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[bradpittwh0re]

moodboard - brad pitt x singerl!reader

[mobilis-in-mobili]

An Incomplete List: Things I love about HRH Prince Thomas of Tumblr

The fact of how you swear so much although you do it sometimes to convey affection (okay sometimes is an understatement but don't you ever stop)

How you own a fucking Switch and yet Mario Kart is one of your favourite games cause you absolutely butcher Rainbow Road when you get down to it

The way you look in your hoodie (that you stole from your dad) which is equal parts nerdy and dorky and how that is so fucking cute it sometimes makes me want to push you against a wall

How you hate the fact that cameras are insufficient to capture what you see that you came up with a fucking working hypothesis for bionic eyes

How ineffably holdable your hands look when you spam me photos of Schwifty

Everything I get about why I even try cause you're here

How you think Red Lightsabers are better (wrong) just cause they go well with your idea of evil working for good or something equally dichotomous and pretentious (and your hair)

How you try doing the tough guy thing at times but you're a complete fucking cheeseball on the inside

How you love movies that are bigger on the inside and how you concise them in the best way so much so that IMDB has a hard time creating better spoiler free blurbs (I still remember the Fight Club one - Brad Pitt being unbearably hot and wearing cool sunglasses and tank tops and beating the shit out of an insomniac)

How you said you'd still love me if I were a worm

The fact that you're a dreamer, and you don't let the constraints of the world stop you. How you think of worlds beyond our own where we're allowed to be us and be okay

How you still choose to be kind to the world although it hasn't been so to you

How you sometimes left stuff in my inbox for me to read like a cat leaving a rat at your doorstep

How that stuff made me cry because of how it made me feel

The fact that you added "Futile Devices" onto the playlist you made for me and how sometimes I read Call Me By Your Name (the song's from the movie, you know that) and just laugh a little at how beautiful it is to me

How you indulge in me being silly and don't hate me for that

The fact that everything that is us started from probably a simple reblog

How wonderfully right your height is just enough for me to bend down and kiss your forehead

How they make you really flustered at times and I don't understand what my heart means at times when you say things to me that I thought I never would know inside out

The fact that I loved you all along.

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Title: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood

Rating: R

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Julia Butters, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Mike Moh, Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, Al Pacino, Nicholas Hammond, Samantha Robinson, Kurt Russell

Release year: 2019

Genres: drama, thriller, comedy

Blurb: TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specialising in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly-changing movie industry. Rick is the neighbour of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski.

[saintmeghanmarkle]

A B C D or even Z list? by u/narcwatchkiwi

A, B, C, D or even Z list? Hi All,I'm genuinely curious about how the A, B, C, D list works. Was MM ever B list? Apparently the B list includes actors like Nicholas Cage, who is very famous. Apparently the D-list includes reality and celebrity game show stars, but apparently MM was rejected from reality TV shows, and celebrity game shows 'Strictly Come Dancing' and also 'Made in Chelsea'. So, she might not have even been D list...I found this definition below.“A-list” actors are exceptionally successful, their (celebrity) extends beyond the silver screen, and their name guarantees a box office hit. Some “A-list” actors include: Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, and Johnny Depp...“B-list” actors are usually television actors or less successful movie stars. Some “B-list” actors include: Nicholas Cage, Katherine Heigl, David Morse, Samantha Morton, and Pierce Brosnan. “B-list” actors usually never headline a film by themselves; this means the supporting actors are usually fairly notable too.A “C-list” actor is a character actor that’s known by face and not by name. They are usually still good actors, but they receive less (celebrity) than an A or B-list actor.“D-list” actors are the lowest on the celebrity hierarchy; they appear on celebrity game shows and reality television.So I looked up Z-list...Z-list celebrity"Usually an ex-reality show star or marginally talented has-been actor/entertainer who hasn't grasped that their 15 minutes of fame expired at least 26 months ago. Often seen on game shows, Home Shopping Network, Dancing With The Stars, infomercials at 3:00am, VH-1, truTV, even worse reality shows, or Where Are They Now? blurbs on Facebook.They aggressively pursue facetime on TV for interviews or insert themselves into Hollywood galas to which they have not been invited. Occasionally they will create personal drama, no matter how embarrassing, believing that no publicity is bad publicity.- Urban Dictionary.Oh dear!Taxi driver involved in the Harkles 'Near catastrophic car chase' post link: https://ift.tt/8MtPCDh author: narcwatchkiwi submitted: November 01, 2023 at 04:12AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit

[venkmansghosts]

Welcome to my blog!

