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On its 7th season, 3-2-1 Contact aired its final episode on November 18, 1988 ("Island: Conch", 3-2-1 Contact, TV, event)

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The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society by Debra Soh

International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this scientific examination of the many facets of gender identity that “is not only eminently reasonable and beautifully-written, it is brave and vital ” (Ben Shapiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Is our gender something we’re born with, or are we conditioned by society? In The End of…

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Chicago Bridal Beauty: Makeup Artists You Need to Know

When it comes to your wedding day in Chicago, finding the perfect makeup artist is essential for achieving the bridal look of your dreams. With a plethora of talented professionals in the Windy City, here are some makeup artists you need to know to ensure you radiate beauty and confidence as you walk down the aisle.

Debra Petrielli: With over 20 years of experience in the beauty industry, Debra Petrielli is a sought-after makeup artist known for her expertise in bridal makeup. Her signature style focuses on enhancing natural beauty while creating timeless and elegant looks that photograph beautifully. From soft and romantic to bold and glamorous, Debra’s attention to detail and personalized approach make her a top choice for brides seeking flawless bridal makeup in Chicago.

Sonia Roselli: Renowned for her flawless complexion techniques and innovative makeup artistry, Sonia Roselli is a trusted name in the Chicago bridal beauty scene. With a client list that includes celebrities, models, and brides alike, Sonia’s expertise lies in creating luminous and long-lasting makeup looks that withstand the demands of wedding days. Her eponymous beauty line offers a range of products designed to perfect the skin and enhance natural radiance, making her a go-to artist for brides seeking a fresh and radiant bridal glow.

Shayna Shapiro: As the founder of Make Me Up, Shayna Shapiro is celebrated for her ability to create personalized and picture-perfect bridal makeup looks tailored to each bride’s unique style and preferences. With a background in fine arts and a passion for beauty, Shayna combines her artistic vision with her technical skills to deliver stunning makeup looks that leave a lasting impression. Whether you’re envisioning a soft and romantic look or a bold and dramatic statement, Shayna’s versatility and creativity ensure you’ll feel confident and beautiful on your wedding day.

Nicole Jacob: Specializing in airbrush makeup and bridal beauty, Nicole Jacob is a highly sought-after makeup artist known for her impeccable attention to detail and flawless execution. With a background in fashion and editorial makeup, Nicole brings a fashion-forward approach to bridal beauty, creating modern and sophisticated looks that stand out. Her expertise in airbrush techniques ensures a lightweight and long-lasting finish that looks stunning both in person and on camera, making her a favorite among brides seeking a seamless and polished makeup look for their big day.

Nika Vaughan: With a passion for enhancing natural beauty and empowering her clients, Nika Vaughan is a leading makeup artist in the Chicago wedding industry. Known for her warm personality and calming presence, Nika specializes in creating personalized makeup looks that reflect each bride’s individuality and style. Whether you prefer a soft and romantic look or a bold and glamorous statement, Nika’s skillful application and attention to detail ensure you’ll look and feel your best on your wedding day.

Dori Mae Makeup: Dori Mae is a Chicago-based makeup artist with a keen eye for detail and a passion for bridal beauty. With a background in fashion and editorial makeup, Dori brings a fashion-forward approach to bridal makeup, creating modern and trend-setting looks that are both timeless and unique. Her ability to customize each makeup look to suit her client’s features and personality sets her apart, making her a top choice for brides seeking a personalized and unforgettable makeup experience.

Whether you’re dreaming of a soft and romantic look or a bold and glamorous statement, these talented makeup artists in Chicago have the skills and expertise to bring your bridal beauty vision to life. With their unparalleled talent and dedication to excellence, you can trust that you’ll look and feel absolutely radiant as you say “I do” in the Windy City.

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Liked on YouTube: TERFs Are Wrong About Biological Sex || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRQHZcU9ZqU || Support the channel by watching this video ad-free on Nebula: https://ift.tt/gYnvEfk __ TERFs say the LGBTQ community is harming women by erasing biological sex. But can they even agree on what biological sex IS? __ Support the channel on Patreon: https://ift.tt/m8hb3CN Twitter: https://twitter.com/lily_lxndr __ Voices by: Sarah Feldman https://www.youtube.com/c/SoundsGoodChannel Laura Crone https://www.youtube.com/c/LauraCrone Music by: Epidemic Sound https://ift.tt/yXjeFmg Sussvarman https://ift.tt/ewATGlZ Production management: Vic :) Set design: Vic :) Cutest: Vic :) __ Sources & further reading: - Simone de Beauvoir, "The Second Sex" - Judith Butler, "Sex and Gender in Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex" https://ift.tt/0S3xjlo - Terry Goldie, "The Man Who Invented Gender: Engaging the Ideas of John Money" https://ift.tt/8Z0k5N3 - Lisa Downing, Iain Morland, Nikki Sullivan, "I can't put this title in the description or the video will get blocked" https://ift.tt/L5DHznt - Ben Shapiro, "An Honest Conversation With Dr. Debra Soh" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akFhYirNtfo - Riki Wilchins, "Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender" - Janice Raymond, "The Transsexual Empire" - Kara Dansky, "The Abolition of Sex: How the Transgender Agenda Harms Women and Girls" - Left at London's TikTok https://ift.tt/H6pZesR - Debra Soh, "The End of Gender" - Abigail Shrier, "Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters" - WHRC, "Declaration on Women's Sex-Based Rights" https://ift.tt/PXcwL4B - WHRC Canada, "Parliamentary Brief: Justice Committee re Bill C-6" https://ift.tt/8Hm56Vh - Adrian Ballou, "Why the End of Michfest Is Good for Feminism: Two Activists Weigh In" https://ift.tt/wHogJpS __ Table of contents: 0:00 To Gender or Not to Gender 4:14 1. The Abolition of Sex 11:22 2. The Case for Gender 22:49 3. What Is Sex, Really? 32:57 Hey, thanks! __ ignore this part lol terf, terfs, lgbt, lgbtq, trans, transgender, biological sex, gender critical, anti-trans, feminism, radical feminism, radfem, jk rowling

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Debra Shaw in "Tierra", photographed by Johnson Lui and styled by Scott Shapiro for L'Officiel Mexico April 2020

