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Up next on my Spooktober Filmfest...Maximum Overdrive (1986) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #maximumoverdrive #stephenking #trucks #emilioestevez #PatHingle #rippathingle #YeardleySmith #frankiefaison #GiancarloEsposito #jcquinn #holtergraham #lauraharrington #ellenmcelduff #johnshort #Leonrippy #bobgunter #MarlaMaples #patmiller #aimeeleigh #nancyallen #TabithaKing #williamhope #camploman #vintage #VHS #80s #spooktober #october #halloween

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MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) – Episode 245 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

“You leave here without punching out… and you ain’t never gonna have to punch out again, Bubba.” Who are you calling Bubba, Bubba? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out Maximum Overdrive (1986), Stephen King’s one and only stint in the director’s chair. All the boxes are checked: story by, screenplay by, and directed by Mr. King. This should be good, right? Right?

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 245 – Maximum Overdrive (1986)

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 A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

  Writer/Director: Stephen King (based on the short story “Trucks” by)

Music by: AC/DC

Selected Cast:

Emilio Estevez as Bill Robinson

Pat Hingle as Bubba Hendershot

Laura Harrington as Brett Graham

Yeardley Smith as Connie

John Short as Curtis

Ellen McElduff as Wanda June

Frankie Faison as Handy

Leon Rippy as Brad

Christopher Murney as Camp Loman

J. C. Quinn as Duncan Keller

Holter Graham as Deke Keller

Barry Bell as Steve Gayton

Pat Miller as Joey

J. Don Ferguson as Andy

Giancarlo Esposito as Videoplayer

Stephen King (cameo) as ATM man

Tabitha King as 1st Woman (uncredited)

Marla Maples as 2nd woman

A cult favorite, Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive may be remembered more for the iconic “Green Goblin” killer truck and the awesome AC/DC soundtrack than the film itself. Admit it. The film is a mess but in a so-bad-it’s-good sort of way. Goofy hijinks and silly shenanigans abound as Emilio Estevez struggles to save a small group of survivors trapped in the Dixie Boy truck stop. While the film is complete bunk, it remains a fun ride to revisit occasionally. Or, not.

At the time of this writing, Maximum Overdrive is available for streaming from Tubi and PlutoTV, and as PPV from multiple sources. It is also available on physical media in standard Blu-ray format from Lionsgate’s Vestron Video Collector’s Series.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Jeff, will be Nomads (1986), an oft-mentioned, oft-requested movie featuring Lesley-Anne Down, Pierce Brosnan, Mary Woronov, Adam Ant, and a wild, twisting story.This should be a good discussion!

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans – so leave them a message or comment on the Gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the Gruesome Magazine website, or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com.

Check out this episode!

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[ID: Anonymous ask that reads: “Hi, do you know of any IFs with a MC that has an artistic talent or options for one? Could be anything really, drawing, singing, playing an instrument, something like that. Thanks!” /end ID]

Hi Anon,

Sorry, we deleted your ask by mistake, here is a list of IFs fitting your request! If anyone else has further suggestions, feel free to reply below where we will add those that fit in the list.

Completed:

A Player's Heart by Melissa Scott (Part of the opera)

Ballads at Midnight by @synstoria​ (Bard)

Cannonfire Concerto by Caleb Wilson (Musician)

Choice of Rock Star by Jonathan Zimmerman

Exquisite Cadaver by @manonamora-if (Writer)

Rock Robin (VN) by @happybackwards (Rock Band)

The Gray Painter by William Loman (18+)

The Play's the Thing by Jo Graham and Amy Griswold (Playwright)

Jazz Age by Nicola R. White

Demos:

Attollo by @attollogame (Option to be an artist)

Band Camp Boyfriend (VN) by @lovebirdgames (band)

Body Count by @bodycountgame (Option to be an artist)

Dear Diary, We Created a Plot Hole! by @ddwcaph-game (Writer and can be an aspiring artist/singer/musician)

Golden by @milaswriting (If music/photography has been chosen as a hobby)

Larkin by @larkin-if​

Merry Crisis by @merrycrisis-if (Option to be in a band)

Our Life (VN) by @gbpatchupdates​

The Eight Years Revolution by @eight-years-revolution​

The Northern Passage by @northern-passage​

No Demos:

Ear Candy by @earcandy-if (In a band)

Dancing with the Devil by dancingwthedavil-if (band)

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where you and i go

by lavluv

Robbe does not know much about the military even when his town is plagued with soldiers because of the base camp.

During a shift at the bar he is invited to the wedding reception of his friend Zöe, there he meets the new recruit Sander.

Their rocky start will leave a sour taste on Robbe’s mouth but soon Sander will make sure to wash it off with his sweet talk.

Partly because he needs to get his pesky ex off his back and partly because Robbe is the most beautiful creature he’s ever met.

a purple hearts au were Robbe needs money for his mothers medicine and sander is trying to get his parents off his case. slightly ooc?

Words: 4278, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of purple hearts

Fandoms: WTFock | Skam (Belgium)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Robbe IJzermans, Sander Driesen, Robbe IJzermans' Mother, Jens Stoffels, Zoë Loockx, Senne De Smet, Moyo Makadi, Luka Lemmens, Aaron Jacobs (WTFock), Amber Snoeckx, Jana Ackermans, Milan Hendrickx, Luca Lomans

Relationships: Sander Driesen/Robbe IJzermans

Additional Tags: inspired by purple hearts, Alternate Universe - Military, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Confused Robbe IJzermans, i don’t know anything about belgiums military, Inaccurate, Angst

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Li-Po Backstory Document: Gloria

Little Gloria Von Gouten was born in scandal. Her mother, the famous opera star Estrella Von Gouten, had the child out of wedlock, and kept the identity of the father a secret. Estrella was famous for her strong-headedness and independence, and she seemed unphased by the flood of puritan judgment that was heaped on her by the conservative opera press of her day. She declared her intentions to raise the child alone, and it seemed the world turned on her. Her popularity faded overnight. Producers stopped calling her, casting her, or even inviting her to parties. The public, it seemed, did not approve. The critics were merciless. Gloria’s sole confidant, her controlling and shifty manager, Loman Kricke, who had pleaded with her not to have the child, pressured her endlessly to put little Gloria up for adoption to save her career. Estrella refused for a very long time, but not forever.