Hello there. I most likely will forget to post so don't be expecting me. Maybe I will write fanfiction. If so, mainly headcannons and little blurbs because writing long stories scares me. I have a lot of hyperfixations so every week (or day) there will be something new I'm obsessing over. Right now it's Brad Pitt. I don't know why. And Criminal Minds. I lost my mind when I see Hotch. :)

Have a good day and yes :) Or Goodnight. G'Day m'lady.

[hotdamnhunnam]

Omfgg I am crying I am DYINGGGG 💀

This moodboard is EVERYTHING?!?!!??! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

No but seriously my head has been SPINNING because Gladiator is my fave film of all tiiiiime and I have been OBSESSED with Rome for my whole life and back when I used to write novels they would always be set in these kinds of ancient/epic vibes and now the writing bug is HITTINGGGggg

like —

✨🏛️ Sands of Anarchy 🏛️✨

His name would be Jaxon spelled like Saxon omfggg it works so perfectly

And reader like you said could be the daughter of a senator, or maybe even the emperor like ohhh the DRAMA and the pASSSION omg murder me

BUT I am not writing anymore and I’m not even reading fics at the moment so I’ll just sit here indulging in the *imagine* of it 😵‍💫💭🔥

UGHHH SCENES ARE PLAYING IN MY HEAD

HELP ME I’M DEAD 💀🪦

I knowww that first gif is Brad Pitt, but him in Troy = THE VIBE and I saw you used him in the moodboard so you get it 😝💦

Anyhoo THANK YOU for this gloriously gorgeous moodboard aslgjfksgjlkahgls it’s a goddamn work of ART, and it has captured my whole heart 💘

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Update: I have now posted a blurb thingy for Sands of Anarchy but still will NOT be writing a full fic 😅

Imagine Gladiator!Jax Teller x reader who is the daughter of a senator. She falls in love with him as she sees him fight in an arena and tries anything to save him. After she sneaks into the room where he gets healed after a fight, they start a secret romance.

[ameliasbitvh]

make sure to put 'augh' in your next fic <3

i will 😻😻🤞

[filmblurbs]

“Once Upon a Time In Hollywood”

I am not a Tarantino buff, but I actually quite enjoyed this movie. Long, but it was in the style of film that I can watch and stay tuned into those more simple, quiet and longer scenes. I loved the settings and costumes. The coloring of this movie captured the kind of golden feel that Hollywood is remembered to have in this era. DiCaprio and Pitt are great actors to have at the forefront and Margaret Qualley’s performance was over the top but done believably well.  In Tarantino fashion, the last 30 minutes of the film is where the action lies and wow it is definitely action. That sequence looked like hell to try to plan and film coherently but it was done so well and it looks so well timed it’s almost comical. That being said, I do still love the time taken with each story and each character in scenes that may have felt too long but should have for these characters to get their full depth. 

[imagine-richards]

kiss prompt : 3 and/or 7 + cliff booth !!!

3- Drunk/sloppy kiss

7- “I’ve missed you” kiss

It was a warm evening, which was helpful, considering you were currently laid on Cliff’s bed, wearing little more than a bra and panties, waiting for his return. You had been out of town visiting your family for two weeks and god, had you missed him. You knew he was scheduled to drop Rick home after work, and it was a Friday, meaning he had probably stayed for a drink or two. He was due back any minute, and you were literally shaking with anticipation, as was Brandy, who was laid right next to you.

It was another half an hour before Brandy perked up, probably meaning she heard Cliff’s footsteps approaching the trailer. He had no idea you were home, especially as the last time you had spoken on the phone, you told him you’d be there another week. He did well hiding his disappointment, but you knew he was more than a little upset about it. All in the name of a good surprise, right?

As soon as you saw the door handle twist, you sat up, crossing your legs at the bottom of the bed as Brandy ran to the door and barked. Cliff practically stumbled in, swinging on the door for support. Okay, maybe he had more than a couple with Rick.

“Brandy... Brandy- shush, please, oh god... the barking. Wow. Please- Holy fuck!” Cliff drabbled on, before noticing you in his bed. The first emotion was shock, but once his brain had registered that you weren’t some sort of intruder, he ran over to you, instantly pulling your face to kiss and placing a passionate kiss to your lips.

