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A Gentleman in Moscow (Miniseries) | Charm and Resilience A Pilot Review

With a blend of wit and warmth, Count Rostov's indomitable spirit shines in the captivating pilot episode of #AGentlemanInMoscow. With Ewan McGregor's stellar performance. #TVReview Full review ⬇️

Ben Vanstone (Showrunner), Amor Towles (Novel) CAST Ewan McGregorAlexa GoodallJohnny HarrisPaul ReadyLeah Harvey Review A Gentleman in Moscow opens its curtains with a promising blend of historical events and poignant human drama. Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous aftermath of the October Revolution, the first episode, titled “A Master of Circumstance,” introduces viewers to the…

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Las almas de Tierra Media están en peligro… “El Señor De Los Anillos: Los Anillos De Poder · Temporada 2”

Continuando con el épico alcance de la primera temporada, la segunda temporada sumerge incluso a sus personajes más queridos y vulnerables en una creciente marea de oscuridad, desafiando a cada uno a encontrar su lugar en un mundo que está cada vez más al borde de la calamidad.

Sauron ha regresado. Expulsado por Galadriel, sin ejército ni aliado, el Señor Oscuro en ascenso ahora debe confiar en su propia astucia para reconstruir su fuerza y supervisar la creación de los Anillos de Poder, lo que le permitirá atar a toda Tierra Media a su siniestra voluntad.

Elfos y enanos, orcos y hombres, magos y pelosos, mientras las amistades se tensan y los reinos comienzan a fracturarse, las fuerzas del bien lucharán cada vez más por aferrarse a lo que más les importa.

Estreno: 29 de agosto de 2024 en Prime Video.

Basada en la saga literaria escrita por J.R.R. Tolkien, la segunda temporada cuenta con las actuaciones de Charlie Vickers, Morfydd Clark, Robert Aramayo, Peter Mullan, Owain Arthur, Sophia Nomvete, Amelia Kenworthy, Maxim Baldry, Kevin Eldon, Selina Lo, Rory Kinnear, Sam Hazeldine, Trystan Gravelle, Cynthia Addai Robinson, Lloyd Owen, Nia Towle, Calam Lynch, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Ben Daniels, Charles Edwards, Markella Kavenagh, Daniel Weyman, entre otros.

La segunda temporada sigue siendo visualmente impactante, pero a diferencia de su predecesora, trata de optimizar su historia al enfocarse más en Sauron y menos en las subtramas. Puntuación: ★★★★☆

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Hi! Could I please request calling Ben Reilly by his full name in an angry voice as a joke headcanons and how he would react (Benjamin Reilly) (reader and Ben are dating).

(iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou- yellow 💛🌻)

( tw: pregnancy, more towards she/her reader. Light NSFW things. Minors go touch the grass.)

You and Ben were a couple for about three years now. You heard about his very complicated past even if you got lost a few times hearing about it. But you two love each other. At first, he was a bit worried that you would only love him because he was a clone but that was quickly put to rest. There would be many nights of you two cuddling up to each other in your shared bed. Hearing the rain hit the window as you ran your fingers through his scalp. Hearing him melt next to you as his head rest on your chest and your bodys in tangled under the covers. Helping him get rode of some of his headaches he would get from his past. You knew this guy was smart. He was a teacher at one point so if anything you actually had to think about came up, you would ask him. You knew about him being the Scarlet Spider. But he keep that life as far away from you as possible to keep you safe.

You also help keep dying his hair so it was blond. He doesn't like things reminding him what he was. And you would always be there to help him. But good lord you want to play with this man's hair so bad. Twirl it around your fingers are you two cuddle is so calming.

�� But... This man's musclejdjfjfj- this man is strong. I mean really really strong. You can't help but to star as he get out of the shower with a. Towle wrapped around his waist. If you two are taking a bath together you can feel every muscle against you and ohohohoh- it is very nice. He'll hold you in his arms sadly and leaves a trail of kisses down your neck and shoulder. He loves to bite your back a lot and shoulder. Seeing claw marks down you back also does it for him.

