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911 Cast Bios

Here's a list of them in one place, in order of appearance in 9-1-1 (fox, later abc). I choose them based on characters I enjoy, or where there are interesting connections / factoids to be found in their bios.

Gavin Stenhouse (The Priest)

Mariette Hartley (Patricia Clark, Abby's mother)

Claudia Christian (LAFD Capt. Maynard)

Debra Christofferson (Sue, Dispatcher)

Grasie Mercedes (Beth, in prenatal yoga class, 1x07)

Rebecca Wisocky (Marjorie, in lift crash, 1x09)

Connor Trinneer (bomb squad, 2x01)

Bryan Safi (Josh Russo, dispatcher)

Romi Dias (Chief Miranda Williams)

Ana Mercedes (Abuela Isabel)

Terri Hoyos (Aunt Pepa)

Christine Estabrook (Gloria, Dispatcher)

Devin Kelley (Shannon Diaz)

Wes Brown (Mounted Police Officer)

Rick Chambers (Dwight, newsreader)

Tara Karsian (Ruth)

Lawrence Pressman and Francis X. McCarthy (Mitchell & Thomas)

Romy Rosemont & Daniel Roebuck (Lola & Norman Peterson)

Brian Thompson (Capt. Gerrard)

Lou Ferrigno Jr (firefighter Tommy)

Brian Hallisay (Doug Kendall)

Julie Oullette (Blair, Elf Helper)

Marsha Warfield (Toni Wilson)

Danny Nucci (LAPD detective)

Sasha Roiz (LAPD Det. Ransone)

Paula Marshall (Helena Diaz)

George DelHoyo (Ramon Diaz)

Pepi Sonuga (Athena Carter, flashback in 3x07)

Nicole Delgado (Maynard, flashback in 3x07)

Eddie McGee (Frank the therapist)

Jack McGee (Red the retired firefighter, 3x16)

Deborah May (Cindy, 3x16)

Rumer Willis (Georgia, train Vic, 3x18)

Brooke Shields (counsellor, 3x18)

Dee Wallace (Mrs Margaret Buckley)

Gregory Harrison (Mr Phillip Buckley)

Colin McCalla (Connor, Buck's friend)

Chelsea Kane (Kameron, Connor's wife)

Aaron Staton (Daniel Buckley)

Laith Wallschleger (133 medic, 6x15)

Mark Lawson (pilot, 7x01)

Kathryn Boswell & Chris Gartin (hot-tub couple, 7x01)

Mercedes Colon (Ship Captain, 7x01-3)

Rick Cosnett (cruise crew, 7x01-3)

Eddie Jemison (cruise ship doc, 7x02-3)

Jesse Palmer & Joey Graziadei (7x04)

Richard Brooks (Chief Simpson, s7)

Exie Booker (Carl, 7x06)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Amir, s7)

Veronica Falcón (Cllr Ortiz, s7)

John Brotherton (Tim Nash, 7x08)

Tony Amendola (Herman, 7x08)

Paul Nobrega (Monty the Beekeeper, 8x01)

Hotshots group, s8: Callum Blue (Brad); Justin Taite (#1); Morgan West (director) & 1st AD

Bee-nado airplane gang: Cindy Chavez (Capt Dominguez); Devin McGee (Co-pilot); Bayley Corman (Tia); (Mr & Mrs Grandparent);

Adela Paez (Nurse Camila, 8x03 etc)

In draft ofc. Do check the updated OG post if you're looking at a reblog:

Finnigan and Silverman (divorcing couple, 8x06)

Zach Tinker (Officer Sparks, LAPD, 8x07)

Kelvin Han Yee

Glenn Plummer (Dennis Jenkins, 3x07, s8a)

Main resource is IMDb, with extra material from Wikipedia, podcasts or youtube on occasion. Where I use 911 images they are screengrabs I edited. Other images generally from imdb.

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This made me furious all over again. We failed her. The culture failed her. We should be ashamed. The culture should be ashamed.

xoNECOLE/Culture & Entertainment/Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Timeline

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Why We Should Support Megan Thee Stallion

A timeline of events.

Hanna Phifer

Nov. 15, 2022 02:57PM EST

Why We Should Support Megan Thee Stallion

A timeline of events.

Hanna Phifer

Nov. 15, 2022 02:57PM EST

Let’s make one thing clear, we support Black women– period. Megan Thee Stallion has become the latest example of the mistreatment Black women often face when speaking up for themselves. Since July 2020, when reports first surfaced that Megan, born Megan Pete, was allegedly shot by singer/ rapper Tory Lanez, she has had to deal with the dual trauma of the initial shooting and the subsequent harassment by Lanez, his fans, powerful people in the music industry, and the overall effort to discredit her.

Gun violence is an issue that continues to disproportionately impact Black women. According to a 2022 study, “Black women are three times more likely to be fatally shot by an intimate partner compared to white women.” (Megan has denied having an intimate relationship with Lanez.) During a particularly fraught time in hip hop, when we’ve lost so many artists to gun violence, including the recent murder of rapper Takeoff, it’s difficult to witness the continued minimizing and victim blaming of Megan by her peers in the business.

xoNecole has compiled a timeline of the events that unfolded following Megan’s shooting, including members of the industry who have seemingly undermined her story.

Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez: A Timeline of Events

July 12, 2020 

Reports surfaced that Megan had been shot by an unreported assailant while with Lanez, born Daystar Peterson, his bodyguard, and Megan’s friend at the time Kelsey Nicole when leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s house.

July 16, 2020

Tory LanezTim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

Page Six exclusively reported that Lanez had officially been named as a potential suspect in the shooting. “Tory fired the shots from within the vehicle while Megan was outside trying to leave,” a source told the outlet. “There is video and the police are investigating. This is a case of a man physically harming and abusing a woman.”

It was also reported around this time that Megan unfollowed the singer on Instagram. 

July 22, 2020

Megan gets on Twitter to clap back at reality star Draya Michele who went on a podcast and suggested that Lanez and Megan “had some sort of Bobby and Whitney love that drove them down this type of road" and joked that “I want you to like me so much you shoot me in the foot too."

“Dumb bitch that shit ain’t fucking funny who tf jokes about getting shot by a nigga,” Megan tweeted. 

Michele would later apologize saying that her attempt at a joke fell flat and that "I truly don’t glorify domestic violence... I was trying to say just love me deeply."

July 23, 2020

Podcaster Adam22 reports that sources told him that Megan and Lanez were in a sexual relationship and that there was a flirtation between Jenner and Lanez at the party. Their interaction reportedly caused Megan to become jealous and start “violating his ass” and “really shitting on him.”That same day, rapper Cam’ron received backlash on social media after posting a transphobic comment about Megan saying, "Tory Lanez saw that dick and started shootn..IDC what no one say."

July 28, 2020

Rapper 50 Cent issues an apology to Megan after posting a meme depicting the Grammy award-winner as the character Ricky from the film Boyz n the Hood as he’s being shot.

“👀Damn I didn’t think this shit was real,🤦♂️It sounded so crazy @theestallion i’m glad your [sic] feeling better and i hope you can accept my apology. I posted a meme that was floating around. I wouldn’t have done that if i knew you was really hurt sorry. 🤷🏽♂️," he wrote.

August 19, 2020

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Megan posts a photo of her injured foot on Instagram in an attempt to quell rumors that she wasn’t shot. 

August 21, 2020

Megan gets on IG live and confirms that Lanez allegedly shot her. “Since y’all hoes so worried ’bout it, yes, this nigga Tory shot me,” she said. “You shot me. And you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying and shit. Stop lying. Why lie? I don’t understand. I tried to keep the situation off the internet, but you dragging it.