When it looked like her career might actually come to an end, she finally conceded to Loman’s demands. She dropped Gloria off at Hagatha Home School for Girls. A sort of Peking Opera of rigorous—and sometimes brutal—schooling in the performing arts, Hagatha Home was a cross between Juliard and the Gulag. This is where little Gloria spent most of her childhood. Estrella would write Gloria long, loving letters from her world tours, but Mr. Kricke would intercept them. He was afraid the child would write back, and he wanted nothing distracting Estrella from her career.

Estrella was Loman’s meal ticket, but little did she suspect the truth: that he was eating a little more than his share. She trusted him completely, and it took her 12 years to realize that he had been cooking some pretty shady books when it came to her accounting. She finally fired, sued, and wrote a book about her ex-manager, but was only able to relaim a portion of the funds he had embezzled from her.

In the book she dispelled rumors that Loman Kricke was Gloria’s secret father. She would never reveal the true father’s name, but did confess that he was a fellow opera singer, and had seduced her with his angelic voice.

Free from Loman’s spell, Estrella returned to Hagatha Home and rescued her daughter from the confines of her theatrical death camp. She brought her now beautiful, 18-year-old around the world with her on tour, where Gloria enjoyed a most celebrated coming out. She exploded on the social scene with a fanfare. She was famous even before she followed in her mother’s footprints onto the stage.

Her training in theater, although painfully learned, served her well. She could dance; she could sing; she could act. She would star in huge Broadway musicals, full of synchronized dancing and elaborate production numbers like “Sunshine Shenanigans.” She was the happiest she would ever be in her life, and also the most popular. She quickly became ten times the entertainer of anyone else working at the time, including her mother.

And her mother noticed. Her own daughter had shoved her out of the spotlight. Once again, work started slowing down for Estrella. The press, the fans, they only wanted to hear about Gloria. As her fame ran through her fingers like sand, Estrella’s heart became twisted and dark. Another side to her personality emerged, seemingly out of nowhere. She became a cruel and bitter old woman, bent on destroying Gloria’s self image. “They only want you because you’re young, you know. When it fades, you’ll have nothing!” She would tell her. “You know who your father was? He was my gardener! And he couldn’t carry a tune!”

Gloria was destroyed by the cruel words of her mother. She would beg Estrella to stop, but the old woman had snapped. Gloria left for an extended production in Paris, just to get away from her mother, but while she was away, Estrella broke in to her old theater, climbed into the catwalks, and leaped to her death on the boards of the stage far below.

Gloria, already a tortured soul from her harsh childhood, was not prepared for this shock. Guilt pulled at her and unraveled her sanity like a nail pulling on a sweater. She tried to throw herself into her work, but she began to have panic attacks at the thought of taking the stage. Her performances became nervous and agitated. She would fumble her lines and trip during stage numbers. Finally, when a moving cloud platform pulled her up over the stage for her show-stopping solo, she looked down at the stage and became paralyzed. She just froze. She couldn’t say a word. They lowered her down and she ran back to her dressing room and refused to come out--Ever again.

Eventually, they had to have her dragged out by the police. She was thrown into a paddy wagon an in no time she found herself at a new sort of Hagatha Home, this time Thorney Towers Mental Sanctuary. She would ignore the doctors’ attempts to get her involved in some of the plays the inmates put on for each other. She chose instead to spend all her time in the garden, tending roses. She isolated herself in her secret garden so completely, that when they cleared the place out, she was simply overlooked.

And now she still lives in that garden, performing daily to an audience of dead roses and dried up shrubbery. Waving and taking bow after bow to applause that only she can hear.

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MARILYN MONROE

June 1, 1926 - August 4, 1962

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) was an actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's changing attitudes towards sexuality. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade, but her films grossed $200 million by the time of her death in 1962. More than half a century later, she continues to be a major popular culture icon.

"When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. I didn't like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. When I heard that this was acting, I said that's what I want to be. Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it.” ~ Marilyn Monroe,1962

Lucille Ball never worked with Marilyn Monroe, but meet her in 1953 at Ciro’s Nightclub on Sunset Strip, along with Betty Grable, and Red Skelton. Monroe’s immense popularity permeated Ball’s work none-the-less. 

At the start of “Changing the Boys’ Wardrobe” (ILL S3;E10) the gang is heading to the movies to see “That picture we’ve been trying to get to for weeks with Marilyn Monroe.” The movie is likely Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which premiered in New York City in July 1953. On November 5, 1953, the same day the episode was filmed, Monroe’s new film How to Marry a Millionaire was released in the US. 

The November 1953 cover of TV and Movie Screen Magazine saw Lucy (in “The Camping Trip”) and Marilyn wearing the dress she wore on the May 1953 cover of Life Magazine promoting Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 

Also on November 5, 1953, the town of Monroe, New York (60 miles from New York City) was temporarily renamed Marilyn Monroe.

