#sasha carlson

[vics-chick]

I’m at peak happiness bc tv is finally good again !! We have dancing with the stars, real housewives of Salt Lake City, Abbott elementary and love is blind is about to start again, the golden bachelorette starts tonight, Bridgerton season 4 leaks like the tv word is HEALING✨✨

[gojossotoru]

Names ideas for your original character(s)!!! <3

FIRST NAMES (FEMALE)

Beverly

Evangeline

Bonnie

Mackenzie

Evelyn

Mia

Marina

Lana

Jane

Maxine

Chloe

Beatrice

Zoe/Zoey

Rachel

Ella

Ellie

Wendy

Winifred

Tanya

Sonya

Theresa

Sandra

Andrea

Alexandria

Diana

Dana

Victoria

Veronica

Joyce

Juliana

Julie

Juliet/Juliette

Julia

Lily

Lola

Melody

Amanda

Olivia

Vivianne/Vivian

Charlotte

Yasmin

Madeline/Madelyn

Hannah

Bethany

Anne/Ann

Annie

Fiona

Faye/Fay

Alison

Natalie

Sasha

Isabella/Isabela

Isabelle

Eunice

Violet

Caitlin/Caitlyn/Katelyn

Miranda

Cassandra

Rosemary

Mary

Maria

Laura

Ramona

Nancy

Erica

Daisy

Darlene

Miriam

Jean

Janice

Eleanor/Elinor

Nora

Ginevra

Margaret

Marguerite

Ophelia

Annabeth

Nicole

Diedre

Siobhan

Molly

Holly

Milicent

Doris

Francesca

Elizabeth

Catherine

Daphne

Penelope

Eloise

Priscilla

Sofia

Celine

Karina

Irene

Jennifer

Roseanne

FIRST NAMES (MALE)

Samuel

Christopher

Michael

Lucas

Austin

Dustin

Steve

William

Nathaniel

Warren

James

Ethan

Anthony

Richard

Edward

Edmund

Clark

Trevor

Sean/Shawn

Fitzwilliam

Marcus/Markus

Liam

Charles

Jonathan/Johnathan

Bruce

Daniel

Theodore

Peter

Earnest

Bucky

Damon

Louis

Bryce

Gordon

Maxwell

Maximillian

Seth

Kurt

Thomas

Oscar

Scott

Frederick

Leon

Sebastian

Russell

Trent

Justin

Joshua

Vernon

Davis

FIRST NAMES (UNISEX)

Harley

Robin

Quinn

Casey

Lesley/Leslie

Blake

Bailey

Aubrey

Sydney

Cameron

(LAST) NAMES

Hastings

Marino

De Luca

Hopkins

Hopper

Harrington

Hargrove

Mayflower

Mayfield

Flowers

MacMillan

Price

Caulfield

Mayfield

Redfield

Baker

Prescott

Sinclair

Starling

Taylor

Vendome

Vincent

Jones

Trudeau

Barnes

Richardson

Bowers

Wheeler

Byers

O'Connor

O'Neil/O'Neill

Day

Ellison

Henderson

Anderson

Wayne

Danvers

White

Hall

Green/Greene

Carlson

Wilson

Edwards

MacTavish

Waterhouse

Gilmore

Montgomery

Harmon

Winters

Quinton

Seymour

Berman

Whitmore

Lovett

Kennedy

Walker

Johnson

That's all for the name ideas!!! Hope this'll help you if you're struggling to come up with a name :3

[palmviewfm]

mw?

there's a ton of mw faces that we'd love to see here ! i put it under a read more since it's a large list. but bring us whoever you've got the muse for, ofc !

