#anna kennedy winner

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Anna Kennedy Winner - The Basic Ideas Of Occult Wisdom - Quest - 1973

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2006: The Scoreboards

The visual design meta for the mid-2000s is as constant as the girl bops. 2006 brought another identikit scoreboard. This year's is so similar to last year's, it feels as if they just bought the code and graphics, played with the colour palette and font, and went with that. At least the Eurovision hearts are making an appearance around the flag.

The biggest difference this year is that the spokesperson doesn't have to reel off all the points from one to seven. They cut straight to the big points while the the little ones appear scattered across the scoreboard leaving the viewer at home to process those points in the five second space before the eight points are announced. It was done in the name of speeding up the scoring sequence, but it also speeds up the rate the viewers need to process those results. It feels like you're updating a personal spreadsheet of consequence in your head throughout the second half of the show.

For the semi-final, the envelopes are back and they're used to place the songs in the grand final vacant draw slots just as last year. This leads to extreme celebration on the part of the last country selected. The Armenians go crazy - it's their first year and they got left to last - seemingly at random. Perhaps the incident that made the producers think they were on to something here and that the semi-final result announcement could be even more dramatic.

On to the spoilers for 2006.

Those through from the semi-final are:

Finland - 292 points (a new semi-final record!)

Bosnia & Herzegovina - 267 points

Russia - 217 points

Sweden - 214 points

Lithuania - 163 points

Armenia (on their debut!) - 150 points

Ukraine - 146 points

Türkiye - 91 points

Ireland - 79 points

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 76 points

For the second year running, Poland missed out on the final by a small number of points - six this year. Once again Monaco and Andorra finished near the bottom end of the semi-final scoreboard. Third last and last respectively. As ever, the points weren't revealed until after the grand final.

In the final and for the third year in a row, the voting sequence wasn't hugely tense or dramatic. In fact the winners, Finland, got the biggest points total in Eurovision to this point - spookily matching exactly the number of points they got in the semi-final 292. There are no nul points, but Malta came close with a solitary point awarded to them by Albania five votes from the end providing the sole moment of drama.

The big four were more widely distributed that last year's big four, bottom four moment - though there were still all on the right-hand side of the scoreboard. Having said that, all ten semi-finalists finished in the top twelve, only Romania and hosts Greece managing to intrude. The advantages of being the semi-final were now becoming stark.

Here's the full, final scoreboard for 2006.

Finland - Lordi - "Hard Rock Hallelujah" - 292 points

Russia - Dima Bilan - "Never Let You Go" - 248 points

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Hari Mata Hari - "Lejla" - 229 points

Romania - Mihai Trăistariu - "Tornerò" - 172 points

Sweden - Carola - "Invincible" - 170 points

Lithuania - LT United - "We Are the Winners" - 162 points

Ukraine - Tina Karol - "Show Me Your Love" - 145 points

Armenia - André - "Without Your Love" - 129 points

Greece - Anna Vissi - "Everything" - 128 points

Ireland - Brian Kennedy - "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" - 93 points

Türkiye - Sibel Tüzün - Süper Star - 91 points

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Elena Risteska - "Ninanajna" - 56 points

Croatia - Severina - "Moja štikla" - 56 points (12th equal)

Norway - Christine Gulbrandsen - "Alvedansen" - 36 points

Germany - Texas Lightning - "No No Never" - 36 points (14th equal)

Switzerland - six4one - "If We All Give a Little" - 30 points

Latvia - Vocal Group Cosmos - "I Hear Your Heart" - 30 points (16th equal)

Denmark - Sidsel Ben Semmane - "Twist of Love" - 26 points

United Kingdom - Daz Sampson - "Teenage Life" - 25 points

Moldova - Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R - "Loca" - 22 points

Spain - Las Ketchup - "Bloody Mary" - 18 points

France - Virginie Pouchain - "Il était temps" - 5 points

Israel - Eddie Butler - "Together We Are One" - 4 points

Malta - Fabrizio Faniello - "I Do" - 1 point

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tda predictions??

Vegas:

Mini top 3: Lilly, Ellary Day, and Elsie

Mini top 10: Sylvie Win, Kendyl Miller, Harper Anderson, Brooklyn Ward, Tillie Kuhl, Melina Blitz, Madisyn Amos, Stella, Ella-Nani Knight, Bella Charnstrom, Tatum Self, Khloe Douros

Junior top 3: Savannah, Kiera Sun, Keelyn Jones

Junior top 10: Kelsie, Aria Du, Fiona Wu, Tahari, Faith Crain, Roxie, Addison Price, Isabella Tjoe, Ingrid Wirtz, Kylie Lawrence

Teen top 3: Crystal, Izzy, Isabella Lynch, Keira

Teen male winner: Ian Stegman

Senior top 3: Isabella Jarvis, Sabine Nehls, Ava Wagner

Orlando:

Mini top 3: Camila, Mya, Lily Hackney

Mini top 10: Olivia, Remi Hilson, Belle Arauz, Anita Rodriguez, Lainey Hess, Macey, Mikaela, Mila Simunic, Brinley Evans, Anna Holley

Junior top 3: Zoe Flores, Kya, Kiera (put her in both vegas and orlando bc idk which she's doing),

Junior top 10: Diana, Esme, Isabella, Ella Dobler, Kate Baldwin, Kensington, Bella Rey D'Armas, Braylynn, Lexus Natalie, Kennedy Anderson, Regan, Ainsley

Teen top 3: Gracyn, Cami Voorhees, Sophia Garcia

Senior top 3: Bella Tagle, Destanye Diaz, Dyllan (delusional), Caroline Quiner (actual)

Senior male winner: Sam Fine

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NIKE JUKU Ft.「WOO! GO!」by ATARASHII GAKKOU from Mackenzie Sheppard on Vimeo.

WINNER - Ciclope Asia GOLD 2022 - Best Director WINNER - Ciclope Berlin SILVER 2022 - Choreography 1.4 Awards - Flying High, Shortlist, Longlist - Branded

Nike Juku music video I directed [Woo! Go!] by Atarashii Gakkou. Credits below!

WIEDEN+KENNEDY TOKYO @wktokyo Creative Director Curro de la Villa (クーロ・デ・ラ・ヴィラ) @currodlv Senior Copywriter Nedal Ahmed (ネダル・アハメド) @nedallll Yumiko Ota (太田祐美子) @yuninota Senior Art Director Kazuhi Yoshikawa (吉川一陽) @kazuhi_yoshikawa Lead Producer Kosuke Sasaki (佐々木洸介) @kosukelawrence Account Director Jordan Cappadocia (ジョーダン・カパドーシャ) @jordancap Account Supervisor Chelsea Hayashi (ハヤシ・チェルシー) @chelseamiwa Kaede Ose (大瀬楓) @kadesyrup Account Executive Ryu Kaida (海田隆) @ryukaida727 Producers Ty Demura (出村太) @tydemura Yoko Onodera (小野寺陽子) @choco2910 Comms Planning Director Justin Lam (ジャスティン・ラム) @justinclam Comms Planner Joanna Fukae (深江ジョアナ) @joyofu Strategic Planning Director Thijs van de Wouw (タイス・ヴォン・デ・ウォ) @thijs.vandewouw Strategic Planner Rina Deguchi (出口莉奈) @rinadagucci Studio Designer Akane Yasuda (安田茜) @akaa.ne Shotaro Tomiyama（富山庄太郎） Studio Manager Aiwei Ichikawa (市川愛維) Agency Editor Vinod Vijayasankaran (ヴィジャヤサンカラン　ヴィノド) @videovinod PR Midori Sugama (菅間碧) @midorisugama Translator Mako Tomita (富田万木子) Executive Creative Director Scott Dungate (スコット・ダンゲート) @scotty_fingers Managing Director Yosuke Suzuki (鈴木洋介) @mrnobody8695

