inspiration. It's basically a "talk show" regarding a variety of topics involving intellectual ingenuity, all presented with their tongues planted so firmly in the cheeks it's amazing they don't mumble. The format - roughly described as conversational skits- is definitely an acquired taste, but if you like your humor dished up with a layer of sophisticated silliness on a platter of understated irony, you'll enjoy what the sly sort of satire they're serving."

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"Safety Geeks is yet another winsome, winning comedy series from the talented twosome of David Beeler and Tom Konkle, this one an ensemble effort chronicling the exasperating exploits of the P.O.S.H. (Professional Occupational Safety Hazard) team, in both 2 and 3D! The fact that they're basically a bunch of well-meaning but hopelessly incompetent misfits is the basis for their bumbling series of moronic mishaps, which all prove quite counterproductive to their professional mission statement. The troupe's over-the-circus-top antics, which include ribald riffs and goofy gore in the spirit of Monty Python, either rub your funny the bone the right or the wrong way, but there's no denying their seemingly endless supply of inspired inventiveness."

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3 "Clinks" for Invention! (Out of 3)          Those Video Guys

The UK Web TV reviewers, Those Video Guys, have high praise for "fellow Brits, Dave & Tom"

"I'm laughing just thinking of them. That's how funny they are."              "What a great way to spend 5 to 10 minutes just watching funny sketches."            "The  caliber of the cast and writing... they've worked with some of the greats. You can't deny the actual caliber of the writing and acting."            "It's great to see two British comedy actors sticking to their British roots doing that kind of humor you would have expected from a Python."            "They reminded me of Fry & Laurie.... it has that surrealness."            "Brian Forbes, a great show and a lot of fun! Cheers to Dave & Tom!"

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Procedural à la Python: On SAFETY GEEKS: SVI – The WEB TV Movie              Web to Watch

"It definitely exemplifies Dave & Tom’s credo:  “silly comedy for smart people.” "All the actors do a really good job. Their performances are quirky and consistent. So much delicious awkwardness." "a unique environment. It lent its self to humor you normally only see in animated shows." "...most laughs came from non-sequiturs and witty one-liners, of which there are many." "Verdict: In the spirit of the show, it gave me a comedic erection. One that lasted over 8 hours."              

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Invention With Brian Forbes              93Studios Screening Room              - Steve Spaulding            

Bottom Line: The Internet is filled with sketch comedy, some of it good, most of it pretty painful, but rarely do you see a show that hearkens back to the best of Flying Circus while still managing to stay relevant. Invention with Brian Forbes is a dry, acid-tongued sketch web series that will leave you laughing from minute one.

Great writing, awkward pauses and strong acting ties Invention together making it a treat to watch.

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Webisode Clack - Safety Geeks: SVI              Clique Clack              - Brett Love

"The creators have described the show as “a nice mix of surreal Adult Swim humor with a Monty Python take on CSI, Missing, Without a Trace, NCIS etc..” While I hesitate to compare anyone to Monty Python, because they are legends, that description is well stated. The show is very funny, full of one-liners, and often flying off the rails into the completely absurd. If you’re an Adult Swim or Monty Python person, it should be right in your wheelhouse."

"The actions of the team range from odd, to stupid, all with huge helpings of cheese. And I mean that in the best possible way. It’s all great fun to watch."

"That cheesiness also extends to the look of the show. Clearly a lot of time and effort has gone into the effects used, and they take on a quality that I would call fantastically bad. That’s not bad in the sense of not being good. It’s bad in the sense that many of the effects are so cheesy that they are almost as absurd as the story we’re watching. To that end, they fit perfectly, and just add to the experience."

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Safety Geeks: SVI              93Studios Screening Room              - Steve Spaulding

"Raunchy, wacky and filled up to the brim with one-liners, Safety Geeks SVI is an object lesson in High Camp and a real must-watch for anyone who likes their comedy with a great, big dollop of outrageousness."

"Safety Geeks SVI has some of the best special effects I’ve seen in a web series."

"All in all, this is a show that deserves your attention. It’s timing, sense of humor and overall feel put it on the list of top tier web comedies."

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             Safety Geeks: SVI              VisioWeb.tv              - Alec Corday              "...mainstream appeal with its one-liners, non-sequiturs and black humor."  "Much of the humor derives not so much from safety and lack thereof but from the wacky characters played by seasoned actors all around."  "hilarious... a lot of fun...."  "Very much noteworthy is also the execution of the show."

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Invention with Brian Forbes              VisioWeb.tv              - Alec Corday

"...outrageous inventions that will leave you ROFLing..." "...inventions so out to lunch, they could only have come from the brilliant minds of two Anglophiles, Dave & Tom." "The acting is superb and the simplicity of the settings rely solely on the writing… no fancy sets or props. It’s the jokes and the actors who carry it along. And it works. We’re dealing with professionals and there is no questioning that."

