#bradley whitford can get. it.

[brokehorrorfan]

Get Out and Us will be released together on Steelbook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital on October 8 via Universal. Jordan Peele's first two films cemented him as a modern master of horror Jordan Peele.

2017's Get Out stars Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery, LaKeith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, Catherine Keener, and Betty Gabriel.

2019's Us stars Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker.

Get Out is presented in 4K with HDR10, while Us is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision and HDR10. Special features are listed below, where you can see the full Steelbook layout.

Get Out special features:

Audio Commentary by Writer-Director Jordan Peele

Alternate Ending with Optional Commentary by Jordan Peele

Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Jordan Peele

Unveiling the Horror of Get Out

Q&A with Jordan Peele and the Cast

Us special features:

The Monsters Within Us

Tethered Together: Making Us Twice

Redefining a Genre: Jordan Peele's Brand of Horror

The Duality of Us

Becoming Red

Scene Explorations

Deleted Scenes

We're All Dying

As Above, So Below: Grand Pas de Deux

Pre-order Get Out / Us.

[thebreakfastgenie]

For the character ask game:

Josh Lyman 3. Least favorite canon thing about this character? 5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them? 8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise? 12. What's a headcanon you have for this character? 21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like? 24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

I like all his flaws, they make him more interesting... I just dislike when canon leans too far into any part of him. Season 5 leaned way too hard on the Rahm Emmanuel influence and idk if it's his fault but I blame Lawrence O'Donnell for this. Sending a senator a dead fish is really fun but honestly I don't think season 1 Josh would do that, I think it's too much.

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

Oh, you know.

He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl And he's always at home with his back to the wall And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross And he likes to be known as the angry young man

8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

I really hate the stay at home dad Josh headcanon. I know Bradley Whitford supports it but he's wrong. And the like. He has three kids named Leo, Noah, and Joanie thing. There is such a thing as going too far with that. Going too far with the shippy stuff especially in a post Rosslyn or Noel context. He's got other stuff going on!! I'm also getting more and more irked about flanderization in general but I wouldn't say that's gotten to the despise level yet.

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

He has lingering physical issues related to being shot. I think the canon basis for it is nebulous but it's fun for me.

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

I like to hurt him. I like seeing him suffer but really I think I like to test him. I like to see what he'll do if I back him into a corner. I don't like letting him be saved by love. That comes back to things the fandom does that I despise, too. I like to make him save himself! I am always writing about his PTSD, I think that's my favorite topic.

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

Hmmm. I know my dedicated followers are expecting me to say Hawkeye Pierce but I don't think they're all that alike. Honestly the best I can think of right now is Julian Bashir, and the resemblance isn't that strong but I think they share the quality of being kind of annoying but caring so deeply you have to forgive them.

[what-gs-watching]

"Why is no one having a good time? I specifically requested it."

Here’s a thing: my husband used to watch a ton of tv, all the time. Always had something on in the background. But then he got sucked into TikTok and his attention span broke, so I’ve been watching most things myself.

He just put together a snack to wind down from his work day, and came back in for a glass of milk. I’m on the couch and as he swished by he said “I just turned on Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, which in and of itself was surprising, only to continue “and remembered he’s dead…” and I let out a wail I’ve been mostly ignoring. 

Andre Braugher, I’m so sad that you’re gone. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is one of my absolute favorite comfort shows, and I’m not sure how I’m going to stand it now, for a while. Captain Holt is iconic, you can’t watch that show and not fall in love with him. 

And now it’s just…sad.

Nine-Nine is another one of those shows I started watching religiously while it was airing on cable, the entirety of the reason being Andy mother-effing Samberg. I have been in love with him (and the Lonely Island, which we should talk about eventually) since that crazy man joined SNL and so nothing was going to tear me away from his randon sitcom. I came for him, obviously, but I stayed for everyone else.

Including, and mostly, Captain Raymond Holt. 

