Mary Astor’s Lost Film ‘New Year’s Eve’
Note: This is an encore post from January 2020.
Since TCM is featuring Mary Astor, here’s a brief post on her lost movie “New Year’s Eve.” (A tip of the hat to Lou Lumenick, who tweeted about the movie on — New Year’s Eve.) I also uploaded a version of this post to IMDB, in case you see it there.
Fox originally announced the film under the title “Strong Arm,” based on the story “$100” by Richard…
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1992-Diana & Charles were headed towards separation. Lady Colin Campbell & Andrew Morton discuss their new books on America's Sally Show. Interesting to see Morton tell lies that could only have been fed to him by Diana.
Lady C was outnumbered on this show but over time, she was proven correct.
I wish Diana had made better decisions but she obviously did the best she knew how to do.
Also, take note of the NOprah Show COMMERCIALS sprinkled between takes. Definitely an interview to "bookmark."
Cheere Denise's 2024 discussion: The Real Diana
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Book Recommendations
Kellen Graves
Prince of the Sorrows (Rowan Blood, #1)
Lord of Silver Ashes (Rowan Blood, #2)
Herald of the Witch’s Mark (Rowan Blood #3)
The Fox and the Dryad
K.J. Charles
The Smuggler and the Warlord (A Charm of Magpies, #0.5)
The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1)
Interlude with Tattoos (A Charm of Magpies, #1.5)
A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2)
A Case of Spirits (A Charm of Magpies, #2.5
Flight of Magpies (A Charm of Magpies, #3)
Feast of Stephen (A Charm of Magpies, #3.5)
Five For Heaven (A Charm of Magpies, #3.6)
Jackdaw (A Charm of Magpies, #4)
Rag and Bone (A Charm of Magpies, #5)
A Queer Trade (A Charm of Magpies, #5.5)
The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal
Butterflies (The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal, #2)
Remnant: A Caldwell & Feximal/Whyborne & Griffin Mystery (The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal, #3; Whyborne & Griffin, #3.5)
Proper English (England World, #1)
Think of England (England World, #2)
Song for a Viking (England World, #2.1)
A Fashionable Indulgence (Society of Gentlemen, #1)
A Seditious Affair (Society of Gentlemen, #2)
A Gentleman’s Position (Society of Gentlemen, #3)
Wanted, A Gentleman
An Unseen Attraction (Sins of the Cities, #1)
An Unnatural Vice (Sins of the Cities, #2)
An Unsuitable Heir (Sins of the Cities, #3)
Spectred Isle (Green Men, #1)
The Henchmen of Zenda
Unfit to Print
Band Sinister
The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter (Lilywhite Boys, #0.5)
Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1)
Gilded Cage (Lilywhite Boys, #2)
Masters in This Hall (Lilywhite Boys, #3)
Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)
The Sugared Game (The Will Darling Adventures, #2)
Subtle Blood (The Will Darling Adventures, #3)
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)
A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2)
A Thief in the Night
A.J. Demas
One Night in Boukos
Something Human
Sword Dance (Sword Dance, #1)
Saffron Alley (Sword Dance, #2)
Strong Wine (Sword Dance, #3)
Honey and Pepper (When in Pheme, #1)
C.S. Pacat
Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
Captive Prince: Volume Two (Captive Prince, #2)
Kings Rising (Captive Prince, #3)
Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1)
Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)
Joanna Chambers
Provoked (Enlightenment, #1)
Beguiled (Enlightenment, #2)
Enlightened (Enlightenment, #3)
Unnatural (Enlightenment, #4)
Restored (Enlightenment, #5)
Gentleman Wolf (Capital Wolves Duet, #1)
Master Wolf (Capital Wolves Duet, #2)
Tamara Allen
Downtime
Whistling in the Dark
The Only Gold
If It Ain’t Love
The Road to Silver Plume (Secret Service #1)
Playing the Ace (Secret Service #2)
Invitation to the Dance
Harper Fox
Brothers of the Wild North Sea
Once Upon a Haunted Moor (Tyack & Frayne #1)
Tinsel Fish (Tyack & Frayne #2)
Don’t Let Go (Tyack & Frayne #3)
Kitto (Tyack & Frayne #4)
Guardians of the Haunted Moor (Tyack & Frayne #5)
Third Solstice (Tyack & Frayne #6)
Preacher, Prophet, Beast (Tyack & Frayne #7)
Out
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Mr Warren’s Profession (Aubrey & Lindsey, #1)
Throw His Heart Over (Aubrey & Lindsey, #2)
Hold Fast
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Lydia Gastrell
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One Glimpse (Indulgence, #2)
Hale Ginn