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Webseries: Invention with Brian Forbes              Pink Raygun              - Melissa Voelker

"...hilariously loony ...consistently funny" "This series is very well written." "The two leads play off each other very well and together they make a great comedy duo. It was really easy to watch each webisode back to back and not lose interest. And I continued laughing until the very end, which proves that this show handles its simple but funny concept really well."            

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Safety Geeks: SVI - Entertainment Review              MyNerdGirl.com>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>              - Sidney Cozzaglio              

"It's witty and mindless all at once."

"I would say this show was definitely made by fans of the likes of Monty Python, Shawn of the Dead, and Robot Chicken."            

"It is silly. I can think of no better word to describe it. The 'over the top' situations and characters poke fun at shows like CSI and, I think, The A Team and the archetypes we find in modern crime dramas.  This show is the sort of thing that Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin did in the 60's and 70's (with) Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies."            

I have to agree with their flier. If you like shows like Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, or even Spaced, and movies like Blazing Saddles and National Lampoon's European Vacation you will likely enjoy this web show."

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Web TV Review: Safety Geeks: SVI                        BLOGCRITICS VIDEO                         - Mary K. Williams

"new and edgy comedy...funny stuff"

"similar in sensibilities to Family Guy or Adult Swim content (read funny, but un-PC adult humor)"

"the right mix of cool and goofy."

"They bring the funny in a very geeky but delightful package and make this reviewer impatient for more."

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Dave and Tom Send Up CSI in ‘Safety Geeks’              Tilzy.TV>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>              - Ana Hurka-Robles

"The team’s website boasts an impressive array of of video content."

"Safety Geeks:SVI appears to be Dave and Tom’s bid for the big leagues."

"The tone is old-school British sketch comedy in every way, combining the silliness of Monty Python with the innocently naughty Boobs ‘n’ Underwear humor of Benny Hill."

"Dave and Tom have proven skill at taking down the self-serious..."

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Eye-on-Lesser-Known-Web-Series                LG15 Today

"Thunderbirds meets Larry from OSHA by way of CSI."

"stars memorable actress Brittney Powell in a bust out role..."

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Dave & Tom's Online Comedy              NewTeeVee>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Editor's Rating:              - Julia Diddy

"It’s nigh impossible to discuss Dave & Tom without invoking England’s mighty Monty Python."

"...this double act plays like vintage Flying Circus..."

"...comedy writ large with an almost swashbuckling sense of wordplay and whimsy."

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           The Archaeology of Comedy            BLOGCRITICS MAGAZINE               - Mary K. Williams

"Archaeology of Comedy is a great discovery in the world of humor."

"Where have Dave and Tom been hiding themselves?"

"superb writing and comedic acting"

"Beeler is charming"

"Konkle is completely brilliant"            

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Dave              and Tom in              GOOD NIGHT:

BACKSTAGE              WEST              -Polly              Warfield

"...creme de la              creme of comedy."

"Wittily penned              and performed by David Beeler and Tom Konkle..."

"These              two are worthy successors to the comedy mantles of the greats..."

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L.A.              WEEKLY            -              Paul Birchall

"...gleeful              and quick-witted..."

"...intense              and tightly honed..."

"...writer-performers              David Beeler and Tom Konkle capture the geniality and goofiness              of the late, great masters..."

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Dave              and Tom in Lester McFwap:

THE              HOLLYWOOD REPORTER            -              Rich Mintzer             "One of the most promising up-and-coming troupes..." "The well educated, Monty Python-influenced quintet offers              a more cerebral approach, bucking the improv-based norm with carefully              scripted routines that move beyond the day's news."  

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             L.A. WEEKLY            -              Terry Morgan               "Surreal, intelligent and very funny."                

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                             THE              NO HO NEWS              -Rick              Parsons               "I have seen the future of sketch comedy and it is in very              capable hands." "Put simply, Lester McFwap (is) the best sketch comedy group              I've seen live in Los Angeles. Their show called 'Hold for Incontinence'              was some of the funniest written and brilliantly performed comedy              I've seen live since Monty Python played The Hollywood Bowl."               "Clearly, the near capacity audience loved Lester McFwap..."               "This group deserves to find an outlet for their obvious talent              as sketch performers and writers." "Fans of Monty Python and Peter Cook can rest easy, Lester              McFwap is the American invasion poised to continue the tradition              of classic sketch comedy."                

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                                           THE              COMIC BIBLE              -              Maryann Piero               "If sketch comedy is your forte, these guys are a must see.              With their own twist added to a Pythonesque style, Lester McFwap              portray the embodiment of intelligent humor for everyone. Always              a hit, their collective goal is to make people laugh and I'd say              they've more than reached that plateau..."                              

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                             THE ENCINO NEWS            -              Penny McGuiggan               "It's an intellectual, absurdist, and stylized comedic approach              to some cerebral material...it works!"                              

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                                           THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE              -              Marc Savlov               "By far the most intellectual comic entourage I'd seen in just              about forever, the group (four men, one woman) relies heavily on              the 'so stupid, it's genius' formula honed by early-seventies Brit-wits              such as Peter Cook and the Monty Python gang." "By far the most intellectual comic entourage I'd seen in just              about forever, the group relies heavily on the "so stupid it's              genius" formula honed by Brit-wits such as Peter Cook and the              Monty Python gang...worthy of a gold medal for originality...inspired...a              good time was had by all."