She continued, “You really fucking dragging it. Motherfuckers talking about I hit this nigga. I never hit you. Motherfuckers like, ‘Oh she mad ’cause he was trying to fuck with Kylie.’ No, I wasn’t. Like, you dry shot me. Like, everybody in the car – there’s only four motherfuckers in the car: me, you, my homegirl, and your security. I get out the car, I’m done arguing. I don’t wanna argue no more. I get out, I’m walking away. This nigga, from outside the back seat of the car, start shooting me. You shot me!”

She also addressed rumors that the injury to her foot was actually caused by broken glass. “I ain’t get cut by no glass, but let me tell you why they’re saying that: the people in the neighborhood –there’s a witness – when the police came because the neighbors called the police – this did not happen at Kylie’s house.” She continued, “This happened damn near back at the house I was staying at. I was just trying to get home. We were five minutes away from my spot. The police come and I’m scared.”

“All this shit going on with the police. The police are shooting motherfuckers for anything. The police was literally killing Black people for no motherfucking reason. Soon as the police tell us all ‘Get out the motherfucking car,' the police is really aggressive,” she explained. “You think I’m bout to tell the police that we – niggas, us Black people – got a gun in the car?! You want me to tell them that we got a gun in the car so they can shoot all of us up? Nigga, I’m scared.”

Megan performs on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest and she stops mid-performance to share a message about supporting Black women. "We need to protect our Black women and love our Black women, 'cause at the end of the day, we need our Black women,” she preached. 

October 3, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTpilDQXYr0

Megan performs on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest and she stops mid-performance to share a message about supporting Black women. "We need to protect our Black women and love our Black women, 'cause at the end of the day, we need our Black women,” she preached. 

October 8, 2020 

Lanez was officially charged with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and one count of carrying a loaded, concealed firearm in a vehicle.

October 13, 2020

Megan writes an op-ed for The New York Times titled “Why I Speak Up for Black Women.” The article states: “I was recently the victim of an act of violence by a man. After a party, I was shot twice as I walked away from him. We were not in a relationship. Truthfully, I was shocked that I ended up in that place.

My initial silence about what happened was out of fear for myself and my friends. Even as a victim, I have been met with skepticism and judgment. The way people have publicly questioned and debated whether I played a role in my own violent assault proves that my fears about discussing what happened were, unfortunately, warranted.”

October 20, 2020

Lanez gets on IG live to discuss the aftermath of the shooting and says that he still considers Megan to be a friend even if she doesn’t but that “I know what happened, and what you’re saying, what the alleged things and the alleged accusations of my name is, are not true. It’s falsified information. It’s false information.”

Megan responded on Twitter saying: “This Nigga genuinely crazy.”

November 18, 2020 

Lanez pleads not guilty to both charges.

November 20, 2020

Megan’s debut album Good News is released where she addresses the shooting in the intro song “Shots Fired” with lines like “Imagine niggas lyin' 'bout shootin' a real bitch (huh?) Just to save face for rapper niggas you chill with.”

November 26, 2020

Kelsey Nicole (L) and Megan Thee Stallion (R).Screenshot from Megan Thee Stallion's "Realer" music video/ YouTube

The “Savage” artist’s former friend Kelsey Nicole, who was one of the passengers in the car the night of the shooting, released a diss track to Megan titled “Bussin Back” where she rapped “Never been a jealous friend and the people really know it/If you would'vе kept it silent then I would'vе been told it/ See I really thought I knew you, thought that you would keep it G/ If you wanna talk gangsta, bitch, I'm really from the street.”

The former besties fell out following the shooting.

October 8, 2020 

Lanez was officially charged with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and one count of carrying a loaded, concealed firearm in a vehicle.

October 13, 2020

Megan writes an op-ed for The New York Times titled “Why I Speak Up for Black Women.” The article states: “I was recently the victim of an act of violence by a man. After a party, I was shot twice as I walked away from him. We were not in a relationship. Truthfully, I was shocked that I ended up in that place.

My initial silence about what happened was out of fear for myself and my friends. Even as a victim, I have been met with skepticism and judgment. The way people have publicly questioned and debated whether I played a role in my own violent assault proves that my fears about discussing what happened were, unfortunately, warranted.”

October 20, 2020

Lanez gets on IG live to discuss the aftermath of the shooting and says that he still considers Megan to be a friend even if she doesn’t but that “I know what happened, and what you’re saying, what the alleged things and the alleged accusations of my name is, are not true. It’s falsified information. It’s false information.”

Megan responded on Twitter saying: “This Nigga genuinely crazy.”

November 18, 2020 

Lanez pleads not guilty to both charges.

November 20, 2020

Megan’s debut album Good News is released where she addresses the shooting in the intro song “Shots Fired” with lines like “Imagine niggas lyin' 'bout shootin' a real bitch (huh?) Just to save face for rapper niggas you chill with.”

June 21, 2021

Megan got into a Twitter feud with rapper and frequent collaborator DaBaby after he worked with Lanez on a new song. “Support me in private and publicly do something different…these industry men are very strange. This situation ain’t no damn “beef” and I really wish people would stop down playing it like it’s some internet shit for likes and retweets,” she tweeted.

July 20, 2021

Lanez mentioned Megan in his freestyle on Hot 97 “Megan people trying to frame me for a shooting/But them boys ain’t clean enough.”

July 25, 2021

Tory Lanez (L) and DaBaby (R) performing at Rolling Loud in Miami.Jason Koerner/Getty Images

DaBaby brings out Lanez during his Rolling Loud performance, a move that was a violation of Megan’s protective order that required the “Jerry Sprunger” singer to stay 100 ft away from her. Lanez’s bail amount increased after the violation.

August 13, 2021

Prosecutors have filed a motion to hold Lanez in contempt for violating the restraining order that was issued in his ongoing criminal case.

December 15, 2021

A judge upholds Lanez’s charges after an LAPD officer testified that he shouted “Dance, bitch!” before allegedly shooting the “Pressurelicious” artist.

February 22, 2022

Megan posts screenshots of alleged text messages on social media from what appears to be Lanez apologizing to her after the shooting; a move that was in response to him seemingly subtweeting her by writing "u can't buy and tweet your way out of this one ..not today."

March 21, 2022 

Popular hip-hop blogger DJ Akademics tweeted and deleted a claim that Lanez’s DNA was not found on the weapon in the case. Megan responded on her Instagram stories saying “court ain’t even started so why yall ready to start lying.”

April 4, 2022

Lanez is arrested for violating a protective order after tweeting about Megan back in February. He was released on a $350,000 bond.

April 24, 2022 

Megan appeared on CBS This Morningspeaking with Gayle King about the shooting and the events following it.

April 26, 2022

50 Cent took to Instagram to cast doubt on Megan after she said that she wasn’t in a sexual relationship with the “Luv” singer. “Now that I don’t believe, she had to think about her answer. SMH all this shit is crazy,” 50 said.

June 15, 2022

In her Rolling Stone cover, Megan addresses the shooting saying that she wants Lanez to “go under the jail,” and that “I thought everyone in the car was my friend, [and] the whole time that’s not how they thought of me.”

August 24, 2022 

Lanez's lawyer drops him as a client, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The lawyer had been defending Lanez against assault allegations made by Love and Hip-Hop: Miami cast member Prince.

October 31, 2022

A judge in Los Angeles ruled that Lanez had to be placed on house arrest until the trial after Lanez was found in violation of his parole due to allegedly assaulting August Alsina in September.

November 4, 2022

On his collab album Her Loss with 21 Savage, Drake raps in the song “Circo Loco,” “This bitch lie 'bout gettin shots but she still a stallion/ She don't even get the joke but she still smilin'” a line that many people think is in reference to Megan.