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111 Minna Gallery Presents: Art on Vinyl Records by 150 Artists “The Return of Discolandia” Curated by Wonderland SF (Irene Hernandez-Feiks) Virtual opening this Thursday December 10, 2020 at 6:30pm  to view: https://www.twitch.tv/111minnagallery To see in person please contact Michelle Delaney for an appointment: michelle@111minnagallery.com Virtual art show opening Thursday December 10, 2020 at 6:30pm Hosted by Rob Casanovas and Irene Hernandez-Feiks Artwork available for purchase at: www.111Minnagallery.com Works by:  Aaron Johnson, Abel Manalo, Alberto Pacheco, Alec Huxley, Alex Garcia, Alexandra Cicorschi, Alice Koswara, Amandalynn, Amber Allan, Amelie de Cirfontaine, Amelie de Cirfontaine, Amy Ahlstrom, Anndrew MacRae, Ben Collison, Blane Asrat, Brandon Hurley, Brent McHugh, Brian Barneclo, Calvin Lai, Carlos Limon, Carly Ivan Garcia, Carmela Cucueco, Carrie Ann Cottini, Carrington Arredondo, Cat Sommer, Chris Leib, Cindy Shih, Cleng Sumagaysay, Cuatemoch Landa, Daniel Chimowitz, Daryll Peirce, David Young, Debra Cook Shapiro, Delphyne V, Diana Balas, Dianne Hoffman, Doug Rhodes, Duser, Eddie Cola, Eddie Rodriguez, Emi Baria, Emily Fromm, Eon 75, Eric Bro, Eric Joyner, Erin Eisenhower, Espana Garcia, Felicia Ann, Felipe Soltero, Fernando Caldera, Fleur Spolidor, Franklin Lei, Goku, Haoyun Erin Zhao, Houston Berry, Inga Loyev, Ingrid Wells, Irene Feiks, Irene Hernandez, Isabella Piellusch Marquez, J.L.King, Jacinto Castillo, Jasper Steven Thomas, Jeffrey Nemenzo, Jenny Wehrt, Jeremiah Welsh, Jeremy Novy, Jes Muse, Jessica Petrie, Jesus Hernandez, Joel Tesch, John Casey, John Osgood, Johnny Dismal, Josh Thurman, Joshua Coffy, Jun Yang, Karla Korazon, Kathya Myranda, Kate Tova, Kelly Nicolaisen , Kenly Warren, Kevin Earl Taylor, Kiki, Kima Kamman, Kimlynh Chun, Kristi Holohan, Lacey Bryant, Lana Kohn, Laura Tex Buss, Lee Harvey Roswell , Lindsey Millikan, Louie Padama, Luciano Roque, Luis Tinoco, Manny, Manuel Carmona, Marc Wagenseil, Maria Urbi, Mario Navasero, Mark Campbell, Mark Lynch, Mary Fleener, Math PTV, Maureen Shields, Megan Caughlin, Mel Waters, Melanie Alves, Melanie Getman, Mike Sanchez, Minda McDorman, and more..... (at 111 Minna Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CImK6x6B2CS/?igshid=1dxzdsom0g65u

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NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 22nd CDGA

Annual Ceremony to Be Held on January 28, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

LOS ANGELES, CA (December 10, 2019) – Nominees were announced today for the 22nd CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards) celebrating excellence in film, television, and short form Costume Design. Executive Produced by JumpLine and sponsored by Westfield Century City and Campari®, winners will be announced at the ceremony which will take place on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

As previously announced, this year’s host will be Emmy-nominated writer, producer, author, director and actor Mindy Kaling, while the honorees will include Mary Ellen Fields (Distinguished Service Award), Michael Kaplan(Career Achievement Award), Adam McKay (Distinguished Collaborator Award), and Charlize Theron (Spotlight Award). Presenters joining J.J. Abrams on stage will be revealed in the coming weeks.

"On behalf of the Costume Designers Guild, I’d like to congratulate all of our 22nd CDGA nominees. This year is a particularly exciting year for television as we have updated our rules of submission. Designers now submit a single episode that best represents their work on a series. We are looking forward to celebrating all of our talented costume designers, as well as our amazing honorees in January, and are so thankful to our premier sponsors, Westfield Century City and Campari®, for making our awards gala possible,” said Salvador Perez, President of the Costume Designers Guild Local #892.

Following is the list of final nominees:

Excellence in Contemporary Film

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Arjun Bhasin

Hustlers – Mitchell Travers

Knives Out – Jenny Eagan

The Laundromat – Ellen Mirojnick

Queen & Slim – Shiona Turini

Excellence in Period Film

Dolemite is My Name – Ruth E. Carter

Downton Abbey – Anna Mary Scott Robbins

Jojo Rabbit – Mayes C. Rubeo

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips

Rocketman – Julian Day

Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film

Aladdin – Michael Wilkinson

Avengers: Endgame – Judianna Makovsky

Captain Marvel – Sanja M. Hays

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Ellen Mirojnick

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Michael Kaplan

Excellence in Contemporary Television

Big Little Lies: “She Knows” – Alix Friedberg

Fleabag: “2.1” – Ray Holman

Killing Eve: “Desperate Times” – Charlotte Mitchell

Russian Doll: “Superiority Complex” – Jennifer Rogien

Schitt’s Creek: “The Dress” – Debra Hanson

Excellence in Period Television

Chernobyl: “Please Remain Calm” – Odile Dicks-Mireaux

The Crown: “Cri De Coeur” – Amy Roberts

Fosse/Verdon: “Life is a Cabaret” – Melissa Toth & Joseph La Corte

GLOW: “Freaky Tuesday” – Beth Morgan

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “It’s Comedy or Cabbage” – Donna Zakowska

Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Television

Carnival Row: “Aisling” – Joanna Eatwell

Game of Thrones: “The Iron Throne” – Michele Clapton

The Handmaid’s Tale: “Household” – Natalie Bronfman

A Series of Unfortunate Events: “Penultimate Peril: Part 2” – Cynthia Summers

Watchmen: “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice” – Sharen Davis

Excellence in Variety, Reality-Competition, Live Television

Dancing with the Stars: “First Elimination” – Daniela Gschwendtner & Steven Norman Lee

The Late Late Show with James Corden: “Crosswalk the Musical: Aladdin” – Lauren Shapiro

The Masked Singer: “Season Finale: And the Winner Takes It All and Takes It Off” – Marina Toybina

RuPaul’s Drag Race: “Whatcha Unpackin?” – Zaldy for RuPaul

Saturday Night Live: “Sandra Oh / Tame Impala” – Tom Broecker & Eric Justian

Excellence in Short Form Design

Katy Perry: “Small Talk” music video – Phoenix Mellow

Kohler Verdera Voice Smart Mirror: “Mirror, Mirror” commercial – Ami Goodheart

Lil Nas X: “Old Town Road” music video – Catherine Hahn

Madonna: “God Control” music video – B. Åkerlund

United Airlines: “Star Wars Wing Walker” commercial – Christopher Lawrence

For 22nd CDGA ticket and sponsorship information, please visit: www.jumpline-group.com/cdga.

