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denimbex1986 · 1 year ago

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'Oppenheimer achieved the impossible by becoming director Christopher Nolan's highest-grossing movie outside of the Dark Knight trilogy, but no one should be surprised by the movie's success. The new biopic is about J. Robert Oppenheimer, also known as the father of the atomic bomb, and how he shepherded a group of physicists to create a world-destroying nuclear weapon during The Manhattan Project. The movie marks several firsts for Nolan, as it's the celebrated filmmaker's first biopic, and it's the first time his longtime collaborator Cillian Murphy is in the lead role. However, the 2023 release actually had a lot working against it at the box office.

Firstly, Oppenheimer is three hours long, and such an intimidating runtime can put potential viewers off. It also limits how many screenings the film can have per day, thus reducing ticket sales. Additionally, the movie is half in black and white, and its harrowing subject matter doesn't exactly scream summer blockbuster. Nevertheless, that's exactly what Oppenheimer became. Oppenheimer has made over $850 million worldwide and is still playing in theaters. That gross is more than any non-Batman Nolan movie, including Dunkirk, Interstellar, and even the instant classic Inception. Several components of the movie's release subtly foretold Oppenheimer's success.

10. Competing With Barbie Gave Oppenheimer More Hype & Promotion

Major Hollywood movies from different studios being released at the same time often lead to one movie becoming a huge success and the other becoming a flop. Movie studios generally tend to avoid sharing release dates for their tent-pole projects for this reason, but neither Universal nor Warner Bros. would budge, leading to the now historical Barbenheimer weekend. Against all odds, both movies were phenomenal successes. Barbenheimer became an event where audiences paid to see both movies on the same day, leading viewers excited about Oppenheimer going to see Barbie and vice versa. As a result, Barbenheimer is the fourth-highest-grossing weekend in box office history.

9. Oppenheimer Was Christopher Nolan's First Movie For Universal

Nolan infamously left Warner Bros. after the studio made the decision to give their 2021 movies day-and-date releases on HBO Max without informing anyone. However, when that lucrative relationship came to an end, Universal won a bidding war for Oppenheimer, and the studio agreed to a ton of Nolan's non-negotiable terms (via IGN). Some of those terms massively helped the movie's box office performance, as Universal agreed to not promote any other movie from three weeks before Oppenheimer's debut to three weeks after its release. The studio also agreed to a huge 120-day exclusive theatrical window.

8. Oppenheimer Received Some Of Christopher Nolan's Best Reviews Yet

Oppenheimer has 93% on Rotten Tomatoes which is the biggest score Nolan has earned in a while. Though Nolan's movies are always crowd pleasers, 2020's Tenet only earned 69% on the aggregate site. Outside the filmmaker's Batman movies, the last Nolan project to get such a high score on Rotten Tomatoes was 2000's Memento, which also sits at 93%. However, Oppenheimer also has an almost-as-high audience score of 91%. Prior to this, Memento was the last Nolan movie to get both a critic score and an audience score in the 90s. Good reviews likely led to audiences who wouldn't otherwise have watched Oppenheimer going out to theaters.

7. Unlike Other Nolan Movies, Oppenheimer Wasn't Confusing

While the actual physics in the movie can be hard to follow at times, Oppenheimer's narrative isn't confusing at all. Movies like Inception and The Prestige certainly challenged audiences, and some of the movies' logic was over the top. Many have argued that the confusion of Nolan's films got out of hand in the 2010s with Interstellar and again in 2020 with Tenet. Even Dunkirk, an expertly made war movie, unnecessarily played with time in a typically Nolan-esque manner. However, Oppenheimer simply tells the story of The Manhattan Project from two different perspectives. Dialing back the pseudo-science worked for the box office.

6. Oppenheimer Had Christopher Nolan's Most Star-Studded Cast

Nolan has worked with some huge ensemble casts in the past, but none have been quite so full of Academy Award winners and nominees as Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer has such an epic cast that Academy Award-winning actors are even in extremely minor scenes. Rami Malek, who won the Oscar for Best Actor for Bohemian Rhapsody, is only properly in two scenes, while Gary Oldman appears in just one scene. The lineup also includes Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and many other bankable stars. Any one of these actors alone would help a movie become successful, but all of them together catapulted Oppenheimer to its $850 million gross.