taylor zakhar perez, nicholas galitzine, noah lalonde, danny griffin, jonathan daviss, drew starkey, darren barnett, elias kacavas, emilio sakraya, evan mock, eli brown, glen powell, zane phillips, john boyega, jordan gonzalez, austin butler, henry zaga, felix mellard, thomas weatherall, miles teller, sam claflin, penn badgely, chace crawford, lewis tan, lucas bravo, kit harrington, joseph morgan, josh segarra, harry shum jr, chris pine, ryan gosling, alex saxon, theo james, andrew garfield, gregg sulkin, ben levin, adam brody, logan lerman, pedro pascal, tom holland, mason gooding, lucien laviscount, ryan gosling, rege jean page, froy guiterrez, tanner buchanan, xolo mariduena, robert scott wilson, carson boatman, ross lynch, algee smith, cody christian, adam dimarco, alex fitzalan, daniel ezra, anthony keyvan, keith powers, keiynan lonsdale, joseph quinn, aramis knight, antonio cipriano, derek luh, leo howard, leo woodall, brandon perea, dacre montgomery, diego tinoco, mena massoud, maxence danet-fauxel, lorenzo zurzolo, michael cimino, paul mescal, callum turner, d'pharoh woon-a-tai, jordah fisher, josh heuston,l alex meraz, kiowa gordon, tom glynn carney, avan jogia, dylan minnette, josh hutcherson, assad zaman, gabriel basso, ross butler, robert buckley, james lafferty, david casteneda, brandon soo hoo, grifflin gluck, grant gustin, dylan wang, asa germann, alejandro spietzer, colin ford, alex landi, alfred enoch, aria shahghasemi, anthony turpel, cha eunwoo, aj saudin, danny ramirez, david iacono, chris briney, sabrina carpenter, ayo edibiri, madison bailey, samantha logan, kim doyeon, nichola coughlan, madison davenport, indiana evans, india eisley, lyrica okano, virginia gardner, liana liberato, kiersey clemons, lindsey morgan, liv hewson, emma d'arcy, victoria pedretti, logan browning, lola tung, louriza tronco, lorenza izzo, lovie simone, luca hollestelle, hunter schafer, zion moreno, taylor russell, laura harrier, lana condor, lauren tsai, anna sawai, jane de leon, kylie bunbury, kathryn bernardo, chienna filomeno, phoebe dynevor, simone ashley, maitreyi ramakrishnan, courtney eaton, nicole maines, jessica alexander, peyton alex smith, ella purnell, sophie neilsse, dev patel, rahul kohli, natalia dyer, danielle campbell, ella balinska, bailey bass, jessica sula, emma mackey, mia goth, melissa barerra, alva bratt, kiana lede, kiana madiera, olivia scott welch, kiernan shipka, meg donnelly, camila mendes, brianne tju, maddie hasson, dianna agron, emilija baranac, danielle rose russell, kaylee kaneshiro, isabella gomez, jenny boyd, lulu antarisksa, josephine langford, lizeth selene, marina ruy barbosa, kaya scodelario, katherine mcnamara, chloe rose robertson, kathryn newton, kristine froseth, pat chayanit, davika hoorne, mint ranchrawee, rabia soyturk, hande ercel, aslihan malbora, melisa pamuk, katie stevens, meghann fahy, merrit patterson, adelaide kane, alexxis lemire, adria arjona, amanda arcuri, sadie soverall, sara waisglass, chelsea clark, blu hunt, antonia gentry, brianne howey, bianca santos, bianca lawson, phoebe tonkin, shelley hennig, bruna marquezine, brittany o'grady, crystal reed, charithra chandran, jessie mei li, halston sage, carlson young, willa fitzgerald, halle bailey, chloe bridges, chloe bailey, margot robbie, anne hathaway, lisa yamada, raven bowens, olivia rose keegan, camryn grimes, gideon aldon, tiera skovbye, amy adams, jane levy, angela bassett, anya taylor joy, anya chalotra, ashleigh murray, lucy hale, troian bellisario, sophia bush, bethany joy lenz, shantel vansanten, hilarie burton, shay mitchell, sasha pieterse, janel parrish, malia pyles, bailee madison, chandler kinney, jordan alexander, zaria simone, auli'i cravalho, bebe wood, angourie rice, renee rapp, ashley moore, ashley park, aisha dee, alisha boe, elizabeth lail, alia bhatt, reina hardesty, victoria justice, liz gillies, bahar sahin, amber midthunder, gemma chan, madchen amick, marisol nichols, madison mclaughlin, malese jow, maris racal, maya hawke, jessica chastain, ana de armas, angela sarafyan, and anna lambe !

[critical-quoter]

Reviews from Last Week

Claim Me Forever - A. L. Jackson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🚔 This wasn't half bad. Both Ezra and Savannah were really good characters with decently traumatic back stories, but even with all their issues, the angst didn't feel too terribly angsty. This definitely was more suspenseful (the whole point) rather than angst filled drama-fest. There was drama of course, but it wasn't due to lazy reasons (i.e. miscommunication). I liked it quite a bit.

I did not like the kids having as much talk time as they did. The boys were fine enough but I must have missed the age of the oldest. It felt implied that she was on the younger side, since the twin boys were in preschool, but she spoke like a teenager at best, and as an adult at worst. It was just such a poor decision at making her speak older.

The mystery/suspense part of the plot was pretty well done. I think it would have worked better if the book didn't start to feel drawn out in the middle for the romance building. It was like the suspense and the romance couldn't touch until the end so we were getting the bulk of two plots to make up for it.

Overall, not bad. Not the best romantic suspense I've read but not bad.

Growing With Her - A. R. Carlson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🔪 This started out pretty good. But around the 75% mark, it really began to feel like the author was just trying to get that word count in. It just began to drag to the point that even the high stakes weren't keeping me interested.

It became a very repetitive plot. There's an unknown time jump, either Shadow or Fable is hurt, the other one goes all Rambo to save them. Wash, rinse, repeat. And the time jumps! They worked once or twice (would have been better if I knew exactly how much time had passed) but then it was every other chapter, and then it was mid-chapter.

The characters were written pretty well. The plot was fairly decent. Honestly, Growing With Her would have just been better served with an editor and a healthy trimming down of like 100 pages. I liked it. I wouldn't say no to continuing the series.

Songs of the Wicked - C. A. Farran ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💀 I honestly went into this book with so little expectations of greatness. I like the Little Mermaid, and I love a dark-ish romantasy. But man, these romantasies lately have been so mediocre at best that I was thinking if this was a 3 star read, I would walk away happy.

Consider me blown away. I devoured this. I could not put it down. Lark and Gavriel and Langford and Daciana… oh and Hugo and Allistar, everyone was just amazing. It was a fleshed out, well written cast of characters that I couldn't help but fall in love with.

This was just so good that I didn't even realize it was a debut novel from Farran until I read the Author's Info in the back after I finished crying for the night. I loved it. I already bought the sequel. I can't wait to jump back into this world.

Mess With Me - Claire Wilder ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💅🏻 This was decent. I think that for an interconnected standalone, the book should be able to stand on its own. The problem with this was that it was slow. The beginning felt fast paced and the last 50ish pages zoomed almost too quickly but at the 50% mark it just started to drag.

I really liked Griffin and Sasha. This was definitely an opposites attract situation because these two characters could not be any more un-alike. But it seemed to work, kind of. The chemistry felt a bit forced, and Sasha throwing herself at Griffin felt so weirdly manufactured that I could really get into the relationship. Honestly Chester was my favorite out of all the characters in this book.