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Dave              and Tom in Beyond the Fringe:

LA              WEEKLY            - Tom Frykman                          Performing this stylized, absurdity material can only come from              a labor of love, and the cast executes it flawlessly. If you shut              your eyes, you can feel the comic rhythms of Cook, Moore and Monty              Python.

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Jennifer Lawrence is one of the world's most generously compensated on-screen characters since 2016, Jennifer Shrader Lawrence, is an American performer who is right now managing Hollywood. She has been named four times for the Academy Award, taking the Oscar home in the classification of 'On-screen character in a Leading Role' for the motion picture 'Silver Linings Playbook' at just 22 years, the second most youthful to ever get an Oscar for 'Best Actress'. Her films net more than 600 million dollars every year, all things considered, they have crossed 5 billion dollars. She has beaten a portion of the uber-stars of Tinseltown to secure a net estimation of more than 46 million dollars. Since her school days, she has performed at plays and musicals. Her exhibitions advanced with time and were inevitably spotted by the media business in her youngsters. In two or three years she progressed from TV to the extra large screen with critical parts, for example, 'Persona' in 'X-Men' and 'Katniss Everdeen' in the 'Appetite Games'. Jennifer Lawrence is one of Hollywood's most flexible and gifted performing artists. She isn't known to keep down; she is vocal and states her assessment by and large. Lawrence is a firm women's activist and giver, spreading sex correspondence, and fiscally helping different establishments for the underestimated. 

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Jennifer Lawrence began her film acting vocation with Hollywood Film 'Garden Party' (2008) and Her First TV Serial 'Organization Town' (2006). In 2010, She previously showed up in a Music Video 'The Mess I Made'. Lawrence rose to notoriety for her movies, Hunger Games Film Series, X-Men: First Class, Garden Party, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, Joy and the TV serials, The Bill Engvall Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Saturday Nights Live and so on. 

Jennifer Lawrence Age 28 Years Old, She conceived in Indian Hills, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Her Father Name is Gary Lawrence, who filled in as a development specialist and won a solid development for Lawrence and Associates and Her Mother Name is Karen Lawrence, who is Children's Camp Manager. She has two senior siblings named, Ben and Blaine. Jennifer Lawrence is unmarried and She right now singles however she had an illicit relationship with Graham Patrick Martin, Nicholas Hoult and Christ Martin in her past. She has a place with a Christian family, Her Ethnicity White and Her Zodiac Sign is Leo. 

Jennifer Lawrence Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) and Weight 63 Kg (139 Pounds). Her Body Measurements are 35-26-36 inches like she has hourglass-formed wellness. Jennifer Lawrence abdomen estimate 26 inches and hip size 36 inch. She has blue shading eyes and blonde shading hair. 

Childhood⤵ 

Jennifer appeared in suburbia of Louisville, Kentucky, in the group of development organization proprietor Gary Lawrence and Karen Koch, a camp director for kids. The infant was the third kid in the family. Her senior siblings' names are Ben and Blaine Lawrence. 

Jennifer was enamored with the sport since she was a child. She was a team promoter colleague, a softball school and a field hockey colleague. The young lady was keen on the plan. She likewise participated in beginner show exhibitions. All things considered, she never needed to end up an expert on-screen character. She intended to make a profession in solution. 

There was just a single place where she believed she shone the best - in front of an audience. She adored acting and would take an interest in various plays in chapel and school.

While holidaying in New York, she was spotted by a picture taker who made courses of action with promotion and TV organizations for her. She was just fourteen, subsequent, only her mom was wary and questioned a vocation in acting. 

At long last with steadiness, she asked for her mom to sign her on with the CESD Talent Agency. Her folks concurred, however, the condition put before she was that she should first graduate from secondary school. She wound up graduating two years previously the finishing of secondary school to seek after her vocation. 

PROFESSIONAL START ⤵

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); She got her leap forward in 2006 when she showed up in the network show 'Organization Town'. Following her TV make a big appearance she featured in numerous sitcoms in minor visitor parts. The things have changed its normal course in 2004. This was the time when 14-year-old Jennifer touched base in New York for her spring break. The family was walking around the city when an outsider came up to them and approached Jennifer for a shot. As he waved farewell, he approached her folks for the telephone number. A day or two ago the young lady was welcome to a throwing in the Abercrombie and Fitch attire mark business. 

Her character 'Lauren' in 'The Bill Engvall Show' handled her a TV arrangement that kept running for three seasons. She was widely praised by esteemed magazines and got her first honor for her execution in the show. 

In 2008, her presentation film 'Garden Party' was propelled. That year Guillermo Arriaga marked her own for 'The Burning Pain'. Her depiction of the oldest little girl of a medication someone who is an addicted mother in 'The Poker House' fixed her destiny in the business.

