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redgoldblue · 2 years ago

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[@itwoodbeprefect submitted:] showing up late with starbucks etc for the wip tag game: can i. can i say 1, 2 AND 7 for h50? because i was going to say 1 and 2 from the things that hadn’t been picked yet and then i saw 7. (and also. if you want to. i’d love to hear anything at all about huggy & pete!)

me? turn down an opportunity to talk about my wips? it’s even less likely than you’d think (also tbf i very much did also send you four so. fair turnaround)

Spinning Faster Than The Plane That Took You (I Don’t Want To Miss You Like This)

You’d expect this to be post-Aloha, wouldn’t you? but ha! it’s not! tricked and fooled! it’s intra-Ka I'o, which is a far more depressing place to be. Basically there’s this one very very brief shot of Danny, when he first hears Steve’s voice over the phone after he’s been dark in Mexico for months - this one - and the sheer emotion Scott Caan conveyed in those three seconds pushed me into writing an entire ficlet of Danny’s POV on those months. it’s. well let’s be honest it’s sad and one of those fics that comes out of the woodwork to challenge my assertion that I don’t write angst. But we all know that plotline ends in hotel-bed sharing h/c (…as I’ve already written) so it’s okay. also i know i said they were all / in the heading but there’s actually a decent chance this will be one of my trademark ‘could be & or / shrug emoji up to you’ specials.

Danny usually changes his phone background pretty regularly, cycling through new and old photos of his kids with occasional cameos from other family and/or ohana members. When Steve left, it had been a shot of Grace teaching Charlie to balance on a surfboard at the edge of Steve’s beach, with Steve in his stupid low-slung swim shorts hovering just out of arm’s reach watching them. It stays as that for one week, two weeks, a month, two months and more. Until Danny’s pushing down the feeling that it might be an ‘in memoriam’ photo every time his phone lights up, and still can’t bring himself to change it, because what if the next time it lights up with news that Steve’s safe? What if keeping this moment of Steve at his most antithetical to whatever it is he’s doing right now – soft and happy and paternal, with sandburn the greatest danger in mind; but simultaneously with a stance borne from exactly the same instinct that drove him to Mexico in the first place – concern for and protection of his family, whether necessary or deserved or neither – what if that’s somehow the only thing reaching across the miles between them and tying Steve to life? It’s a stupid thought, and Danny should know better by now than to tie his anxiety to stupid superstitions, but any time he’s clicked into his photos he’s just been presented with the absence of Steve from the last months. The absence of any photos from the last months, really, apart from a couple of Charlie, because when you spend your days working and your nights trying to stop yourself from falling back into a bottle and from there into a pattern of alcoholism you thought you’d left behind ten years ago, there’s not a lot of photo opportunities.

(Four) Seasons of Love

Okay, this one is a lot more usual fare. I haven’t worked on it for a while bc state of disrepair’s been taking up the longh50fic portion of my brain but I will go back to it eventually bc. undercover as honeymooners! they’re undercover as honeymooners! at a resort! to catch a husband-wife jewel thief team! Steve comes into it going 'oh, this is the perfect opportunity to push one of us (Danny) into some kind of action on the thing we both obviously know about but won’t admit (that we’re in love with each other)’ while Danny, who’s POV, spends the entire time going 'why is Steve being so absolutely painful in aggravating my definitely unrequited love/lust that he definitely doesn’t know about’ until Steve finally breaks and calls him an idiot. There’s a creepy fish lamp (which is a real thing in the actual Four Seasons Lanai suites, where they are) that Danny instantly develops a grudge against.

“The point is-” Danny said, and was about to hit Steve in the chest with the back of his hand to emphasise said point when, in rapid succession, three things happened: the boat hit an outlandishly large wave, Danny lost his footing and almost his champagne, and Steve’s quick reflexes and occasional chivalrous instincts kicked in. The combined result of which was that all of a sudden Steve was holding two champagne flutes with one hand and Danny with the other.

Well, that was a slightly unfair description. Steve’s hand was on Danny, specifically on his lower back, but he was also using his entire arm and somehow most of his torso to hold him.

Meaning Danny was essentially plastered against Steve.

And, this being a reciprocal relationship, Steve was plastered against Danny.

And if anything, the hand on his back seemed to be pressing him even closer.

Behind them, someone let out an ‘aww’, and Steve’s expression twisted up into something that was half-smirk and half-fond grin. He held the champagne flutes out to Danny, and Danny took them numbly and without protest, because his brain was spending all its focus telling his body not to react to having Steve pressed against him through what he was rapidly realising had to be the world’s thinnest t-shirt.

Doing anything without protest was a mistake when it came to Steve. Danny was reminded of this fact when the next thing Steve did with his now-free hand was raise it to Danny’s face, lean down, and kiss him.

The Irritating, Annoying, Infuriating, (Effective) Seduction Techniques of One Steven J. McGarrett

Okay, so this one was directly inspired by Deus Ex Girlfriend sending me round the bend, and doesn’t currently have much other than the title and what-will-end-up-as-the-blurb actually written down, but it’s on the back burner of my mind as a Fun Easy one to fill up one of my Fun Easy slots next year. it starts out with Danny accidentally getting Steve to taste pasta sauce off Danny’s fingers and ends up with Steve hand-feeding Danny Indian takeaway because like I said Deus Ex Girlfriend drove me insane. the aforementioned blurb:

Danny manages to gather enough breath to ask, “How…?”

“Oh, it’s good, Danny,” Steve husks, low in the back of his throat, maintaining steady eye contact.

[…]

He definitely wasn’t talking about the sauce.

Steve didn’t actually get nicknamed 'Smooth Dog’ for nothing.

Huggy & Pete

my best friends Huggy and Pete…. Pete starts fairly unobtrusively hanging around the Pits every afternoon, and Huggy’s like… okay. sure. guess I’m babysitting now. and then notices that Pete seems to be taking specifically a lot of interest in the queer denizens of the Pits, and goes 'ah. okay. I’m queersitting’. Eventually Pete comes out as nb to Huggy before anyone else. Basically this is just an excuse for me to write a) genderqueer Pete and b) Aunty Huggy Bear and his Known Queer Safe Space The Pits

“Who’s that?”

Huggy follows her gaze to the corner booth, where a stocky woman in straight jeans and a collared shirt with an open-to-closed button ratio to rival any of Starsky’s is sitting. She’s got one arm flung out along the back of the seat and the other around the curvaceous, dark-haired lady sitting close enough to in her lap that her flared skirt is draping over both their legs. “That’s Bertha,” he tells Pete with a deliberate blandness. “And her girlfriend, Andi.” He doesn’t really expect a bad reaction from a kid with Pete’s fashion - and nickname - tastes, who spends half their time around Starsky and Hutch and who clearly came to the Pits with some kinda crisis of her own, but Hug hadn’t got where he’d got by not being careful. He didn’t get where he’d got with bad instincts, neither, which was backed up well enough when Pete’s response was a breathy, “She’s so cool.”

