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[nightmarefoodauthor]

If you know, you know. A few of these little "easter eggs" are hidden throughout this story, and I can't wait to see who finds them and understands them. If anyone does. I'll leave it at that. ;)

[nathalieskinoblog]

[thishadoscarbuzz]

232 - Waitress

We decided to bring you a slice of joy this week with 2007′s Waitress. Starring Keri Russell as a small town waitress and inventive pie master stuck in a harmful marriage, the heartwarming film would eventually be adapted to the megabit musical with songs from Sara Bareilles. Its beginnings, however, were marked by sadness: in the months before its Sundance premiere, the film’s writer/director/costar Adrienne Shelly was tragically murdered. Waitress won over Sundance, becoming a summer hit for Fox Searchlight and generating praise for both Russell’s performance and Shelly’s delicate tone. However, the film lingered in the shadow of the previous year’s Sundance/Searchlight Oscar success of Little Miss Sunshine despite earning fans.

This episode, we talk about Keri Russell’s career and how Waitress falls between her two definitive television success: Felicity and The Americans. We also discuss the Mickey Mouse Club, the era of movies where characters don’t have abortions, and Celine Dion’s upcoming screen debut.

Topics also include various types of pie, the Sundance Houndog controversy, and the power of Felicity cutting her hair.

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You keep me hangin' on, screening curated by Katarina Sylvan, Cité internationale des arts, Paris (June 11 - 16, 2021)

[jazzdailyblog]

Hank Jones: A Lifetime of Jazz Excellence

Introduction: Hank Jones, born one hundred and six years ago today on July 31, 1918, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, was a prolific American jazz pianist and bandleader whose career spanned over seven decades. Known for his elegant playing style, impeccable technique, and versatility, Jones left an indelible mark on the world of jazz. This blog post delves into his life, career, and legacy,…

[wornoutspines]

Fellow Travelers (Pilot Review) | Love in the time of...Obstacles

I finally got to it and boy oh boy did #FellowTravelers managed to surprise me. #JonathanBailey and #MattBomer are amazing in this show and there's a subtle jock in the pilot that I like. #TVSeries

CAST Thomas Mallon (Novel) & Ron Nyswaner (Creator)Matt BomerJonathan BaileyJelani AlladinAllison Williams Review Bailey and Bomer brought my attention to this show, didn’t know what it was about when inquiring about the book – which was so close to the show’s premiere – that I decided to just jump in. It starts in 1986 in a nice suburban area where we meet Marcus Gaines on his way to visit…

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Very low rez poster 24x36 "One billion served."

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Fats Navarro

Fats Navarro, photograph from the William Gottlieb Collection at the Library of Congress, in the public domain as of 16 February 2010.

Fats Navarro and his ´´greasy´´ influence on modern jazz.

He died at the age of 26. We will know the cause later. For now, let us note that his official name was Theodore. But in the music scene he was better known as Fats, the talented Fats Navarro (1923-1950), born in Florida, USA.

There are no reliable sources to clarify the reason for his nickname. Therefore, it would be a waste of time to investigate who, when or why he began to be called "Fats". A quick hypothesis would be that it was because he was notoriously overweight. A lot of body fat, then. Beyond that there is nothing.

Because of this, little Fats started taking lessons on that instrument at the age of six. From there he tried the saxophone, but his skills did not progress. However, his skills were not progressing, so he tried the trumpet.

Meanwhile, the jazz scene that surrounded the young Navarro in the thirties developed, above all, with the big orchestras that played swing, a danceable musical style composed for the great salons. Those combos brought together more than ten musicians. Wind instruments such as saxophone, trombone and trumpet abounded. For each group there were undoubtedly more than two musicians playing these brass instruments at the same time.

That is, during that decade there were still no solo musicians of any kind who could survive on their own. Therefore, those jazz performers were considered as a subclass within a subclass.

Thus, for example, the band led by Earl Hines had Charlie Parker as saxophonist, Cab Calloway gave work to trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins had Thelonious Monk as pianist; at the same time, Louis Armstrong invited saxophonist Dexter Gordon to some sessions and Fats Navarro even played as a studio musician. That is why the history of jazz still hides talented musicians who unfortunately lived only a short time and did not record their own material, a situation that can be annoying and painful.

However, there were various causes that led to the extinction of the big bands. Thus, in the early 1940s, jazz was turned on its head and bebop emerged as a result.

This was a musical revolution carried out primarily by musicians belonging to different orchestras and not by soloists. What happened was that these less famous musicians relished the opportunity to demonstrate "their" music, "their" skills, and the harder they sounded, the better for everyone.

