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The Last Movie I Watched...

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004, Dir.: Xan Cassavetes)

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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Xan Cassavetes’ Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBESSION (2004, TCM) ends with Z Channel programming director Jerry Harvey’s favorite love song, “What’ll I Do,” played over a montage of scenes from films he programmed and, in many cases, saved from obscurity. It’s the perfect ending to a two-hour love letter to one of the first pay cable stations. From 1974 to 1989, the network won a devoted following in Los Angeles with an eclectic mix of classic, contemporary and obscure films. It achieved a golden era under Harvey, from 1980 until his death in 1988. A film fanatic, he created imaginative festivals, bringing back forgotten works, including those by famous directors, and pioneering in showing directors’ cuts of such films as HEAVEN’S GATE (1980), THE WILD BUNCH (1969) and ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984) that had originally been butchered by production companies. When Harvey championed current films like SALVADOR (1986), he even influenced the Oscars, helping the until-then-forgotten picture pick up nominations for Best Actor and Best Screenplay. There are wonderful film clips sprinkled through the picture, which otherwise is mostly a talking heads documentary as co-workers, friends and filmmakers remember Harvey and the channel. Cassavetes is a sensitive interviewer and gets some great memories out of people. Occasionally, she overindulges them, and they go into lengthy production stories that really have nothing to do with the Z Channel. But when it hits, which is most of the time, the film is a testament to the power of movies as an art form and the impact of the people who love them.

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Behind the scenes photos featured in Vulture's WWDITS set visit and final season preview!

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Caroll Spinney and Harvey Monster

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Rewatched this movie yet again...

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Up next on my 80's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon...Batman (1989) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #actionadventure #comicbookmovies #superheromovies #batman #thedarkknight #thejoker #BruceWayne #VickiVale #harveydent #MichaelKeaton #jacknicholson #kimbasinger #MichaelGough #ripmichaelgough #PatHingle #rippathingle #jackpalance #ripjackpalance #BillyDeeWilliams #robertwuhl #jerryhall #BobKane #DC #dccomics #detectivecomics #traceywalter #charlesroskilly #vintage #vhs #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest

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I know, I know. Y'all have been waiting for this.

Updates on the Most Attractive 90s Musician mini-game (it is no longer mini nor a game): Ed O' Brien jumps to fourth place. Brian Molko makes his debut on the list, kicking Thom Yorke out of the rankings. Stone Gossard and PJ Harvey enter the top ten; congratulations!

Vote here.

Don't forget to vote in the main tournament either!

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Husband / one night stand/ best friend: Jerome edition

HUSBAND- Husband- Norman Phiffier (who’s minding the store 1963)

I love Norman so so so so much he’s a sweetheart and a hard worker and loves his woman, this is one of my favorite movies of Jerome’s and Norman is an absolute smoke show. That black jumpsuit ??? Are you kidding me with that???????

Gif from @make-a-little-mischief

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One night stand - Buddy love bc Uh (the nutty professor)

hi this is obvious. 5 will get you 10 buddy love was a complete FREAK IN THOSE SHEETS and I’m here for it . Like are you kidding me with this guy?? Get ready love, I’m riding you into the sunset

Gif from @jerrylevitch

Best friend - I really really want to choose julius kelp because I love julius to the end of time but I already mentioned the nutty professor so I’m going to choose Harvey miller (the caddy)

He’s adorable and loving and Deans character was a huge douche to him in that movie and I would not only be his best friend but his wife and f*** toy 👊🏾👊🏾💕

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La malédiction (The Omen), 1976

Le diplomate américain Robert Thorn et son épouse Katherine résident à Rome, où Katherine donne naissance à un fils qui, selon les informations communiquées à Robert, décède à la naissance. Le père Spiletto, aumônier de l'hôpital, persuade Robert d’adopter secrètement un autre nourrisson dont la mère vient de décéder en couches. Robert choisit de ne pas informer Katherine que l'enfant n'est pas le leur. Ils décident de l'appeler Damien.

Cinq ans plus tard, Robert occupe le poste d'ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni à Londres, tandis que des événements mystérieux commencent à hanter la famille Thorn. Un Rottweiler menaçant fait une apparition chez eux, la nourrice de Damien se suicide publiquement lors de la célébration de son cinquième anniversaire, une nouvelle nourrice, Mme Baylock, arrive sans préavis, Damien oppose une résistance violente à l'entrée d'une église, et sa présence perturbe les animaux dans un parc safari. Le père Brennan met en garde Robert concernant les origines de Damien, laissant entendre qu'il n'est pas un enfant ordinaire et exhortant Robert à recevoir la Sainte Communion. Il lui révèle que Damien est le fils de Satan, que Katherine attend un enfant et que Damien pourrait causer la mort de ses frères et sœurs à naître, ainsi que celle de ses parents. Plus tard, le père Brennan perd la vie à la suite de la chute d'un paratonnerre. Katherine confie à Robert son désir d'avorter, une position à laquelle il s'oppose fermement. Damien fait tomber Katherine par-dessus une balustrade, entraînant des blessures pour elle et causant une fausse couche.

Le photographe Keith Jennings observe des ombres sur les photographies de la nounou et du père Brennan, symbolisant leur destin tragique. Il présente à Robert ces images, ainsi que des articles de presse et des extraits bibliques que le père Brennan avait laissés, évoquant la venue de l'Antéchrist. Par la suite, il accompagne Robert à Rome afin d'explorer les origines de Damien. Ils découvrent qu'un incendie a ravagé l'hôpital, emportant les dossiers de maternité de Katherine et causant la mort du personnel en service. Ils retrouvent le père Spiletto dans un monastère gravement endommagé, muet, aveugle d'un œil et partiellement paralysé. Celui-ci les conduit vers le cimetière où repose la mère biologique de Damien. Dans la tombe de cette dernière, Robert et Keith mettent au jour une carcasse de chacal, puis, dans la suite de leur enquête, le squelette d'un enfant au crâne fracturé. Robert découvre que l'enfant était en réalité son propre fils, tué afin de permettre à Damien de prendre sa place. Une meute de Rottweilers chasse Robert et Keith du cimetière.