The film later inspired much of the plot of “Second Honeymoon” (S5;E14), Lucy’s failed attempt to make their transatlantic crossing to Europe more than just a working vacation.    

Monroe’s dinner companion turns out to be a seven year-old boy, just like Lucy’s ping pong partner turns out to be young Kenneth Hamilton (Harvey Grant). 

Lucy gets stuck in a porthole just as Monroe did, also draping a blanket around her shoulders so passersby wouldn’t know what was really going on.

The idea for the burlap potato sack dresses in “Lucy Wants A Paris Gown” (ILL S5;E20) comes from Monroe’s real life. 

In 1951 Marilyn Monroe took a series of high fashion photographs wearing a potato sack as a response to a journalist who said that she might look sexier in a burlap sack than her usual fashion choices. 

Lucy first wore burlap at the end of “Mr. and Mrs. TV Show” (ILL S4;E24) as her scary version of a Phipps make-over.

In “Ricky’s Movie Offer” (ILL S4;E5) Lucy and Ethel argue about who looks more like Marilyn Monroe. 

While Lucy has the facial features, Ethel has the blonde hair. 

Fred (hilariously) settles the argument!  

In “Ricky’s Screen Test” (ILL S4;E7) a long list of Hollywood names are dropped in anticipation of hobnobbing with celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe. 

In “Lucy and Harpo Marx” (ILL S4;E28) Lucy wonders if Ethel might pass for Monroe to a near-sighted Carolyn Appleby. After Ethel tries to walk like Marilyn Monroe, Lucy decides that “nobody is that near-sighted!” Fred says that he looks more like Marilyn than either of them! 

In “Lucy and Superman” (ILL S6;E13), the Appleby’s come over for a social evening that Ethel calls “the bore war” because the couples only talk about their children. As the scene opens, Caroline is in mid-sentence talking about a Marilyn Monroe film.

CAROLINE: “...and he picked up Marilyn Monroe, slung her over his shoulder and carried her off!”

Although the title is never mentioned, the film they are discussing is Bus Stop, starring Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray. It was released in August 1956, two and a half months before this episode was filmed.

When “Lucy Does the Tango” (ILL S6;E20), she stuffs eggs down her blouse and Ethel stashes a some in her back pockets. Lucy tells her, “Whatever you do don’t try to walk like Marilyn Monroe,” but the ‘yolk’ is on Ethel when Fred suddenly enters through the kitchen door! 

In “Lucy the Gun Moll” (TLS S4;E25), Lucy plays Lucy Carmichael and Rusty Martin. The name Rusty Martin was probably derived from Lucy’s hair color and the surname of Mary Martin, who introduced the song “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” (music and lyrics by Cole Porter) in the 1938 Broadway musical Leave It to Me. Marilyn Monroe sang it in the 1960 film Let’s Make Love.  In that same film, Harry Cheshire, who played Sam Johnson in “Oil Wells” (ILL S3;E18), played Monroe’s father. Jerry Hausner (Jerry, Ricky’s Agent) and Joan Banks (Reporter Eleanor Harris in “Fan Magazine Interview”) played uncredited supporting roles. 

Lucy and Marilyn shared a leading man in handsome Keith Andes. Andes was Lucy’s male lead in Wildcat on Broadway, and later played was featured on three episodes of “The Lucy Show.”  

In 1952, he played opposite Marilyn in Clash By Night, an RKO picture. 

In “Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio” (1952), the June 3, 1952 of Look Magazine actually had Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe on the cover!  Monroe was promoting Clash by Night, and Desi had written a feature on his wife for the magazine. So Marilyn actually did appear on “I Love Lucy” - if only in a still photo. 

Some Like It Hot (1959) is arguably one of Marilyn Monroe’s most popular films. What does it have in common with Lucille Ball? In 1958, both Lucy and Monroe were depicted at San Diego’s famous Del Coronado Hotel. It is the hotel that the Ricardo’s and Mertzes stay at in “Lucy Goes to Mexico” (LDCH S2;E1) as well as the backdrop for much of the film. Although Desilu filmed establishing footage of the hotel, the cast stayed in Hollywood, while Monroe went on location (as seen above). In “Lucy Goes to a Hollywood Premiere” (TLS S4;E20), Mr. Mooney says he wouldn’t buy a second hand nightie if it had been worn by Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot.

The Irving Berlin song “There’s No Business Like Show Business” was sung on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show.”  Although it was originally from the Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun (1946), it also served as the title and was performed (by Merman) in the Marilyn Monroe film There’s No Business Like Show Business in 1955. 

In 1952, Marilyn co-starred by Richard Widmark (”The Tour” ILL S4;E30) in the film noir drama Don’t Bother To Knock. The film also featured “Lucy” players Lurene Tuttle (Fine Arts League President), Verna Felton (Mrs. Porter), Gloria Blondell (Grace Foster), as well as Harry Bartell, Olan Soule, Robert Foulke, and Bess Flowers.

That same year, Monroe starred in We’re Not Married! opposite Lucy’s friend and former co-star Ginger Rogers, as well as Eve Arden (”Hollywood at Last!”), Paul Douglas (”Lucy Wants a Career”) and Eddie Bracken (Too Many Girls). 

One of Monroe’s most iconic moments came in March 1962 when she sang “Happy Birthday” as a birthday present to President John F. Kennedy in a public birthday celebration also attended by Lucy’s friends and co-stars Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Henry Fonda, Danny Kaye, Shirley MacLaine and Elliott Reid. A year later, Lucy Carmichael also gave Kennedy a present, a sugar cube replica of the White House on “The Lucy Show” with Elliott Reid doing Kennedy’s offstage voice as well as playing a small on-camera role! 

