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jedivoodoochile · 3 years ago

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El 2 de octubre de 1895 nace en la ciudad de Nueva York, Julius Henry Marx, conocido artísticamente como GROUCHO MARX, fue un actor, humorista y escritor estadounidense, popular principalmente por ser miembros de los hermanos Marx.

Es considerado uno de los cómicos más influyente de todos los tiempos, siendo sus frases, a pesar del paso del tiempo, destacadas en la cultura pop por generaciones, incluso en la época actual.

Creció en el seno de una modesta familia de inmigrantes alemanes judíos, pero de larga tradición en espectáculos de variedades y en el mundo de la farándula; fue el cuarto de seis hermanos después de Manfred, Harpo y Chico y antes que Zeppo y Gummo.

Su madre era Miene (Minnie) Schoenberg y emigró a Estados Unidos desde Alemania junto a sus padres (que habían dirigido una compañía ambulante de teatro en Alemania; él era mago y ventrilocuo y ella una arpista tirolesa).

Se preocuparon en educar a sus hijos en la música (canto Groucho, piano Chico, arpa Harpo).

Su padre fue Simon (Samuel) Marx (nacido como Marrix), un sastre alemán igualmente emigrado y nacido en Alsacia cuando esta formaba parte de Francia.

Dedicó toda su vida al mundo del espectáculo humorístico, no en vano, fue su propia madre quien le animó a empezar a actuar en distintos cabarets desde muy joven.

Julius, por sobrenombre Groucho, de grouch, "gruñón" en inglés, se ponía un mostacho postizo muy incómodo y un día decidió quitárselo y pintarse uno con betún, con lo que configuró parte de la iconografía de su personaje; igualmente añadió unos característicos andares gachos que suscitaron la risa cuando los ensayó en el espectáculo y completó su personaje con cejas pobladas, un habano y gafas de metal.

Interpretó habitualmente a un abogado cazadotes de verbo fácil, pícaro, ingenioso y dispuesto a todo por dinero, especialmente a dar un "braguetazo" o boda de conveniencia con una vieja rica (por lo general interpretada por Margaret Dumont).

Su humor era especialmente corrosivo, imaginativo, alocado y anarquista, potenciado por las travesuras del mimo Harpo y la picaresca y slang italianizante del jugador compulsivo Chico.

Junto con sus hermanos Chico, Harpo, Gummo y Zeppo recorrió casi todos los escenarios de Norteamérica durante más de 25 años, y en 1920 actuó en su primera película, titulada Humor risk.

A este film le siguieron otros títulos que hicieron mundialmente famosos a los Hermanos Marx, como Sopa de ganso (Duck soup, 1933), Una noche en la ópera (A night at the opera, 1935), Un día en las carreras (A day at the races, 1937), Los hermanos Marx en el Oeste (Go West, 1940) y Una noche en Casablanca (A night in Casablanca, de 1946); su última película, Amor en conserva (1949), contó con una casi debutante Marilyn Monroe en el reparto.

Entre sus múltiples colaboraciones, Groucho Marx trabajó como comentarista cómico en un programa de radio llamado "You Bet Your Life".

Con motivo de sus apariciones en dicha emisión, recibió el Premio al Mejor Humorista del Año en 1949.

Intentó abrirse paso en la radio, pero tampoco tuvo demasiado éxito pese a su incontinencia verbal, "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel" en 1934, pero al regresar a su personaje característico en un ciclo de películas producidas por la Metro adquirió fama universal.

Otros programas de radio fueron "El Pabst Show" (1943) y "Apueste su vida" (1947-1949), premio Peabody en 1949, y posterior programa de televisión.

Disuelto el trío, trabajó en algunas películas de menor aceptación, exitosos programas de televisión, actuaciones personales, discos, hasta su fallecimiento.

Dos años antes había conseguido un Oscar especial por su larga trayectoria artística.

Trabajó en 18 películas, 14 de ellas junto a sus hermanos, y tuvo millones de admiradores.

También fue guionista de "The King and the Chorus Girl" (1937) de Mervyn Le Roy y autor de una obra de teatro "Time for Elizabeth" (1948).

Durante la antiizquierdista Caza de brujas, apoyó al Comité pro Primera enmienda para proteger la libertad de expresión junto a otras figuras del espectáculo como Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart, Gene Kelly y Rita Hayworth.

Eso le supuso ser investigado por el FBI.

La producción literaria de Groucho Marx siguió encuadrada en la misma tónica que caracterizaba sus actuaciones en la gran pantalla. En 1933 publicó Camas (Beds), su primer libro.

Otros ensayos conocidos del autor son Many Happy Returns (1942), Groucho y yo (Groucho and Me), de 1959, Memorias de un amante sarnoso (Memoirs of a Mangy Lover), de 1963, The Groucho letters (Las cartas de Groucho), de 1967, y el libro de memorias The Groucho phile; an illustrated life (La figura de Groucho; una biografía ilustrada), de 1976.

Un humor disparatado, mordaz e incluso cínico marcó la vida del cómico estadounidense.

La particular "filosofía marxiana", basada en el porte descarado y en la visión hipercrítica de los convencionalismos sociales, ha influido en generaciones de intelectuales del mundo entero.

Poco antes de morir, la Academia de Hollywood le concedió un Oscar honorífico, en reconocimiento a toda su carrera cinematográfica.

Buscaba la risa de los demás y se hizo tan adicto a las carcajadas que a menudo despertaban sus comentarios agudos y no siempre amables que las impertinencias se convirtieron en parte importante de su manera de ser y le trajeron problemas en su vida: su familia y sus amigos que se cansaban de sus bromas pesadas y de sus ‘zascas’ mordaces.

Groucho habla de ello en sus memorias, le dedica un capítulo entero titulado Meteduras de pata.

Reconoce que lo que él denomina "un impulso nervioso, un reflejo automático o únicamente una perversidad básica" le ha traído muchos problemas, "Tal vez un psicólogo lo describiría como enfermedad de la Metedura de Pata", afirmó.

Fue muy mujeriego, en la realidad y en la pantalla. En varias de sus cintas perseguía a una señora millonaria, personaje interpretado por Margaret Dumont, a quien soltaba en la vida real las mismas frescas poco caballerosas que en las películas.

Le decía cosas menos amables que su famoso " quiere casarse conmigo? Es usted rica? Conteste primero a la segunda pregunta".

La última mujer en su vida fue Erin Fleming, que fue su joven secretaria y su pareja, a sus hijos les pareció que se aprovechaba de él y la cosa acabó en los tribunales: su hijo Arthur lo inhabilitó y logró que un juez apartara a la chica, 51 años más joven que Groucho, de las finanzas del cómico.

El 19 de agosto de 1977 muere en Los Ángeles, California a causa de una neumonía.

Pese a su fallecimiento hace cuatro décadas, la figura de Groucho ha seguido estando muy presente en la cultura popular, y sus características gafas, nariz, puro y bigote se han convertido en un icono de la comedia.