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); That next summer Lawrence, the lesser youngster, spent in NYC either. A wonder was welcome to shoot for the show activity «The Devil You Know» with Rosamund Pike featuring a main part. Jennifer played out Rosamund's character in adolescence. In any case, the watchers saw her in this part considerably later. This is clarified by the late debut of the photo, which was put off on 8 years because of the absence of financing. 

Jennifer got such a great amount of included by the film creation that the Lawrence family moved to Los Angeles in the wake of the shooting. They needed to hold near the worldwide film industry focus, with the goal that the young lady couldn't shroud her light under a bushel. Appearance parts in the TV-arrangement «Monk», «Medium», and «Cold Case» won Jennifer her way to the eminence. In 2007, the main part in «The Bill Engvall Show» took after. 

The following checkpoint in Jennifer's profession was a show «The Beaver» with Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson featuring. At first, Norah part was expected for Kristen Stewart. All things considered, the «Twilight» star was not able to locate an extra time in her bustling calendar. Along these lines, Lawrence acknowledged the offer. Inspiring and brimming with light anguish, the photo varied from her past. However, the on-screen character's fans loved it. 

In 2010, the young lady won a chance to express a female courageous woman, a chameleon young lady named Mystique or Raven in the science fiction experience activity «X: First Class». Jennifer name was posted in titles in accordance with such Hollywood experts as Kevin Bacon, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and Rose Byrne. 

PROFESSION PATH⤵ 

THE HUNGER GAMES In 2011, the movie executive Gary Ross chose to screen Suzanne Collins novel «The Hunger Games». The novel describes a merciless convention, received by a dystopian culture, fixated on superstition: 24 young people participate in «the hunger games», the genuine fight for survival that is composed every year.

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The scan for the main performing artist took an incredible sheer of time. Gary Ross and the author reviewed twelve of young ladies in would like to locate the just a single. They considered Emma Roberts excessively «ecstatic», Dakota Fanning annoyingly well known, Kaya Scodelario didn't adapt to the errand, Emily Browning didn't much try to peruse the novel, Shailene Woodley was coordinated by them into «Divergent». Accordingly, the movie executives picked Hailee Steinfeld. They stated: «Not that she was precisely the individual that we are searching for, however, something is superior to nothing… ». 

Grasping Stardom⤵ 

In 2010, she acted in 'Winter's Bone', her execution as a powerless yet dauntless multi-year old young lady took her ability to the Oscars, where she was assigned as 'Best Actress', however, she didn't win the honor, her selection was sufficient to get her profession in the spotlight. 

In the wake of acting in 'Like Crazy' and 'The Beaver', she was offered 'X-Men: First Class' in 2011 by Matthew Vaughn. She splendidly depicted the restrictions and ability that the character required. 

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Following the X-Men feat, she was offered a film arrangement that set her among the tip-top of the business. 'The Hunger Games' in which she plays 'Everdeen' a film set in a dystopian future, was only a hint of a greater challenge. 

The part was requesting physically for which she prepared in yoga, bows and arrows, tree climbing and battle. At first, she was reluctant yet with the help of her mom she pushed her cutoff points.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE – PRIVATE LIFE⤵ 

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In 2011-2013, Jennifer Lawrence was dating Nicholas Hoult, who was her partner on the shooting phase of «X-Men» (the on-screen character played the mutant named the Beast).

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In 2014, the performer was seen in open associations with the pioneer of «Coldplay» band, Chris Martin. The relationship endured until the late spring of 2015. 

In March 2016, Jennifer was gotten in a relationship with a 47-year-old movie executive Darren Aronofsky. It is realized that before he acknowledged her and Javier Bardem for the main parts in another venture, which list isn't reported yet. 

Winning Oscar⤵ 

Subsequent to accepting awards for her awesome projection of an activity star in X-Men and Hunger Games, she went up against a more calm part with a character named 'Tiffany Maxwell' in the sentimental dramatization 'Silver Linings Playbook'.

 David O. Russell marked her on after she tried out for him over 'Skype'. He shared his restraints about her being excessively youthful for such a mind boggling part, however, she persuaded him that she could do the part. 

Staying by her pledge, she conveyed a remarkable execution in the motion picture and won an Oscar for the 'Best Performance as an Actress in a Leading Role'. 

The spin-off of the 'Yearning Games' arrangement, 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' earned just about 865 million dollars in the cinematic world, turning into her most noteworthy gross discharge. 

In 2013, her execution in 'American Hustle' as the psychotic spouse, 'Rosalyn Rosenfeld', by and by won her numerous honors in the classification of a supporting performer, including a selection at the Oscars. 

A Promising Career⤵ 

In 2014 two of her movies 'Serena' and 'X-men: Days of the Past' discharged. Both did genuinely well, giving her acknowledgment for her momentous acting in the movies. Taken after by her execution in Mockingjay – Part 1 and 2, the last arrangement to the 'Craving Games'. 