"I never quite understood it, this sex symbol. I always thought symbols were those things you clash together! That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something I'd rather have it sex than some other things they've got symbols of." ~ Marilyn Monroe, 1962

Monroe was married (and divorced) three times: 

James Dougherty, Merchant Marine & Policeman (1942-46) 

Joe DiMaggio, Baseball Player (1954-55)

Arthur Miller, Playwright (1956-61)

In “Lucy is Enceinte” (ILL S2;E10), Fred gives Lucy a signed baseball for his future 'godson’. When he asks Lucy to read out the signature, she at first says “Spalding,” the ball’s brand name, but then finds it is signed by Joe DiMaggio.

In “Ragtime Band” (ILL S6;E21), Little Ricky asks his Uncle Fred: 

LITTLE RICKY: “Who’s Joe 'Maggio?” FRED: “'Who’s Joe 'Maggio?’ You talk more like your father everyday.”

In “Sales Resistance” (ILL S2;E17), Lucy compares herself to Willy Loman, the title character in Death of a Salesman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Arthur Miller first produced on Broadway in 1949 and made into an Oscar-nominated film in 1951.  

Speaking of husbands, Desi Arnaz has something in common with Marilyn Monroe, too. Both of their souses were accused of being Communists by the House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s. Both Lucille and Arthur Miller were cleared of charges and their careers continued, although that was not true for many celebrities of the time. 

Monroe died on August 4, 1962. The toxicology report showed that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning. Empty medicine bottles were found next to her bed. The possibility that Monroe had accidentally overdosed was ruled out because the dosages found in her body were several times over the lethal limit.

The character of Ginger, the movie star castaway on “Gilligan’s Island” (1964-67) was described during casting as a combination of Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe. Tina Louise had Lucy’s red (ginger) hair and Monroe’s shapely physique. The series also featured Natalie Schafer (Phoebe Emerson) as Mrs. Howell, and Alan Hale Jr. as the Skipper. Hale performed on “The Lucy Show” and “Here’s Lucy”. Series creator Sherwood Schwartz was a Lucy fan. His brother Elroy Schwartz actually wrote scripts for Lucille Ball. 

In the 2013 web-series “Ryan & Ruby” both Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe are given special thanks for their inspiration. The last name of star and creator Ryan Burton's character is "Carmichael", the same as Ball's character on the "The Lucy Show". In Ryan’s kitchen there are fridge magnets with photos of both Lucy and Marilyn.  

Lucy and Marilyn are street characters at Universal Studios theme parks, their iconic hair and costumes making them instantly recognizable.

The same day Marilyn Monroe was born in 1926, another Hollywood icon with connections to Lucille Ball was also born, Andy Griffith.  To read his birthday blog, click here! 

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GAMES RECAP // THE 75TH GAMES 

The third Quarter Quell began with tributes rising up from their tubes to find themselves face-to-face with their own gravestones. The shock of this was enough to spook the District 6 male tribute, Brunel Ikin, into falling from his pedestal before the timer ended.

The arena itself was a cemetery, with the abandoned house at the centre providing the main facility for the duration of the Games. Once all the tributes were either dead or inside the house, the doors locked sealing them inside. Hallucinogenic gas gathering in the cemetery steered survivors in the right direction, although District 1′s Kayla Reed got lost in the fog and District 3′s Tomas Martin suffered the effects too as he carried her to safety.

Thirteen tributes died in the bloodbath, and the remaining eleven were trapped within the house. Both of District 4′s tributes managed to emerge from the fray with weapons- a knife for Saylor Wentworth, and a spear for Lincoln Conway. Five′s Ampere Shapiro also managed to get her hands on something deadly- a crossbow- and Six′s Orla Mercado grabbed a small medical kit. Bear McKenzie from Twelve grazed his palms being tackled by the girl from Eight, Paisley Grey, who managed to steal a lantern from him. Bear wound up with only a tube of toothpaste to show for his efforts.

Tomas and Kayla met with Lincoln Conway in the parlour as they recovered from the effects of the fog, with the girl from D1 eventually succumbing to sleep, while in a surprise plot-twist, the career tribute, Saylor Wentworth, allied with D6′s Orla Mercado in the house’s library. Meanwhile, Bear Mckenzie passed through the bathroom before setting up camp in the master bedroom, narrowly missing Ampere Shapiro.

As night fell on the nation of Panem, holographic “ghosts” of the fallen appeared in the area surrounding the cornucopia, programmed to re-enact their deaths on a loop. These would crop up throughout the Games with the passing of each tribute.

The radio in the master bedroom turned itself on on the second day, spouting seemingly random letters between scratchy old songs. Books began to fly from the shelves in the library, forcing Orla and Saylor to seek refuge elsewhere. They eventually settled in the master bedroom, pushing Bear into the closet unwittingly. A skeleton hidden in the parlour closet spooked Kayla Reed, and a snake coiled up in the bathroom toilet surprised Ampere during a fight with Two′s Aurelia Clayton. Ampere emerged from that fight victorious, and Aurelia was killed. Ampere left the bathroom and holed up in the nursery. Meanwhile, Tomas went off on his own, leaving Lincoln and Kayla together in the parlour.

On the third day, with only seven tributes remaining, the stakes were raised even higher. Zombie muttations based on footage taken from interviews with the tributes’ families and friends were set loose, providing a difficult fight both physically and emotionally for all involved. Bear McKenzie was bested by his mutt, modelled after his best friend, and fell down the stairs, cracking his head open and dying soon after.

Saylor and Orla were split up by their mutts- Saylor’s little sister and Orla’s best friend- though both managed to defeat them. Orla stumbled across Ampere, who had just faced a muttation of her brother, in the kitchen. Ampere killed her in the ensuing fight, although sustained a grievous concussion in the process.