En los últimos días, miles de personas han rendido homenaje al actor en la red social Twitter, donde se repiten una y otra vez decenas de sus frases más conocidas, como "Disculpen si les llamo caballeros, pero no les conozco muy bien" o "¿A quién va a creer usted? ¿A mí o a sus propios ojos?".

Dejó atrás tres exesposas, Ruth, Kay y Eden, tres hijos (Arthur, que fue exitoso guionista y escritor de biografías; Miriam y Melinda), 18 películas, 14 de ellas junto a sus hermanos y millones de admiradores.

Una de sus célebres frases fue: "No deseo pertenecer a ningún club que acepte como socio a alguien como yo".

Groucho Marx fue incinerado; sus cenizas, tras ser robadas en 1982 y devueltas la misma noche a las puertas del cercano Mount Sinai Memorial Park, siguen en el Eden Memorial Park (Mission Hills, California), siendo falso que su lápida contenga el epitafio "Disculpe que no me levante", como popularmente se repite, aunque sí parece cierto que en una entrevista poco antes de su muerte formuló esa frase como un deseo, lo que pudo dar lugar a la confusión posterior.

Arthur Marx contó muchas cosas de su padre en el libro Mi vida con Groucho; por ejemplo, que cuando iba a un restaurante caro de Hollywood aparcaba lejos para ahorrar unos dólares en parquímetro. Pero también el hijo de Groucho dijo que su padre era mucho más tierno de lo que aparentaba: "Era un sentimental, pero preferiría morirse antes de que nadie lo supiera", explicó.

#marilyn monroe #groucho marx

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timeless-hollywood-classics · 4 years ago

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Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, Farrell appeared in over 100 films and television series, as well as numerous Broadway play. She won an Emmy Award in 1963 for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her performance as Martha Morrison in the medical drama television series Ben Casey.

Farrell began acting on stage as a child and continued with various theatre companies and on Broadway before signing with Warner Bros. Embodying the brassy blonde character of the early talkies. Farrell was a signature 1930s Warner Bros. star, starring in films such as Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) and Lady for a Day (1933). Starting with Smart Blonde (1937), Farrell played Torchy Blane, the hard-boiled, wisecracking reporter in a series of popular films; which later was credited by comic book writer Jerry Siegel as the inspiration for the DC Comics reporter, Lois Lane. After leaving Warner Bros. in 1939, Farrell remained active in film, television and theatre throughout rest of her career.

Farrell was born in Enid, Oklahoma, to Wilhelmina "Minnie" (nee Messer, 1879-1931) of German descent and Charles A. Farrell (1873-1937) of Irish and Cherokee descent. Farrell was the only daughter and had two younger brothers, Eugene and Richard. After her family moved to Wichita, Kansas, Farrell began acting on stage with a theatrical company at age seven, playing the role of Little Eva in the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Farrell's mother had never achieved her desire of being an actress, encouraged and supported her daughter's acting interests. When her family moved to San Diego, California, a teenage Farrell joined the Virginia Brissac Stock Company. Farrell made the third honour roll in Motion Picture Magazine's "Fame and Fortune Contest". Her picture and biography were featured in the magazine's April 1919 issue, which also stated that Farrell had some experience in the chorus, vaudeville, and camp entertainments. Farrell received a formal education at the Mount Carmel Catholic Academy.

In 1928, Farrell was cast as the lead actress in the play The Spider and made her film debut in a minor role in Lucky Boy. Farrell moved to New York City in 1929, where she replaced Erin O'Brien-Moore as Marion Hardy in Aurania Rouverol's play Skidding. The play later served as the basis for the Andy Hardy film series. By April 1929, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that she had played the role 355 times. Farrell appeared in a number of other plays, including Divided Honors, Recapture, and Love, Honor and Betray with George Brent, Alice Brady, and Clark Gable.

In 1930, she starred in the comedy short film The Lucky Break with Harry Fox, and in July 1930 Film Daily announced that Farrell had been cast in Mervyn LeRoy's film Little Caesar as the female lead, Olga Stassoff. Afterward, she returned to Broadway and starred in On the Spot at the Forrest Theater. At the time, Farrell conceded that motion pictures offered immense salaries, but felt the theater was the foundation of the actor's profession.[6] She appeared in several more plays.

In 1932, Farrell starred in the hit play Life Begins. Her performance caught the attention of Jack Warner, who signed her to a contract with the Warner Bros. film studio and cast her to recreate the role in Warner Bros.' film adaptation of Life Begins later that year. Farrell did not return to the stage until 1939.

In her first two years with Warner Bros., Farrell starred in 17 films, including Girl Missing (1933), Gambling Ship (1933), Man's Castle (1933) opposite Spencer Tracy, and Columbia Pictures' Lady for a Day (1933) by director Frank Capra. Farrell sometimes would work on three pictures that were shooting at the same time and managed to transition from one role to another effortlessly. She worked in over 20 movies between 1934 and 1936, starring in films such as Go into Your Dance (1935), Little Big Shot (1935) and High Tension (1936).

Farrell was close friends with fellow Warner Bros. actress Joan Blondell,[8] and throughout the early 1930s, they were paired as a comedy duo in a series of five Warner Bros. movies: Havana Widows (1933), Kansas City Princess (1934), Traveling Saleslady (1935), We're in the Money (1935) and Miss Pacific Fleet (1935). She also appeared with Blondell in the Academy Award-nominated Gold Diggers of 1935 and Gold Diggers of 1937 musical film series. Farrell and Blondell co-starred in a total of nine films. Together, they came to personify the smart and sassy, wisecracking dames of '30s and '40s film.

In 1937, Farrell began starring as Torchy Blane, the fast-talking wisecracking newspaper reporter.[9] Warner Bros. had started to develop a film adaptation of "MacBride and Kennedy" stories by detective novelist Frederick Nebel in 1936. For the film version, Kennedy is changed to a woman named Theresa "Torchy" Blane and is in love with MacBride's character. Director Frank MacDonald immediately knew whom he wanted for the role of Torchy Blane. Farrell had already proved that she could play hard-boiled reporters in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) and Hi, Nellie! (1934); and was quickly cast as Torchy with Barton MacLane playing detective Steve McBride in the first Torchy Blane film Smart Blonde (1937).

Smart Blonde was a surprise hit and became a popular second feature with moviegoers. Warner Bros. starred her in several more Torchy Blane movies opposite Barton MacLane. She portrayed Torchy in seven films from 1937 to 1939. The films took Farrell's popularity to a new level. She was beloved by the moviegoing public and received a huge amount of fan mail for the films. On her portrayal of the Torchy Blane character, Farrell said in her 1969 Time interview: "So before I undertook to do the first Torchy, I determined to create a real human being—and not an exaggerated comedy type. I met those [news-women] who visited Hollywood and watched them work on visits to New York City. They were generally young, intelligent, refined, and attractive. By making Torchy true to life, I tried to create a character practically unique in movies."