With her execution in 'Satisfaction' in 2015, Lawrence stood tall as an on-screen character. An Oscar assignment for the same, titled her as the most youthful craftsman to ever get four designations for the Academy Awards. 

The following year she portrayed 'A Beautiful Planet', played 'Persona' in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' and went about as 'Aurora Lane' in the Sci-Fi 'Travelers', the third film's storyline didn't do well in the cinema world, however, her acting was perceived in the motion picture. 

2017 to 2018 will see Lawrence star in a blending execution in the movie 'Mother' coordinated by Darren Aronofsky, she will play a covert agent in 'Red Sparrow'. With her most anticipated movie, 'Ill will' coordinated by Adam McKay in the line. 

Significant Works⤵ 

Her parts in 'Silver Linings Playbook', 'Appetite Games' and 'Satisfaction' have left an enduring impact on the universe of the film. Every one of the three films have traversed diverse occasions in her profession up until this point, with 'Happiness' being her most recent discharge, demonstrating a relentless diagram. 

Lawrence has stretched out help to a few magnanimous projects, for example, 'Encouraging America', Thirst Project' and 'Accomplish Something'. In 2015, she raised assets for 'Exceptional Olympics World Summer Games' by screening 'Serena'. 

Honors and Achievements⤵ 

She won the most recognized honor as an on-screen character by winning herself an Oscar for her part in 'Silver Linings Playbook', commentators everywhere throughout the globe acclaimed her acting abilities naming her the best entertainer of the present age. 

She got the Golden Globe Award in two classifications. In 2012 and 2015 she won "Best Actress" for 'Silver Linings Playbook' and 'Delight' separately. 2013 saw her getting Best Actress in Supporting Role for the film, 'American Hustle'. 

In her profession, she has earned six People's Choice Awards for 'X-Men' and the 'Appetite Games', a Satellite Award and Saturn Award. 

Individual Life and Legacy⤵ 

In 2010, she started dating Nicholas Hoult, they were a standout amongst the most discussed couples. Nonetheless, gossipy tidbits about them getting married were smashed when they separated in 2014.

Jennifer was hauled into a humiliating circumstance when a few her bare photos were spilled. She denounced the distributor and essayist, considering the spillage a "sex wrongdoing" as the photos were close to home and not implied for open dissemination. Be that as it may, she immediately recuperated from the occurrence. 

Directly living at Beverly Hills, California, Jennifer has begun 'Jennifer Lawrence Foundation'. She gave an entirety of 2 million dollars for the portion of a heart emergency unit Kosair Children's Hospital. 

JENNIFER LAWRENCE NOW⤵

In 2016, Jennifer took a shot at the task «X-Men: Apocalypse». She kept the part of a blue-cleaned Mystic or Raven Darkholme.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In the meantime, she with Chris Pratt and Michael Sheen participated in the shooting for another business scale venture called «Passengers». In this film, Jennifer previously showed up in a bed scene. 

Jennifer Lawrence Interesting Facts⤵ 

Jennifer Lawrence was conceived in Indian Hills, Louisville, Kentucky, the USA to Gary Lawrence, was a development specialist and proprietor of a development firm Lawrence and Associates and Children's Camp Manager, Karen Lawrence. 

She has two senior siblings named, Ben and Blaine. 

She was self-taught in her essential training and after that, she concentrated multi-year sooner with secondary schools. 

She began her film acting profession with Film 'Garden Party' (2008) and Her First TV Serial 'Organization Town' (2006). 

Jennifer Lawrence is Unmarried and Currently, the relationship is single however she dated with Graham Patrick Martin, Nicholas Hoult and Chris Martin in her past. 

She rose to popularity for her part as Katniss Everdeen in the Film 'Craving Games' arrangement and she turned into the most elevated netting activity courageous woman for his film acting execution. 

She earned BAFTA Best Actress for Award for film Hustle. 

Jennifer has gotten a few honors like three Golden Globes Award for the part as film Joy. 

She is the most youthful on-screen character to have won four assignments for Academy Award. 

In 2010, the People Magazine recorded her for 'The Most Beautiful People in the World rundown'. 

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SALARY⤵

Winter's Bone (2010)              $3,000 seven days (scale) 

X: First Class (2011)            $250,000 

The Hunger Games (2012)    $500,000 or more lifts that equivalent to $1,000,000 

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) $10,000,000 

American Hustle (2013)                                 $1,250,000 + 7% net point 

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)         $6,000,000 

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) $7,500,000 

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) $7,500,000 

Satisfaction (2015) $15,000,000 

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) $8,000,000 

Travelers (2016) $20,000,000 

Mother! (2017) $8,000,000 

Red Sparrow (2018) $15,000,000

Trivia⤵

She survived two deadly mishaps as a kid when she was just year and a half she was thumped over by an auto. A couple of years after the fact she cracked her tailbone in the wake of tumbling off a running pony. 

For her part in Winter's Bone (2010), she figured out how to skin squirrels, hack wood, and battle. 

Plays guitar⤵

Lawrence was found by a picture taken while visiting New York with her mom in 2005, which prompted her finding a specialist. 