I’m not gonna lie, he might be the most realized, well-defined character on the show. The man has layers. Gay, black cop who finally becomes captain of his own squad. Deadly serious, married to a professor, proud dog dad, lover of rules, hard grudge-holder, extremely literal and blunt, with the weirdest sense of humor. 

Most of the best moments of this show involve Holt. There’s an entire scene wherein the squad is put on the night shift and it’s fucking with everyone’s relationships and someone suggests his bad mood is because he needs to  bone down with his husband. His reaction has me crying every single time.

He has a dance-off with a kid on the street. He goes undercover as a straight person and does it hilariously. He gets incredibly, heavily, disturbingly invested in the Halloween heist game Jake sets up each year. He creates a ridiculous balloon arch for a wedding and gets deeply attached to it, and is infuriated by the fact that everyone thinks it’s weird as hell. He has the most fantastic arch rival relationship with an old partner, to the point where he plans to deliver a scathing eulogy when she unexpectedly dies. He learns the choreography set to Salt ‘N Peppa’s “Push It” and performs it to distract Amy while she’s giving birth. 

It feels like a lot of characters on tv are two-dimensional, but good lord, Holt was in full technicolor, and it’s obvious the reason it works so well is because Andre Braugher was a master of his craft. He WAS Holt, for a lot of people, including me. No one else could have stepped in and created that man. 

Throughout the show, Jake treated him like a surrogate dad because his own father (lol at Bradley Whitford in that role) was a dumpster fire, and it was really sweet. He just wanted validation, and acceptance.

In the finale, he tells Jake, "On my first day here, I asked Jeffords to tell me about everyone, He told me you were a great detective, but the one thing you couldn’t figure out was how to grow up. Well, I think you’ve finally figured it out. Over the years, you’ve sometimes referred to me as something of a father figure, but I want you to know, if I had had a son, and he had turned out like you, I would be very proud of him.”

I have a dad of my own, he’s wonderful and I love him and we have a great relationship, but y’all, Holt can be a surrogate dad for me too. He can be one for everyone. He always had a pearl of wisdom and he supported the entire squad in absolutely everything, and he was just an excellent human. Who was FUNNY and multidimensional and just…dope. 

He’s one of those perfect characters. And they don’t come along that often. So I guess the point is, thank you, Andre Braugher, for bringing him to life, and giving us the gift that is Captain Raymond Holt. I’m glad we still have him, even if we don’t have you.

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #97: April 28th - May 4th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from April 28 - May 4, 2024. Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing!

Challenges/Prompts:

There are no open challenges or events on our radar this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 1, Episode 20: Mandatory Minimums aired on May 3, 2000.

Season 2, Episode 20: The Fall’s Gonna Kill You aired on May 2, 2001.

Season 3, Episode 18: Enemies Foreign and Domestic aired on May 1, 2002.

Season 4, Episode 21: Life on Mars aired on April 30, 2003.

Season 5, Episode 20: Talking Points aired on April 28, 2004.

Season 7, Episode 20: The Last Hurrah aired on April 30, 2006.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from April 28 - May 4:

Allison Janney posted a promo video for Dule Hill’s new PBS show, The Expressway (and Bradley Whitford did too!). 

Allison Janney posted stills and video from the season finale of Palm Royale.

Amy Landecker posted a photo of herself and Brad with Luci Baines Johnson, former president Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughter, in Texas. 

Dule Hill posted photos of himself in D.C. advocating for the arts with The Creative Coalition. 

Josh Malina posted a photo of himself with his parents’ Omer counter. 

Josh Malina posted a clip of himself from The West Wing doing an unnecessary trick with a phone receiver. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of herself and her husband with their new granddaughter. 

Mary McCormack posted a fun fact from behind the scenes of The West Wing. 

Peter James Smith posted a photo of himself and the cast of Nora with Allison Janney and I, Tonya screenwriter Steven Rogers. 

Peter James Smith posted photos of himself and his castmates from the set of the play he’s in, Nora. 