• Sooo...m when you two did it and you ended up pregnant, he was worried he would be a bad father. You told him that your both in this together and you been at home with youre due days near. You know he want to that... Spiderhq thing and said that he would be back soon but it was already getting close to midnight. And you were waiting all alone in your bed with your baby kicking you non stop.

• You sware the kid has the spider tingle to tell that their father wasn't here. You had texted him, called him, called him again, and again. But nothing. And when you heard the portal close downstairs...

"Benjamin Reilly!!!"

• He jumps. Getting into a fighting pose and dropping the bad onto the ground before looking around. Seeing no one their; he rushed up to their bed room and quickly threw open the door I ly to be greeted with a pillow to the face.

"..... Your mad-"

"It's past 4 hours when you said you would be home."

• He clicked his wrist and shoot out some webbing and pulled a bag a treats over to him.

"I know... I don't have any excuse but..."

• He offered you the bag of candy and your favorite snacks. You were still glaring at him when you snatched the bag and started chowing down on the chocolates.

"nomnomnom-I'm still mad at you- nomnomnom- come here so your kid will stop kicking me."

• Ben nods as he undressed from his suite and stays in his boxe4s as he claimed into bed. Placing a tired hand over the baby bumb. He felt them kicking but as soon as he grew close it stop.

• He pulls you in carefully and mumbled sorry over and over again. Pulling the blankets up over the three of you as he held you close but softly and listen to both your and you child heartbeat.

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Congratulations to the 'Loki' team on their guild award nominations announced today

Visual Effects Society Awards

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE

Ahsoka; Season 1; Dreams and Madness

Loki; Season 2; Glorious Purpose Christopher Townsend Allison Paul Matthew Twyford Christopher Smallfield John William Van Der Pool

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

The Last of Us; Season 1; Infected

The Mandalorian; Season 3; The Return

OUTSTANDING CREATED ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC OR REAL-TIME PROJECT

Loki; Season 2: 1983; World’s Fair White City Christian Waite Ben Aickin Francesco Ferraresi Pieter Warmington

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; The Broken Circle

The Last Of Us; Look for the Light; Salt Lake City

The Last of Us: Post-Outbreak Boston

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC OR REAL-TIME PROJECT

Citadel; Secrets in Night Need Early Rains; Ocean Water

Invasion; Season 2; A Voice from the Other Side

Loki; Season 2; Science/Fiction; Spaghettification Rafael Camacho Jonathan Lyddon-Towl Julien Legay Benedikt Roettger

The Mandalorian; Season 3; Lake Monster Attack Water

Willow; Children of the Wyrm; Crone Duststorm and Magical Effects

MPSE Golden Reel Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Effects / Foley

Ahsoka: "Part Four: Fallen Jedi"

All the Light We Cannot See: Episode 4

The Continental: From the World of John Wick: "Theatre of Pain"

Loki: "Glorious Purpose"

Star Trek: Picard: "The Last Generation"

The Last of Us: "When You're Lost in the Darkness"

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Long Form

Daisy Jones and the Six: “Track 8: Looks Like We Made It”

Fargo: “The Tiger”

Loki: “Glorious Purpose”

The Last of Us: “When You’re Lost in the Darkness”

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “Susan”

Ted Lasso: “Sunflowers”

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- Armand - Devil’s minion / Armandaniel (San Francisco tag) - TVC books ; IWTV film - Season 2 (pre-12.May), episodes: 1 ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~ 7 ~ 8 - Actors: Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Delainey Hayles, Bailey Bass, Eric Bogosian, Luke Brandon Field, Ben Daniels, Joseph Potter, Bally Gill ... - Characters: Lestat, Louis, Claudia, Daniel, Santiago, Nicki, Real Rashid, Théâtre des Vampires ... - Ships: Loumand, Loumandaniel, Armandstat, Loustat ... - Other: design (costumes, set..), behind the scene - Press/Events: pre-s2 press, s2 press TCA24 (6.2.) , TOWL premiere (7.2) , AMC Upfront 24 (10.4.) , 30.4. premiere , 1.5. premiere , ATX Festival (30.5.) , SDCC 2024 (26.-27.7.)