5. Oppenheimer Doesn't Have An Ambiguous Ending

Most of Nolan's movies have ambiguous endings. It still isn't clear who is Leonard's wife's murderer at the end of Memento, and whether Cobb is still dreaming at the end of Inception has become one of the most-debated questions ever. However, while many audience members wouldn't have a problem with an ambiguous ending, narratives not being properly wrapped up doesn't appeal to everyone. Oppenheimer definitely has moments of ambiguity, and the ending leaves audiences wondering about what every physicist went on to do following their work on The Manhattan Project. However, there isn't an ambiguous ending.

4. Oppenheimer Had An Exclusivity Deal With IMAX

Nolan has always championed IMAX cameras, and he pioneered the film camera being used for more than just action scenes. Given how great of a relationship Nolan and IMAX have, the filmmaker managed to secure exclusivity for Oppenheimer in IMAX theaters. As a result, IMAX tickets made up for 22% of Oppenheimer's box office gross after two weeks in theaters, making $114 million (via Variety). Without that exclusivity on the giant screens, Oppenheimer likely wouldn't have beaten several of Nolan's other movies at the box office.

3. Oppenheimer Is Cillian Murphy's First Leading Role For Christopher Nolan

Murphy has worked with Nolan on several movies, including the Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, and Dunkirk. However, the actor has never led a Nolan film, and he has never led a movie on this scale before. That doesn't mean the actor isn't bankable. Not only was Murphy perfectly cast as Oppenheimer, but Peaky Blinders has such a huge following, and there's no doubt that fans of the drama series showed up to theaters because Murphy was the only face on the poster. It took the actor and director almost two decades of collaboration for Murphy to become the lead, but when it finally happened, it paid off.

2. Oppenheimer Benefited From 2023 Having The Hottest Summer On Record

One reason why the summer blockbuster exists in the first place is that studios thought they could make money from audiences who simply wanted to sit in a cool, air-conditioned room for two hours and escape the heat (via FSR). That was no truer than in 2023, as the year had the hottest summer on record. According to Reuters, August's record makes the Northern Hemisphere's summer the hottest since records began in 1940. That probably helped Oppenheimer's box office performance. The three-hour biopic was dropping very little each weekend in August, and if it wasn't for the hot weather, the movie might have taken a bigger hit.

1. Oppenheimer Targeted A Different Audience Than Christopher Nolan's Other Movies

Nolan is known for a specific kind of film: huge, spectacular sci-fi action flicks. However, Oppenheimer isn't remotely like that, which could have been seen as a monumental risk, straying from what audiences love. Adding to that is an R-rating, which limits how many people can see the movie. However, there's still a massive market for mature R-rated films, something that studios seem to have forgotten. Oppenheimer proves that. Despite being shot in black and white, being three hours long, having dark subject matter, and being R-rated, Oppenheimer is still one of 2023's biggest movies.'

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s3rtx · 6 years ago

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The latest addition to my collection of beauties! A HBO-850 classic. This is a classical guitar, that is, with nylon strings despite the looks of an acoustic Ovation guitar.

First impressions:

- It seems to be quite well done and finished. It plays quite easily and has a low action for a classic guitar. It is quite common for a low cost classic guitar to be “hard” to play. This is not the case despite the reduced cost of it.

- It is simply gorgeous. I love the appearance, and although it should not be the most important criteria, it is a very relevant one for a mate you are going to spend many hours with. There are minor finishing details that can be spotted if looked at carefully, but nothing worth mentioning. Basically, it is not perfectly finished, but it is exceptional for the price.

- The sound is quite good (Albeniz would probably disagree with me, but it is for non-professional standards). Better than I expected, especially since I never owned this type of guitar (round bottom, no hole in the middle below the strings). It projects quite well the sound and is bright.

- It is electro-acoustic, which is a plus. It has an active pickup system with an equalizer on the side. Not sure I’m going to use it much, but I wanted it so for my recording sessions.

- The cutaway and the 20+ frets is a game changer when you are used to standard classical guitars. It has more frets than expected because there is no hole right in the middle, and the cutaway allows you to easily reach the higher frets.

#hbo 850 classic #acoustic guitar #classical guitar #harley benton #cutaway #blue guitar #love4music #blue classic #ovation #s3rtx #guitar photography

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iamhomebased · 4 years ago

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Harley Benton HBO-850 Classic Blue roundback electroclassical guitar #vrbtube #iamhomebased https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwAh5lg8IOyFhOXWP3cTovGjXqcg74l4kqcPs0/?igshid=q88k0p4w80ut

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romancevsreality-blog · 7 years ago

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the bachelor, season twenty-two, episode one: call me a private detective on a hbo comedy because i am bored to death.

Admittedly, I don’t know many things.

