#hugh jackman impersonator

[whiskeyandcigarsmoke]

Just got myself the best Christmas gift.

Front row center seats to Hugh Jackman's final show at his residency at Radio City Music Hall!!!

Bring it on Jackman!!! Show me what you got!!!!

[msclaritea]

Oh cool. The Hollywood Gay Mafia is getting ready to off another fictional male hero. Seriously, can we get different stories ever, or is Europe still not ready to be honest about the African presence, throughout their history?

[hitchell-mope]

Hypothetical titles for season 21 of 88.

Born under Venus. Season premiere. Part one. Drummond and Odessa face a pregnancy scare which leads Findlay to getting a diagnosis of her own. First appearances of Wyatt Oleff and Sacha Carlson as Barnaby and Jonah Sullivan.

Something you should know. Season premiere. Part two. Not wanting to cause a fuss, Findlay tries to keep her menopause under wraps. But a new revelation from Drummond’s threatens to derail her best intentions.

As seen on tv. Maybelle, Aida and Jacob take three cases with parameters that are incredibly similar to tv shows like Party Of Five, Malcolm In The Middle and Full House.

Red light. Join Caine Christensen for a night on the town and a murder mystery involving hookers in New York City’s Red Light District.

Category four blonde moment. Findlay and Delaney team up with Skipper and Oswald to get the chairman of a prestigious school admittance board fired for not putting Theo on the waitlist because he’s got two white fathers even though they could’ve asked Lucia to put him on the waitlist for The Cabal Academy. Guest starring Sterling K Brown as Chairman Mitchell Kelvin.

Going in blind. Drummond sets up Jonah on a blind date with the great grandson of an old associate of his. There’s just one problem. Jonah’s exclusively interested in older men. And the blind date is his age.

Stupid o’clock in the morning. Between the hours of 1-4 am. The heads of The Five Families hold a meeting to decide how to proceed with the Winchester situation.

The vamp from Savannah. Thornton accompanies Lucia to a gallery opening held by one of her old friends. Guest starring Marisa Tomei as Kelsey Crewe

Run and repeat. The entire state of New York goes on Red Alert when Theo is kidnapped. Features the one episode return of Bette Midler as Mutter Alptraum.

The debate. Knowing that Jonah’s feeling left out. Barnaby tries to get Findlay and Sidney to lift the dating restrictions.

Traverse the psychology of the neurone flow. Solaris and Gideon band together when they get trapped inside Jones’s brain.

The NYPD choir. Midseason finale. Part one. The return of an old friend gets Findlay to rethink the “no dating” rule she gave to Jonah. Meanwhile. Thornton runs into trouble when he wants to revive the eponymous singing group for a charity gala. Guest starring Kumail Nanjiani as Vikram Claus.

Fairytale of New York. Midseason premiere. Part two. Thornton and Jacob try to think of a way to allow them to use the choir how they want. Meanwhile. Findlay and Sidney sit down with Jonah for an important conversation.

Church vs state. Findlay horrifies Jones, Jacob and Deucalion when she orders taxes on every religious place of worship in New York State.

A face to the name. Thornton is stabbed in the street. But Drummond knows exactly who did it. Guest starring Elliot Page as Morgan Ambrose, Hannah Waddingham as his wife Fairfax and Chris Pratt as Emerson Davenport.

The royal family. Tina’s brother Jasper (returning guest star Jack Whitehall) visits with the unfortunate message that Rani (Rhianne Barreto) and Aimee (Auli’i Cravalho) have run away from Balmoral Castle with their newborn son. Also guest starring Jane Horrocks as Nanny Manx.

Mutually beneficial. Jonah has gotten his first boyfriend. A middle aged, incredibly down on his luck Hugh Jackman impersonator that he met at a Dear Evan Hansen audition. Guest starring Hugh Jackman as Jack Hughes

Mother bears intuition. Delaney, Sonya and Kimberly try to get Findlay to calm down about Jonah’s new relationship. With very little success

Kiss me I’m Irish. Due to being physically attractive middle aged parents. Findlay and Sidney are chosen to go undercover in a swingers group. Guest starring Robert Sheehan and Tom Hopper as the Pike cousins.

Protection. Barnaby approaches Dr Corsica with an entrepreneurial idea that would benefit everyone with his lifestyle. Guest Jaeden Martell as Beckett Palmer.

Decisions, decisions. Barnaby and Jonah disagree on how to plan their 20th birthday party so much so that Findlay lets Drummond plan it instead.

Standards and practices. Findlay, Sidney and Drummond giving opposing, extremely contradictory and highly confusing safe sex talks to Barnaby and Jonah.

Nonniversary. Season finale. Part one. Sidney and Findlay prepare to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. But a visit from Tina’s father, who by some insane coincidence was also their wedding planner, brings an unwelcome revelation about their marriage. Guest starring Tom Ellis as Lord Aled Bevan Carew-Downey.