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The Stuff I Read in September 2023

Stuff I Extra Liked Is Bold

Books

Orphans of the Sky, Robert A. Heinlein

Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein

Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee

All Systems Red, Martha Wells

Artificial Condition, Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells

Exit Strategy, Martha Wells

Friendship Poems, ed. Peter Washington

Introduction to Linear Algebra, ch. 1-3, Gilbert Strang

Manga (mostly yuri [really all yuri])

Yagate Kimi ni Naru / Bloom Into You, Nio Nakatani

Kaketa Tsuki to Dōnattsu / Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Shio Usui

Onna Tomodachi to Kekkon Shitemita / Trying Out Marriage With My Female Friend, Shio Usui

Kimi no Tame ni Sekai wa Aru / The World Exists for You, Shio Usui

Teiji ni Agaretara / If We Leave on the Dot, Ayu Inui

Nikurashii Hodo Aishiteru / I Love You So Much I Hate You, Ayu Inui

Tsukiatte Agetemo Ī Kana / How Do We Relationship? Tamifull

Himegoto - Juukyuusai no Seifuku / Uniforms at the Age of Nineteen, Ryou Minenami

Colorless Girl, Honami Shirono

Short Fiction

It gets so lonely here, ebi-hime [itch.io]

Aye, and Gomorrah, Samuel R. Delaney [strange horizons]

Evolutionary Game Theory

Red Queen and Red King Effects in cultural agent-based modeling: Hawk Dove Binary and Systemic Discrimination, S. M. Amadae & Christopher J. Watts [doi]

The Evolution of Social Norms, H. Peyton Young [doi]

The Checkerboard Model of Social Interaction, James Sakoda [doi]

Dynamic Models of Segregation, Thomas C. Schelling [doi]

Towards a Unified Science of Cultural Evolution, Alex Mesoudi, Andrew Whiten, Kevin N. Laland [doi]

Is Human Cultural Evolution Darwinian? Alex Mesoudi, Andrew Whiten, Kevin N. Laland [doi]

Gender/Sexuality/Queer Stuff (up to several degrees removed)

Re-orienting Desire: The Gay International and the Arab World, Joseph Massad [link]

The Empire of Sexuality, Joseph Massad (interview) [link]

The Bare Bones of Sex, Anne Fausto-Sterling [jstor]

On the Biology of Sexed Subjects, Helen Keane & Marsha Rosengarten [doi]

Vacation Cruises: Or, the Homoerotics of Orientalism, Joseph A. Boone [jstor]

Romancing the Transgender Native: Rethinking the Use of the “Third Gender” Concept, Evan B. Towle & Lynn M. Morgan [doi]

Scientific Racism and the Emergence of the Homosexual Body, Siobhan Somerville [jstor]

White Sexual Imperialism: A Theory of Asian Feminist Jurisprudence, Sunny Woan [link]

Haunted by the 1990s: Queer Theory’s Affective Histories, Kadji Amin [jstor]

Annoying Anthro

The Sexual Division of Labor, Rebecca B. Bird, Brian F. Codding [researchgate]

Factors in the Division of Labor by Sex: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, George P. Murdock & Caterina Provost [jstor]

Biosocial Construction of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behavior, Wendy Wood & Alice H. Eagly [doi]

Political Theory

Some critics argue that the Internal Colony Theory is outdated. Here’s why they’re wrong, Patrick D. Anderson [link]

Toward a New Theory of Internal Colonialism, Charles Pinderhughes [link]

The Anatomy of Iranian Racism: Reflections on the Root Causes of South Azerbaijans Resistance Movement, Alireza Asgharzadeh [link]

The veil or a brother's life: French manipulations of Muslim women's images during the Algerian War, 1954–62, Elizabeth Perego [doi]

A Difficulty in the Concept of Social Welfare, Kenneth J. Arrow [jstor]

Manipulation of Voting Schemes: A General Result, Allan Gibbard [jstor]

China Has Billionaires, Roderic Day [redsails]

Other

Conversations I Can't Have, Cassandra Byers Harvin [proquest]

Earth system impacts of the European arrival and Great Dying in the Americas after 1492, Alexander Koch et al. [doi]

Why prisons are not “The New Asylums”, Liat Ben-Moshe [doi]

Uses of Value Judgments in Science: A General Argument, with Lessons from a Case Study of Feminist Research on Divorce, Elizabeth Anderson [doi]

Boundary Issues, Lily Scherlis [link]

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A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow has landed. It's not about who you are. It's about the people you meet. A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.