(also, just for you:)

“Ugh. My guinea pig never has to think about this stuff.”

Huggy still wasn’t sure precisely what the stuff in question was, but that’d play out eventually. Meantimes, “You have a guinea pig?”

Pete looked up at him, brightening slightly. “Yeah. Uncle Starsky gave her to me. He’d called her Louise, but that was a stupid name. She’s called Flamer now.”

#Hawaii Five 0 #Starsky and Hutch #Starsky & Hutch #McDanno #Danny Williams #Huggy Bear Brown #Pete Edwards #my writing #itwoodbeprefect #mine

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facelessfrey · 3 years ago

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Roswell New Mexico - Season 3, Episode 7

Another fairly solid episode, but there are a few things frustrating me.

I thought the whole try and free Max from Jones’ control side of the episode was pretty good. It was fun seeing Liz, Isobel, Michael and Rosa all working together. I just like Rosa being involved in general and less isolated and I like her having scenes with Michael. I like the little relationship they’re forming. It’s kind of sweet.

There was good tension on that side of things with trying to see if their drugging plan was going to work and kind of waiting for Jones to screw them over anyway because you knew that was going to happen. It was more of a question of when and how. But I thought the scenes between him and Liz were well done.

I think at this point, everyone knew that Jones was going to be the dictator and that Michael is his son...somehow. I’m sure we’ll get that whole explanation at some point. In any case, it was nice to have the reveal confirmed so everyone is on the same page and the story can progress forward. I think I just wish we knew more about their home planet and the politics and such so that all of this was a bit more meaningful besides just for the pod squad’s sense of identity and relationships with their mothers. We don’t really know what Jones is after. Is he angling to get back to their home planet to do something? Is he some kind of threat to humans on earth? I want to know what the stakes are and most of all, I want there to be stakes that are not just set up and immediately resolved in the penultimate episode like usual. It’s time to break that cycle Roswell.

Greg basically professing his love for comatose Maria at that fundraiser was adorable but I really wish we had more time to develop both Greg as a character and his and Maria’s relationship because they’re super cute but it’s all pretty surface level. I also just really wish we knew what he knew. He’s the one character still who I’m constantly like “what do you know sir?” Does he know about the aliens? Is he suspicious at all? Does he know about Maria’s abilities? Did he know about the vision? For that matter...is her vision still going to happen? I have questions.

No idea what was up with reverend Dallas but he was nice to look at.

I was sad that Anatsa wasn’t the singer at the fundraiser.

I’m still waiting for Isobel to be dating a woman....

And then we get to my other frustrations, the Alex side of things. I’m still kind of annoyed that he’s so isolated this season. I’m glad he at least has a comatose Kyle there at the end for company. Hopefully he will wake up at some point soon so Alex won’t be by himself or just with Deep Sky Guy.

But mostly I’m frustrated by the Deep Sky plot because like Jesse and Project Shepherd, they already just...know everything. From a shipping side of things, sure it’s great that everyone is like “oh yeah you’re in love with an alien” because cool, everyone knows they’re meant to be. But I’m tired of everyone saying it, I want them to actually fucking talk to each other so we can build back up to them as a couple rather than just saying they’re meant for each other until such time as they decide to let them talk and get together again. I just want to see them be friends and grow together and sort out their extreme communication issues and build to a relationship that way instead of just continually keeping them apart. Because I don’t feel like either one of them are really learning anything apart?? I don’t know, maybe a little but is it worth it? Is it something they couldn’t figure out by being friends?

And from an alien plot side of things, I hate that Deep Sky just knows everything because I just want tension. I miss that about the original show where it was always like “we have to keep the shady government agency from finding us so we don’t become lab rats”. With this, they have these secret shady organizations like Project Shepherd and Deep Sky but they’re just recruiting the people they love instead of like I don’t know saying “hey Michael...want to help us out and also learn about your world?”. They know who all of them are apparently but they’re just....making no effort to do anything with them? I don’t get it. I mean I know Caulfield was a whole thing for years where they were studying them but that tension isn’t there in this current timeline. And they just ended that whole Caulfield story as soon as it began. I just don’t understand what the point of Project Shepherd and Deep Sky are if they’re not going to be a real threat to our characters. And the only sense we have of them searching for answers are in vague experiments with radios.

So basically, I just want to know what everyone wants cause I don’t get it.

Also, trying to make John Gilbert’s cameo relevant again was just...sure okay. Also, I don’t even know which twin he was talking about because that whole plot was so dumb.

This season is still miles better than last season and I mostly enjoyed this episode, but they just have these elements that they don’t seem to be utilizing properly and it’s really annoying.

#roswell new mexico #roswell nm #roswell reviews #roswell nm reviews #rnm s3e7

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im-fairly-whitty · 7 years ago

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You know what would be kind of hilarious? If Drunk History existed inside the Coco universe and they did a segment on Ernesto de la Cruz. Except the celebrity they got just ends up roasting the guy. They tried to get Miguel but, as much as he wanted to he knew his agent and family would kill him should anything slip about the land of the dead or whatever else he'd say while under the influence. Instead he made a cameo acting appearance in a later episode.

DRUNK HISTORY: ERNESTO DE LA CRUZ THE MURDER OF HECTOR RIVERA

“Heeeeey everybody, so like today we’re gonna be talking about the…does it actually have like a title? Is it just ‘the murder of Hector Rivera’? We’re just gonna- okay, okay cool, I just think it should be cause-.”

“Heey everybody today we’re talking about the murder of Hector Rivera, which is probably one of the most ******* messed up things I’ve ever heard about if I’m being completely ****** honest, but like whatever, here we go.”

“Okay so it’s like…eighteen…no…ninteen? Nineteen like tweeeeenty? Nineteen twenty? Nineteen twenty-one! That’s it. So it’s nineteen twenty-one in Mexico and there’s these two friends right? So one of them is Hector Rivera, we’ve only got like one picture of him but he’s this tall guy, looks broad-chested, very calm looking, like typical classical composer look right? Like this guy was probably the chillest guy ever which is TOO BAD BECAUSE GUESS WHAT. HIS FRIEND IS A TOTAL ******* ****** CREEP.”

