#james cresson

[theoscarsproject]

The Morning After (1986). A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?

Jane Fonda delivers (as always), but this pulpy stalker crime story with a heavy dash of romance commits one of cinema's worst crimes in being lowkey boring. A bummer, because it's a great cast and Sidney Lumet directing is usually a draw. 4/10.

[brokehorrorfan]

The Morning After will be released on Blu-ray on May 30 via Shout Factory. The 1986 psychological thriller is directed by Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon).

Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, and Raul Julia star with Diane Salinger, Richard Foronjy, Geoffrey Scott, Bruce Vilanch, and Kathy Bates. James Cresson (Chattahoochee) wrote the script with uncredited contributions from David Rayfiel (The Firm).

Special features will be announced at a later date.

A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?

Pre-order The Morning After.

[scribblesartcollective]

Laura Wheeler Waring was an educator and painter born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1887. She was the fourth of six children born to her mother, Mary and father Robert. Her mother was the daughter of Amos Noe Freeman, a prominent abolitionist who had worked with the Underground Railroad in Main and New York. Her father, was the pastor of the Talcott Street Congregational Church, the first all-black church in the state of Connecticut. She was highly educated and from a highly educated family, the 6th generation of college graduates. She was noted in high school for her artistic skill and would go on to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Perhaps this is also what led her into education as her career path. Laura began teaching art and music at the Cheyney University (then called the Cheyney Training School for Teachers) in Philadelphia in 1906 and stayed until 1914 when she would graduate. Then she would travel abroad after receiving the A. William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship. It was off to France for her to study art at the Louvre in Paris. She studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris but did not limit her travels to France alone, though she did spend copious time at the museums, also traveling through Great Britain and had planned to travel more to see Germany, Italy and beyond but sadly her plans were dashed and her trip cut short when war was declared in Europe. She would return to the United States where she would continue developing as an artist. After the war was over, she would return to Paris. And this second trip is regarded as the turning point in her career. She said of it "The only period of uninterrupted life as an artist with an environment and associates that were a constant stimulus and inspiration." She enveloped herself in the art and culture of France and would exhibit her work in Paris for the first time. She also developed her style. Vibrant. Bright. Deep, strong realistic colors on her life like figures. In the US, she was one of the many artists who took part in the first African-American Art Exhibition held in 1927 by the William E Harmon Foundation, and was commissioned by the Harmon Foundation to paint portraits of prominent figures in the black community and Harlem Renaissance. This is what she is best known for now, with subjects including W.E.B. DuBoise, James Weldon Johnson, Marian Anderson and more. Laura married in 1927, to Walter Waring. A man from Philadelphia that also worked as teacher. As with many artists we have covered this month, some of her work is lost. Mainly her work in France. Following her death in 1948, Howard University Gallery of Art in Washington DC held an exhibition in her honor and still today her work appears in exhibitions.

She was a fascinating woman, artist, and educator. If you'd like to see more of Laura's work or learn more about her:

Britannica - Laura Wheeler Waring Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame - Laura Wheeler Waring Black Past - Laura Wheeler Waring Life of a Portrait: Laura Wheeler Waring’s Anna Washington Derry

[lboogie1906]

Laura Wheeler Waring May 26, 1887 – February 3, 1948) a painter and educator was born in Hartford, Connecticut. The fourth child of six was born to Reverend Robert Foster and Mary Wheeler.

She graduated from Hartford High School with honors and went on to study for another six years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She received the A. William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship allowed her to continue her studies of arts in major cities of Europe.

She worked at Cheyney Training School for Teachers in Philadelphia, where she established both art and music programs, which she directed for over thirty years. She traveled to Europe for a short visit. She produced her first paintings, some of which would be exhibited in Paris art galleries. One piece, Houses at Semur, which she painted in France, would receive wide acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Her work was now in demand in American galleries as well including the Corcoran Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Her most remembered work was her portraiture, which was largely of upper-class Negroes and whites including James Weldon Johnson, W.E.B. DuBois, Mary White Ovington, and Leslie Pinckney Hill. Her other works such as The Co-Ed, Mother and Daughter, and The Magician all pursue themes that challenge the elitist label.