Set in post-Revolutionary Russia, 🪆 Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor) is stripped of his title and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the Metropol Hotel. Imprisoned at the property, the Count develops a friendship with a young girl, Nina (Alexa Goodall), but when a friend, Mishka (Fehinti Balogun), arrives at the hotel, the Count is forced to face his past, while trying not to sink into despair with the future.

Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov is in the screen adaptation of the author Amor Towles' bestselling novel. The limited series take on Amor Towles' 2016 novel tiptoes along an allegorical line, without toppling over into either outright whimsy or voyeuristic gawking at the flawed idealism and generational traumas of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Gentleman in Moscow is the upcoming television series for Paramount+ with Showtime based on the novel of the same name by Amor Towles (2016) Ben Vanstone is the writer, executive producer, and showrunner. The series is set to star Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Winstead plays Anna Urbanova, a Russian film star. While the Count has an instant attraction to her, Anna loves playing hard to get.

Watch the series on @paramountplusuk from Friday 29th March.

#ewanmcgregor #AGentlemaninMoscow #novel #Paramount+ #paramountplusuk #Showtime #series CountAlexanderRostov #AmorTowles #MaryElizabethWinstead #BenVanstone #writer #executiveproducer #showrunner

Posted 29th March 2024

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hi :) i would like to hear about 2s physical/social presentation if you fancy👀 :)

I CANNOT be coherent atm and i am doing this rocket speed cuz i need to go to slepe but

Its like. sooo gender dyspraxia to me. which is how i refer to the ways dyspraxia kind of effects my sense of self like. my own personal philosophy recently is. I'm gonna use a weird example cuz it's partially when i codified this thought but one time I was having lunch on an airplane. I know as someone with dyspraxia eating in a very limmited physical space- and rice, with a fork- while having a drink can open- is going ot be a careful buisness so i start setting up carefully everything as i want it and then im like hey, what the fuck. im already at this point, right, and i add to it an honestly black-and-white movie style, donald duck style, spread paper towl and excited hand rub in my seat, right? you get to the door of the clownhood. go in.

and it's like. I'm sooo obsessed with the bow tie that's just a cloth bow held to the shirt with a safety pin. that IS what gender dyspraxia is like. the signifyer and the act of the signifier are seperate things and the act is A Whole Thing I Can't Quite Do so i'm doing away with it, all i need is the symbol anyways. and with a bow tie! a symbol of, like,

Quirky Officialness, right, this IS an "im being somewhat serious here", its not casual. but the complete disregard to the. tying of the bow tie and the proper form of it and the, yknow. all he wants and needs is a floppy little bow cuz he's not doing this to be looked at, hes doing this cuz he wants to wear one. and that's an aspect i think really brings the final balance to the whole. "silly and smart and playing the fool and also an idiot" web. he straight up doesnt, care about dignity or respect as much and in the way some other incarnations of the doctor do- especially one or three. hes not really bothering making many shows of force he doesnt want to; he isn't trying to impress anyone; literally look at Power Of The Daleks. "how do we know you are the real doctor?" asks ben. "are you the real examiner?" ask the people finding out he isnt. "lmao. lol" says two, trying to focus on the daleks.

so it's like the thing with the whole. Modus Oparendai, clever clown, is it afacade blah blah is that Outward Wise he's just chilling and much prefers outlandish disguises/ overdoing roles (war games commander impersonation?) to actually trying to ever adjust his Real self to a situation. he Wont mask any of his goofy and if a situation needs Something Else he won't fold on that, he'll just go in a new direction.