The H-town rapper responded to the lyric by tweeting, “I know I’m very popular but y’all gotta stop attaching weak ass conspiracy theories in bars to my name lol Niggas nor hoes EVER address me or @ me WITH a fact or receipts. I AM CLOUT BITCH keep sucking my pussy.” 

November 5, 2022

Rapper Lil Yachty — who co-wrote “Circo Loco” — said on Instagram live that the line was not a reference to Megan, but to girls who get butt injections.

November 11, 2022

An open letter signed by representative Maxine Waters, Me Too founder Tarana Burke, host Marc Lamont Hill, and other community figures was released in support of Megan saying in part “You are believed, loved, and supported.”

The trial against Lanez for assault and weapons charges begins Monday, November 28, 2022.

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Let’s make one thing clear, we support Black women– period. Megan Thee Stallion has become the latest example of the mistreatment Black women often face when speaking up for themselves. Since July 2020, when reports first surfaced that Megan, born Megan Pete, was allegedly shot by singer/ rapper Tory Lanez, she has had to deal with the dual trauma of the initial shooting and the subsequent harassment by Lanez, his fans, powerful people in the music industry, and the overall effort to discredit her.

Gun violence is an issue that continues to disproportionately impact Black women. According to a 2022 study, “Black women are three times more likely to be fatally shot by an intimate partner compared to white women.” (Megan has denied having an intimate relationship with Lanez.) During a particularly fraught time in hip hop, when we’ve lost so many artists to gun violence, including the recent murder of rapper Takeoff, it’s difficult to witness the continued minimizing and victim blaming of Megan by her peers in the business.

xoNecole has compiled a timeline of the events that unfolded following Megan’s shooting, including members of the industry who have seemingly undermined her story.

Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez: A Timeline of Events

July 12, 2020 

Reports surfaced that Megan had been shot by an unreported assailant while with Lanez, born Daystar Peterson, his bodyguard, and Megan’s friend at the time Kelsey Nicole when leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s house.

July 16, 2020

Tory LanezTim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

Page Six exclusively reported that Lanez had officially been named as a potential suspect in the shooting. “Tory fired the shots from within the vehicle while Megan was outside trying to leave,” a source told the outlet. “There is video and the police are investigating. This is a case of a man physically harming and abusing a woman.”

It was also reported around this time that Megan unfollowed the singer on Instagram. 

July 22, 2020

Megan gets on Twitter to clap back at reality star Draya Michele who went on a podcast and suggested that Lanez and Megan “had some sort of Bobby and Whitney love that drove them down this type of road" and joked that “I want you to like me so much you shoot me in the foot too."

“Dumb bitch that shit ain’t fucking funny who tf jokes about getting shot by a nigga,” Megan tweeted. 

Michele would later apologize saying that her attempt at a joke fell flat and that "I truly don’t glorify domestic violence... I was trying to say just love me deeply."

July 23, 2020

Podcaster Adam22 reports that sources told him that Megan and Lanez were in a sexual relationship and that there was a flirtation between Jenner and Lanez at the party. Their interaction reportedly caused Megan to become jealous and start “violating his ass” and “really shitting on him.”That same day, rapper Cam’ron received backlash on social media after posting a transphobic comment about Megan saying, "Tory Lanez saw that dick and started shootn..IDC what no one say."

July 28, 2020

Rapper 50 Cent issues an apology to Megan after posting a meme depicting the Grammy award-winner as the character Ricky from the film Boyz n the Hood as he’s being shot.

“👀Damn I didn’t think this shit was real,🤦♂️It sounded so crazy @theestallion i’m glad your [sic] feeling better and i hope you can accept my apology. I posted a meme that was floating around. I wouldn’t have done that if i knew you was really hurt sorry. 🤷🏽♂️," he wrote.

August 19, 2020

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Megan posts a photo of her injured foot on Instagram in an attempt to quell rumors that she wasn’t shot. 

August 21, 2020

Megan gets on IG live and confirms that Lanez allegedly shot her. “Since y’all hoes so worried ’bout it, yes, this nigga Tory shot me,” she said. “You shot me. And you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying and shit. Stop lying. Why lie? I don’t understand. I tried to keep the situation off the internet, but you dragging it.

She continued, “You really fucking dragging it. Motherfuckers talking about I hit this nigga. I never hit you. Motherfuckers like, ‘Oh she mad ’cause he was trying to fuck with Kylie.’ No, I wasn’t. Like, you dry shot me. Like, everybody in the car – there’s only four motherfuckers in the car: me, you, my homegirl, and your security. I get out the car, I’m done arguing. I don’t wanna argue no more. I get out, I’m walking away. This nigga, from outside the back seat of the car, start shooting me. You shot me!”

She also addressed rumors that the injury to her foot was actually caused by broken glass. “I ain’t get cut by no glass, but let me tell you why they’re saying that: the people in the neighborhood –there’s a witness – when the police came because the neighbors called the police – this did not happen at Kylie’s house.” She continued, “This happened damn near back at the house I was staying at. I was just trying to get home. We were five minutes away from my spot. The police come and I’m scared.”

“All this shit going on with the police. The police are shooting motherfuckers for anything. The police was literally killing Black people for no motherfucking reason. Soon as the police tell us all ‘Get out the motherfucking car,' the police is really aggressive,” she explained. “You think I’m bout to tell the police that we – niggas, us Black people – got a gun in the car?! You want me to tell them that we got a gun in the car so they can shoot all of us up? Nigga, I’m scared.”

August 25, 2020

Houston legend Bun B comes out in support of his fellow hometown resident. “I know Tory, I know his manager. I know all of ‘em. Fuck all that, though. If the man on drugs, get him some goddamn rehab. If the man got mental health issues, get him some therapy,” he said.

“But you not just gon’ sit here and shoot this girl, and we not say nothin’. This shit not real. Nobody’s talking about it because it’s a Black woman… put your hands on Lady Gaga and see how quick they lock your ass up.”

September 9, 2020

TMZ reports that texts allegedly coming from Lanez show that the singer apologized to Megan while she was in the hospital. "I know u prolly never gone talk to me again, but I genuinely want u to know I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart,” read the texts. He also blamed his actions on being “too drunk.”

September 25, 2020

Lanez releases his album Daystar where he finally addresses the allegations that he shot Megan. In his song “Money Over Fallouts,” he raps lyrics like, “How the fuck you get shot in your foot, don’t hit no bones or tendons?” and “If you got shot from behind how can you identify me?”

September 29, 2020

Billboard reports that Lanez’s team posed as members of Megan’s team to plant stories that made Megan look less credible including fake text messages. Lanez’s team denies the claims.

Megan performs on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest and she stops mid-performance to share a message about supporting Black women. "We need to protect our Black women and love our Black women, 'cause at the end of the day, we need our Black women,” she preached. 

October 8, 2020 

Lanez was officially charged with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and one count of carrying a loaded, concealed firearm in a vehicle.

October 13, 2020

Megan writes an op-ed for The New York Times titled “Why I Speak Up for Black Women.” The article states: “I was recently the victim of an act of violence by a man. After a party, I was shot twice as I walked away from him. We were not in a relationship. Truthfully, I was shocked that I ended up in that place.

My initial silence about what happened was out of fear for myself and my friends. Even as a victim, I have been met with skepticism and judgment. The way people have publicly questioned and debated whether I played a role in my own violent assault proves that my fears about discussing what happened were, unfortunately, warranted.”

July 25, 2021

Tory Lanez (L) and DaBaby (R) performing at Rolling Loud in Miami.Jason Koerner/Getty Images

DaBaby brings out Lanez during his Rolling Loud performance, a move that was a violation of Megan’s protective order that required the “Jerry Sprunger” singer to stay 100 ft away from her. Lanez’s bail amount increased after the violation.