Moreover, another important factor was that these jazzmen were oblivious to the commercial pressures that plagued the bandleaders of the time. Thus, these secret practitioners of an unpublicised art were free to take this new sound to its ultimate consequences.

So it was that, in his early twenties, Fats Navarro joined none other than Andy Kirk's band Clouds of Joy. Navarro's forcefulness and vitality were evident in the various tones he achieved on the trumpet. For this reason, the following year he replaced the admired Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet in Billy Eckstine's orchestra, considered the first great bebop band.

Undoubtedly, Fats coincided with the best moments of bebop. He was an undisputed driving force behind this new rhythm. In addition, during his short life he worked with New York studio musicians, recording with almost all the leading figures of the time.

Despite being only a few years old, Navarro is considered by his colleagues as the forerunner of the modern trumpet in jazz. And that is no mean feat. His musical contribution is best perceived, above all, in the company of other trumpet players. As an illustrative example in this case, just listen to the 1946 recording with drummer Kenny Clarke's band, the 52nd Street Boys, where he shared trumpet solos with another great, the boper Kenny Dorham. (listen here)

In addition, Fats' great quality as an improviser was his ability to think of long musical phrases and put them together in even longer paragraphs. All within the same melody, without losing the tempo. That is why, with these same traits, there was no other trumpet soloist with his same ability until Clifford Brown.

Thus, Fats Navarro's musical heritage is a complex conceptual globality and the result of a type of music worked in flows, in movements, energies, forces. It is a sound ensemble that at the same time vibrates together with an immense living body. A sharp musical philosopher. A rabid promoter of jazz.

Unfortunately, tuberculosis and his unfortunate heroin addiction ended his life at the age of 26. He recorded no solo albums and there are few sessions of him playing live. Fortunately, though, most of his performances are collected on albums dedicated to him in the form of a tribute, to be listened to in one go as often as necessary.

Listen and enjoy Fats Navarro - Blowing at the Royal Roost ( Full Album ) Recorded - New York: September 13, 1948.

Fats Navarro - Trumpet

Wardell Gray, Allen Eager - Tenor Sax

Tadd Dameron - Piano

Curly Russell - Bass

Kenny Clarke - Drums

Text: José Rivera Guadarrama in NEXOS magazine

[omgellendean]

The text of the letter and names of the celebrities that signed it under the cut.

"October 23, 2023 

Dear President Biden,

We are heartened by Friday’s release of the two American hostages, Judith Ranaan and her daughter Natalie Ranaan and by today’s release of two Israelis, Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, whose husbands remain in captivity.

But our relief is tempered by our overwhelming concern that 220 innocent people, including 30 children, remain captive by terrorists, threatened with torture and death. They were taken by Hamas in the savage massacre of October 7, where over 1,400 Israelis were slaughtered - women raped, families burned alive, and infants beheaded. 

Thank you for your unshakable moral conviction, leadership, and support for the Jewish people, who have been terrorized by Hamas since the group’s founding over 35 years ago, and for the Palestinians, who have also been terrorized, oppressed, and victimized by Hamas for the last 17 years that the group has been governing Gaza.

We all want the same thing: Freedom for Israelis and Palestinians to live side by side in peace. Freedom from the brutal violence spread by Hamas. And most urgently, in this moment, freedom for the hostages. 

We urge everyone to not rest until all hostages are released. No hostage can be left behind. Whether American, Argentinian, Australian, Azerbaijani, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Chilean, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Eritrean, Filipino, French, German, Indian, Israeli, Italian, Kazakh, Mexican, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, South African, Spanish, Sri Lankan, Thai, Ukrainian, Uzbekistani or otherwise, we need to bring them home. 

Sincerely, 

Aaron Bay-Schuck Aaron Sorkin Adam Berkowitz  Adam Goodman Adam Levine Adam & Jackie Sandler Adee Drexler  Alan Grubman Alex Aja Alex Edelman Alexandra Shiva Ali Wentworth Alison Statter Allan Loeb Alona Tal Amy Chozick Amy Pascal Amy Schumer Amy Sherman Palladino Andrew Singer Andy Cohen Angela Robinson Ant Hines Anthony Russo  Antonio Campos Ari Dayan Ari Greenburg Ariel Martin  Arik Kneller Aron Coleite Ashley Levinson Asif Satchu Aubrey Plaza Barbara Hershey Barry Diller Barry Josephson Barry Levinson Barry Rosenstein Beau Flynn Behati Prinsloo Bella Thorne Ben Stiller Ben Turner Ben Winston Ben Younger Billy Crystal Blair Kohan Bob Odenkirk Bobbi Brown Bobby Kotick Brad Falchuk Brad Slater Bradley Cooper Bradley Fischer Brett Gelman Brian Grazer Bridget Everett Brooke Shields Bruna Papandrea Cameron Curtis

