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[catherineparrish]

Foo Fighters @ Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand 20/01/2024

Photo by Danny Clinch.

Cussing and cigarettes, Jack Black, and 35,000 people’s love for rock and roll—Foo Fighters return to Auckland, New Zealand after six long years.

Riding the success of their 10th studio album, Foo Fighters were forced to delay their late 2022 tour to Australia and New Zealand when drummer Taylor Hawkins suddenly passed earlier in the year. There was some speculation that the band might retire after 25 years, but after a year of grieving (particularly for frontman Dave Grohl, whose mother also died in 2022) Foo Fighters announced that step-in drummer Josh Freese (The Vandals, Devo) would permanently be joining the band.

In what was their first show of 2024, Foo Fighters return exclusively to New Zealand and delight fans with one of their most dynamic performances to date. Although the set was evenly paced, sprinkled with new songs from last year’s studio album Here We Are (2023) and old classics to get everyone out of their seats, an almost 3 hour set was bound to have more than just a couple of highlights.

“Who came out and saw us when we played at that old speedway? That show was so loud it caused a seismic event,” said Grohl, referring to the volcanic-like tremor caused by the stamping feet of thousands of fans at Western Springs in 2011. “When I think about New Zealand, I think about an audience that can trigger an earthquake.”

It wasn’t the only time Grohl expressed his fondness for New Zealand, noting that he always has a great time whenever the band tours. Whilst Grohl shared stories with the crowd, the band teased snippets of songs from multiple artists (Metallica, The Ramones, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails) throughout the set, and even surprised everyone with a special appearance from actor and singer Jack Black for a cover of AC/DC’s Big Balls.

But in amongst the party, there were sombre moments too, like an acoustic stripped back version of My Hero and a tribute for Hawkins that the band perform every night. “This was the first song we wrote together and his favourite,” Grohl told the crowd before performing Aurora. A few times the lights were dimmed and the stadium lit up like stars as the audience held their torches to the sky, providing the perfect atmosphere for the warm summer’s evening soundtrack.

When the crowd weren't swinging their arms in unison over their heads, they were screaming and thrashing their heads at the peak of all the fan favourites, from The Pretender, to Monkey Wrench, to Best of You and their faithful encore Everlong. It's hard not to admire such a resilient act as this band who can seemingly overcome any obstacle thrown their way. Welcome back, legends.

Review by Catherine Parrish.

[marleneoftheopera]

Portraits from the original Toronto production! Photos by Laird Mackintosh.

Paul Stanley

Kim Stengel

Glenda Balkan

Melissa Dye

Brent Weber

Peter Barnes

Catherine Duff

Tania Parrish

Jill Filion

Donna Kelly

Harriet Chung

Philippa Hayball

Anita Bostok

Samantha Adamson

Mimi Pineau

Deanna Pidwerbeski

Lisa Gaasenbeek

Janet Coates

Gary Krawford

Gerald Isaac

Tim Stiff

Terry Hodges

Paul Mulloy

Brian Duyn

Bob Meilleur

David Playfair

Devin Dalton

Kirk Hansen

John Dodington

Kelly Robertson

[consanguinitatum]

David as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (the first time he did it, that is!)

David Tennant fans are aware of 2011's brilliant Much Ado About Nothing, in which DT starred as Benedick, alongside Catherine Tate as Beatrice. Filmed at the Wyndham's Theatre in London and directed by Josie Rourke, the production was recorded and offered on Digital Theatre.

But did you know David had played Benedick before?

Yep - he sure has!

It was in 2001, a full decade before his production with Catherine.

Beginning in 1999, BBC Radio 3 launched Shakespeare For The Millennium, an ambitious project to dramatize seventeen Shakespeare productions in four years.

The project was done in collaboration with BBC Worldwide, which emphasized it wanted to take a contemporary, innovative approach to the Bard. It launched on 12 September 1999 with a Shakespeare discussion panel, and a new production of Hamlet -- starring none other than Michael Sheen as the Dane!

On 23 September 2001, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a new production of Much Ado About Nothing as the Sunday Play, with David in the lead role as Benedick and Samantha Spiro as Beatrice. Adapted by Sally Avens, it featured an introduction (as had all the previous productions in the Shakespeare For The Millennium series) by Richard Eyre, the former Director of the Royal National Theatre.

The production also starred a few other recognizable names. There was Chiwetel Ejiofor as Claudio, Emilia Fox as Hero, David Swift as Leonato, Julian Rhind-Tutt as Don John, and David Haig as Dogberry.