I do over. Season finale. Part two. In the 500th episode. The Five Families go all out to give Sidney and Findlay the wedding they should have had 20 years ago.

[coll2mitts]

#32 Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Happy Independence Day!  Sit back and watch The Man Who Owned Broadway hold FDR hostage for two hours while he divulges his entire life story because Mr. Roosevelt has nothing else important to focus his time on in the 1940s.

The good 'ol US of A has a very complicated history, and continues to make baffling policy decisions (to put it lightly).  There is no lack of amount of dissenting opinions or criticisms proudly proclaimed against our country, and waving an American flag is a great indicator someone may be a bigoted right-wing nut job.  But back in 1942, when this film was released, we were at the height of pro-American propaganda.  There was no lack of Government made pieces of media, but Hollywood chipped in with Casablanca, This is the Army, The Great Dictator, Buck Private... Shit, the fucking Looney Tunes were making fun of Hitler.  We continue to make films about America's Great War, because even though we killed over 100k Japanese civilians by bombing the shit out of them, entering the war is probably the last time anyone would admit America was "morally justified" in involving themselves in foreign conflicts.

When we entered Vietnam, and with our country's atrocities now being filmed and broadcast across the world, positive public opinion started to plummet, never recovering to those WW2 levels.  Even attempts at a pro-Vietnam war propaganda, like John Wayne's The Green Berets, didn't produce the patriotic fervor the United States government wanted.  Right after 9/11 it came closer than it ever had, because there's nothing like a terrorist attack on domestic soil to persuade citizens of a country to give up their basic rights to privacy and wear mass produced t-shirts made in overseas sweat shops proclaiming "Our Colors Don't Run".  With the now 24-hour news media cycle and the amplification of all kinds of varying opinions, even during the Bush administration we could hear vocal outcry to their several war crimes.  Sure, we'll still have American Sniper, but nothing will ever come off as sincere and rousing as a bunch of mannequins waving an American flag back and forth on a Broadway stage.

Because boy howdy, this is excellently made propaganda.  Yankee Doodle Dandy is a fictionalized retelling of real-life actor/dancer/singer/composer/producer George M. Cohan, an Irish-American who grew up on the stage with his family by his side. The film is a squishy-timeline'd recounting of his rise to fame and wealth based on his talent and drive to succeed. And the in the most American origin story of all, its genesis may have been a result of its lead actor's desire to prove he wasn't a commie.

George M. Cohan is played by James Cagney, typically known for his roles in gangster movies even though he loved to sing and dance (I am convinced Hugh Jackman is trying to mimic his career).  The real life Mr. Cohan was annoyed by Cagney's initial casting because he thought he was too pretty, leaning more toward someone like Fred Astaire, who is as goofy as he is good looking.  Mr. Cohan was overruled, however, and by the time he viewed the film shortly before his death, he confessed he was a fool for his protests.  James Cagney is lovely in this - he's charismatic and funny, improvising many of the bits that had me laughing out loud. He also worked with Mr. Cohan on this movie, and the script went through a lot of rewrites based on his feedback.

We open the movie on an older George M. Cohan performing on stage as FDR in a musical titled "I'd Rather Be Right".  On opening night, after making out with his wife backstage in front of everybody, he receives a telegram from the White House from what George assumes is an annoyed Mr. Roosevelt.  Only then does Mr. Cohan question whether or not its appropriate to impersonate a sitting president during an active war as he tucks his tail between his legs and takes the train to Washington.

Upon being greeted by a valet that remembers George's first visit to the grounds 30 years ago, we're treated to the mental image of that racist fucking asshole Teddy Roosevelt getting so jazzed up by Mr. Cohan's rendition of "You're a Grand Old Flag" that he would gleefully sing it in the bathtub.  George is brought up to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's office where a very well-meaning actor gives a faceless performance that will later be dubbed over in post.  The president praises Mr. Cohan's patriotism, declaring, "That's one thing I've always admired about you Irish-Americans.  You carry your love of country like a flag, right out in the open."

George informs the president that he inherited his nationalism from his father, who ran away to proudly fight in the civil war.  Not to shit on my entire people, but I find it hard to believe that Irish-Americans were passionate about abolishing slavery for all people back in the 1860s.  Mr. Cohan then takes this opportunity to kick-off the framing device by relaying his entire life story to a sitting president who clearly has nothing else to do.

Picture it: Providence, Rhode Island, 1878.  It's the Forth of July, and Jerry Cohan, dressed like a leprechaun and sporting the worst Irish accent that I've heard since I've tried to do one myself, is rushing off the stage and back to the house to meet his newborn son George Washington Michael Cohan.  With a baby sister, Josie (played by Cagney's real-life sister Jeanne), born several years later, the kids join the family business and the entire troop begin touring the vaudeville circuit as the aptly named 4 Cohans. 

