#nicholas grossman

[comicwaren]

From Avengers Inc. #003, “The Man Who Died Twice”

Art by Leonard Kirk, Belardino Brabo and Alex Sinclair

Written by Al Ewing

#avengers inc. #skurge the executioner #graybeard #odin borson #valkyrie #brunnhilde #jane foster #wasp #janet van dyne #vic shade #grim reaper #eric williams #thor odinson #ringleader #charles last #bombshell #wendy conrad #knicknack #nicholas grossman #throwdown #tenpin #alvin healey #marvel #comics #marvel comics

[nitpickrider]

The Death Throws A group of supervillain jugglers each specializing in a different kind of juggles weapon. No notes, 10/10, that's amazing

#marvel #marvel comics #marvel universe #marvel heroes #superhero #comics #death throws #ringleader #charles last #bombshell #wendy conrad #tenpin #nicholas grossman #oddball #elton healey #knicknack #alvin healey #crossfire #william cross

[bookishbunnies]

I seem to have accidentally stuck to a theme this month 😅 and only after reading The Study of Poisons did I realise how much, coz even the two without Magician in the title still have magicians as a major part of the story 😅

#poisonstudy #thestudyofpoisons #mariavsnyder #magician #the secrets of the immortal Nicholas flamel #michael scott #the magicians #lev grossman #raymond e feist #riftwar saga

[onlydylanobrien]

Dylan O’Brien Sets ‘Twinless’ With James Sweeney Directing & Starring; Republic Pictures Takes Global On Three Point Capital & David Permut Production

EXCLUSIVE: Dylan O’Brien is set to headline in James Sweeney‘s dark comedy Twinless, which the latter wrote and will also star in. Republic Pictures has taken global rights to the movie. Cameras are currently rolling on the movie in Portland, OR. O’Brien will executive produce.

The pic follows two young men who meet in a twin bereavement support group. An unlikely bromance develops between them. Twinless follow Sweeney’s directorial debut, Straight Up, which notched the filmmaker a Best First Screenplay nom at the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards.

Three Point Capital is financing the film with Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron and Liz Destro also serving as EPs.

Twinless is produced by Academy Award nominated producer David Permut and Permut Presentations (Hacksaw Ridge, Face/Off) whose most recent Netflix movie, Rustin, garnered Colman Domingo a Best Actor Oscar nomination.

Miky Lee (Parasite) Vice Chairwoman of CJ and who most recently executive produced the Oscar nominated film Past Lives, serves as EP.

Permut Presentations Director Of Development Alex Astrachan co-produces.

Permut said, “I was absolutely knocked out by James’ first film Straight Up and was determined to work with him. I immediately responded to the originality and provocative concept of Twinless. The dark comedy depicts complex characters in such an irreverent, emotional and hysterical way. The chemistry between Dylan, who portrays the role of identical twin brothers, opposite James’ character is absolutely combustible.”

O’Brien’s most recent film is the independent feature Ponyboi, in which he plays a villainous pimp and small-time drug dealer, recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He will next be seen in the upcoming films SNL 1975 (from director Jason Reitman) as Dan Aykroyd, Caddo Lake (from the writing-directing team of Logan George and Celine Held, and producer M. Night Shyamalan), and Anniversary (a thriller co-starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Zoey Deutch and Phoebe Dynevor). The $1.7 billion grossing star is well-known to audiences from his work in The Maze Runner franchise, as well as the hit MTV series Teen Wolf.

Permut also recently produced the Paramount+ series hit, Lawman: Bass Reeves from Taylor Sheridan, which stars SAG nominee David Oyelowo. His upcoming high priority slate includes Being Heumann written and directed by Academy Award winner Sian Heder (CODA) at Apple, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris’ (Little Miss Sunshine) film The Invite, and Face/Off II at Paramount, the sequel to Permut’s 1997 hit film, to be directed by Adam Wingard.

Sweeney is repped by UTA, 2AM and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver and Thompson. O’Brien is repped by WME, Principal Entertainment, and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark and Permut is repped by John Tishbi at Pearlman & Tishbi.

Three Point Capital, established in 2009, is a financier and service provider in the film, television, and commercial industries. They have financed over 400 films, including The Butler, Clerks III and the Oscar-winning Manchester by the Sea. They most recently provided funding for the upcoming Michael Keaton starrers Know Goes Away and Goodrich, the Nicholas Cage starrer Longlegs, the Tina Fey/Jon Hamm comedy Maggie Moore(s) and the recent Sundance premiere Rob Peace.