As far as the suspense goes, that was good. I really didn't know how it was all going to go down. In fact, if there was less romance and more of the suspense plot-line (and there was about 100 pages trimmed out) this would have been a high 4 star for sure.

The Right Man - Michelle Mankin ⭐️⭐️ 🎸 You know what? I didn't really like Rush. He said some mean stuff to and about Jewel. I know this is meant to be a Cinderella/Pretty Woman retelling but honestly, I think it missed the mark. There was insta-love (you can claim that because they didn't say it, it wasn't love, but be for real.) And the characters were just obnoxious. They went back and forth with each other, Jewel especially. Should I stay? No, I can't. dramatic arm flail over the eyes

And then the 3rd act break up? Seriously? As much as Jewel irritated me, she certainly deserved better than that treatment. Even the events leading up to it were messed up enough that I wanted it over and done with.

It just wasn't good. There was no chemistry. For a "hooker" (mind you this was the term emphatically used multiple times in this book), Jewel had no spine and no real personality. Just a simpering, noodle of a person. And Rush was garbage. We literally opened the book up to him fooling around with 3 random women. Nah, dog. 2 stars was generous.

My Vampire Plus-One - Jenna Levine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🧛🏻‍♂️ My Vampire Plus-One had absolutely no business being as literally laugh out loud funny and sweet as it was. Frankly, I was blown away with how good this was. I went in thinking I'd get a cozy little paranormal rom-com and that's exactly what I got. But! It was done with such thorough skill that I was instantly absorbed. 

I loved Reggie instantly. He was so eccentric and funny and completely the opposite of how vampires are usually portrayed. He also worked so well with Amelia and her (slightly) uptight accountant-ness. And Amelia was just perfect. I cannot express this enough. Amelia was absolutely perfect. Her reactions to Reggie's blatant vampirism comments and the fact that she thought he was such a weirdo was just hysterical.

And despite or because all the hilarity, the chemistry between Reggie and Amelia was just so good. They worked so well together at every point. Honestly, I want more.

Before Girl - Kate Canterbary ⭐️ 🩻 Cal is 42 and we're supposed to believe that he's so shy that he cannot speak to Stella for 8 months but then their first conversation is filled with overtly sexual innuendos. I'm talking about the kind of innuendos that are absolute cringe. I was entirely grossed out and immediately hated him. 

And Stella. Don't get me started on her. No really, don't get me started. She's a "strong" fmc but I think that was only shown by making her a workaholic with color-coded friends with benefits schedule. They were both just lackluster characters that gave me repeated ick. 

Much like the plot. Ugh.

Bad Minotaur - Janae Cantrell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🐮 At some point, I'm going to look back at everything I've read and maybe there will be some shame.

Just kidding. I fucking loved this. I did not go into this with many expectations. I didn't even read the plot. And it turns out, I really like minotaur romances. I don't know what that says about me and I will not be asking my therapist about it.

Theon was a sweet cinnamon roll of a minotaur right up until Daisy started talking about other people, then he was not sweet. My only beef (ha, pun intended) was when they discussed pregnancy and Theon said he wasn't ready and Daisy got huffy and almost pressured him into a baby (?). It felt weird. I didn't like that. Otherwise, wonderful material. I will read all monster erotica Janae Cantrell publishes.

Sable Peak - Devney Perry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🏔️ I can never read The Edens series for the first time again and that is one of my biggest regrets.

This wasn't the strongest in the series and that has a lot to do with the first part of the book specifically. I'm not the biggest fan of unrequited love (particularly when it's the FMC that's pining) but the most egregious issue in the first part was a lack of POV for Mateo. I know that Vera is the main character and this is her story, but we don't really see anything of Mateo finding out that he has a daughter, and the struggle he went through when he first found out and gained custody.

I just wanted more.

And now the series is done and I won't get more.

I love The Edens. I wasn't expecting to fall so hard in love with all of the characters and their stories but this will be one of those book series that I recommend forever.

Throttled - Lauren Asher ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🏎️ There was just something about this book that I didn't vibe with. I think a bit of it had to do with Noah as he started out. He was just so absolutely foul as a human. And what happened after he turned Maya down was just gross. It didn't need to happen honestly.

Something about this book in general kept it at okay but not great or even good. The writing was fine. The characters were fine. Everything was fine. But I'm going to write this review, return this book to Kindle Unlimited, and never think about it ever again. This is the second book I've read from Lauren Asher, and frankly, my opinion hasn't changed. Their books are okay but I'm not ever going to love them.

[sergeifyodorov]

favorite current player from every team?

>:]

BOS - pasta (love hate relationship) (only bruin i can fully embrace when leafs arent playing them tbh)

BUF - i have few strong feelings towards most sabres but i think ras dahlin. because he sucks <3

DET - moris.... alex lyon close second tbh

FLA - sergei bobrovsky. see boston

MTL - slaykovsky (or arber maybe?)

OTT - claude.

TBL - this is a difficult one but my beautiful eyebrowless mother steven stamkos probably numero uno

TOR - auston (virgo)

CAR - seth jarvis, who is great because unlike the deep jock bro attitude that permeates seemingly every other hockey boy, or even the slight self-importance of the various and sundry catholic school types, he possesses the good-natured self-deprecation instincts of a right proper Normal Bitchass Gen Z

CBJ - i am a patrik laine shooter forever and always

NJD - nico. he's hot

NYR - igor because that man is both an elite goaltender AND a man with some of the most beautiful eyes on the planet. sympathies to my fellow only child of divorce artemi panarin also

NYI - barzy...?