She painted murals and landscapes of both America and Europe, which gained her wide acclaim. She traveled to Luxembourg to study the paintings of Claude Monet. She traveled to London, Dublin, Rome, Paris, and North Africa.

She married Walter E. Waring (1927) who was a professor at Lincoln University. They had no children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphakappaapha

[anhed-nia]

I'm having the weirdest experience. Last night, between sickness and insomnia, I watched a rather delirious 1991 thriller called DEFENSELESS in which attorney Barbara Hershey defends Mary Beth Hurt against the charge of murdering her husband. The first scene is pictured in image #1: a made-up porno called BALL BUSTERS.

Then we pull back to "real life", where BALL BUSTERS is being edited in a studio that is decorated with some attention-grabbing posters.

On the right is NUDES ON THE MOON, which has also been fabricated for DEFENSLESS, having nothing to do with the similarly-titled 1961 nudie cutie from Doris Wishman. On the left is...an actual poster for the REAL porno movie BALL BUSTERS, directed by historic smut king Alex De Renzy.

No sooner did this get my attention, than DEFENSELESS introduces the idea that this porn studio is in hot water for releasing a movie featuring a 14 year old actress. That's of interest because the real-actual guy Alex De Renzy is tied to the child porn legacy of Traci Lords, who starred in his movie WILD THINGS...

[No I'm not going to post images from illegal pornos Ms. Lords would sooner forget, but if you're interested in her, you should look up the cool story of John Waters performing a private custom baptism for her so she could live free of her difficult past]

I must underline the fact that DEFENSELESS has nothing in common with gritty works of realism like HARDCORE or porny meta fantasies like BODY DOUBLE. It's basically a run of the mill erotic thriller of the period, if a little zanier than some...but why does it seem to use the Traci Lords scandal as a sort of arbitrary backdrop for its completely ordinary drama? I looked up the writer James Hicks (aka James Cresson), among whose three credits is Sidney Lumet's THE MORNING AFTER, which I randomly *just* watched on a totally different platform, which threw me for another loop... The director Martin Campbell made a couple of Bond movies and that unwatchable GREEN LANTERN movie... Nobody seems to have circulated any trivia about this movie. I just have no explanation for this. I only know that if it had been up to me, DEFENSELESS would have had Nina Hartley defending Ginger Lynn for killing Jamie Gillis over his involvement in the Traci Lords scandal, and wouldn't it have been fun to have Alex De Renzy come on and play himself?

[duggardata]

Where In The World...

... Do The Duggars Live?  (As of April 2021)

By request, this Ask will list where each Duggar Couple lives—city, county, and state, not addresses—and their proximity to The Big House.  I’ve also included a few fun facts, along the way.  Here we go!

Jim Bob + Michelle (Ruark) Duggar, along with all the Unmarried Children—Jana, Jer, Jason, James, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn, and Josie, and Tyler—live in Tontitown (Springdale), Washington County, Arkansas, in a steel–frame dwelling, nicknamed “The Tinker Toy House”—or, more simply, “The Big House.”  The house is a whopping 7,064 Sq. Feet, with 4 Bedrooms—Master, Guest, Girls, and Boys—and 7.5 Bathrooms, situated on 20 Acres.  Jim Bob + Michelle bought the property in March 2000.  (At the time, it housed a chicken hatchery.)  A few years later, Jim Bob had the idea of developing the plot to be the family compound...  And, The Duggar Compound was born!  After years of construction, The Big House was completed in January 2006.  The family has lived there ever since.  (Besides that brief stint while Josie was in NICU, when the family temporarily relocated to Little Rock’s historic Cornish House.)

Josh + Anna (Keller) Duggar, and their 6 Children, live in what Duggar Data is calling “The Warehouse.”  (Note—On the show, the Duggars have referred to it as “The Guesthouse.”  However, they’ve also used that term to refer to another Duggar–owned house near The Compound.  To avoid any confusion, I’ve given both homes district nicknames, and won’t refer to either as “The Guesthouse.”)  The Warehouse is a literal warehouse; however, some of its 4,800 Square Feet has been converted into a residential unit with unknown specifications.  Josh + Anna's prior residence sold on May 31, 2019—so, Duggar Data thinks they’ve lived in The Warehouse since June 2019–ish. 