Lincoln, meanwhile, killed his own mutt (modeled after his mother) before rushing to save Kayla from a zombified version of her older brother. Kayla was severely wounded in the fight, and Lincoln finished her off out of mercy. Meanwhile Saylor killed Tomas Martin. She walked in on Lincoln cradling Kayla’s body soon after, and helped him with his grief.

Following a relatively peaceful night, the tributes awoke to find that every single cupboard, drawer, and corner had been filled with flesh-eating bat mutts. The front doors to the house opened for the first time since the bloodbath, and the bats flushed the remaining three tributes back out into the courtyard.

The holographic ghosts had been positioned in a circle, the three survivors in the centre. This was it: the epic finale.

Saylor and Lincoln teamed up against Ampere, who fired a crossbow bolt towards the latter. However, Saylor dived in front of it, catching it with her head and dying shortly after. An angry Lincoln and a terrified Ampere, acting on their tense feelings during training, shared a deep conversation and a passionate kiss. Unable to visualize herself as a Victor, Ampere stabbed herself with her own dagger, handing the Victory to Lincoln. She died in his arms, leaving Lincoln Conway as the 75th Victor and the third Quarter Quell Victor.

FINAL STANDINGS // 

1. Lincoln Conway, District Four // Victor of the 75th 2. Ampere Shapiro, District 5 // committed suicide 3. Saylor Wentworth, District 4 // killed by Ampere Shapiro 4. Kayla Reed, District 1 // killed by Lincoln Conway 5. Orla Mercado, District 6 // killed by Ampere Shapiro 6. Bear McKenzie, District 12 // killed from fall down stairs 7. Tomas Martin, District 3 // killed by Saylor Wentworth 8. Aurelia Clayton, District 2 // killed by Ampere Shapiro 9. Silver Bixbite, District 1 // killed by Aurelia Clayton 10. Ross Wheaton, District 9 // killed by Saylor Wenworth 11. Paisley Grey, District 8 // killed by Aurelia Clayton 12. Albert Weller, District 5 // killed by Lincoln Conway 13. Serena Bright, District 12 // killed by Aurelia Clayton 14. Peppa Lenz, District 11 // killed by Saylor Wentworth 15. Marlo Woodston, District 7 // killed by Ampere Shapiro 16. Isla Fawn, District 10 // killed by Aurelia Clayton 17. Arya Hofer, District 9 // killed by Lincoln Conway 18. Peter Colt, District 10 // killed by Saylor Wentworth 19. Flora Viner, District 7 // killed by Arya Hofer 20. Brolo Blacksmith, District 2 // killed by Lincoln Conway 21. Whent Walker, District 11 // killed by Arya Hofer 22. Voltra Turner, District 3 // killed by Flora Viner 23. Sash Loman, District 8 // killed by Whent Walker 24. Brunel Ikin, District 6 // killed by platform explosives

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Kevin Belingon Says Game Plan is Crucial for Stephen Loman in John Lineker Fight

Former ONE Bantamweight World Champion Kevin “The Silencer” Belingon believes his teammate, former Brave CF Bantamweight Champion Stephen “The Sniper” Loman has a great chance to defeat his extremely dangerous opponent in his ONE Championship debut.

Loman is set to face hard-hitting John “Hands of Stone” Lineker in the main event of “ONE on TNT III,” the third of a four-part event series scheduled for broadcast on Wednesday, April 21 (Thursday, April 22 PH time).

Belingon, who succumbed to Lineker via technical knockout just last October, understands the challenges Loman faces against the highly-regarded Brazilian finisher. But he believes “The Sniper” has enough to pull off the upset against the bantamweight division’s #1-ranked contender.

“When it comes to his fighting, Stephen is a well-rounded fighter. He has solid striking skills and has exceptional grappling skills. He knows what to do in high pressure situations on the mat, and he can create opportunities. This will be his biggest advantage over John Lineker,” Belingon told ONE Championship.

“Stephen also has a lot of experience in and out of the ring. He’s a veteran of this sport and he’s used to big fights. Mentally and physically, Stephen is a hundred percent ready for this fight. He will give Lineker a good run.”

At just 28 years of age, Loman joined ONE Championship in February, still in the absolute prime of his career. The Baguio City native sports a 14-2 professional mixed martial arts record, and is currently riding an eight-fight winning streak.

In 2017, he defeated Gurdarshan “Saint Lion” Mangat to capture the Brave CF Bantamweight Championship in Bahrain. After successfully defending the title on four occasions, Loman then earned the chance to showcase his skills on the global stage.

He hopes to become the sixth member of Team Lakay to bring home ONE Championship gold. Belingon is confident Loman can reach that lofty perch, if only for his winning mindset.

“Stephen Loman is a very hard working athlete. I’ve obviously been witness to his work ethic in the gym. He’s been a champion for a long time for a very good reason. When he’s in camp, he practically lives at the gym. You won’t find him anywhere else. He has a great attitude, which I think is one of his best assets,” said Belingon.

“I’m very happy he’s joined ONE Championship. He will always be our brother at Team Lakay, and now we have another warrior competing at the highest level. We’re all motivated and fired up, and can’t wait to see him perform under the brightest lights. He’s a great representative of the team and I’m proud he’s my teammate.”

“ONE on TNT III” is the third installment in the “ONE on TNT” event series, which broadcasts in the United States on prime time via B/R Live and TNT. Other bouts include a Muay Thai showdown between striking icons Nieky “The Natural” Holzken and “The Gunslinger” John Wayne Parr, as well as a heavyweight appearance from UWW Wrestling World Champion Amir Aliakbari.