They're making this poor kid play a violin on his head while tap dancing.  Lindsey Sterling could never.

Also, 13 minutes in and we've already got our first blackface performance. Add it to the list.

After snagging his first lead role at thirteen chucking eggs and flour at adults on stage, little Georgie lets the fame immediately go to his head.  He can't help himself from mouthing off to Ed Albee, a theater owner who makes the mistake of offering The 4 Cohan's third billing in his new show (even though it'll double their salary) losing them the opportunity.  His reformation comes shortly after he gets the shit kicked out of him by his father and a roaming gang of theater-going children because sometimes scrubs gotta get hit.  The family then spends the next 10 years floundering around from city to city until George meets Mary, an "18-year-old" girl who visits him backstage to get advice on how to start in showbusiness.  After fucking with her to test the waters on a potential grandfather fetish, he claims he can get her a gig with the show.

George rides his ego right into the next town, having his ingénue change her act last minute to a George M. Cohan original without informing the manager ahead of time.  The manager is so incensed Mary replaced the (mysteriously now drunk) dog act with untested nonsense that he fires her, George, and George's family.

"Drunk or sober, the dog act goes on in the next show," might be my favorite line in all the 71 reviews I've written.

Black-balled and suddenly unemployed, Georgie teams up with Mary and starts shopping his material around to whatever producers will take a meeting.  After several months of no dough (and with the goodwill of their landlord running thin), George pretends to sell one of his shows so his family will drop his toxic butt and tour without him to earn a bit of cash while "the show is in rehearsal".  After they leave, George continues to pedal hoping he will Secret a career into existence.

"Who's strong and brave, here to save the American way..."

While working the circuit, George teams up with Sam H. Harris, a playwright that is having about as much luck with selling his content as Mr. Cohan is.  They con an old man with his wife's money burning a hole in his pocket to buy a show about some jockey named "Little Johnny Jones" that George wrote because he was short and he wanted to star in it.

The only reason I know this song is because of Steel Magnolias.  I also had no idea those weird bottlecap costumes were a real thing; I thought it was something Mary Poppins made up.

TIL Mr. Jelly Legs here wrote "Give My Regards to Broadway" for this musical in 1904.

With the success of George's Broadway show, he telegrams his family to join him back in New York so they can reestablish the act on a bigger stage.  Gaining notoriety has also afforded him the opportunity to recruit big name stars like Fay Templeton, although she doesn't seem very keen on the idea since Mr. Cohan is mostly known for showy displays of patriotism, which she hates for some reason.  It isn't until she hears him sing a repackaged "Give My Regards to Broadway" as a love song about living 45 minutes outside the city that piques her interest.  The deal is well and truly sold after she hears "Mary", a song he wrote for his sweetheart.  When George comes home to his song's namesake, he proposes marriage to take the edge off of some famous lady stealing her gig, and she accepts because her only role in this movie is to be as supportive of George as possible.

The proposal is genuinely adorable, though, as she tells him she loves looking after him, and he says he could cast her for that part for the rest of their lives.  When she coyly asks to see some of the script they kiss, and then Cagney improvises the line, "Not bad for a first reading."

Mary is an amalgamation of the real-life George Cohan's two wives, and her song was originally written for one of Mr. Cohan's daughters, of which none are mentioned in this movie.  Mary's inclusion was against the advisement of Mr. Cohan, who would have preferred neither of his wives were mentioned at all.  The actress who plays her, Joan Leslie, turned 17-years-old on set.  Like, I want to reiterate, she was a literal child, and they had to shut down filming early when she was involved because she legally couldn't work at night.

Anyway, George M. Cohan goes peak Americana with his latest show "George Washington Jr.", which features cameos from the boy scouts, veterans, African Americans singing in front of the Lincoln memorial, that fucking racist Teddy Roosevelt, and a seemingly infinite amount of American flags.

After his parents retire to run a farm and his sister gets married, he tries to go "legit" by writing a 3 act play with no songs that bombs.  He doesn't have enough time to process his failure before a torpedo sinks the Lusitania.  George tries to tap dance his way into the army but they reject him for being too advanced in age at an ancient thirty-nine years old.  Instead, they argue he is much more valuable writing catchy propaganda for the troops.

After the war ends, George continues to make bangers (like more than 40 of them, dude's a workhorse).  At that pace, it was common for him to have multiple shows running on Broadway at the same time. Sometime off-camera his mother and sister die, with his father following soon afterward.  With his entire family gone, George processes his grief by quitting showbusiness and touring the world with Mary.  He then takes an attempt at retirement on the farm until his old partner Sam calls asking him to come back for one. last. show.  And take a guess who he wants George to play.

Now back at present day, we discover that FDR didn't call up Mr. Cohan for some late-night pillow talk.  He wanted to award George M. Cohan with the Congressional Medal of Congress "for his Contribution to the America Spirit".  Mr. Cohan is so touched by the gesture that he dances his way down the stairs, which is something Cagney improvised because he's in the top 10 most charming men who have ever been born.