Along with starring in the Torchy Blane series, Farrell appeared in a number of other films, including Breakfast for Two (1937), Hollywood Hotel (1937), and Prison Break (1938). Additionally, she performed in several radio series, including Vanity and Playhouse in 1937, and Manhattan Latin with Humphrey Bogart in 1938.

Farrell was elected to a one-year term as the honorary mayor of North Hollywood in 1937, beating her competition Bing Crosby and Lewis Stone by a three-to-one margin. Even though it began as a Warner Bros. publicity stunt, Farrell took the job seriously, attending functions, presentations, and ceremonies. She was also put in charge when the North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that it wanted to put sewers along Ventura Highway and started the groundwork for that project.

In 1939, Farrell left Warner Bros. when her contract expired. Several factors resulted in her decision including, feeling Warner Bros. was typecasting her as a newspaper reporter, a disagreement by Jack Warner for a pay rise, and wanting to return to the theatre. Farrell later told syndicated columnist Bob Thomas in 1952: "There's something more satisfying about working in a play. You get that immediate response from the audience, and you feel that your performance is your own. In pictures, you get frustrated because you feel you have no power over what you're doing".

In July 1939, Farrell starred in the lead role in the play Anna Christie at the Westport Country Playhouse, then followed that with a summer stock production of S. N. Behrman's play Brief Moment. She co-starred with Lyle Talbot and Alan Dinehart in the long-running play Separate Rooms at Broadway's Plymouth Theater for a successful 613-performance run throughout 1940 and 1941. In April 1942, she starred in the Broadway play, The Life of Reilly.

Farrell returned to motion pictures in 1941, starring in director Mervyn LeRoy's film noir, Johnny Eager. Throughout the '40s, '50s, and '60s, Farrell continued to appear in numerous films, including the Academy Award-nominated The Talk of the Town (1942), Heading for Heaven (1947) and the 1954 Charlton Heston adventure epic Secret of the Incas.

Farrell made her television debut in 1949 in the anthology series The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre. She appeared in over 40 television series between 1950 and 1969, including Kraft Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, The United States Steel Hour, Bonanza, and Bewitched.

In 1963, she guest-starred in the ABC medical drama series Ben Casey as Martha Morrison in the two-part episode "A Cardinal Act of Mercy". She won the Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding performance in a supporting role by an actress. Farrell co-starred with her son Tommy Farrell in two comedy films in 1964: Kissin' Cousins with Elvis Presley and Jerry Lewis in The Disorderly Orderly.

Farrell briefly retired in 1968, but soon decided to return to acting. Farrell's final work in her long career was the Broadway play Forty Carats. She was appearing in Forty Carats at the Morosco Theatre until ill health forced her to leave the play a few months later. Farrell was eventually diagnosed with lung cancer.

In 1920, Farrell was hired to do a dance routine at a Navy benefit ball in San Diego. There she met her first husband, Thomas Richards. They were married from 1921 to 1929. Their son, actor Tommy Farrell, was born in 1921. In 1931, she was engaged to Jack Durant of the comedy duo "Mitchell and Durant" but never married him. She dated screenwriter Robert Riskin a few years later.

In 1941, Farrell married Dr. Henry Ross. The couple met when Farrell sprained her ankle during a performance of the play Separate Rooms and was treated backstage by Ross, who had been called forth from the audience. Ross was a staff surgeon at New York's Polyclinic Hospital and West Point graduate, who later served as chief of the public health section on General Eisenhower's staff. Farrell and Ross remained married until her death 30 years later. Farrell was a devout Catholic.

In 1971, Farrell died from lung cancer, aged 66, at her home in New York City and was interred in the West Point Cemetery in West Point, New York. When Ross, who did not remarry, died in 1991, he was buried with her.

Comic book writer Jerry Siegel credits Farrell's portrayal of Torchy Blane as the inspiration for the fictional Daily Planet reporter and Superman's love interest, Lois Lane. Siegel also named June Farrell, one of the characters in his Funnyman comic book series, after Farrell.

On February 8, 1960, Farrell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to motion pictures, at 6524 Hollywood Boulevard.

In 1977, Farrell's husband Dr. Henry Ross donated 38 acres of land to the Putnam County Land Trust, establishing the Glenda Farrell–Henry Ross Preserve.

#glenda farrell #classic hollywood #classic movie stars #golden age of hollywood #old hollywood #1920s hollywood #1930s hollywood #1940s hollywood #1950s hollywood #1960s hollywood #1970s hollywood #hollywood legend

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tabloidtoc · 4 years ago

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Globe, August 17

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Cover: Fox News sex scandal explodes

Page 2: Up Front & Personal -- pregnant Bindi Irwin, Aubrey Plaza washes her car, Ray Liotta works out in Venice Beach

Page 3: Sweaty Zachary Quinto, Piers Morgan in St. Tropez, Jennifer Garner snaps a shot of son Samuel Affleck who is neck-deep in sand as big sis Seraphina looks on

Page 4: Fed-up Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton -- our side of the story -- Will and Kate are not the bad guys in the royal war with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and they’re finally firing back

Page 5: Prince Harry is being outwitted by his bossy bride Meghan Markle claims a British socialite who says the redheaded royal is much less intelligent than Meghan

Page 6: Bisexual Brandi Glanville claims a sexy encounter with former reality show co-star Denise Richards left her feeling disgusted

Page 7: Lisa Marie Presley and Priscilla Presley make peace -- they’re helping each other heal after Benjamin Keough’s devastating suicide

Page 8: Cautious Kim Kardashian kept a diary dossier on husband Kanye West and she’ll use the ledger to take Kanye to the cleaners

Page 9: Britney Spears is getting welcome support from ex-husband Kevin Federline who says he doesn’t think she’s too nutty to be around their kids

Page 10: Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is in hot water -- her media company bosses have launched an investigation into charges her show’s staff was abused and bullied

Page 11: Pentagon studying crashed UFOs -- new government report blows lid off cover-up that began in Roswell

Page 12: Celebrity Buzz -- Dolph Lundgren eating lunch in Beverly Hills (picture), Gwyneth Paltrow has spilled how Rob Lowe’s makeup artist wife Sheryl Berkoff schooled her on oral sex tricks when she was a teenager, Brooklyn Decker needs to use incontinence undies since birthing her two kids Hank and Stevie, Billy Eichner is playing legendary funnyman Paul Lynde in a bioflick of the barely closeted entertainer’s life, Lisa Rinna’s 19-year-old daughter Amelia Gray Hamlin has publicly accused her mom of forcing her to appear on RHOBH

Page 13: Amber Rose (picture), Gavin Rossdale plays tennis (picture), Tori Spelling on the set of Celebrity Show-Off (picture)

Page 14: RHOA star Phaedra Parks who is a funeral director boasts business has never been better, Blake Lively still gets pretty frisky over Ryan Reynolds her husband of nearly eight years, Fashion Verdict -- Chrishell Stause 7/10, Saoirse Ronan 2/10, Adriana Lima 9/10, Carol Alt 1/10, Judith Light 8/10