Richard Schiff posted stills from The Good Doctor shouting out guest star (and his daughter) Ruby Kelley. 

Rob Lowe posted a photo of himself with horses while filming on location. 

Donna Moss Daily: April 28 | April 29 | April 30 | May 1 | May 2 | May 3 | May 4

Daily Josh Lyman: April 28 | April 29 | April 30 | May 1 | May 2 | May 3 | May 4

No Context BWhit: April 28 | April 29 | April 30 | May 1 | May 2 | May 3 | May 4

@twwarchive: April 29 | May 1 | May 3 | May 4

Fics:

Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own. 

Josh/Donna

Somebody loved by Shinyrosa | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Fairytale Ending? by Tyrols | Not Rated | Josh Lymn/Donna Moss | In Progress

Other Pairings/Gen Fic

The Weight We Carry Is Love by piratequeenofgreenthings | Rated T | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | In Progress

An Intriguing Variable by silasfinch for justdreaming88 | Ellie Bartlet/Original Female Character(s) | In Progress

The Race by Goochie0014 | Rated M | No Characters/Pairings Listed | Complete

Multiple Pairings

War & Peace by miabicicletta for krazykitkat, onekisstotakewithme | Rated T | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Andrea Wyatt/Toby Ziegler, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | In Progress

THE WEEKLY PRESS BRIEFING TEAM CAN BE REACHED VIA THE FOLLOWING METHODS:

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Feel free to let us know if we missed something, if you have an event you’d like us to promote, or if you have an item that you’d like included in the next briefing!

xx, What’s next?

[nickjunesource]

5x10 Spoilers

Since the Deadline article has been removed, we've compiled the spoilers about Nick and Osblaine. They've been placed below the cut:

When June was in the hospital unconscious and recovering, Nick Blaine (Max Minghella) risked everything to rush to her side. To ensure her continued protection, he even made a deal with Mark Tuello (Sam Jaeger) to share intel on Gilead even though it could cost him his life. He loses his mind a bit over how close he came to June dying and he punches Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) right in the face for supporting whoever ordered the hit on his beloved. Oh, and his wife Rose is tired of playing second fiddle and wants out of the relationship. *Shrugs*



DEADLINE: Nick has officially risked everything for June. What does the future hold for them?

MILLER: I feel like this is the most romantic Nick/June season that there’s ever been. I love the fact that they spend the entire season saying they can’t be together. What I was hoping is to show that she’s tangled with these people, inextricably, all of them. And just as much as she couldn’t forget about Fred, she breaks up with Nick 70 times this season. She cannot let go of him and the last thing she says is, “Make sure you tell him that we’re okay.” And when she says, “we’re okay” she means the rest of his family. So I think in that last episode when Nick sees her and doesn’t even wake her up is just the most romantic thing.



DEADLINE: What can you tease about the consequences he could face?

MILLER: Well, I think he’s kind of pathologically dangerously romantic and that’s his problem. He genuinely loves June and that’s gonna cause all sorts of problems. Any genuine emotion that’s driving you that isn’t survival— which was his his and June’s only emotion most of the time— anything other than that distracts you. I think the problem is he feels like he needs to have this semblance of an emotional life so that people take him seriously and so he doesn’t get in trouble. I think he’s incapable of doing that because he’s either silent or he tells the truth. I know what we’re setting up for Nick, which is exactly what you think it is. He’s the guy who we think he is. And even if he tries not to be the guy he thinks he is, it’s either going to be very uncomfortable for him like he is with Rose, or it’s going to fail and he’s going to end up not being able to stop himself from punching Lawrence. I think the nice thing is he’s he follows his heart, and the scary thing is he follows his heart.



[dgct2]

Deadline can reveal that the letter has now been signed by over 1,000 actors, including stars such as Charlize Theron, Joaquin Phoenix, Jamie Lee Curtis, Cobie Smulders and Pedro Pascal, as well as, curiously SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher.

