#hbd alan

[dorothy16]

alancummingreally Today is my 58th birthday and I want to tell you about something I recently did for myself.

I returned my OBE. Fourteen years ago, I was incredibly grateful to receive it in the 2009 Queen’s birthday honours list, for it was awarded not just for my job as an actor but ‘for activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community, USA’. Back then the Defence of Marriage Act ensured that same sex couples couldn’t get married or enjoy the same basic legal rights as straight people, and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ensured that openly gay, lesbian or bisexual people were barred from serving in the military. (Incidentally both these policies were instituted by the Clinton administration). This is the statement I made at the time: ‘I am really shocked and delighted to receive this honour. I am especially happy to be honoured for my activism as much as for my work. The fight for equality for the LGBT community in the US is something I am very passionate about, and I see this honour as encouragement to go on fighting for what I believe is right and for what I take for granted as a UK citizen. Thank you to the Queen and those who make up her Birthday honours list for bringing attention to the inaction of the US government on this issue. It makes me very proud to be British, and galvanised as an American’. The Queen’s death and the ensuing conversations about the role of monarchy and especially the way the British Empire profited at the expense (and death) of indigenous peoples across the world really opened my eyes. Also, thankfully, times and laws in the US have changed, and the great good the award brought to the LGBTQ+ cause back in 2009 is now less potent than the misgivings I have being associated with the toxicity of empire (OBE stands for Officer of the British Empire). So I returned my award, explained my reasons and reiterated my great gratitude for being given it in the first place. I’m now back to being plain old Alan Cumming again. Happy birthday to me!

[tanis-drawings-2point0]

big fan of Alice's and Barry's off screen yet heavily implied enemies to friends arc 😌 also them using each other's merch even before they get there, cuz thats funny

(also also, referencing my own barry & alice and barry & the anderson brothers fic in the last one lmfao)

[mftm1987]

i see no difference

[adlamu]

COME KNOCKIN' | happy birfday the mr recoilboss man, alan wilder 🦊🎉 re: Why alan is the death tarot card inb4 i get stick: upright, it means: endings, change, transition, transformation - and i felt it was fitting for him, given the all change/transition/etc he's done.

[hbdttg]

stephen schwartz and alan menken were absolutely BONKERS for writing hellfire for disney’s the hunchback of notre dame

and not only that, but they were also totally batshit INSANE for immediately preceding it with heaven’s light

[chmerkovskiyvalentin]

(IG Stories) paulkarmiryan: 05.26.21

(IG Stories) alanbersten: 05.26.21

[mendo-r]

So it’s been 4.23 in my time zone. I feel like I’m kinda busy in April cuz i have so many crushes having birthday this month lol

I knew Aidan because of Petyr Baelish, but as I truly began to love him, it was Stuart Alan Jones hitting my silly, poor, little heart. So I made this video about this iconic character from QAF(UK).

Happy Birthday to Aidan Gillen! 🥳🥳

[melongbob]

HBD Alan Turing

[mash-notes]

Jan. 28: Happy 83rd birthday to the actor, director, writer, comedian, humanitarian, and podcaster Alphonso D’Abruzzo, better known as Alan Alda. (Of course I had to slip in the Mephisto Waltz picture.) With your tremendous energy, the love you have poured into your career seems infinite, and it’s amazing to see your fans love you back. This is said with tongue in cheek, but it’s also perfectly true: where would we be without you?

[sugar-charlie]

Happy birthday to @duvi10 !!

[apotatowhenever]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REO SANO!!!

(My naughty baby) 💕

[medschooltutors]

Celebrating favorite tv doc and science advocate #AlanAlda today! Happy Birthday, #Hawkeye! #MondayMotivation 

https://www.medschooltutors.com/blog/get-inspired

[sinful-liesel]

🔒 Shi-chan & Friends (3)

Minami: I found Shi-chan flirting with a beautiful onee-san at the Cafe~!

Alan: Cheating is bad~

Shizuka: Huh?

Shizuka: No matter how you look at it, there’s no one next to me

Alan: Don’t take it so seriously, you’re acting suspicious, though

Minami: Don’t take it so seriously, you’re acting suspicious, though~

-Shizuka Kira left the chat-

Minami: Ah, he ran away~!

-Minami Kira invited Shizuka Kira to the group-

-Shizuka Kira joined the group-

Shizuka: Seriously, you’re so annoying! Stupid Minami!

Alan! Minami! Stop ganging up on Shizu and teasing him so much, you guys haha 

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Please note: Translation may not be 100% accurate.

[classicrockblog1]

Ammonia Avenue is the #seventh #studio #album by the #progressive #rock #band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 7 February 1984 by Arista Records. The Phil Spector-influenced “Don’t Answer Me” was the album’s lead single, and reached the Top 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, as well as the fourth position on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in several countries[3] and represents the last big hit for the Alan Parsons Project. “Prime Time” was a follow-up release that fared well in the top 40. “Since The Last Goodbye” was a minor hit.

[nonesuchrecords]

A two-day-belated Happy Birthday to composer Donnacha Dennehy! Crash Ensemble led by Alan Pierson, with Iarla Ó Lionáird and Katherine Manley, perform his work The Hunger at Dublin's Abbey Theatre all week; the first recording—with Alarm Will Sound—is out on Nonesuch this Friday.

[hbdttg]

don’t mind me, i’m just going to surf the Resident Alien tag and spam y’all with its excellence. i finished bingeing the first season last night and am positively I N L O V E