I really know a lot of things about the things I do know, but the things I don’t know I don’t care about. There are things I want to know but haven’t had the time or patience to learn - looking at you, crocheting.

But I do know that Arie Ludenchyksdjkfds, Jr. has the personality of low-fat mayonnaise. You know Lay’s Lightly Salted chips? Arie was the inspiration for those. Arie is massively boring and I kind of love him for it. Then again, we were last treated with Nick Viall and Ben Higgins before him, so we’re realistically just dealing with different shades of beige at this point.

Arie is our Little Engine That Could1 who so badly wanted to be the Chosen One - both by Emily Maynard and for the title of The Bachelor. It’s been five years since his turn on La Bachelorette2, and in that five years, he hasn’t dated and he’s stopped racing cars and now is in real estate! HOW SPLENDIDLY BORING. But now he’s ready to settle down. Because the race is over, but it’s really just beginning.

I hate what this show does to me.

Sean and Catherine roll up with their baby, and Sean salts the would that he was picked to be Bachelor over Arie in some weird way of attempting to convince us all this process works for people. See? They have a baby! They get to do other reality shows now! It’s all great! Arie does his obligatory photoshoot and moves into the Bachelor Fuck Pad.

And away... we... go.

We’re greeted by Chris Harrison, who’s back to being my Mortal Enemy once again after the disaster that was last season of Paradise. He’s all skeevy telling us that Arie’s the best kisser the show ever had and how they’ve collected a great group of girls that all thought they were going to get Peter as The Bachelor and now they’re stuck with Arie!

We meet Chelsea, who’s a single mom from Portland, Maine3 who’s pumped that Arie’s the bachelor because Emily Maynard was a single mom, and so is she! Relationship connections be damned, they have something in common. Next in Caroline, a realtor from Fort Lauderdale. She’s my age and has already sold $5 million in sales and I want to jump from a bridge. Caroline is boring.

Next is Maquel, which is not a fucking name, and she’s a professional photographer, which means she may own a Canon Rebel she bought in high school. She’s like, 23, and said she watched Arie on The Bachelorette. 5 years ago. That’s just gross, imo. Nysha’s a big fan of adrenaline rushes - she’s a nurse and likes skydiving.

Oh my god, they’re all so boring. I can’t be witty when I’m half asleep.

Tia is 26 and from Weiner, Arkansas. Cue weiner jokes all around this podunk town. Oh, and we get to see Raven from Nick’s season! She’s the reason Tia’s here. If it doesn’t work out, their friendship is over. Hell, it’s over if it does. Raven would lose it. Kendall collects taxidermy and plays the god damn ukulele4 and lives in Los Angeles. I hate Kendall. That’s all. I bet Kendall has a Pinterest page called “wanderlust”.

Bekah reminds me of my friend Jordan with her cute short haircut. She’s a nanny, but considers herself gentle and exciting. Next up is Marikh, who needs to be the center of attention and be pursued. She runs an Indian restaurant with her mom and Marikh is my favorite.

Krystal is 29, lives in San Diego, and Krystal reminds me so much of Kristen Chenoweth I can’t handle it. She’s like a taller, more deluded Kristen Chenoweth. She’s very into nutrition and helping others, she donates to the homeless because her brother is homeless and refuses her help. I didn’t cry.

Fuuuck I cried with Krystal help me.

THE LIMOS ARE ARRIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Harrison greets Arie and they pretend like they like each other for a bit. Arie’s nervous because realistically he never really expected it to happen. Chris Harrison is essentially like “what’s wrong with you?” and Arie’s like “Emily was it for me and that’s it so it’s time to find someone like her.” Or some nonsense. I can’t figure out what Arie’s narrative is going to be this season. Meanwhile, Chris Harrison tries to hide his horns.

Caroline is the first out of the limo in a white sequined gown. She makes a hilariously bad “off the market” job in reference to them both being realtors. It’s so bad, but it works. Chelsea is next, and there’s nothing worth commenting on except she's trying to be mysterious and failing. Kendall is nervous as hell. Then Seinne comes out and I scream because I love when black women arrive on this show in any capacity. She gifts him elephant cuff-links with such a well thought out response, I died.

Next is Tia, who’s there to continue her weiner jokes. Bibiana doesn’t know that blue eyes are a recessive gene. Krystal gets a big reaction in her red dress. Krystal’s vocal fry is so real. Bekah arrives in a classic car and all the girls are incensed - it’s going to be a long night and it’s only just beginning.

Jenna is 100% arms and hands when she talks. Jessika gives him a rock. None of the girls expected the competition to be as tough as it is on night one, but it’s like they’ve never seen this show before. Becca K basically convinces Arie to get on his knee for her, and I like her immediately.