Other names recently added include Paul Giamatti, Bradley Whitford, Rose Byrne, Olivia Wilde, Ewan McGregor, Aubrey Plaza, Rooney Mara and Sarah Paulson.

The Letter

“Solidarity demands honesty, and we need to make clear our resolve. A strike brings incredible hardships to so many, and no one wants it. But we are prepared to strike if it comes to that. And we are concerned by the idea that SAG-AFTRA members may be ready to make sacrifices that leadership is not. We hope you’ve heard the message from us. This is an unprecedented inflection point in our industry, and what might be considered a good deal in any other years is simply not enough,” the letter noted.

“This is not a moment to meet in the middle, and it’s not an exaggeration to say that the eyes of history are on all of us. We ask that you push for all the change we need and protections we deserve and make history doing it. If you are not able to get all the way there, we ask that you use the power given to you by us, the membership, and join the WGA on the picket lines,”

[slowtides]

For folks who watch The West Wing, I'm thinking about the scenes between Josh and Leo when Leo is helping Josh with his PTSD and tells him the story about a man in a hole:

This guy's walking down a street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep, he can't get out. A doctor passes by, and the guy shouts up, "Hey you, can you help me out?" The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along, and the guy shouts up "Father, I'm down in this hole, can you help me out?" The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by. "Hey Joe, it's me, can you help me out?" And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, "Are you stupid? Now we're both down here." The friend says, "Yeah, but I've been down here before, and I know the way out."

And then later in the series, when Josh tries to help Leo, and tells him that he won't stop trying because "A man fell in a hole."

In my head, when I watch these scenes, I am mentally screaming "THIS IS NOT YOUR GRAVE. GET OUT OF THIS HOLE." and wondering if Bradley Whitford has read Anne Boyer's poem.

[finniestoncrane]

rewatched cabin in the woods for bradley whitford last night bc of ur btaa stuff and i’m literally down SO BAD i could NOT stop giggling whenever he came on screen

(skipping over me having any kind of influence over your viewing habits as if that doesn't make me feel warm inside ;-;) jhkjasd i am due a rewatch and i am afraid because i thought he was hot before but now i have the whole jonathan thing behind it PLUS he's basically participating in a jonathan adjacent career in the movie so i can headcanon my little heart away ;-;

you think that's bad though, it makes it real uncomfortable to watch get out 🥴

[zalrb]

Hey 😊 no problem! I was trying to say if performances of characters that are written and intended as comedic characters played by actors who aren’t comedians or known for being the “comedic character” like you said Seth Rogen. Actors where it’s can be surprising just how funny they are and how naturally they can pull off a comedic role because you’re so used to seeing them in more dramatic/serious roles. Sorry if I’m not making sense hahaha

No, I get it, so for that I'm not going to include someone like Bradley Whitford who is a dramatic actor but always brings a sense of wit/irony to his roles. Or even George Clooney who does a lot of serious roles but also has an element of humour a lot of time in his characters.

Joe Pesci is ... interesting because I was first introduced to him as a kid watching Home Alone, which is very slapstick and a kid's movie and it wasn't until I was older that I realized it was funny because he was a serious actor who had a penchant for playing terrifying mobsters who flew off the handle and Home Alone was kind of poking fun at that but I'm still going to include him because he's just naturally funny so even though Tommy in GoodFellas is a terrifying character, Joe was really funny playing him and then he did My Cousin Vinny which is just a straight up comedy and it was hilarious.

Ralph Fiennes was pretty funny in In Bruges

I remember being surprised by Jon Hamm being funny in Bridesmaids

Kate Winslet had an episode in Extras and I remember being surprised by how funny she could be, particularly since I don't care for her much

Death Becomes Her is like ... one of the most over-the-top, outrageous, you just had to be there, 90s movies that I love and Meryl Streep was great in it.

Sterling K Brown has, like, RANGE so I wasn't exactly surprised by how funny he was in his episode of B99 but it was like a delight to see

Tom Cruise also surprised me when I saw Tropic Thunder and in fact I didn't realize it was him until I left the movie theatre and heard these two dudes being like HE WAS FUCKING EPIC IN IT and I was like where the fuck was Tom Cruise??