The Warehouse is on The Compound, ~150 Yards from The Big House. 

John + Abbie (Burnett) Duggar, plus Gracie, live in a Single–Wide, Double–Length Mobile Home in Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas.  They’ve parked the trailer on a ~2.5 Acre, commercially–zoned parcel, owned by Jim Bob + Michelle.  (The parcel’s primary building is actually rented to a church.  Sort of a fun fact!)  Duggar Data thinks they’ve lived there continuously since their marriage, and suspects John lived there alone, before that.

It’s an ~6.6 Mile Drive from John + Abbie’s Trailer to The Big House.

(Note—John also owns a house in Rogers, Benton County; however, he rents that place out and doesn’t live there.)

Jill (Duggar) + Derick Dillard, plus their 2 Boys, live in Lowell, AR in Benton County, in a home they purchased in April 2019.  It’s a 3 Bed, 2 Bath, ~1,500 Square Foot house, and was New Construction when purchased.

Jill + Derick’s Home is an ~11.5 Mile Drive from The Big House.

Jessa (Duggar) + Ben Seewald, plus their 3 Children, reside in Fayetteville, Washington County, AR.  They’ve lived in the same 1,044 Sq. Foot, 2 Bed, 1 Bath house since Jessa + Ben’s Marriage in 2014.  Initially, they didn’t own it; Grandma Mary actually owned it.  However, Grandma Mary sold the home to Jessa + Ben in June 2017 for $100,000, per public records.  (There’s a rumor I’ve heard repeated a lot that they bought it for $1.  This is simply untrue.  It’s clearly documented as a $100,000 sale in public records.)

Fun Fact about Jessa + Ben’s Home:  Grandma Mary actually purchased this house from Garrett + Ethyl Ruark (AKA Michelle’s Parents) in 2007.  So, it has actually belonged to both set of grandparents.  

Jessa + Ben’s Home (Previously Grandma Mary’s Home, then Josh + Anna’s Home) is a ~7 Mile Drive from The Big House.

Jinger (Duggar) + Jeremy Vuolo, plus their daughters, currently rent a home located in North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, CA.  The house has 4 Beds and 2 Baths, is 2,040 Sq. Feet, and was built in 1953.  They moved in in June 2019. (Note—It’s widely–thought that Grace Community Church owns Jinger + Jeremy’s Rental House; however, I was unable to confirm this.)

The Vuolos’ L.A. Rental is a 1,547 Mile Drive from The Big House.

Joe + Kendra (Caldwell) Duggar, plus their growing brood, live in what we’ll call “the Log Cabin.”  The Log Cabin is located on The Duggar Compound (in Tontitown, Washington County, AR).  It’s 2,040 Sq. Feet.  Duggar Data is a bit unclear on the exact ownership of the Cabin.  Obviously, it’s treated as Joe + Kendra’s House, but property records seem to indicate it’s actually owned by Jim Bob + Michelle.  (And the land it’s sitting on in definitely owned by J.B. + Michelle; there was no transfer of land to Joe + Kendra, whatsoever.)

The Log Cabin is located on The Compound, ~230 Yards from the Big House.

Josiah + Lauren (Swanson) Duggar, and Baby Bella, also rent their home, at the time being.  Their Rental Home is located in Lowell, Benton County, AR.  It boasts 1,364 Sq. Feet, 2+ Beds / 2 Baths, and was built in 1998.

Fun Fact:  Per public records, Josiah + Lauren recently—like, within the last 6 Months—bought two vacant residential parcels of land in Benton County, AR.  Also...  Lauren’s Dad, Katey Nakatsu’s Dad, and Jed have also bought land in the same general area, recently.  Dwain Swanson actually owns 6 Parcels!)

Josiah + Lauren’s Rental is a 13.9 Mile Drive to the Big House.

Joy–Anna (Duggar) + Austin Forsyth, plus Gideon and Evy, currently live in Fayetteville, Washington County, AR.  They bought their house in September 2019.  At the time, it was owned by Joy’s Parents, who purchased it in 2010.  Joy + Austin’s House was built in 1958; it has an Unknown # of Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, and 1,688 Sq. Feet.