Is the third most youthful Oscar candidate for the best performing artist in the main part, at age 20 years, 163 days. Just Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), at age 9 years, 135 days, and Keisha Castle-Hughes for Whale Rider (2002), at age 13 years, 309 days, were more youthful, at the date of designations declaration. 

She's an immense enthusiast of Jeff Bridges and found the opportunity to meet him at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con. Lawrence moved toward him, not understanding he was amidst a meeting with Entertainment Tonight (1981) and rushed away. Scaffolds saw and quickly got back to her. The journalist at that point gave a captivated Lawrence the amplifier and welcomed her to assume control over the meeting. 

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Has showed up in two Sundance Grand Jury Prize victors in succession: Winter's Bone (2010) and Like Crazy (2011). 

Named one of People magazine's Most Beautiful People in the World (2011). 

Named one of Variety magazine's Top Ten Actors to Watch (2010). 

Positioned #10 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2011 rundown. 

Positioned #47 in Ask men's best 99 "most alluring" ladies of 2012. 

Voted by her class as "Generally Talkative". 

Great companions with Josh Hutcherson, her co-star from The Hunger Games (2012). They are both Kentucky locals. 

Named as having the "Sexiest eyes" by Victoria's Secret What Is Sexy rundown (2012). 

Her dad had a solid development firm, Lawrence and Associates, and her mom runs a kids' camp. 

For her part as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (2012), she worked out two times every day and honed bows and arrows. 

She has depicted the little girl of Paula Malcomson twice - in a 2007 scene of the TV arrangement Cold Case: A Dollar, a Dream (2007) and in The Hunger Games (2012). 

(November 30, 2012) Named "Performer of the Year", alongside Ben Affleck, by Entertainment Weekly. 

Is a characteristic blonde. She colored her hair dark colored for her part in The Hunger Games (2012). 

Positioned #1 in Ask men's main 99 "most attractive"well-known ladies of 2013 rundown. 

Conveyed her folks as her date to the 70th Golden Globe Awards in the wake of saying a final farewell to her beau Nicholas Hoult. 

Turned into the second most youthful beneficiary of the Best Actress Oscar after winning the honor for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) on February 24, 2013 (age 22); the most youthful beneficiary is Marlee Matlin, who won for Children of a Lesser God (1986) on March 30, 1987 (age 21). 

By age 23, she turned into the most youthful on-screen character to be designated for three Oscars, including two of them for driving part, one of which she won. 

Is the third Oscar-winning Actress to show up in the X-Men films, the others being Anna Paquin and Halle Berry. Each of the three will seem together in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). 

Named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World (2013). 

She has English, German, Irish, Scottish, and remote French, parentage. 

All inclusive and Imagine reported in fall 2013 that she will be cast to assume the part of Cathy Ames in a possible change of the film East of Eden (1955), itself in light of the great 1952 novel by John Steinbeck. The revamp will be coordinated by The Hunger Games (2012) plan Gary Ross and will comprise of two sections and two motion pictures. Her part will be highlighted in the main film. 

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Her adoration for Doritos chips made her stain a few dresses while on the arrangement of American Hustle (2013), almost destroying them all the while. The closet division tackled this issue by making various indistinguishable dresses for her to use all through the generation so she would dependably have a spotless one to wear. 

Was the 141st on-screen character to get an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) at The Oscars (2013) on February 24, 2013. 

Positioned #5 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2014 rundown. 

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); On the arrangement of The Hunger Games (2012), she appeared to set two or three times with a similar blood and scar cosmetics from the day preceding. Along these lines, Elizabeth Banks gave her the moniker Katpiss Neverclean. 

Said in a meeting that since she and The Hunger Games (2012) co-star Josh Hutcherson are such great companions, she chose to purchase a house down the road from him. 

Shut 2014 as the most elevated netting performer of the year in Hollywood, her motion pictures having earned over $1.4 billion worldwide in the cinema world (Forbes magazine). 

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Was among the general population influenced by the hack of private pictures of different VIPs, for the most part, ladies, and with many containing nakedness, which were posted on the site 4chan and where later disseminated by other Internet systems. The occasion was nicknamed "The Fappening" by the media. The hack began entire new exchanges about security in the Internet age and additionally individuals unjustifiably and superfluously reprimanding the casualties for taking the photos in any case and putting them on their PC gadgets. In a meeting with Vogue magazine in 2014, Lawrence remarked on the hacks out of the blue: "It's anything but an embarrassment. It is a sex wrongdoing [...] It is a sexual infringement. It's sickening. The law should be changed, and we have to change.". 

She gave her Oscar to her folks, who keep it in their home in Louisville, Kentucky since she felt "odd" having it in her own home. 