August 13, 2021

Prosecutors have filed a motion to hold Lanez in contempt for violating the restraining order that was issued in his ongoing criminal case.

December 15, 2021

A judge upholds Lanez’s charges after an LAPD officer testified that he shouted “Dance, bitch!” before allegedly shooting the “Pressurelicious” artist.

February 22, 2022

Megan posts screenshots of alleged text messages on social media from what appears to be Lanez apologizing to her after the shooting; a move that was in response to him seemingly subtweeting her by writing "u can't buy and tweet your way out of this one ..not today."

March 21, 2022 

Popular hip-hop blogger DJ Akademics tweeted and deleted a claim that Lanez’s DNA was not found on the weapon in the case. Megan responded on her Instagram stories saying “court ain’t even started so why yall ready to start lying.”

April 4, 2022

Lanez is arrested for violating a protective order after tweeting about Megan back in February. He was released on a $350,000 bond.

April 24, 2022 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/AtjzVI5bFao

Megan appeared on CBS This Morningspeaking with Gayle King about the shooting and the events following it.

April 26, 2022

50 Cent took to Instagram to cast doubt on Megan after she said that she wasn’t in a sexual relationship with the “Luv” singer. “Now that I don’t believe, she had to think about her answer. SMH all this shit is crazy,” 50 said.

June 15, 2022

In her Rolling Stone cover, Megan addresses the shooting saying that she wants Lanez to “go under the jail,” and that “I thought everyone in the car was my friend, [and] the whole time that’s not how they thought of me.”

August 24, 2022 

Lanez's lawyer drops him as a client, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The lawyer had been defending Lanez against assault allegations made by Love and Hip-Hop: Miami cast member Prince.

October 31, 2022

A judge in Los Angeles ruled that Lanez had to be placed on house arrest until the trial after Lanez was found in violation of his parole due to allegedly assaulting August Alsina in September.

November 4, 2022

On his collab album Her Loss with 21 Savage, Drake raps in the song “Circo Loco,” “This bitch lie 'bout gettin shots but she still a stallion/ She don't even get the joke but she still smilin'” a line that many people think is in reference to Megan.

The H-town rapper responded to the lyric by tweeting, “I know I’m very popular but y’all gotta stop attaching weak ass conspiracy theories in bars to my name lol Niggas nor hoes EVER address me or @ me WITH a fact or receipts. I AM CLOUT BITCH keep sucking my pussy.” https://www.xonecole.com/megan-thee-stallion-shooting/megan-thee-stallion-and-tory-lanez-a-timeline-of-events

As always, I hope

@theestallion

has a lovely day.

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Episode 336

Comic Reviews:

DC

Batman/Catwoman Special by John Paul Leon, Tom King, Bernard Chang, Shawn Crystal, Mitch Gerads, Dave Stewart, Walt Simonson, Ram V 

Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace by Garth Ennis, Garry Brown, Lee Loughridge

Superman and Robin Special by Peter Tomasi, Viktor Bogdanovic, Scott Hanna, Daniel Henriques, Matt Santorelli, Ivan Plascencia, Matt Herms

Mister Miracle: The Great Escape GN by Varian Johnson, Daniel Isles

Teen Titans Go/DC Super Hero Girls: Exchange Students by Amy Wolfram, Agnes Garbowska

Marvel

Devil's Reign: Winter Soldier 1 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Nico Leon, Felipe Sobreiro

Marauders Annual 1 by Steve Orlando, Creees Hyunsung Lee, Rain Beredo

Mary Jane and Black Cat Beyond by Jed MacKay, C.F. Villa, Erick Arciniega

X Deaths of Wolverine 1 by Benjamin Percy, Federico Vincentini, Dijjo Lima, Frank Martin

Amazing Spidey 87 by Jed MacKay, Carlos Gomez, Bryan Valenza

Image

Saga 55 by Brian K Vaughan, Fiona Staples

IDW

Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid 1 by Stan Sakai

Titan

Cowboy Bebop 1 by Dan Watters, Lamar Mathurin

Dark Horse

Falconspeare by Mike Mignola, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell

Heavy Metal

Taarna Elements by David Erwin, Matthew Medney, Butch Guice

Adventures of Adrienne James 0 by Matthew Medney, Bruce Edwards, Geraldo Borges

Black Beacon 1 by Ryan Lindsay, Sebastian Piriz

Zenescope

All Guts No Glory 1 by Ralph Tedesco, Guillermo Fajardo, Walter Pereyra

Behemoth

Quad 1 by Eduardo Schaal

Humanoids

Space Bastards: Special Delivery by Joe Aubrey, Eric Peterson, Gabo, Simon Bisley, Boo Cook

OGNs

Dewdrop by K. O'Neill

Aquicorn Cove by K. O'Neill

Petals by Gustavo Borges, Kris Peter

What is It by Nicole Hoang, Dustin Nguyen

Dodo by Felipe Nunes

Pilu of the Woods by Mai Kguyen

Additional Reviews: The House, Boba Fett ep5, Encanto

News: new Tony Fleecs project, Alysia Yeoh cast, new Daredevil #1, new all-ages OGN from Sholly Fisch: Batman's Mystery Casebook, TKO/Simon and Schuster deal, Chuck Austen's Edgeworld optioned at Amazon, Maus, Iron Man marrying Hellcat, Flash renewed for s9, Substack updates, Green Lantern Legacy sequel

Most awkward Next Gen ep ever?

Trailers: Halo

Comics Countdown:

Batman/Catwoman Special by John Paul Leon, Tom King, Bernard Chang, Shawn Crystal, Mitch Gerads, Dave Stewart, Walt Simonson, Ram V

Deadly Class 50 by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, Lee Loughridge

Black Hammer Reborn 8 by Jeff Lemire, Rich Tommaso, Matt Sheean, Malachi Ward

Night of the Ghoul 4 by Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla

Human Target 4 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood

House of Slaughter 4 by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Chris Shehan, Miquel Muerto, Werther Dell'Edera

Thor 21 by Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson

Amazing Spider-Man 87 by Jed MacKay, Carlos Gomez, Bryan Valenza

Clear 4 by Scott Snyder, Francis Manapul

Superman '78 6 by Robert Venditti, Wilfredo Torres, Jordie Bellaire

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Quote tweet from Ice T (@/ FinalLevel) on 8/27/24 reading: That sounds Dope... F John Wayne. /End ID]

Like I give a Fuck

[mostlysignssomeportents]

2019 Hugo Award finalists announced

The 2019 Hugo Award nominees have been announced; the Hugos will be presented this summer at the 2019 World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin, Ireland.

Normally, I find that I've read and reviewed a huge slice of the year's finalists, but this year is different; I've done a lot less reading lately, partly because I wrote two books in 2018 and partly because the new EU Copyright Directive ate my life for about 10 months in the past year.

I was a little sad to be so far behind the curve when I saw the new list, but then I realized that this meant that I had a bunch of really exciting books to add to my to-be-read pile!

One notable inclusion: the Archive of Our Own fanfic archive -- a project of the Organization for Transformative Works (for whose advisory board I volunteer) -- is up for "Best Related Work."

Congrats to all the nominees!