Fun Fact:  Joy + Austin’s House is directly next door to Cousin Amy’s House.  Jim Bob + Michelle previously owned both parcels.  (Actually, most likely, the parcels were split off a larger tract of land.)  Jim Bob + Michelle also own the 20+ Acres of undeveloped land in the immediate vicinity of both houses, and plan to develop that property into a luxury campground and RV resort.

Joy + Austin’s House is a 10.1 Mile Drive from The Big House.

Jedidiah + Katey (Nakatsu) Duggar...  We don’t really know, yet.  However, I suspect they’re living in the house on–site at the Duggars’ Car Lot (Champion Motorcars).  Some tabloids have been claiming that Jim Bob + Michelle ‘gave’ Jed + Katey a house, and the house the articles refer to is, in fact, the Car Lot House.  Well...  There’s no evidence that Jim Bob + Michelle transferred / sold that house to Jed + Katey.  (Jim Bob + Michelle definitely still own it, actually.)  But, Duggar Data noticed something odd:  The Caldwell Family used to live in The Car Lot House.  (Their home is shown multiple times on Counting On and it’s definitely the same house.)  However, my sleuthing suggests they recently moved...  Like, in December 2020 or Early 2021.  Based on this, and the fact that Jed is involved in running the car lot...  My theory is that Jed + Katey are now living in the Car Lot House.  (And, I’m pretty sure the Caldwells are now living in a house owned by Joe + Kendra in Siloam Springs...)

The Car Lot House is a 4.5 Mile Drive to the Big House.

Justin + Claire (Spivey) Duggar.  Ironically, despite the fact that they started this whole Ask, I don’t actually know where they’re living.  Somewhere in TX, apparently, near Claire’s Parents.  Claire’s Parents live in Cresson, Parker, TX, which is in the Greater Fort Worth Area.  I was unable to find any property in Justin or Claire’s Names, so I’m pretty sure they don’t own a house yet.  I’m guessing that they’re renting, for now.

Cresson, TX is an ~395 Mile Drive to The Big House. 

TL;DR:  Distance to The Big House—

150 Yards   Josh + Anna

230 Yards   Joe + Kendra

4.5 Miles   Jed + Katey

6.6 Miles   John + Abbie

7.0 Miles Jessa + Ben

10.1 Miles   Joy + Austin

11.5 Miles   Jill + Derick

13.9 Miles   Josiah + Lauren

~395 Miles   Justin + Claire

1,547 Miles   Jinger + Jeremy

[notforemmetophobes]

Chattahoochee (1989)

R-1h 38m Genres: Biography, Drama

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a “maximum security” mental health prison, where patients are abused.

Director: Mick Jackson Writer: James Cresson (as James Hicks) Stars: Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand

[thegoodomensdumpster]

I WATCHED GOOD OMENS IN FRENCH SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO

and it wasn’t that bad. Here are my thoughts, barely edited as I wrote most of them while watching the show.

EP 1

OK i like god’s voice so far

possibilité d’embarras gastrique is a good formulation, I wonder if it’s the same in the book ( I think I kinda need to read it in french now...)

aghghdhgs « primo-délinquants »

of course subtitles don’t match the audio for a variety of technical reasons but when you get things that have very different underlying meanings i find it… not good This one about Crowley being evil / a demon : subtitles : « c’est ton travail » - « it’s your job » audio : « c’est dans ta nature » - « it’s in your nature » i mean dang

crowley sounds like a little shit asking az about his sword

« T’AS FAIT QUOUA » - he just loses his shit (kinda giving me some le coeur a ses raisons vibe)

ok crowley sounds very nerdy when he tries to explain that he took down the phone network, i think i actually like this voice acting

ligur sounds… very suave (im a little ill at ease)

crowley getting called mon chou by satan freddie mercury is a thumb up from me

i see the part where aziraphale speaks japanese wasn’t dubbed over and we can still hear michael sheen. it’s a bit disturbing considering french aziraphale has a higher pitched voice (and he sounds soooo much more anxious than sheen, give this angel a xanax )