Carin Sage Casey Neistat Cazzie David Charles Randolph  Charles Roven Chelsea Handler Chloe Fineman Chris Fischer Chris Jericho Chris Pine Chris Rock Christian Carino Cindi Berger Claire Coffee Colleen Camp Constance Wu Cory Litwin Courteney Cox Craig Silverstein Dame Maureen Lipman Dan Aloni Dan Mazer  Dan Rosenweig Dan Swimer Dana Goldberg Dana Klein Daniel Glass

Daniel Palladino

Danielle Bernstein

Danny A. Abeckaser

Danny Cohen

Danny Strong

Daphne Kastner

David Alan Grier

David Baddiel

David Bernad

David Chang

David Ellison

David Geffen

David Gilmour &

Polly Sampson

David Goodman

David Joseph

David Kohan

David Lowery

David Oyelowo

David Schwimmer

Dawn Porter

Dean Cain Deborah Lee Furness Deborah Snyder Debra Messing Diane Von Furstenberg Donny Deutsch Doug Liman Douglas Chabbott Eddy Kitsis Edgar Ramirez Eli Roth Elisabeth Shue Elizabeth Himelstein Embeth Davidtz Emmanuelle Chriqui  Eric Andre Erik Feig Erin Foster Eugene Levy Evan Jonigkeit Evan Winiker Ewan McGregor Francis Benhamou Francis Lawrence Fred Raskin Gabe Turner Gail Berman Gal Gadot Gary Barber Gene Stupinski Genevieve Angelson Gideon Raff Gina Gershon Ginnifer Goodwin  Grant Singer Greg Berlanti Guy Nattiv Guy Oseary Gwyneth Paltrow Hannah Fidell Hannah Graf Harlan Coben Harold Brown Harvey Keitel Helen Mirren Henrietta Conrad Henry Winkler

Heidi Jo Markel Holland Taylor Howard Gordon Iain Morris Imran Ahmed Inbar Lavi Isla Fisher JD Lifshitz Jack Black Jackie Sandler Jake Graf Jake Kasdan  James Brolin James Corden Jamie Ray Newman Jaron Varsano Jason Blum Jason Fuchs Jason Reitman Jason Segel Jason Sudeikis

Jason Biggs &

Jenny Mollen Biggs

Jeanne Newman

Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Levin

Jeff Rake

Jeffrey Best

Jen Joel

Jennifer Morrison

Jeremy Piven

Jerry Seinfeld 

Jesse Itzler

Jesse Plemons

Jesse Sisgold

Jessica Biel

Jessica Elbaum

Jessica Seinfeld

Jill Littman

Jimmy Carr

Jody Gerson

Joe Hipps

Joe Quinn

Joe Russo

Joe Tippett

Joel Fields 

Joey King

John Landgraf 

John Slattery

Jon Bernthal

Jon Glickman Jon Hamm Jon Harmon Feldman  Jon Liebman Jon Watts Jon Weinbach  Jonathan Baruch Jonathan Groff  Jonathan Marc Sherman Jonathan Ross Jonathan Steinberg Jonathan Tisch Jonathan Tropper Jordan Peele Josh Brolin Josh Charles Josh Dallas Josh Goldstine Josh Greenstein Josh Grode Josh Singer Judd Apatow Judge Judy Sheindlin Julia Fox  Julia Garner Julia Lester  Julianna Margulies Julie Greenwald Julie Rudd Julie Singer  Juliette Lewis Jullian Morris Justin Theroux Justin Timberlake KJ Steinberg Karen Pollock Karlie Kloss Katy Perry Kelley Lynch Kevin Kane Kevin Zegers Kirsten Dunst Kitao Sakurai Kristen Schaal Kristin Chenoweth Lana Del Rey Laura Benanti  Laura Dern Laura Pradelska Lauren Schuker Blum Laurence Mark  Laurie David Lea Michele Lee Eisenberg Leo Pearlman  Leslie Siebert Liev Schreiber Limor Gott  Lina Esco Liz Garbus Lizanne Rosenstein Lizzie Tisch Lorraine Schwartz Lynn Harris Lyor Cohen Madonna Mandana Dayani Mara Buxbaum