WELCOME FILM PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director Mackenzie Sheppard (マッケンジー・シェパード) @mackshepp Creative Assistant w/ Mack - Kai Sandy Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Director of Photography Mikul Eriksson（マイケル・エリクソン) ＠_mikul Line Producer Anna Liu（アンナ・リュウ）/ Sumire Matsumura（松村すみれ） Production Manager Kazuki Omi（近江和希）/ Kanako Sato (佐藤果南子) Assistant Director Hideaki Jimbo（神保英昭）/ Kai Hoshino Sandy (サンデイー・ホシノ・カイ) Production Designer Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125 Casting Director (for Atarashii Gakko!) Shohei Ueno (上野昇平) @shohey02 Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田舞）/Misaki Matsui（松井美咲）/Rikiya Takano（髙野力哉） Lighting Director Arata Ijichi（伊地知新） Stylist YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Choreographer Nozomi de Lencquesaing (ド・ランクザン・望) @nozominski

STUDY BREAK PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director ZUMI（中角壮一）@zoomin.graph Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Production Manager Kai Tsuyuguchi（露口 凱）@kai_0425 /Yurika Yamada (山田 百合佳) Director of Photography Shun Murakami（村上 俊）@shun_murakami_ Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田 舞） Lighting Director Yamato Watanabe（渡邉 大和）@yamato0326_ Wardrobe | Costume | Styling YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Production Design Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125

POST PRODUCTION

Editor Sachi Sasaki @ssachi0528 Assistant editor Tomonori Watanabe @_tomostudio Sound Designer Mike Regan (マイク・リーガン) @mikeregannoise Sound Mixer yoshizaki.masaaki（吉崎 雅章）/Hiroki.Okumura（奥村 宏貴） Colorist Mikey Rossiter (マイキー・ロシター) @mikolour / Haruka.Okutsu（奥津春香） Film Transfer Metropolis Post (メトロポリスポスト) Compositor Murata Chitoshi（村田 千登志）/ Yamaguchi Sakiyo（山口 紗清） FX Artist Naomi Hayashi（林 直美） Animation Takashi Ohashi (大橋史) @ohashitakashi

STILL PRODUCTION Photographer Masumi Ishida (石田真澄）@8msmsm8 Assistant Photographer Ryuji Tamaki (玉城竜次) Retoucher Takuya Tsugane (津金 卓也)

STUDY BREAK - LA TEAM Production Company Couscous @couscous Executive Producer Bear Damen @beardamen Producer Salim El Arja 1st AD Kat Nguyen @katnguyenfilm Line Producer Po-Wei Su @poweisub Production Accountant Neil Engelman Locations Manager Tom Macdonnald DoP Logan Triplett @logan_triplett 1st AC Mike Lemnitzer @hellyeamike 2nd AC/Loader Vinnie Bredemus @vinniebredemus Key Grip Shun Goldin Grip Oscar Matute Audio Mixer Jeremy Emery @jeremyemery Medic / CCO Chris Serafin Driver PA Alessandro Sassi Processing/Scan Fotokem @fotokem_la Dailies Producer David Boito

TIKTOK FILTERS

Illustrator Audra Furuichi（古市オードラ ）@kyubikitsy

[montysworld]

NIKE JUKU Ft.「WOO! GO!」by ATARASHII GAKKOU from Mackenzie Sheppard on Vimeo.

WINNER - Cannes Lions 2023 - FILM | Silver Nominated - the One Show 2023 - Best Director WINNER - Spikes GOLD 2023 - Best Director WINNER - Spikes SILVER 2022 - Best Casting WINNER - Ciclope Asia GOLD 2022 - Best Director WINNER - Ciclope Berlin SILVER 2022 - Choreography 1.4 Awards - Flying High, Shortlist, Longlist - Branded

Nike Juku music video I directed [Woo! Go!] by Atarashii Gakkou. Credits below!

WIEDEN+KENNEDY TOKYO @wktokyo Creative Director Curro de la Villa (クーロ・デ・ラ・ヴィラ) @currodlv Senior Copywriter Nedal Ahmed (ネダル・アハメド) @nedallll Yumiko Ota (太田祐美子) @yuninota Senior Art Director Kazuhi Yoshikawa (吉川一陽) @kazuhi_yoshikawa Lead Producer Kosuke Sasaki (佐々木洸介) @kosukelawrence Account Director Jordan Cappadocia (ジョーダン・カパドーシャ) @jordancap Account Supervisor Chelsea Hayashi (ハヤシ・チェルシー) @chelseamiwa Kaede Ose (大瀬楓) @kadesyrup Account Executive Ryu Kaida (海田隆) @ryukaida727 Producers Ty Demura (出村太) @tydemura Yoko Onodera (小野寺陽子) @choco2910 Comms Planning Director Justin Lam (ジャスティン・ラム) @justinclam Comms Planner Joanna Fukae (深江ジョアナ) @joyofu Strategic Planning Director Thijs van de Wouw (タイス・ヴォン・デ・ウォ) @thijs.vandewouw Strategic Planner Rina Deguchi (出口莉奈) @rinadagucci Studio Designer Akane Yasuda (安田茜) @akaa.ne Shotaro Tomiyama（富山庄太郎） Studio Manager Aiwei Ichikawa (市川愛維) Agency Editor Vinod Vijayasankaran (ヴィジャヤサンカラン　ヴィノド) @videovinod PR Midori Sugama (菅間碧) @midorisugama Translator Mako Tomita (富田万木子) Executive Creative Director Scott Dungate (スコット・ダンゲート) @scotty_fingers Managing Director Yosuke Suzuki (鈴木洋介) @mrnobody8695

WELCOME FILM PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director Mackenzie Sheppard (マッケンジー・シェパード) @mackshepp Creative Assistant w/ Mack - Kai Sandy Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Director of Photography Mikul Eriksson（マイケル・エリクソン) ＠_mikul Line Producer Anna Liu（アンナ・リュウ）/ Sumire Matsumura（松村すみれ） Production Manager Kazuki Omi（近江和希）/ Kanako Sato (佐藤果南子) Assistant Director Hideaki Jimbo（神保英昭）/ Kai Hoshino Sandy (サンデイー・ホシノ・カイ) Production Designer Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125 Casting Director (for Atarashii Gakko!) Shohei Ueno (上野昇平) @shohey02 Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田舞）/Misaki Matsui（松井美咲）/Rikiya Takano（髙野力哉） Lighting Director Arata Ijichi（伊地知新） Stylist YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Choreographer Nozomi de Lencquesaing (ド・ランクザン・望) @nozominski

STUDY BREAK PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION COMPANY AOI Pro. Director ZUMI（中角壮一）@zoomin.graph Producer Daisuke Misu（三須大輔）@misu_da Production Manager Kai Tsuyuguchi（露口 凱）@kai_0425 /Yurika Yamada (山田 百合佳) Director of Photography Shun Murakami（村上 俊）@shun_murakami_ Casting Director Mai Ikeda（池田 舞） Lighting Director Yamato Watanabe（渡邉 大和）@yamato0326_ Wardrobe | Costume | Styling YOPPY（よっぴー）@yoppy0123456789 Hair & Make up PHOEBE（フィービー）@feebz_ Production Design Masami Tanaka（田中 真紗美）@masamit0125

POST PRODUCTION

Editor Sachi Sasaki @ssachi0528 Assistant editor Tomonori Watanabe @_tomostudio Sound Designer Mike Regan (マイク・リーガン) @mikeregannoise Sound Mixer yoshizaki.masaaki（吉崎 雅章）/Hiroki.Okumura（奥村 宏貴） Colorist Mikey Rossiter (マイキー・ロシター) @mikolour / Haruka.Okutsu（奥津春香） Film Transfer Metropolis Post (メトロポリスポスト) Compositor Murata Chitoshi（村田 千登志）/ Yamaguchi Sakiyo（山口 紗清） FX Artist Naomi Hayashi（林 直美） Animation Takashi Ohashi (大橋史) @ohashitakashi

STILL PRODUCTION Photographer Masumi Ishida (石田真澄）@8msmsm8 Assistant Photographer Ryuji Tamaki (玉城竜次) Retoucher Takuya Tsugane (津金 卓也)

STUDY BREAK - LA TEAM Production Company Couscous @couscous Executive Producer Bear Damen @beardamen Producer Salim El Arja 1st AD Kat Nguyen @katnguyenfilm Line Producer Po-Wei Su @poweisub Production Accountant Neil Engelman Locations Manager Tom Macdonnald DoP Logan Triplett @logan_triplett 1st AC Mike Lemnitzer @hellyeamike 2nd AC/Loader Vinnie Bredemus @vinniebredemus Key Grip Shun Goldin Grip Oscar Matute Audio Mixer Jeremy Emery @jeremyemery Medic / CCO Chris Serafin Driver PA Alessandro Sassi Processing/Scan Fotokem @fotokem_la Dailies Producer David Boito