“sandwich bœuf cresson” ( beef and cress sandwich ) deirdre really who makes this kind of sandwiches

im being reminded that the chattering nuns prepared little cut outs for their explanation about the antichrist switch… such dedication to useless crafts (it made me laugh on my first viewing and it’s still funny to imagine that some of them either ordered or built these things themselves just so they could make this two minutes long presentation for the most important act of their satanic nun careers)

retire-toi vil démon infernal, créature des abysses XD i swear az doesn’t sound even remotely convinced when he is saying the « get thee behind me foul fiend » line in french, it’s just too over the top for credibility, it sounds like it’s straight out of some super intense dnd session

they still can’t say bouillabaisse (which, like, weird because french, but still valid). nice touch is crowley couldn’t say soupe de poisson (fish stew) either and said poupe de soisson (sish ftew)

warlock mah boy how can you be a teenager and not like dinosaurs

c’est un dinosaure un nullosaure plutôt - apply burn heal

La façon dont warlock s’est exclamé « C’EST NUL » m’a fait penser au nain de naheulbeuk

the english version has nothing on french speaking aziraphale for the second hand embarrassement during the magic tour. it’s over 9000 i literally hid my head in my jumper when he was presenting harry the bunny. Horrible experience, 0/20, would not recommend

EP 2

oooh agnes has a lovely voice !

why is young newton having such a quality dub for the three sentences he has to say

dick turpin’s name is jesse james (tbf dick turpin is not known AT ALL in france, i discovered him reading good omens)

shadwell is pure chaos (as expected). No particular accent for him though, the chaotic energy was probably enough. Would have made me laugh if he had like, a chti or a marseilles accent.

aziraphale is so fucking stressed out by crowley’s driving i thought he was gonna explode

« tu es un gentil garçon » => « you’re a nice boy » said az to crowley DANG THAT’S SO INFANTILIZING AZIRAPHALE YOU’RE TALKING TO A DEMON FROM HELL NOT TO PINOCCHIO

ARGH FIRST MON ANGE OF THE SERIES i’m hit straight in the heart

anathema’s mom doesn’t have a spanish / latino accent at all when talking in spanish…. why...

dog being called toutou is definitely adorable (it’s basically « doggy » but way cuter imo)

tickety-boo has become ça gaze. that’s valid. it’s corny but i still use it unironically from time to time so ... i stan

EP 3

« je répands la fomentation » « i’m here spreading foment » « quoi tu fais des crêpes au froment ?????? »  « what you’re making crêpes with wheat ??? » love the fact that we shoehorned in one more ref to crêpes

az called crowley mon cher camarade, unintentionnal communist propaganda ftw

« pas de repos pour les… bah, pour les bons » « no rest for the… good »  – az was so deflated about the ineptitude he realized he was saying, he felt zero percent commited to his sentence

i was wondering how they would play aziraphale not being able to speak french in the bastille and they opted to have him stutter a bit and say to his executionner « excuse me i’m anxious » XD

« vous êtes le 999e aristo à mourir par mes soins. Mais vous êtes le premier en costume beige » « you’re the 999th aristocrat I’m going to kill, but the first one in beige attire » yeah i guess now that az isn’t english anymore his most noticeable feature is his cream aesthetic

« c’est au cas où ça tournerait en eau de boudin » « j’ADORE le boudin » => « in case it all goes pear shape » - the literal translation featuring food in french is « turning into black sausage water ». I don’t know what pear shaped inspires to english native speakers but the mere mention of boudin always make me giggle, it’s such a funny word and such a funny food

OH !!! no terrence rampa for the tv series, we’ve got anthony J. rampa. Rip terrence petit démon parti trop tôt :’(

« tu roules trop vite pour moi rampa » SERIOUSLY i know we can still infer « rouler » (here as in driving, but literally rolling) as a metaphor for their relationship but you could have said TU VAS TROP VITE that would have been so much better argh

has anathema got an emergency stock of potteries to break in case of emotionnal crisis ?