“Yeah so like for years and years we all thought De la Cruz was this angel right? ‘Cause he’s always like ‘hey everyone check it out I’m a ********* saint, I just sing and act and go around being generally ******* but no one knows that BECAUSE I SECRETLY-”

“Okay, yeah, sorry.“

“Anyway, Rivera and De la Cruz were both still poor back then, like neither of them had gotten really big yet, but from what we can tell Rivera’s already written what would end up being like ALL of De la Cruz’s biggest hits. And so they leave on the road one day…oh yeah, also Rivera was married, I don’t remember- that’s right! Imelda, Miguel Rivera’s always making sure they’re a pair isn’t he. Anyway, So Rivera kisses Imelda goodbye and is like ‘dont worry babe, see you soon’ and she’s like ‘cool, have fun, don’t get murdered ‘kay?’ and he’s like ‘pffft, yeah of course not’ and he walks off on a business trip with his bestie.”

“They get all the way to…Oaxaca? No, I think it was Mexico City…was it?”

“ANYWAY, so Rivera doesn't know that his whole business trip is basically a plan to kill him. Like De la Cuz is all ‘Nah bro, let’s just play your music and get famous right?’ but then Rivera’s like ‘Nah man, actually I just wanna go home if I’m being super real right now.’ Like, we’ve got letters and stuff where we know he wanted to go home. But then Cruz is all ‘JUST KIDDING TIME TO DIE.’”

“So we’re actually not super sure how he dies? Like when they found his body it had already been in the ground for yeaaaaars. But like his face was kinda messed up, like missing a tooth- well yeah, there was this whole forensics episode on it, didn’t you watch it? No yeah, like super cool stuff, I-”

“Anyway, so it looks like they got in a fight, and there’s rumors of like poison and stuff, so here’s what probably went down. Rivera was like ‘I’m leaving town bro, nothing you can do to stop me’ and De la Cruz is like ‘oh yeah? well you forgot I’m a ************ **** and plus I do all my own stunts!!’ and then they struggle for a bit, and Rivera was actually taller than him, but De la Cruz lands a lucky punch in Rivera’s face and it knocks him out, that’s where the face damage comes from, and then when Rivera’s out De la Cruz POISONS HIM BECAUSE HE HAS ZERO CHILL AND ALSO- OKAY- LIKE-”

“Think about it for a second, De la Cruz is jealous right? Like cool, I get it, being famous is hard, jealousy happens, BUT YOU DONT GO KILLING YOUR ******* FRIENDS OVER IT?? Also that was like literally the worst plan ever! He wanted Rivera’s songs so he killed him? He literally killed the person that was making the songs he wanted. Like, I don’t even know man, like there’s messed up and then there’s really ******* messed up. So first it was super creepy, second it was super dumb. I don’t know how everyone missed how messed up this guy was for so long, like have you ever gone back to watch his old movies and stuff? ***, gives you the chills when you know who this guy actually was.”

“Anyway, Rivera’s dead, biggest shame of the century if you ask me, real cryin shame we didn’t get to know him, probably a golden artist snuffed out right then, WE’LL NEVER KNOW. And De la Cruz maybe leaves him in the streets like a ******* coward, whatever happens next Rivera end up in a pauper’s grave near a convent on the edge of town and he stays there for the next few decades until his great-great-grandson Miguel finally digs up all his old letters and launches the Rivera scandal investigation we’ve all been hearing about for the last few years right?”

“That *** ** * **** De la Cruz went on to get famous off his dead amigo’s work, just, so messed up, and had all the fame and riches and **** he ever wanted. The Riveras are getting it all straightened out right now but it’s still such a shame you know? LIke who knows what we could have had otherwise and that sleaze totally got away with it his whole life.”

“Like I don’t know if there’s really heaven and hell you know? Like I’m not super religious or whatever, but like if there’s anyone who needs to end up in the deepest part of Hell it’s gotta be this guy. One hundred percent deserves it, I hope whoever’s in charge on the other side got him what he deserved as soon as that creep got mashed by that bell. That’s ************* karma right there, I’ll tell you what.”

#drunk history #coco #in which ernesto is roasted by a tipsy celebrity #like he deserves #and Miguel later rolls his eyes at some of the factual innacuracies

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lunaamatista · 7 years ago

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References to Mexican Culture in Coco

By now, you’ve probably heard Coco is one of the most well researched films about Mexico and its culture. There are many small details that make it feel like Mexico: the stone roads in a small town, the traditional embroidery patterns in the shirts of Miguel’s female relatives, an uncle wearing a soccer team shirt, even a bowl of limes in a stand of aguas frescas. Of course, the looks of papel picado, day of the dead altars, and cemeteries are also well represented. The clothes of the relatives Miguel sees in the world of the dead is accurate to their eras. While these are a nice touch, you’re ultimately not missing out on anything by not spotting them, so in this post I wanted to talk about the more culturally based details that show the most research and you might not understand if you’re not very well acquainted with Mexican culture:

Names and pronouns

1. Coco

This one is the most straightforward, so let’s start with the name of the movie. While the protagonist is called Miguel, we soon learn that Coco is his great grandmother. “Coco” is what we call a woman called “Socorro” (lit. “help” - it’s a very traditional name that’s considered old fashioned).

The Rivera family calls her “Mamá Coco,” which means “Mother Coco.” They also call Imelda “Mamá Imelda,” and so on. Calling your grandparents “mamá” or “papá” instead of “abuelita” and “abuelito” is a thing you can do, though I can’t say how common it is.

In the Spanish version of the film, Miguel’s grandmother, Elena, talks to Mamá Coco with “usted” (I didn’t notice other instances, but they might be there). Spanish has a formal and an informal version of singular “you:” “usted” for formal, “tú” for informal. The verb conjugation also changes depending on which one you use. It is used differently all through the Spanish speaking world, but in Mexico, other than older people you respect (like a teacher), you can talk to older family members with “usted,” which means respect rather than the distance the formality might imply. Nowadays, it has fallen out of use: as someone born in the 90s, my grandparents talked to their parents almost exclusively with “usted;” out of my parents, my mother talked to hers with “usted” and my father with “tú;” I speak to my parents with “tú.” I have cousins on my mother’s side that talk to their parents with “usted,” but I would say that makes them a minority nowadays.

Traditions and beliefs

2. Crossing to the world of the dead on a bridge of marigolds

If you paid very close attention, you might have noticed two children scattering marigold petals on the ground and their mother telling them not to scatter them, but to make a bridge so the dead could cross over. It was easy to miss, but that’s actually something we believe!

There are several types of flowers you can place in a day of the dead altar, but the one you can’t do without is the yellow marigold. Its petals are scattered all around the altar, and at the very front, you’ll form a path surrounded with candles. The bright yellow will help the dead properly make their way to the altar, and the candles surrounding the path will light their way.

3. Crossing to the world of the dead with a xoloitzcuintli

Several prehispanic cultures had a similar concept of the underworld as many other cultures around the world, in which there was a river they had to cross to get there. For both the Aztecs/Mexicas and the Mayas, a xoloitzcuintli would guide their souls so they could cross the river safely and arrive to Mictlan (Mexicas) or Xibalba (Mayas). To achieve this, a xoloitzcuintli would be sacrificed and buried with its owner. Day of the dead altars can have a xoloitzcuintli figure so that the dead can make it back safely as well.