There’s about a baziilion Laurens this season, and Lauren S. is the first one. Then comes Lauren J. ANOTHER LAUREN B. and another Lauren J,, then Lauren G. oh my god. They should have done what Tyra Banks does on Top Model5 and made thse girls go by nicknames. God damn.

Cue the “we’re trying too hard to impress” montage. One woman is too tan and owns a spray-tan company and has seen a lot of dicks. One woman asks Arie to smell her. I need to nap.

Okay, I’m awake again.

We do get Annaliese, who arrives in a mask because i LOVE WHEN PEOPLE WEAR MASKS ON THIS SHOW. We never learn your face. Maquel whips her head after she takes her helmet off like she thinks she’s in Talladega Nights. Maquel is 23 years old, and Maquel needs to focus her priorities elsewhere, in my humble opinion.

Then Chris Harrison comes in and reminds us all of the First Impression Rose, aka the You Gave Me My First Non-Viagra Boner In Years6. All the girls scream when Arie walks in and reminds us that it’s be FIVE YEARS since he was on this franchise. Five fucking years he just sat around and waited to be picked as Bachelor.

Chelsea is the first to swoop in and grab Arie, barely after their arms have fallen after the toast. All the girls are shooketh at how quickly Chelsea ran up in there, but guys - that’s the name of the game. Get in there quick, figure out if it’s right, and if it is, coo, if it’s not, bye. Go back to your normal lives. He literally has two-and-a-half baker’s dozens of women waiting to meet him over the span of basically three hours.

Arie thinks Chelsea’s mysterious after meeting her for 30 seconds. I guess her trying to appear mysterious worked for him, and now I’ve confirmed that likely Arie is one of the reasons Family Guy is in its sixteenth season. There are just some shows where I just wonder “who is still watching you?” Arie’s still watching Family Guy. He’s that kind of person. Chelsea talks about making a sacrifice and Arie’s like I’M INTRIGUED and I’m just like, bitch, tell him you have a kid and get it over with. Do not keep your kid a secret from someone you want to be your future partner. I don’t understand the looooogic. Chelsea is pissed when Maquel comes and interrupts them.

I love when people get upset at the general conceit of this entire show like it hasn’t been running since Arie was born (i.e. 850 B.C.). Chelsea is salty as hell that Maquel, who arrived in a racecar and is twenty-three years old, had the gall to interrupt her. She’s like, “Of course it’s the girl in the LOUD CAR that interrupted me.” Is there any girl you wouldn’t have been upset with, Chelsea? “Baby Christina Ricci over there interrupted me with her flat chest and baby face.” “One of the MILLIONS OF LAURENS interrupted me by being a Lauren all over the place!”

Quit it, Chelsea. Quit it7.

Maquel, who is still twenty-three trying to date a thirty-six year old8 takes a selfie with Arie, and god, he is so boring. Even his “goofy” faces are boring. Meanwhile, Khelsey is still complaining about how bad it would look for Maquel to interrupt them, and Maquel admits that she and Arie talked about pretty much nothing during their conversation.

These people.

Arie talks to some girl who doesn’t even get a chyron so clearly she’s a NonFactor of the moment, and we learn that 36-year-old Arie came back because he’s a Man now, instead of 31-year-old Arie, who was Just A Boy. We infantilze white men so easily in this country, ain’t no way in hell a 31-year-old is a boy. He still can’t stop mentioning his connection with Emily, though. He doesn’t know why it works better for him on The Bachelor than it does in real life other than it’s a completely isolated situation where your only focus is on one other person the entire time, so it’s just easier. Arie sounds lazy AF. Basically he’s telling us it probably didn’t work for him in real life because he moves far too quickly too easily and at least on The Bachelor it’s socially acceptable and actually praised.

Arie joins Marikh on an outdoor couch and he literally looks like a little boy talking to his therapist. I firmly take back every complaint I had about Nick last season because Arie is SO BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He has nothing to say. At all. Everything is “I’m just as nervous as you,” and “I’m looking to meet someone, too.” There’s this amazing moment on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills where Mauricio Umansky is talking and Camille Grammer is basically repeating everything he says to him back to his face “So sad,” “It’s so... sad.” and that’s what I imagine dating Arie is like.

If I wanted that, I’d get a parrot.

All of the black girls (and Annaliese, still wearing her sparkly mask) talk about if they’ve dated interracially before and honestly this is probably the most screentime at least two of them will have until they’re eliminated. I cannot tell any of these women apart - and they’re giving so many little cutaways of the girls just being hopeful that they’ll get a 1/30 chance of being picked or realistically, a 1/909 chance of being picked at The Bachelorette.