« Rampa, un démon très futé, il m’oblige à redoubler d’effort » « crowley, a very clever demon, he forces me to make double the amount of effort » oh so admitting you’re making an effort there aziraphale ? :))))))

dang i really want to know how shadwell said that major milk bottle died because not only did he die in combat but aziraphale’s reaction is a bit intense, it must have been quite a tale (this could be a crack fic prompt : «The Epic Tale of the Death Of Major Witchfinder Milk Bottle, by Sargent Witchfinder Shadwell» )

des sorcières et des phénomènes sorciéreux x)

CROWLEY CALLED AZIRAPHALE DUCON ?????? EXCUSE ME ????? #NotMyCrowley #CrowleyWouldNeverDoThat  #CancelAnthonyJRampa2K20  => ducon would be an insult, the gathering of du and con, con being a very nasty but common swear word, and associating it with du- makes it extremely patronizing. it’s like « absolute pathetic digraceful moron +++ ». thanks i hate it *frowny face *

EP 4

l’apocalypse c’est pour aujourd’hui juste après le goûter : it could be translated as « apocalypse is scheduled for today right after tea time » except that « goûter » is not quite tea time but rather the little sugary snack kids take when they come back from school and that most adults drop out of (i haven’t and i’m sure az hasn’t either). thanks aziraphale for having exclusively food related notion of the time because tbh same

ligur has no right to be this sexy between ariyon bakare and his french voice actor that’s just not allowed

radio crowley’s voice vs french ligur’s voice, who has the sexiest voice : FIGHT

(jk french agnes nutter’s voice is by far the sexiest)

gender neutral doesn’t ‘quite’ exist in french but pollution has been assigned a female voice actress and masculine pronouns (i’m saying it doesn’t quite exist because officially we have no gender neutral, but it’s a serious wip among lgbt+ circles to the point where it’s started being used in a few medias)

hastur « en attendant qu’un plombier vienne » / « while waiting for a plumber to come » does hell have a special plumber unit or do demons have to call on human plumbers for their pipes damages ? Dang hastur having to call a human plumber for hell’s plumbery is another damn good writing prompt for a crack fic

Michael is called Michel in the subtitles but Michael in the audio *shrug emoji*

EP 5 

to get a wiggle on has become « il faut qu’on se remue les fesses », literally « we need to shake our butts » like, yes, se remuer les fesses is a common expression to say « we need to act in order to get things done » but it really casts the image of people shaking their booty to some music and obviously crowley thinks the same Weirdly enough I have almost nothing to say for that episode. Sorry. But we’ve discovered most voice actors and actresses so far and no bit of dialogue really struck me as worth discussing or pointing fingers to mock it.

EP 6 

« on va BROUTER quelques derrières » - « we’re gonna lick some butts » OK THIS IS UNQUESTIONNABLY FAR SUPERIOR IN FRENCH THAN IN ENGLISH you thought LICKING butts was good ??? you really thought that ???? AZIRAPHALE HERE SUGGESTS TO GRAZE BUTTS. TO NIBBLE THEM. TO EAT THEM. TO. MUNCH. ON. THOSE. BUTTS!!!! not just licking, guys. This is as serious step beyond licking. (oh yeah he should have said « botter » instead of brouter btw, which is really just kicking, fyi)

« moi je crois en la paix, pétasse ! » wow, language, pepper (fyi i think « pétasse » is far far worse than « bitch » even if it means roughly the same, pétasse is almost never used while bitch is rather common, so it’s a swear word +++)

Dagon sounds like she’s got a nasty cold. #GetDagonIbuprofen2K20

I can confirm that Crowley offers Aziraphale to not just stay at his place, but to move in with him. « tu peux t’installer chez moi si tu veux ». omg they were roommates.

Bad translation strikes again : i don’t know why, but the french dub doesn’t have the « tickety-boo » / « ça gaze » being referenced as Rampa / Aziraphale is being knocked down, which is… a real mistep. It was narratively significant and I’m quite mad the translators missed it.

The Jesse James explanation from Newt has become very nonsensical, instead of the neat and to the point pun « wherever I go I hold up trafic » we’re getting a circonvoluted « because it’s a crime to mechanic’s diligence ». I’m not judging that one too hard, I have no idea how to make it better, and that’s probably how it was translated in the book as well thirty years ago, but it definitely doesn’t have the same impact. On the other hand, it definitely IS a very bad joke that doesn’t even deserve a chuckle, so Anathema’s embarassement really matches the audience’s (aka mine).