Best Novel * The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor) * Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager) * Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) * Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente (Saga) * Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Macmillan) * Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)

Best Novella * Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing) * Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing) * Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing) * The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing) * Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing) * The Tea Master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary Agency)

Best Novelette * “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, 29 November 2018) * “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections,” by Tina Connolly (Tor.com, 11 July 2018) * “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth,” by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com, 19 September 2018) * The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing) * “The Thing About Ghost Stories,” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine 25, November- December 2018) * “When We Were Starless,” by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 145, October 2018)

Best Short Story * “The Court Magician,” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018) * “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018) * “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018) * “STET,” by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018) * “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat,” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018) * “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018)

Best Series * The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older (Tor) * The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross (most recently Tor.com Publishing/Orbit) * Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) * The October Daye Series, by Seanan McGuire (most recently DAW) * The Universe of Xuya, by Aliette de Bodard (most recently Subterranean Press) * Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)

Best Related Work * Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works * Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street Books) * The Hobbit Duology (documentary in three parts), written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan (YouTube) * An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953- 2000, by Jo Walton (Tor) * www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 (Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picacio) * Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon (Tin House Books)

Best Graphic Story * Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios) * Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino and Tana Ford (Marvel) * Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics) * On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden (First Second) * Paper Girls, Volume 4, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image Comics) * Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form * Annihilation, directed and written for the screen by Alex Garland, based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer (Paramount Pictures / Skydance) * Avengers: Infinity War, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios) * Black Panther, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios) * A Quiet Place, screenplay by Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods, directed by John Krasinski (Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night) * Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley (Annapurna Pictures) * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (Sony)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form * The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate,” written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Penguin in a Parka / Alcon Entertainment) * Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab,” written by Vinay Patel, directed by Jamie Childs (BBC) * Dirty Computer, written by Janelle Monáe, directed by Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning (Wondaland Arts Society / Bad Boy Records / Atlantic Records) * The Good Place: “Janet(s),” written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan, directed by Morgan Sackett (NBC) * The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy,” written by Megan Amram, directed by Trent O’Donnell (NBC) * Doctor Who: “Rosa,” written by Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall, directed by Mark Tonderai (BBC)

Best Professional Editor, Short Form * Neil Clarke * Gardner Dozois * Lee Harris * Julia Rios * Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas * E. Catherine Tobler

Best Professional Editor, Long Form * Sheila E. Gilbert * Anne Lesley Groell * Beth Meacham * Diana Pho * Gillian Redfearn * Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist * Galen Dara * Jaime Jones * Victo Ngai * John Picacio * Yuko Shimizu * Charles Vess

Best Semiprozine * Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews * Fireside Magazine, edited by Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, social coordinator Meg Frank, special features editor Tanya DePass, founding editor Brian White, publisher and art director Pablo Defendini * FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editors Troy L. Wiggins and DaVaun Sanders, editors L.D. Lewis, Brandon O’Brien, Kaleb Russell, Danny Lore, and Brent Lambert * Shimmer, publisher Beth Wodzinski, senior editor E. Catherine Tobler * Strange Horizons, edited by Jane Crowley, Kate Dollarhyde, Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and the Strange Horizons Staff * Uncanny Magazine, publishers/editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, managing editor Michi Trota, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue editors-in-chief Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien

Best Fanzine * Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus * Journey Planet, edited by Team Journey Planet * Lady Business, editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay & Susan * nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla and The G * Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur * Rocket Stack Rank, editors Greg Hullender and Eric Wong

Best Fancast * Be the Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace * The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe * Fangirl Happy Hour, hosted by Ana Grilo and Renay Williams * Galactic Suburbia, hosted by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts, produced by Andrew Finch * Our Opinions Are Correct, hosted by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders * The Skiffy and Fanty Show, produced by Jen Zink and Shaun Duke, hosted by the Skiffy and Fanty Crew

Best Fan Writer * Foz Meadows * James Davis Nicoll * Charles Payseur * Elsa Sjunneson-Henry * Alasdair Stuart * Bogi Takács

Best Fan Artist * Sara Felix * Grace P. Fong * Meg Frank * Ariela Housman * Likhain (Mia Sereno) * Spring Schoenhuth

Best Art Book * The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press /Gollancz) * Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, by Julie Dillon (self-published) * Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Sam Witwer (Ten Speed Press) * Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, ed. John Fleskes (Flesk Publications) * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie, by Ramin Zahed (Titan Books) * Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, ed. Catherine McIlwaine (Bodleian Library)

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer * Katherine Arden (2nd year of eligibility) * S.A. Chakraborty (2nd year of eligibility) * R.F. Kuang (1st year of eligibility) * Jeannette Ng (2nd year of eligibility) * Vina Jie-Min Prasad (2nd year of eligibility) * Rivers Solomon (2nd year of eligibility)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book * The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform / Gollancz) * Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt / Macmillan Children’s Books) * The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black (Little, Brown / Hot Key Books) * Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray) * The Invasion, by Peadar O’Guilin (David Fickling Books / Scholastic) * Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman (Random House / Penguin Teen)

https://boingboing.net/2019/04/02/dublin-worldcon.html

[nicolepeterson]

Nicole’s Spring Celebration Outfit

Purple sweater, jeans, and a white knitted sweater

[tasksweekly]

[TASK 148: ARUBA]

In celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 150+ Aruban faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Maureen Bunyan (1945) Afro Aruban - tv personality.

Chris Comvalius / Chrisje Comvalius (1948) Aruban - actress.

Emily Bolton (1951) Aruban - actress.

Edsilia Rombley (1981) Afro Aruban / Afro Curaçaoan - singer.

Caro Emerald / Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (1981) Aruban / Dutch - singer.

Gillain Berry (1988) Afro Aruban, Afro Jamaican - model and Miss Aruba 2010.

Liza Helder (1989) Aruban - model and Miss Aruba 2012.

Stefanie Evangelista (1989) Afro Aruban - model and Miss Aruba 2013.

Alina Mansur (1991) Aruban - model and Miss Aruba 2015.

Charlene Leslie (1991) Aruban - model and Miss Aruba 2016.

Kassandra Suarez (1992) Aruban - youtuber (Kassandra Suarez and Kassandra Vlogs).

Alysha Boekhoudt (1994) Aruban - model and Miss Aruba 2017.

Angeilys Porto (1996) Aruban [Colombian, Dominican] - actress.

Kimberly Julsing (1998) Aruban [German] - model and Miss Aruba 2018.

Naomi Chanel Laing (?) Aruban [Surinamese] - YouTuber.

Nathalie Biermanns (?) Aruban, Dutch, Austrian - actress.

Valeryn Vasquez (?) Aruban - model (Instagram: valerynvasquez).

Karen-Ann Odor (?) Aruban - model (Instagram: odorkaren).

Desirre Hernandez (?) Aruban - model (Instagram: qwn_desi).

Mariana Saer (?) Aruban, Venezuelan - model (Instagram: marianasaer).

Kiandra Pop (?) Aruban - model (Instagram: popkiandra).

Maria Alejandra (?) Aruban - model (Instagram: mari.pole).

F - Athletes:

Cornelia Melis (1960) Aruban - long-distance runner.

Evelyn Farrell (1960) Aruban - sprinter.

Nicole Hoevertsz (1964) Aruban - swimmer.

Roswitha Lopez (1969) Aruban - swimmer.

Yvette Thuis (1971) Aruban - swimmer.

Luz Marina Geerman (1984) Aruban - sprinter.

Roshendra Vrolijk (1984) Aruban - swimmer.

Naomi Halman (1986) Aruban - basketball player.

Monica Pimentel (1989) Aruban - taekwondo practitioner.

Jamina Roberts (1990) Aruban - handball player.

Sarah-Quita Offringa (1991) Afro Aruban - sailor.

Philipine van Aanholt (1992) Aruban - sailor.

Nicole van der Velden (1994) Aruban - sailor.

Allyson Ponson (1995) Aruban - swimmer.

Daniella van den Berg (1996) Aruban - swimmer.

M:

Padú del Caribe / Juan Chabaya Lampe (1920) Aruban - musician-songwriter.