4. Being thrown into a cenote

My screenshot isn’t the best but at some point, Miguel is thrown into a big pit with water. That’s not just any random pit, but a cenote.

Cenotes are naturally ocurring sinkholes caused by the collapse of limestone. The word “cenote” has Maya etymology, as cenotes are commonly found in the Yucatán peninsula, where they (still!) live. In old times, they would sacrifice animals and people as tributes to the gods, and also throw ceramic objects and jewelry as part of the tribute.

5. Alebrijes

I left these for last because they don’t have any deep meaning. Alebrijes are colorful fantastic animals that a man called Pedro Linares saw in a fever dream. He was a skilled artisan, so when he woke up from his long sickness, he brought them to life in his art.

In Coco, alebrijes are spiritual guides, and while their designs are to the likes of the real alebrijes, the film actually gave them a more important role than they have for us.

Music

6. Genres of Mexican music

The songs in Coco all belong to genres we’ve grown up with, so even if someone isn’t that knowledgeable in music theory or genres, we could vaguely tell they sounded “Mexican” (some more than others). Someone who is more knowledgeable of music genres can help me out here, but I think:

- Remember Me / Recuérdame is a bolero ranchero.

- Much Needed Advice / Dueto a través del tiempo is a ranchera.

- Everyone Knows Juanita / Juanita is a corrido.

- Un Poco Loco is a son jarocho.

- The World Es Mi Familia / El mundo es mi familia is huapango inspired.

- Proud Corazón / El latido de mi corazón is a a son (son de mariachi? I’m most uncertain about this one).

6.5 Un Poco Loco

Un Poco Loco starts in English as

What color is the sky, ay mi amor, ay mi amor, You tell me that it’s red, ay mi amor, ay mi amor

And in Spanish as

Que el cielo no es azul, ay mi amor, ay mi amor, Es rojo dices tú, ay mi amor, ay mi amor

(You say the sky isn’t blue, oh my love, oh my love, It’s red, you say, oh my love, oh my love)

This might be a deliberate reference to a huapango called “Cielo rojo,” which says:

Mientras yo estoy dormido Sueño que vamos los dos muy juntos A un cielo azul Pero cuando despierto El cielo es rojo, me faltas tú

(As I sleep I dream of us close together Going towards a blue sky But when I wake up The sky red, I am missing you)

Within the universe of the movie, this would make it an anachronistic reference, though. Additionally, Cielo rojo is a song of loss and Un poco loco is about a woman who thinks very differently and likes to say everything backwards, and that makes him crazy (in a good way!). Hence, in English we’ve got her saying to put his shoes on his head instead of his feet, and in Spanish him saying she might think with her feet and also how she keeps playing with his thoughts. Cielo rojo is a pretty sad song.

7. La Llorona

And I purposefully left La Llorona out of that list (it’s originally a son istmeño, though).

There’s a full musical number in Spanish, which seems to have suprised some people. For those of us who watched Coco in Spanish, it wasn’t too hard to guess it was this one: La Llorona was likely left in Spanish because it’s a very old folk song, one of those that are so old it has no known author and there are many different versions of the lyrics.

“Llorona” just means “weeper,” which is not really as unusual of a word in Spanish as it is in English. It’s closer to “crybaby” in use. She’s also what we call a character in a Mexican folktale. If you’re curious, the version used in Coco says the following, with “llorona” being the singer herself:

Poor me, llorona, llorona dressed in sky blue Even if it costs me my life, llorona, I won’t stop loving you I climbed the highest pine tree to see if I could spot you Since the pine tree was so green, llorona, it cried upon seeing me cry

What is grief and what is not grief, llorona: it all is grief to me Yesterday, I was crying to see you, llorona; today, I’m crying because I saw you

Poor me, llorona, llorona dressed in sky blue Even if it costs me my life, llorona, I won’t stop loving you

Famous people

8. Ernesto de la Cruz

“Isn’t he an original charact-” NO LISTEN STAY WITH ME.

Remember how I said Remember Me is a bolero ranchero? Guess who we associate boleros rancheros with?

That would be Pedro Infante, who happens to have a strong resemblance to no other than Ernesto de la Cruz.

It’s probably not a coincidence at all, as later on we see Ernesto with Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete at his party. Ernesto de la Cruz was explicitly stated to be inspired on both of them and another singer of the same genres, Vicente Fernández.

My parents left the movie saying “Pedro Infante didn’t deserve that burn,” lol.

9. Frida Kahlo (and Diego)

She does have a rather prominent role so she’s hard to miss. For those unaware, Frida is the artist who made the flaming papaya.

The themes in Frida’s are autobiographical, as she had a rather unusual life due to polio and injury. She painted herself and her suffering a lot. That might be why we get performances with many Fridas and things like a crying cactus that’s herself.

Bonus: her husband, Diego Rivera, is also in the same studio where we meet Frida. He was an important artist, specifically a muralist.

10. Other Mexican celebrities

I already brought up Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete as characters that appear right beside Ernesto de la Cruz.

But we also get to see a cameo of many other famous Mexican names in Ernesto’s studio! Excluding the people at the piano, from left to right:

Emiliano Zapata, a revolutionary; (my best guess is) Adela Velarde, another revolutionary; Ernesto and Miguel; (probably) Agustín Lara, composer and singer; (probably) Dolores del Río, actress (in Hollywood too!); Cantinflas, comedian and actor; Pedro Infante, singer and actor; María Félix, actress; El Santo, wrestler and actor; Jorge Negrete, singer and actor.

They kind of looked like this:

Another bonus: this gal looks like the calavera garbancera / the Catrina illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada.

There might be more things I’m missing or forgot; if that’s the case, feel free to let me know! You can also fix my music genres for me since that’s never been my forte.

I hope this was of interest to someone!

#I was gonna do places but there are so many it'd have to be a whole new post #Disney #Pixar #Coco

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quixotin · 7 years ago

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I WATCHED COCO AND I AM A MESS

GUysss i need to let this outtt

I was so jealous that I couldn’t watch it until December because I live in Europe but oh my goooooddd it was so perfect, so beautiful. I am a sobbing mess.

This movie hit HOME fam. Like, I left my parents’ house only a couple years ago and my grandparents died when I was young so I have very few memories of them and my extended family and Coco just made me so. emotional. in so many ways. It made me miss my family and Mexico terribly but at the same time I am just so happy that this movie exists because it’s an extraordinary representation of my culture and I am so proud that the entire world gets to learn about us.