OVERALL :

I wasn’t convinced by Crowley… I mean, Rampa’s voice at first, but as the nerdiness showed up it really grew on me. I still think that french dubs have often problems with some voice inflexions every here and there, and for instance in Rampa’s case it was when he was annoyed or frustrated ( at the Globe when complaining about horses and Shakespeare’s plays that aren’t comedies, and also when discussing Azirphale’s magic tricks, it’s like… there is a step between having the right amount of grumpy complaining and overdoing it that is overlooked. It’s overacted, it should have been a bit quieter imo. I don’t mean to criticize voice actors too hard either but as an audience watching french dubs this is a very recurring problem and it always feels off to me. It’s actually one of the main reasons I avoid french dubs whenever possible.)

I have a hard time judging Aziraphale’s voice dub because it clashes so much with both the idea I had formed with it when I read the book and Sheen’s delivery that I just… kinda filtered it. It was too high pitched for me, and too anxious (though for this last point I must admit it could be funny at times, but I’m not fond of this character portrayal). The rest of the cast was rather good, nothing to complain about. There wasn’t anything stellar either, but everything that needed to be conveyed was and it was professionnal. It was also very homogeneous, no voice really struck me as being way too bad or way too good compared to the others, so it was really consistant.

So I don’t have much to complain about overall despite a few wonky translations here and there, BUT there is one thing I felt very robbed of : Crowley calling Aziraphale « mon ange » happens only once, when giving a lift to Anathema, and I’m almost certain they translated it that way because otherwise the joke about Anathama mistaking them for a couple wouldn’t work. So, they were forced to make it that way. The rest of the time Crowley calls Aziraphale « l’angelot », and despite being literally translated by « little angel », it feels sarcastic more than anything else ( the « L’ » in front of « angelot » is part of the reason why, it creates some distance, the other reason being that this word in itself has a very corny vibe and people being affectionnate to each other wouldn’t use it as a term of endearment). So, that’s a shame.

I like the English dub much much MUCH better than the French, but the french wasn’t nearly as bad as I was expecting it to be. The voice actors and actresses were quite good, the dialogues mostly faithful and endearing despite a few really missed steps. It really had its moments. Props to brouter des derrières, that one was fantastic.

[met-american-paintings]

The Elliot Cresson Medal, American Paintings and Sculpture

Gift of James B. Hammond, 1909 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Bronze and gold leaf

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/14669

[rabbitcruiser]

East 41st Street and Nearby, Manhattan (No. 1)

One Grand Central Place, originally the Lincoln Building, is a 53-story, high-rise office building located at 60 East 42nd Street in the Midtown Manhattan, New York City, opposite Grand Central Terminal. It is bounded by Madison Avenue to the west, East 41st Street to the south, and Park Avenue to the east.

Designed in neo-Gothic style by architect Kenneth Norton of James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr., the skyscraper was completed in 1930. At 673 feet (205 m) tall, it is tied with the Barclay Tower as the 81st tallest building in New York City, though it is dwarfed by other buildings in the area, including the Chrysler Building, MetLife Building, and One Vanderbilt across the street. It also has a direct in-building access to Grand Central Terminal.

Among the building's features are the Gothic windows at the top. In June 2009, the Lincoln Building name was changed to One Grand Central Place, and it has undergone a $85 million renovation, which included new windows, renovated elevators, renovated air-conditioned public corridors and restrooms, and upgraded building-wide systems.  

In March 2020, One Grand Central Place was at the center of New York's first reported person-to-person spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.

In 1956, Lawrence Wien purchased Daniel Chester French's 3′ bronze model of Abraham Lincoln—a cast of one of the sketches used to create the statue for the Lincoln Memorial—from his daughter, Margaret French Cresson, for $3,000. The sculpture was put on display in the visitor's center, located in the lobby, in the same year. When the building was renamed One Grand Central Place in 2009, the model was removed and loaned to Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was put back on display on April 15, 2015.