Euson / Julio Bernardo Euson (1941) Afro Aruban - actor and singer-songwriter.

Dave Benton / Efrén Eugene Benita (1951) Afro Aruban - singer.

Michiel de Jong (1973) Aruban - actor.

Jim Jones / Jimmy Jones / CAPO / Joseph Guillermo Jones II (1976) Afro Aruban / Puerto Rican - actor, rapper-songwriter, and director.

Curt Fortin (1978) Aruban - actor, singer, tv presenter, director, and writer.

Alain Clark (1979) Aruban - singer and producer.

Pete Philly / Pedro Philip Monzón (1980) Aruban - rapper, singer, and MC.

Smiley / Tavis Scoot (1980) Aruban - singer.

Roger Peterson (1980) Aruban / Curaçaoan - singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassit, pianist, and drummer.

Bryan van Putten (1985) Afro Aruban - singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Vince Irie (1987) Aruban - singer-songwriter.

Jeon Arvani / Jonathan Thiel (1991) Aruban - musician.

Mario Michael Gonsalves (1992) Aruban / Unknown - director.

Gilmher Croes (1993) Aruban - instagrammer (gilmhercroes) and tiktoker (gilmhercroes).

Jayden Croes (1998) Aruban - instagrammer (jayden) and tiktoker (jaydencroes).

Gio Leocadia (1999) Afro Aruban - DJ, dancer, comedian, instagrammer (gioleocadia), and tiktoker (gioleocadia).

Wally Warning / Ewald Warning (?) Aruban [Afro Surinamese] - singer.

Moses (?) Aruban, Jordanian - model (Instagram: mosesfitsanity).

M - Athletes:

Jeffrey Nedd (1957) Aruban - boxer.

Kim Reynierse (1961) Aruban - long-distance runner.

Hubert Wester (1961) Aruban - boxer.

Gerard van Vliet (1964) Aruban - cyclist.

Victor Maduro (1964) Aruban - judoka.

Adonis Kemp (1967) Afro Aruban - baseball player.

Lucien Dirksz (1968) Aruban - cyclist.

Richard Rodriguez (1969) Aruban - long-distance runner.

Miguel Janssen (1970) Aruban [Dutch] - athlete.

Juan Geerman (1970) Aruban - footballer.

George da Silva (1971) Aruban - footballer.

Michel Lopez (1972) Aruban - footballer.

Ryan Tromp (1973) Aruban - footballer.

Gerald Zimmermann (1973) Aruban - footballer.

Radhames Dykhoff (1974) Aruban - baseball player.

Calvin Maduro (1974) Aruban - baseball player.

Claudio Poppen (1974) Aruban - footballer.

Eric de Mey (1974) Aruban - baseball player.

Enrique Zschuschen (1975) Aruban - footballer.

Gene Kingsale (1976) Aruban - baseball player.

Sidney Ponson (1976) Aruban - baseball player.

Germain Dirksz (1976) Aruban - footballer.

Geoland Pantophlet (1976) Aruban - footballer.

Eldrick Celaire (1978) Aruban - footballer.

Jackson Gross (1978) Aruban - footballer.

Mark Mackay (1978) Aruban - footballer.

Robin Nelisse (1978) Afro Aruban - footballer.

Wander Gross (1978) Aruban - footballer.

Junior Faro (1978) Aruban - weightlifter.

Rodney Lake (1979) Aruban - footballer.

Carl Henriquez (1979) Aruban - weightlifter.

Ikel Lopez (1979) Aruban - footballer.

Danny Rombley (1979) Aruban - baseball player.

Roman Aparicio (1980) Aruban - footballer.

Kenrick Bradshaw (1980) Aruban - footballer.

Maurice Escalona (1980) Aruban - footballer.

Eugène Martineau (1980) Afro Aruban - decathlete.

Juan Rasmijn (1981) Aruban - footballer.

Geronimo Goeloe (1981) Aruban - sprinter.

Fiderd Vis (1981) Aruban - judoka.

Javier Wanga (1981) Aruban - judoka.

Antonio Giel (1981) Aruban - footballer.

Jayme Mata (1982) Aruban - judoka.

Ronny Nouwen (1982) Aruban - footballer.

Daniel Escalona (1982) Afro Aruban - swimmer.

Raymondt Pimienta (1982) Aruban - footballer.

Davy Bisslik (1982) Aruban - swimmer.

Andy Figaroa (1983) Aruban - footballer.

Pierre de Windt (1983) Aruban - runner.

Jeffrey Werleman (1983) Aruban - footballer.

Juan Valdez (1983) Aruban - footballer.

Jan Roodzant (1984) Aruban - swimmer.

Demy de Zeeuw (1983) Aruban - swimmer.

Lionel Tromp (1984) Aruban - swimmer.

Rubio Connor (1984) Aruban - footballer.

Ronald Gómez (1984) Aruban - footballer.

Reinhard Breinburg (1984) Aruban - footballer.

Theric Ruiz (1984) Aruban - footballer.

Roderick Lampe (1985) Aruban - footballer.

Hedwiges Maduro (1985) Aruban - footballer.

Eric Abdul (1986) Aruban - footballer.

Germain Cabrera (1986) Aruban - footballer.

Derek Brison (1986) Aruban - footballer.

Jesus Paesch (1986) Aruban - footballer.

Gino Mulder (1987) Aruban - footballer.

Marlon Pereira Freire (1987) Aruban - footballer.

Joshua John (1988) Afro Aruban - footballer.

Sylvester Schwengle (1988) Aruban - footballer.

Dwight Oehlers (1988) Aruban - footballer.

Dwayne Kemp (1988) Aruban - baseball player.

Randolph Oduber (1989) Aruban - baseball player.

Raymond Baten (1989) Aruban - footballer.

Clayon Maduro (1989) Aruban - footballer.

Shawn Zarraga (1989) Aruban - baseball player.

Erixon Danso (1989) Afro Aruban - baseball player.

David Abdul (1989) Aruban - footballer.

Rensy Barradas (1990) Aruban - footballer.

Erik Santos de Gouveia (1990) Aruban - footballer.

Emile Linkers (1990) Aruban - footballer.

Francois Croes (1990) Aruban - footballer.

Gregor Breinburg (1991) Afro Aruban - footballer.

Quincy Breell (1992) Aruban - long jumper.

Leroy Oehlers (1992) Aruban - footballer.

Xander Bogaerts (1992) Afro Aruban - baseball player.

Matthew Lentink (1993) Aruban - footballer.

Josh Gross (1993) Aruban - footballer.

Feddison Flanders (1994) Aruban - cyclist.

Jemal Le Grand (1994) Aruban - swimmer.

Jonathan Ruiz (1995) Aruban - footballer.

Jean-Marc Antersijn (1996) Aruban - baseball player.

Denzel Dumfries (1996) Afro Aruban - footballer.

Ryan Oduber (1997) Aruban - baseball player.

Walter Bennett (1997) Aruban - footballer.

Mikel Schreuders (1998) Aruban - swimmer.

Edre Elskamp (?) Aruban - footballer.