ABOUT THE COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD

The Costume Designers Guild, IATSE local 892, is a union formed for the promotion and protection of the art of costume design. Members, including costume designers, assistant costume designers, and illustrators, use their artistry and technical expertise to create believable characters within the narratives of motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and new media. Over 1,100 members strong, the CDG is a proud affiliate of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Find them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @CDGlocal892.

ABOUT JUMPLINE

JumpLine Group: The intersection of live production and original content. JumpLine specializes in high-touch events and premium lifestyle brand activations. Its content division, BehindTheLine develops film, television, and digital content, and produced the feature-length documentary about Saturday Night Live, Live From New York!

SOCIAL MEDIA

Find the CDGA on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and use #CDGA. For updates and live tweeting during the show @CostumeAwards.

MEDIA CONTACT

Caroline Stegner, Rogers & Cowan

cstegner@rogersandcowan.com

310.854.8149

For more information about the awards visit: www.jumpline-group.com/cdga

NOTE: Please do not abbreviate “costume designer” by using “costumer.”

These are two different union locals, referring to completely different job descriptions.

If it is necessary to abbreviate “costume designer” for space, please use “designer.”

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Review: Death Match (1994)

“Go ahead, if you and your friends want to look like Swiss cheese”

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My opinion regarding kickboxer/actor/activist Ian Jacklin is a little more complicated than with most karate stars, but in a nutshell, I thought the guy was pretty cool until I realized that he spends his life promoting quackery to cancer patients. Nevertheless, I enjoy his acting career and see it as a microcosm of a successful B-movie trajectory, with Death Match being the climax. Created outside of the major video studios, it has an unambitious story but a good production with a huge amount of martial talent. It’s required watching for fans of the subgenre and easily the best of Jacklin’s film career.

The story: An ex-fighter (Jacklin) goes undercover in a deadly fighting circuit to rescue his kidnapped best friend (Nicholas Hill).

I need to emphasize the state of the production, even though it may seem odd to praise a film for looking average. Keep in mind how easy it is for indie movies to turn out like crud. By all rights, Death Match should’ve been interchangeable with a typical Cine Excel production (underpopulated vistas, dubbed dialogue, etc.) but it’s actually indistinguishable from most Pepin-Merhi or Shapiro-Glickenhaus actioneers. As a matter of fact, it would be pretty aspirant for a PM or SG production, given the impressive list of names in the cast. To be fair, we sometimes only get a little taste of them – cult stars Richard Lynch and Jorge Rivero have only one scene apiece as Mafia bosses – but the list of talent goes on. Martin Kove and Matthias Hues are good as the lead villains, with Kove supplying the drama and Hues most of the fighting. Steven Leigh, Eric Lee, and Benny Urquidez don’t have any fights but do well in their dramatic scenes. Michele Krasnoo, Butch Togisala, Randall Ideishi, Ed Neal and Peter Cunningham partake in some of the highlighted brawls, and many more show up elsewhere. If these names aren’t clicking, you haven’t been watching movies like this long enough. The sheer accumulation of performers with reputations in the genre is amazing, especially since your average PM production sometimes wouldn’t even spring for half.

Of course, presence isn’t as important as utilization. The real question is how good the 16 fight scenes are, and the answer is that they’re a mixed bag. On the bright side, there are no downright bad matches and the choreography is nicely varied – some street-fighting, some shoot boxing, and even a lone stick fight. There are some some surprisingly long shots highlighting lengthy exchanges, and a few performers have standout moments of action. (I really enjoyed the Matthias Hues-Dino Homsey bout.) However, for the most part, nobody performs the best work of their career. Michele Krasnoo is made the least of, being introduced as a fighter but then only engaging in half a match. I have the impression that the choreographers were simply stretched too thin by crafting this many fights on a limited schedule. If so, then I wish the number of brawls had been cut in half and the remaining ones given more flair.

Socially, the movie has good points and bad points. Where the latter is concerned, the fact that two women are cast in fighting roles is undermined by the female lead (Renee Allman) abandoning the sparks of characterization to play a formulaic love interest. Additionally, a sexual harasser (played by Bob Wyatt) is inexplicably made a supporting character. However, I like that the movie seems to be championing an anti-capitalist message, using organized crime and fighting as metaphors. The villains trap fighters in a system that depends on their toil while devaluing their lives, and the same villains consider theft against them to be the single greatest crime. Threatening their income by refusing to fight by their rules is likewise punishable. The protagonist sets himself apart from this system by having abandoned organized fighting and claiming to compete solely “for the competition” - not exactly a fair outlook in light of all the pro fighters in real life who earn their income via competition, but it’s nevertheless a repudiation of the metaphorical wage slavery in the feature. Death Match isn’t The Godfather when it comes to allegory, but it’s effective in delivering its message.

There’s a moment in the film when Jacklin’s character is weirded out by Martin Kove’s belief in the supernatural powers of crystals. Retrospectively, it’s funny to see Jacklin in the role of the skeptic (even though crystal power seems to be one of the few areas of nonsense that Ian hasn’t stated a belief in), but I have to admit that he does well enough as the lead. He doesn’t have quite the charisma of, say, Don Wilson, but that’s not to say he wouldn’t have made a good star in the long run. Indeed, I wish he would’ve been handed another top role before the end of the martial arts genre’s video golden age. Nevertheless, his undisputed high point here is worth hunting down if you’re a collector. Death Match encapsulates many of the essentials seen in movies like this and adds just enough of an inspired touch earn a recommendation from me. Check it out wherever you can.