Brittany takes Arie aside and they race like, minicars and all she wants to do is kiss him. Brittany wins and gets a kiss, and I’m just thrilled a black girl got the first kiss of the season. SO PROUD. All the other girls are like, “wait, it’s been fifteen minutes and he’s already kissing?” Khelsey is mostly mad that she feels she had thirty seconds with Arie and everyone else got like, ten minutes or an hour or five years10.

Oh, Kendall brought her ukulele. She sang a song about fish. I am sitting here with just a stank face on. I can’t help myself.

There’s a lot of girls feeding Arie, including one girl who confesses that “pineapple” is her safe word. Jenna gives Arie a foot massage and she’s very in tune with her senses so her being 100% arms makes sense. Jenna’s a little drunk already and I love it. I love the first drunk girl. Annaliese is unsure if she wants Arie to see her face behind her mask, and she’s already my favorite becuase she’s “not a nickname kind of person.” Me either. My name has three syllables. Annaliese also has my favorite dress of the night - the teal gown with the cutouts, gorgeous.

Becca K. and Arie have nice, if not bland conversation, but it’s the conversation that two people who are comfortable have. So many of the girls are freaking out because they haven’t talked to Arie yet, and of course, here comes Human Toenail Chris Harrison to drop the First Impression Rose down. Having the First Impression Rose is both a good thing and a bad thing - clearly he likes you, but the girls already know you’re a threat.

The girls who haven’t had a moment essentially start lining up one by one and waiting in a corner to start interrupting Arie and trying to get their time in. And Khelsey, fueled entirely by the notion that She Was Robbed, decided now it’s time for her second go-around. She regrets going first because she’s worried about being forgotten. Krystal, my emotionally fragile broken bird, is with Arie, and he’s like, “I want to get to know you.” And the first thing out of her mouth is, “I’m a Libra.”

KRYSTAL STOP IT. Tell him you like health and fitness! Tell him you do work out videos or whatever! Hell, tell him you really like lipstick. ANYTHING BUT YOUR ASTROLOGICAL SIGN, PUH-LEASE. Khelsey comes in when Arie is complimenting Kelsey’s voice11 and asks for more time. She doesn’t care if it makes her unpopular, getting a second round. Effectively, this is Khelsey pissing on Arie’s leg. She just wants to remind him of who she is and make sure that he knows she’s there for him. They kiss, and she’s nice enough to be like, “okay, go be with the other girls.”

How kind of you, Khelsey. She immediately runs to the other girls what she did and they’re all like, “oh, that’s who she is.” Because the house has zero clocks and they only have a rose to stare at, the girls are already going stircrazy. Khelsey’s literally like, “Oh, I didn’t know a few of you had never talked to him,” and pretending like she really cared. Arie wants to make sure the girl he picks is honest and truthful and really shares with him, which... god. It makes these women sound like peanut butter, and not in the RuPaul kind of way12. One girl is even like, my dad met you once and he just passed away but he approves, which is basically what everyone wants to hear on a first date.

Bekah, who is twenty-two years old and needs to get away from this franchise immediately, repeats her opening line over and over while Arie talks about three things that make him excited to be alive.

Excitement - Arie is excited about excitement and I am actually crying, he really is Lightly Salted Lays

Adrenaline - ... How is adrenaline any different from excitement? I’ll wait.

Pizza - It’s official, Arie is the personification of the Basic White Dude Starter Kit.

Bekah’s answers are straight fire. And she’s twenty-two years old. Arie’s a dweeb.

Arie comes in for the First Impression Rose, and he grabs Khelsey. Her re-return worked in her favor, and Arie appreciated her going after what she wanted. Krystal is especially pissed because she felt like she was in the middle of something with Arie when Khelsey came back.

We head into the first Rose Ceremony of the season, and the sun is rising. This entire experience seems exhausting. I’m one of those “I need a vacation from this vacation” kind of people - my time off is usually jam packed with all the shit I didn’t do because I was working, so I can only imagine that this would be my personal hell. I’m always tired. If they told me my call was 11:30 PM I’d be out. There are very few occasions where going out that late has ever ended well for me.

THE ROSES ARE GIVEN AWAY IN THE CEREMONY OF ROSES.