TIKTOK FILTERS

Illustrator Audra Furuichi（古市オードラ ）@kyubikitsy

[alexlacquemanne]

Décembre MMXXIII

Films

Chef (2014) de Jon Favreau avec Scarlett Johansson, Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Robert Downey Jr. et Dustin Hoffman

Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver Hollywood ? (The Naked gun 33⅓: The Final Insult) (1994) de Peter Segal avec Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, Fred Ward, O. J. Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith, Kathleen Freeman, Ellen Greene et Ed Williams

Quai des Orfèvres (1947) de Henri-Georges Clouzot avec Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair, Pierre Larquey, Claudine Dupuis, Henri Arius, Charles Blavette, René Blancard et Robert Dalban

Maintenant, on l'appelle Plata (…più forte ragazzi!) (1972) de Giuseppe Colizzi avec Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Cyril Cusack, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Riccardo Pizzuti, Ferdinando Murolo et Marcello Verziera

Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde (2011) de Stéphane Kazandjian avec François-Xavier Demaison, Laurent Lafitte, Laurence Arné, Xavier de Guillebon, Guy Bedos, Patrick Bouchitey e Alain Doutey

Noël blanc (White Christmas) (1954) de Michael Curtiz avec Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes et John Bascia

Rendez-vous avec la mort (Appointment with Death) (1988) de Michael Winner avec Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove et David Soul

Bridget Jones : L’Âge de raison (Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason) (2004) de Beeban Kidron avec Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Jacinda Barrett, Shirley Henderson et Sally Phillips

Les Trois Mousquetaires : Milady (2023) de Martin Bourboulon avec François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï, Eva Green, Lyna Khoudri et Louis Garrel

Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver le président ? (1991) (The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear) de David Zucker avec Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O. J. Simpson, Robert Goulet, Richard Griffiths, Anthony James et Jacqueline Brookes

Wallace et Gromit : Le Mystère du lapin-garou (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) (2005) de Nick Park et Steve Box avec Jean-Loup Horwitz, Jeanne Savary, Philippe Catoire, Frédérique Cantrel, Patrick Messe et Mireille Delcroix

Rivière sans retour (River of No Return) (1954) de Otto Preminger avec Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye et Douglas Spencer

L'Ange de Noël (Christmas Magic) (2011) de John Bradshaw avec Lindy Booth, Paul McGillion, Derek McGrath, Kiara Glasco, Teresa Pavlinek et Tricia Braun

Joyeux Noël (2005) de Christian Carion avec Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Diane Kruger, Gary Lewis, Daniel Brühl, Dany Boon, Lucas Belvaux, Bernard Le Coq et Alex Ferns

L'Assassinat du père Noël (1941) de Christian-Jaque avec Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau, Renée Faure, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Robert Le Vigan, Fernand Ledoux et Jean Brochard

Danse avec les loups (Dances with Wolves) (1990) de et avec Kevin Costner ainsi que Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Westerman, Jimmy Herman, Nathan Lee, Tantoo Cardinal et Wes Studi

Noël en trois actes (Christmas Encore) (2017) de Bradley Walsh avec Maggie Lawson, Brennan Elliott, Art Hindle, Tracey Hoyt, Mercedes de la Zerda, Mika Amonsen, Sherry Miller, Sabryn Rock, David Tompa et Erin Agostino

La Souffleuse de verre (Die Glasbläserin) (2016) de Christiane Balthasar avec Luise Heyer, Maria Ehrich, Franz Dinda, Dirk Borchardt, Robert Gwisdek, Max Hopp et Ute Willing

Le père Noël est une ordure (1982) de Jean-Marie Poiré avec Anémone, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko et Bruno Moynot

Le Lion en hiver (The Lion in Winter) (1968) de Anthony Harvey avec Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow et Nigel Stock

Les Mystères de Paris (1962) d'André Hunebelle avec Jean Marais, Raymond Pellegrin, Jill Haworth, Dany Robin, Pierre Mondy, Georges Chamarat, Noël Roquevert et Jean Le Poulain

Derrick contre Superman (1992) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Patrick Burgel et Évelyne Grandjean

La Classe américaine : Le Grand Détournement (1993) de Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette avec Christine Delaroche, Evelyne Grandjean, Marc Cassot, Patrick Guillemin, Raymond Loyer, Joël Martineau, Jean-Claude Montalban, Roger Rudel et Gérard Rouzier

La Grande Course autour du monde (The Great Race) (1965) de Blake Edwards avec Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell, Vivian Vance et Dorothy Provine

Séries

Life on Mars Saison 1, 2

Bienvenue en 73 - La Loi selon mon boss - Le Pari - Corruption - Rouge un jour, rouge toujours - Compte à rebours - Cas de conscience - Mon père - Meurtrier en puissance - La Chasse aux ripoux - Peur sur la ville - Pièges pour jeunes femmes - Kidnapping - Héroïne - Recherche du coupable - La Promesse

Doctor Who

La Créature Stellaire - Wild Blue Yonder - Aux confins de l'univers - Le Fabricant de Jouets - The Snowmen - A Christmas Carol - The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe - The Return of Doctor Mysterio - The Church on Ruby Road - Eve of the Daleks

Les Enquêtes de Vera Saison 12

À contre-courant - Un homme d'honneur - Au nom de la loi - Une soirée funeste - Marée montante

Coffre à Catch

#144 : La Draft 2009 : Les bonnes affaires du mercato ! - #145 : La ECW débarque à Londres et l'Undertaker à Strasbourg! (avec Carole) - #146 : Christian enfin champion de la ECW ! - #147 : Un coffret à Noël, ça c'est une idée !

Kaamelott Livre III

Le Jour d’Alexandre - La Cassette II - La Ronde II - Mission - La Baliste - La Baraka - La Veillée - Le Tourment III - La Potion de fécondité II - L’Attaque nocturne - La Restriction II - Les Défis de Merlin II - Saponides et Détergents - Le Justicier - La Crypte maléfique - Arthur in Love II - La Grande Bataille - La Fête de l’hiver II - Sous les verrous II - Le Vulgarisateur - Witness - Le Tribut - Le Culte secret - Le Mangonneau - La Chevalerie - Le Mauvais Augure - Raison d’argent II - Les Auditeurs libres - Le Baiser romain - L’Espion - Alone in the Dark - Le Législateur - L’Insomniaque - L’Étudiant - Le Médiateur - Le Trophée - Hollow Man - La Dispute première partie - La Dispute deuxième partie

Affaires sensibles

Gérald Thomassin : l'étrange disparition d'un coupable idéal

Top Gear

Spécial Nativité

La Voie Jackson

Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3

Meurtres au paradis

L'étrange Noël de Debbie

Spectacles

Le Muguet de Noël (2021) de Sébastien Blanc et Nicolas Poiret avec Lionnel Astier, Frédéric Bouraly, Jean-Luc Porraz et Alexie Ribes

Sinatra (1969) avec Frank Sinatra, Don Costa & son Orchestre

Le Professeur Rollin a encore quelque chose à dire (2003) de François Rollin

Alain Souchon : J'veux du live au Casino de Paris (2002)

La Bonne Planque (1964) de Michel André avec Bourvil, Pierrette Bruno, Robert Rollis, Roland Bailly, Alix Mahieux, Albert Michel et Max Desrau

André Rieu : White Christmas (2023)

Michael Bublé: Home for Christmas (2011) avec Michael Bublé, Gary Barlow, Gino D'Acampo, Dawn French et Kelly Rowland

Michael Buble's Christmas in the City (2021) avec Michael Bublé, Leon Bridges, Camila Cabello, Jimmy Fallon, Kermit the Frog, Hannah Waddingham, Dallas Grant, Jarrett Johnson, Julianna Layne et Loren Smith

Michael Bublé's 3rd Annual Christmas Special (2013) avec Michael Bublé, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Red Robinson, Jumaane Smith, Patrick Gilmore et Cookie Monster

Un fil à la patte (2005) de Georges Feydeau avec Thierry Beccaro, Marie-Ange Nardi, Valérie Maurice, Églantine Éméyé, Ève Ruggiéri, Tex, David Martin et Patrice Laffont