Belingon knows how dangerous Lineker is, and that victory is just a matter of executing the right game plan. He and his Team Lakay brethren, along with Head Coach Mark Sangiao, are making sure Loman comes in well-equipped to handle anything Lineker throws his way.

“In the end, I think if Stephen can stick to the game plan, he can definitely win this fight. The strategy heading into this fight is crucial to victory. Lineker is a dangerous opponent, but he’s just a man. Every man can be beaten. Stephen just has to focus on the game plan and he’s got a great chance to win,” said Belingon.

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*More photos to be added after the bout.

The Philippines and Finland will be represented at “Brave 22: Storm of Warriors.” It will be the first show of Bahrain-based mixed martial arts Brave Combat Federation to take place in the Philippines.

“Brave 22: Storm of Warriors” will take place at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines on March 15, 2019. One of the bouts on the undercard is between Jon Chris “Happy Feet” Corton, 26, of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines and Abdul “Abba” Hussein, 21, of Espoo, Finland.

This will be Hussein’s third bout in Brave CF. On the other hand, it will be Corton’s second outing in the promotion.

Blue Corner

Born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Husserin was a young boy when he and his family moved to Finland. In 2015, he represented Finland at the 2015 International Mixed Martial Arts Federation European Open Championships in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

Training out of Espoon Kehähait in Espoo, Finland, Hussein made his Brave CF debut at “Brave CF 10” on March 2, 2018 and was submitted by Nawras “The Honey Badger” Abzakh, 26, of Jordan via guillotine choke. On December 8, 2018, the Palestinian-Finnish MMA fighter defeated Sylvester “Gladiator” Chipfumbu, 26, of Zimbabwe via unanimous decision at “Brave 19: South Africa” at Sun City Resort in North West, South Africa.

Red Corner

Training out of Team Lakay in La Trinidad, Corton has been competing professionally since 2012. He studied Bachelor of Science in Hospitality And Tourism Management-Hotel, Resort And Restaurant Management at Saint Louis University in Baguio City, Philippines.

On September 21, 2018, Corton made his Brave CF debut at “Brave 16” at the Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where he defeated Hussein “Iron” Ayyad, 24, of Manama, Bahrain via unanimous decision. Before joining Brave CF, he competed in the Universal Reality Combat Championship and Pacific Xtreme Combat.

Fight Results

Corton and Hussein will compete in the flyweight division at “Brave 22: Storm of Warriors.”

[Result to be added here]

Hussein: 5-1

Corton: 6-3

“Brave 22: Storm of Warriors” Main Event

In the main event of the evening, former Brave CF Featherweight Champion Elias “Smile” Boudegzdame, 25, of France will challenge reigning Brave CF Bantamweight Champion Stephen “The Sniper” Loman, 23, of the Philippines.

You can purchase your BRAVE 22: STORM OF WARRIORS tickets via SM Tickets. 

For Brave Combat Federation updates, follow the promotion on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. 

Philippines vs Finland: Jon Chris Corton, Abdul Hussein fight at ‘Brave 22: Storm of Warriors’

*More photos to be added after the bout. The Philippines and Finland will be represented at “Brave 22: Storm of Warriors.” It will be the first show of Bahrain-based mixed martial arts Brave Combat Federation to take place in the Philippines.

Philippines vs Finland: Jon Chris Corton, Abdul Hussein fight at ‘Brave 22: Storm of Warriors’ *More photos to be added after the bout. The Philippines and Finland will be represented at "Brave 22: Storm of Warriors." It will be the first show of Bahrain-based mixed martial arts Brave Combat Federation to take place in the Philippines.

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Interview: Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi on His Oscar-Nominated ‘The Salesman’

When they are forced to move out of their flat, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young couple living in Tehran, are forced to move into a new apartment. However, once relocated, a sudden violent act, somehow linked to the apartment’s previous tenant, dramatically changes the couple’s life, creating a simmering tension between them, even as the acting couple prepares to star in an Iranian production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Writer/Director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Past), a master at exposing domestic discord through his multi-layered films, explores the psychology of vengeance and a relationship put under strain in his powerful new film, The Salesman (Forushande). Time magazine named 44 year-old Asghar Farhadi one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world in 2012, after his film, A Separation, won the Oscar and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as numerous other awards. The Salesman is his seventh feature. I sat down with Farhadi and his translator in Los Angeles.

Danny Miller: Your films are all so original — sometimes shockingly so. Did you start with the idea of contrasting what this couple is going through with the production of Death of a Salesman that they’re performing in, or did that idea come to you later?

Asghar Farhadi: For a long time I’ve been wanting to make a film that had something to do with the theater. I started with the basic idea of a couple working on a play and then something happens in their lives that prevents them from appearing on stage.

How did you end up choosing Death of a Salesman?

I read a bunch of plays when I was trying to come up with what this couple was working on. I read a great number of plays until I got to Death of a Salesman. I had read it 20 years earlier, but after rereading it I knew this was what I had to use. There are so many connections between this play and my story. For example, the old man we see at the end of the film with his wife is basically an Iranian Willy Loman. I started to see the play as a kind of a mirror to the story that happens to my main characters. The main thing that my story and the play have in common is the theme of humiliation.

Is playwright Arthur Miller well known in Iran? Was that an existing translation of Death of a Salesman or one you created for the film?

Arthur Miller is very well known in my country. Every few years there are new translations of Miller’s play available in Iran. I think the last Arthur Miller production I heard about in Iran was a year ago — there are several production of American plays in Iran every year, they are very relevant to us and important.