Paramount Global Content Distribution is revitalizing the former Republic Pictures label, originally founded in 1935. The newly branded acquisition label will leverage Paramount Global’s vast worldwide distribution channels, across home entertainment and third-party distribution platforms to distribute a wide range of acquired films. Republic Pictures is an acquisition-only label under Paramount Pictures.

Source: deadline.com

#dylan o'brien #twinless #twinless cast #news

[batboyblog]

A Call for Empathy for Innocent Israelis

Open Letter: A Call for Empathy for Innocent Israelis

OCTOBER 19, 2023

To the Editor: Every Tisha B’av, the national day of communal mourning, Jews read liturgy recounting the horrors of our slaughtered ancestors throughout history and around the world. Every year, our blood runs cold rereading accounts of those nightmares. This year those nightmares became real. Earlier this month, the slaughter in southern Israel has matched the brutality of that liturgy: 1,400 people murdered at a concert, in their cars, in their homes, and nearly 200 taken as hostages. These are scenes we never thought we would see. We are heartbroken and disgusted by the shocking lack of empathy on much of the self-professed global left for the innocent Israelis who were murdered and kidnapped, and for the Jews in the diaspora who watched helplessly around the world as the most catastrophic slaughter in our history since the Holocaust was perpetrated. For much of the left, however, this was “resistance.” Furthermore, it was “justified,” as if the Jews murdered in their beds and the closets of their own homes somehow deserved to die. Jews and Palestinians have something in common: the dead bodies commentators around the world either pretend to care about or grotesquely dehumanize were once people we loved. The body count only grows. In the wake of Israeli retaliation the number of civilian Gazan deaths approaches 4,000. We can extrapolate from our own pain, and we recognize the despair and horror haunting Palestinians in and outside of Gaza. Grief should be respected. It would be an expression of gross inhumanity to demand that the Palestinians are only entitled to their grief if they publicly blame the deaths of their loved ones on their leadership. Jews deserve the same respect and the same degree of empathy. The victims in Israel were civilians. They were not “partisans,” merely because they lived within Israel’s borders. Much of the conversation since the dark events of October 7 has focused on distinguishing Hamas “militants” from innocent Palestinians, a distinction that is real and significant. But why does the same distinction not apply to Israel and its people? Why are Jews living in the Jewish state seen as justifiable collateral damage? Those who in any way justify the actions of Hamas should consider the macabre tradition in which their rhetoric falls: the mass murder of innocent Jews in cold blood, justifying this mass murder as necessary policy, and celebrating the bloodthirsty evil that is, that has always been, antisemitism. That tradition reached its apex in the Holocaust, an epochal catastrophe that changed the face of Jewish and world history forever but whose legacy is somehow vanishing by the day. The events of October 7 only underscore how much. Celeste Marcus James McAuley David Grossman Cynthia Ozick Simon Sebag-Montefiore Anita Shapira Leon Wieseltier Simon Schama Michael Walzer Natasha Lehrer Lauren Elkin Robert Alter Etan Nechin Arash Azizi Oksana Forostyna Dexter Filkins Alex Levy Natalie Livingstone David Avrom Bell Elliot Ackerman Anne Sebba Noga Arikha Kati Marton Daphne Merkin Matti Friedman Marie Brenner Elisabeth Zerofsky Names added after publication: Anshel Pfeffer Daniel Mendelsohn Enrique Krauze Nicholas Lemann Ruth Rosengarten Judith Shulevitz

#Israel #Israelis #antisemitism #war crimes #Hamas #humanity

[ghostpalmtechnique]

Reading recommendations

Books that I enjoyed enough over the past couple decades to leave a lasting impression (noting here that this was inspired partly by the fact that some of the things that get the most discussion on Tumblr -- e.g. the Ancillary Justice series, The Locked Tomb series, the one that is escaping me at the moment where humanity has sorted into a bunch of societies with different aesthetic/ethical philosophies -- did not make that much impression on me and/or never sounded interesting enough to read in the first place, so if your tastes align with what already gets all the talk, this may not help you). I am assuming that Terry Pratchett, GRRM, etc. do not actually require my recommendation.

(I opted out of saving my library history as a civil liberties thing back during the height of the War on Terror, but presumably if I can't remember it now, it's not that important to read it.)

In no particularly order

Almost everything by China Mieville Almost everything by Nick Harkaway Almost everything by John Scalzi Almost everything by Ian M. Banks The Sun Eater series by Nicholas Ruocchio (warning: not finished yet, but everything so far has been published on time) The Spellwright trilogy by Blake Charlton The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman David Brin's Uplift trilogies The Milkweed Triptych by Ian Tregillis The Quantum Thief trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi World War Z by Max Brooks The Robopocalypse books by Daniel H. Wilson The Reckoners series by Brandon Sanderson

I welcome suggestions based on the above.