I mean, guys. GUYS. GUYYYYS. This is great. If I had a euro for every time an European mentions the drugs, el Chapo and things like that, I could by a round ticket to visit home no lie. So like, I know in the political context of the US Coco is so important to disassociate all these negative stereotypes but it also goes for Europe. LIke uhhhhghh I AM EXCITED. I found this one video with Remember Me sung in like 10 different languages and most of them were European, and I was just moved to tears that it didn’t matter the language, the spirit and the emotion of Mexican music was still portrayed. I am so thankful for that.

I mean, I remember a couple of months ago I was helping in a fundraiser to send money back to Mexico City for the earthquake and some Mexicans and I dressed up as catrinas and catrines and people were so curious. Children were scared sometimes, and some people thought it was weird but I was like NO YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND DEATH IS NOT SCARYY. THIS ISN’T SCARY. And I am happy now they will finally understand that for us Dia de Muertos is not Halloween. It’s so much more.

Ugh. It was simply amazing. I am just, I can’t process it. Also all these details and wink-wink moments referencing so many things about Mexican culture. People have been talking about Frida’s cameos and also Cantinflas, Infante, and Negrete but I think something people have not mentioned is the gate to the land of the living and the crossing process. I am from the border and I can tell you that’s a HUGE reference to the border. The process is more or less the same in principle (although it’s much more unpleasant), and I was glad they used what is usually a negative experience and transformed it into something meaningful. Also, the lyrics in Remember Me, when they go like “Remember me though I have to travel far,” in Spanish it’s “Recuerdame aunque tenga que migrar,” which is “Remember me even though I have to migrate.” Also HUGE reference to the migration thing with Mexicans. This little verse is the reason why I prefer the Spanish version slightly better than the English one. People usually assume that Mexicans like to migrate but that’s not true most of the time, and the fact that the Spanish version kinda nudges at that melancholy of having to part from home both in death and life really hit a nerve with me. I’m really happy they low-key included the fact that we love our people and our country that way, and that sometimes even though we can’t come back, we still miss it dearly. Like, this is on a personal note, but that’s the reason why I do celebrate Dia de Muertos wherever I am. Mexico has many more traditions but I only celebrate this one because Dia de Muertos has always been the one that makes me remember that no matter where I am, or with whom, I will always and forever be Mexican, and I’m just happy that this feeling of belonging and love is now represented in a way the entire world will be able to relate to

#coco #pixar #dia de muertos #I AM A FUCKING MESS FAM #I LOVED IT #hector was so precious i can't #and grandma coco #nooo #all these feels

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Emmy is out this week so you are stuck with me as your recapper. Luckily for you all, she’ll be back next week.

Last week we delved further into the state of mind our killer Andrew Cunanan was in in the lead up to his final murder, that of Gianni Versace in July 1997. We met his third and fourth victims, Chicago real estate developer Lee Miglin and New Jersey cemetery caretaker William Reese and saw just a few of the mistakes the FBI and local law enforcement made that could have stopped Cunanan before he hit Miami and murdered Versace, and possibly even spared William Reese. This week we move back to the start of his killing spree, heading to Minnesota and the “House by the Lake”.

The First Murder: Following a tourist bureau ad for Minneapolis, we discover that it’s April 27, 1997 and a week before the murder of Lee Miglin. Andrew is visiting for the weekend with his friend David Madson (Cody Fern). Things are a bit tense between the pair as Andrew has asked David to marry him, telling him that he is the love of his life. David refused using the fact that same-sex marriage was not legal in the US to get out of truly answering him. However, it is implied that David has actually started up a relationship with Jeffrey Trail (Finn Wittrock) and that is the real reason for his refusal, well among other things.

Andrew has somehow cotton-on to the fact that there’s something between David and Jeff and has invited Jeff over. Jeff arrives and Andrew tells David to go and bring him up to the loft spitting out that it will “Give you a chance to talk about me”. Which they do, light-heartedly laughing about how strange Andrew is, but that they know he’s a liar. They enter the loft and see David’s dog whining, tied up to a table. David rushes over to the dog. Meanwhile Andrew has come up behind them, slams the door shut and then proceeds to bludgeon Jeff to death with a hammer, striking him 27 times in the head (and yes I screamed at the TV in shock and horror again, thank you very much Darren Criss).

Needless to say it’s a bit of a bloodbath in the loft, so Andrew takes David into the bathroom to clean them both up. After the shower, he gets out David’s collection of porno mags and sex toys, leaving them scattered over David’s bed. He also cleans up the murder scene a bit – rolling Jeff’s body up in a rug and hiding it behind a table.

Using his charm and a gun tucked into his waistband, Andrew manages to convince David not to call the cops, telling him “When the police open the door, they’ll see two suspects, not two victims,” that they’ll lock him up too, he’ll be hated for being gay, and that he can’t tell his Dad because then he’ll have to turn David in and you don’t want your Dad to have to do that. Cunanan does promise though that “No one else will get hurt as long as you’re by my side.”

The cops arrive: When David fails to show up at work the next day, they become concerned, as he never misses a day of work. A co-worker and David’s building manager knocks on his door but only hear his dog barking. Andrew and David, hearing the couple leave to go get keys to get into the loft, make a run for it. The couple come back and find the loft empty and the dead body. The cops arrive, find out David was gay, see the sex paraphernalia and make the assumption it was sex play gone wrong. It’s only on discovering that David was blonde and the murder victim was black-haired that they believe Andrew had been murdered and that David had fled. Realising they are now in the home of a suspect not a victim and without search warrants or permission to be there, the cops make a hasty retreat wanting to ensure the investigation is “by the book”, waiting for the proper paperwork and clearance to come back.

Men on the run: Having oh so calmly escaped, Andrew informs David of his plan for them to be together. He has a good friend in Chicago, Lee Miglin, who’s rich and owes Andrew some favours so would be willing to help out. They can then escape to Mexico and live the life he’s always dreamed of for them together. David meanwhile is in an obvious state of shock and fear for his life and merely acting on autopilot.

They’ve got the wrong man: The cops are back at David’s apartment and searching for clues. Jeff’s body has been taken away and they are beginning the autopsy on him when they discover that the body does not belong to Andrew Cunanan, but to Jeffrey Trail. They still believe that David is the killer and pay his parent’s a particularly hard visit, questioning them on how well do they truly know their son.

A chance for escape: Andrew continues on, apparently completely unaffected by the whole thing, planning this wonderful life with just him and David and no one else to bother them. David is starting to lose it though, fearing people are looking at him suspecting him of murder, when really its just their homophobia surfacing as the murder has not hit the news yet. They pull into bar (with a lovely cameo by Aimee Mann) and David excuses himself to the bathroom. Seeing an opportunity to escape, he smashes the bathroom window.