Vintage Getz (1983) The Stan Getz Quartet live at the Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley, California avec Stan Getz, Victor Lewis, Marc Johnson et Jim McNeely

James Brown : Live at Montreux (1981)

Livres

Le seigneur des anneaux, Tome 3 : Le retour du roi de J.R.R. Tolkien

Détective Conan, Tome 18 de Gôshô Aoyama

Lucky Luke, Tome 27 : L'Alibi de Morris et Claude Guylouïs

Détective Conan, Tome 19 de Gôshô Aoyama

[fashionbooksmilano]

Narciso Rodriguez

Narciso Rodriguez and Betsy Berne

With original contributions by Cathy Horyn, Cindy Sherman, Isabel and Ruben Toledo, Caetano Veloso, Christopher Wheeldon and Rachel Weisz,  , Design by Sam Shahid

Rizzoli Int.Publ., New York 2008, 272 pages, Hardcover, 26.42 x 3.4 x 28.83 cm,   ISBN 978-0-8478-3141-8

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The two-time winner of the Best Designer of the Year Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and hailed as the king of minimalism, Narciso Rodriguez is poised to take his place in the pantheon of great American designers. As Anna Wintour put it, "No one but Narciso has ever made a simple line look more stunning." Like the famously copied wedding dress he made for Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Rodriguez s designs are revered for their exquisite tailoring but also for being wearable. His exceptionally varied and loyal following from Salma Hayek and Sarah Jessica Parker, to Oprah Winfrey and the late Celia Cruz is a testament to his success. This elegant volume reveals the artist at work in his atelier. Rodriguez takes his inspiration from the life that surrounds him whether it s the subtle color of faded paint on a facade, a pattern made by the sand, or the gesture of a young man on a skateboard and records it in sketchbooks and vivid snapshots. Always experimenting with new textiles and textures, he creates deceptively simple montages artworks in their own right that gracefully yield the stunning dresses we see flowing down the runway."

13/10/21

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[scottmcstark]

okay sytycd thoughts so far:

Virginia and James were def the weakest both performance and chemistry

Jordan and Waverly ohhhh they were so good I knew they would be. Did we get to see Jordan's audition? I feel like I would've remembered her she was a stand out from the pairing round of choreography ep

Anna and Beau were so cute! I'm glad they're paired together and I don't know how long they'll last but I'm excited to watch them

Essence and Thiago I really liked them separately and I think I'll like them together but the dance didn't feel super clean. Essence was my winner pick going into live shows but she's got some good competition

Ralyn and Carter's number was really fun I like Ralyn more than Carter but he held his own against her. I'm glad Ralyn really brought the personality and I'm glad the judges acknowledged her taking the note

Alexis and Keaton oooh that was fucking GORGEOUS too. I think they overtook Waverly and Jordan as best of the night. Idk that I agree with Jojo as best ever but SO GOOD. Also love a Dermot Kennedy song.

[justforbooks]

Sean Connery, Oscar Winner and James Bond Star, Dies at 90

Sean Connery, the Scottish-born actor who rocketed to fame as James Bond and became one of the franchise’s most popular and enduring international stars, has died. He was 90.

Connery, long regarded as one of the best actors to have portrayed the iconic spy, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000 and marked his 90th birthday in August. His death was confirmed by his family, according to the BBC, which notes that the actor died in his sleep while in the Bahamas. It’s believed he had been unwell for some time. His last acting role had been in Stephen Norrington’s “The League of Extraordinary Gentleman” (2003).

Connery was an audience favorite for more than 40 years and one of the screen’s most reliable and distinctive leading men. The actor was recently voted the best James Bond actor in an August Radio Times poll in the U.K. More than 14,000 voted and Connery claimed 56% of the vote. Global tributes poured in for Connery on Saturday following news of his death.

In a statement, Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said Connery “was and shall always be remembered as the original James Bond whose indelible entrance into cinema history began when he announced those unforgettable words, ‘The name’s Bond… James Bond.’

“He revolutionized the world with his gritty and witty portrayal of the sexy and charismatic secret agent. He is undoubtedly largely responsible for the success of the film series and we shall be forever grateful to him,” said the producers.

However, Connery — who made his debut in the first Bond film, “Dr. No” (1962) — also transcended Ian Fleming’s sexy Agent 007, and went on to distinguish himself with a long and mature career in such films as “The Wind and the Lion” (1975), “The Man Who Would Be King” (1975) and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989).

His turn as a tough Irish cop in Depression-era Chicago in Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables” (1987) brought him a supporting actor Oscar.

Even as he entered his seventh decade, Connery’s star power remained so strong that he was constantly in demand and handsomely remunerated. In 1999 he was selected People magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Century, and from his 007 days to “Entrapment” (1999), opposite the much-younger Catherine Zeta-Jones, his screen roles more than justified the choice. Age seemed only to intensify his sex appeal and virility.

In his early career, his physique was his main asset as he modeled and picked up acting jobs where he could. In 1956, he landed the role of a battered prizefighter in the BBC production of “Requiem for a Heavyweight.” Good notices brought him to the attention of the entertainment community, and his first film was “No Road Back,” a B crime movie in 1956. He seemed doomed to play the hunk to ageing leading ladies, as he did opposite Lana Turner in “Another Time, Another Place,” or roles that stressed his looks such as “Tarzan’s Great Adventure” in 1959.

It was easy to dismiss him in films like “Darby O’Gill and the Little People,” but his Count Vronsky to Claire Bloom’s Anna Karenina on the BBC brought him some respect and the kind of attention needed to raise him to the top of the Daily Express’ poll of readers asked to suggest the ideal James Bond.

After an interview with producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, he landed the role without a screen test, according to Saltzman. It was a controversial choice at the time, as Connery was an unknown outside Britain. But 1962’s “Dr. No,” the first of the Bond films, made him an international star.

His stature grew with the ever more popular sequels “From Russia With Love,” “Goldfinger” and “Thunderball,” which arrived over the next four years. Bond gave Connery a license to earn; he was paid only $30,000 for “Dr. No” but $400,000 for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Marnie” and was soon getting $750,000 a film.

His initial efforts to break out of the Bond mold, however, proved fruitless. Films like “A Fine Madness,” “Shalako” and “The Molly Maguires” were well-intentioned attempts that did nothing to shake Connery as Bond from the public consciousness. After 1967’s “You Only Live Twice,” he left the Bond franchise, but he was coaxed back for 1971’s “Diamonds Are Forever.” He looked old for the role, and the series seemed tired, so with that, he left Bond behind — though money would tempt him back once last time in 1983 for “Never Say Never Again.”

He took a major misstep with sci-fi film “Zardoz,” and his career seemed to be foundering.

But he bounced back in 1974 with a supporting role in “Murder on the Orient Express” and the following year with “The Wind and the Lion” and “The Man Who Would Be King,” two bold adventures featuring a mature, salt-and-pepper-bearded Connery. “Robin and Marian” (1976) opposite Audrey Hepburn was not a popular success, but critics embraced it, and the film cemented Connery’s reputation as a versatile, serious screen actor.

In the late 1970s, there were more missteps such as “Meteor,” “A Bridge Too Far” and “Cuba.” But he scored in Terry Gilliam’s “Time Bandits.” It wasn’t until after his last Bond film that his standing as a box office star caught up to his critical reputation, thanks mostly to two huge worldwide hits: “Highlander,” which was not a big hit in the U.S., and “The Name of the Rose,” which was also much more popular abroad.

BAFTA gave him a best actor award for “Name of the Rose,” and he received his Oscar for “The Untouchables.” After that, he was an instant greenlight any time he agreed to take a role even if some of them, such as “The Presidio,” and “Family Business,” were not so hot.

Pairing Connery and Harrison Ford as father and son in the third “Indiana Jones” film was an inspired move, and the film grossed almost half a billion dollars worldwide.

Meanwhile, “The Hunt for Red October,” in which Connery played a defecting Soviet sub captain, was also a major hit in 1990.

By the 1990s, he was so popular that his uncredited cameo as King Richard in “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” became one of the film’s highlights.

He was still a force to contend with in the foreign market, as “Highlander 2,” “Medicine Man,” “Rising Sun,” “Just Cause” and “First Knight” proved over the next several years. His salary was regularly $5 million and above.

