I love how the IWTV cast(except Bogosian🤣)seems so freaked out when a journalist mentions spoilery stuff...like wut in the HELL has Rolin Jones threatened them with if they prematurely spill some beans?
Rolin: You leak spoilers, me and my team write only Het stories from here on out...
Variety: Can Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez Land Acting Noms for ‘Red, White and Royal Blue?’
Weekly Commentary (Updated: June 6, 2024): Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez light up the screen in Prime Video’s hit romantic comedy “Red, White and Royal Blue.” In addition, they’ve become two of the biggest breakout stars of the year, and with the film being among the frontrunners for outstanding television movie, the pair could be a packaged deal on many Emmy ballots.
need post magic reveal/ban repeal where magic is free and everyone grows in their knowledge of just what magic is and how it works etc, etc. merlin (isn't one for bragging about his powers) doesn't really mention much about his magic so people just assume he has enough to get by with like chores but not enough to catch the ire of uther EXCEPT for gauis, lancelot, and arthur bc gaius and lancelot have known about him for years and know what he's capable of and arthur sat merlin down and demanded all the stories so arthur knows he'd be a formidable opponent but he doesn't really get it yk? so he's like "yeah merlin has magic and he's capable of defending himself and camelot so he's probably on the more powerful end of the spectrum like every other sorcerer who is powerful"
and then i need merlin to be Different. like noticeably different. like idk a sorcerer is like trying out to be court sorcerer (bc merlin doesn't want another job dammit arthur give it morgana or someone-) and they perform this elaborate spell that captivates merlin and he starts asking all these questions and the sorcerer is like "yeah it's super difficult, it took me months to get it right and it takes years for some others-" and they cut themselves off bc merlin was just like "i wanna try" and does it perfectly first try. the sorcerer is seething.
camelot is hit with a heatwave and everyone is suffering and arthur is just like "morgana can you make it rain or something? it's too hot to breathe." and morgana is just like "no you idiot i can't just bend nature to my will. it doesn't like that." and merlin finally arrives with waterskins full of nice, cold, refreshing drink that the knights are frothing at the mouth to get. arthur complains again and morgana huffs and merlin is like "has he been like that this whole time?" and morgana nods with a groan and merlin laughs before going "i can try something" and leaves before anyone can say anything and arthur looks at morgana and is like "i thought you said nature doesn't like to be controlled?" and she's like "it doesn't" and then they all chase after merlin but he's chilling in the courtyard with his eyes closed, not even chanting, and then the sky starts to darken as black clouds roll in, the temperature plummets and then...snow begins to fall. in july. they all end up having a snowball fight.
a power hungry sorcerer comes along and is like "emrys....he's perfect....just what i need...teehee" and casts some spell over merlin and begins to siphon his magic and his power and merlin feels waves of his magic flood through the connection and into the sorcerer and like he's a mix of panic and concern bc yeah this mf is taking his magic but they're taking his magic. merlin tries to bargain or talk them down while the knights and arthur try to attack but the sorcerer keeps pushing them back and ignores merlin and is like "i want power, i want your power" blah blah blah monologue time and they swing another wave of magic out at the knights and knock many out while killing some and merlin is just like "ok no that's all folks thanks" and starts to push his own magic through the connection. the sorcerer has this wild gleam in their eyes and they feel more and more power fill them and it's like a high until it gets too much and they frantically try to sever the connection and their telling merlin to stop but merlin is just like "i thought you wanted my power? i'm giving it to you" and continues to flood the sorcerer with his magic until gold begins to trace their skin and they idk explode or smth and then all the magic flies back into merlin and he flexes his hands. unnamed knights 3, 6, 22, 53, and 55 still died so it's a tragedy.
a bunch of sorcerers are entertaining at a feast (kind of like the trickler) and they cast illusions all around the room that look real enough (unless you look too closely or touch it bc they are somewhat see through and your hand would pass right through them) and it's a fun and joyous night. later that week, the knights bring it up during their break while training and merlin is like "sure, what illusion should i cast?" and after some back and forth, he settles on the illusion of a dragon. it's around the size and age of aithusa bc that's all he has to go off of and it's gold since he took inspiration from the pendragon crest all around the area. it jumps around and flaps it's wings to get some air and it's all fine and dandy until elyan goes to poke his hand through it's ribs but meets physical scales and he jumps up into percival's arms. merlin looks closer and is like "oh. its real. whoops." and leon is like "whoops?? you make a real life dragon and all you have to say is whoops?" and merlin shrugs and is like "it was an accident" and leon about keels over from a heart attack "an accident? how do you accidentally-" the dragon is considered a gift from magic to camelot and helps further heal the wounds of uther's purge.
idk just like merlin being casually the most powerful sorcerer to walk the earth and unnerving people just by how little he seems to care about his shows of power but they're all like "well he's just doing all these small things that don't harm anyone and he doesn't even seem to realize just how powerful he is so what can ya do?" and they leave it be and make peace with merlin being Like That. and then camelot/arthur is attacked or smth idk and then everyone gets to see exactly how powerful and dangerous merlin is
The next break Luca Marinelli gets will be well deserved because he's putting in that work at the Venice Film Festival for M. IL FIGILIO DEL SECOLO and it's not even in competition! Yet, be that as it may, Luca was still feted : he was awarded the FRED Film Radio Film Award for his contribution to Italian and international cinema.