Your two leads, played by Shahab Hosseini and Taraneh Alidoosti, give such extraordinary performances in this film. Hosseini is amazing but I can’t stop thinking about Alidoosti’s quiet and complex portrayal — so many layers. What’s your style with working with your actors — do they participate a lot in developing their characters?

I work a great deal with some of my actors, with others less so. I’ve worked with Shahab on several films so we’ve come to know each other’s language. We did have a great deal of rehearsal for this film but it might interest you to know that the main thing I worked with them on was playing the parts of Willy and Linda Loman. It mattered very much to me that they should appear like real theater actors. The person I probably worked with the most was the actor who plays the old man who comes in at the end of the film. This character could have been the Achilles heel of my film — his acting had to be just right. What’s important for me is that audiences watch my films and feel like they’re seeing life. I always tell my actors to imagine that they are in a documentary!

Our two countries have had a complex relationship, God knows, including now. Another thing that I love about your movies is that it gives more Americans the chance to see Iranian characters who are 100% relatable and living lives so similar to our own. When you’re making your movies, do you consciously think about how they might be perceived in other countries?

Yes, I am always aware of this but the reason I make films is never to demonstrate that we are like other people. In my opinion it’s certain politicians and the media that have constructed this erroneous image. And there’s certainly a segment of the Iranian population who may have erroneous impressions about Americans. When you look at these two peoples through the lens of politics, you end up with a very one-dimensional perspective. But it’s very interesting — in terms of emotionality, I find that Iranians and Americans really resemble each other.

As much as I completely related to this film and these characters, do you think there might be things about the story that we don’t get the same way because of differences in our cultures?

It’s possible that certain audiences may see some things as palpably as Iranian audiences. The sense of shame is something that is present for humans everywhere, but I feel that in my country and in some other countries in the East, it’s stronger. So, for instance, when the woman doesn’t directly explain to her husband what happened in the bathroom, I think it’s something that may be more understandable to an Iranian audience than it is to an American audience.

Oh, that’s so interesting. I think that many of us may understand that scene but in a totally different way — using our awareness of how trauma can close people down emotionally, but not as a cultural thing. Another thing that I love about your movies is that there’s never a black and white good versus bad, all the characters are way more complex than that. When you go to screenings around the world, do you get different reactions related to the morality of what’s happening in the story?

The feedback I’ve received in America and Iran is very similar. There are also some differences in opinion with both audiences. In American and Iran, some audience members judge the main character for his desire for revenge and in the moment that he slaps the other man. But some people in both countries say that’s the very least he should have done. But I found in Europe, for example, most of the people in the audience were completely against the slap.

Fascinating!

That’s partly why I’m saying that Iranians and Americans perhaps resemble each other more in terms of their emotions, I often have very similar reactions to my films in both countries as opposed to other parts of the world.

I first saw the film just before our recent election and since then I’ve been thinking about it differently, including the whole Willy Loman ethic that’s going on that led to our current situation. Coming from a country where I assume you’ve had similar issues with your government, do you have any advice for those of us now who are in disagreement with where we’re headed?

There’s only one way for the world to become a better place — and that is for humanity to be placed at the very top and for everything else to be placed below it. Without that, the world will never be a good place. When ideology is at the top of the pyramid and then humanity, the first thing that happens is that it divides the people into two distinct camps: Muslims and non-Muslims, Christians and non-Christians, and so on. Or imagine that politics is at the top and humans are beneath that. That will again start dividing people into camps: Americans, Mexicans, Iranians, Blacks, Whites, Immigrants, etc. I think that all of our struggles should be working to place humanity at the top of the pyramid.

And a great way to do that is through art. I hope that filmmakers like you continue to help us get out of our polarized stances a little bit and look at human issues that cross all barriers.

I hope that the this period ends up being a positive, beneficial experience for American society as it tries to become acquainted with itself.

The Salesman is now playing in selected cities. It is one of five films nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award but as of this morning, there was much doubt that Asghar Farhadi would be allowed to attend the awards because of the executive order that the President signed yesterday.

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*More photos to be added after the bout.

The Philippines and Finland will be represented at “Brave 22: Storm of Warriors.” It will be the first show of Bahrain-based mixed martial arts Brave Combat Federation to take place in the Philippines.

“Brave 22: Storm of Warriors” will take place at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines on March 15, 2019. One of the bouts on the undercard is between Jon Chris “Happy Feet” Corton, 26, of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines and Abdul “Abba” Hussein, 21, of Espoo, Finland.

This will be Hussein’s third bout in Brave CF. On the other hand, it will be Corton’s second outing in the promotion.

Blue Corner

Born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Husserin was a young boy when he and his family moved to Finland. In 2015, he represented Finland at the 2015 International Mixed Martial Arts Federation European Open Championships in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

Training out of Espoon Kehähait in Espoo, Finland, Hussein made his Brave CF debut at “Brave CF 10” on March 2, 2018 and was submitted by Nawras “The Honey Badger” Abzakh, 26, of Jordan via guillotine choke. On December 8, 2018, the Palestinian-Finnish MMA fighter defeated Sylvester “Gladiator” Chipfumbu, 26, of Zimbabwe via unanimous decision at “Brave 19: South Africa” at Sun City Resort in North West, South Africa.

Red Corner

Training out of Team Lakay in La Trinidad, Corton has been competing professionally since 2012. He studied Bachelor of Science in Hospitality And Tourism Management-Hotel, Resort And Restaurant Management at Saint Louis University in Baguio City, Philippines.