Page 16: Regis Philbin went to his grave deeply troubled over the many years he and longtime co-host Kelly Ripa barely spoke

Page 17: The death of Gone with the Wind star Olivia de Havilland hammered the final nail into the longest and most bitter feud in Hollywood history between her and her sister Joan Fontaine, actor John Saxon took a series of bitter regrets to his grave including never having made it as a leading man and losing a real-life fight with martial arts superstar Bruce Lee

Page 19: 10 things you don’t know about Tom Ellis, Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba wept when she learned show hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews had been axed, after dropping her new album Taylor Swift sent a special gift to a huge fan -- the late Kobe Bryant’s daughter Natalia

Page 20: True Crime

Page 23: Rod Stewart has revealed the secret behind writing his hit tunes -- boatloads of booze, creepy socialite Ghislaine Maxwell who was sex monster Jeffrey Epstein’s mistress and accused recruiter of underage girls secretly stashed away $20 million in 15 bank accounts and could lose it all if convicted of sex trafficking

Page 24: Cover Story -- Fox News in crisis -- top stars rocked by new sex scandal after Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly gave network a black eye

Page 26: Health Report -- thick thighs save lives

Page 38: Real Life

Page 40: Plastic surgery junkie Wendy Williams is getting a top-to-toe tune-up for her TV return

Page 45: Meyer Lansky’s lover squeals -- evil mobster behind 1000 murders was really a gentle soul

Page 47: Hollywood Flashback -- The Oscar-winning pairing of Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the 1942 classic Casablanca almost didn’t happen because Ingrid was taller than Humphrey, Bizarre But True

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hrsun111 · 5 years ago

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INTOWN REPORT for 12/5/19 – 12/11/19

THURSDAY, 12/5

5 Star Bar – Telekinetic Yeti, Darvaza, + Hexicon

1720 – Lousi Futon

Alex's – Five Guys...One Cover Band, Glitter Wizard, + Crimewave

The Belasco – Daughters, Protomartyr, + Show Me The Body

Bluespade 75 Studios (E.L.A.) - The Virus, Cinderblock, The Venomous Pinks, + HeadNoise

Bootleg – Lisa Prank, Rose Melberg, + Worriers

Doll Hut – Slaughterhousers, The Pawns, + The Tragic Radicals

Dynasty Typewriter – Michelle Buteau

Echo – Magic Sword, + Go Dark

Echoplex – Saint JHN

Fonda – Sasha Sloan, + Winnetka Bowling League

The Hi Hat – Bonavega, Brasko, + Mood Killer

Harvard & Stone – Baby A, + The Emerald

House of Blues - Gryffin

House of Machines – Love Nothing EP release, Deep Fields, New Balance, + Lindsay B

Largo at the Coronet – Anthony Jeselnik

Little Joy – No Exits, Programmed For Pleasure, + Del Lucrii

Malone's - Big Rig Dollhouse, Ascent, + Tragic Radicals

Maui Sugar Mill – Midnight Cloud, John Thompson, High Grass,+Carry On Band

Moroccan – Moon Hooch, + Coco Columbia

Observatory – The Hu, + Crown Lands; From Indian Lakes, Queen of Jeans, + Yummm (Constellation Room)

The Palace – Vagabon, + Angel Olsen (also Friday)

Petie's Place - The Kitty Litter Disco Show Band, Review Killer Lords (Tribute to The Lords of the New Church) + The Flutterbyes, free entry with a toy donation for Children's Hospital LA

Redwood Bar – The Tearaways (feat.Clem Burke), The Reflectors, + Mogg

Satellite – Salute to Lou Reed with Angie Bowie, LoveyDove, The Dick & Jane Family Orchestra, + Mary Woronov

The Smell – Banny Grove, Pregnant, + Brendan Eder Ensemble Theater at Ace Hotel – The Revolution (Prince's former band) Troubadour – Alex Cameron, + Holiday Sidewinder (also Friday) Wiltern – Snoop Dogg, + more

Zebulon – The Make-Up, + Seth Bogart

FRIDAY, 12/6

5 Star Bar – Endless Struggle, Destruction Made Simple, Dead77, Gob Patrol, + Dcon

1720 - Graves Bootleg Theater – Madison Cunningham, Johanna Samuels, + Pet Dress

Doll Hut – Reagan Youth, Functional Lunatics, The Lewd, Damaged, Justified Anger, Ciphors of Transcendence, Krovak, The Order of Nine Angels, The Outskirts, Pig City, 6pm

El Rey – Dreamers, Arrested Youth, + American Teeth Garden Amp – The Adolescents, The Zeros, The Crowd, + more! Glass House – The Hu, + Crown Lands The Hi Hat – Sonny & the Sunsets, + The Gonks Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Drab Majesty, + Body of Light House of Blues - Thrice House of Machines – The Dickies, Cheap Tissue, + DM Tina & The Bumps The Lash – Body of Light, + DJ Drab Majesty Lodge Room – Surfbot, Dumb F**ks, + Nice Maui Sugar Mill – Dr. Savage &The Shrunken Heads, Super Villian, + Caroshi Moroccan – Kills Birds, Daisy, + The Living Roomers Observatory – The Wrecks Pappy & Harriet's – Ryley Walker, + Black Mountain Petie's Place – Dickwad (also Sat.)

Redwood Bar – Drug Front, Dante HH, + Graveyard Bandits Regent – The Slackers, Viernes 13, Soul Ska, + Gabriela Penka Teragram – Marco Benevento, + The Mattson 2 Zebulon – Judge, Regional Justice Center, Section HB, + Down to Nothing

SATURDAY, 12/7

5 Star Bar – A Darker Bright

1720 – Minty Boi, Twin Tribes, + She Past Away

Alex's – Boyo, Dustin Lovelis, Nik Freitas, Tino Drima, + Emily Edrosa

Alpine Village - 7th Annual Krampus Ball with Rosemary's Billygoat, Hammerstein Band, Totendanse, + Krammpstein

American Legion Post 206 (Highland Park) – Master Cylander, Sapphic Musk, Somos Mysteriosos, Ley Valentine, + Stars at Night

Bootleg – Mike Krol, Night Shop, + Jess Cornelius

Catch One – Reagan Youth, The Voids, The Skeptix, The Virus, Defiance, Cheap Sex, Thulsa Doom, + more! 2:00pm

Doll Hut – Punxmas Toy Drive with Ravens Moreland, Big Mess, The Whining Pussies, The Pawns, Shubees, SLOKA, Mr. Firley, Dirty Hammer, + Time Kats (entry with 1 unwrapped toy)

EB's at The Farmer's Market – The Stardust Ramblers The Echo - Glades El Cid – Eyedress, + Natia & The Renaissance Family El Rey – Greyson Chance

The Factory- Daisy Chain, Lunch Lady, Silky & the Scopers, + Dummy Glass House – Aly & AJ, + Armors The Hi Hat – Fitness, + Somme Hollywood Forever Cemetery – Mount Eerie, + Julie Doiron