I'm sure there are others but I can't think of them right now.

[watching-pictures-move]

Movie Review | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (Roth, 1987)

This review contains mild spoilers.

With most movies about characters in high school or college, it’s sort of a given that the actors will look a lot older than the characters they’re supposed to be playing. Movies like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club stand out all the more for having actual teenagers in Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall playing the part of teenage characters. I’m not entirely complaining, as a lot of the horseplay (in the general unruly behaviour sense, not the Emmanuelle in America sense) are not things you’d want to see actual teenagers partaking in. And that age-inappropriate casting can work well in some cases. In this movie, Donald Gibb’s Ogre is obviously not the brightest bulb and is probably taking longer to get through his credits than the average student, so Gibb’s age works in his character’s favour. And Robert Carradine’s age nicely accents his character’s fundamental dorkiness. But then you have the head of the evil Alpha Beta fraternity played by Bradley Whitford, who is supposed to be this hunky, clean-cut all-American type, but let’s just say that age has not been kind to him. (I assume he would have voted for Reagan a third time if he could.) His hairline compares unfavourably to the magnificent coiffure sported by Ted McGinley in the original Revenge of the Nerds, and it’s hard to believe that the other Alpha Betas, who are characterized by their cruelty, actually look up to him and aren’t instead cracking jokes about his overdue midlife crisis.

The plot here restages the age-old snobs vs. slobs conflict of the original, but on a national scale. The boys from Lambda Lambda Lambda (but sadly not the ladies from Omega Mu) are invited to a national fraternity convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I have never been in a fraternity, but what I’ve learned from movies is that it’s just a bunch of guys getting together to paddle each others’ asses, so I assume a national fraternity convention offers an opportunity to paddle asses across state lines. Hey, I have nothing against ass-paddling, but I’d appreciate if those doing the paddling would be nicer about it. And this is a kindler, gentler Revenge of the Nerds, saddled with a PG-13 rating instead of an R, meaning that while it gets in a few racy jokes and ogling gazes, it thankfully avoids the outright sex crimes of the original movie. (The raunchiest this gets is in the name of the motel the boys stay at, the Hotel Corral Essex, which with a few malfunctioning letters in the neon sign gets a lot more enticing.) Miraculously, the boys learn to see the hot blonde here as an actual person. She’s played here by Courtney Thorne-Smith, a few years before her appearance in the Carrot Top vehicle Box Office Poison (R.I.P. Norm Macdonald), and is generally an agreeable presence although I wish the movie gave her more to do aside from the occasional flashes that she might secretly be a nerd deep down. She compares unfavourably to the sweet female nerd played by Michelle Meyrink in the original movie. The movie seems unsure whether to position her as a love interest or one of the nerds, seemingly forgetting that Carradine’s character had a girlfriend at the end of the first movie (the less said about the circumstances under which they met, the better).

Aside from that, you get the returning cast doing weaker versions of the shtick they did in the original. Anthony Edwards only appears for a few minutes (apparently he wasn’t excited about appearing in this and used his paycheque to buy a new pool), although his sincerity is sorely missed, as the movie lacks the heart he was able to give the original (when it wasn’t busy celebrating sex crimes). Curtis Armstrong’s Booger gets to be unhygienic and obnoxious, although he finds a new mentor in a wise old bum played by the great James Hong, who teaches him the art of hocking a loogie. Timothy Busfield’s Poindexter says smart things and walks into stuff. Andrew Cassese is no longer four feet tall, so the movie doesn’t know how to handle him. Larry B. Scott’s Lamar Latrell’s flamboyant homosexuality is toned down (you get a quick shot of a magazine in his luggage and some fashion choices, but that’s about it), although he steps up in other ways, including taking the lead again in the musical number. (Apparently Scott also choreographed the scene as well.) To be honest, it lacks the pure joyousness of the performance in the original (switching the synth pop and electric violin for generic late ‘80s hip hop), and is also less pleasurable to watch (opting for closer low angle shots that don’t let you savour the proceedings the same way), although you do get Carradine channeling David Byrne on the poster of True Stories with his gaudy cowboy outfit.