#books

[nodynasty4us]

[The Republican debate] felt like a broadcast from an alternate dimension—one where the Senate had convicted Donald Trump in the January 6th impeachment and barred him from office, freeing up Republicans to leave Trump and all his baggage behind them.

Nicholas Grossman in The Bulwark

#debate #nobody

[vntagetee-archive]

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*primary **secondary ***test +request only &private

⸻ 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐒

all too well ( taylor swift's short film )

** emily byrne. twenty-one. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; sadie sink

the bad seed ( 2018 )

* emma grossman. pre-teens. asexual. open for plotting. fc; mckenna grace

barbie ( 2023 )

** ken carson. twenties. asexual. open for plotting. fc; ryan gosling

batman ( various media )

** barbara wilson / batgirl. eighteen. pansexual / panromantic. open plotting & shipping. BATMAN & ROBIN. fc; alicia silverstone

** chase meridian. thirties-forties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open plotting & selective shipping. BATMAN FOREVER.  fc; nicole kidman & suki waterhouse

* dana tan. nineteen. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open plotting & selective shipping. BATMAN BEYOND. fc; arden cho

** rachel dawes. thirties-forties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open plotting & highly selective shipping. NOLANVERSE BATMAN. tdk verse + au!rachel survives. fc; keri russell & daisy edgar jones

* selina kyle. thirty-three. bisexual / biromantic. open plotting & shipping. THE BATMAN. fc; zoe kravitz

*vicki vale. forty. bisexual / biromantic. open plotting & selective shipping. BATMAN COMICS. fc; jessica chastain

the craft ( 1996 )

** bonnie harper. eighteen-early twenties. pansexual / panromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; india eisley & neve campbell

* nancy downs. eighteen-early twenties. lesbian / homoromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; sophie thatcher & fairuza balk

disney ( various media )

*ella tremaine. twenties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open plotting & selective shipping. CINDERELLA. fc; lily james

* ursula. forties. asexual. open for plotting. fc; melissa mccarthy

don't worry darling ( 2022 )

** alice chambers. twenty-six. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & highly selective shipping. fc; florence pugh

everything everywhere all at once ( 2022 )

*joy wang. twenty-three. lesbian / homoromantic. open for plotting & selective shipping. fc; stephanie hsu

the faculty ( 1998 )

** delilah profitt. eighteen-twenties. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; melissa barrera & jordana brewster

** zeke tyler. eighteen-twenties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; josh hartnett & jack o'connell

gone girl ( 2014 )

** amy dunne. forty-three. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; rosamund pike

halloween ( various media )

** john tate. teens-forties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & shipping. HALLOWEEN H20. fc; josh hartnett

i know what you did last summer ( 1997 )

+ helen shivers. twenty. pansexual / panromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; sarah michelle gellar. 

interview with a vampire ( various media )

*claudia. appears eighteen. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; anya taylor joy & bailey bass

lethal weapon ( various media )

* lorna cole. thirties. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; renee russo & jessica chastain

the menu ( 2022 )

** tyler ledford. thirty-one. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; nicholas hoult

the mod squad ( 1999 )

** julie barnes. twenty-three. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; florence pugh

pearl ( 2022 )

** pearl - @xfact0r

promising young woman ( 2020 )

** cassie thomas. thirty. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & selective shipping. fc; carey mulligan

psycho ( 1959 )

** marion crane. thirty-one. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; samara weaving

robin hood ( various media )

*lady marian. twenties. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & highly selective shipping. fc; alicia vikander

romeo & juliet ( 1996 )

*juliet capulet. twenty-one. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & highly selective shipping. fc; kristine froseth

scream ( 1996 )

** sidney prescott. eighteen-early forties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; neve campbell & katilyn dever

** tatum riley. eighteen. pansexual / panromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; rose mcgowan & billie lourd

teenage mutant ninja turtles ( various media )

*april o'neil. twenty-eight. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; emma stone

titanic ( 1997 )

** rose dewitt-bukater. twenties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & highly selective shipping. fc; kate winslet

x ( 2022 )

** bobby-lynne parker. twenty-three. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; brittany snow

* maxine minx. - @xfact0r

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angel

* cordelia chase. twenties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & selective shipping. fc; charisma carpenter

black mirror

** yorkie. ( s3, e4 ) twenty-one. homosexual / homoromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; mackenzie davis

buffy the vampire slayer

** anya jenkins. eighteen-twenties. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & highly selective shipping. fc; emma caulfield