All original music was composed and performed by Simon Oakes and Adam Wolters.

Radio listings and announcements, and promo photos of David and Samantha Spiro

Here's a review of the prodcuction!

Much Ado About Nothing was commercially released by BBC Worldwide as part of the BBC Radio collection series in 2001.

The sleeve notes of cassettes and CDs of the production include a scene-by-scene synopsis, a full character analysis, and an essay on interpretation from the director Sally Avens.

Almost four years later, in November 2005, BBC One broadcast a television series called ShakespeaRe-Told, a set of four adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. Each play was adapted by a different writer, and all were relocated to the present day.

The first to be broadcast - on 7 November 2005 - was a modern-day version of Much Ado About Nothing starring Sarah Parrish and Damien Lewis...and Billie Piper and Nina Sosanya and Olivia Colman!

You can watch it here:

Six days after this television broadcast - on 13 November 2005 at 7:15 pm - BBC Radio 3 re-broadcast the audio version starring David and Samantha in its 'Drama On 3' slot.

Fast forward to August 2020.

The BBC released a set of four BBC Radio Shakespeare collections: Histories, Comedies, Tragedies, and Roman Plays. Much Ado About Nothing was included in the collection of Comedies, and became available as an Audible digital download.

If you want to listen, you can find this collection a lot of places. It might be at your local library or on Overdrive, on Google Play, or as an Amazon Audible book.

Or, ya know, just go here:

[byneddiedingo]

Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer in Romeo and Juliet (George Cukor, 1936)

Cast: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Andy Devine, Conway Tearle, Ralph Forbes, Henry Kolker. Screenplay: Talbot Jennings, based on a play by William Shakespeare. Cinematography: William H. Daniels. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons, Frederic Hope, Oliver Messel, Edwin B. Willis. Film editing: Margaret Booth. Music: Herbert Stothart.

If Shakespeare's Juliet could be played, as it was in its first performances, by a boy, then why shouldn't she be played by 34-year-old Norma Shearer? Truth be told, I don't find Shearer's performance that bad: She lightens her voice effectively and her girlish manner never gets too coy. It also helps that William H. Daniels photographs her through filters that soften the signs of aging: She looks maybe five years younger than her actual age, if not the 20 years younger that the play's Juliet is supposed to be. I'm more bothered by the balding 43-year-old Leslie Howard as her Romeo, though he had the theatrical training that makes the verse sound convincing in his delivery. And then there's the 54-year-old John Barrymore as Mercutio, who could be Romeo's fey uncle but not his contemporary. In fact, Barrymore's over-the-top performance almost makes this version of the play a must-see -- we miss him more than we do most Mercutios after his death. Edna May Oliver's turn as Juliet's Nurse is enjoyable, if a bit of a surprise: She usually played eccentric spinsters like Aunt Betsy Trotwood in David Copperfield (George Cukor, 1935) or sour dowagers like Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice (Robert Z. Leonard, 1940). In the play, the Nurse rarely speaks without risqué double-entendres, but most of them have been cut in Talbot Jennings's adaptation, thus avoiding the ridiculous spectacle of Shakespeare being subjected to the Production Code censors. (Somehow the studio managed to slip in Mercutio's line, "the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon.") Some of the other pleasures of the film are camp ones, such as Agnes deMille's choreography for the ball, along with the costume designs by Oliver Messel and Adrian, which evoke early 20th-century illustrators like Walter Crane or Maxfield Parrish. No, this Romeo and Juliet won't do, except as a representation of how Shakespeare's play was seen at a particular time and place: a Hollywood film studio in the heyday of the star system. In that respect, it's invaluable.

[argentangelhelps]

Hello Nico, I hope that your day is treating you well. 

I am wondering if you have any recommendations for faceclaims that could play the mother of Olivia Cooke, please? Preferably brunette, please? tysm! 💕

happy to help!

jacinda barrett, 1972, white (australian) kathryn hahn, 1973, white melanie lynsky, 1977, white (new zealander) joanne whalley, 1961, white (english) maria doyle kennedy, 1964, white (irish) catherine zeta jones, 1969, white (irish & welsh) lena headey, 1973, white (english & irish) paige turco, 1965, white sarah parrish, 1968, white (english)

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

New in August - Hallmark Movies Now

All Summer Long (2019) Starring Autumn Reeser, Brennan Elliott, and Christopher Russell Hallmark Channel / Summer Nights

Christmas Joy (2018) Starring Danielle Panabaker and Matt Long Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas

How to Fall in Love (2012) Starring Eric Mabius, Brooke D'Orsay, Kathy Najimy, and Jesse Hutch Hallmark Channel

Northpole: Open for Business (2015) Starring Lori Loughlin, Bailee Madison, and Dermot Mulroney Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas

A Summer to Remember (2018) Starring Catherine Bell and Cameron Mathison Hallmark Channel / Summer Nights

Christmas on the Air (2017) Starring Catherine Bell and Eric Close Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / The Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas

A Very Merry Mix-Up (2013) Starring Alicia Witt and Mark Wiebe Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas

Sharing Christmas (2017) Starring Ellen Hollman, Bobby Campo, and Cynthia Gibb Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas

Love at the Shore (2016) Starring Amanda Righetti and Peter Porte Hallmark Channel / Summer Nights

When Calls the Heart (2023) New season ten episodes uploaded every Thursday.

August 3

The Wedding Veil Expectations (2023) Starring Lacey Chabert, Kevin McGarry, Alison Sweeney, and Autumn Reeser Hallmark Channel / New Year New Movies

Love and Sunshine (2019) Starring Danica McKellar and Mark Deklin Hallmark Channel / Summer Nights

When Calls the Heart, Season 10 Episode 1 'Carpe Diem'

August 10

The Wedding Veil Inspiration (2023) Starring Autumn Reeser, Paolo Bernardini, Carlo Marks, Kacey Rohl, Lacey Chabert, and Alison Sweeney Hallmark Channel / New Movies New Year

A Summer Romance (2019) Starring Erin Kraków and Ryan Paevey Hallmark Channel / Summer Nights

When Calls the Heart, Season 10 Episode 2 'Hope Springs Eternal'

August 17

The Wedding Veil Journey (2023) Starring Alison Sweeney, Victor Webster, Lacey Chabert, and Autumn Reeser Hallmark Channel / New Movies New Year

When Calls the Heart, Season 10 Episode 3 'Oh Baby'

August 24

The Wedding Cottage (2023) Starring Erin Kraków and Brendan Penny Hallmark Channel / Spring Into Love

When Calls the Heart, Season 10 Episode 4 'Great Expectations'

August 31

Family History Mysteries: Buried Past (2023) Starring Niall Matter and Janel Parrish Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Game, Set, Love (2022) Starring Davida Williams and Richard Harmon Hallmark Channel / Fall Into Love

When Calls the Heart, Season 10 Episode 5 'Life is But a Dream'

And more new movies added every Thursday.

[dear-indies]

hello!! i'm looking for a female fc in her 20s-30s that's either half chinese, half white, or both. thank you so much for your help and everything you do in the rp community!!!

Janel Parrish (1988) Han Chinese / Irish, English, German.

Catherine Li (1991) Chinese / White.

Natasha Liu Bordizzo (1994) Chinese / Italian.

also:

Laur Allen (1989) Chinese / Ashkenazi Jewish, English.

Katie Findlay (1990) English, Chinese, Portuguese-Macanese, Scottish.

Melise / Malese Jow (1991) Chinese / English, Scottish and Cherokee.

Samantha Win (1991) Chinese, possibly Indonesian / French-Canadian, English, some Scottish and Irish.

Anna Leong-Brophy (1993) Irish, Chinese, and Kadazan.

Jessica Sula (1994) Afro-Trinidadian, Chinese / Estonian, German.

Chase Sui Wonders (1996) Chinese, some Japanese and Tahitian / European.

Also Hongkoner and Taiwanese suggestions:

Melissa O'Neil (1988) Hongkonger / Irish.

Jaguar Jonze / Deena Lynch (1992) Taiwanese / White.

Jessie Mei Li 1995) Hongkonger / English - is a gender non-conforming woman (she/they).

Lauren Tsai (1998) Taiwanese / Polish, Italian, English, German, Irish.

Thank you for being so kind!!!

[news247planet]

#Madness #March #Basketball March Insanity: Choice Sunday preview https://news247planet.com/?p=207650

[sequential-li]

Publishers Weekly 2022 Graphic Novel Critics Poll

Winner: Ducks by Kate Beaton

2nd (tie): Keeping Two by Jordan Crane 2nd (tie): The Third Person by Emma Grove

3rd: A Career in Books: A Novel About Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun by Kate Gavino (Plume) 3rd: The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories by Rumi Hara (Drawn & Quarterly) 3rd: Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank by Eric Orner (Metropolitan) 3rd: Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith (Chronicle) 3rd: What Is Home, Mum? by Sabba Khan (Street Noise) 3rd: Who Will Make the Pancakes by Megan Kelso (Fantagraphics)