This is one case where the movie isn’t exactly hitting the same beats as the original. The song and dance in the original was the climax, but it comes earlier in this movie. The real climax involves the boys, Gibb and Thorne-Smith getting stranded on a desert island. Their rescue comes at the hands of munitions hidden by anti-Castro Cubans ahead of the Bay of Pigs invasion, and our heroes make their gallant return to the convention decked out in full military gear. Do they violently execute the Alpha Betas and install a new nerd junta to control all the fraternities in the free world? I won’t reveal the answer, but like I said, this is a kindler, gentler Revenge of the Nerds.

I dunno, this is obviously not very good, but if you like hanging out with the boys enough, this isn’t unpleasant to sit through.

[political-marvel]

I’m dead. Wonder if he’ll show up at their Marvel event on the 6th??

[fangirling-throughlife]

Can somebody explain to me what happened with Bradley Whitford's hair between episodes 4 and 5 of season 4 of The West Wing? Did he get a capillary graft between those two for the flashbacks and it somehow stuck?

[briony-tallis]

"I was dropping my kid off at school and I got a call saying John was in trouble. So I rushed to the hopsital and when I got there they said 'John's in there' and pointed me to a room. I walked in, and there John was laying on the table dead. Stockard showed up shortly after I did and we staying in the room with his body for like 6 hours. The whole experience was really surreal, because here I am in real like being a pallbearer at his funeral, and then 2 weeks later I'm getting makeup put on me so I can go film Josh being a pallbearer at Leo's funeral."

Bradley Whitford on the day of John Spencer's death

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #81

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from January 7 – January 13. Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 

Challenges/Prompts:

There are no open challenges/prompts that we know of this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 1, Episode 12: He Shall, From Time to Time aired on January 12, 2000.

Season 2, Episode 11: The Leadership Breakfast aired on January 10, 2001.

Season 3, Episode 10: H-Con 172 aired on January 9, 2002.

Season 4, Episode 12: Guns Not Butter aired on January 8, 2003.

Season 5, Episode 10: The Stormy Present aired on January 7, 2004.

Season 6, Episode 12: Opposition Research aired on January 12, 2005

Season 7, Episode 10: Running Mates aired on January 8, 2006.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from January 7 - January 13:

Bradley Whitford posted promo for a memorial screening of Not Going Quietly, the documentary about Ady Barkan.

Dulé Hill posted photos of himself and his daughter Kennedy on a USO trip. 

Josh Malina posted an AI-altered photo of himself with wings sprouting from his head. 

Marlee Matlin posted a slideshow of herself and her husband having date night at The Academy’s Governors Awards. 

Marlee Matlin posted a video sharing one of her favorite tattoos and celebrating 37 years of sobriety. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted promo for Modern Warrior live in LA on January 17. 

Rob Lowe posted photos with the guys from NFL on Fox from his new game show, The Floor. \

Rob Lowe posted a photo from the last table read of the second season of his Netflix show, Unstable. 

Rob Lowe posted a promo video for The Floor. 

Rob Lowe posted a photo of himself napping with his dog Daisy.

Rob Lowe posted a video of himself singing with Robert Downey Jr. as they get ready for his episode of Rob’s podcast.  