** dawn summers. teens. asexual. open for plotting. fc; michelle trachtenberg

**willow rosenberg. eighteen-twenties. lesbian / homoromantic. open for plotting & highly selective shipping. fc; alyson hannigan

dawson's creek

** jen lindley. eighteen-twenties. pansexual / panromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; michelle williams

game of thrones

** talisa stark. twenties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & closed shipping ( robb's only ). fc; oona chaplin

the musketeers ( bbc )

*constance d'artagnan. twenty-six. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & highly selective shipping. fc; tamla kari

*queen anne. twenty-three. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & highly selective shipping. fc; alexandra dowling

peaky blinders

*ada shelby. twenties. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; sophie rundle

**lizzie stark-shelby. thirty. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & closed shipping ( tommy's only ). fc; natasha o'keefe

power rangers

+ kimberly hart. nineteen. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; kaia gerber

roseanne

*darlene conner. teens-twenties. pansexual / panromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; sara gilbert

succession

** jess jordan. thirties. lesbian / homoromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; juliana canfield

** rava roy. forties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; natalie gold

tell me lies

** lucy albright. nineteen-twenties. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; grave van patten

the last of us

*sarah miller. teens-thirties. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; logan browning & nico parker

the white lotus

** daphne sullivan. thirty-two. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & selective shipping. fc; meghann fahy

** portia. twenty-seven. bisexual / biromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; haley lu richardson

the x-files

** dana scully. thirties-forties. heterosexual / heteroromantic. open for plotting & shipping. fc; gillian anderson

#╭ menu. muse list

[marvelman901]

Knickknack (Nicholas Grossman) . Knickknack was part of the Death Throws. . What did you think about Knickknack? . Published in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe v3 5 (1991) by Keith Pollard and Josef Rubinstein. . #knickknack #deaththrows #supervillain #marvel #90s #captainamerica #circus https://www.instagram.com/p/CgP2q07MCki/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#knickknack #deaththrows #supervillain #marvel #90s #captainamerica #circus

[lesser-known-composers]

Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–93) - Trio Sonata

the Sebastians : Daniel S. Lee, violin Nicholas DiEugenio, violin Dongmyung Ahn, violin Ezra Seltzer, cello Jeffrey Grossman, organ and artistic director Charles Weaver, theorbo

#Johann Caspar Kerll

[dserwer1]

Stevenson's army, August 29

– Atlantic releases chapter of Afghanistan withdrawal chapter of Franklin Foer book on Biden. – Journalist Jim Fallows critique media coverage of politics — note his link to conservative Nicholas Grossman. – Jay Solomon sees the BRICS building a coalition against US – Dan Drezner assesses the rise of China, and the consequences of its decline. – Tom Ricks review some new military history…

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#Afghanistan #BRICs #China #Defense #Media

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Look... I’ve seen some terrible ideas for supervillain teams, but “an entire group of jugglers who each juggle something different” has to be pretty high on that list...

#Marvel #Captain America #Wendy Conrad ~ Bombshell #Elton Healey ~ Oddball #Nicholas Grossman ~ Knicknack #Charles Last ~ Ringleader #Alvin Healey ~ Tenpin

[hashirun]

Kaye's Book Recommendations

Whenever people find out that I like reading I inevitably get asked for book recommendations, so for easy reference I decided to make a list divided into genres / categories. The original list is saved in my phone's Notes app, but it occurred to me that I'd also like to share it here.

I tweaked the list to exclude some of the more tedious titles (maybe I'll share them next time), since ultimately my goal when recommending a book is for the other person to develop a love for reading.

A lot of these books already have movie adaptations, but if you haven't watched the movies yet then please consider reading the books first :>

For the Budding Reader

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

For the Casual Athlete

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

For the Art Connoiseur

Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

Thriller

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

I Am Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

Legal Thriller

The Rainmaker is a good place to start, or yeah, anything by John Grisham - guy pretty much owns the legal thriller genre

Romance

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ("I love. I have loved. I will love.")

Love Story by Erich Segal ("Love means never having to say you're sorry.")

Sci Fi for Beginners

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Super-powered Characters

Vicious by VE Schwab

Dystopian

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Children's Book

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Children's Fantasy / Adventure

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler

Fantasy for Beginners

Harry Potter by JK Rowling

Eragon / The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

Fantasy (others)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Neil Gaiman for Beginners

Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neverwhere

YA - you've probably already read (or watched):

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Every Day by David Levithan

But how about:

Turtles All The Way Down by John Green ?