“I fuckin’ missed you so much, you said you weren’t-”“I know, baby, I wanted to surprise you...”

He looked down at you, practically beaming. You could smell the alcohol on his breath, but you literally couldn��t care less if you tried. You were finally back in Cliff’s arms, and he was pressing drunken, sloppy kisses all over your face as he pushed you down into the bed so he could climb on top of you, holding onto any part of your exposed body he could.

[captainadwen]

“its an honors course” i thought “surely that means the movie is decent, or at least that there will be questions about it that go beyond reading the wikipedia blurb which is kinda boring anyway” well jokes on me the wikipedia blurb was somehow more interesting and the only thing it did not convey was 1. the crop tops and 2. patroclus looking like a frustrated 15 year old every time he interacted with achilles

what i will say is that this genre made me expect a lot more naked people and there weren’t as many as i thought there would be. frankly, they shoulda made everyone fight shirtless. it would greatly improve boring fight scenes if brad pitt was shirtless during them

[i-am-very-very-tired]

Angelina Jolie has cowritten a book with Geraldine Van Bueren QC and Amnesty International. Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide For Youth “details the rights promised in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, starting with the history of child rights, and providing a clear description of the types of child rights, the young activists from around the world who fought to defend them, and how readers can stand up for their own rights”. It has been blurbed by Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg, two young leaders who know a thing or two about rights, even in the face of those who insisted they were too young to claim them.

In support of the book, Angelina covers The Guardian Weekend, giving her most candid interview in years, and since the book is about children’s rights, the purpose of the book dovetails with her children’s experience. Which, inevitably, leads back to her contentious and ongoing custody case with Brad Pitt.

Angelina explains that for 20 years through her work with the UNHCR and Amnesty, she’s met so many children who “live with the effect of their rights being violated” and “then I had an experience in the States with my own children”. From there, while she cannot discuss her legal situation in detail, she confirms non-verbally again that there was abuse, that she did “fear for the safety of her children”.

This is not new. Nearly five years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Brad Pitt after an incident on a plane. It has never been made public what exactly happened on the flight but it reportedly involved Brad and Maddox, who was 15 years old at the time. An investigation ensued, and Brad was cleared of criminal wrongdoing, but there’s so much more to abuse and abusive behaviour than what meets the criminal standard. Whatever went down permanently broke the family and, as Angelina tells the Guardian, “I’m not the kind of person who makes decisions like the decisions I had to make lightly. It took a lot for me to be in a position where I felt I had to separate from the father of my children.”

And the “a lot” part of it suggests that while the plane incident wasn’t isolated. Later in the interview, she describes it as an entire decade:

“While refusing to discuss details about her divorce, [Jolie] has said that the experience has been traumatic and has left her feeling “broken”. What have the past five years taken out of her? There is a long pause. She cups her face in her hands, and looks ready to burst into tears. “I mean, in some ways it’s been the last decade. There’s a lot I can’t say,” she repeats. “I think at the end of the day, even if you and a few people you love are the only people who know the truth of your life, what you fight for, or what you sacrifice, or what you’ve suffered, you come to be at peace with that, regardless of everything going on around you.”

Brad and Angelina separated in 2016. Needless to say, problems were building in the five years preceding that. Some of which she alludes to, specifically when talking about Harvey Weinstein, who comes up when she’s asked when she first stood up for herself in Hollywood. Harvey Weinstein is currently in prison, a convicted rapist, and he’s denying the allegations from his jail cell in the most Weinstein way possible – by accusing her of using him to sell books, like Angelina Jolie would have to namecheck Harvey f-cking Weinstein to get her books sold, lol, and also by suggesting that since she’s so beautiful, like, what else does she expect?!

As gross as that is, it’s also the patriarchy, and toxic masculinity. And, devastatingly, enough people buy Harvey’s brand of f-cksh-t rationalisation because, ultimately, the way the system has been set up over centuries, women are not to be trusted. She was assaulted – and it’s being brushed off by her assailant: she’s so beautiful, I couldn’t help myself…so I tried to help myself.

We don’t have to spend any more time confirming what almost a hundred women and so many more witnesses have already confirmed – Harvey Weinstein is a predator. So… why did Angelina’s husband, Brad Pitt, continue working with him, knowing how she felt, to the point where she refused to attend promotional events for Weinstein projects. And remember, back in the time of Brange, they were always a team when it came to press and marketing. With a few exceptions. Clearly Weinstein was one of them.