[trascapades]

🕊🎶#ArtIsAWeapon #GregTate "Celebrating Greg Tate: More Than Posthuman: Rise of the Burnt Sugar Arkestra Mojosexual Cotillion" this Sunday, July 17, 2022, 7:30 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM), @lincolncenter #SummerForTheCity. Limited advance reservations: www.lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/celebrating-greg-tate-more-than-posthuman-rise-of-the-burnt-sugar-arkestra-mojosexual-cotillion **This celebration honoring Greg's life and legacy will be live-streamed for folks who are unable to attend - go to Lincolncenter.org ** Reposted from @lincolncenter: Gregory Stephen Ionman Tate (1957-2021) was a giant of Black radical thought and creativity, and a conductor of incandescent, community-driven music. Tate's body of writing as an influential critic would be enough to enshrine him as a cultural icon, but he is equally important to a generation of musicians as both the co-founder of the @blackrockcoalition, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the complete creative freedom of Black artists; and the creator of @burntsugararkestra, a sprawling, omnivorous, and outrageously accomplished improv collective. Reposted from @burntsugararkestra - For this homecoming concert, curated & presented with The Tate Family at one of his favorite venues, more than thirty Burnt Sugar Arkestra members will perform in celebration and tribute to one of the most essential voices in the history of 21st Century Avant Groidd music and thought. On the same day, The Tate Family, Lincoln Center, and Photoville will honor Tate's life and work with the presentation, “In Praise of Shadow Boxers, Dissonance & Dissidents: A Pop-Up Tribute Exhibition to Greg Tate”. The exhibition will feature six-foot prints by 24 artists with whom Tate was in community and whose work he championed. Each image is accompanied by a personal statement by that artist about Tate. The band: Liza Jessie Peterson – MC, Freedome Bradley – MC, Pastor Kaji Dousa – MC Vernon Reid – Conduction, Lisala Beatty – Vocals, Shelley Nicole – Vocals & Conduction, Bruce Mack – Vocals/Synthesizer & Conduction, Karma Mayet – Vocals, Abby Dobson – Vocals, Sequoyah Murray – Vocals, Shariff Simmons – Vocals, Simi Stone – Violin, Satch Hoyt – Flute & Percussion, Lewis “Flip” Barnes – Trumpet, Avram Fefer – Soprano Sax, V. Jeffrey Smith – Tenor Sax, “Moist” Paula Henderson – Bari Sax, Dave “Smoota” Smith – Trombone, Leon Gruenbaum – Keyboards & Samchillian, Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar, Andre Lassalle – Electric Guitar, Jason DiMatteo – Acoustic Bass, Shawn Banks – Congas, LaFrae Sci – Trap Drums & Electronics, Marque Gilmore tha’ Inna•Most – Trap Drums & Electronics, Jared Michael Nickerson – Electric Bass & Conduction, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs - Vocals/Electronic Soundscapes. Bill Toles – BSAC Media Design, LaRonda Davis – BSAC Stage Crew, Ginny Suss – BSAC Stage Crew. Image 1: 🎨Poster art by Amy Gail. Created with photos by Nisha Sondhe, Laura Williams, Daryl Tillman, Ginny Suss, Simone Cassas, & Sachyn Mital. . Image 2: 📸 by Nisha Sondhe #BlackBrilliance #BlackGenius #GregTateCelebration #LincolnCenter #burntsugararkestra (at 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, Damrosch Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgCILUOgl0N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[asecretsummer-rpgpromo]

WANTED! FC can be changed!

Name: Kayla Porter-Dixon Age: 19 Sexuality: Heterosexual Gender: Female Portrayed By: Dakota Fanning Availability: Open

“I don’t like to think about it, it’s all too scary.”

→ Background

Stella’s little sister Kayla has never been as.. wild as her older sister. Kayla is very serious and very studious a lot of the time. She wants to do well in her education and is often found with her nose in a text book, scribbling revision into little notebooks, or winding down with a good novel. Unlike her sister, Kayla has always been closer with the Porter side of her family than the Dixon side. Maybe because she always felt more like a Porter than a Dixon. She liked going to fancy parties with her mother and dressing up, hanging out with her cousin Alicia, even Diana though she was older. The only one she didn’t really get along with was Josh Cox, but she didn’t think Diana did either. She figured Josh liked to keep to himself more or something like that.

Kayla doesn’t like to think about the way Annie Pierce and the rest of the poor victims of the killers died. It’s all too complicated and too horrible to really entertain. She’d much rather lose herself in a book world than think too much about the real one because it makes her sad. Especially since her cousin Alicia was one of the victims. She always liked Alicia best, she was ditzy but it was endearing somehow. Since the funeral, everyone’s been very down, especially Alicia’s dad… Kayla doesn’t know how to help and feels awkward so she’s withdrawn a little bit from the Porter’s, though she feels a little bad about that. She’s been dodging her mum’s events and keeping her nose in her books.

→ Back to Baberton

She recently got a part-time job in a book store called Between the Lines, one of her favourite places in town, and has befriended colleague Nicole Archer. Nicole loves books too, though she seems to prefer them to people. Kayla has noticed that Nicole seems to be alone most of the time, especially since her best friend Gemma Harris moved away to London, and since Kayla doesn’t like the thought of anyone being lonely, she’s made it her mission to make sure Nicole knows she’s there for her as a friend. It’s not all out of pity though, Kayla does like Nicole. She feels like they’re quite similar and would make good friends.

When Kayla isn’t working or studying, you can usually find her with her friends. She likes to be social, though maybe she’s more withdrawn than her sister, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t like being around her friends. She hangs around with Wendy Irvin and Mason Peterson a little, and sometimes Emma Williamson since they know each other from work. Kayla is interested in pushing herself to joining a few clubs around town and maybe getting to know some more people as she can have a habit of feeling left out, which she doesn’t like as it makes her feel lonely and disconnected.

→ What’s Her Secret?

She has a secret online boyfriend called called Aaron Hopkins who she believes she is madly in love with. He’s a fair bit older than her, in his late thirties, and she knows that her father would never approve but she really wants to be with him. She’s been planning to run off with him and find some dream, fairy tale ending, but if she realised he was only playing with her, she’d be heartbroken. Aaron only likes her because she’s young and impressionable and he’s been talking her into doing things like sending him indecent photographs and going on camera semi-nude for him. Little does she know he’s been recording it and plans to sell the images and videos to a website for some extra cash.

Wishes she were, simply, more interesting. Kayla feels ultimately boring and like there is not much to her in general. Lacking in personality and interesting traits. It makes her unhappy and she doesn’t know how to change or come out of her shell a bit more. Her sister (and cousin Lacey even) is pretty and confident and funny and outgoing and it makes her feel a bit pathetic. Not that she thinks that partying it up every night is really for her… but maybe it could be if she really tried?  

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Red, White + Hot Pink All Over: It’s a Retro I Love Lucy-Inspired Valentine’s Day Wedding!

Any I Love Lucy fans out there?! We thought it was about time that we saw the lovable antics of Lucy + Ricky Ricardo translated into the colorful wedding world…don’t you agree? When visiting The Harper, a new venue in Costa Mesa, Holly at Anything But Gray Events kept thinking how perfect the muted-tone backdrop of the venue would look with a splash of color. She shares: I love the juxtaposition between the black, white and grey venue and the technicolor styled shoot. To me, it was reminiscent of when I Love Lucy went from black and white film to technicolor!

While we wanted to keep true to the images you see on the show, we wanted to update the look with modern and trendy touches for today’s current audience.

Alright, sweethearts! Let’s see how they brought the 1950s into the present in the photos Peterson Design & Photography snapped. Shall we?

The Details

It was all about creating a contemporary meets retro look for this invitation suite from Roseville Designs.

Pink, on pink, on pink!! The best way to do this? By adding tons of different textures, of course!

How brilliant is this bouquet Winston & Main crafted? Ranunculus + anemones are some of our faves!

The Sweethearts

Too stinkin’ CUTE!!

This custom pink number, created by Rmine, was specially made for this shoot to resemble some of the “modern women” pant ensembles that Lucille Ball wore over the years. It is not a dress but actually two pieces: a chiffon top with an oversized belt and palazzo lace pants.

Come Away With Me… The Skyline Backdrop!