Here's where I have the privilege of telling you that this is clearly not how the real George M. Cohan was awarded The Congressional Gold Medal of Honor for songwriting.  While Cohan was a democrat and initially supportive of FDR, he did not approve of the president's view on unions.  Cohan was a staunch union buster (sad trombone), so he refused to pick up his award for 4 years in order to avoid meeting with the president with the hope that his term would run out.  FDR eventually was like, 'dude, come and get this thing it's taking up space', and Cohan begrudgingly accepted it in 1940 out of duty for his country. Apparently all was forgiven once Roosevelt hugged him, although I'm not sure it changed either of their opinions on labor laws.

It's a shame I'm not a blind flag-waving patriot, because this film is delightful. It's hard not to fall in love with the characters, and I genuinely laughed out loud in several parts at their dialogue. James Cagney can easily take credit for the majority of this - his improvised bits brought Mr. Cohan to life. I let out a surprised yelp when he took off his old man toupee, threw it on the ground and stomped on it - who thinks of that?? He even reprised this role several years later in The Seven Little Foys (Eddy Foy Jr. made a brief cameo in Yankee Doodle Dandy depicting his father). Like with Barbra Streisand and Fanny Brice, I'm sure going to have a hard time separating Cagney's depiction of George M. Cohan from his real-life counterpart.

If you can stomach a film that whole heartedly celebrates this quagmire of a nation (and full transparency, I failed last year because I just had my reproductive rights snatched away from me and was exhausted from googling which doctors in my state would give a single woman with no kids a tubal ligation), it's a pretty entertaining watch.

My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I assure you, I thank you for reading!  If you’ve enjoyed this post, please consider helping me fund this project by donating to my ko-fi :)

[ghoulishtomato]

Lance: Hey, I know him! That's the man who was impersonating King Arthur!

Tilly: Oh, you mean Hugh Jackman.

Lance: Actually I think it was Huge Ackman.

Tilly: ....????

Lance: I know, riDICulous name, huh?

Alright im back folks, not for long tho it got like 11 mins left that I can be on my phone until tomorrow 💀

Anyways, Lancelot watching The Greatest Showman, discuss

[queen-daya]

Hugh Jackman doing an impersonation of Ian Mckellen! 😂

[thishadoscarbuzz]

221 - The Front Runner

We’ve previously discussed the work of Jason Reitman with our Men, Women, and Children episode, and this week we have another Reitman bomb: 2018′s The Front Runner. The film features Hugh Jackman as Senator Gary Hart and dramatizes Hart’s failed presidential campaign that was thwarted by an infidelity scandal. Released on Election Day after a very mild fall festival run, the film posits Hart’s case as the beginning of political muckraking in America, but fails to make a compelling case for that argument or find a pulse on the political climate in the immediate year’s following the 2016 Presidential Election.

This episode, we talk about Jackman’s prestige run in the shadow of Wolverine and his prospects this year with the reviled The Son in a weak Best Actor field. We also welcome Reitman regular J.K. Simmons into our Six Timers Club, and discuss Reitman’s other 2018 release Tully, post-Hart political sex scandals, and Vera Farmiga Phone Acting.

Topics also include Phil Hartman’s Clinton impersonation, current awards season malaise, and our upcoming mailbag episode!

Links:

The 2018 Oscar nominations

The 2022 Independent Spirit Awards

Vulture Movies Fantasy League

Mailbag submissions!

Subscribe:

Spotify

Apple Podcasts

Google Play

Stitcher

[aiiaiiiyo]

The best ever Hugh Jackman Wolverine impersonation - Clint Eastwood back in 1960 Check this blog!

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

Dune actress Rebecca Ferguson: "What happened to me is unusual"

It's in the middle of summer when I meet Rebecca Ferguson via Zoom, she's in a hotel room in London, I'm on holiday in northern Uppland. It is said that the interview will take place in English, which feels very odd, especially as we have known each other for ten years. Do you want from the production company to keep track of what she says? Do you think that in Swedish I should ask improper questions? I do not know, but okay then, we do the interview in English instead of starting to fuss.

The production company just mentioned is behind the current feature film Dune. It's a sci-fi movie with a complicated plot, so we'll leave it there. However, we can talk about the fact that in the film she plays the mother of Timothée Chalamet (known from the hit Call me by your name), who in reality is twelve years younger than she is. Rebecca is silent for a few seconds and then says:

- You know, magic on screen magic.

Another costar is Stellan Skarsgård, who plays a grotesquely fat evil man. I tell her that Stellan has seen the film and that he says that Rebecca is brilliant in the role.

- Oh my God. He. Stellan's game. His appearance, he is grotesque, strangely sexual and beautiful. He's amazing!