“Sources close to Brad” tell TMZ, the website that often feels like it’s the voice of the men’s rights movement, that “he never "teamed up" with Weinstein for "Inglourious Basterds" -- he was simply part of a movie that Tarantino directed, which happened to get distributed by TWC.”

In the Guardian interview, though, Angelina mentions another film, Killing Them Softly, that Brad produced and that he approached The Weinstein Company to distribute. The “sources close to Brad” make no mention of that to TMZ. Because, well, those are the facts.

The Weinstein problem, however, was clearly one of many between Brange that resulted in her leaving the marriage and it may have been surmountable as a standalone if not for whatever problematic behaviour he was allegedly exhibiting within the family. Angelina through their custody case is advocating for the right of her children to be able to voice their concerns. Three of the six Jolie-Pitt kids reportedly want to testify, and the judge who was recently disqualified shut down that request.

And so her purpose for writing the book is directly related to her personal situation. The United States has not ratified the rights of the child:

“Discovering that the convention on the rights of the child has not been ratified by the US has given her a sense of purpose: rather than simply fighting for her children, she can see it as a bigger human rights cause. She is trying to put a positive spin on her situation. “It has been so horrific that I almost have to see it as a godsend to be in a position to be able to fight this system. It doesn’t start with the violation [the plane incident]. It’s so much more complicated than that.” She says the lack of ratification has had a significant impact on her battle: “My 17-year-old, for example, has been denied a voice in court.” She is referring her to their son, Pax, apparently one of the three children who would like the opportunity to speak about his family situation and is being told he cannot.

That may change since an appellate court found in Angelina’s favour that the judge had a conflict of interest but just last week, Brad’s legal team appealed to the California Supreme Court to contest that ruling. Interestingly that piece of information dropped just a couple of days before this Guardian interview – and Brad was contacted by the journalist for comment on some of Angelina’s remarks. So he and his reps would have known, ahead of time, that this was coming. Let’s not be so naïve to think that he wouldn’t have been strategising a counter to her claims.

And he certainly has the power to do so. Not unlike Jon Voight, Angelina’s father, who comes up in conversation here, particularly when she talks about her mother not having a voice in comparison to the big Hollywood actor she was married to:

“I realised when I was young, the person who had a public voice had more power than the very kind, decent woman at home doing all the right things and making all the sacrifices.”

Angelina obviously has considerably much more influence than her mother, and yet, even Angelina Jolie has been side-eyed, her motivations doubted, in an industry and a society that is still set up to benefit straight white men.

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[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Troy

Rating: R

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Cast: Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Diane Kruger, Peter O'Toole, Rose Byrne, Saffron Burrows, Garrett Hedlund, Vincent Regan, Julie Christie, Nathan Jones, Mark Lewis Jones, John Shrapnel, James Cosmo, Nigel Terry

Release year: 2004

Genres: action, history, war, adventure

Blurb: During the late Bronze Age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Trojan prince Paris convinces Queen Helen of Sparta to leave her husband Menelaus and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he and his brother Agamemnon invoke a treaty with other nations to gather an army and get her back.

[42inchtv]

Some Thoughts On The Best Movies Of 2019

Honorable Mentions: “Always Be My Maybe” (dir. Nahnatchka Khan), “Avengers: Endgame” (dirs. Joe and Anthony Russo), “Her Smell” (dir. Alex Ross Perry), “The Highwaymen” (dir. John Lee Hancock), “Joker” (dir. Todd Phillips), “Knives Out” (dir. Rian Johnson), “The Laundromat” (dir. Steven Soderbergh), “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese” (dir. Martin Scorsese), “Spider-Man: Far From Home” (dir. Jon Watts), “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (dir. J.J. Abrams), “Toy Story 4″ (dir. Josh Cooley), “Triple Frontier” (dir. J.C. Chandor), “Under the Silver Lake” (dir. David Robert Mitchell), “Waves” (dir. Trey Edward Shults), “Yesterday” (dir. Danny Boyle)