Back at the table Andrew is listening intently to the cover of “Drive” when he finally drops his façade and breaks down. It is such an intense moment of vulnerability from Andrew (and Criss) where you start to feel the beginning of sympathy for him. He really is just a little lost boy, wanting to be loved and thought of as someone special and extraordinary. In one of the many big mistakes David makes, instead of jumping out the window to freedom, he returns to Andrew and the table. The next morning marks another possibility of escape when David wakes alone in the car in the middle of wooded area. He jumps out and starts walking trying to make his escape, only to come across Andrew wielding his gun – if only he went in the opposite direction from the car.

The truth comes out: Later that day, Andrew and David are in a diner reminiscing about the night they met. David talks about how he so wanted to be just like Andrew: rich, suave, popular, charming, the whole world at his feet. However, he also reveals that he knows that that whole of his is all a lie. That Andrew is a master manipulator and that he just can’t stop lying. He accuses Andrew of killing Jeff because he was in love with Jeff but that not only did Jeff not return his feelings, but he had discovered just who Andrew was: a fraud.

The second murder: Following a tense car ride in which Andrew doesn’t want to talk about anything, David tries to veer them off the road and make an escape that way. He fails. He ends up off road, next to a lake pleading with Andrew for his life and a life for them together. He doesn’t succeed. Reminiscent of an earlier flashback scene where he remembers sitting in a house by the lake with his father drinking coffee after a failed hunting expedition, David dreams of opening the house door and finding his father offering him coffee once again. Instead, he’s outside the house bleeding out after Andrew shot him.

On the run again: Having spent some time cuddled up with David’s dead body, Andrew gets up, gets back in the car and heads off – presumably to Chicago and Lee Miglin.

Instant Reactions:

Where the hell is the Darren Criss I know and love??!!! He is unbelievable in embodying Cunanan. He’s charming, he’s creepy, he’s sinister, and yet he’s also oh so tragic and this episode more than any before it showed a real vulnerability and a sense that even he can see things are starting to spiral out of control. Week after week Criss blows me away with his performance and this week’s ep just had everything.

OMG David, why didn’t you escape?? There were so many opportunities – at least how it was portrayed here and given both David and Andrew are dead, we’ll never know exactly what took place over the period of time leading up to Jeff’s death to David’s death – and yet he kept going back to Andrew. Cody Fern was amazing and another great Ryan Murphy find. His ability to shut down and still be completely present in his scenes was so painful, yet great to watch.

I need more Finn Wittrock. We can’t just have that short opening scene! Luckily the preview for next week’s ep guarantees us more Jeff.

Wow another ep without the Versace’s and their storyline – I have to admit, I didn’t even realise they were missing until well after watching the ep, I was that caught up in the drama of Andrew’s story. They do return next week though.

#acs versace #4 your excitement #2.04 #recap #review #article #february 2018

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hogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuff

best quality: a goof, genuinely tries to be a good person, just tries so hard at everything, cares about children like one should, idk he’s just so endearing and important to me and didn’t deserve to have his life destroyed by piece of shit WALT.

worst quality: self destructive, casual homophobia, being a drug dealer, trying to sell meth to people in rehab, peer pressuring drug use a few times

ship them with: uh oh, he’s my fave so here goes~ in no particular order, jesse/jane, jesse/andrea, jesse/mike, jesse/gus, jesse/mike/gus, jesse/skyler, jesse/hank, jesse/marie, jesse/hank/marie, jesse/hank/gomie, i guess jesse/badger now, wait, there aren’t many characters in brba, uh, jesse/saul mildly, jesse/nacho?, jesse/krazy8?, jesse/emilio!?, jesse/krazy8/emilio?!?!?, jesse/all the drug boys, jesse/a real hug, jesse/positivity, jesse/oversized hoodies, jesse/a safe place, idk i already gotta rewatch, who else do i ship him with?

brotp them with: hmm idk, more like famtp but jesse and brock, jesse and his drug crew, jesse/mike

needs to stay away from: WALTER H. WHITE!!!! also drugs. and nazis.

misc. thoughts: boy, i miss jesse so FUCKING much, but honestly, idk if he could ever be ok after felina man, even if he went to prison. idk if new mexico prisons had serious ptsd therapy in 2010, otherwise idk if he’d be alive post felina, getting serious mental help is the only option i can see where he could live but even then, idk… I do have some practical au’s that have been floating in my mind where he could be ok but i cant write for shit and have no motivation to. ANYWAY my ass want’s a jesse cameo in bcs STAT! goodnight.

#anon #asks #mypost #jesse pinkman #brba #long post #misc

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2019 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees Guide For Those Who Haven’t Actually Watched Them

It’s the 91st time Hollywood comes together to pat themselves on the back and this year marks the 5th time I’m bringing you the rundown of every Best Picture nominee so that you aren’t the “goddamn idiot” someone at your Oscars party is referring to when they ask, “Who invited this goddamn idiot?” Only, as in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 (check out the hyperlinks for previous years’ rundowns - and likely some jokes that don’t age very well) - this is all based on the name of the film, the poster for the movie, or things I’ve heard while flipping past Extra or E! So take it all in and enjoy my tips on things to say to other guests so that your party has an ending that is more like Ally’s and less like Jackson’s!

Black Panther

After Creed loses in embarrassing fashion to Ivan Drago’s son, he tats up, grows that hair out, and heads to outer space. After landing on a planet right between the planet from Avatar and Naboo, pissy Creed picks a fight with a space prince who was bit by a radioactive space panther in the movie that had audiences saying, “I bet Forest Whitaker is in this movie. How is Forest Whitaker not in this movie? I’m honestly shocked that Forest Whitaker is not...oh, yup, there he is.”

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A little insider Easter egg here - Wakanda backwards spells Adnakaw, which happens to be the name of Thor and Loki’s OTHER brother who is going to save everyone in Avengers: Endgame. He’ll be played by...Forest Whitaker.

In a deleted scene, Black Panther’s brother, The Pink Panther, visits to check out the Wakandan castle’s attic and then installs fiberglass insulation.

Spike Lee really turned the super hero movie genre on its head with this didn’t he? (Pause.) Oh. That was...um...oh, well um... (Slowly walk backward out of the room and do not return.)

BlacKkKlansman

The Chapelle’s Show’s first skit-to-feature length film gives the big screen treatment to the story of Clayton Bigsby. Based on the success of this film, 2019 also saw the big screen adaptation of The Chapelle’s Show’s “What Men Want” skit to a movie starring Taraji P. Henson. In 2020, anticipate a feature length Rick James biopic, a Playa Hater’s Ball film, and “Game, Blouses: The Movie”.

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This film marks Ricky Jerret’s first acting role after he was cut from the Miami Dolphins by Charles Greane - who he thought was his friend - for his use of PEDs.

This film holds the distinction of having the highest number of different spellings on social media - just barely edging out Bohemian Rhapsody and The Favourite (well, in America).