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Death Match (1994) Directed by Joe Coppoletta (The New Adventures of Robin Hood) Written by Curtis Gleaves (story & screenplay), Bob Wyatt, Steve Tymon (Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel) Starring Ian Jacklin (Kickboxer 3), Martin Kove (The Karate Kid), Matthias Hues (Bounty Tracker), Renee Allman (The Stoned Age) Cool costars: Martial arts regulars Steven Vincent Leigh (Sword of Honor) and Eric Lee (Ring of Fire) appear in acting roles but don’t fight. Similarly, kickboxing hall of famer Benny Urquidez (Wheels on Meals) is limited to a training montage but offers his Jet Center studio as a filming location. Sexy pro wrestler Stevie “Puppet” Lee appears as the arena gong beater. Richard Lynch (Puppet Master III) and Jorge Rivero (Centennial) have one scene apiece as non-fighting Mafiosos. Onscreen fighters include Nicholas Hill (Bloodsport II), Michele Krasnoo (Kickboxer 4), Ed Neal (Breathing Fire), Butch Togisala (Firepower), Dino Homsey (Deadly Bet), Randall Shiro Ideishi (Black Scorpion), Debra “Madusa” Miceli (Shootfighter II), Jamie Krasnoo (Full Contact), and Nick Koga (Red Sun Rising). A performer called Hector Pena appears in a stick fight, but I’m not sure whether he’s the actual Hector “Aztec Warrior” Peña, world champion fighter. Also, kickboxing legend Peter Cunningham is inexplicably credited as “Peter ‘Sugarfoot’ London” - leading to a snafu on IMDb where the film credit goes to porn actor Peter London. Cool crew: Composer Marco Beltrani – who’d go on to earn two Oscar nominations for his work on The Hurt Locker (2008) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007) – makes his feature composition debut with this one. He is directly heard on the soundtrack playing guitar and keyboards. Content warning: Group violence, violence against women, violence against children, sexual harassment, sexual assault, ableist dialogue, graphic description of an execution Title refers to: Either the main attraction of the underground fight ring or the fights-to-the-death taking place at the end of the film. A “death match” also refers to a hardcore pro wrestling contest – a fact which may be relevant in light of stunt coordinator Brandon Pender’s history as a World Championship Wrestling producer. Cover accuracy: Different covers exist, but the most widely-distributed one is dominated by an image of Matthias Hues. Hues is one of the two lead villains, but relegating leading man Ian Jacklin to a teeny-tiny graphic is misleading. Heck, Jacklin can’t even get top billing, with Hues and Martin Kove claiming the large print. Number of full-length fight scenes: 16 Crazy credit: “No music by Giancomo Puccini was used in connection with this picture” - even though Richard Lynch’s character specifically mentions the composer’s works. Copyright Horseplay Productions, Inc.

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TOMORROW!! Details in profile. —— Resolution —— A Collaboration between Wonderland SF and 111 Minna Gallery at Palette Gallery Check out works by: Abel Manalo AL. Woods Alan Mazzetti Alberto Pacheco Alec Huxley Alex Achaval Alex Garcia Alexandra Cicorschi Alice Koswara Amber Allen Amy Ahlstrom Andrew Macrae Aynur Girgin Bianca Levan Brandon Hurley Calvin Lai Chris Granillo Cindy Shih Daryll Peirce Debra Shapiro Denise Tarantino Derek Lynch Dianne Hoffman Doug Rhodes DUSER Elodie Boucher Espana Garcia Felicia Ann Felicia Gabaldon Gareth Gooch Haoyun erin Zhao Helice Wen Hilary Williams Irene Feiks Jay Mercado Jeffrey Nemenzo J.L. King Jessica Petrie Jesus Hernandez Joel Tesh Joshua Coffy Jun Yang Karala Korazon Lacey Bryant Lana Kohn Laura Buss Luciano Roque Lucky Rapp Lutz Hornischer Manuel Carmona Marcia Stuermer Marina Berlin Mario Navasero Mark Campbell Matt Hunter Maureen Shields Max Ehrman (Eon75) Micah LeBRUN Mike Sanchez Monty Guy Nate Van Dyke Nathan Richards Phelps Nome Edonna Norm Quiros (Jacalope) Olena Vasylevska Olympia Altimir Galvez Patrick Hofmeister Paul Madonna Paul Morin Pixelstud Rafael Saenz (Debuti) Ransom and Mitchell Raul D’Mauries Richard Menendez Robert Bowen Russell Ryan Sasinun kladpetch Scott Fin Scott Idelman Sean Brown Sean O’Donnell Shane Izykowski Sherrie Thai Sierra Lowe Sonja Navin Stephanie Steiner Jacobi Steve Javiel Stephen C. Wagner Su Evers Tanya Herrera Tati Holt Tracy Piper Ximena Rendon Yi Lin Pei You Been Kim (at Palette Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Q8kKChy4U/?igshid=1orpqw3jtra14

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We can debate definitions, but in the public realm, the already loaded term has taken on such a broad definition that there’s little consensus on what it actually is. Everyone from self-described white nationalist Richard Spencer to Sam Harris, Debra Soh, and Ben Shapiro has been accused of white nationalism. Any term that casts such a wide net ultimately means nothing. The reality is that white nationalism, like “Nazi” and “fascist,” has become a label for anything other than “progressive” or “woke.” This is hardly the basis for sound public policy.

Specifics aside, if we could directly confront white nationalism in its currently defined state, we’d run the risk of implicating millions of Americans who have committed little else except wrongthink. Even sources within the FBI alluded to as much, citing difficulties in pursuing white nationalists because, well, if everyone who’s a Trump supporter, conservative, or right-wing is an extremist, half the country ought to be pursued.

Measures to prevent white nationalist violence and mass shootings will involve costs and trade-offs that’ll disrupt the daily lives of innocents in hopes of avoiding that single, horrible instance that costs the lives of many. Such is the nature of public policy. For those serious about saving lives, white nationalism needs to mean something more than just disagreeable or distasteful thoughts and opinions, and mass shootings must remain within the context of the larger problem of gun violence. When it comes to managing risk, being safe must always take precedence over being “right.”

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59. Masonic apron, circa 1920

Masonic apron, circa 1920. Gift of Debra Silberman Weinberg. JMM 2016.28.2

This plain white leather apron was owned and worn by Joseph Silberman (1890-1968), a member of the Chesapeake Consistory No. 1, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (that’s Freemasons to you), Baltimore. He was also a member of Yedz Grotto as well as other local clubs and fraternal organizations. His son, Eugene, was later a member of the Amicable Lodge No. 25, Maryland’s third-oldest Masonic lodge.

Certificate issued to Joseph Silberman of Baltimore by Chesapeake Consistory No. 1, December 1, 1920. Gift of Debra Silberman Weinberg. JMM 2016.28.3

The Masonic apron is a ceremonial garment symbolizing both the functional garment worn by stonemasons and, as the Pocket Lexicon of Freemasonry states, “that blameless purity of life and conduct, which will enable us to present ourselves before The Great Architect of the Universe, unstained by sin and unsullied by vice.” On a more basic level, the apron serves as a badge of membership.  The plain white leather apron is typically the first one a Mason receives; later, a cloth apron, decorated with symbols indicating the wearer’s conferred degree within the organization, is worn instead, while the white apron is saved as an important keepsake.