LEM HQ (835 N La Brea Ave.LA) – Crisis Actor, Safeword, Le Face,+DJsTerminal A Lexington – Drop Top Jesus, Wagemaker, Mountains of Delusion,+Living Darkness Lodge Room – Louis Cole Maui Sugar Mill – Punk Rock Karaoke, + Shiner's Club

Meltdown (1644 S La Cienega, Unit 4, LA) – Justus Profitt, Poll Tax Riot,+Noah Salem Moroccan – From Indian Lakes, Queen of Jeans, + Yummm Observatory – Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Glitter Wizard, + Masked Intruder Pappy & Harriet's – KOLARS, + Soft White Sixties

The Paramount – Very Be Careful

Permenant Records Roadhouse (former location of Cafe Nela) – DJ Frankie & the Witch Fingers

Redwood Bar – Tramp For the Lord, + Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls Regent – High On Fire, Power Trip, Devil Master, + Creeping Death (sold out) Roxy – Black Flag, + The Linecutters Silverlake Lounge – Dangerously Sleazy, Fox Medicine, + Cosmic Kitten Teragram – Defeater, + Modern Life is War Troubadour – Lindsay Eli Wiltern – Snoh Aalegra Zebulon – Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Kevin, + Perfection

SUNDAY, 12/8

Alex's Bar – Headless Palms, The Sleeping Sea Kings, + Boom Years

All Star Lanes – Boy In the Water, Margeaux Sippell, Jack Rabbit,+Arch Stanton

Bootleg Theater – Tow'rs, + B.R. Lively

C.I.A. - Angela Bowie, Cat Museum, + The Chelsea Club

The Echo – Myles Parrish

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dylanbsas · 6 years ago

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Humphrey Bogart, Erin O'Brien-Moore, and Ann Sheridan in Black Legion (1937) - Dir.: Archie Mayo

#humphrey bogart #30s movies #30s vintage

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Sophie Mahon talks to us about "being canny with the Internet", collaborating with Bryan Ferry and drawing inspiration from Humphrey Bogart [EXCLUSIVE]

Sophie Mahon talks to us about “being canny with the Internet”, collaborating with Bryan Ferry and drawing inspiration from Humphrey Bogart [EXCLUSIVE]

Having drawn inspiration for her first album from the works of F Scott Fitzgerald (The Beautiful And The Damned) and Erin Morgenstern (Night Circus) Sophie Mahon has now used Film Noir and ABC’s Lexicon Of Love as her touchstones for her second, Bogart’s Eyes. The new album, due out in October this year, follows Sophie’s debut album Xenon Nights released in November last year. Mahon says that her…

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Humphrey Bogart. Erin O'Brien-Moore and Dickie Jones are the Taylor family in a publicity still for Black Legion (1937) with Ann Sheridan and Dick Foran. Dick was born in Flemington, New Jersey, and had 162 acting credits from 1934 to a 1975 tv episode. His entries among my best 1,001 movies are The Petrified Forest, and Fort Apache (as Sgt Quincannon).

His other honorable mentions are Four Daughters, Boy Meets Girl, and The Sisters.

#humphrey bogart #erin obrien moore #dickie hones #ann sheridan #dick foran #black legion

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NCIS: Los Angeles Season Eight Rewatch: “Sirens" The basics: Finding two dead deputies, who aren't really deputies (but are definitely dead), on Callen lawn means the mole hunt is back on the front burner. Written by: Erin Broadhurst who wrote or co-wrote “Praesidium”, “Unspoken” and “Come Back”.

Directed by: Jonathan Frakes directed “LD50”, “Disorder”, “Blye, K.” part one, “Free Ride” and “Impact”. Frakes also played Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill, Lance Talbot’s psychiatrist, in “Disorder” in season two. Guest stars of note: Pamela Reed returns from "Ghost Gun" as Roberta Deeks. Laura Harring is back from "Black Market" (and coffee with Granger) as Julia Feldman. Adam Bartley is also back from "Ghost Gun" as Carl Brown, Lindsay LaVanchy as Natalie Grant / Amber Wilcox, Kurt Yaeger has his third straight episode as Sullivan, Chase Kim as Deputy Bennett, Nate Hartley as Vinny the guard, Dustin Fasching as Bartender, Shon Lange as LA County Sheriff / Dexter Frazier, Gretchen Palmer as Heather/Rae is back from the season opener. Our heroes: Are back mole hunting as Kensi takes a few steps forward and a step back in her recovery. What important things did we learn about: Callen: Likes his home more than he admits. Sam: Going to find the head of the mole snake and chop it off. Kensi: Can't shoot left-handed with her usual accuracy. Deeks: Not best suited to sit and wait in Ops. Eric: Doesn't need Deeks to understand, he has Nell. Nell: Interrogating Carl Brown for the last time because she has a plan. Granger: Drinking alone tonight. Hetty: Making Kensi shoot with her left hand because while Kensi's job is waiting for her when she's fully recovered, Kensi hasn't fully recovered. What not so important things did we learn about: Callen: Has a nice neighbor who likes him. Sam: Been handing out Deeks's new business cards – ones he didn't know he had – to everyone over the last few weeks. Kensi: Sends Julia and Roberta home. Deeks: Not going home early in the day because of Julia and Roberta. Eric: Egon. Nell: Teenage dog walker, sans baggies. Granger: Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca". Hetty: Happy Nell has a plan. Who's down with OTP: Not a lot of OTPing except Deeks being very sure he wanted to go home to Kensi at the end of the day when it was obvious their homes may not be safe. Oh Deeks, your home was a lot less safe a few hours ago. Eric doesn't need anyone to understand him – he has Nell. Who's down with BrOTP: The BrOTPing for a lot of the episode was Sam and Deeks about Callen's time with Joelle. Any Hanna family mentions: No but one of Nell's concerns is that the mole knows where they all live. That would make Michelle an easy target down the road. Khaled bought information about Aiden, he could certainly find the Hanna home.

Fashion review: The French blue button down shirt for Callen. Black henley for Sam. Kensi starts the day in a black hoodie and well-worn jean shorts. Walking with Sullivan, she's in black yoga pants, a blue v-neck tee with a white undershirt and grey zip-up hoodie. Deeks is in a dark blue long sleeve tee-shirt. Eric is in an off-white short-sleeve button down shirt with brown stripes over an olive tee. Nell is wearing her black v-neck top, black pants with a black field coat (big improvement over that blue monstrosity). Granger is wearing a white dress shirt over a dark blue suit. Medium blue suit for Hetty. Music: Eric sings "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" in Ops. "The World's Smiling Now" by Jim James is playing in the bar at the end. Any notable cut scene: One. Vinny, the empty office building security guard tells Callen, Sam and Deeks that the door to an office where they import exotic animals is locked – he can't let them in. Callen and Sam nod while Deeks explains it is probably a good idea to let them him. The place sells exotic animals – snakes in the vents could be a problem for security. Vinny opens the door. Quote: Nell: "Um I'd really like another chance to question Carl Brown." Hetty: "Do you think he's going to treat you differently today?" Nell: "Probably not. But I'm not ready to give up. Hetty, even with him in prison, the internal threats keep coming. They know where we live. They know who our families are. We really don't have another choice. And I have a plan."