Is one of 25 on-screen characters who has gotten an Academy Award for their execution in a parody; hers being for (Silver Linings Playbook (2012)). The others in sequential request, are: Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night (1934)), Loretta Young (The Farmer's Daughter (1947)), Josephine Hull (Harvey (1950)), Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday (1950)), Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday (1953)), Goldie Hawn (Cactus Flower (1969)), Glenda Jackson (A Touch of Class (1973)), Lee Grant (Shampoo (1975)), Diane Keaton (Annie Hall (1977)), Maggie Smith (California Suite (1978)), Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard (1980)), Jessica Lange (Tootsie (1982)), Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck (1987)), Cher (Moonstruck (1987)), Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy (1989)), Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King (1991)), Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny (1992)), Dianne Wiest (Bullets Over Broadway (1994)), Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite (1995)), Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996)), Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets (1997)), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love (1998)), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love (1998)), and Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)). 

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2018 New Releases

I love finding new releases. There’s something just so satisfying (and smug) about being one of the first to read an amazing book before everyone else. I often like to trawl the web and find out about the new books and debuts that pique my interest and note them down, because who doesn’t love a good list right???

So here are the first 10 books to be released in 2018 that I have my eye on.

Glass Town by Steven Savile - UK release 13 January 2018 (Fantasy) - St Martin’s Press

“ In 1926, two brothers both loved Eleanor Raines, a promising young actress from the East End of London. But, along with Seth Lockwood, she disappeared, never to be seen again. Isaiah, Seth’s younger brother, refused to accept that she was just gone. It has been seventy years since and the brothers are long dead. But now their dark, twisted secret, threatens to tear the city apart. Seth made a bargain with Damiola, an illusionist, to make a life size version of his most famous trick, and hide away part of London to act as a prison out of sync with our time, where one year passes as one hundred. That illusion is Glass Town. And now its walls are failing. Reminiscent of Clive Barker’s Weaveworld and Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, Savile brings out the magic in the everyday. Glass Town is full of gritty urban landscapes, realistic characters, conflict, secrets, betrayals, magic, and mystery.”

Swan Song by Kerry Andrew - UK release 25 January 2018 (Literary Fiction) - Jonathan Cape

“ In this stunningly assured, immersive and vividly atmospheric first novel, a young woman comes face-to-face with the volatile, haunted wilderness of the Scottish Highlands. Polly Vaughan is trying to escape the ravaging guilt of a disturbing incident in London by heading north to the Scottish Highlands. As soon as she arrives, this spirited, funny, alert young woman goes looking for drink, drugs and sex – finding them all quickly, and unsatisfactorily, with the barman in the only pub. She also finds a fresh kind of fear, alone in this eerie, myth-drenched landscape. Increasingly prone to visions or visitations – floating white shapes in the waters of the loch or in the woods – she is terrified and fascinated by a man she came across in the forest on her first evening, apparently tearing apart a bird. Who is this strange loner? And what is his sinister secret? Kerry Andrew is a fresh new voice in British fiction; one that comes from a deep understanding of the folk songs, mythologies and oral traditions of these islands. Her powerful metaphoric language gives Swansong a charged, hallucinatory quality that is unique, uncanny and deeply disquieting,”

The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar - UK release 25 January 2018 (Historical Fiction/Magical Realism) - Harvill Secker

“One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock’s marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on… and a courtesan of great accomplishment. This meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course, on which they will learn that priceless things come at the greatest cost. Where will their ambitions lead? And will they be able to escape the destructive power mermaids are said to possess? In this spell-binding story of curiosity and obsession, Imogen Hermes Gowar has created an unforgettable jewel of a novel, filled to the brim with intelligence, heart and wit.”

The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin - UK release 1 February 2018 (Historical Fiction) - Hodder & Stoughton

“ The year is 1831 Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and no one is willing to speak out on behalf of the city’s vulnerable poor as they disappear from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible. When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she leaps at the chance to improve her station in life under the tutelage of the fiercely intelligent and mysterious Rebekah Brock. But whispers from her past slowly begin to poison her new life and both she and Rebekah are lured into the most sinister of investigations. Hester and Rebekah find themselves crossing every boundary they’ve ever known in pursuit of truth, redemption and passion. But their trust in each other will be tested as a web of deceit begins to unspool, dragging them into the blackest heart of a city where something more depraved than either of them could ever imagine is lurking … “

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - UK release 8 February 2018 (Mystery) - Raven Books

“A brilliantly original high concept murder mystery from a fantastic new talent: Gosford Park meets Inception, by way of Agatha Christie ‘Somebody’s going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won’t appear to be a murder and so the murderer won’t be caught. Rectify that injustice and I’ll show you the way out.’ It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed. But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden – one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party – can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot. The only way to break this cycle is to identify the killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is determined to prevent him ever escaping Blackheath…”

The Coffin Path by Katherine Clements - UK release 8 February 2018 (Gothic/Horror) - Headline Review 

“ The Coffin Path by Katherine Clements is an eerie and compelling seventeenth-century ghost story set on the dark wilds of the Yorkshire moors. For fans of Michelle Paver and Sarah Waters, this gothic tale will weave its way into your imagination and chill you to the bone. ‘The vibrant new voice of historical fiction’ - Suzannah Dunn. Mercy Booth has lived at Scarcross, the old hall just off the coffin path, for all her life. The moors and the house are in her blood - and her soul. Ellis Ferreby is a mysterious, unpredictable outsider who arrives there unexpectedly and finds himself increasingly drawn into her world. But the house holds a tainted history. And the moor top hides something far darker…”