Lord of the White Hell, Book 1 (Lord of the White Hell, #1)
Lord of the White Hell, Book 2 (Lord of the White Hell, #2)
Adella J. Harris
The Marquess of Gorsewall Manor (After the Swan’s Nest, #1)
The Earl of Klesamor Hall (After the Swan’s Nest, #2)
Cat Sebastian
The Soldier’s Scoundrel (The Turners, #1)
The Lawrence Browne Affair (The Turners, #2)
The Ruin of a Rake (The Turners, #3)
It Takes Two to Tumble (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #1)
A Gentleman Never Keeps Score (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #2)
Two Rogues Make a Right (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #3)
Lily Morton
The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings (Black and Blue #1)
The Quiet House (Black and Blue #2)
Something Wicked (Black and Blue #3)
Merry Measure
The Cuckoo's Call
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A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding #1)
A Restless Truth (The Last Binding #2)
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The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi
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The Gladiator’s Master by Fae Sutherland
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
When Skies Have Fallen by Debbie McGowan
Nova Praetorian by N.R. Walker
The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1) by Kara Jorgensen
One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny
(last update 2024/06/14)
I would appreciate your recommendations if you enjoy one or more books from this list.
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Character art update!
Penny got a new outfit
Honestly it's not bad I like the red hat. And compared to the other ones Penny looks like she got a lot more care put into her pose and expression. I think Garry Locke might like drawing her.
This applies to almost all of Garry Locke's art but I can't get on board with the head to shoulder ratio here. Also something about Zoey's expression is off putting in particular her mouth.
This Harlow looks like he just got caught committing a crime.
This Isaac looks like a combo of a precious moments character and a kitten.
I'm also not on board for the make everything look shiny aspect of the style and Grady is practically iridescent. He's got shampoo commercial levels of hair shine. Also his canonical eye color is green. I don't think fanart needs to/should be cannon compliant because everyone having at least slightly different picture of the AiO characters is absolutely beautiful and a strength of the medium. However, if we're paying someone to make more Offical art, it should be based off the descriptions from the actual show and not previous art.
Trent is also very shiny. Not quite what I have in my head but if his head fit him right I wouldn't have a problem with it.
They edited Alex's face and I agree that it is an improvement. If I'm remembering correctly this one has a better grasp of the angle he is being drawn at.
No. That's a just a no.
He only has a bust shot on the website but I was looking up how to spell Bennet I found the full body version. I literally screamed
It is technically a perfectly serviceable Mr. Charles but it also makes me laugh every time I look at him.
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One of my all-time favorite jazz piano pieces is Hodes's version of Hoagy Carmichael's "Washboard Blues," on an album appropriately entitled Art for Art's Sake. The art Hodes practices is now rarely heard. There's a blues-piano tradition going back to the early twenties, at least, which includes such greats as Jelly Roll Morton, Leroy Carr, Jimmy Yancey, and many other lesser-known figures like Walter Roland, Walter Davis, Cripple Clarence Lofton, and Little Brother Montgomery. This tradition is separate from that of the stride piano as practiced by James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, or Art Tatum. For one thing, it's less technically dazzling, more succinct, more single-minded, as it were: a minimum of notes, a lot of feeling, and a disarming melodic directness with its roots in country blues and gospel. It's music for insomniacs, the philosophers of a single dark thought. Pascal was a blues artist, and so was Sappho. The music, the night I heard Hodes, was wordless, but language was never far off. Listening to him is like overhearing a man making a poem, saying the words to himself, cancelling one phrase, adding another.
Charles Simic • Wonderful Words, Silent Truth
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