PHI - if i didn't say teekay id be rounded up in the streets and shot. good thing it's teekay though

WSH - class of 15 instincts say dylan first overall pick disease and my dick say ovi

ARI - SOOOO hard to choose because i need firmly for alex kerfoot to know that i want him to come back to leafland but also clayton keller is out there... clay. picking clay

CHI - bedsy obviously. eyebrow twins <3

COL - good stick lehky the universe may be committed to making ppl forget about you constantly by making you get injured all the time. but EYE have not forgotten

DAL - wyatt johnston my english classmate <- before you ask. no i have never actually met this man it's a joke about him being my age and torontonian

MIN - flower

NSH - difficult choice... ror and evangelista both delights but juuse saros... juuse saros my beloved

STL - vladik tarasenko. he's still a blue in my HEART ok actual real answer is brayden schenn but i wish the blues tanked for and successfully got celebrini or bedard or something because like. their current Narrative Relevance is being "jordan binnington's team" and that's not a fate any hockey team deserves

WPG - i think we should ask hockey players who the most underrated player in the league is again but we should tell them beforehand if they pick sasha barkov they get pepper sprayed. anyway if im a hockey player in that situation im answering nik ehlers

ANA - that adorable child with the stutter leo carlson

CGY - naz

EDM - connie

LAK - kopi

SJS - it USED to be duke but now we can't have nice things (loving happy family etc) so purely because of various sharks and sharks-adjacent mutuals i have, im taking a hard turn into creaturehood and picking ekky

SEA - who is on this team

VAN - quinnifer always forever no doubt about it

VGK - the spiritual and transgender bond i share with jack eichel cannot be broken

[narcissusbrokenmirror]

sometimes when i watch the interviews from Kenny and the jatp cast i want to send Netflix to hell with my own bare hands. like. they actually wrote songs for the show that I'll never see. Cheyenne will never show me what the fuck is behind Caleb's character. I will never see a Willie and Alex duet. reggie will never get a girlfriend. Carrie and Julie will never heal. Carlos and Reggie will never actually meet. Sasha Carlson was one step away to show us some big time performance. I'm grieving here

[jerzwriter]

Tobias Carrick Appreciation Week - Day 2: Friendship

Tobias's Friends

Tobias has a ton of acquaintances but a small circle of close friends who mean the world to him. Friendship plays an important role in his life. He and Casey are that couple that are always hosting bar-b-ques and game nights, and they have an open-door policy (though their friends know they could always walk in on some questionable stuff! 😂😂

More on these friends below:

Kerry Chadwick: (FC - Jessica Alba) Kerry is Tobias's oldest friend. She is the daughter of close family friends, and neither remembers a time without each other. They went to the same prep schools together and dated briefly in high school, but they realized that they were better as friends. She is a successful lawyer in Washington, DC, she is married with two children (Tobias is godfather of one). She will absolutely call him out on his bullshit - always has - always will. She became good friends with Sasha (below) when visiting Tobias in Boston, and the three formed a pretty tight group. Tobias considers Kerry family and vice versa. Because of distance, they don't see each other as often as they'd like, but they speak at least once a week, bust each other on Social media constantly, and she is elated when Tobias & Casey eventually move to DC.

Sasha Carlson: (FC - Rosario Dawson) Sasha and Tobias met during his second year of residency at Mass Kenmore. They began dating shortly after meeting, and she was the closest he ever came to a serious adult relationship before Casey, but it didn't end well. He cared for her but didn't love her "in that way." After their breakup, he swore off relationships - if someone who checked all the boxes like Sasha did couldn't work - he decided it just wasn't for him. Sasha really loved him, so she was hurt, and they were not friends afterward, but when a few years passed, they developed a friendship. Like Kerry, Sasha is very down to earth and tells it like it is. Which is why the two women likely became good friends, too. Tobias lunched with Sasha at least 2 times a week when he was still at Kenmore, and he tried to see her at least weekly after. He became cordial friends with her husband - though they aren't especially close. She loved Casey from the start, so double dates and dinners at each other's homes became very common after the two were together.

Jordan Carrick: (FC—Rene Jean Page) Tobias did not always have a good relationship with his baby brother. It took time, communication, and a lot of growing up on both their parts, but eventually, they grew closer, and Tobias considered him one of his closest friends. In reality, they are each other's touchstones. No one fully understands their childhood except each other. They end up having a lot of fun together (Jordan is one of the "fun uncles"), but they also have a deep bond. Tobias is much more at peace with himself when the two of them reconnect. By the time the girls are born, they text daily and talk frequently. While they don't live near one another, they still make time to see each other as often as they can.

Bryce Lahela: In my HC, Bryce, and Tobias met at a few events during book 1 and really hit it off. Their personalities are similar in many ways, and Lahela is like a younger version of Tobias. But after Tobias and Casey's first failed attempt at dating, Bryce's opinion of Tobias diminished, and it wasn't until after the chemical attack that Bryce gave him a second shot. Of all Casey's friends, Bryce is the one Tobias got along with most organically, and while Casey is always Bryce's ride-or-die, he and Tobias are friends in their own right, too. The way Bryce was omnipresent at the roomie's apartment? Yeah, he's like that at Tobias & Casey's townhome, too. lol IN fact, he pretty much commandeered one of the guest rooms. I HC that he moved to DC a couple years after Tobias & Casey did, and ended up staying with them for a very long time and they were losing their minds for a little while. He adores their girls, and they adore him, so he's around even more after they're born.