The Sealwoman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson - UK release 8 February 2018 (Historical Fiction) - Two Roads

“ In 1627 Barbary pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted some 400 of its people, including 250 from a tiny island off the mainland. Among the captives sold into slavery in Algiers were the island pastor, his wife and their three children. Although the raid itself is well documented, little is known about what happened to the women and children afterwards. It was a time when women everywhere were largely silent. In this brilliant reimagining, Sally Magnusson gives a voice to Ásta, the pastor’s wife. Enslaved in an alien Arab culture Ásta meets the loss of both her freedom and her children with the one thing she has brought from home: the stories in her head. Steeped in the sagas and folk tales of her northern homeland, she finds herself experiencing not just the separations and agonies of captivity, but the reassessments that come in any age when intelligent eyes are opened to other lives, other cultures and other kinds of loving. The Sealwoman’s Gift is about the eternal power of storytelling to help us survive. The novel is full of stories - Icelandic ones told to fend off a slave-owner’s advances, Arabian ones to help an old man die. And there are others, too: the stories we tell ourselves to protect our minds from what cannot otherwise be borne, the stories we need to make us happy.”

Folk by Zoe Gilbert - UK release 8 February 2018 (Fantasy/Literary Fiction) - Bloomsbury

“ Every year they gather, while the girls shoot their arrows and the boys hunt them out. The air is riddled with spiteful shadows - the wounds and fears and furies of a village year. On a remote and unforgiving island lies a village unlike any other: Neverness. A girl is snatched by a water bull and dragged to its lair, a babe is born with a wing for an arm and children ask their fortunes of an oracle ox. While the villagers live out their own tales, enchantment always lurks, blighting and blessing in equal measure. Folk is a dark and sinuous debut circling the lives of one generation. In this world far from our time and place, the stories of the islanders interweave and overlap, their own folklore twisting fates and changing lives. A captivating, magical and haunting debut novel of breathtaking imagination, from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award.”

The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale - UK release 8 February 2018 (Fantasy/Historical Fiction) - Del Rey

“Do you remember when you believed in magic? The Emporium opens with the first frost of winter. It is the same every year. Across the city, when children wake to see ferns of white stretched across their windows, or walk to school to hear ice crackling underfoot, the whispers begin: the Emporium is open! It is 1917, and London has spent years in the shadow of the First World War. In the heart of Mayfair, though, there is a place of hope. A place where children’s dreams can come true, where the impossible becomes possible – that place is Papa Jack’s Toy Emporium. For years Papa Jack has created and sold his famous magical toys: hobby horses, patchwork dogs and bears that seem alive, toy boxes bigger on the inside than out, ‘instant trees’ that sprout from boxes, tin soldiers that can fight battles on their own. Now his sons, Kaspar and Emil, are just old enough to join the family trade. Into this family comes a young Cathy Wray – homeless and vulnerable. The Emporium takes her in, makes her one of its own. But Cathy is about to discover that while all toy shops are places of wonder, only one is truly magical… “

The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller - UK release 13 February 2018 (Fantasy) - Simon & Schuster

“ A thrilling debut from ER doctor turned novelist Tom Miller, The Philosopher’s Flight is an epic historical fantasy set in a World-War-I-era America where magic and science have blended into a single extraordinary art. “Like his characters, Tom Miller casts a spell.” (Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club and The Last Bookaneer) Eighteen-year-old Robert Weekes is a practitioner of empirical philosophy—an arcane, female-dominated branch of science used to summon the wind, shape clouds of smoke, heal the injured, and even fly. Though he dreams of fighting in the Great War as the first male in the elite US Sigilry Corps Rescue and Evacuation Service—a team of flying medics—Robert is resigned to mixing batches of philosophical chemicals and keeping the books for the family business in rural Montana, where his mother, a former soldier and vigilante, aids the locals. When a deadly accident puts his philosophical abilities to the test, Robert rises to the occasion and wins a scholarship to study at Radcliffe College, an all-women’s school. At Radcliffe, Robert hones his skills and strives to win the respect of his classmates, a host of formidable, unruly women. Robert falls hard for Danielle Hardin, a disillusioned young war hero turned political radical. However, Danielle’s activism and Robert’s recklessness attract the attention of the same fanatical anti-philosophical group that Robert’s mother fought years before. With their lives in mounting danger, Robert and Danielle band together with a team of unlikely heroes to fight for Robert’s place among the next generation of empirical philosophers—and for philosophy’s very survival against the men who would destroy it. In the tradition of Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness, Tom Miller writes with unrivaled imagination, ambition, and humor. The Philosopher’s Flight is both a fantastical reimagining of American history and a beautifully composed coming-of-age tale for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.”