Members of the Amicable Lodge No. 25, Maryland, circa 1957. Father and son Harry and Norman Shapiro are in the center. Gift of Ruth Shapiro. JMM 2004.1.2

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2018 Matt Movie Awards

Best Picture: Can You Ever Forgive Me? The Favourite If Beale Street Could Talk A Star Is Born Widows HONORABLE MENTION: Eighth Grade, Leave No Trace, Sorry to Bother You, BlacKkKlansman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Isle of Dogs, Minding the Gap, Hereditary, Burning, Black Panther, Boy Erased, Support the Girls, Roma, Shoplifters, Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Best Director: Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Marielle Heller, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite Steve McQueen, Widows HONORABLE MENTION: Wes Anderson, Isle of Dogs; Ari Aster, Hereditary; Andrew Bujalski, Support the Girls; Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade; Lee Chang-dong, Burning; Ryan Coogler, Black Panther; Alfonso Cuaron, Roma; Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased; Debra Granik, Leave No Trace; Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shoplifters; Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman; Bing Liu, Minding the Gap; Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible - Fallout; Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You

Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Ben Foster, Leave No Trace Ethan Hawke, First Reformed Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman HONORABLE MENTION: Yoo Ah-in, Burning; Christian Bale, Vice; Simon Russell Beale, The Death of Stalin; Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther; Steve Buscemi, The Death of Stalin; Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy; Timothee Chalamet, Hot Summer Nights; Steve Coogan, Stan & Ollie; Bryan Cranston, Isle of Dogs; Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate; Benicio Del Toro, Sicario: Day of the Soldado; Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting; Lily Franky, Shoplifters; Paul Giamatti, Private Life; Ryan Gosling, First Man; Lucas Hedges, Ben Is Back; Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased; Stephan James, If Beale Street Could Talk; Michael B. Jordan, Creed II; Barry Keoghan, American Animals; John Krasinski, A Quiet Place; Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Evan Peters, American Animals; Joaquin Phoenix, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot; Joaquin Phoenix, The Sisters Brothers; Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here; Charlie Plummer, Lean on Pete; Robert Redford, The Old Man & the Gun; John C. Reilly, The Sisters Brothers; John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie; Nick Robinson, Love Simon

Best Actress: Toni Collette, Hereditary Olivia Colman, The Favourite Viola Davis, Widows Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? HONORABLE MENTION: Sakura Ando, Shoplifters; Yalitza Aparicio, Roma; Juliette Binoche, Let the Sunshine In; Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns; Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place; Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade; Claire Foy, Unsane; Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Kindergarten Teacher; Kathryn Hahn, Private Life; Regina Hall, Support the Girls; Helena Howard, Madeline’s Madeline; Holly Hunter, Incredibles 2; Lily James, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again; Dakota Johnson, Suspiria; Nicole Kidman, Destroyer; Diane Kruger, In the Fade; Joanna Kulig, Cold War; KiKi Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk; Rachel McAdams, Disobedience; Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Leave No Trace; Carey Mulligan, Wildlife; Rosamund Pike, A Private War; Natalie Portman, Vox Lux; Julia Roberts, Ben Is Back; Saoirse Ronan, Mary Queen of Scots; Alia Shawkat, Blaze; Sarah Silverman, Ralph Breaks the Internet; Amandla Stenberg, The Hate U Give; Emma Stone, The Favourite; Charlize Theron, Tully; Daniela Vega, A Fantastic Woman; Rachel Weisz, Disobedience; Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Supporting Actor: Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther Daniel Kaluuya, Widows Alex Wolff, Hereditary Steven Yeun, Burning HONORABLE MENTION: Riz Ahmed, The Sisters Brothers; Mahershala Ali, Green Book; Jeff Bridges, Bad Times at the El Royale; Steve Buscemi, Lean on Pete; Rafael Casal, Blindspotting; Raul Castillo, We the Animals; Andrew Dice Clay, A Star Is Born; Russell Crowe, Boy Erased; Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased; Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born; Colin Farrell, Widows; Jake Gyllenhaal, The Sisters Brothers; Jake Gyllenhaal, Wildlife; Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade; Jonah Hill, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot; Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give; Nicholas Hoult, The Favourite; Oscar Isaac, At Eternity’s Gate; Jake Johnson, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Jude Law, Vox Lux; Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns; Liam Neeson, Widows; Tim Blake Nelson, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs; Alessandro Nivola, Disobedience; Michael Palin, The Death of Stalin; Jesse Plemons, Game Night; Tom Waits, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs; Anton Yelchin, Thoroughbreds

Best Supporting Actress: Elizabeth Debicki, Widows Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk Haley Lu Richardson, Support the Girls Tilda Swinton, Suspiria Rachel Weisz, The Favourite HONORABLE MENTION: Awkwafina, Crazy Rich Asians; Kayli Carter, Private Life; Mackenzie Davis, Tully; Marina de Tavira, Roma; Cynthia Erivo, Bad Times at the El Royale; Cynthia Erivo, Widows; Claire Foy, First Man; Danai Gurira, Black Panther; Anne Hathaway, Ocean’s 8; Jeon Jong-seo, Burning; Zoe Kazan, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs; Catherine Keener, Incredibles 2; Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased; Kiki Kirin, Shoplifters; Blake Lively, A Simple Favor; Elisabeth Moss, The Seagull; Andrea Riseborough, The Death of Stalin; Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots; Milly Shapiro, Hereditary; Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place; J. Smith-Cameron, Nancy; Sissy Spacek, The Old Man & the Gun; Tessa Thompson, Creed II; Tessa Thompson, Sorry to Bother You; Maura Tierney, Beautiful Boy; Dolly Wells, Can You Ever Forgive Me?; Letitia Wright, Black Panther; Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Original Screenplay: Eighth Grade - Bo Burnham The Favourite - Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara Hereditary - Ari Aster Isle of Dogs - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Kunichi Nomura & Jason Schwartzman Sorry to Bother You - Boots Riley HONORABLE MENTION: American Animals, Bad Times at the El Royale, Blindspotting, Destroyer, A Fantastic Woman, First Reformed, Game Night, In the Fade, Private Life, A Quiet Place, Roma, Shoplifters, Support the Girls, Thoroughbreds, Tully

Best Adapted Screenplay: Can You Ever Forgive Me? - Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty If Beale Street Could Talk - Barry Jenkins Leave No Trace - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini A Star Is Born - Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters & Eric Roth Widows - Gillian Flynn & Steve McQueen HONORABLE MENTION: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Boy Erased, Burning, Crazy Rich Asians, Creed II, The Death of Stalin, Disobedience, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot, First Man, The Hate U Give, Incredibles 2, The Kindergarten Teacher, Lean on Pete, Love Simon, Mary Queen of Scots, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Suspiria, We the Animals, Wildlife, You Were Never Really Here