10. “High Flying Bird” (dir. Steven Soderbergh) Steven Soderbergh loves process movies, films where collaboration has to take place in order to achieve a set goal. So, heists. Almost all of Soderbergh's movies have a heist element in the text -- often literally, as with the "Ocean's" franchise or "Logan Lucky"; sometimes deeper, as with "Magic Mike" or "High Flying Bird." This new Soderbergh joint is a fucking blast -- and right from the start, with Andre Holland rat-tat-tatting his way through a fancy lunch with an NBA rookie who's still wet behind the ears (Melvin Gregg, good stuff). On the face of it, "High Flying Bird" is a heist movie, one where we watch Holland's Ray and his dogged former assistant (Zazie Beetz) use shoe-leather to stop an NBA lockout and make themselves a lot of money in the process. But its deeper reading is about a disrupter trying to disrupt again without falling behind the curve (it might as well be about Soderbergh himself). The ideas presented in "High Flying Bird" are so modern its almost as if Soderbergh has seen the future, one where athletes democratize sports in the way so many other fields have been democratized by social media. The production and release of "High Flying Bird" -- it was shot on an iPhone and dropped on Netflix -- are timely too. Soderbergh continues to get over on all these guys, doing it better and faster than most people half his age. Maybe he loves heists so much because he's made a career out of pulling jobs on the unsuspecting for 30 years.

9. “Booksmart” (dir. Olivia Wilde) A classic right out of the box, even in spite of the ponderous discourse surrounding its release. “Booksmart” takes the one-crazy-night structure and core relationship of "Superbad" and mixes it with the heart and sincerity of "Lady Bird" to create a coming-of-age movie that transcends gender and time and finds room to turn Beanie Feldstein into a giant star. This is a god-level performance, paying off what everyone hoped would happen after she played the beta in "Lady Bird." She's the alpha here and tears the movie to shreds. Give her a goddamn Oscar.

8. “Parasite” (dir. Bong Joon Ho) There is always another bottom. “Parasite” starts as one kind of movie and becomes another and the deftness with which it transitions is but one of the many delights buried within what has become a landmark release. Two things to note, before hitting the next blurb: first, the ending montage is unforgettable, quite literally as I’ve often replayed it in my head during quieter moments; and second, the score is the best of the year.

7. “Little Women” (dir. Greta Gerwig) Bigger in scope and bolder in construction than “Lady Bird,” Gerwig’s adaptation of “Little Women” stamps her as one of the best filmmakers working today. No one is able to be as honest in depicting complicated human feelings and as unafraid to portray outright empathy amid conflict. The only downside to Gerwig hitting the rarefied air of an auteur is that she doesn’t seem to want to act anymore. But we’ll take the role switch if there are more movies like “Little Women” on the horizon.

6. “Marriage Story” (dir. Noah Baumbach) Noah Baumbach is never really mentioned when conversations turn to best directors; he’s always felt a tier behind the Tarantinos and Scorseses of the world. But given a second thought, it’s hard to imagine why. Baumbach has been knocking out four-star movies since the ‘90s and “Marriage Story” might be his best. (Thanks to Netflix, it’s also by far his most widely seen; my parents even watched this one.) The divorce drama turned meme generator is typical Baumbach: smart people arguing about life with a bite that doesn’t shy away from showing the underside of humanity. But it feels like his most complete film, a perfect marriage of his earlier cynical work and his buoyant Gerwig period. It goes without saying but let’s say it anyway: Adam Driver is remarkable in this one, giving the best performance of the year. But Scarlett Johansson matches him scene for scene, a reminder of the raw talent she displayed during the “Lost in Translation” years when she was basically Andruw Jones for actors.

5. “Hustlers” (dir. Lorene Scafaria) From the opening tracking shot -- an unbroken take that follows newbie Destiny (Constance Wu in her best performance yet) as she tries to scratch together some cash during her first night at the klerb -- Lorene Scafaria makes her case for a Scorseseian tribute previously done best by Paul Thomas Anderson. But “Hustlers” isn’t a mere riff on “Goodfellas” or “Boogie Nights,” it’s a Trojan horse packed tight with big statements on the long-lasting ramifications of the 2008 financial crisis, the bonds of true friendship, and the way parenthood literally changes the mind of a parent (”motherhood is a mental illness,” Jennifer Lopez’s Ramona says twice during the film, first with a laugh and then later with a tear). It all culminates with a finale that doubles as a punch in the gut, with a monologue delivered by Lopez that should replace Ben Affleck’s juicy dialogue from “The Town” for aspiring actors on YouTube. Through it all, Scafaria controls every frame and sequence with confidence and ease not portended even by her previous solid work. It’s some masterful stuff, as is the way she’s able to tease out powerful performances from her motley crew of actors: Cardi B (lol sure), Lizzo, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer, Wu, and, of course, J.Lo, who does Robert De Niro in “Goodfellas” better than anyone else who has tried since 1990.