Holy smokes!! Paper Moon Shoppe is the genius artist behind this masterpiece. The backdrop was designed to resemble the fire escape on the back of Lucy and Ricky’s apartment that you would often find them standing on. This 3-dimensional, 15+ foot design was covered in hand-painted details.

Isn’t this such a fun idea?!

Talk about DREAMY.

The Retro Tablescape

We love a good balloon arch, and Balloonzilla didn’t disappoint! Want to see other ways you can incorporate balloons into your big day…or perhaps DIY your own floral balloon arch? We’ve got just the thing(s)!

Poppin’ PINKS and heart-shaped napkins (because why not?), the team created this fun look with pieces from Signature Party Rentals, Collective Rentals, and BBJ Rentals.

Cocktails + Cake

Tying in the city skyline + the heart-shaped balloons, Nicole Bakes Cakes crafted this confectionary delight.

A Truly Vintage Affair

We know what you’re thinking…how did they manage to nab that retro pink TV?! It’s from Party Pieces by Perry and we think it’s the cutest thing ever.

Fun Fact: Holly’s grandfather, Hans Conried, played many recurring characters on I Love Lucy and was a dear friend of the real Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz!

Cate Ruby Torrealba got ‘Lucy’ looking picture perfect for the camera. Hello, bold brows + coral lips!!

And they brought in a vintage car from Vinty! Isn’t this ride adorable?

A vintage car, the sweetest sweethearts, floral garland, and tons of balloons—what more could you want?

How darling was that?!

We’ll leave you with these wise words from Lucille Ball, herself: “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

Happy Valentine’s Day to all you sweethearts out there!

photography: Peterson Design & Photography // venue name: The Harper, Costa Mesa, California, USA // event design: Anything But Gray Events // planning: Anything But Gray Events // florals: Winston & Main // wedding dress: RMINE // wedding dress boutique: RMINE // bride's shoes: Betsey Johnson // bride's ring: Brilliant Earth // hair stylist: Cate Ruby Torrealba // makeup artist: Cate Ruby Torrealba // groom attire: Friar Tux // groom's shoes: Friar Tux // paper goods: Roseville Designs // cake: Nicole Bakes Cakes // tabletop rentals: Signature Party Rentals // furniture rentals: Collective Rentals // linen rentals: BBJ Rentals // models: Christine Geasey and Will Rubio // balloons: Balloonzilla // skyline backdrop: Paper Moon Shoppe // pink tv: Party Pieces by Perry // vintage car: Vinty

Source: https://greenweddingshoes.com/retro-i-love-lucy-inspired-valentines-day-wedding/

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Anne Hellen Peterson is a writer for Buzzfeed and a few weeks ago published a great profile on Charlize Theron. (Go read it — it's really good.) In her newsletter this week, she wrote a bit about her process and what goes into researching a piece like this:

I spent the last two weeks deep in the archives of Charlize Theron, reading every interview and profile, reviewing her social media, and watching as many films from her past as I could — some of them weird, some of them deeply forgettable, some of them masterpieces, like Young Adult, which is so pitch-perfect in its evocation of late 2000s self-obsession and pretty girl privilege. These deep dives (a word I don't love, but what else describes them? Extensive explorations of a star's career and ideological meaning?) are one of my favorite things to do, celebrity-writing wise, and in the three years since coming to BuzzFeed, I've done them on the images of Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks, Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Zac Efron, and Angelina Jolie.

In academia we call these "star studies," and it's a very easy format that requires a deceptive amount of time to complete. It seems increasingly important to "show our work" as journalists, or at the very least be diligent in explaining the tactics/understandings that journalists take for granted (see: anonymous sourcing). Most of this imperative to "show your work" applies to political journalism, but I think it also extends to online writing as a whole. The speed with which blogs posts and content on sites like The Hairpin were produced helped create an understanding that all writing could be done incredibly quickly, eliding the way that the best, most enduring content, even if it was written in a few hours, sprung from years of experience, years of developing sources, or years of accumulated research. It might have been quick to write, but it was not quick to get to the point that you could write like that.

I love the insight into how she organizes in Scrivener — it reminds me of when Ta-Nahisi Coates posted screenshots of his Scrivener workflows when we was writing Black Panther. (Also pairs nicely with this weekend's post on editing poetry. As you can see, I've been thinking a lot about editing lately.)

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If you are walking into the labyrinth of artists and creative fellowship applications, you are in for quite a journey, one that could be difficult, delightful and daunting. 

So bring along a guide and possibly a co-pilot, and read the instructions and rules carefully.

In Detroit, dozens of artists and writers are hurrying to finish their Kresge Artists Fellowships application by or before the Jan. 17 deadline. They are lured by the opportunities for professional development, to be in the spotlight -- and the $25,000 no-strings-attached stipend.  

More than 500 visual artists will apply and between 200 and 300 literary / writing creatives. Kresge Arts judges choose nine winners in each of the two categories.

Applying is time consuming and yet the process may reveal some things about your goals or yourself, said Christina deRoos, Kresge Arts in Detroit director, at an information session. After you’ve finished the application, she said, “make a commitment to yourself - that’s a little bit of a stretch.”

Here’s other advice that may be useful for applying to Kresge and other artist fellowships this year:

The work really matters.  Your work samples, up to eight pieces, are crucial because in the first round of Kresge Arts evaluation, panelists may look only at the samples and descriptions. (Some may choose to go deeper but that doesn’t seem like it will be the norm.) “Use description fields really well,” said Christina deRoos. Give context and “make the connections” in those descriptions, added Nicole Peterson, Kresge Arts operations manager.

Choose work carefully.  If your work spans decades, share “your pivotal work” and be sure that plenty of pieces current, from recent years, said Peterson.  Kresge will accept work in progress, but it needs to be presented cleanly and be sure to include competed work as part of the samples too. It’s up to the creative applicants to submit either a cohesive body of work or to select a wide and eclectic range of pieces.  In some cases, it may make sense to create a “composite image” showing the entire work with an inset detail shot. 

Know your why and show your passion.  With your work and the details on your artist resume, know the reason you’re sharing a detail. Think about the readers and judges and ask yourself: “What do you really want them to take away?” said deRoos at a Kresge Arts question and answer session.  Ask  “Why is it important? Why is it relevant?”  And definitely include the fun, the “passion and energy” you have for what you are doing.

Here are my two suggestions for artists and writers, based on my years as an editor and judge for a number of competitions and my work helping artists with this year’s Kresge application:

Peel the onion.   Almost every creative person has layers to their personality and work. So take time to reflect on those hidden aspects to your work, and consider who you are and who you are becoming. Create a journal or jot down notes or sketch your observations. Pull out your goals or work from three years ago to see what seems important and how you’ve changed.  Take time to understand yourself and you will reflect yourself more completely and authentically in your application. 

Find fresh eyes.  Get a second and  a third person to review the key parts of your application. One way is to work with another artist or creative and help them as they help and read your application. Choose someone you respect, someone who will read and understand the details on the application, so their advice is targeted to what the foundation or group is seeking. (I offer this service for artists and creatives occasionally, though I am full for the current Kresge Fellows. I am willing to take on new clients starting in March.) Choose people with a background in arts or culture - or whatever area your fellowship is in - or find an editor or someone who has judged the competition in the past. Then make sure you finish your application in time to make adjustments and improvements based on their feedback.  

My last bits of advice are:  Play to your strengths and edit yourself relentlessly. Cut down and clean out unnecessary items. Shorter really can be better. (And read the rules. Read the Kresge FAQs for more information and Kresge staff are willing to answer questions by email too.). Good luck!

- © Vickie Elmer, 2019

(Photo credits: MorgueFile )