Becca K., Kendall, Lauren G., Koach Krystal, Bekah, Lauren S., Seinne, Caroline, Brittany T., Bibiana, Annaliese, Jenna, Valerie13, Jacqueline, Jenny14, Lauren B., Ashley, Tia, and Maquel all get roses. Maquel has the indecency to be like “Arie, why’d you do that to me?!” and that seems like quite the insensitive joke to be making at that moment, Maquel.

We’re saying goodbye to Ali, Amber, Bri, Brittane J., Jessica, Lauren J., Nysha and Olivia, of course, because we got to know them so well. Then again, Nysha did get an opening segment. Nysha, we barely knew you.

The girls are ejected into the daylight and while they’re upset now, they feel a heavy, boring burden lifted off of their shoulders. Arie’s in the driver’s seat now (eyeroll). It’s gonna be more like a Subaru than a racecar, though.

This Season on El Bachelor: We’re in Tuscany! We’re in Paris! Bekah making out in front of the Moulin Rouge! Making out in the snow! Tia’s in love! Krystal’s in love! My queen Sienne is in love! Khelsey thinks she deserves more time with Arie because she’s a mother and that means she gets more time. I don’t understand that logic, but okay. Bibiana’s not here to fuck around and tells the cameras to get out of her face. Krystal’s facade has broken. Everyone thinks Bekah’s so young (she is). Teary montage! Arie’s caught the feels! Someone’s ex is back and there to get his girl back.

... So, basically, your standard Bachelor season.

See you soon.

Random Assessments from the Desk of Amanda:

Jessica looks like just Jessalyn Gilsig. So many people on this season are just versions of other people.

I’m so sorry this blog is so late. I’m catching up. I swear. I’m not going to be that behind. ONWARDS AND CATCHING UPWARDS.

How tired of the race car puns are we going to get and how quickly?

God damn it, even this show has me making stupid racecar references. ↩︎

They made out against the John Lennon Wall in Prague! I did that! ↩︎

I almost said the “white Portland” and then I realized they’re both the White Portland so, you decide. ↩︎

Why does everyone want to play the ukulele and no one wants to play the goddamn harmonica? ↩︎

Something something podcast something something. ↩︎

Arie is basically as old as Jax Taylor, who invented dating. ↩︎

I’m genuinely shocked that her name is spelled the traditional way, and not the millions of phonetic variations. I weirdly want to call her Khelsey. I keep typing Khelsey. ↩︎

YOU TWO HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON. I dated someone ten years older than I was and that to me was a fine line, I’m just lucky I had two older brothers who treated me like I was their age. Let me put it this way: Arie’s still using Snapchat and you think Instagram Stories are “old school”. ↩︎

My early predictions for The Bachelorette? Tia. I think if Raven had wanted it last season, it would have been hers - but for the first episode out, I’m just calling Tia my front runner. ↩︎

That’s Emily. ↩︎

Manic Pixie Vocal Fry tbh ↩︎

MUST BE JELLY CAUSE JAM DON’T SHAKE ↩︎

WHO? ↩︎

Along with 100 Laurens, they had a Jenny and a Jenna? Nothing is good in this world. ↩︎

#the bachelor #the bachelor recap #honey catching up is gonna be a disaster

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popradar · 5 years ago

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10 Shows We Want to See at the Hollywood Bowl This Summer

The LA Phil announced its 99th summer season at the Hollywood Bowl today, featuring a world-class roster of artists that traverse the jazz, pop, rock, classical and world music.

In no particular order, here are 10 shows that we’re psyched to see:

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Flying Lotus with Orchestra, Kamasi Washington: July 5 at 7 p.m.

Artist and producer Flying Lotus headlines, bringing a mix of hip-hop, rap, electronica with the orchestra. Saxophone master Kamasi Washington opens, also playing with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

Janelle Monáe with Orchestra: July 17-18 at 8 p.m.

Thomas Wilkins conducts the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the eight-time Grammy®-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, and performer Janelle Monáe. She’s known for her visionary sounds of R&B and funk.

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Rhapsody in Blue: Sept. 8 at 8 p.m.

The highly entertaining conductor Bramwell Tovey leads the orchestra and pianist Aaron Diehl through Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and “An American in Paris” along with classic film scores by Bernard Herrmann.

Cynthia Erivo: Aug. 21 at 8 p.m.

Cynthia Erivo is a Grammy®, Tony® and Emmy® Award winner, best known for her acting roles in Harriet and HBO’s The Outsider. In addition to the 2020 Oscar® nomination for Best Lead Actress, she also earned a Best Original Song nomination in Harriet. At the Bowl, she performs a program of classic jazz, soul and a few fun surprises.