One setback was a bout with throat cancer in the early 1990s, but Connery rebounded with a burst of activity. He starred with Nicolas Cage in 1996 actioner “The Rock,” playing a character that drew more than a little on his history as James Bond. In 2000, he essayed a very different role and received positive reviews for “Finding Forrester,” playing a reclusive writer who bonds with a young black basketball player who’s an aspiring scribe himself.

Nevertheless, he continued with action roles well after his 70th birthday, playing the legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain in 2003’s “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” He announced his retirement in 2005. He voiced a James Bond videogame the same year, and he subsequently did some other voice acting, playing the title character in the animated short “Sir Billi the Vet” and reprising the role in 2010 for “Sir Billi,” which he also exec produced.

Thomas Sean Connery was born of Irish ancestry in the slums of Edinburgh on Aug. 25, 1930. Poverty robbed him of an education, and by his teens he’d left school and was working as an unskilled laborer.

At 17, he was drafted into the Royal Navy, but he was discharged three years later due to a serious case of ulcers.

He returned to Edinburgh and worked a variety of jobs, including as a lifeguard. He took up bodybuilding and placed third in the 1950 Mr. Universe competition.

After moving to London, he learned of an opening in the chorus of “South Pacific.” He took a crash dancing and singing course and, surprisingly, landed the role, in which he stayed for 18 months. He was “hooked,” he said, but spent several years paying his dues in small repertory companies in and around London before anyone else became hooked on him.

Connery was devoted to his native Scotland and used his stature to press for the re-establishment of a Scottish parliament. When the body reconvened in 1999, 296 years after its last meeting, Connery was invited to address the first session, where he was greeted with a thunderous ovation. The next year, when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II — an honor he called “one of the proudest days of my life” — he asked that the investiture be performed in Edinburgh.

Connery published his autobiography, “Being a Scot,” co-written with Murray Grigor, in 2008. Besides his knighthood and his Academy Award, he received many kudos over his long career, including the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999 and the American Film Institute’s lifetime achievement award in 2006.

Connery was married to actress Diane Cilento from 1962-73. The couple divorced in 1973 and Cilento died in 2011. Connery is survived by his second wife, painter Micheline Roquebrune, whom he married in 1975; his son by Cilento, actor Jason Connery; and a grandson from Jason’s marriage to actress Mia Sara.

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[ragazza-paradiso]

this is my ranking of the 2006 esc final after rewatching it all in full HD! to be honest, the highlight was seeing helena paparizou & sakis rouvas in HD, but i guess i can talk about the contestants as well ☺️

24. 🇱🇻 vocal group cosmos - i hear your heart: a capella at eurovision is a bold choice to begin with, but at least get people that can sing in tune… maybe i’m asking for too much.

23. 🇨🇭 six4one - if we all give a little: this is quite possibly the weirdest matched group ever, they have no chemistry & all of them look like they were randomly picked up off the street. the song is just typical love love peace peace, need i say more.

22. 🇮🇱 eddie butler - together we are one: i’m not entirely sure why but this performance gave me the creepiest vibes tbh. just another nothing song.

21. 🇮🇪 brian kennedy - every song is a cry for love: i love my country but, we don’t need ANOTHER bland ballad about love, especially one from a middle aged man.

20. 🇬🇧 daz sampson - teenage life: i mean the song isn’t actually THAT bad as i remembered, maybe a little cringy but as far as mid-00s pop-rap songs go it’s not the worst. i just cannot take daz fucking sampson seriously. and him looking like a drug dealer in that awful yellow tracksuit amongst a bunch of school girls is such a weird concept. (also the audacity of daz to shout “vote for the music” after this performance… but my thoughts on the UK’s attitude to eurovision is already well known if you’ve followed this blog for literally any amount of time)

19. 🇱🇹 lt united - we are the winners: i get it’s a joke entry but i can’t appreciate this one, i find i like joke entries that are a bit tongue in cheek, while this one is just so over the top it’s actually annoying to me. HOW is this lithuania’s best ever result…

18. 🇪🇸 las ketchup - un blodymary: the only reason this isn’t lower is because despite being a train wreck of a performance, it’s so bad that i actually enjoy it. the choreography with office chairs is 10/10. the fact that it’s the same band who just a few years prior had a massive worldwide hit makes it even better.

17. 🇸🇪 carola - invincible: i don’t think this aged very well at all, plus i guess christian schlager just isn’t my thing lol. i’m filing this under my list of reasons why former winners shouldn’t return to eurovision (unless you’re johnny logan).

16. 🇹🇷 sibel tüzün - süper star: i find the chorus of this song quite irritating, and her hair is pretty bad in this performance. usually i enjoy turkey’s entries (especially in the 00s) but this one didn’t connect with me.

15. 🇦🇲 andré - without your love: it’s okay, a little bit dated but that’s to be expected for a pop song, i guess. i like the ethnic elements. not a bad debut.

14. 🇷🇴 mihai trăistariu - tornerò: this is definitely one of the songs that has aged the worst, not just the music but also the costumes & styling. i do like the use of italian though, and it’s very catchy. i think maybe i’m biased because i’m not a big fan of the artist.

13. 🇲🇹 fabrizio faniello - i do: this one is also very dated but i find it to be in a charming way, vocals are a bit suspect, but i think he’s quite charismatic to make up for it.

12. 🇫🇷 virginie pouchain - il était temps: it’s a basic ballad, but enjoyable nonetheless. i think it stands out a bit from most of the other ballads this year, as i can’t understand the lyrics, so it’s better than literally all the ones with awful lyrics at the bottom of my ranking.

11. 🇺🇦 tina karol - show me your love: it’s pretty standard fare for ukraine in eurovision, a nice pop song with a very confident lady performing it. i like it, but not too much.

10. 🇩🇰 sidsel ben semmane - twist of love: this was quite fun, i thought the girl singing was cute & i liked how it was a throwback to the 50s.

9. 🇫🇮 lordi - hard rock hallelujah: this is actually one of my least favourite 21st century winners, but in a weak year it doesn’t end up ranking that low for me. i mean, even if i don’t love it, it’s very iconic. i get why it won in a 100% televoting era.

8. 🇲🇩 arsenium & natalia gordienko - loca: this song is 100% trash & i am 100% okay with letting you know it’s a BIG guilty pleasure of mine. i could do without natalia in literally underwear onstage, but they get extra points for the scooter. plus, i love natalia she is just a ball of energy.

7. 🇩🇪 texas lightning - no no never: this song makes me feel the embodiment of this: 🤠 germany was doing country before the netherlands decided it was cool.

6. 🇲🇰 elena risteska - ninanajna: macedonia gave me everything i could possibly want with this song, another guilty pleasure, but it’s so catchy & 00s, how could i not love it? also, this was their best result for SO LONG (until 2019), which makes me laugh. girlie was giving us all the dance moves.

5. 🇷🇺 dima bilan - never let you go: this song’s main selling point is that it is so much better than believe, but i’m not gonna lie, the mullet is dragging him down. the lady in the piano & his constant dance moves save him though.

4. 🇭🇷 severina - moja štikla: this is my favourite joke song in the history of eurovision simply because it makes no sense. and i love that for her ❤️ my biggest respect for doing all that dancing in that dress & heels. 💃🏻 how am i not gonna love a song with the lyrics “afrika paprika” ???

3. 🇳🇴 christine guldbrandsen - alvedansen: this song is so beautiful, & very distinctly norwegian. i love that they tied traditional ethnic elements into it. the staging is perfect as well, so striking.

2. 🇬🇷 anna vissi - everything: the legend herself, this song is literally everything to me. she’s alone on the stage but she fills it with her energy. the power she possesses ❤️ definitely one of my favourite host entries ever.

1. 🇧🇦 hari mata hari - lejla: this is in my top 3 favourite esc songs of all time, so no surprises. but getting to see it in HD tonight, made me cry. it’s the definition of perfect, but if i write too much about it now i’m gonna start crying again so i’ll stop.

[isay]

How many have you read?

The BBC estimates that most people will only read 6 books out of the 100 listed below. Take the list, bold the titles you’ve read completely and italicize the ones you only read partially (watched the movie counts as well as partial).