4. “Us” (dir. Jordan Peele) Oh, hey, “Us” is awesome. A “Twilight Zone” riff mixed with a greatest hits of references (including but not limited to “Scream,” “Jaws,” “The Shining,” “Signs,” “Funny Games,” “The Cabin in the Woods,” and “C.H.U.D.”) that throws a bunch of big, lofty ideas into the batter. Chief among them: How the ruling class must be taken out by the disenfranchised and how the disenfranchised, after wresting power from that class, will not go quietly into the night. (Alternate take: Bury the unwoke person you were as a youth before they can come back and ruin your life.) It all works so well — thrilling and hilarious, often at the same time. Lupita Nyong’o is otherworldly here (best actress 2020) and Winston Duke does an outrageous Jordan Peele impression that should please dads everywhere. Highest praise: During a year when we celebrated the greatness of 1999 movies, “Us” would rank up there with the best of the lot.

3. “The Irishman” (dir. Martin Scorsese) I've never thought to cry while watching a Martin Scorsese movie. That's not the kind of filmmaker he has been previously -- and even the movies he's made that pack an emotional wallop do so with almost surgical precision. Perhaps he's getting softer in his old age, or maybe I am: on my third viewing of "The Irishman" (but really, let's call it what it is: "I Heard You Paint Houses"), I teared up on more than one occasion. The elephant in the room after its release became Peggy and the wrongly perceived lack of agency given to her character. But watching how her relationship with Frank unfolds from birth to death with so few words is the movie's greatest trick. The first time we see Peggy, as an infant, she casts her big eyes on dad; those same glances -- angry, heartbroken, disgusted, pitiful stares -- make up their entire relationship. Only once does Frank experience something similar: after he kills Hoffa (a 20-minute sequence that features little dialogue and no music; we stan), Frank is next shown watching from a church pew as Bill Bufalino gives away his daughter at the altar on her wedding day; it's an act of fatherly love and joy that he'll never experience, not after what he's done hours before. Frank knows it too; just look at his face. A fucking masterpiece from our greatest filmmaker.

2. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (dir. Quentin Tarantino) Speaking of masterpieces: “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is Quentin Tarantino’s best movie in 20 years and his most introspective ever; cinema’s former enfant terrible has finally grown up. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” grapples with what happens when masculinity runs its course and when one generation loses prominence to the next. But it’s also just super hilarious — filled with moments that are best described as lol. This is the best performance Leonardo DiCaprio has ever given. It’s a remarkable tight-rope walk: he's an actor playing a slightly worse actor who himself is giving a performance and then having to also give another performance as the actor he's playing? As his sidekick-slash-lifemate, Brad Pitt is so effortless that it's almost redundant to praise him. And while there are other delights to enjoy among the cast (Margaret Qualley, Julia “tha God” Butters), let’s highlight Margot Robbie: She finds such warmth and grace within Sharon Tate that it's hard not to leave the film feeling a tremendous amount of sadness and regret. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" might rewrite her history, but the real world did not. Unfortunately, this legend was never printed. But at least it exists in the movies.

1. “Uncut Gems” (dirs. Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie) What if the last 30 minutes of "Goodfellas" was actually 120 minutes and starred an all-time Adam Sandler, Mike Francesa, and Kevin Garnett, and prominently featured Billy Joel's "The Stranger"? The Safdie Brothers wrote and directed my fever dreams and it resulted in the best movie of 2019, 2018, 2017. This is a landmark; why bother writing anything else?