Ethan Ramsey: (FC—David Gandy) Ethan and Tobias's storied history is part of canon, and in my HC, they reestablished a friendship after Tobias began working at Edenbrook. Ethan was leery of Tobias's involvement with Casey at first, but when Ethan saw Tobias's sincerity, and how much he cared for her, his opinion of him changed—even if they didn't establish a close friendship at first. But with proximity, time, and a little nudge from Casey, the two slowly began reconnecting. Within a year's time, they were almost at close as they had been back at Hopkins, and shortly after that, he was just family (especially given Casey's close friendship with Ethan.) For the longest time, whenever the two of them had time alone together, Ethan acted like it was the greatest hindrance, but everyone knew he was full of it. lol They were definitely back to being like brothers again.

@tobias-carrick-appreciation-week

[i-miss-2013]

Hiii love u and ur blog! What YouTubers did you used to watch back in the day + who are your favs now?

Hi babe!

Thank you so much!! Love you <3

By “back in the day” I’m assuming you mean 2013-16! My favorite YouTubers were: Alisha Marie, MyLifeAsEva, LDShadowLady, Joey Graceffa,

PewDiePie, DanTDM, Lilly Singh, Good Mythical Morning, Smosh, Tyler Oakley, Dan and Phil, Rosanna Pansino, Liza Koshy, iJustine, Miranda Sings, LaurDIY, Niki and Gabi, MayBaby, Rclbeauty, Teala Dunn, Jessie Paege, Sasha Morga, and many more lol!

Currently my faves are: RemLife, Brittany Broski, Ava Rae, Caitlyn Rae, CarynandConnieGaming, Devon Lee Carlson, Eva Meloche, Nicole Laeno, Safiya Nygaard, Sarah Baska, Tati, Tana Mongeau, and Trixie Mattel

[cantsayidont]

Haterating and hollerating in the 1980s. None of these movies has any meaningful wlw content, so just assume the answer to "CONTAINS LESBIANS?" is "No."

VIDEODROME (1983): I'd never actually seen all of this loopy, surreal David Cronenberg thriller about an opportunistic Canadian TV station president (James Woods) who becomes convinced that a mysterious series of pirate broadcasts showing scenes of torture and murder might be the Next Big Thing, resisting all attempts to warn him off until it's far too late. Like SCANNERS (which I had seen), its influence has been so outsized that much of it feels familiar even on first viewing, including the film's now-notorious forays into body horror, which, if you're expecting them, are no longer really that shocking (although they are often memorably icky). What's less expected, and thus more striking, is the film's Pynchon-like (Pynchonian? Pynchonesque?) deadpan absurdity; the story is full of characters with names like Blanca O'Blivion (Sonja Smits), daughter of Marshall-McLuhan-like media theorist Brian O'Blivion, and Barry Convex (Leslie Carlson), a sinister optician who's also a defense contractor. It's really very funny, in the same mode as John Carpenter's later THEY LIVE. Judging by the sheer density of ridiculous stuff happening even around the edges, like the brief snippet we see of the weird call-in show hosted by Nicki Brand (Debbie Harry, who's less prominently featured than I'd been given to expect), I can only assume it was intentional, although Cronenberg's narrative straight face and the outsize reactions to the goopy "videocassette orifice" stuff stood in the way of its being recognized as a comedy. (That it's a satire should of course be obvious.) VERDICT: One of those movies you need to see for reasons of cultural literacy, even if it's not really your thing, but perhaps not while eating.

GOTCHA! (1985): Before finding his niche on the TV show ER, Anthony Edwards had a burgeoning career as one of the more obnoxious of the many obnoxious young male stars of the '80s, offering an insufferable combination of earnestness and smarm in films like REVENGE OF THE NERDS and this dumb teen adventure, obviously intended to capitalize on a then-popular campus fad. Horny 18-year-old UCLA veterinary student Jonathan Moore, whose favorite hobby is the titular paintball assassination game, decides to go to Europe with a friend (Alex Rocco, who has more charisma in his minor supporting role than Edwards musters in his entire '80s filmography) and falls for a hot older woman called Sasha (Linda Fiorentino), who soon involves Jonathan in some deadly real-world espionage. The midsection, set in Paris and Berlin, is an okay if unremarkable Cold War thriller, with Edwards relatively tolerable as a fish out of water; the movie's best scene has him hitching a ride with a van full of German punks who love DALLAS. Unfortunately, the third act returns to L.A. and attempts to pay off the paintball-game setup, with preposterous results. Also, if you're much older than the protagonist, the way the story wraps up Jonathan's relationship with Sasha will likely seem a little creepy. VERDICT: Misses the mark.

INTO THE NIGHT (1985): Oddball black comedy thriller starring Jeff Goldblum as Ed Okin, a depressed, insomniac aerospace engineer who over the course of one long night becomes the unlikely savior of a beautiful woman (Michelle Pfeiffer) who's being pursued by an assortment of deadly enemies. Goldblum has fun with his character, who hasn't slept in days and is no longer capable of any emotional response beyond mild dismay (something that becomes progressively funnier as the situation escalates), and he has excellent rapport with Pfeiffer, who's not so much a femme fatale as an aging good-time girl who's worn out her welcome just about everywhere. Unfortunately, they're saddled with a script that often seems like an unfinished draft, with a murky, rather racist plot that's full of setups for gags whose punchlines are still marked "TBA," and punctuated by bursts of violence that are frequently meaner than called for (the fate of the Kathryn Harrold character is especially nasty, and completely gratuitous). Dan Ackroyd, David Bowie, Vera Miles, Irene Papas, and other prominent stars pop up in minor roles, usually for no more than a scene or two, and director John Landis peppers the film with guest appearances by other film directors (including Roger Vadim, Paul Mazursky, David Cronenberg, and Jim Henson, among others), which is distracting if you recognize them and puzzling if you don't. VERDICT: Goldblum and Pfeiffer are great, but Landis's weird indulgences leave it feeling like a private joke.