and THEN the other half of the equation is his, negotiation-y, people-y attitude to problemsolving, which shows quite well in the three doctors and enemy of the world but i think is most, summarized with "Human beings, jamie, are always in reach of other human beings". he Interacts with the enemy, either to bring them to his side and try to solve problems interpersonally- his soft demeanor with ben in macraterror is suchhh a moment for me- or to learn them/ their weakness, to connect with them to put ideas in their heads or decieve them. and since being underestimated - or correctly estimated for his physical capability which i feel a lot of DW media does accept as Lesser Than Later Doctors- i mean this positively im cheering and clapping- WORKS to gurther his methods, and being regarded as soft frivolous harmless clown man works for Good connections too- earning peoples trust and the likes, as well as like. bonding with victoria after she just lost her family. Surprise Child Aqquisition. the lines betweeen being yourself + (On Purpose) sometimes blur.

but yeah in macra terror he is like WHO has EVER needed shined shoes ew. so i think theres definitely osme Autism as well on the comfort level; he likes the same kind of clothes and they need to be comfy to him but also there is a whole, idea connection to it. hes chasing fun hats, yknow? he wants to enjoy the way he is in the world and the way he presents and he will learn to work with or around what people think.

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Got to hear Simcoe say Ben’s name again. Towl Madge.

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Comic Book Saturday

It starts super intensely as a research vessel is going down. Then jumps five years later. Sophia, her Dad having been the one to go down with the vessel, is having a hard time. Then she meets Sodapop, a hermit crab, Jobim, a sea turtle, and the two octopi, Antonio and Carlos, who are all operating the ‘aquanaut’ diving suit (which was just awesome and hilarious). And, these new sort of friends change Sophia’s life (in a good, and maybe not so good ways).

It was an interesting look at grief, as well as the dark side of the park that Sophia’s Dad started, Aqualand. It has now changed since it’s Uncle Paul in charge and not Sophia’s Dad anymore. There were also a ton of hilarious things in there. The Octopi were my definite favourite part too. Cracked me up so much. A very fun read.

You may like this book If you Liked: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling, Oyster War by Ben Towle, or The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

The Aquanaut by Dan Santat

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A Gentleman In Moscow review: Ewan McGregor delights as a dandy trapped in a fancy hotel [ Amor Towles ]

A Gentleman In Moscow review: Ewan McGregor delights as a dandy trapped in a fancy hotel [News Summary] Ewan McGregor as Count Rostov in A Gentleman In Moscow Photo: Ben Blackall/Paramount+ With ShowtimeIf you were waiting to hear the naturally… TV adaptation of Amor Towles’ hit novel premieres March 31. The Russian Revolution and the turmoil that followed once proved rich territory for…

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Oyster War

Ben Towle’s critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated comic finally comes to print! In the coastal town of Blood’s Haven, the economy runs on oysters. Oyster farming is one of the most lucrative professions, but also the most dangerous. Not just from the unforgiving ocean and its watery depths-there are also oyster pirates to worry about! Commander Davidson Bulloch and his motley crew are tasked…

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Announces Season 2 Cast, Currently Filming in the UK

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Announces Season 2 Cast, Currently Filming in the UK

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has roped in seven new recurring cast members for the forthcoming second season, which is currently in production in the UK. Actors Gabriel Akuwudike, Yasen Atour, Ben Daniels, Amelia Kenworthy, Nia Towle, and Nicholas Woodeson have joined the show along with Sam Hazeldine (Peaky Blinders), who will be replacing Joseph Mawle in the role of Orc leader…

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Ben Towle, Cartoonist

2022 Projects: I’m not real sure who I think is going to publish a “funny animal” comic for grown-ups about cooking and playing rock music in the 1990’s, but for better or for worse, I’m steadily plugging away at just such a thing. It’s called In the Weeds and I’ve got about 100 pages of rough pencils, with about twenty more to go. This may be one I have to self-publish and sell out of a baby carriage Crumb-style!