[murniaya]

Book blurb: Perempuan cantik itu bernama Lasmirah. Impian untuk jadi penyanyi, membawanya ke Borneo. Tapi siapa yang akan mengira bila impian itu seketika sirna, berganti penderitaan panjang tanpa ujung. Terjebak di Asrama Telawang sebagai jugun ianfu atau budak seks, Lasmirah—Miyako nama Jepangnya—tak punya banyak pilihan. Ia tak lebih dari boneka hidup yang siap digilir sesuka hati tamu. Harapan akhirnya muncul. Bukan untuk jadi penyanyi. Tapi harapan ketika ia berkenalan dengan seorang perwira menengah Jepang, Yamada. Hidup di Jepang atau Jawa, pilihan yang sempat membuat hati Miyako berbunga. Melambungkan harapan. Ia tak pernah mengira bila semua itu hanya ilusi, seperti juga ketika harus melayani Tuan Kei yang lembut, senang menyanyi, dan pandai bermain harmonika. Lalu, apakah kemunculan prajurit KNIL, Pram, dalam kehidupan Miyako juga sebuah ilusi? Bagaimana Yamada ketika tahu Miyako berhubungan dengan pacar jawanya itu? Kekalahan Jepang dari sekutu kemudian mengubah semuanya. Pram dan Yamada akhirnya harus berhadapan bukan saja sebagai pribumi dan penjajah, tapi juga dua seteru yang sama-sama mengharap cinta dari seorang perempuan bernama Miyako. Rimba Borneo menjadi titik akhir ketika sebuah peluru mengubah semuanya. . . . Demenan banget kalo ceritanya setting jadul, zaman perang, dengan latar kejadian yang memang nyata pernah ada, seperti penjajah JPN di buku ini. Nggak hanya pada buku, untuk film juga demikian. Salah satunya yang saya suka yaitu seperti TITANIC. 😍 Siapa yang nggak suka film Titanic? Kejadian tenggelamnya beneran ada, tapi romansa Jack & Rose saya tak tahu itu benar adanya atau tidak. Kayaknya nggak ada deh. Film tahun 2016 yang dibintangi Brad Pitt & Marion Cotillard berjudul ALLIED juga jadi favorit saya. Allied adalah nama sebuah peristiwa di World War II tahun 1942. Peristiwa itu benar adanya, tetapi kisah romansa antara Max Vatan & Marianne Beausejour yang menjadi menu utama di film itu sebenarnya fiktif saja dan bukan diambil dari kejadian Allied yang sebenarnya. Jugun Ianfu sangat recommended dibaca. Allied juga sangat recommended ditonton. Keren semua deh ini ceritanya. Baper baper dah! 😜 Maaf OOT jadi bahas film juga😅✌

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Celebrity Worship Syndrome #1

So the other day, well actually more like a week ago a friend of mine showed me a music video from the singer Ivy Levan and I instantly became obsessed with her. Ever since I saw the music video “Biscuit”, I have been religiously watching every video she has on her YouTube including music videos, behind the scenes and interviews. She is just so unique and intriguing. She is far from the normal standards for today’s society and I love it. Her music video for Biscuit is so unique but such a strong message towards “haters”. Instead of straight out saying “kiss my ass” like most songs today, she says “kiss my biscuit” in regards to the old saying “butter my bum and call me a biscuit”. I find it quite interesting because I am so used to most main stream songs that say “ass” or other terms all the time. She is so old fashioned in a sense. Another video I have come to love is “The Dame Says”. It’s so dark and sexual almost like a dominatrix feel. It just catches the eye with the stunning visuals and the lyrics are quite abnormal but unique. Well anyway, enough about her music. Let’s talk about the very unique look she has, whether is be in person or her music videos, there is no doubt in hell that this woman does not want to conform to societies standards and that is perfectly okay with me. She is stunning with the perfect face structure and eyes that see into your soul. Not to mention her attitude like smile. She also stared in the movie Drop Dead Gorgeous which i have yet to watch. And with Christmas just around the corner i recommend listening to her song “Frostbitten”. It’s not your typical Christmas jingle but that’s what makes it so fucking awesome. I am not saying i do not like the classics but sometimes it’s nice to hear something new for a change. Yes, she might not be the charitable type like Brad Pitt or whatever but she does give society a new and unique look for the music scene and i cannot wait until i hear her amazingly powerful voice on the radio. Until then YouTube is my best friend and shall be yours as well if you decide to look her up because i can guarantee you shall love her just as much as i do (if you don’t , well then oh well).

Here as some links to her videos:

Biscuit (Music Video):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKV...

The Dame Says (Lyric Video):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35p...

Frostbitten (Song ONLY):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2w...

Here is the link to her website for all her information:

http://www.ivylevan.com/

Let me know what you all think of her! Also, don’t hesitate to send me a blurb about your Celebrity Worship Syndrome, whether it be a singer or actor or author send it to me and i shall post it on my blog (also, i may make a book of them all).