MANHUNTER (1986): Mesmerizing Michael Mann adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel RED DRAGON, with William Petersen as Will Graham, Dennis Farina as Jack Crawford, Tom Noonan as the "Tooth Fairy" killer, Joan Allen as Reba, and Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecter (for some reason spelled "Lecktor"). It has a very different narrative center of gravity than later Hannibal Lecter movies or the HANNIBAL TV show, though it's no less stylized, with striking use of color and music (most memorably in the finale, which uses Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" diegetically). Like most such stories, it's ideologically objectionable — though arguably less so than THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS — but it's certainly effective, and less hokey than the 2002 adaptation with Ed Norton. Long, slow-paced (particularly in the director's cut), and not very deep, but if you catch it in the right frame of mind, its blend of chilly psychological detachment and procedural minutiae is almost hypnotic. VERDICT: A movie to dissociate to.

THE MANHATTAN PROJECT (1986): If OPPENHEIMER struck you as too pompous and amoral, try this decent if implausible mid-'80s teen movie about a high school science prodigy (Christopher Collet) who decides to protest the secret DOE lab run by his mom's nerdy new scientist boyfriend (John Lithgow) by stealing some plutonium from the lab with the help of his aspiring teen reporter sort-of girlfriend (a babyfaced Cynthia Nixon) and then building his own atomic bomb. The first half relies too heavily on its hyper-competent (and singularly arrogant) kid hero effortlessly outwitting doofus adults, although it works well enough on its own terms. Things pick up in the exciting third act, which is enlivened by a terrific performance by Lithgow, supported by John Mahoney as a hard-bitten Army colonel who's decided the best way to contain the situation is to kill the boy as soon as they can separate him from the bomb. Collet is quite good, if not terribly likeable; Nixon does her best with an underwritten supporting role. VERDICT: The intended moral point ends up a little muddy, but an attempt was made, which is more than one can say for Nolan's overblown epic.

MIRACLE MILE (1988): AFTER HOURS at the end of the world: What begins as a treacly romance about a dweebish musician (Anthony Edwards at his most objectionably saccharine) falling for a diner waitress (Mare Winningham with a truly unfortunate haircut) takes an extremely dark turn as our hapless hero answers a misdialed pay phone call and learns that nuclear war is about to begin, setting him on a frantic, surreal late-night quest to find his dream girl and get them both out of L.A. before it's destroyed by (presumably) Soviet missiles. It's a frightening premise for a perfectly dreadful script whose painfully contrived setup, cartoonish characters (including Denise Crosby as an unlikely diner patron who seems to know something about what may be going on), and uneasy half-comic tone undermine its credibility at every turn. The urgency and uncertainty of the threat are enough to hold your attention for about an hour, but from there, the story has nothing left to do but to play out the string, leading to an incredibly nihilistic finale not recommended for anyone in an emotionally fragile state. VERDICT: Memorably weird, but not in a good way.

[chaosandcrimson]

Multimuse blog for @cyberplex. Penned by Anna.

Akira 'Kyra' Kitagawa | 27 | FC: Mio Imada - [ BIO ]

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Rhiannon Bowen | 29 | FC: Suki Waterhouse - [ BIO ]

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Samantha 'Sam' Bennett | 36 | FC: Candice Patton - [ BIO ]

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Whitney Wainwright | 35 | FC: Lily James - [ BIO ]

Xenon Luxe | 27 | FC: Janella Salvador - [ BIO ]

Yoshiko 'Yoshi' Nakahara | 25 | FC: Reina Hardesty - [ BIO ]

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hi! looking to join soon :) could i have a little list of most wanted faces??

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[vm4vm0]

HARRY STYLES - MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT from AUBE PERRIE on Vimeo.

@harrystyles ‘Music For a Sushi Restaurant’

Written and Directed by Aube Perrie @aube_perrie

Production Co: @PulseFilms Production Service: LFR Productions Executive Producer, Pulse Films: @beatrik Executive Producers, LFR: Luigi Rossi & Francesco Rizzo @luigirossi.tv @currynneon Producer: Josh Sondock @_Sondock

Label: @columbiarecords Commissioner: Bryan Younce @bryanyounce Creative Director : Molly Hawkins @mollyjane_x

DoP: Legend Chris Ripley @christopher.c.ripley Production Designer: Patience Harding @patienceharding Casting Director: Kate Antognini @kateantognini Photographer: Adm Powell @a_damp_owl Special Makeup Effects Designer & Prosthetic Makeup Lead: Legend Chelsea Delfino @chelseadelfino_artistry @chelseadelfino_sfx Stylist: Lindsey Hartman @lindseyhartman Hair: Zuleika Acosta @zuzubeauty Make-up: Ashley Di Sarro @ashleydisarro Location Manager: Jennifer Quesenbery @tank_the_chihuahua

Production Supervisor: Brooke Elito @broookeee21 Coordinator: Debby Tickenoff @debb_louise 1st Assistant Director: Amazing Donna Imbarrato @donnadonnamarie 1st Assistant Director: Abbey Hansen @aunt_craycray 2nd Assistant Director: Maria Villena @Ria_on_Set Art Coordinator: Caroline Jackson @womanhood

Editors: Gwen Ghelid @gwenghelid & Aube Perrie

Color: Thomas Mangham @thomasmangham 2D Lead: Toby Aldridge Post: @blackkitestudios Post Producer: Jade Denne Sound design & Mix: Mark Hellaby @onegearconvert Sound House: @750_mph Producer: Olivia Ray