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

Haruki Murakami for Beginners

Norwegian Wood

Kafka on the Shore

Detective Stories

Literally anything by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie

Gothic Mystery

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, or if I have to pick just one book from the series, it would be Shadow of the Wind

For the Budding Philosopher

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

Obsessed with Numbers

Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis

The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Heartwarming / Tearjerker

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

American Literature

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Books by Filipino Authors

To Catch A Shooting Star by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo

Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan

Ben Singkol by F. Sionil Jose

Ang mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan by Bob Ong

"Be awesome! Be a book nut!" - Dr. Seuss

"We read to know that we are not alone." - CS Lewis

"If you don't like to read, you haven't found the right book." - JK Rowling

🤍🤍🤍

#books #reading #literature #literary quotes

[hompunkulus]

Hom^Punk^Ulus Reading List

Left-Hand Path and Satanology:

The Satanic Bible, Anton Szandor LaVey

The Devil’s Notebook, Anton Szandor LaVey

Rebels and Devils, Christopher S. Hyatt (editor)

Raising Hell, Robert Masello

Spiritual Satanists Prayer Book, Venus Satanas

Chaos and Eclectic Magic:

Liber Null & Psychonaut, Peter J. Carroll

Book of Lies, Richard Metzger (editor)

Kaos Hieroglyphica, Anton Channing

The Chaonomicon, Jaq D. Hawkins

Chaos and Sorcery, Nicholas Hall

Nocturnal Witchcraft, Konstantinos

Vampyrism:

Vampires: In Their Own Words, Michelle Belanger (edtor)

Psychic Vampire Codex, Michelle Belanger

Vampires: The Occult Truth, Konstantinos

Akhkharu, Michael W. Ford

Sekhem-Apep, Michael W. Ford

Vampire Nation, Arlene Russo

Psychology and the Brain:

On Combat, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman with Loren W. Christensen

Buddha’s Brain, Rick Hansen, Ph. D with Richard Mendeus, M.D.

The Mind and the Brain, Jeffery M. Schwartz, M.D. and Sharon Begley

The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van der Kolk

Incognito, David Eagleman

Martial Arts and Fitness:

Karate-Do: My Way of Life, Gitchen Funakoshi

Bubishi: The Bible of Karate, Patrick McCarthy (translator)

The Art of Peace, Morihei Ueshiba

Tooth From a Tiger’s Mouth, Tom Bisio

The Naked Warrior, Pavel

My Old Time Strongman Training, Robert Spindler

Ultimate Warrior Workouts, Martin Rooney

Miscellaneous:

The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus

Werewolves: The Occult Truth, Konstantinos

Dark Archives, Megan Rosenbloom

The Butchering Art, Lindsey Fitzharris

Dhammapada, favorite translator

The Science of Mind, Ernest Holmes

Fiction, Myths, and Folklore:

Monkey: Journey to the West, favorite translator

Tales of the Taoist Immortals, Eva Wong

Myths and Legends of the Martial Arts, Peter Lewis

Carmilla, Sheridan Le Fanu

The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton

Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft

#read #reading #books #nook #skoob #boko #sokob #okobs #oboks #obo ks #sobok #dear imploded #imploded dear #anagram #scholastic #reading list #suggested reading #bibliography #satanism #luciferianism #wisdom #athenian #hermetic #hermes #hermes trismegistus #fiction #mythology #folklore #legends #legendary

[popcultureconfessions]

MET Gala List Part Two

I made a part two. 😊 Also, the gala is TODAY!

(Remember, this is just a list of celebrities I would invite if I was in charge of it.)