NB: of course the list has nothing to do with BBC, somebody just made up a click-baity title. But tag game is tag game so here's my list, as requested by @nobeerreviews 

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series 5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell 9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman 10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens 11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott 12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare  15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier 16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien 17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks 18 Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffeneger 20 Middlemarch – George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens 24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy (the recent BBC adaptation is thoroughly recommended) 25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams 26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh 27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck 29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll 30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame 31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy (the Garbo version is great) 32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens 33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis 34 Emma – Jane Austen (Clueless is better) 35 Persuasion – Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres (I really should watch the film as it has Oscar winner Nic Cage in the lead) 39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden 40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne 41 Animal Farm – George Orwell 42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving 45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins 46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery 47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy 48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding 50 Atonement – Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel 52 Dune – Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth 56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens (the Ronald Colman version obvs) 58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez 61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck 62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt 64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas (Colman again) 66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac 67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy 68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding 69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie 70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville 71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens 72 Dracula – Bram Stoker 73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett 74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson 75 Ulysses – James Joyce (I made it about halfway through and decided life is just too short) 76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath 77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome 78 Germinal – Emile Zola 79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray 80 Possession – AS Byatt 81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens 82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchel 83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker 84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro 85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert 86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry 87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom 89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton 91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad 92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery 93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks 94 Watership Down – Richard Adams  95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole 96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute 97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas (the Richard Lester films are truly excellent) 98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare 99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl 100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

64 including partials/movies (which really upped my score) although seeing as it took me about four months to make it through William Gibson’s last novel (thanks 2020/COVID attention span) I have no idea how long it will take me to plough through anything else.

[goalhofer]

1926 Miss America contestants.

Miss Tulsa Norma Smallwood (winner of Miss America), Miss Washington, D.C. Marjorie Joosting, Miss Bridgeport Florence Green, Miss Dallas Rose Blondell, Miss Denver Dolores Conrad, Miss New York City Ruth K. Patterson, Miss Kansas City Margaret Jordan, Miss Lansing Joyce Hurd, Miss Newark Mildred Morlock, Miss Norfolk Eleanor V. Reid, Miss Orange Evelynne Crowell, Miss Philadelphia Anna Reefer, Miss Seattle Leona Fengler, Miss St. Louis Corinne Groves, Miss Yonkers Catherine Kennedy, Miss Baltimore Mildred Adam, Miss Battle Creek Gertrude Fisher, Miss Bay Ridge Florence Meyer, Miss Biloxi Mabel Riley, Miss Boston Mary Mudge, Miss Brigantine Beach Mary Mavretic, Miss Charleston Dorothy Brickman, Miss Chicago Mae Greene, Miss Colorado Jeanette Roland, Miss Detroit Ruth Fowler, Miss Duluth Florence Fuller, Miss Elizabeth Lucy Taylor, Miss Florida Margaret Tate, Miss Ft. Worth Winnie Law, Miss Hartford Doris Beaupre, Miss Hoboken Anita Limbacker, Miss Houston Zasada Lord, Miss Huntington Olive Davis, Miss Indiana Wanda Sobczak, Miss Lockport Mary Robinson, Miss Louisville Gladys King, Miss Madison Dorothy Seller, Miss Milwaukee Florence Andrees, Miss Minneapolis Helen Douglas, Miss Missouri Ruby Wallace, Miss Mobile Vivian McDowell, Miss New Haven Molla Barnett, Miss New Orleans Edna Du Vernay, Miss Omaha Anne Foucar, Miss Pittsburgh Thelma Williams, Miss Portland Maxine Jennings, Miss Portsmouth Rosa Irving, Miss Pottsville Esther Weissinger, Miss San Francisco Eleanor Twohig, Miss Scranton Illa Williams, Miss South Dakota Mary Davis, Miss Spokane Gloria Smith, Miss Springfield Muriel Borek, Miss Tacoma Dorothy Rothermell, Miss Union City Elizabeth Welch, Miss Utah Dora Carstensen, Miss Wheeling Mary Cresap, Miss Wichita Ruth Richardson, Miss Wildwood Gables Kathleen Coyle and Miss Wilkes-Barre Helen Grant.

[tutuprincesse]

Can you repost your nationals predictions I can’t find it lol?

I plan on posting an updated one for TDA Las Vegas once I can see the schedule, but this is it for now.

tutuprincesse

Vegas:

Mini top 3: Lilly, Ellary Day, and Elsie

Mini top 10: Sylvie Win, Kendyl Miller, Harper Anderson, Brooklyn Ward, Tillie Kuhl, Melina Blitz, Madisyn Amos, Stella, Ella-Nani Knight, Bella Charnstrom, Tatum Self, Khloe Douros

Junior top 3: Savannah, Kiera Sun, Keelyn Jones

Junior top 10: Kelsie, Aria Du, Fiona Wu, Tahari, Faith Crain, Roxie, Addison Price, Isabella Tjoe, Ingrid Wirtz, Kylie Lawrence

Teen top 3: Crystal, Izzy, Isabella Lynch, Keira

Teen male winner: Ian Stegman

Senior top 3: Isabella Jarvis, Sabine Nehls, Ava Wagner

Orlando:

Mini top 3: Camila, Mya, Lily Hackney

Mini top 10: Olivia, Remi Hilson, Belle Arauz, Anita Rodriguez, Lainey Hess, Macey, Mikaela, Mila Simunic, Brinley Evans, Anna Holley

Junior top 3: Zoe Flores, Kya, Kiera (put her in both vegas and orlando bc idk which she's doing),

Junior top 10: Diana, Esme, Kennedy Anderson, Isabella, Ella Dobler, Kate Baldwin, Kensington, Bella Rey D'Armas, Braylynn, Lexus Natalie, Kennedy Anderson, Regan, Ainsley

Teen top 3: Gracyn, Cami Voorhees, Sophia Garcia

Senior top 3: Bella Tagle, Destanye Diaz, Dyllan (delusional), Caroline Quiner (actual)

Senior male winner: Sam Fine

[thefactsofthematter]

I did not know that the 2021 gala was going forward so thanks. My immediate thoughts are: Hollywood fashion (potentially leading to confusion over American film/television and the influence of European designers, but it would be nice to see an Edith Head homage), grunge, surfskate, probably some strange Jackie Kennedy approach (or other presidential fashion, but she’s there – if they manage to turn it into a celebration of Ann Lowe I will fall at their feet). Actually, I can see there being quite a bit of just straight dressing up as “American icons”. As far as designers, I really have no clue. A lot of European labels feature American designers these days, so I don't know if we'll see much of an emphasis on American labels. I’d be happy if some new designers got to make their Met debut. Aurora James was a standout from the 2019 gala. I could see other Vogue prize winners being admitted to showcase their work and highlight the contributions Vogue continues to make to the industry (it is Anna Wintour’s event, after all). I don’t know if Dapper Dan will have as much of a presence this year, but that would be fun and accurate to the theme. Tommy Hilfiger and Dee Ocleppo could just recycle their 2019 outfits. Overall, I hope the guys attending have fun with their fashion – this is a great chance to highlight American countercultures, which would open the door to a whole variety of looks that easily adapt to people’s personal style. Black tuxedos will be a sure sign of a cowardly stylist. If we saw something like Janelle Monae’s 2019 interpretation of fine art that would be a lot of fun – there’s a lot of American art movements that would be cool to see in high fashion. Something in the Abstract Expressionist vein would be easy and play into the Met’s aim to emphasize the emotionality of American artistic expression. I'm going to spend the next four months thinking about this, oh geez.

IM LIVING FOR ALL OF THIS

i can’t wait to see some tributes to old hollywood glamour, but i can definitely see the “dressing up as american icons” thing getting almost repetitive... i feel like there’ll be like 3 marilyn monroes

i 100% agree that black tuxes would just look lazy!! one could argue that it’s classic as an american fashion staple but the met gala is such a good way to go out of the box and this theme has SO much to offer— art movements, subcultures, historical eras, iconic people, legendary designers, etc.