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Reggae Night XIX: Aug. 2 at 7 p.m.

The lineup features Rebelution, Toots & The Maytals and Jah9. ‘Nuff said.

Brittany Howard: Aug. 16 at 7 p.m.

The lead singer of The Alabama Shakes strikes out on her own, showcasing a powerful voice and her solo material. Thundercat and Georgia Anne Muldrow open.

Andrew Bird, Calexico and Iron & Wine, Mandolin Orange: June 28 at 7 p.m.

The terrific neo-folk lineup features singer, songwriter, whistler and violinist Andrew Bird, joined by Calexico and Iron & Wine and the Chapel Hill folk duo Mandolin Orange.

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Brandi Carlile: June 13 at 8 p.m.

The acclaimed singer, musician and songwriter Brandi Carlile opens the season with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, led by its Principal Conductor, Thomas Wilkins. Fireworks follows.

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony 80th Birthday Celebration: July 31-Aug. 1 at 8 p.m.

Bugs Bunny turns 80 this year, and this concert celebrates its own 30th anniversary. Watch favorite Looney Tunes moments and brand-new cartoons on the screens while the LA Phil plays the original scores live.

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Sing-A-Long Sound of Music: Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. (pre-show)

The (Hollywood)Hills are alive with The Sound of Music at this show. Watch your fellow Angelenos dress up like one of the von Trapp family members for the pre-show costume contest. Then watch the film, sing along and boo the Nazis.

Tickets

Subscription tickets are available online at HollywoodBowl.com or via phone at 323 850 2000.

“Five or More” packages will be available March 17, 2020.

The Hollywood Bowl box office opens for single ticket sales on May 3, 2020.

View the full schedule

#hollywood bowl #sound of music #flying lotus #janelle monae #cynthia erivo #los angeles

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healthpeak02-blog · 5 years ago

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Inside Wishbone, a West Loop Classic Reborn After 26 Years

A West Loop favorite has been reborn; Wishbone has moved from its old location into a new space hoping to give the neighborhood the same friendly restaurant with southern cooking customers have enjoyed for more than two decades. The new space is more modern and will feature a fresher take on cocktails giving customers more of a reason to linger at the bar. The restaurant is now open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

The new Wishbone takes over the former Bin 36 wine bar, and they’ve redecorated. The restaurant has always had a bit of a rustic feel to match the comfort food that chef Joel Nickson cooks. They haven’t turned back the clock that drastically, but there are a few touches that remind visitors that this isn’t one of those trendy West Loop restaurants opened up by a restaurant conglomerate. The Nicksons are staying true to Wishbone’s identity. There’s also paintings throughout the space from Nickson’s mother, Lia.

The drinks range from the Jeppson’s Malört-fueled Corpse Reviver 312, to the Baltimore Breakfast — a drink based on HBO’s The Wire (a beer served with a cracked egg and a shot of Evan Williams). Check out photos of the drinks and stroll through the space below. After 26 years, the new Wishbone is now open.

Wishbone, 161 N. Jefferson Street, (312) 850-2663, open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday; 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday; 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Wishbone is back.

The art is from the owner’s mother.

Behold the bar area.

There’s new cocktails in the new space.

Next year, through those windows, they’ll have a patio.

The dining room layout hasn’t changed from the previous restaurant.

The backroom can be reserved for private events.

Dr. Feelgood

Corpse Reviver 312

Mr. Bob-a-rita

Ramos & Julius

Keep it Coupe-asetic

Baltimore Breakfast

Source: https://chicago.eater.com/2018/11/2/18056726/wishbone-west-loop-jefferson-drinks-open-photos-images

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routerground6-blog · 6 years ago

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Inside Wishbone, a West Loop Classic Reborn After 26 Years

Wishbone is back.

The art is from the owner’s mother.

Behold the bar area.

There’s new cocktails in the new space.

Next year, through those windows, they’ll have a patio.

The dining room layout hasn’t changed from the previous restaurant.

The backroom can be reserved for private events.

Dr. Feelgood

Corpse Reviver 312

Mr. Bob-a-rita

Ramos & Julius

Keep it Coupe-asetic

Baltimore Breakfast

Source: https://chicago.eater.com/2018/11/2/18056726/wishbone-west-loop-jefferson-drinks-open-photos-images

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woolenjumbo5-blog · 6 years ago

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Inside Wishbone, a West Loop Classic Reborn After 26 Years

Wishbone is back.

The art is from the owner’s mother.

Behold the bar area.

There’s new cocktails in the new space.

Next year, through those windows, they’ll have a patio.