Rebecca is now used to playing against not only Swedish icons, but also against megastars such as Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman, Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Michael Fassbender and Emily Blunt. It is difficult to understand that just  ten years ago she considered giving up her acting career - she lived in Simrishamn, had been in the TV soap Nia Tider and made small roles in some movies. A random meeting at a market in his hometown changed everything.

Director Richard Hobert was looking for an actress for his upcoming film A One-Way Trip To Antibes. He writes in an email:

"There is a shimmer around Rebecca, a charisma that makes her appear in a crowd. That was when I suddenly saw her among all the tourists at a flea market in Simrishamn in the summer of 2011. It was a strange experience because I had searched in my memory for several weeks for the name of a young unknown actress that I saw in a TV soap a few years earlier and captured by. I was convinced that she would be right for the female lead in A One Way Trip to Antibes. And then she suddenly stood in front of me in the market. After a audition, the role was undoubtedly hers."

The film received good reviews, a foreign agent caught the eye of Rebecca and not too long after that she had tested for and got the lead role in the BBC series The white queen. Result: a Golden Globe nomination and a career abroad that began to go straight up with rocket speed. She got the female lead in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. Anyone who has seen her enter that film wearing a long, yellow dress will not forget it, nor her contribution to the film's action scenes. Great success - and for the first time, a female actress returned in the next Mission impossible film. Mission impossible: Fallout was also a great success, and sometime in the next year comes Mission impossible 7, where Rebecca will return again. She will also be in MI: 8.

- I do not know when that shooting will begin. The pandemic has meant that the seven is not quite ready yet, and once it is, many will probably need a long break before they start filming again, she says.

Ten years ago she lived in Simrishamn with her partner Ludwig and their son Isac. She had bought an old windmill, which she wanted to restore. When she and Ludwig separated, he kept the mill, and Rebecca bought a large farm with large plots of land that year. At that time she told me:

- I buy old things that fit into the house and I build there. I love working with my hands, but it's hard to find antique floorboards. And it's expensive.

But now she has sold the farm.

- It was very sad to have to do it, but I'm at the wrong age and I do not live there. I was simply not ready to buy a big house and lots of land, it should be owned by someone who really lives there. My plans were to create a farm, but I'm not there.

Rebecca about moving to London with her new family

- I love Simrishamn, my son lives there and I have a place in the city. But now London is my home.

With her family, husband Rory (his last name is still unknown and asked about his profession, she has answered "entrepreneur") and daughter Saga, Rebecca lives in Richmond, a affluent neighborhood close to the garden mecca Kew Gardens, the Thames and Pinewood Studios where many movies recorded.

- Previously,  I had to live in an apartment in Notting Hill, but I am not a city person. In Richmond I have the park and I often rent a boat and go out and row on the Thames.

How does she view her "journey" today, from thinking about giving up on a career to being a sought-after world star a decade later?

- What happened to me is unusual. But I rarely stop and think. I'm moving forward. I'm lucky enough to get great deals and they take time. I never thought this would be possible, but it has just continued. I'm lucky to have this much work.

During the pandemic, she has both worked and been free (the recording of MI: 7 was shut down for five weeks). She has visited Sweden, she has lived at home in Richmond. Filming with all the restrictions it entailed has been "inconvenient".

- Very impersonal, very much packed in plastic. But it's a pandemic. We have been able to film. I do not complain. I do not understand how people dare to complain. We are lucky, we have a job. I have basically been filming since August last year, with MI: 7 and with extra scenes for Dune. And now you and I can sit here and talk to each other, though not in the same room, and create memories.

translated from swedish for @rebeccalouisaferguson

[btsandvmin]

can you tell me what makes you think jk is not straight i mean i agree with taehyung giving the vibe that he is not straight i feel that too sometimes but i don't know not matter how hard i try to think jk isn't straight i cant believe it maybe bcoz of his obsession over iu, he is just shy, since he is my bias i can see he is interested in girls what do you think?

Originally I was going to make a proper post about this, but I don’t think I will, so I decided to answer this. It’s years old by now so I don’t know if you still read my blog. But because this is related to JK I have put it off. Also there isn’t much to go with for any member, for obvious reasons, so it’s of course only me guessing.

As for JK and BTS in general I don’t want to look too much at their sexualities as something “set”. So I keep the thoughts more to myself, even though I have guesses. As for JK I feel he gets more labeled as “straight” automatically because of his looks and the image people have of him, and “vibes” is something I won’t trust in general. For example when I first came across BTS the more flamboyant members for me was Hobi and Jimin, which made them my first “hmm, I wonder if they maybe aren’t straight”. But now, looking beyond just the norms and people’s stereotypes I actually would guess Hobi is one of the more “straight ones”. I also think Jimin has shown less indications of being non straight than both Tae, JK and Namjoon. Jimin is more difficult to read and seems more careful with what he says and does. And personally I just think JK seems to show more interest in men than women, though this is very vague and can have different reasons.