201. Sara Paulson 202. Julia Roberts 203. Brandon Maxwell 204. Pierpaolo Piccioli (designer for Valentino) 205. Yara Shahidi 206. Gemma Chan 207. Laverne Cox 208. Lucy Boynton 209. Naomi Campbell 210. Penelope Cruz 211. Salma Hayek 212. Gwyneth Paltrow 213. Rami Malek 214. Sienna Miller 215. Aurora James 216. Carey Mulligan 217. Charli XCX 218. Alexa Chung 219. Stella Maxwell 220. Sofía Sánchez Barrenechea 221. Dapper Dan 222. Aquaria 223. Normani 224. Camila Coelho 225. Deepika Padukone 226. Tommy Hilfiger 227. Violet Chachki 228. Nasiba Adilova 229. Shailene Woodley 230. Ansel Elgort 231. Joe Jonas 232. Megan Fox 233. Laura Haddock 234. Orlando Bloom 235. Willow Smith 236. Jason Sudeikis 237. Ewan McGregor 238. Coco Rocha 239. Ralph Lauren 240. BTS - Jungkook, V, Park Ji-min, Jin, Suga, RM, J-Hope 241. Blackpink - Jennie, Lisa, Rosé, Jisoo 242. Doja Cat 243. Sam Claflin 244. Kiera Knightley    245. Alexina Graham 246. Rachel Zegler 247. Sophia Lillis 248. Sam Smith 249. Mimi Cuttrell 250. Aubrey Plaza 251. Adam Driver 252. Kate McKinnon 253. Aidy Bryant 254. Thomasin McKenzie 255. Maddie Ziegler 256. Kristen Bell 257. Idina Menzel 258. Michelle Dockery 259. Chris Evans 260. Peter Dinklage 261. Luke Evans 262. Liam Hemsworth 263. Robert Pattinson 264. Christian Louboutin 265. Stuart Weitzman 266. Nicola Glass (designer for Kate Spade) 267. Michael Kors 268. Manolo Blahnik 269. Alberta Ferretti 270. Kim Jones (designer for Fendi) 271. Viktor Horsting 272. Rolf Snoeren 273. Richard Madden 274. Giorgio Armani 275. Isabel Marant 276. Nicky Zimmermann 277. Simone Zimmermann 278. Gimmo Etro 279. Austin Butler 280. Abigail Breslin 281. Lana Del Rey 282. Natalia Dyer 283. Molly Ringwald 284. Adele 285. Giambattista Valli 286. Tamara Ralph 287. Michael Russo 288. Isla Fisher 289. Anastasia Soare (founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills) 290. Charlotte Tilbury 291. Allan Avendaño 292. Danielle Priano 293. Pier Gelardi (founder of Refinery29) 294. Philippe von Borries (founder of Refinery29) 295. Christene Barberich (founder of Refinery29) 296. Justin Stefano (founder of Refinery29) 297. Sara Moonves (editor-in-chief for W Magazine) 298. Arnaud de Contades (CEO of Marie Claire Magazine) 299. Anne Fullenwider (editor-in-chief of Marie Claire Magazine)  300. Lauren Conrad 301. Miles Socha (editor-in-chief of Women’s Wear Daily) 302. Jay Penske (CEO of Women’s Wear Daily) 303. Jessica Pels (editor-in-chief for Cosmopolitan Magazine) 304. Rob Zangardi 305. Mariel Haenn 306. Michael Fassbender 307. Elliot Page 308. Betsey Johnson 309. Jonathan Groff 310. Anna Faris 311. Meryl Streep 312. Brie Larson 313. Renée Elise Goldsberry 314. Jasmine Cephas Jones 315. Cindy Crawford 316. Nicholas Hoult 317. Zac Posen 318. Taraji P. Henson 319. Joan Smalls 320. Samira Nasr (editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar Magazine) 321. Lily James 322. Thandiwe Newton 323. Ciara Bravo 324. Mary Elizabeth Winstead 325. Phoebe Dynevor 326. Allison Janney 327. Daniel Levy 328. Claire Foy 329. Lisa Eldridge 330. Kale Teter 331. LaQuan Smith 332. Lacy Redway 333. Alexandra DiRoma 334. Alex White (fashion director for Elle Magazine U.S.) 335. Carine Roitfeld (founder and editor-in-chief of CR Fashion Book) 336. Carine Backoff 337. Zoey Grossman 338. Tyler Shields 339. Greg Williams 340. Cass Blackbird 341. Timothée Chalamet 342. Virgil Abloh 343. Owen Gould 344. Tobi Henney 345. Marc Eram 346. Charlotte Prevel 347. Romy Soleimani 348. Rebecca Minkoff 349. Joseph Altuzarra 350. Gabriela Heart (designer for Chloé) 351. Hedi Slimane (designer for Céline) 352. Phoebe Philo (designer for Céline) 353. Jonathan Anderson (designer for Loewe) 354. Saweetie 355. Kelsey Deenihan Fisher 356. Lorde 357. Demna Gvasalia (designer for Balenciaga)

For this list, I include some makeup artists, fashion photographers, hairstylists, editor-in-chief for magazines, and the CEO of magazines. I still don’t understand the point of inviting athletes, so I left them off.

Now, here is who I would NOT invite...