Anything else Late at night, a woman is running from an LA County Sheriff's officer through a residential alleyway. Climbing over a fence, she starts running through a nice neighborhood. As she races down the street, a Sheriff's vehicle – lights on no sirens – is coming her way. She on a lawn but is boxed in by the cruiser and the deputy on foot. When she's ordered to turn around slowly, she does – shooting both deputies before driving off in the cruiser. The shots woke the owner of the house – Callen.

The following morning, crime scene techs, LAPD and the coroner's office are all over Callen's front lawn. Helicopters are flying overhead. Callen is talking to the officer in charge when a surprised Sam arrives. He does not think this is a coincidence – "after everything our team has been through?" Callen is sorry the Sheriff's Department is paying the price. Sam asks about Callen's father – his words. Garrison – Callen's words (or word) – is in Santa Barbara, Hetty sent him there.

Deputy Bennett from the Sheriff's Department introduces himself to Callen and Sam. Sam offers condolences – NCIS knows what it is like to lose a team member. Bennett appreciates the concern but the two dead guy aren't with the Sheriff's Department. Callen and Sam give each other a look. Sam explains that NCIS has reason to look into the case and the Sheriff's Department is happy to turn it over. They want to know, however, who the two dead guys are.

Sam thinks the not-Sheriff's Deputies weren't there to help Callen. They could have been there to kill him. Eric pulls up Callen's security cameras. He has video of the woman shooting the two fake deputies. Sam asks if it is Hetty (a logical question). It is not. Nell has a location on the stole cruiser – a dog walker called it in. Callen and Sam are on their way.

Nell tells Eric she was once a teenage dog walker. Eric thought she was probably young, eager and cute. Nell thought she was too over-eager. She forgot the baggies to clean up after the dogs on her maiden voyage.

Leaving Ops, Nell joins Hetty in Hetty's office. She's dress to leave the office. Nell updates Hetty. Hetty sense Nell wants something. She does – Nell wants another chance to question Carl Brown. Hetty asks if Nell thinks Brown will be any more helpful today. Nell doesn’t think so but she isn't going to give up. The mole's people know where the team lives, who their families are – she has to try again. Besides, she has a plan.

Callen and Sam arrive where the cruiser was dumped. There are firetrucks on scene. Sam asks Callen if the woman on the lawn could be a guardian angel sent by Garrison. Callen doesn't think so. If Garrison was involved, there wouldn't be bodies to find. Sam keeps pushing the idea of wanting be part of Callen's family while Callen points out that Garrison has a whole second family. It comes up that Alex is still in the dark about her new family. Callen says he is keeping her out of the loop right now because of the danger around the team. Sam seems some similarities between Callen and his father. Callen is not happy with that comparison. Sam looks around. The vehicle was completely burned in the one part of an open-air parking lot that had no security cameras. Callen knows they're dealing with pros.

Returning to the office, Deeks is teasing Callen that a woman killed two men on his lawn before torching a car. It could only be one person – Joelle (oh Deeks, if you only knew). "She's taking keying your car to a whole other level." Sam mentions the dining room set which Callen says was a gift. While Sam and Deeks are laughing, Callen isn't sure why Sam is playing along with Deeks.

Eric arrives with photos from the dead man's cell phones – two different pictures of the same blonde woman. Everyone thinks she's the shooter but nobody recognizes her outside of that. Eric shows video of the woman going to Callen's door before the faux deputies arrive. If she wanted to warn Callen about something maybe she had his home address but not his phone number. Callen gets a text - his neighbor may have seen something. Callen and Sam go to check that out. Eric stays with Deeks, offering to cover for him if Deeks needs to tend to Kensi. Deeks wants no part of being home today – his mother and Kensi's mom are on Kensi duty and that's way too much mothering.

Walking with ease into her dining area with wet hair, Kensi is just back from a run. Roberta made her breakfast to help keep her strength up. Kensi was looking to work on her computer but Roberta pushes that aside and starts cutting Kensi's food. Kensi tells Roberta she really doesn't need that. Julia arrives with a brush (at the table where's she eating – ick). Working on Kensi's hair, Julia tells Kensi she laid out a few outfits and once Kensi is done with breakfast, she can pick out her clothes for the day. Robert is leaning over Kensi's left side, Julia is hovering over Kensi's left shoulder.

Kensi wants everyone to stop for a second. The Moms just want to help – "that's the only reason we're here, honey," Roberta says. Kensi appreciates it but they're driving her nuts. Julia thinks maybe if they deal with Kensi one at a time but that's not what Kensi wants either. She is supposed to be doing things for herself – cutting her own food, dressing herself. Roberta and Julia tell Kensi she is doing all these things on her own and doing them so well. Kensi knows exactly how she's doing – she's not 10. Roberta thinks Kensi is frustrated, Julia worries about depression and they're having this conversation right over a sitting Kensi. Roberta wants to call "Martin" and Julia agrees. Kensi finds something for the women to do – leave. She gives them the day off. Julia and Roberta bond over being good mothers, having feisty kids and alcohol.

Kensi gets back to her breakfast in time for someone knocking on the door. Answering annoyed, she expects to see Julia, Roberta or both. Instead, it is Sullivan from rehab. He brought a six pack since she didn't seem like the flowers type. Kensi invites him in.

At the jail, Carl Brown is not answering any of Nell's questions. He wants "out" if he's going to help. Nell knows Sam has interrogated people for a long time and she hasn't so she's going to tell Brown a story. The summer between high school and college, Nell had an on the surface bad-boy boyfriend (tattoos, piercings, wild car) but he was a sweetheart, especially to her. He hung with a rougher crowd and Nell wanted him to get away from them.

Brown mocks Nell for getting her heartbroken – happens to everyone. No, Nell explains. Boyfriend broke into an electronics store and stole a pallet of DVD players. The summer ended with Nell in college and boyfriend in county. Brown sneers about crime not paying. Nell continues – she wrote boyfriend every day for weeks. He stopped writing back. Nell says she was young, she thought she could save him. Never saw him again.

Brown thinks the M. Night Shyamalan moment is that he and boyfriend are locked up at the same jail. No, he's not in Brown's jail. Like Brown, boyfriend thought he was smart and tough and got his skull crushed by a group of inmates. Brown doesn’t think boyfriend was tough at all. Nell disagrees – he was a lot tougher than Brown. While he is solitary, Nell reminds Brown that there is a price on his head. Brown likes being wanted. Nell is waiting for an inmate and a crooked guard to split the bounty on Brown's life. Brown tells Nell he has nothing for her and unless she wants to make these conjugal visits. Nell gives him the Hetty stare.