Anyways, when it comes to JK you mention his “obsession over IU” but what about his obsession over G-Dragon, Justin Bieber, Charlie Puth or even Namjoon? Isn’t it you putting different value in similar behaviour? IU is Korea’s sweetheart and it’s not weird to like or look up to her simply as a singer/artist. She is a safe choice as a type, and it’s difficult to know if he would have any attraction towards her. Especially since even if he wouldn’t be attracted to females he still has to pick a type, and thus in general using those replies to questions they have to answer as confirmation aren’t the best. In my opinion JK seems to idolize men more. See the Australian interview where he is supposed to pick a celebrity crush and JK even gets the option to pick Nicole Kidman (Namjoon suggested the answer) but JK says no, and then picks Hugh Jackman first and then changes to Ironman.

For JK I agree he is shy, and I also think he might avoid girls more because he knows how people ship him with everyone as soon as he does anything. So maybe he seems so uninterested simply because he’s awkward. Like in the American Hustle life JK even gets annoyed with the other members for being so interested in the girls and says “grapes above girls”. JK is literally part of many of the most popular ships in Kpop and honestly his image of being some kind of playboy seems completely fanmade from how JK is in fics, and not based much in JK himself.

He is actually much more feminine that most people seem to remember. Even the members have said he is the most feminine amongst them. Using unisex/female fragrances or clothes, saying he likes the feeling of moisturizing his legs, collects make up and is the best at applying it on himself etc. Obviously this doesn’t make him non straight, I just want to point out people like to ignore JK’s softer sides because they have the image of him being very manly. Just like Jimin has the opposite problem of being labeled as very feminine while people ignore some of his very manly sides.

He also seems to right from the start be the member with least negative statments about male and female stereotypes and gender norms. Most members have said things like “Men don’t do that” etc. But I just want to say JK is the one I have seen do it the least. You have jokes when JK has said it like “Men don’t use hand cream” while Jin was using it, and then right after used it himself and Jin says “You’re not a man then” and JK simply smiled.

Either way, back to the actual question I think JK seems to have been a bit avoidant when it comes to questions about ideal girlfriends, what he would do in situations with girls and other similar “date” questions. Sometimes even the other members jump in to answer for him. For me JK is the one in the group who tries to avoid these types of questions the most, and it seems to be more of a pattern than just happening from time to time.

You also have examples of JK using attributes that can be seen as masculine when answering about his ideal type like “fit” or “muscular” or clothes that aren’t particularly feminine.

He’s said that he doesn’t want to get married and the way he swerved the “celebrity crush” question with “i know her face, but I don’t know her name” etc. is just one good example of how he often tries to not answer these types of question at all. Something common in LGBT people to not have to lie is simply to try and not answer these kinds of questions. Basically he has a lot of “cop out” answers or copies what the others have said or something very impersonal.

He also support a lot of LGBT+ artists and though it’s nothing strange and he’s not the only one I think it counts. He sings Fools by Troye Sivan and specifically recommended his Blue Neighborhood series, in particular the last song, which if you watch the video is obviously about a gay couple. Back in 2015, Jungkook shared the song "MEMO" of Years & Years and it’s also a song about a man who is in love with a closeted man. JK also say the lyrics of the songs he listen to are important.

You have his song with Namjoon where he sings “Cause I love you boy”, even though it’s for fans it’s still a love song where he uses boy (and I know it doesn’t have to have meaning, but it’s small stuff like this collected together).

I honestly also think we shouldn’t ignore Golden Closet, even though I know he did literally live in a closet. Again, obviously things like this could be nothing, and there aren’t a lot with any members. They would have to be very careful and obviously can’t say much if they are part of the LGBT+ community, so I don’t think we can find any real proof for any of their sexualities. 

In general I haven’t seen much that point at JK being specifically straight either, so I am not going to assume him to be either. We also need to remember that showing interest in one gender doesn’t mean you can’t also be interested in others (which is why I personally see Namjoon seems to like women, but I still suspect he isn’t fully straight).

There are many small things like this, just how Big Hit or other members show small hints of LGBT+ support and even use things in the story lines or “gay rights posters” in Danger etc. Things you won’t notice unless you look for it. There are many other examples, but I don’t really feel like talking about it much more, especially as it’s focused on JK.

In the end we don’t know and this is my personal guess. I could definitely be wrong, and that’s fine, but at least to me JK seem to lean more towards being non straight from how I interpret him.

Thanks for the ask, and sorry for the very late reply. Some of you might have no interest in this kind of post at all, but I still kind of wanted to get it out of the way. Again, you don’t have to agree, it’s all just different opinions and speculations after all. I hope you all don’t find this post too unfitting for my blog, I promise it’s not something I will talk about a lot. As for about my thoughts on Tae I might talk about that more at some other time. Hope you found this reply ok. ^^’’’

[whiskeyandcigarsmoke]

The way my friends and FB clocked me with this.....