59. Machine Gun Kelly 60. 21 Savage 61. French Montana 62. Chris Pratt 63. Bella Thorne 64. Scarlett Johansson 65. Jennifer Lawrence 66. Emma Watson 67. Vanessa Hudgens 68. Sacha Baron Cohen 69. Dylan Sprouse 70. Barbara Palvin  71. Ashton Kutcher 72. Sarah Jessica Parker 73. Zayn Malik 74. Olivia Jade 75. Channing Tatum 76. Paris Hilton 77. Nicky Hilton

♡ September 3, 2021 September 13, 2021 ♡

#text #personal #2021 #pop culture #met gala #fashion industry

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OCTOBER                           2021

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We miss U Charlie Watts!!

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The Stones performed at a private party for Patriots owner Robert Kraft of all people. The test run looked like just that. Shark jumped. I am becoming disillusioned.

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SNL is back with Owen Wilson as first host of season 47. Kacey Musgraves is the musical guest. Episode 2 will have a ridic choice for host. Halsey will sing. I suppose $ is power with the Kardashians. I could think of about 10 million other people to host but more and more Lorne goes for the shiny object , what he THINKS people want instead of taking risk. Beck Bennett is out.

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Is everybody watching the Amber Ruffin Show?? I loved her before but now… I learn so much from her show. Sometimes it takes a comic to get to the real serious shit. For example: Have you heard of drowning towns? Towns like Oscarville, Kowaliga, York hill, Seneca Village, Prentiss and countless other black towns that were drowned out to make lakes for the local whites. Central Park was also made after a black community was erased from history. Development displacement? Alleyway dwelling authority? Even those rabid for history can find out new things everyday. Thanks Amber!!

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Bob Woodward and Robert Costa are finally giving us Peril !!!!!!  I’ve been waiting!!** I was in political nerd heaven on Sept. 24 when Yamiche hosted Robert, Bob and Weijia Jang on Washington Week. All of my favorite pundits all together at one table, my dream team!!

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Iman looked great at the Met Gala!! Other great looks belonged to AOC, Tessa Thompson, Maluma, Helen Lasichanb and Pharrell Williams. Gigi Hadid, Kiki Layne, Ashton Sanders, Hailee Steinfeld, Kehlani, Zoe Kravitz, Michaela Cole, Lili Reinhart, Kate Hudson and Shai Gilgeous- Alexander were great. Whoopi Goldberg seemed a bit off.

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Jason Isbell is back with his latest offering, Georgia Blue.

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I see a lot of Title Max type establishment are closing down. Are they a thing of the past? Let’s hope.

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Law and Order is coming back to NBC for season 21. Dick Wolf will own 2 entire nights of television. Some of the old cast is reported to be returning.

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Britney Spears Father was suspended as her conservator.

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Timothy Chalamet, Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins and Olivia Coleman will star in Wonka.

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The 2022 Super Bowl halftime show will bring us Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre and Kendrick Lamar.

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People are doing test runs for school board positions to see if their political ideas will play well for the big leagues. If they don’t seem to work, at least they can sometimes change the rules in their own area.

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Joe Rogan got Covid.

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Lake Michigan beaches were closed down thanks to a US Steel plant chemical leak.

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Is this country the master of endless administrative work?  None of us should have been surprised at the red tape that the slowed down the end of the war in Afghanistan.** Uber donated 50k for rides and meals to the Afghans when they arrive.**And why do so many waste taxpayer $ on useless recounts and recalls when people need real help with food and healthcare? They must really hate humanity.

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R. Kelly was found guilty of 8 counts of sex trafficking and 1 count of racketeering.

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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Texas has put a law into effect to allow most Texans to carry open without permit or training.

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Texas has banned abortion at about 6 weeks. Uber and Lyft will pay drivers legal fees if sued under Texas abortion law. Lyft donated $1mil to Planned Parenthood. ** Look for the ruling in the Mississippi law over Roe V. Wade in June 2022.**Hear us roar!** BTW.. Go Jen Psaki!!!!!!!

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They seriously banned plastic straws and abortion before assault rifles? – Eden Dranger

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Please stop banning abortions, the last thing the world needs is more Americans. –Sarah Beattie

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Women don’t inseminate themselves. Vasectomies are reversible. Should every man have one until he’s deemed financially and emotionally fit to be a Father? – Bradley Whitford

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90 year old William Shatner will go to space for Blue Origin.

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The Q Anon Shaman pled guilty to a felony for obstructing the Electoral College proceedings. I say 20 years and a $250K fine.** 600 others have been indicted.