Stills Artist: @james_siewert_artwork Director’s Rep: HANDS @handsldn

2nd Unit DP: Doug Durant @dougdurant Steadicam Op: Kyle Fasanella @vilekyle 1st AC: Nick Wiesner @nwiesner 2nd AC: Justin Mulroy @just_dropped_in Loader: Laura Eraud @Snoufy18 Camera PA: Raheem Stanley @raheemtystanley

Gaffer: Omar Nasr @Omarknasr BB Electric: Agustina Biasutto @agustinabiasutto Board Operator: Brandon Woodruff @tropical___products Electric: Alex Blum @light.blums Driver/Swing: Matt Lundy Key Grip: Keve Huggins @burnzgood BB Grip: Patrick Graham @impockets Grip: Dwane Harris @watch22 Grip: Mithin Thomas @mithintvm

Lead: Erick Benavides @erickbenavi Set Decorator: Abby McCreary @abigailmccreary Set Decorator: Phil McGill @papermatador Set Decorator: Lissette Emma @lissette_emma Prop Master: Zach Adams @georgggy Art Assistant: Jorge Almengor @influenced_5000 Art Assistant: Alexandra Massillo @ok4yso Art Assistant: Julye William @Jeezjulye

Harry Styles’ Skin: Dotti @therealistdotti Harry Styles’ Hair: Matt Mullhall @mattmulhall Harry Styles Stylist: Harry Lambert @harry_lambert Harry Styles’ Stylist Assistant: Ryan Wohlgemut @ryanwohlgemut

Prosthetic Makeup Artist: Sasha Glasser @sashaglasser

Tail produced by: Legend Jason Hamer’s Hamer FX @jasonhamer @Hamer_fx Sculptor: Mario Tores & Greg Polutanovich @gregpolutanovich Mold makers: Kyle Konkle, Eric Mullins,  @theartofseanpatrick & Emily Faunce Fabrication: Reggie Rizzo Painter: Eric Harris

Shrimp mask fabrication: Santino Ferrese @sffxstudios

Wardrobe Assistant: Amber Simirigilia @ambersimiriglia HMU Assistant: @meezamua Meliza Generoso

VTR: Steven Carlson @Steven.CR2 Script Supervisor: Carolynn Cecilia @carolynncecilia Playback: Tim Race @bigblissband Covid Compliance Manager: Mary Kate Kremar @marykaos  Covid Compliance Manager: Christian Peguro @christianpeguero Covid Compliance Assistant: Harrison Lipton @harrisonlipton Covid Compliance Assistant: Jabiece Benbow @janiecerisa Medic: Ali Colorio @alii_cat

Craft Service: Benn Goldschein Producer’s Assistant: Amy Teboul Truck PA: Ross Sloan Wardrobe Truck: Michael Spivey Camera Truck: Xavier Jeffers Set PA: Madison White AD PA: Dahvielle Lucas Set PA: Tahlia Munoz Set PA: Damien Cruz Set PA: Yvano Cajuste Set PA: JT Tsuchiya Driver PA: Duwayne King Driver PA: Santiago Deriquin Driver PA: Adde Abihzber

BTS Photographer: Lloyd Wakefield @lloyddddddddddddddddd

OCP Talent Owners: David Arrow @davidarrowactor & Amber Paul @amberpaulnyc Cook: Dante Fiallo @dantefiallo Handyman: Tony Wave @ryde_the_wave  “Can I touch your tail” Guy: Zeus RocanCourt @zeusrocancourt Prawn, Trombone: Jessica Stanley @jessstanleymusic Prawn, Trumpet: Sophie Manoloff @sophietrumpet Prawn, Saxophone: Reveka Pasternak @rvekap

Background Talent: Dawn Davis, Donna Tsufura, Eugene Farley, Glenn Wernig, Kenneth Geronimo, Kevin Kusinitz, Kimberly Solano, Michell Diaz Perea, Guy Richman, Laang T. Stewart, Josh Tolentino, Lorre-Ann Fisher, Troylynn Roberts, Bryant Salazar, Kseniya Yermakova, Mizan Taylor & Yanilsa Delacruz

Background Casting: Background Inc. 

Tail Handlers: Quentin Collins & Bryce Owen @quentinpcollins & @bryceowen_

Location: Legendary Sugar Hill Supper Club @sugarhillsupperclub

[stuartbramhall]

Fox News Goes the Way of the Landline

By Sasha Stone The same network that called Tucker Carlson a “Right-wing extremist” has decided to put Donald Trump back on prime time. As their hypocrisy comes full circle, a pathetic #boycottcnn hashtag bloomed on Twitter. As if. CNN’s ratings were in near-total collapse when Trump threw them a lifeline. By contrast, the Murdochs dumped their best ratings-getter for speaking too many…

[americanmysticom]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr tells Tucker this is turning America into a system of socialism for the rich.

to sell advertisements to for drug pushers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68MhtliIAvk

related;

TUCKER CARLSON GOES OUT SWINGING

Twilight Fox anchor interview with Robert Kennedy, Jr. is a hard-hitting masterpiece.

Former Navy Seal and ultramarathoner, David Goggins, once famously remarked:

If 100 men go to war, 10 shouldn’t be there, 80 are just targets, 9 do most of the fighting,

1 is a warrior.

In the great CULTURE WAR in which we who love our beleaguered Constitutional Republic now find ourselves, Tucker Carlson has been our Achilles.

Their economic model of telling lies to sell advertisements to for drug pushers is failing

In a couple of recent interviews on other podcasts, he has stated that no amount of money and power could dissuade him from telling the truth about our world as he sees it. Listening to these interviews, I got a presentiment that his days at Fox were numbered and he knew it.

When a man lives in a society governed by depraved, money-grubbing humbugs, and boldly speaks out against them, he will eventually come into such direct conflict with these overlords that they will either demand or engineer his elimination.