Best Ensemble: Black Panther Crazy Rich Asians If Beale Street Could Talk Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Widows HONORABLE MENTION: American Animals, Avengers: Infinity War, Bad Times at the El Royale, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, BlacKkKlansman, Blockers, Boy Erased, Can You Ever Forgive Me?. Creed II, Deadpool 2, The Death of Stalin, Eighth Grade, The Favourite, First Man, The Front Runner, Game Night, The Hate U Give, Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Lean on Pete, Love Simon, Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Queen of Scots, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Ocean’s 8, Paddington 2, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Roma, The Seagull, Shoplifters, Sorry to Bother You, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, A Star Is Born, Support the Girls, Suspiria, Vice

Best Limited Performance - Male: Harry Belafonte, BlacKkKlansman Philip Ettinger, First Reformed Corey Hawkins, BlacKkKlansman Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk Jake Ryan, Eighth Grade HONORABLE MENTION: Christopher Abbott, Vox Lux; F. Murray Abraham, Isle of Dogs; Joe Alwyn, Boy Erased; Niels Arestrup, At Eternity’s Gate; Alec Baldwin, BlacKkKlansman; Sterling K. Brown, Black Panther; Reg E. Cathey, Tyrel; Vladimir Consigny, At Eternity’s Gate; Terry Crews, Sorry to Bother You; Gerard Depardieu, Let the Sunshine In; Xavier Dolan, Boy Erased; Dave Franco, If Beale Street Could Talk; Mark Gatiss, The Favourite; Jon Michael Hill, Widows; Gene Jones, The Old Man & the Gun; Diego Luna, If Beale Street Could Talk; Mads Mikkelsen, At Eternity’s Gate; Alfred Molina, The Front Runner; Nick Offerman, Bad Times at the El Royale; D.J. ‘Shangela’ Pierce, A Star Is Born; Stephen Root, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs; Algee Smith, The Hate U Give; Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins Returns; Shea Whigham, First Man; Bradley Whitford, Destroyer; Jeffrey Wright, Game Night; David Zaldivar, Ben Is Back

Best Limited Performance - Female: Jane Curtin, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Aunjanue Ellis, If Beale Street Could Talk Lisa Gay Hamilton, Beautiful Boy Teyonah Parris, If Beale Street Could Talk Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again HONORABLE MENTION: Carrie Coon, Widows; Lea DeLaria, Support the Girls; Beth Ditto, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot; Lisa Gay Hamilton, Vice; Celia Imrie, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again; Amy Irving, Unsane; Cherry Jones, Boy Erased; Agata Kulesza, Cold War; Angela Lansbury, Mary Poppins Returns; Chloe Grace Moretz, Suspiria; Mary-Louise Parker, Red Sparrow; Chelsea Peretti, Game Night; Emily Rios, If Beale Street Could Talk; Emmanuelle Seigner, At Eternity’s Gate; Meryl Streep, Mary Poppins Returns; Tilda Swinton, Isle of Dogs; Jacki Weaver, Widows

Breakthrough Performance: Rafael Casal, Blindspotting Cynthia Erivo, Bad Times at the El Royale Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade KiKi Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Leave No Trace HONORABLE MENTION: Chante Adams, Roxanne Roxanne; Yalitza Aparicio, Roma; Awkwafina, Crazy Rich Asians; Alexandra Borbely, On Body and Soul; Kayli Carter, Private Life; Noah Centineo, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before; Lana Condor, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before; Ben Dickey, Blaze; Henry Golding, Crazy Rich Asians; Laura Harrier, BlacKkKlansman; Helena Howard, Madeline’s Madeline; Brady Jandreau, The Rider; Jeon Jong-seo, Burning; Tomasz Kot, Cold War; Joanna Kulig, Cold War; May Matsuoka, Shoplifters; Milly Shapiro, Hereditary; Daniela Vega, A Fantastic Woman; Letitia Wright, Black Panther; Jessica Keenan Wynn, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Best Film Editing: American Animals - Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart The Favourite - Yorgos Mavropsaridis Mission: Impossible - Fallout - Eddie Hamilton A Star Is Born - Jay Cassidy Widows - Joe Walker HONORABLE MENTION: Avengers: Infinity War, Bad Times at the El Royale, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Blindspotting, Boy Erased, Burning, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Creed II, Destroyer, Eighth Grade, A Fantastic Woman, First Man, First Reformed, Game Night, Hereditary, If Beale Street Could Talk, Isle of Dogs, Lean on Pete, Leave No Trace, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Minding the Gap, Private Life, A Quiet Place, Roma, Shirkers, Shoplifters, Sorry to Bother You, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Support the Girls, Three Identical Strangers, You Were Never Really Here

Best Cinematography: The Favourite - Robbie Ryan If Beale Street Could Talk - James Laxton Roma - Alfonso Cuaron A Star Is Born - Matthew Libatique Suspiria - Sayombhu Mukdeeprom HONORABLE MENTION: At Eternity’s Gate, Bad Times at the El Royale, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Burning, Cold War, Eighth Grade, First Man, First Reformed, Hereditary, Lean on Pete, Leave No Trace, Mary Queen of Scots, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, A Private War, A Quiet Place, The Rider, The Sisters Brothers, Widows, You Were Never Really Here

Best Original Score: BlacKkKlansman - Terence Blanchard If Beale Street Could Talk - Nicholas Britell Isle of Dogs - Alexandre Desplat Suspiria - Thom Yorke Widows - Hans Zimmer HONORABLE MENTION: Annihilation, At Eternity’s Gate, Avengers: Infinity War, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Bird Box, Black Panther, Destroyer, Eighth Grade, First Man, The Hate U Give, Incredibles 2, Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Queen of Scots, Mid90s, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, The Old Man & the Gun, Paddington 2, A Quiet Place, Ready Player One, The Sisters Brothers, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Stan & Ollie, We the Animals, You Were Never Really Here