[vajranam]

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American icon—a remarkably versatile creative artist whose career has spanned more than sixty years. The winner of eight Grammy Awards, Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2005. But her path has not always been easy. Tina has overcome domestic abuse, discrimination, professional setbacks, life-threatening illness, and devastating personal loss. Throughout it all, she has credited her practice of Nichiren Buddhism as the source of her hope for a better world and her determination to overcome every obstacle in her life.

Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939, Tina began her musical career in 1960 as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. She divorced Ike in 1978 and, after virtually disappearing from the music scene for several years, rebuilt her career, launching a string of hits including her 1984 solo album, Private Dancer. In 1986 she published a bestselling memoir, I, Tina, which was turned into the Academy Award-nominated film What’s Love Got to Do with It in 1993. Tina’s latest book, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good, draws lessons from her personal life about using Buddhism to transform sorrow into joy and break through all limitations to achieve a happy and fulfilling life.

You could say that chanting is a kind of spiritual performing art.”

For me, the practice feels active and invigorating. In the Soka Gakkai tradition of Nichiren Buddhism, we chant with our eyes open and in vigorous rhythmic repetition, which I’ve always loved. Little by little, it brought out my courage to break away and live an independent life on my own.

Some friends in my neighborhood chanting group had been practicing for years before I started. They promised I’d become happier than I ever dreamed possible if I stuck with it and never gave up. They were right! I truly believe that anyone can do the same.

Years ago, a Broadway actress told me that chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo was the most popular type of Buddhist practice among entertainers. What is it about this form of Buddhism that attracts so many people in the performing arts—from actors and dancers to singers and jazz musicians? That’s a great question. Buddhist teachings in general promote an open-minded, accepting, and nonjudgmental outlook, which artists find appealing.

With Nichiren Buddhism in particular, chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo has such a clear, musical rhythm—it’s similar to singing. I think performers are naturally drawn to practices that involve rhythm and sound, and that may be why so many prefer chanting over quieter forms of meditation. You could say that chanting is a kind of spiritual performing art.

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Tricycle

[pixeldreqms]

september 2018 

there's an estimated forty days left of filming and already, ian's dreading the end. he's been trying harder to enjoy the little moments, and not just be miserable because he knows they won't last forever. it's hard, but he's trying. he's almost never as happy as he is when he's with these people, his fellow losers, and he doesn't want to waste the time he has left with them.

forty days.

probably closer to thirty nine now since it's past midnight. one more day down. but that's something he's not letting himself linger on. instead, his eyes settle on kennedy who is getting his ass kicked in a video game but is still laughing so loud that the sound is filling the entire basement of the rented house. he focuses on that sound and can't help but smile. he focuses on it and he swears every sad thought in his head floats away, just like that.

he accepted earlier in the summer that his feelings for kenny weren't as platonic as he had originally thought. but in his defense, he was only twelve when they first met. he had a lot of figuring out to do.

he's figured it out now.

he loves all his friends, strongly and deeply, and he's a little co-dependent with more than a couple of them. if he goes a day without talking to evan, he genuinely misses him. he goes out of his way to visit the burgess' at every given chance. each member of the cast has expressed annoyance with the way he spams the group chat while they're all asleep. he's entirely convinced he needs june to survive. and he feels all that with kenny, too, so it took him some time to realize just how much more he felt. and how he felt things for him that went well beyond the things he felt for everyone else he loved.

he doesn't get an overwhelming urge to lean in and kiss any of his other friends when they get too close, for starters. that was a big tip off for ian.

kenny jokingly winked at him once and he felt like someone had lit him on fire.

he constantly found himself shoving others aside just to stand by him in group photos or to sit by him on a couch during a movie.

his own behavior should have been a giveaway right away, but he's not exactly very experienced in that area. not in just dating, but even with liking people. he's only really had one real crush before, and he'd been twelve. and he'd never liked one of his guy friends before either - but he'd accepted that fact easily. given how many male tv characters he'd been infatuated with over the years, and his long-standing secret harry styles obsession that started back when he was ten years old, he'd always suspected he wasn't totally straight. he still hasn't slapped a label on himself yet, but he doesn't think he needs to know for sure what he is to know that he definitely has feelings for kenny.

feelings that are so intense that sometimes he can't even think about anything else. feelings that are so all-consuming that all he wants to talk about 24/7 is kenny and he has to force himself, multiple times a day, to shut up about him or else he'll give himself away or let too much slip. and he knows better than to say anything, to kenny, or to anyone.

but god he wants to.

he's kept this feeling bottled up for months now, though it feels like so much longer, and sometimes he feel like he's gonna burst from how bad he wants to talk about it. his journal only has so many pages he can wax poetic about kenny onto, and he's sure even the inanimate object is sick of hearing about his crush. he needs a pair of real ears. and maybe someone to tell him he's not stupid or crazy for falling for his best friend. because boy oh boy does he feel like he is sometimes.

evan's loud hooping and hollering covers up the sound of kenny's laughter, and ian rolls his eyes but can't help but grin in amusement. his victory had been predicted since mid-game, but evan was still celebrating like he'd done something impressive.

in an attempt to show kenny support, ian raises his arm and gives evan and his win a thumbs down. "booooooo."

he gets two middle fingers raised at him for his efforts. he thinks that's all he's getting in return for voicing his disapproval, until evan drops the controller and comes flying past the gaming area, past the couch, and leaping onto ian where he's sprawled across a huge bean bag chair.

"hey, i wanted to play the winner!" jeremy shouts from the couch in front of the tv, where the other four teenagers had been sat, partially watching the game, partially on their phones, mostly having their own conversations.

ian easily could have squeezed in with them, but he couldn't resist a good bean bag. plus, he was closer to the little mini bar area that this place had. the bar itself wasn't stocked with alcohol, not that ian cares or jeremy's mom would have let them drink anyway, but she kept the shelves and mini fridge stocked. ian likes being close to the snacks.

"well i'm over here now!" evan yells back. the loud volume right in ian's ear makes him wince. "play the loser. kenny, that's you. you're the loser."

ian shoves evan off of him and onto the floor. "dick."

"no," evan says, rejecting his removal from the chair. "move your ass."

"no." but he does it anyway. he can't move much or else he'd be on the floor, because yes it's a big seat, but they're both months away from being sixteen and are not the same small twelve year olds they'd been when they first met. they've hit massive growth spurts since then. sharing small spaces isn't as easy as it once was, but it doesn't stop them from trying. evan ends up with one of his legs completely over ian's and their shoulders pressed together. ian lets it happen, but he's still mildly annoyed about it. "wow, this is so comfortable. i'm so glad you came all the way over here to dig your elbow into my stomach. feels great."

"are you saying you don't want to sit with me, you a**hole?" evan asks.

evan's elbow digs deeper into his side and ian's pretty sure it's on purpose. he grimaces and shifts as much as he can but still doesn't move out of the seat.

"that's literally exactly what i'm saying, yeah. you stink."

the bickering continues, because it never really ends with them. there's an almost constant flow of jokes and jabs between them. but for as much as they give each other sh*t, him and evan have definitely had their fair share of genuine moments between them. anytime ian has an anxiety attack in a group setting, evan's one of a few who knows how to calm him. ian's called him crying about his family or about wanting to go home more than once. there was also the time on set during their first movie together where after an intense, emotional scene, they'd both cried and hugged each other until they got it out of their system. sometimes his relationship with evan reminds him of his relationship with his sister, and the way they can pick and pick at each other, but at the end of the day, they'd die for one another.

it's just really fun to insult each other, so they do it often.

eventually, after evan shouts at ian to eat an ass, they're informed they're being too loud.

anna, the only girl in a group of boys, shushes them with so much aggression that it terrifies ian a little. she puts up with so much nonsense every time she hangs out with them, he's just waiting for the day she finally snaps. he knows he doesn't want it to be his fault, so he does as he's told and shushes.

"they're all haters," evan mutters.

ian nods. "they wanna be us so bad."

and just like that, they're on the same team again.

ian feels a vibration against his leg and realizes his phone's fallen under his thigh. as he digs it out, he sees evan's own attention has momentarily returned to the game on the tv just as the loading screen transitions back into gameplay, so he feels less bad about checking it. reading kenny's name on his screen, he visibly lights up, grinning at the text.