Sorry Jensen, Jackman's your new roommate now man. Gotta share my brain space.

Play nice guys, you’re both very pretty and talented.

[speaking-theoretically]

A Bourne Performer (1/?)

Fandom: Peaky Blinders

Pairing: Eventual Michael Gray x OC

Series Summary: The Shelbys are looking to do business with the mysterious family famous for their criminal ability to impersonate and disguise themselves.

A/N: it's now 2 in the morning, meaning its boxing day and I've been listening to musicals on repeat - you can probably guess I was listening to The Greatest Showman when writing this. If you would like to see this become a series remember to ❤. Of is gonna be a Fire Cracker.

Chapter Warnings: Swearing

Edited: Fuck no-Sorry Not Sorry- I'll deal with it later.

The lights dimmed until the audience were left in pitch black with nothing but the hum of a drum, slowly gaining rhythm.

And then out of no where the rest of the band joined in and a spot light, in the centre of the ring focused on a man dressed in a taylored tail suit and top hat. He began to sing as more lights brought the rest of the stage out of the dark.

Dancers in glitzy dresses, costumes and unusual masks spun out towards the audience, bringing the light with them.

The wherl of amazement causing children to laugh with glee and smiles formed upon the working class.

Only Thomas Shelby did not have a smile on his face, instead he had a deep inset frown as he watched carefully, trying to recognise and desifer the faces of the performers.

Beside him, the seats where filled by the rest of his family. The children standing from the bench, Polly and Ada trying to hold back Karl and Katie as they swayed with the music and Esme clutching onto the others to stop them escaping down the aisle.

Finn was busy checking out the female dancers, not being Subtle in the slightest. He earned a couple swatts from Polly.

John was trying not to laugh at the thought of Thomas suggesting a Circus in the first place and now finally sitting in the stalls still trying to fathom what was going on in their lives to bring them to this moment.

Arthur on the other hand was trying to ignore his wife as she questioned the families spontaneous night out.

As for Michael, he sat to Tommy's other side, a slight frown on his face as he watched the performance. Barely taking notice of another audience member taking a seat next to him.

'So what are we really doing here Tom,' he questioned as ropes swung down before taking dancers into the air.

'We are looking for the Borne family.' Tom quickly glanced at Micheal, 'Solomons said we could find them here...'

Micheal gave a slow nod, 'so why did we bring everyone else?'

'To seem less inconspicuous' Tom lifted his gaze to the performers on the ropes and trapeze continuing his search. 'We fit in with the rest of the audience. They will never see us coming.'

It was silent for a long moment except for the stage.

'Well then-' a delicate voice brought their thoughts away. Michael, Thomas and even Polly moved their head to Michaels Right were a girl no more than her early twenties sat.

She kept her gaze set on the stage, a small smile on her lips.

'Alfie forgot to tell you one very important detail.' She turned her head to the Shelbys and Grays.

'And what's that?' Thomas asked in a stone cold tone.

'You do not go looking for the Bourne family yourself,' she said it like it was a well known fact. 'They find you.'

As she gave one last smile, the stage went dark again and a different song soon filled the tent.

The girl gracefully stood from her seat. Before they could process her words and question futher, a steam of light spotted her for the audience.

Her skin glowed and her hair seamed to float or rather bounce on her shoulders. She was dressed in a pale chiffon dress that reached the floor. She opened her mouth on her que, a delicate string of words fell into song.

Unlike many of the performances so far, enegetic and upbeat- Her song was more of the heart.

The Shelby children stopped their bouncing, turning to watch the pretty lady sing at the end of the aisle. As the song continued she moved away from the strangers, picking up the front of her dress so that she could walk down the steps and out onto the stage. The spotlight followed her every move as she found the center stage.

Her voice while delicate, was powerful and held the audience--captivating them in a different way to the other acts.

When the song ended, she gave a curtsey. And then a new song started - other performers taking the lead but she remained on stage, removing her long skirt with a ribbon and revealing a smaller one much more suited for dancing.

The energy picked up again and it wasn't long before the same girl was twirling from a hoop and taken from sight.

'Who was that?' Michael looked towards Thomas and his mother, releasing a breath he didn't know he was holding.

'Who fucking knows anymore?' Polly muttered, shaking her head as Thomas, thinking that the encounter was probably a result of his scheming.

'Fuck!' Thomas finally replied.

'Yeah' Michael finished, 'Fucckk...'

[dsenlightenededits]

Suranne Jones on her weaknesses, coffee & Hugh Jackman (whilst next to Hugh Jackman), & impersonating a sexy, suited velociraptor. [Live on BBC1's Graham Norton, December 31, 2017].

[olivermajor226]

I’ll remind you...