In Ops, a musical Eric is humming and Deeks points that out. After they harmonize, they disagree about who is Simon and who is Garfunkel. When an alarm goes off, Eric stands up and shakes his hands and his feet so they don't fall asleep. "I don't understand this," Deeks says to Eric. Eric tells him he doesn't have to – "that's why I have Nell." Eric earns a "touché."

Nell tells Brown that today is her last visit. She didn't really need him to talk. Every time she visits, prisoners know Carl Brown is meeting with a fed. Inmates wonder what he is telling her? why does she come back for more? Who is he ratting out? "Oh, that Carl, he's a real chatty Cathy. Why else would they keep coming back to see him?"? Nervous inmates are not good for Brown's future, especially when NCIS starts rattling cages. "Snitches get stiches" – everyone will want him dead, $50K or not. And whoever comes to talk to Brown will do it in the infirmary – if Brown didn't have his tongue cut out. "They do that too."

Brown admits he's concerned that Natalie Grant hasn't written or visited because she's dead. Maybe because he was locked up, someone felt they could kill her without him around protecting her. Nell is skeptical anyone else but Natalie put the hit on Brown – why should she believe him? Brown says he gave her Natalie's name. No, Nell tells him, he gave Sam Natalie's name and she's not Sam. Brown tells Nell that he met Natalie in a dive bar on the Promenade and the next day went to the Santa Monica Pier.

Armed with Nell's intel, Eric is able to look through social media to find Brown and Natalie at the Promenade or at a Taco Truck Brown told Nell about located on the Pier. Deeks is watching and is impressed. Eric knows the day Brown was arrested on November 24th two years ago. Deeks is surprised Eric remembers until the holding hostage by gunpoint and syringe-point is mentioned.

Going with Granger's poisoning and Hetty's leaked home details as milestones in the case, Eric thinks this started in June of 2014. Sitting at the computer with Eric, Deeks adjusts the chair – Nell's chair – earning Eric's ire. Deeks promises to return it "Nell-level" when they're done. Finding a taco truck that was outside Sunset Ocean Bar and they have a winner. Now they're waiting for the computer to look at all the photos taken at the bar, the taco truck and the Pier in that time frame – "welcome to Ops," Eric says to Deeks. Sitting, waiting for computers to do thing isn't Deeks's bag. Deeks asks Siri to tell him where Natalie is. Or Alexa? Cortana? HAL? Bueller? Eric tells Deeks there is no AI in Ops.

Eric's computer beeps – the two dead not-deputies have been ID'd as Perry Verona and Dexter Frazier, owners of VexSun Solar in Culver City. Deeks is going to find them since sitting in Ops doesn’t do much for him. After being reminded by Eric to fix Nell's chair, Deeks is off telling Eric he's good people with a heart gesture. Eric returns the same and is just as glad Deeks is out of Ops as Deeks is to be out of there.

Callen comes out of his neighbor's house with treats. Mrs. Ramirez wants Sam to have someone. Sam laughs – Mrs. Ramirez saw nothing. With thick glasses, she probably hasn't seen anything since Reagan was president. Callen jokes Mr. Ramirez still thinks Reagan is in office. Callen knows he has to move and Sam thinks Callen is sad. Callen likes Mrs. Ramirez but the house is four walls and a roof but seems a bit wistful. Sam says the dining room set made it home. Callen promises to sell it on Craig's List.

Meeting Deeks at the Culver City offices of the dead non-deputy's solar company. Sam tells Deeks about Callen's sweet neighbor who is sweet on Callen. Deeks jokes about Mrs. Robinson but Callen is sympathetic to the frightened woman next door. More jokes about Joelle has Callen very happy that Kensi is coming back soon.

The office directory Is out of date – fax machine repair place, a Nader for President office. A security guard, Vinny, admits the list needs updating but he's happy to take them to the VexSun offices. There is no security camera footage according to Vinny because there are no security cameras. He asks what law enforcement agency are Callen and company are from. When Sam tells Vinny NCIS, Sam asks about access cards to get into the building but the building doesn't have that as well. Vinny is thinking about becoming a federal agent – he loves true crime shows and knows he'd be good undercover. He's practically a chameleon. Vinny isn't wedded to the idea of FBI – LAPD or NCIS would be great. Callen sells out Deeks as LAPD undercover. When Vinny lets them in the office, the place has been cleared out.

Callen, Sam and Deeks return to the office. Deeks's phone is ringing. He's been getting a lot of prank calls. Vinny is calling – he wants to talk about his future. Deeks asks if Callen or Sam gave Vinny his business card. Yes, they gave it to Vinny and lots of other people. Hetty got Deeks a new box of cards and from a "community safety point of view" Callen and Sam felt the need to share them. "The entire homeless population in Venice has a direct line to LAPD."

Eric arrives – the dead non-deputies were former military but did not serve together. After leaving the service, they drove trucks for private contractors, Ashamti Trucking, in Iraq. The owner died eight years ago and the family fought over the business. While finding out all this is great, Deeks thinks they were where they were hours ago – two dead men, a missing shooter. Eric walks up the stairs to Ops. Hetty is at the top saying "the wolves are at the door, I can feel it." She tells Eric it isn't safe to trust anyone anymore.

Fade to Sullivan who is walking with Kensi through her neighborhood. Kensi is walking well – steady. Sullivan is there to thank her for making his hospital stay a bit more bearable. Kensi says he did the same, even if he was an ass about it. She admits she was in a bad place when they met and he helped pull her out. Sullivan is there to say goodbye – the Medical Board has restored him to full duty. Kensi is happy for him. Sullivan is thrilled to be going back to his "my guys" even if the one-legged jokes will never end. Snickering, Kensi sees a big blue truck with a Marine bumper sticker. It is Sullivan's and he tells her "the bigger the truck…" "The dumber the driver," Kensi finishes. Sullivan offers her a ride in his truck.

Eric is singing "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" from "The Pirates of Penzance" as he wheels from computer to computer alone in Ops. This is a nice use of Barrett Foa's theater background. Eric is whirling around until his computer beeps again.

Back in the jail, Nell wants to know if Natalie ever introduced Brown to her friends. Complaining his back hurts, Brown wants to go back to his cell. Nell suggests changes in his posture as her cell phone buzzes. Nell pulls it out but Brown points to the wall – "No Cell Phones. No Smoking." Nell doesn't care. She is surprised by a photo. Showing it to Brown, she asks if that is Natalie Grant? The photo has Brown is the back of a cab with the shooter from Callen's lawn.

Eric runs downstairs. He knows who the woman on Callen's lawn is – Natalie Grant. Carl Brown confirmed it. Facial rec has her living for the last 12-years as Amber Wilcox, a massage therapist from Houston, TX. It is a good cover – cash business, can live anywhere, come and go as they please. But Wilcox's ID only goes back 12-years.