In an interview on the station, he dedicated the award to his late grandfather who passed away when Luca was 14. He said while his grandfather was a carpenter whose specialty was joining, versus using nails, Luca feels he learned a lot from him as that's how he sees being an actor - a coming together.
Besides the FRED Film Radio interview, there is the official panel for the limited series and a slew of other interviews with Luca alone and with his director Joe Wright. Luckily, for non-Italian fans, the majority of the videos have auto-caption enabled so you can tweak the translation to your language. There's also the print interviews.
There are rave reviews for the series and Luca's performance.
And there's the red carpet. Luca's day and night looks are fascinating.
Bravo Luca!
LUCA AT VENEZIA
Luca and Joe with their missus...missuses?
Luca joining the press corps.
There's still the Toronto Film Festival that started yesterday. M. IL FIGLIO DEL SECOLO will also show there; and there are two THE OLD GUARD cast members with films there. Henry Golding with DANIELA FOREVER
and tomorrow night is the premiere of the retelling of Homer's ODYSSEY, THE RETURN starring Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes and costarring Marwan Kenzari.
Ponyboy shares absolutely everything with you. Whether you forgot a textbook or he catches you eyeing down his food - he’ll offer up his own belongings just for your sake. He’d hate to put himself first in situations and would go out of his way just to make sure your needs were met before his own.
He’ll try and act all tough in front of other guys, ESPECIALLY upperclassmen 😭🙏🏻. He’ll whip out a cigarette and lean against some tuff looking car just to try and impress you while attempting to notify others that he’s not to be messed with.
His hair is his pride and joy and he absolutely hates when people touch it. He thinks they’re ’messing it up’ even if it’s the slightest touch possible. He wouldn’t let you touch it either, as much as he likes you. He would give in when it’s freshly washed, letting you graze your fingers through it just a bit before he goes back to slathering that grease on. (You get 5 mins max to touch it.)
Once he feels comfortable enough with a girl he truly likes, he’ll open up to her over time. He might start blabbing about the unfair social hierarchy between Greasers and Socs or he might talk about how he admires the more simpler things in life like reading, writing, the sun, and taking walks while enjoying a cigarette. No matter what the topic is, he could talk for hours on end simply because it’s with you.
As you grow closer together overtime, Ponyboy retrieves old jewelry and little trinkets from his mother and passes them on to you. I can totally picture him clasping one of his mother’s necklaces behind your back and saying, “There you go…isn’t that pretty?” ☹️
He’d blab all about you to Soda at night, similar to how Soda would sometimes do with Sandy. He tries asking for advice and suggestions on places for fun dates, and how to bring up certain topics to you. He’ll never shut up about how beautiful he thinks you are to Soda. I feel like Ponyboy is the type to not crush on somebody or settle on liking them unless they’re absolutely perfect in his eyes. To him, you’re more than perfect, you’re like his dream girl or something along those lines if he’s willing to tell Soda about you. “She’s just perfect, I dunno…” with a soft smile is what does it everytime.
Delicately crafted using silver-gilt, it shows a praying knight emerging from a snail on the back of a goat and may be an example of 13th-century Yorkshire satire. Precisely what the joke was may never be known...
...Nenk said snails were often depicted in the margins of medieval illuminated manuscripts, thought to symbolise cowardice. That could mean it is “a satirical reference to cowardly or non-chivalric behaviour of opponents in battle, or as a parody of the upper or knightly classes”.
Nenk said satire was often found in medieval material culture, with one of the most popular visual gags being a monkey, in place of a doctor, examining a flask of urine for its clarity and colour – the go-to method for diagnosing medieval ailments.
That at least is graspable for modern audiences. Less so are the comic intricacies of a male knight wearing a Norman-style helmet, apparently praying, with one leg lunging forward as he steps from a snail on a goat. The museum called it a form of “medieval meme”.
“What it meant to the owner, or what went through the mind of the maker … I just don’t know,” said Nenk. She said she was open to suggestions.
when i tell you nothing makes me more emotional than seeing older actors interacting with younger actors who are playing the same character and their interactions just being so earnest and the older actors being so visibly proud of the younger ones
A kind purpleblood who loves taking care of things. He likes gardening and painting the most. His artworks are similar to impressionism. He worked hard to get into the art program, and is required to tie his scythes in cloth so his mostly warmblooded classmates and teachers feel safer. He still participates in combat training like the other purplebloods, but is outcast by them. Floria takes his treatment in stride, but it’s draining on him. He loves his moirail Melosa very dearly.
Sign of the patient. Maid of Heart. Petal Mantis Morph.
new amanda post on instagram to remind me of two very important things: that she's still fucking stunning, and that the world always needs more of the tommy amanda duo