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LGBTQ-Friendly Catholic Parishes and Communities:

Pennsylvania

Parishes

Danville: St. Joseph

Latrobe: St. Vincent Basilica

Philadelphia: Old St. Joseph, Old St. Mary, St. John the Evangelist, St. Vincent DePaul

Wilkinsburg: St. James

Intentional Eucharistic Communities

Drexel Hill: St. Mary Magdalene Community

Pittsburgh: Dignity/Pittsburgh

LGBTQ-Friendly Catholic Colleges and Universities:

Pennsylvania

Cresson: Mount Aloysius College

Dallas: Misericordia University

Erie: Mercyhurst College

Greensburg: Seton Hill University

Immaculata: Immaculata University

Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill College, LaSalle University, St. Joseph’s University

Pittsburgh: Carlow University, Duquesne University

Radnor: Cabrini College

Reading: Alvernia University

Scranton: Marywood University

Villanova: Villanova University

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Events 5.15

495 BC – A newly constructed temple in honour of the god Mercury was dedicated in ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills. To spite the senate and the consuls, the people awarded the dedication to a senior military officer, Marcus Laetorius. 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne. 589 – King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility. 908 – The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor Leo VI the Wise, is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire by Patriarch Euthymius I at Constantinople. 1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. 1525 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury. 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband. 1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made). 1648 – The Treaty of Westphalia is signed. 1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun. 1730 – Robert Walpole effectively became the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 1776 – American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence. 1791 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance. 1792 – War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia. 1793 – Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights. 1796 – War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph. 1800 – King George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity. 1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse. 1848 – Serfdom is abolished in the Habsburg Galicia, as a result of the 1848 revolutions. The rest of monarchy followed later in the year. 1849 – Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily. 1850 – The Bloody Island massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry. 1850 – The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina. 1851 – The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier. 1858 – Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. 1867 – Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961. 1869 – Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. 1891 – Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching. 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima. 1905 – Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km2), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off. 1911 – In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up. 1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales. 1919 – The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job. 1919 – Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades. 1925 – Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded. 1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy". 1929 – A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. 1932 – In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated. 1933 – All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe. 1934 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia. 1940 – USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus. 1940 – World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation. 1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California. 1941 – First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft. 1941 – Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak. 1942 – World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law. 1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International). 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia. 1948 – Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. 1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3. 1960 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4. 1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone. 1966 – After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command. 1969 – People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot. 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals. 1970 – Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests. 1972 – The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control. 1972 – In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become President. 1974 – Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren. 1976 – Aeroflot Flight 1802 crashes in Viktorovka, Chernihiv Raion, killing all 52 people on board. 1987 – The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit. 1988 – Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. 1991 – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier. 1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans. 2004 – Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title The Invincibles 2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. 2010 – Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. 2013 – An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.

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Shout Factory has revealed the specs for its The Morning After Blu-ray, which releases on May 30. The 1986 psychological thriller is directed by Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon).

Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, and Raul Julia star with Diane Salinger, Richard Foronjy, Geoffrey Scott, Bruce Vilanch, and Kathy Bates. James Cresson (Chattahoochee) wrote the script with uncredited contributions from David Rayfiel (The Firm).

The Morning After has been newly scanned in 2K from the interpositive with DTS-HD Master Audio Mono. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director Sidney Lumet

Interview with associate producer/assistant director Wolfgang Glattes (new)

Interview with composer Paul Chihara (new)

A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?

Pre-order The Morning After.

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Today in History - May 6 On May 6, 1856, Robert E. Peary, who claimed discovery of the North Pole, was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. Continue reading. On May 6, 1864, Confederate General James E. Longstreet was seriously wounded, caught in the fire of… https://t.co/IO9H6oOnVz

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Today in History - May 6 On May 6, 1856, Robert E. Peary, who claimed discovery of the North Pole, was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. Continue reading. On May 6, 1864, Confederate General James E. Longstreet was seriously wounded, caught in the fire of his own troops during the second day of fighting at the Battle of the Wilderness, eighteen miles west of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments.

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Today in History - May 6

Today in History - May 6

On May 6, 1856, Robert E. Peary, who claimed discovery of the North Pole, was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. Continue reading.

On May 6, 1864, Confederate General James E. Longstreet was seriously wounded, caught in the fire of his own troops during the second day of fighting at the Battle of the Wilderness, eighteen miles west of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Continue reading.

Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments.

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