Reggie Miller purchased a seat in the front row of the Oscars and is planning to wear a The Favourite jersey and baseball cap, then spend the entire show heckling Spike Lee and screaming, “See?! How does it feel the other way around?!”

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody is a French film with a title that can be loosely translated into English as “The Sassy Singing Lad With The Donkey Snout”.

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A bit of trivia for you. Did you know that Freddie Mercury wasn’t his first choice for a stage name? It was actually Fred Mercury.

A bit of trivia for you. Did you know that Brian May wasn’t his first choice for a stage name? It was actually Brian February.

A bit of trivia for you. Did you know that Queen’s first band name was actually Princess and they didn’t become Queen until they married Prince...and enjoyed a Purple Reign? Yup - I will show myself out now.

The Favourite

Rain droups on rouses! This perioud piece stars Oulivia Coulman, Emma Stoune, Joue Alwyn and Nichoulas Holt! It’s abot a grop of people in the contry of England that’s two hors long and y will find fabulos!

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This is the movie about a Queen that doesn’t end with an AIDS diagnosis...I think.

Wigs and bodices accounted for 48% of the film’s budget.

The film’s title has nothing to do with the plot or characters and is instead a sly attempt to influence the outcome of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences members’ voting.

Green Book

In this sexual thriller, we see the raw, animal side of Kermit the Frog as he provides details from his Little Green Book of every single Muppet he’s fucked. With an original working title of Fifty Shades of Green, we’ll see how Miss Piggy was at first a mousy and demure fill-in interviewer whose sexual spirit was awakened by Kermit’s dominant yet mesmerizing magnetism. Kermit also does some butt stuff with Bunsen Honeydew and gets down group style with all of The Electric Mayhem.

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There’s an odd cameo halfway through the movie where Mahershala Ali enters a gas station on the road and encounters a man in his late 20′s/early 30′s who says in a southern drawl, “I’m Stephen Dorff and I’m your partner,” then another Stephen Dorff, this one in his 40′s limps up and says, “And I’m Stephen Dorff. I’m also your partner,” then finally an old drunk one in his 70′s hobbles up and says, “I’m Stephen Dorff and I too am your partner!”

Mahershala Ali generally tried to avoid Viggo Mortensen, who continually would run up saying, “Dude, Mahersh! We have to get matching tattoos of the number two - for the two of us to commemorate this journey that we’re on together. It’s what you do with your cast mates!” When Mahershala would decline but say it was nice what Viggo and the cast of the Lord of the Rings trilogy did together, Viggo would walk off grumbling, “Hidalgo got a tattoo with me...”

*Before the next comment - be sure to do a thorough research on Google and on social media to determine the prevailing public opinion of if Green Book is a remarkable cinematic achievement faithful to the story of Don Shirley and Tony Vallelonga’s relationship and an examination of the complicated issue of race and its impact on friendship and business OR if it’s just another white savior movie before you speak, so that you can make sure that you’re aligned with whatever is currently the popular thing to say at that moment in time about this movie. Then say...

Ahem. This is the same director who wrote and directed a scene in Movie 43 where Hugh Jackman is on a blind date with Kate Winslet and has prosthetic testicles hanging under his neck which go into her mouth - and that’s, like, it.

Roma

Set in a world with no color, this movie is about a bunch of people (mostly children) hugging on a beach who may or may not be related to each other, may or may not be involved in some kind of national tragedy in either Italy or Mexico, and may or may not be sick, dying, sad or overcome with joy. I honestly have no clue on this one. But it IS on Netflix.

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They say that Alfonso Cuarón painted a realistic picture of his childhood in Roma which is the exact same tactic he employed in making Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Netflix forced Cuarón to cross promote other Netflix titles throughout the film, so there is an odd scene in which Cleo’s son meets his Big Mouth Hormone Monster to talk about masturbation and then later on the family enters The Upside Down (or Al Revés de Abajo). Also, every single cast member gets a stand-up comedy special.

Yalitza Martínez plays a housekeeper here and after this star-making turn, she’s got it MAID!

A Star Is Born

Jackson Maine wants to create a star. But after consulting a high school astronomy textbook, he learns that the only way that a star is truly born is to squeeze atoms of light elements under enough pressure for their nuclei to undergo fusion. He closes the book and says, “To hell with that science shit,” then gets drunk and just hires Lady Gaga to write a song that sounds like she’s a child screaming at her mom to watch her do a dive at the community pool.

3 Things To Casually Inject Into Conversation To Prove You Saw The Movie And Sound Like An Expert:

As a first-time singer, Bradley Cooper devoted countless hours over several months in order to unlock the instrument of his voice to become a mostly-inoffensive singer. As a first-time director, Bradley Cooper bought one of those chairs with “Director” on it.

Bradley Cooper refused to urinate for the duration of filming until the big Grammy’s scene so it played better on film. He did poop a lot during filming though.

The young actress from Eighth Grade is already planning her Oscar bait remake of A Star Is Born to come out in 2043 where SHE plays the aging star and enters a romance with a young male singer played by Boy from Bird Box.

Vice

As the DC Comics universe continues to expand, we finally get the origin story of Batman arch nemesis and super villain, The Penguin.

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Unable to shake his Saturday Night Live roots, Adam McKay decided to insert a scene late in the movie where - unannounced - the real Dick Cheney walks in to surprised applause from the audience and Christian Bale acts flustered before stammering out that it is an honor to meet him. Cheney pauses for the awkward “oh my god, can you believe this” murmur to die down in the audience and then stiffly delivers, “You know, Christian, you could have just worn a fat suit for this role.” The audience erases all memory of the terrible atrocities that the man has committed during his lifetime and erupts into wild clapping and bark-laughing like seals while Christian and the rest of the cast just have to hand it to the guy for being such a good sport about it all.

Dick Cheney is just happy that A Star Is Born is in the field this year so that in defiance of Vice he also doesn’t have to root for any movies about gay guys, black people, immigrants, or foreigners.

While watching the film, Laura Bush continually had to remind a startled and frightened George W. that no, he was not trapped up in the big movie screen.

#oscars

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Charlie Puth Unveils "The Voicenotes Tour"

Charlie Puth Unveils “The Voicenotes Tour”

WORLDWIDE POP SUPERSTAR ANNOUNCES BIGGEST EVER HEADLINE TREK WITH SPECIAL GUEST HAILEE STEINFELD

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PUTH’S CURRENT SINGLE “HOW LONG” PROVES ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL SMASH WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES SET FOR TOMORROW NIGHT’S SEASON FINALE OF NBC’S “THE VOICE” AND “DICK CLARK’S NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN’ EVE 2018” ON DECEMBER 31ST

HUGELY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM “VOICENOTES” DUE NEXT YEAR

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 2017 — Multi-Platinum artist/musician/producer Charlie Puth has announced plans for his biggest North American headline tour to date. Produced by Live Nation, “The Voicenotes Tour” officially gets underway July 11 at Toronto, ON’s Budweiser Stage and travels the continent through the summer (see attached itinerary). Highlights include dates at New York City’s world-famous Radio City Music Hall (July 16) and the renowned Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (August 14). Multi-Platinum recording artist Hailee Steinfeld will be main support on all dates. Pre-sales begin Tuesday, December 19; tickets will go on sale to the general public starting Friday, December 22. For complete details, and ticket information, please visit www.charlieputh.com/tour or LiveNation.com.