Marc Webb

Marco Perego

Maria Dizzia

Mark Feuerstein

Mark Foster

Mark Scheinberg

Mark Shedletsky

Martin Short

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary McCormack

Mathew Rosengart

Matt Geller 

Matt Lucas

Matt Miller

Matthew Bronfman

Matthew Hiltzik

Matthew Weiner

Matti Leshem

Max Mutchnik

Maya Lasry

Meaghan Oppenheimer

Melissa Zukerman

Melissa rudderman 

Michael Aloni Michael Ellenberg Michael Green Michael Rapino Neil Blair Neil Druckmann Neil Paris Nicola Peltz Nicole Avant Nina Jacobson Noa Kirel  Noa Tishby Noah Oppenheim Noah Schnapp Noreena Hertz Octavia Spencer Odeya Rush Olivia Wilde Oran Zegman Orlando Bloom Pasha Kovalev Pattie LuPone Patty Jenkins Paul Haas Paul Pflug Paul & Julie Rudd Peter Baynham  Peter Traugott Rachel Douglas Rachel Riley Rafi Marmor Ram Bergman Raphael Margulies  Rebecca Angelo Rebecca Mall Regina Spektor Reinaldo Marcus Green Rich Statter Richard Jenkins Richard Kind Rick Hoffman Rick Rosen Rita Ora Rob Rinder Robert Newman Roger Birnbaum Roger Green Rosie O’Donnell Ross Duffer Ryan Feldman Sacha Baron Cohen Sam Levinson Sam Trammell Sara Berman Sara Foster Sarah Baker Sarah Bremner Sarah Cooper Sarah Paulson Sarah Treem Scott Braun Scott Braun Scott Neustadter Scott Tenley Sean Combs Sean Levy  Seth Meyers Seth Oster Shannon Watts Shari Redstone Sharon Jackson Sharon Stone Shauna Perlman Shawn Levy Sheila Nevins Shira Haas Simon Sebag Montefiore Simon Tikhman Skylar Astin  Stacey Snider Stephen Fry Steve Agee Steve Rifkind Sting & Trudie Styler  Susanna Felleman Susie Arons  Taika Waititi Thomas Kail Tiffany Haddish Todd Lieberman Todd Moscowitz Todd Waldman Tom Freston Tom Werner Tomer Capone  Tracy Ann Oberman Trudie Styler Tyler Henry Tyler James Williams Tyler Perry Vanessa Bayer  Veronica Grazer Veronica Smiley Whitney Wolfe Herd Will Ferrell Will Graham Yamanieka Saunders Yariv Milchan Ynon Kreiz Zack Snyder Zoe Saldana Zoey Deutch Zosia Mamet

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

Keep Our Honor Bright - NBC - October 4, 1953

A presentation of "Kraft Television Theatre" Season 7 Episode 7

Drama

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Michael Higgins as Matt Matthewson

Joan Potter as Sally

Larry Fletcher as Mr. Matthewson

James Dean as Jim Cooper

Addison Richards as the Dean

Peter Fernandez as Harry (Student Honor Committee)

John Dutra as Ross (student who turns in Jim)

Don Dubbins as Ed (Student Honor Committee)

Jim Hickman as Bill (Student Honor Committee)

Cricket Skilling as Tom (Student Honor Committee)

Jack Finnergan as Ben

Andy Milligan as Hines

Edith Gresham as Nurse

Betty Gibson as Marilyn Biggs

Larry Elliot as News Analyst

George Roy Hill as News Commentator

David White as Mr. Langley (the Board)

Calvin Thomas as Mr. Stone (the Board)

Rusty Lane as Mr. Wilson (the Board)

Richard Bishop as Mr. Baldwin (the Board)

Crahan Denton as Mr. Todd (the Board)

T. J. Sydney as Porter

[nightmarefoodauthor]

The state of mind Andy operates in on a constant basis is something I don't wish upon anyone. Being in a constant battle with two voices that want entirely different things is incredibly difficult, and there is the possibility that you could end up doing something you regret just to make them quiet. I've been there.

[nathalieskinoblog]

[nezoid]

February 2024 recap:

- "Fitting In" screening/Q&A with Maddie Ziegler & Molly Mcglynn

- The George Lucas Talk Show with Tatiana Maslany, Brendan Hines Rich Sommer and Earl

- Jenny Lewis on Jimmy Kimmel Live

- The Last Improv Show with guest monologist David Cross and Nicole Byer, Bobby Moynihan, Dan Black, Carl Tart, Paul Scheer

- Comedy Pole Show with Morgan Jay, Riki Lindhome, Zainab Johnson Christina Calph, Dane Cook, Tia Jax, Teresa William, Adriana Santos, Aqvadiva

- #searchhistoryucb & Spanish Aqui Presents with Marcy Jarreau, Madeline Walter, Dan Lippert, Jon Mackey, Pam Murphy, Raiza Licea, Oscar Montoya, Carlos Santos, Lou Gonzalez Jr.