Hugh Jackman is an actor. To all those wolvie and even Rogan fans out there who get uncomfortable with any performance from Hugh that isn’t totally straight, remember that this man impersonated Logan (the straightest man on earth in my opinion) and Peter Allen (who...isn’t straight.) Whether there are still rumors the actor is straight or gay or somewhere in between...it doesn’t matter. He’s got fucking range. 

He did this (between X1 and X2 I might add):

And later...this:

I love this man. I love his acting. I love that he does it all. He’s an anomaly in a very strangely divided world. We’re blessed to have him. 

[funkymbtifiction]

Hello! One of my friends friends claims that she is an enfj and it makes sense but she’s kind of cold. Like when my friend and I talked in front of her about how we got over our fear of calling the bartender she just said “not a problem here”. Or when you see her on the street she will barely say hy. I can see her second Ni and third Se but  I doubt that she’s an entj, there’s no inferior Fi or dominant Te (no need to bring order in outside world). She always has to be the smartest and the best and that is very stressful to her, so much that she ignored my friend for a while (she would literally hide behind something when she would see my friend approaching). She also cares a lot what other people think. Even though she is very joyous and talkative there is just no that Fe dom warmth. There was no trauma in her past nor she has any mental disorders. Also I suspect enneagram 3. 

There’s not enough useful information here to speculate about her type, but NFs are not as “warm” as SFs because the nature of intuition is “cold.” It’s rather impersonal, since the natural response is to turn the thing into an abstract concept. Hugh Jackman (an ESFJ) is far warmer and more personable in interviews than Barak Obama (an ENFJ), because Hugh is more present and focused on the people he is with; Obama is more about his vision for ____. Se is more of a brutal function than Ne, so NJs have stronger Se-driven opinions and assessments, which makes them seem more blunt sometimes.

Fe does not have to be warm, since its primary job is to see how everyone fits into the situation and figure out ways to get things done by including others.

- ENFP Mod

[wolfofansbach]

unsolicited and unprompted opinions on 2004��s Van Helsing

I know it gets made fun of a lot (when it receives any thought at all)—but the Van Helsing movie with Hugh Jackman was awesome. I haven’t seen a good, solid, straight up adventure movie like that in a while. The plot is, for those who never saw or forgot about the existence of the movie, that Wolverine-impersonator and monster-hunter extraordinaire Gabriel Van Helsing, has been sent by the Vatican to Transylvania to stop Dracula, who is planning to use the life-essence in Dr. Frankenstein’s monster to create an unstoppable vampire army and take over the world. Also werewolves figure into this somehow (hint: a certain someone can only be killed by the bite of a certain something). I haven’t seen it in a while and the plot is way down the list of things the movie does well. It’s all an excuse for Hugh Jackman to beat the shit out of vampires, ghouls, werewolves, and Dracula himself (and also weirdly Mr. Hyde at one point) with cool steampunk weapons for two hours.  

The whole monster mash, Universal cinematic universe idea was cool, and both ahead of and behind its time. Universal had long ago in the 30s and 40s decided their monsters all inhabited the same world, but in 2004 that was forgotten, and save the first inklings like Freddy vs Jason or Alien vs Predator, the crossover heyday was still a few years away.

It also slightly predated the brightly-colored, light-hearted quip fests of Marvel. Again, not that dumb, non-serious ensemble action movies are new (see Independence Day) but they’ve never been as present and beloved in the public eye as they are today.

Finally, a movie like Van Helsing is unfortunately pretty much impossible to make without CGI, and of course the CGI of 2004 doesn’t hold up particularly well today (though it’s certainly solid for its day). 

But (and I am biased as someone who watched it at five years old and whose father showed him a ton of Universal horror movies at the same age) it’s still really cool to watch. The fight scenes are awesome, especially every one featuring Dracula’s brides, the werewolf carriage chase (really), and werewolf-Van Helsing vs demon form-Dracula at the end. 

The gothic, steampunk aesthetic is great. All those crumbling castles haunted by monsters and shivering little gray Carpathian villages are what I live for. As are revolving crossbows dipped in holy water and holy hand grenades (again, really). 

And one of my absolute favorite aspects: the werewolf designs.

Werewolves are notoriously hard to get right and notoriously easy to screw up. The graveyard of movies with laughable werewolves is endless. But Van Helsing really nailed it IMO. The CG effects might be a bit dated but the things are still terrifying. They seriously look like insane devil-beasts that could rip you into bloody chunks in five seconds flat. I love werewolves and these are some of the best ones I’ve ever seen on screen. 

My point (if I have one), is that I think Van Helsing probably would have been better-received today, even if it still wouldn’t win awards. But even having come out in 2004, it’s a really cool, enjoyable movie. Definitely should watch if you’re a fan of old Universal horror, the aforementioned aesthetic, or just old-style adventure movies.

Oh and it has quite possibly my favorite cinematic quote of all time:

Dracula: remember, Igor, do unto others...

Igor: before they can do unto you.