Best Original Song: Boy Erased - “Revelation” - Jon Thor Birgisson & Troye Sivan Mary Poppins Returns - “A Cover Is Not the Book” - Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman A Star Is Born - “Always Remember Us This Way” - Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Lori McKenna A Star Is Born - “I’ll Never Love Again” - Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere A Star Is Born - “Shallow” - Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt HONORABLE MENTION: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings”; Black Panther - “All the Stars”; Black Panther - “Pray for Me”; Blaze - “Blaze & Sybil’s Lullaby”; Blindspotting - “Not a Game”; Creed II - “Runnin’”; Deadpool 2 - “Ashes”; Dumplin’ - “Girl in the Movies”; Fifty Shades Freed - “Deer in Headlights”; The Hate U Give - “We Won’t Move”; Hearts Beat Loud - “Hearts Beat Loud”; Hearts Beat Loud - “Shut Your Eyes”; Love, Simon - “Alfie’s Song (Not So Typical Love Song)”; Love, Simon - “Love Lies”; Mary Poppins Returns - “The Place Where Lost Things Go”; Mary Poppins Returns - “Trip a Little Light Fantastic”; Outside In - “By Any Means”; Ralph Breaks the Internet - “A Place Called Slaughter Race”; Sorry to Bother You - “OYAHYTT”; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - “Sunflower”; A Star Is Born - “Hair Body Face”; A Star Is Born - “I Don’t Know What Love Is”; A Star Is Born - “Is That Alright?”; A Star Is Born - “Look What I Found”; A Star Is Born - “Maybe It’s Time”; A Star Is Born - “Why Did You Do That?”; Suspiria - “Suspirium”; Teen Titans Go! to the Movies - “Upbeat Inspirational Song About Life”; Vox Lux - “Hologram (Smoke and Mirrors)”; Vox Lux - “Wrapped Up”; A Wrinkle in Time - “Flower of the Universe”

Best Art Direction: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh Black Panther - Hannah Beachler & Jay Hart Crazy Rich Asians - Andrew Baseman & Nelson Coates The Favourite - Fiona Crombie & Alice Felton First Man - Nathan Crowley & Kathy Lucas HONORABLE MENTION: Avengers: Infinity War, Bad Times at the El Royale, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Cold War, Deadpool 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Hereditary, If Beale Street Could Talk, Isle of Dogs, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Queen of Scots, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Paddington 2, A Quiet Place, Ready Player One, Red Sparrow, Roma, The Sisters Brothers, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Stan & Ollie, A Star Is Born, Suspiria, Widows, Wildlife

Best Costume Design: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Mary Zophres Black Panther - Ruth E. Carter The Favourite - Sandy Powell If Beale Street Could Talk - Caroline Eselin Mary Queen of Scots - Alexandra Byrne HONORABLE MENTION: Avengers: Infinity War, Bad Times at the El Royale, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Cold War, Crazy Rich Asians, Deadpool 2, Dumplin’, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, First Man, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Mary Poppins Returns, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Paddington 2, A Quiet Place, Ready Player One, Red Sparrow, The Seagull, A Simple Favor, The Sisters Brothers, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Stan & Ollie, A Star Is Born, Suspiria, Widows, Wildlife

Best Makeup: Avengers: Infinity War Black Panther The Favourite Mary Queen of Scots Suspiria HONORABLE MENTION: Aquaman, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Creed II, Deadpool 2, Destroyer, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, If Beale Street Could Talk, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Mary Poppins Returns, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, A Private War, Stan & Ollie, A Star Is Born, Vice, Vox Lux, A Wrinkle in Time

Best Sound Mixing: Black Panther First Man Mission: Impossible - Fallout A Quiet Place A Star Is Born HONORABLE MENTION: Avengers: Infinity War, Bad Times at the El Royale, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Bird Box, Cold War, Creed II, Deadpool 2, The Favourite, Game Night, Hereditary, If Beale Street Could Talk, Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Mary Poppins Returns, The Old Man & the Gun, Paddington 2, A Private War, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Ready Player One, Roma, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, The Sisters Brothers, Sorry to Bother You, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Suspiria, Vox Lux, Widows, You Were Never Really Here

Best Sound Editing: Black Panther First Man Mission: Impossible - Fallout A Quiet Place Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse HONORABLE MENTION: Annihilation, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Infinity War, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Creed II, Deadpool 2, Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Paddington 2, A Private War, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Ready Player One, Roma, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, The Sisters Brothers, Suspiria, Widows, You Were Never Really Here

Best Visual Effects: Avengers: Infinity War Black Panther Mission: Impossible - Fallout Paddington 2 Ready Player One HONORABLE MENTION: Annihilation, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Aquaman, Deadpool 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, First Man, Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Mary Poppins Returns, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Venom

Best Foreign Film: Burning - Lee Chang-dong A Fantastic Woman - Sebastian Lelio In the Fade - Faith Akin Roma - Alfonso Cuaron Shoplifters - Kore-eda Hirokazu HONORABLE MENTION: Cold War, Let the Sunshine In, On Body and Soul

Best Documentary: Love, Gilda - Lisa D’Apolito Minding the Gap - Bing Liu Shirkers - Sandi Tan Three Identical Strangers - Tim Wardle Whitney - Kevin Macdonald HONORABLE MENTION: Free Solo, Generation Wealth, Hale County This Morning This Evening, The King, RBG, Science Fair, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Animated Film: Incredibles 2 - Brad Bird Isle of Dogs - Wes Anderson Ralph Breaks the Internet - Phil Johnston & Rich Moore Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman Teen Titans Go! to the Movies - Aaron Horvath & Pete Rita Michail HONORABLE MENTION: Early Man Every 2018 Film I've Seen: Ranked

[nickyschneiderus]

Conservatives blast referral for Kavanaugh investigation as ‘11th-hour’ smear

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) enraged conservatives on Thursday by announcing that she had referred a mysterious allegation against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to federal investigators.

“I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court,” Feinstein had said in a strangely vague statement released Thursday.

“That individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward, or press the matter further, and I have honored that decision,” she continued. “I have, however, referred the matter to federal investigative authorities.”

The statement emerged just one day after an article published by The Intercept claimed that Feinstein was in possession of a letter about Kavanaugh, acquired from from Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), who refused to comment. The Intercept reported that the letter was from a woman being represented by attorney Debra Katz, who “works with #MeToo survivors.”

The New York Times then quoted two officials who said that the letter detailed possible sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh by a woman that occurred while they were in high school.

For many conservatives, the news was interpreted as a fabricated and desperate smear by liberals to derail the confirmation.

Breaking wind from CNN! Sen. Feinstein will appear w/ Judge Kavanaugh to release a letter from someone who just remembered something from when he was in high school. She offered to have her Chinese driver bring him to the event. #desperate

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 13, 2018

Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro immediately blasted Feinstein’s move as “legitimately evil.”

If there's nothing here, this is legitimately evil. https://t.co/91zKZxr4jW

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 13, 2018

I have received information concerning Dianne Feinstein. I will not inform you of the nature of this information, the source of the information, or pretty much anything about it. Suffice it to say she eats small children.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 13, 2018

A reporter for the Daily Wire, Ryan Saavedra, then forwarded his debunk of the allegations by pointing out that Kavanaugh attended an all-boys school.