The dining room layout hasn’t changed from the previous restaurant.

The backroom can be reserved for private events.

Dr. Feelgood

Corpse Reviver 312

Mr. Bob-a-rita

Ramos & Julius

Keep it Coupe-asetic

Baltimore Breakfast

Source: https://chicago.eater.com/2018/11/2/18056726/wishbone-west-loop-jefferson-drinks-open-photos-images

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hotspotsmagazine · 6 years ago

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Top 10 of the Week

ACTRESS – Sally Field

The beloved actor has charmed the nation for more than five decades, beginning with her first TV show at the age of 17 as “Gidget.” Her many roles include “Sybil,” the Academy Award-winning “Norma Rae” and the First Lady in “Lincoln.” She discusses her memoir “In Pieces” with journalist Ana Veciana-Suárez as moderator of the conversation.

Mon, October 22, 7:30 pm: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts (1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami) Tix: start at $46: (ArshtCenter.org).

THEATER – Freaky Friday

Broward Center and Slow Burn Theatre Co present this funny show based on the novel by Mary Rodgers and the Disney films. Hailed by The Washington Post as “a polished, peppy, modern fairy tale,” this classic story of a mother and daughter who magically swap bodies for 24 chaotic hours has been given a contemporary spin by “a driving pop and rock score” by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winners Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey.

Oct 18 – Nov 4; Broward Center for the Performing Arts (201 Southwest 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale); Tix: start at $47: BrowardCenter.org.

THEATER – Pirates of Penzance

Gilbert and Sullivan’s musical farce is both an adventure and a love story, filled with bumbling constables, swashbuckling pirates and beautiful maidens.

Thurs., October 18, through Sun, November 11; The Wick Theatre & Costume Museum (7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton); Tix: $75-$85; TheWick.org.

HEE HAW – Brett Eldredge

The country singer/songwriter is touring in support of last year’s self-titled release, featuring the single “The Long Way.” A favorite at South Florida’s Tortuga Music Festival, he is joined by Devin Dawson

Fri, October 19; 7:30 pm; + Add to CalendarMizner Park Amphitheater (590 Plaza Real Boca Raton) Tix: $25- $127; myboca.us/826/Mizner-Park-Amphitheater.

TOUR – World of Dance

NBC’s summer dance competition series presents its second annual touring show featuring local and national multi-genre dancers. The 90‐minute dance showcase includes stars from the television show as well as YouTube dance icons.

Fri, October 19; 8pm; + Add to CalendarCoral Springs Center (2855 Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs); Tix: $40-$135; thecentercs.com.

COMEDIAN – Lewis Black

The Grammy-winning stand-up comedian, actor and author broke through in 1996 with his appearances on “The Daily Show.” He followed that with comedy specials on HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime and Epix. In 2001, he won Best Male Stand-Up at the American Comedy Awards.

Sun, October 21; 7pm; + Add to CalendarCoral Springs Center for the Arts (2855 Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs); Tix: $53-$74; thecentercs.com.

BRAZILIAN FESTIVAL – In Pompano Beach

After seven years of unmatched success, the Largest Brazilian Festival in the SE Coast of the US is back on. This festival is a showdown of multiculturalism with iconic international stars, 200 exhibitors, food vendors, arts & crafts, kids zone, performances, and local bands.

Sat & Sun, October 20 and 21; 11am; Pompano Beach Community Park

(850 NE 18 Ave Pompano Beach); Tix: start at $5 with VIP available; brazilianfestpompano.org.

MOVIES – Halloween

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. This iconic Horror/Thriller sequel stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, and James Jude Courtney

Opens Friday, October 19; Rated R; 106 min.

SINGER – J Quiles

The Puerto Rican reggaeton singer is also an accomplished songwriter, having penned hits for J Balvin, Lil Jon, Maluma and Yandel.

Sat, October 20: 8pm; + Add to CalendarThe Fillmore (1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach); Tix: $48-$108; fillmoremb.com.

HISPANIC CULTURAL FESTIVAL – In Coral Gables

This annual festival celebrates with local and international artists, musicians, businesses and designers to promote their work and showcase the diverse and unique flavors that the Hispanic community and all cultures from around the world bring to the South Florida region. Delight your taste buds with tastes of cultures at the Festival park. Fair food and cultural delicacies to satisfy your cravings.

Sat and Sun, October 20 & 21; + Add to CalendarBetween Biltmore Way & LeJeune Road, Coral Gables; Free; Gableshispanicfestival.com.

from Hotspots! Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2018/10/16/top-10-of-the-week-8/

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