Callen thinks Grant/Wilcox wasn't there to kill him, she was there to warn him. She's Carl Brown's handler. He goes to jail, someone tries to kill Brown but NCIS gets to him moved to solitary. With Nell's visiting all the time, the people behind the mole plot think he's talking. And if he's talking, Grant/Wilcox is expendable. She can't go to the police, she can only go to the people involved in the case. Eric wonders why she doesn’t just show up at the OSP offices. She knows where Carl Brown worked – she knows they all worked with him. Too risky, according to Callen. She knows where OSP is, the people who she works for/with and who are now trying to kill her know where OSP is. They're likely watching the place to see if she shows. And she knows that.

She can't go to whatever home she had, her employers who are now trying to kill her know all her safe-houses and hiding spots. Deeks asks about family, friends, boyfriends – "Carl Brown was her boyfriend." Brown was living in a home he inherited from an aunt three year ago. The Feds seized it when he was arrested. Natalie would have a key but honestly, she would know how to break in. Callen, Sam and Deeks are on their way. Hetty joins the men – this is her career on the line, she's going with them. Deeks is going to get the Audi but Hetty wants to take her car. "Miss Daisy isn't supposed to drive," Deeks tells Hetty. That doesn't work.

What does work, the accelerator on Hetty's Jaguar. Deeks is screaming "Fraggle Rock" when they arrive at Carl Brown's seized home. She's excited they beat Callen and Sam there. Even cheered with a little "yay!" Deeks isn't nearly as happy. He's spent the last eight episodes being terrorized by tiny women driving fast. Deeks asks if Hetty taught Nell how to drive. She offered Nell a few defensive driving tips before offering a suggestion that Deeks needs a haircut. He promises next time they're in the car he'll wear a "helmet…possibly a parachute. Definitely a diaper." Callen and Sam arrive, asking if Hetty took a shortcut. She did, Deeks tells them – the sidewalk.

With their guns drawn, Callen, Sam and Deeks approach the house. Callen and Sam are taking the front, Deeks with an unarmed – well, she didn’t have a gun out, I'm sure she has one – Hetty take the back of the house. Sam drops a radio controlled motorized camera into the mail slot. It travels around the house until it is seen by Grant/Wilcox, who stomps on it. Callen and Sam break in through the front, Deeks through the back. Deeks thinks Hetty is with him, she's not.

Grant/Wilcox is looking for a way out of the house when she sees Hetty. "It's over dear," Hetty tells Grant/Wilcox as she makes a run at Hetty. Hetty asks her to stop and Sam insists by clothesline the woman.

Grant/Wilcox wants a lawyer, protection and witness relocation. Callen thinks that's a long list. She tells him she has a lot to share. Callen isn't interested in all she has to share, just who she's working for which Grant/Wilcox will happily supply once her needs are met. Deeks finds nothing in the house. Hetty's done. Grant/Wilcox is far more valuable to NCIS as bait than she is demanding things. Grant/Wilcox is willing to talk just for protection. Callen and Sam are taking her to the boat shed, Hetty and Deeks will meet them there. Deeks really wants to go with Callen and Sam. "Just get in the damn car, Martin," Hetty orders.

Nell tells Brown Natalie is in custody – captured in his house. Brown asks if Nell's story about boyfriend is true. "What do you think?" she asks. As Brown sits up straight has a little smile on his face when Nell leaves.

As they drive to the boat shed, Grant/Wilcox won't talk without her lawyer present. Callen notices a car following them. A van pins them in on one side, a smallish sedan on the other. Sam pulls Natalie out of the back of his car with Callen putting down cover. They all hide behind a parked vehicle while the bad guys keep shooting. Grant/Wlicox tries to run to an alleyway but takes a bullet in the side. Seeing she's wounded, the shooters take off. Callen and Sam fire at the vehicles, blowing out the sedan's window but they get away.

Callen and Sam try to find Grant/Wilcox. They follow a blood trail. They find Grant/Wilcox near some trash pails in the middle of the alleyway. She's in rough shape. Blood everywhere, she's having difficulty breathing. Callen calls for an ambulance while Sam encourages Grant/Wilcox to breathe slowly. She tells Callen that when her name was leaked, someone put a hit on her. She was going to Callen to ask for help when the faux-deputies showed up. Sam asks her to make things right – tell them who did this. They all share the same boss – Rae. "Lemon Grove Park, mostly at night." Grant/Wilcox dies. Callen tells Eric to look at security footage from Lemon Grove Park and any park nearby for Grant/Wilcox and Rae. An ambulance can be heard in the background.

Eric has a photo of Rae – she is the woman who tried to pick up Granger in the bar in the season premiere. Granger appears and confirms it. Eric is off to find other photos of the woman since the one he has is just a right profile. Hetty wants to send them all home but she can't guarantee that's safe. Callen says they'll handle it. Deeks is done for the day – he wants to check on Kensi. Sam tells him to keep his ears and eyes opened. "Thanks brother." Hetty leaves Granger with Callen and Sam. They're going to start looking for Heather/Rae that night.

Deeks gets home. There are some empty beers on the dining room table and counter. Kensi's laptop on the table, a yellow Post-It note on the counter. "Dinner is in the fridge. I made it myself." There is a quiche in the fridge but Kensi is not home.

In the firing range, Kensi is crushing it shooting right-handed. Hetty sees Kensi and asks if she's doing some after-hours training. Kensi tells Hetty she didn't want to take range time away from the others but Hetty thinks Kensi didn’t want anyone to see her practicing. Kensi wants to take the NCIS Agent Physical Fitness Test. Hetty tells Kensi she doesn't have anything to prove. Kensi thinks she does if she's going to come back. "You're going to let me come back," Kensi half asks/half tells Hetty. Hetty doesn't think Kensi is ready but Kensi thinks she is. She's been jogging, working out, shooting. Hetty wants to see Kensi shoot with her left (injured) hand. Kensi protests that she's right-handed. Hetty is too but she shoots with her left hand sometimes. Kensi makes jokes about doing a smiley face or her initials in the target. Hetty just wants Kensi to shoot.

Kensi can't even lift the clip on the first try to put it in the weapon. When she finally gets it in, she tries to shoot right-handed. Hetty stops her. Kensi claims "forces of habit" and moves the gun to her left hand. She misses the target completely the first time. Wings the target's shoulder the second time. "Guess I need a little more practice," a defeated Kensi tells Hetty. "Just take your time," is Hetty's suggestion.

At the bar from the season premiere, Granger starts with a gin but moves to a club soda with a slice of lime. The bartender tells Granger that it doesn’t look like "she" is coming in. Granger says he should have gotten her number as he takes his drink (which is a club soda with a lemon – geez, Mr. Bartender, that's an easy order to get right).

Granger reminds the bartender of Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca" – badass who is kind of sad. Callen on comms agrees. Granger decides to add some gin. Callen and Sam are staking out the bar from Sam's car. "They're going to find the head of this snake and chop it off," Sam tells Callen.

What head canon can be formed from here: Just how much danger the team was in. Just how close they were to be right – the Joelle jokes really are great foreshadowing. Add in the fade from Hetty not knowing who to trust to Sullivan. This is a well-crafted hour when you know what's coming next.

Episode number: 10 – double digits – for season eight.

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