NYT reports Feinstein's letter on Kavanaugh is about possible sexual misconduct between Judge Kavanaugh and a woman when they were both in high school.

Kavanaugh went to Georgetown Preparatory for high school, an all-boys school.

— Ryan Saavedra

(@RealSaavedra) September 13, 2018

It is not confirmed at this stage, however, that the letter details allegations of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh. Republican officials used the mysterious nature of the letter to dismiss it.

Both the White House and Senate Republicans quickly criticized the move as an “11th-hour” attack by Democrats to block Kavanaugh, who appeared set for confirmation by the Republican-controlled Senate in a vote scheduled for Sept. 20.

A spokesperson for Republican Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley told Bloomberg that there was “no plan to change the committee’s consideration of Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination” on the basis of “the letter in question.”

“It’s a statement about a letter that nobody’s seen about a person that nobody’s named about a subject that is secret,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who also sits on the committee. “I just think this all sounds like desperation to me.”

from Ricky Schneiderus Curation https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/dianne-feinstein-letter-brett-kavanaugh/

[hobbieswithudipi]

All time Favourite Books/Movies/Talks

Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA,

Interesting Movies/Documentaries: Sully, Godfather, Schindler’s List. Snowden, K2 Documentary based on the book Summit, Allied, Everest, The Real Death Star Documentary, Edge of The Universe Documentary and many many others

Relaxing Books: LOTR, Harry Potter, Agatha Christie, PG Wodehouse, Heidi, Ruskin Bond, Elizabeth Gilbert

Fiction:

Non Fiction:

Motivational - Deep Work & So Good They Cant Ignore You & How to Become Straight A Student by Cal Newport, Elizabeth Gilbert Talk, Focus by Daniel Goleman, Practicing The Power of Now,  The Attention Revolution by B Allan Wallace, The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod, Self Esteem & Thoughts and Feelings by Mathew M Kay & Patrick Fanning, Messages from Water,  Discipline equals Freedom by Jocko Wilink, The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane, Make your Bed by Admiral Arthur Mc Raven, Spark Joy by Marie Kondo,  The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch, Blufishing by Steve Sims, Unshakeable by Tony Robbins, Dean Graziozi 7 Levels Deep/ 7 Why’s, Extreme Ownership by US Navy Seals, The Einstein Factor, MindWorks, Prisoners of Belief, Tim Ferris ( 4 hour workweek, 4 hour body)

Fitness/ Health: Glow by Vasudha Rai, The Great Indian Diet by Shilpa Shetty, Rujuta Diwekar Books, Bawa and Dinesh books, Younger Skin Starts in the Gut by Nigma Talib, Whole by Colin Campbell, The Campbell Plan, Gut,What I Talk when I Talk about Running, Liver Rescue by Anthony Williams.

Spiritual: Silva (Everyday ESP, Ultramind ESP, You The Healer, Subjective Communication, Dollars Flow To Me Easily, Richard Dotts, Developing Intuition by Shakti Gawain, Michael Singer, The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav, The Art of Stillness by Pico Iyer, Millionaire Course & Magical Path & The Art of True Healing by Israel Regardie and Marc Allen, Energy Work by Robert Bruce, Sonia Choquette, Your Inner GPS by Zen Cryar Debruke, Extraordinary Psychic by Debra Lynn Quatz, Living with The Himalayan Masters by Swami Rama,

Food: Curries of the World, Simple Indian and Fish Indian Style by Atul Kochar, Vikas Khanna, Maayeka, Sadhguru 2 books: Food Body & Taste of Well Being, Sattva the Ayurvedic Cookbook by AOL, Madhur Jaffrey, Saransh Goila, Martha Stewart, Asma Khan, Village Life on YouTube, Fit Tuber on You Tube

Autobiography: Endurance by Scott Kelly, A Champion’s Mind by Pete Sampras, Open by Andre Aggasi

Memory: Mind Palace by Ron White, Memory Techniques by Neerja Roy Choudhury

Others: The Go Giver - A little story about a powerful business idea, The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck by Mark Manson, Tools of the Titan by Mark Ferris, The Code of The Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani

Recommended: Priciples by Ray Dahlio, Fooled by Randomness, Sapiens, The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddharth Mukherjee, Hot Seat by Dan Shapiro, The Things You can Only See When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim, 48 laws of power, Monetising Innovation, Clockwork - Design your Business to Run Itself, Code of Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani, The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are doing the Uncommon.

Startups/Business:

Daliy Practice: Immrama Biurnal Beats, Case Study www.silvacases.com, 3M, 12k steps, Workout 5 days/week, Yoga Pranayam Angmardana Surya Shakti

[maxwellyjordan]

ADA and disabled rights roundup

I’ve expanded the previous post in this space on Braille gift cards into a longer Cato post with a bit more on the politics and history of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), mentioning along the way the recent closure of a popular San Jose coffee shop [Nadia Lopez, San Jose Spotlight; another San Jose deli story] Speaking of such happenings, “He says the suit could mean the end of the restaurant. ‘We would rather just close down if we have to pay that absurd amount of money,’ he says.” [Rancho Vegano in New York City’s East Harlem neighborhood; Michael Scotto, NY1 Spectrum News]

“It’s about time! New rule could have emotional support animals bumped from planes” [Lynn Norment, Memphis Commercial Appeal; Wes Siler, Outside; David Koenig, AP]

Videos on leading pornographic websites “lack enough closed captioning, claims the class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of all deaf and hard-of-hearing people.” [Noah Goldberg, New York Daily News]

“Federal Website Access Lawsuit Numbers Increase 7 Percent in 2019, With Possible Bump from Supreme Court Denial of Cert in Domino’s” [Kristina M. Launey and Minh N. Vu, Seyfarth Shaw; Vu on related litigation trends in 2019]

“White students in New York City are 10 times as likely as Asian students to have a 504 designation that allows extra time on the specialized high school entrance exams.” [Kevin Quealy and Eliza Shapiro, New York Times; Dana Goldstein and Jugal K. Patel, New York Times (“it helps to have cash” in getting pricey psychological assessments in Southern California); Education Next (“number of high school students being given special allowances for test-taking, such as extra time, has surged in recent years” with students in affluent suburbs more likely to get them)]

“Law firms settle suit accusing them of civil RICO conspiracy to collect ADA settlements” [Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal; Moore and Mission law firms, California; KGO/ABC7News on some Bay Area cases]

Tags: ADA filing mills, airlines, Bay Area, disability & schools, disabled rights, NYC, service animals, web accessibility, WO writings

from Law http://www.overlawyered.com/2020/02/ada-and-disabled-rights-roundup-2/ via http://www.rssmix.com/