On September 21, 2018, Corton made his Brave CF debut at “Brave 16” at the Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where he defeated Hussein “Iron” Ayyad, 24, of Manama, Bahrain via unanimous decision. Before joining Brave CF, he competed in the Universal Reality Combat Championship and Pacific Xtreme Combat.

Fight Results

Corton and Hussein will compete in the flyweight division at “Brave 22: Storm of Warriors.”

[Result to be added here]

Hussein: 5-1

Corton: 6-3

“Brave 22: Storm of Warriors” Main Event

In the main event of the evening, former Brave CF Featherweight Champion Elias “Smile” Boudegzdame, 25, of France will challenge reigning Brave CF Bantamweight Champion Stephen “The Sniper” Loman, 23, of the Philippines.

You can purchase your BRAVE 22: STORM OF WARRIORS tickets via SM Tickets. 

For Brave Combat Federation updates, follow the promotion on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. 

Philippines vs Finland: Jon Chris Corton, Abdul Hussein fight at ‘Brave 22: Storm of Warriors’ *More photos to be added after the bout. The Philippines and Finland will be represented at "Brave 22: Storm of Warriors." It will be the first show of Bahrain-based mixed martial arts Brave Combat Federation to take place in the Philippines.

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The Great Degeneration

When it comes to aging, we're all amateurs but are nonetheless expected to take it on like seasoned professionals. Lately, I find myself passionately debating with friends, like Lincoln and Douglas, over who has the worst pain. We Baby Boomers were raised by the "Great" generation whose one true goal, it seems, was to sacrifice everything they had, not unlike the Giving Tree of Shel Silverstein fame---which personally is a book I have long despised because the lesson is so boneheaded wrong. In fact, the whole thing is ass backward. You should not give away every inch of the real estate of your being in order to parent well. You should prosper and replenish yourself until you have a bountiful of fruit and shade to offer your kids. You needed to be rooted and as confident as a mighty elm to get through it all, especially when it comes to dealing with teenagers. Stump my ass. Here boy, go screw yourself. My folks toiled the blue collar concrete fields of New York from dawn to dusk until the only discernible, lingering scent that was left in their wake were the sorrowful fumes of pure exhaustion. Every day they started out, optimistic and cheerful, and neither rain nor sleet nor heat nor gloom of suburban night stayed those couriers from the not so swift completion of their appointed rounds. My dad was Willy Loman, quite literally a salesman, who banked on his natural ease, cheeky charm and congenial warmth in order to pay the rent. My mom was June Cleaver if June Cleaver was Jewish and from Brooklyn. We lived in a tiny, two-bedroom garden apartment in Hollis, Queens which is known for not being known for anything. In fact, Hollis was the name of an erudite Brit who had nothing whatsoever to do with my little town which was really strange given that there was plenty of American Revolution landmarks and statues all over town. So, we were named after the bad guys? Although we were not as well off as virtually all of my friends, somehow my parents managed to cobble together one hell of a childhood for me and my sister. Thanks to my dad's clever bartering system with his other Loman buddies in the clothing business, he traded high-end, deerskin and mink-lined gloves for say, cashmere and mohair sweaters for us. I went to summer camp too. For 13 years. I'm guessing that my folks paid it off week by week, day by day, not only without complaint but without us ever knowing how they managed to pull that off. We went on family vacations to Washington D.C. and through all the New England states. Sure, my friends had their own bedrooms, fancy cars, and even fancier parents. But we were a solid clan who actually had a secret whistle that we performed whenever one of us was approaching the gathered troops. My sister and I got measled and mumpsed and it seemed like we could out-puke your average just docked Navy vessel. But here is how it went: We got sick, our local pediatrician/smiling mortician house called on by to both simultaneously diagnose and terrify us (while smoking a long-ashed Lucky Strike), we took our medicine, we sailor-puked some more and then we went to school, sometimes still spotted like someone just did a spit take on our face and we lived our lives fully until we got sick all over again, which frankly, we did so often, that our house could easily have been mistaken for a Charlotte Bronte orphanage bursting with consumption. Now fast-forward to today and here I am, a parent times two, who is now faced with all kinds of aches and pains. Evidently, the disks in my neck and lower back enjoy telling me to go fuck myself by the minute and lately I've developed a mean case of radial tunnel syndrome which is probably from doing what I am doing right now. Ow. Ow. Ow. Almost done. Now my inner child, my little David, is still very much alive and kicking and I sense that no one has informed him that both my parents, Murray and Ina, have died, by virtue of the fact that I can feel him yearning for them. In fact, I often hear him calling for them in the darkness of his own night. Personally, I think this is the simple story of our lives: Right out the mom shoot, we freak out over the sudden detachment, then, as hormones rain down on us like WWII blitz bombs over Britain, we get FURIOUS at the attachment and then once we become orphaned, we find ourselves aching for that attachment all over again, hoping that we can find maybe find a Match.com mate who is more or less our mommy or daddy avatar. I know that I often find myself secretly staring longingly at older people in airports or in department stores if they have even a passing resemblance to my mom and dad. One time I thought a statue of Buddha looked so much like my dad, I bought just so I could take it home and ask it if I can borrow the car. The hardest thing for me is not my diminishing return hearing, but rather the not being able to remember how my parents actually sounded. I can hear, ever so faintly, a few of their octaves and the long ago dispersed notes and pitches that they sang and whispered to me. But I can no longer hear a complete song. I love older doctors because they feel so parental. Frankly, the younger ones make me feel like they are the kids so I feel obligated to take care of them. When it comes to all this age-related discomfort, the best I can do, I suppose, is remember the selfless acts of my great generation parents, and simply get on with it, while quietly chanting my mom's oft-repeated refrain: "This too shall pass." Or as I like to call it: Omama Care.

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