This morning someone sent me a link to his April 19 episode that featured an interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Listening to it over my morning coffee, I was especially impressed and found it so noteworthy that I decided to write a Substack post about it. As I logged onto the platform, I saw that my fellow Substack author, Sasha Latypova, was inspired to do the same.

Bravo, Tucker Carlson! We hope you’ll keep up your splendid work as an independent producer with your own platform. The writing is on the wall for the legacy broadcasters and cable news networks. Their economic model of telling lies to sell advertisements to drug pushers is failing, and they will soon go the way of the dodo bird.

You, on the other hand, may continue your glorious career as a spokesman for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/tucker-carlson-goes-out-swinging_5225297.html

See also;

CloseUp: Kennedy will put himself to the test of NH voters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u_f5_cfTW0

Tucker Carlson: It is hard to believe this is happening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eN19qkZRk

Tucker NOT Actually Fired! Reports Megyn Kelly

https://rumble.com/v2kp1xc-tucker-not-actually-fired-reports-megyn-kelly.html

View on CloudDrive; Tucker Carlson Goes Out Swinging

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZRN7tVZXTRC4NMnkhSiDt6gcgTLsbvhWWXV

[jerzwriter]

TCAW Day 2 - Beyond

Between Hopkins and OH Book 2

At first... Moving to Boston was a great decision for Tobias. He loved the city, and while his family's legacy was still known by many, it was far enough from his hometown of DC that it did not overshadow him. Many had no idea who the Carricks were, and he liked it that way.

He was still a little "shell shocked" after his final year at Hopkins, so at first, he threw himself into his work. He was determined to make a name for himself and still figuring out what his new life would look like.

More below...

At the time, the only family member he hadn't managed to alienate himself from was his mother. In many ways, he wanted to gain her approval. Professionally, he was doing that with ease, but personally, he wanted to show her he was the man she thought he could be... to an extent.

Personal Life... When Tobias was a 2nd-year resident at Kenmore, he began dating Sasha Carlson (Info here and here). She had just finished her master's degree and was new to Boston, working in the hospital's communications department. They dated for one year, and this was the only serious relationship of his adult life (prior to Casey). She wanted a future, and Tobias couldn't get on board. He cared for her, but she loved him. When they broke up, Tobias committed to bachelorhood. He really liked Sasha. She checked all the boxes, and he was convinced if he couldn't make it work with her, it was because he wasn't meant to live that life. Plus... he hated hurting her. While not friendly in the immediate aftermath of their break up, in time, they became very good friends.

After Sasha, Tobias became much more social. He was a regular at the local bar, known at many of the "in" spots in the city. He was on Kenmore's softball and bowling teams and participated in charity soccer and basketball tournaments. He learned to golf for "business purposes" but found it dull. He also took an interest in the arts (something his mother was thrilled about) and became a collector. That influenced his decision to buy a townhome in Boston's South End, a diverse, artistic community. People questioned him buying a large (4-bedroom) home when they knew he had planned to be a bachelor for life. He said it was an investment, he liked extra space, and it afforded him more opportunities to show off the art he acquired. Plus, he enjoyed entertaining on occasion.

After Sasha, Tobias never settled down. He dated many (many) women. There were some one-night stands but more casual dating. He was always very upfront that he did not want a commitment, but many thought they could "change his mind", then painted him as the bad guy when they couldn't. Between this, a crazy schedule, and just getting older, he came to prefer "arrangments". Not so much "friends with benefits" because they weren't really tight friends, but women who wanted the same thing he did... no strings... just fun. They weren't committed to each other but tended to limit dating/sexual activity to each other until one (usually the woman) wanted to move on to something new/more.

The only significant arrangements in the storyline were Audrey (more here), a nurse at Kenmore who he shared a long-time dalliance with. This proved to be a thorn in his side at the beginning of his relationship with Casey. Also, June Hirata, while not longstanding or significant to him personally, was significant in regard to his early relationship with Casey (more here).

Tobias had tons of friends, but the only two he was very close with were Kerry and Sasha.

Professional life... Tobias's star continued to rise, and he made a name for himself. His research in structural biology and metabolism was the crux of his publishing, but in practice, he found he preferred working in trauma. It was something about the need to make quick decisions, the rush of not knowing what was coming next, and the ability to utilize his knowledge to immediately impact/save lives that drew him in.

He held several different positions during his time at Kenmore, the last title he healed there was Director of Emergency Medicine. This is the position he was working in when he met Casey & Aurora. He also taught at Tufts University Medical School earlier in his career, eventually moving o to teach at Harvard Medical School.

He was very driven, and his career was the most important part of his life. While he was affable and known for having fun, on and off the job, that went away when he was in "work mode." Then he was no-nonsense. He encouraged younger physicians to have fun at work but know the time and place.

Personality/Reputation: Tobias was generally well-liked. He was charming, funny, affable, and liked to make people feel appreciated. However, he was also arrogant and could be shallow. The only deeper relationships he had were with the few people he allowed to see the "real" Tobias; in general, he kept things on the surface.

Those with a "work should also be fun" approach held him in the highest esteem at Kenmore, those who were more traditional doctors did not. However, his knowledge, skill, and ability to get things done had even those physicians willing to overlook certain things because, in the end, he was an excellent doctor.

He had a reputation of being a playboy/lady's man (which he didn't mind), but also a heartbreaker and a cad (which he did mind). The latter pissed him off because he wasn't a kid anymore. He was always upfront with what he wanted and knew it wasn't on him if people chose not to hear what he said. But, in time, he learned not to care what people thought. He knew the truth and that was all that mattered to him.

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