Robert contacte Katherine à l'hôpital pour lui annoncer qu'elle doit quitter Londres. Avant qu'elle n'ait l'occasion de partir, Mme Baylock la précipite mortellement par la fenêtre de sa chambre. Par la suite, Robert et Keith font la connaissance de Carl Bugenhagen, un expert en exorcisme de l'Antéchrist basé en Israël, qui déclare que si Damien est véritablement l'Antéchrist, il portera une tache de naissance en forme de trois six. Carl remet à Robert sept poignards destinés à éliminer Damien sur un territoire sacré. Bien que Robert refuse d'exécuter cette mission, Keith demeure convaincu de son importance. Par la suite, Keith trouve une mort tragique en étant décapité par une vitre de camion. En proie à la colère, Robert finit par accepter, à contrecœur, de mener à bien cette mission.

Robert découvre une tache de naissance sur le crâne de Damien, alors qu'il est endormi, et se fait attaquer par Mme Baylock, qu'il poignarde mortellement. Équipé de ses poignards, Robert conduit Damien vers une cathédrale locale. Son comportement erratique suscite l'attention des forces de l'ordre. Il traîne Damien, qui hurle, jusqu'à l'autel dans l'intention de le tuer, tout en suppliant Dieu de lui accorder son pardon. Cependant, la police intervient et ouvre le feu sur lui alors qu'il brandit son poignard.

Le président des États-Unis et la Première Dame assistent à ces funérailles. La caméra effectue un mouvement vers l'arrière, révélant qu'il s'agit des funérailles de Robert et Katherine. Damien, se tenant aux côtés du couple présidentiel, se retourne et esquisse un sourire à l'attention de la caméra.

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21 years ago today Looney Tunes: Back in Action released in theaters!!!

I don’t care what anyone says this movie was funny!!!😆😆😆

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is there a The Fantasticks fandom out there?

I need to talk to people about this show 😭🙏

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“I Am What I Am”

i have been absolutely obsessed with the song “I Am What I Am” ever since seeing that it’s the last song on the Ted Lasso season 3 playlist last week. i’m a super, but very recent, fan of Broadway — i was raised on old movie musicals and so there’s a lot of Broadway standards i’ve never heard before. it’s fun to keep “discovering” music all the time. i’ve watched a ton of versions of this in the past week. there’s George Hearn from the original cast (x), there’s Harvey Fierstein (x) in a revival (he also wrote the libretto of the original show!), and even Shirley Bassey (x) who does a really wonderful soaring version that i could totally see Hannah doing.

but here’s my favorite so far, a video of Walter Charles performing the whole last scene of Act 1. he replaced Hearn in the original cast. Like this is fucking powerful™️

i don’t know how the Ted Lasso creators are going to eventually use it, and the speculation in my head is a whole other ted x trent fandom situation on its own — but i’m really glad i got to experience this song so completely this week. it’s really beautiful and resonant right now in this fucked up world as i’m sure it was in the early 80s when it first appeared. ♥️✌️

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Ahead of WWDITS's second-to-last episode The Promotion, Harvey shared these behind-the-scenes photos from production on Season 6!

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October 1943. While the fate of Golden Age Batman characters caught between the demimonde and respectable society was typically regeneration or death, regeneration was possible, particularly in stories published in the period between 1940 and 1945. The most dramatic example was Two-Face, who, as most Batman fans are aware, was a handsome district attorney whose face was scarred by acid. (His real name in his three earliest appearances was Harvey Kent rather than Harvey Dent.) In his third appearance in DETECTIVE COMICS #80, after being jailed several times for his crimes, Two-Face comes to his senses after accidentally shooting his former fiancée Gilda (who fortunately survives), turns himself in, and helps Batman apprehend the other members of his gang. Then:

Dr. Ekhart, a famous "European specialist," had been mentioned in Two-Face's first appearance in DETECTIVE COMICS #66 as one who might be able to repair Harvey's face, but Harvey and Batman had found that Ekhart had been sent to a concentration camp by the Nazis while visiting his brother in Germany before the war. While Ekhart is never shown on-panel, the subplot about his imprisonment and escape ties Two-Face's story to the war, and to wartime hopes of a better world after the physical and moral scars have healed.

This regeneration lasted a surprisingly long time in the comic book. Harvey appeared next in a 1948 story in BATMAN #50, which confirmed that he and Gilda had married and he had eventually returned to the practice of law. There were several false Two-Faces (including Paul Sloane, an actor scarred by a romantic rival while filming a TV reenactment of Harvey's transformation in a 1951 story in BATMAN #68), but it wasn't until an explosion in a 1954 story in BATMAN #81 undid his plastic surgery that Harvey resumed his Two-Face identity. Although the latter story was definitely part of Earth-1 continuity, E. Nelson Bridwell apparently felt strongly that the Golden Age Harvey never returned to crime, which is why Bridwell showed an unscarred Harvey Kent at the 1955 wedding of the Earth-2 Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle in the "Mr. & Mrs. Superman" story in THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #211:

I think Bridwell had a point, honestly.

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Detective Comics #580 (1987) by Mike Barr, Jerry Bingham & Anthony Tollin