Donna Moss Daily: January 7 | January 8 | January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 | January 13

Daily Josh Lyman: January 7 | January 8 | January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 | January 13

No Context BWhit: January 7 | January 8 | January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 | January 13

@twwarchive: January 7 | January 8 | January 9 | January 10 | January 11 | January 12 | January 13

Edits/Artwork

#joshdonna: heart eyes by @nacejisbon [VIDEO EDIT] #joshdonna: options by @nacejisbon [VIDEO EDIT]

Editors’ Choice: 

This week, we’re recommending fics with a found family component to them! Be sure to share your favorites as well!

fathers and sons by rearviewmirror | Rated T | Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet/Leo McGarry | Complete | “It’s good to be a little scared. Scared means you care. Caring means you’re gonna do great.” the way old friends do by mikaylawrites for swancharmings | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | They’ve formed a natural trio at events like these; they’re the in-laws, so to speak. While everyone else is getting up to their usual antics, they’re likely to be the ones quietly observing in the corner of the room, or convening in the kitchen to catch up on each other’s lives and sneaking food when Abbey isn’t looking. Donna, Toby, Charlie, and the chaotic people they love. breathe by jazzjo | Rated G | C.J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | She had never expected to see past her twenties, let alone this. She has her little brother and his family next door, music in all her days, and this family she's found in the midst of everything. Yes, she thinks, this is all she’ll ever need. now don’t lose your fight kid by sam_writes_fics | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | The night of the Illinois Primary. a glamorous invitation by jeaniecregg | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | CJ joins Toby, Josh, and Sam for Thanksgiving. brothers in arms by hufflepuffhermione | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | “Do you have any siblings, Joshua?” the teacher asked. Have. Present tense. He worried the faux wood of the desk with his fingers, his head pounding as the teacher raised his voice with another “Joshua”. Josh finally allowed a strangled, “No,” to escape, and put his head down on the desk, because saying that two letter word meant that it was true, that he was now an only child. Josh Lyman was no longer a brother, and he didn’t know who he was anymore. Josh Lyman and how he reclaims the title of brother. if you’re looking for the girl of your dreams, she’s in brooklyn with me by starsontheceiling for TheBreakfastGenie | Rated G | C. J. Cregg & Josh Lyman (No Pairings Listed) Complete | “Why do you talk to me like this?” “Because you never had a big sister, and you need one.” Snapshots of CJ and Josh, over the years.

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[tiaratalkingfilms]

Get Out (2017)

This film was the directorial debut of Jordan Peele. I have never watched a movie more intriguing and show-stopping. The psychological thriller follows Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) and his visit to his girlfriend Rose’s (Allison Williams) home. Once Chris arrives at her home, he notices the peculiarness of the workers in the home, who are all Black. He also meets a Black man who goes missing and undergoes an entire personality change. Unknowingly to him, he’d be an unwilling participant in a silent auction for his body. Race plays a significant role in the telling of this story.  There is quite a bit of unsettling symbolism that one may not catch on their first viewing of the movie. It is something that you would need to watch multiple times to fully digest all of the foreshadowing and directing decisions. Peele tells a bigger picture that racism is still at the forefront of American issues and that the good guys can sometimes win.

[mr-snailman]

travelogue day three 12/24/23

it was almost a good day. got up at 7:30 to get ready for church. the hotel has one of those little waffle makers and really what else do you need besides four walls a bed and a waffle maker? muddled through mass trying to stand sit and kneel when everyone else did. embarked on brief nostalgia tour of old hometown. stopped at preschool and lake louise. the trees are all taller now but so much is the same. wandering around with my little sister felt like stepping back into the past. had an allergy attack in the car while my stomach tried to eat itself— all things considered, maintained remarkably good spirits. drove to three different restaurants before finding a place to sit down and have Christmas dinner. wound up in a sports bar— which is how I learned, via multiple flatscreens, that they’re letting rob lowe host another game show. at first I suspected the commercial was a hunger-induced hallucination. sadly this is not the case. it was a good day until the drive back. mom and dad are fighting again. I don’t care enough to untangle all the reasons why. how many times have I had to put on a happy face for the holidays? but they can just do whatever, it’s fine. hoping to make dad watch terrible TV movie starring Bradley Whitford who he insists on referring to as JoLy (like JLo).

miles traveled: a nonzero number but no actual progress

hrs on road: again, nonzero number

alphabet games: none