Two Votes:

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso (Drawn & Quarterly) Artist by Yeong-shin Ma, trans. from the Korean by Janet Hong (Drawn & Quarterly) Genevieve Castrée: Complete Works 1981 - 2016 by Genevieve Castrée, edited and trans. from the French by Phil Elverum with Aleshia Jensen (Drawn and Quarterly) The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. by James Spooner (Harper) Invisible Wounds by Jess Ruliffson (Fantagraphics) Joseph Smith and the Mormons by Noah Van Sciver (Abrams ComicArts) The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women’s Lives by Kelcey Ervick (Avery) Men I Trust by Tommi Parrish Notes From a Sickbed by Tessa Brunton (Graphic Universe) Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki trans. from the Japanese by Alex Dudok de Wit (First Second) Talk to My Back by Yamada Murasaki trans. from the Japanese by Ryan Holmberg (Drawn and Quarterly) Time Zone J by Julie Doucet (Drawn & Quarterly)

Honorable Mentions:

Acid Nun by Corinne Halbert (Silver Sprocket) Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti (Random House Graphic) After Lambana: Myth and Magic in Manila by Eliza Victoria and Mervin Malonzo (Tuttle) Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense by Noël Simsolo and Dominique Hé, trans. from the French by Montana Kane (NBM) Alice Guy: First Lady of Film by Catel and Bocquet, trans. from the French by Edward Gauvin (SelfMadeHero) All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End: The Cartoons of Charles Johnson by Charles Johnson (New York Review Comics) Birds of Maine by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly) Black and White: Tough Love at the Office (#1) by Sal Jiang (Seven Seas) Catch These Hands! (#1) by Murata (Yen) Clementine by Tillie Walden (Image) The Con Artists by Luke Healy (Drawn & Quarterly) DC Pride 2022 by Various Writers/Artists (DC) Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story by Catherine Pioli (Graphic Mundi) Drip Drip by Paru Itagaki (Viz) Everything Is Ok by Debbie Tung (Andrews McMeel) Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross (Abrams ComicArts) Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer (Abrams ComicArts) G.I.L.T. by Alisa Kwitney and Mauricet (Ahoy!) Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod and Jess Taylor (DC) Halina Filipina by Arnold Arre (Tuttle) How To Make a Monster by Casanova Frankenstein (Fantagraphics) The Human Target (#1) by Tom King and Greg Smallwood (DC) Hummingbird Heart by Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly) I'm Still Alive by Roberto Saviano and Asaf Hanuka (Boom!) The Joy of Quitting by Keiler Roberts (Drawn & Quarterly) The Last Mechanical Monster by Brian Fies (Abrams ComicArts) The Liminal Zone by Junji Ito, trans. from the Japanese by Jocelyne Allen (Viz) Look Again by Elizabeth Trembley (Street Noise) Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Viz) Love and Rockets: The First Fifty by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics) Monotone Blue by Nagabe (Seven Seas) Movements and Moments edited by Sonja Eismann, Ingo Schöningh, and Maya (Drawn & Quarterly) Mr. Colostomy by Matthew Thurber (Drawn & Quarterly) My Perfect Life by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly) My Wandering Warrior Existence by Nagata Kabi, trans. from the Japanese by Jocelyne Allen (Seven Seas) Nowhere Girl by Magali Le Huche, trans. from the French by Jesse Aufiery (Nobrow) Number One is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss (Celadon) One Beautiful Spring Day by Jim Woodring Our Little Secret by Emily Carrington (Drawn & Quarterly) The Paradox of Getting Better by Raven Lyn Clemons (Silver Sprocket) The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding: The Story of the Infamous Female Philosopher Hipparchia by Barbara Stok, trans. from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison (SelfMadeHero) Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator by Sofia Warren Rave by Jessica Campbell (Drawn & Quarterly) Real Hero Shit by Kendra Wells (Iron Circus) Salamandre by I.N.J. Culbard (Dark Horse) Schappi by Anna Haifisch (Fantagraphics) The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton by Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer (Image) Slash Them All by Antoine Maillard, trans. from the French by Jenna Allen (Fantagraphics) So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship by Sophie Lambda trans. from the French by Montana Kane (First Second) Something is Killing the Children (#4) by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera (Boom!) Space Story by Fiona Ostby (West Margin) Squire by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh (HarperCollins) Thieves by Lucie Bryon (Nobrow) Ultrasound by Conor Stechschulte (Fantagraphics) Upside Dawn by Jason (Fantagraphics) Why the People: The Case for Democracy by Beka Feathers and Ally Shwed (First Second) Yellow Cab by Benoît Cohen and Christophe Chabouté, trans. from the French by Edward Gauvin (IDW)

[performingxdreams]

OKAY....