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“The Voicenotes Tour” will celebrate Puth’s hugely anticipated new album, “VOICENOTES,” due next year from Atlantic Records – pre-orders are available now HERE. The album is preceded by the current smash single, “How Long,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services HERE. Now with close to 300 million streams worldwide, the single has proven yet another popular favorite both here and abroad, reaching #1 on innumerable iTunes “Global Singles” charts and Mexico’s “Ingles Airplay” while earning both gold certification in Australia and silver certification in the United Kingdom. Named by Vanity Fair as one of “The 17 Best Pop Songs of 2017,” “How Long” is joined by an even more popular companion visual, currently boasting over 160 million views via YouTube alone – HERE

“The Voicenotes Tour” special guest and Republic Records recording artist Hailee Steinfeld has quickly cemented herself as a rising force in pop music with a series of hits under her belt, including her 2015 platinum certified debut single “Love Myself,” double platinum selling smash “Starving” with Grey [feat. Zedd] and platinum selling summer anthem “Most Girls.” To date, the multi-platinum selling artist has amassed a total of nearly 2 billion streams globally. This year, Steinfeld won “Best Push Artist” at the MTV EMAs, Musical.ly‘s “Top Covered Artist” award at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards and was honored by Variety with the “Crossover Artist” award at their inaugural Hitmakers event. She also garnered three Teen Choice Award nominations for her work in both film and music.Most recently, Steinfeld released her new single “Let Me Go.” Produced by Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Alesso and critically-acclaimed producer, songwriter and artist watt, “Let Me Go” pairs Steinfeld with one of country music’s best-selling acts, Florida Georgia Line. Performed for the first time ever on this year’s American Music Awards, the song has amassed 150 million streams on Spotify where it is currently Top 20 on their Global Top 50 chart and climbing.

Puth marked the release of “How Long” with high-profile TV performances on CBS’ The Late Late Show With James Corden (watch HERE) and ABC’s Good Morning America (watch HERE), soon to be followed by an eagerly anticipated performance on tomorrow night’s season finale of NBC’s The Voice. He’ll then perform both “How Long” and “Attention” on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2018, to be broadcast live on ABC on December 31st (check local listings). In addition, Puth will perform “How Long” on upcoming episodes of the nationally syndicated Ellen DeGeneres Show and CBS’ The Talk, both set to air in early January.

“How Long” arrived hot on the heels of Puth’s summer’s blockbuster, “Attention,” available at all DSPs and streaming services HERE. The RIAA platinum certified single – which marked Puth’s first new music since 2016’s RIAA platinum certified debut album, “NINE TRACK MIND” – reached #5 on Billboard‘s “Hot 100,” his third consecutive top 10 hit and highest charting solo track to date. What’s more, “Attention” topped the multi-format “Radio Songs” chart for four straight weeks while also ascending to the #1 spot on Billboard’s “Dance Mix Show Airplay” tally – Puth’s first time atop that chart as a solo artist. “Attention” also proved an international favorite, reaching #1 in such far-flung lands as Russia, Venezuela, Ukraine, Israel, Latvia, and Mexico, while earning diamond certification in France, 3x platinum in Australiaand Italy, 2x platinum in Spain, and platinum in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Of course, the “Attention” companion visual – directed by Emil Nava (Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna) – proved yet another record-shattering video sensation for Puth, now with over 638 million YouTube views and counting – HERE.

Hailed around the world as an energetic and electrifying live performer, Puth has spent much of the early winter stealing the show on the just-concluded iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour. Puth received ecstatic notices for his show-stopping performances on the annual multi-artist holiday trek, with Pennsylvania’s The Morning Call enthusing, “(Puth) condensed his best material into an offering that showed just how good he is, and the growth he’s undergoing…’Attention,’ which has more of an R&B groove than his previous hits, shows he is moving from a Billy Joel-piano-rocker to more of a Timberlake vibe… ‘One Call Away’ had the whole crowd singing – because it’s good and catchy… And, of course, his closing song ‘See You Again,’ his 9x platinum hit from 2015, will be Puth’s forever can’t-miss song. Its opening still brings chills, and its choral ending still has power.” Puth “put across genuine charm and daffy enthusiasm,” raved the Los Angeles Times while Billboard applauded his “surprisingly raw performance” of hits including “Attention” and “See You Again.” “The piano-playing crooner Charlie Puth provided a few more plot twists,” declared the New York Times, “his songs refused the blandishments of an ex who only wanted ‘Attention’ and tried desperately to apologize for straying in ‘How Long.'”

Along with his worldwide popularity, Puth is among the most honored new artists in recent memory, among his many accolades a Teen Choice Award, two Billboard Music Awards, a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award, and myriad nominations including a GRAMMY® nod for “Song of the Year” and a prestigious Golden Globe nomination for “Best Original Song.”

A gifted and charismatic live performer, Puth has proven a hugely popular concert attraction, with 2016’s “Nine Track Mind Tour” selling out nearly every date within 30 minutes of its announcement. As if that weren’t enough, Puth has made any number of show-stopping TV appearances, including FOX’s 2016 Teen Choice Awards, NBC’s TODAY and The Voice, CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and 2015 American Music Awards, and both the nationally syndicated Ellen DeGeneres Show and LIVE with Kelly and Michael, not to mention a guest cameo on CBS’ highly rated Life In Pieces.

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CHARLIE PUTH THE VOICENOTES TOUR 2018 HAILEE STEINFELD TO OPEN ALL DATES

JULY 11 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage 13 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion 16 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall 19 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun 21 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion 22 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center 24 – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion 25 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap Center For The Performing Arts 27 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion 28 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre 31 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion

AUGUST 2 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre 3 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center 5 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center 6 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 8 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center 9 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre 11 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater 12 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Concert Theater 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre 15 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre 17 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre 18 – Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Harvey’s Outdoor Arena 20 – Chula Vista, CA – Mattress Firm Amphitheatre 21 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion 23 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion @ Irving Music Factory 24 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 26 – Rogers, AR – Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion 28 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater 29 – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Amphitheatre 31 – Tampa, FL – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

SEPTEMBER 1 – West Palm Beach, FL – Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre

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