'if he's being a dick, come escape and play me next,' kenny has written.

ian quickly types back. 'he's not, but i might anyway. wanna be next to kick your ass.'

he glances across the room, but he can't see kenny at all where he's sitting on the floor in front of the couch, so he has no idea if he's grinning as big as ian is just from seeing a new text from him. he can't imagine he is, but it's still a nice thought. as soon as the round on the tv ends and the loading screen is back up, kenny starts typing.

'I THINK I'M WINNING THIS TIME.'

ian's smile widens, his cheeks sore from it, but he doesn't get a chance to start replying before -

"is it a meme?" evan asks, neck craning to look. ian clicks back to his homescreen quickly.

"is what a meme?"

evan slumps back a little once ian drops his phone to his lap. "whatever you were staring at like that."

"no, or - yeah." he answers, then changes his answer when he realizes he can't tell him what he was actually grinning at.

he wasn't as subtle as he had hoped.

"you lookin' at something nasty?" evan asks. "you fvcking freak?"

ian blinks, then deadpans, "yes. i'm looking at something nasty while surrounded by my friends. with you practically in my lap. you caught me."

"thought so. looking like a blushing school girl over here." that one's a little too close to home considering he feels like a smitten school girl every time he sees or talks to kenny, so ian shoves evan for it. he almost rolls over the edge of the seat but gets a palm on the ground to steady himself. "come on. seriously. what was it? what's so secret?"

"fvck, you're nosy."

"invested in your life," evan corrects him.

"nosy," ian insists.

evan gives him a look, a raised brow and a silent dude, come on, tell me, and ian takes a breath.

he reminds himself there's a reason he's kept this secret so under wraps. as much as he wants to scream from the rooftop how much he likes kenny, the risk of him finding out isn't worth it. he'd ruin not only their friendship, but probably the entire group. they'd never be able to all be together. not with kenny inevitably being weirded out by ian's crush, and ian being too mortified to be around him anymore. the rest of filming would be a nightmare. getting through press and the promotion would be torture. he'd lose his favorite person.

nothing good could possibly come from people knowing.  

then, he reminds himself this is evan. they may thrive off of giving each other sh*t, but he can trust him. he's never let him down before. not when it mattered. if there's anyone he can tell and trust they won't screw him over by letting it slip, he feels like it's evan.

if for no other reason than he'd suffer, too. not just because ian would never forgive him, but he'd hate it if the group dynamic was thrown out of wack, too.

evan feels like a safe place to finally be honest.

so he exhales, and speaks.

"it was a - i was looking at something from - it's a someone."

a bit of a rocky start, but he got where he was trying to go after a few attempts.

"you have a someone?" evan asks, seeming mildly offended that this isn't information he was already privy to. "someone i don't know about?"

"i don't really have someone," ian tells him. "i just... want to. i want to be with them."

"who is she?"

"it's..." ian's voice is barely a whisper at this point. "it's not a girl..."

the silence that follows is the longest, most anxiety inducing silence ian has ever experienced. it can't be more than twenty seconds, probably not even that long, before evan speaks again but it feels like a lifetime. he doesn't know why he's so nervous about the reaction to this. he knows evan well enough to know he won't care, but people can be surprising in the worst ways sometimes. and he's never done this before. he's pretty sure his sister has an inkling, but he's never come out and admitted it to her. this is the first time he's having the actual conversation and god it's fvcking terrifying. he kind of wants to cry suddenly but he's really holding himself together.

even while fearing and preparing himself for the worst, he mostly expects evan to react with some generic but kind sentiment. a that's okay with me, dude or an i love and accept you, pal.

that's not what he gets.

after a moment, evan's brow furrows, his head tilts just slightly, and he asks, as sincere as can be, "man, is it me?"

it's just what ian needs to hear to ease his tension. he throws his head back and lets out a cackle. the ache in his stomach is no longer due to nerves, but from how hard he's laughing. "absolutely fvcking -" he has to stop, pausing as he got through another fit of laughter. "oh, absolutely fvcking not."

a tear rolls down his cheek and he flicks it away as he finally starts to calm down. then he gets a good look at how unamused evan looks and it sets him off again.

"okay, it's not me, i got it!" evan says in a hushed whisper, just loud enough to be heard over the sound of ian's own laughter. "who is it then?"

the nerves are back, suddenly. and again, he doesn't even know why. he wants this. he wants to be able to talk to someone about his feelings. he wants evan to know. but his palms are still sweating.

"you can't tell him," ian says softly. "i'll literally strangle you. you have to swear."

"i swear," he assures him. "so it's someone i know?"

he's pretty sure evan knows everyone ian knows. even his few remaining guy friends from back home, evan's met. but he doesn't remind him of that now, just nods and confirms. "yeah. it's someone you know."

"who? i'm not gonna tell, ian."

nervously, he glances towards the couch, just to make sure the game was still being played and their entire group of friends hadn't turned around to stare and listen to his confession. all he sees are the backs of heads, and he can hear everyone's laughter mixed with anna's muffled trash talk as she has a go at the game. no one's paying attention to him except for evan.

for some reason, he's having a hard time looking at him. the hardest part is already over, he tells himself, just spit his name out. but he's also telling himself that it's not too late and he can keep this secret to himself. evan would be annoyed about the cliffhanger, but ian could deal with that easier than he could deal with other possible outcomes of telling him.

no. he's doing this.

suck it the fvck up.

with his eyes on the back of the couch, in the smallest voice possible, he admits, "kenny."

he doesn't know what evan's initial reaction is, because it takes a few seconds for him to finally meet his eyes again, but when he does look at him again, his face isn't easy to read. he doesn't look shocked, exactly - and really, given that ian is arguably closest to kenny and evan out of everyone, it probably wasn't the most surprising name he could have said. if anything, he looks... confused?

"you're not gonna tell him, are you?" ian asks, misreading the look as inner turmoil about not wanting to keep a secret from their other best friend.

that's not at all what it is.

"no, i said i'm not," evan huffs. "but, why the fvck is it not me?"

"i'm - i'm sorry?" ian says, because what else does he say to that? "are you offended that i don't have a crush on you?"

"am i not cute?"

"evan, this isn't how people are supposed to react to sh*t like this -"

"i just can't believe out of everyone - kenny." he whispers it, at least. "and not me? really?"

"i'd love it if you weren't so fvcking weird about this."

"i'm not being weird! it being me just would have made sense, is all i'm saying."

ian squints. "and it being kenny doesn't make sense?"

evan sighs, falling back into the chair a little. "yeah, i guess it does. it does."

"just to make sure - " ian says, putting a hand up. "you don't - i mean, you're not upset because you like - "

"ew, don't even say it. i don't like you."

it's ian's turn to sigh and lean back into the seat. "okay, cool. you're just... fvcking weird. that's good to know."

there's a moment of silence and ian just breathes. he did it. he did it and nothing's changed, nothing world shattering happened. he feels like a weight's been lifted, just by telling one person. it feels really good. even if it didn't go how he'd have imagined it to. still good.

"knew it couldn't have been a meme you were looking at," evan says a minute later. "the memes you send are never that funny."

ian scoffs. "fvck you. i send the funniest memes."

"willow sends the funniest memes."

"you're gonna go to hell for saying sh*t like that. lying is a fcking sin."

"is it?"

ian pauses.

"... i'm not sure. i think so. did neither of us go to church growing up? that kind of explains a lot."

there's an angry cry from the front of the room that draws their attention. anna curses, followed by kenny laughing. once again, ian smiles at the sound.

the laughter, not the cursing.

"did kenny actually win?!" evan shouts over to the rest of the group.

kenny and anna stand up as the other three perk up on the couch to look over at the two in the bean bag.

"i've been winning!" kenny calls back.

jeremy chimes in. "he's on a winning streak!"

"more like a cheating streak," anna mumbles.

"he's beaten everyone except evan," jeremy says.

"ahem!" evan waves a hand, gesturing to ian. "not everyone except evan. let ian at him."

ian tries to suppress his grin. he'd been so worried about the bad outcomes of telling evan, but he hadn't considered all the good reasons. like evan helping him get closer to kenny. even just in little ways, like playing video games. maybe this was a better idea than he thought.

he meets kenny's eyes and when kenny smiles at him, he can't hide his own anymore.

"ian?" kenny asks. "you want the winner?"

evan nudges ian in the side, winking at him as they make eye contact and calling out to kenny, "yeah, he does."

on second thought, he might end up regretting it.