LOVIE SIMONE

AS BLUE SARGENT

HEAR ME OUT

If you want evidence WATCH SELAH AND THE SHADES on AMAZON PRIME the movie is coming of age and she is such a badass

[dailypocsix]

Janel Parrish as Catherine Of Aragon

information:

Name: Janel Parrish Long

DOB: October 30th 1988 (31)

Nationality: American

Ethnicity: Chinese

Credits: Cathy (The Last a Five Years), Grease (Sandy), Cruel Intentions (Cecile) Spring Awakening (Anna, Wendla u/s)

[catherineparrish]

SAFIA @ Metropolis Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia 30/08/2019

Photo by Linda Dunjey

SAFIA are a three-artist band always aiming for the stars. The cosmic pop trio from Canberra released their second album Story’s Start or End earlier this month and fans have not been left disappointed.

What is described by the band in SMH as a “sonic journey … that is representative of each member’s experience over the past two years”, this album is the perfect follow-up to debut Internal in 2016. It is ethereal sounding, almost inter-galactic. It has themes of love, longing and ambition, but also an underlining darkness, delivered in a way that can be danced or relaxed to.

Vocalist Ben Woolner admits struggling with writer’s block and anxiety while writing this album, but is now celebrated in a headline “Starlight” tour across the country. Accompanied by two Unearthed artists Boo Seeka (a dynamic duo from Newcastle) and Eilish Gilligan (a solo indie-pop queen from Melbourne), it’s the perfect homage to SAFIA’s triple J roots which have blossomed the dreamy, psychedelic hypnotic journey that is Story’s Start or End.

So, the record is great. But are they any good live? Absolutely.

It’s hard to fathom the levels of SAFIA’s music when there are only three people on stage. Each are forced to carry their own; there is nothing to hide behind, not even smoke and lasers and a mesmerising animated backdrop (it does add to the show) can mask the talent that each musician must have to deliver such quality. Woolner is completely in his element in front of a crowd, whether he’s dancing with the front row or singing to the roof through a megaphone. His angelic range is showcased without flaw, only drowned out by the crowd twice during Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues and Embracing Me. He humbly thanked the audience at every interval.

A mini cover of Britney Spears Oops… I Did it Again with the piano and 95 minutes of seamless, flowing melodies and strange, eerie undertones gives fans both old and new a taste of what is currently Australia’s most original and underrated three-piece. With almost every song from the new album appears on the setlist, SAFIA are keeping their shows fresh with their same unique one-of-a-kind genre that captivates anyone who is exposed to it.

Review by Catherine Parrish. Originally published for amnplify.com.au

[down-in-dixie]

Ten Female Characters

Rules: Please list 10 of your favorite female characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people to play.

Tagging: Whoever wants to do it because I’m too lazy to tag. It was hard to just name ten because there are so many of them, but these are the ones that popped into my head (probably because I’ve been watching their shows lately).

 Alex Danvers (Supergirl)

Regina Mills (Once Upon A Time)

Ziva David (NCIS)

Lois Lane (Smallville)

Sameen Shaw (Person of Interest)

Olivia Benson (Law & Order: SVU)

Annalise Keating (How to Get Away with Murder)

Jane Rizzoli (Rizzoli & Isles)

Catherine Chandler (Beauty & the Beast)

Alex Parrish (Quantico)

There is a bit of a theme here, and it also makes me realize that apparently I do have a type: dark haired, brown eyed women (who usually carry guns lol)

[circuspoltergeist]

ok so no one is going to talk about trc being directed by the same woman who brought our stupid shinny volvo owner to life aka twilight (2008)? Cos I am.

am I ready for a green-ish blue-ish purple-ish fog covering henrrietta? you bet.

what's up with this woman and millionaire expensive car teenage owners anyway.

wether you do or do not like twilight you have to admit the soundtrack is a masterpiece and I'm living for trc one

let's just pray gansey doesn't come out with a spidermonkey line though. Amen.

[insistweseeghosts]

Not to be dramatic but...I’m actually going to cry if Froy Gutierrez does not play Adam in TRC TV series.

[streghe]

the only features I reeally want from whoever they end up casting as adam in the TV show are 1) nice hands 2) brown eyes the rest can vary but this signs the deal for me