- The Last Improv Show with guest monologist Andy Richter and Sasheer Zamata, Dan Black, Jon Gabrus, Sarah Claspell, Paul Welsh, John Gemberling

- The People's Choice Awards - Red Carpet with Adam Sandler, Billie Eilish, Sydney Sweeny, Rachel Ziegler, Tom Hiddleston, America Ferrera, Kylie Minogue, The Cast of Grey's Anatomy, Simu Liu, Natasha Bedingfield, Laverne Cox, Ariana Greenblatt, Heidi Klum, Xochitl Gomez, Whitney Cummings, and more!

-@nightlight_k bday celebration

-Stamptown

-Lots of Tallula and Wednesday (including Tallula’s 16th birthday and Valentines day [Wednesday’s first])

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Ahmad Jamal Trio - JAZZ Session 1971

Farewell to the amazing pianist Ahmad Jamal, who passed away a few days ago at the age of 92. We were lucky to have him for as long as we did — and it's great that he was sounding great up to the end. His 2021 (mostly) solo record Ballades is a total pleasure. Jamal was an impeccable, pristine player, his lines always graceful and balletic. He sculpted space, leaving wide-open moments in his music, keeping listeners on the edge of their seats. Breezy as can be often, but also capable of surprising moments of intensity. This 1971 broadcast on French TV is great for its closeups of Jamal's hands dancing across the keys. What a gift.

Ahmad Says: The fact is that all Pittsburghers are uniquely different. No one plays piano like Erroll Garner. No one plays bass like Ray Brown. No one plays piano like Earl Hines. No one plays drums like Art Blakey. No one plays saxophone like Stanley Turrentine. We all have ushered in a different era that’s just one of the unique phenomena of Pittsburgh. No one danced like Gene Kelly. No one interpreted Liszt quite like Earl Wild. Lorin Maazel, the conductor, is from Pittsburgh too. Andy Warhol is from Pittsburgh. It goes on and on. It’s very difficult for me to exhaust the list but all of us are different and unique so it’s just a phenomenon that all of us have a different approach. This is a thing that happened to me as a result of growing up there; I followed that same pattern. 

[uhlikzsuzsanna]

Jimmy Kimmel Live! promo 2023.01.17

Celebrities dramatize a REAL exchange from the Nextdoor App

Nextdoor Theatre clip (for context) starts at 10:00, Tom's part is at 11:13

"...our latest edition of Nextdoor Theatre with help from Natalie Portman, Steven Yeun, Hannah Waddingham, Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Banks, Rupert Friend, Andy Garcia, Dana Carvey, Taron Egerton, Cheryl Hines, Phoebe Robinson, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Ribeiro, Rhea Seehorn, Kumail Nanjiani, Kevin Bacon & Kaitlin Olson. "

[totallyhussein-blog]

Jingle your bells with these laugh out loud Christmas classics

Scrooged is an American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooged is a modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive, who is visited by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit.

Since its release in the 1980′s, Scrooged has become a regular television Christmastime feature, with some critics calling it an alternative to traditional Christmas films, and others arguing that Scrooged was ahead of its time, making it relevant in the modern day. It has appeared on various lists of the best Christmas films.

An embittered scrooge of a woman plans to sell her small town, regardless of the consequences to the people who live there. However, a kindhearted angel arrives and shows her what would happen before she mends her ways and redeems herself.

Christmas on the Square is a 2020 American Christmas musical starring Dolly Parton, Christine Baranski, Jenifer Lewis, and Treat Williams. The plot follows the wealthy Regina Fuller (Baranski), returning to her hometown to evict the residents and sell the land to a mall developer.

"In the draggiest Christmas movie ever made, a workaholic big-city fashion journalist is sent to a Christmas-obsessed small town to dig up a story when she finds herself in the middle of cut-throat housewives, a high-stakes "winter ball" competition, and a sinister plot that could destroy Christmas fore-evah!"

The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (stylized as "The B**** Who Stole Christmas) is a movie starring RuPaul Charles alongside 20 former RuPaul's Drag Race contestants, The film stars RuPaul, Krysta Rodriguez, Andy Ridings and Michelle Visage, 

Stressed-out moms Amy, Carla and Kiki are back, and the looming Christmas holiday gets even more daunting when their mothers show up for a visit. A Bad Moms Christmas is an American Christmas comedy and is a sequel to the 2016 film Bad Moms. 

The plot follows the three moms from the first film (Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn) dealing with their own mothers (Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, and Susan Sarandon) who visit during the Christmas holiday season. What could possibly go wrong?