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Days Alert: The Beyond Salem thing was ridic but it was so great to see some old characters.  Days is so great at visiting old family. Who can resist Shane, Austin and Carrie, Billie and the old Kristen? I do wish that Peacock would get their kinks out!! Back to the real Days: Are we smelling an Emmy for Susan Seaforth Hayes and Bill?? ** Good to have Abigail back. It is always fun to wonder which actress and or personality it will be. ** Deidre Hall got her star on the walk of fame.**And just in time for Halloween, the Devil is making a comeback. The end of the year in Salem is always the best!! It is so brave to give the 96 year old man the old switcheroo into the Dark Lord.  It was fun to see the grandkids discover Grandma Marlena’s story. Delicious!! Hail Satan!!** It is past time for Tate and Teresa to come back to town. Brady needs to be put in his place. And thanks for the Philip and Chloe flashbacks!!

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The breakdown of the vaccinated: 90% of Atheists, 86% Hispanic Catholic, 84% Agnostic, 79% White Catholic, 73% White mainline protestant, 70% Black mainline protestant, 57% white evangelical. 1 in 500 Americans have died of Covid.

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So Mike Lindell and Jim Baker have teamed up to sell children’s Bible pillows.** Piers Morgan has returned to the Murdoch organization by joining Fox. That sounds about right.

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Please stop saying the vaccine does not have severe side effects, I took my shots and now I’m alive and have to keep working. –Mohand Eishieky

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In theatres Oct. 22: The French Dispatch.** October also brings us a new season of Curb your enthusiasm and Oct. 17 will catch us up on Succession. Whew!!!

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So people under conservatorship are not free to marry who they want? What?

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46% of Americans believe in ghosts.

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Simone Biles, Mckayla Maroney and Aly Rasiman testified at  the Senate judiciary hearing about the FBI’s handling of accusations against Larry Nassar and it was eye opening!

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We wanted a no -nonsense Dem who pushes on and does not puss out.  I am a bit surprised to see we have it. There are so many pressing issues that I hope Biden works a bit more on Haiti though.

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The National Police Act was passed to celebrate cops. Still no police reform.

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John Mulaney and Olivia Munn are going to have a baby.

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The Emmy’s were a little different this year with more of a Golden Globe look.  Cedric the Entertainer hosted with Reggie Watts as DJ. Lots of minority noms but barely a win. It was a white people night. Ted Lasso had a great night. Mare of Eastown took home a few with Evan Peters, Julianne Nicholson and Kate Winslet. Now, Kate is great but how did Anya Taylor- Joy not walk away with that? Queens Gambit did win a couple and gave the longest speech with the seemingly arrogant director Scott Frank who opened up 2 page acceptance. Categories were tough but I was routing for Renee Elise Goldberry and Bowen Yang but perhaps next year. The people in England who had their own party for all the statues that the Crown won seemed to be having more fun! Hacks won for writing and directing and Jean Smart!! It was nice to see the Norm Macdonald love which was barely mentioned by Lorne but celebrated by John Oliver. Colbert ‘s election night special won as did JB Smoove. Hamilton won and Debbie Allen got the big one. I do not understand why real singers and or musicians have to be there for the in Memoriam. It takes me out of it a bit and concentrates the focus on them. Do they think that people will pay attention more? Do they want to keep the home audience or live audience from the bathroom?  My best dressed were Anya Taylor-Joy, Michaela Cole who won for I may destroy you, Jean Smart, Josh O’Connor, Kathryn Hahn, Billy Porter, MJ Rodriguez, Keenan Thonpson, Leslie Odom Jr., Catherine O’Hara, Trevor Noah, Eugene Levy, Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, Bowen Yang,  Anthony Anderson, Leslie Grossman, Amber Ruffin, Allyson Felix, Renee Elise Goldberry, Samira Wiley and Rege- Jean Page. My worst were Sarah Paulson, Gillian Anderson,  Beanie Feldstein, Elizabeth Olsen and Aidy Bryant. To me the best part of the show was the enthusiasm of Conan and the way he injected himself into much of the evening .He was the show.  Go Conan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Next year there must be some Emmys for Sarah Paulson and Cobie Smulders in Impeachment!!!!!

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Oh Boy!! The Eyes of Tammy Faye!!

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Looking forward to the Electric Life of Louis Wain with Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy.

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Abba has a new album!!

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Shang Chi is the biggest Labor Day opening with a $71.4 mil opening.

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar has announced she has breast cancer.

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Is it the 70’s? A streaker ran past the studio of the Today show.

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Rascal Flatts Joe Don Rooney was arrested for DUI.** Nicholas Cage was thrown out of a prime rib pace in Vegas after being drunk and disorderly.

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Jennifer Eckhart has filed a lawsuit against former Fox news anchor Ed Henry for rape and retaliation after allegedly being handcuffed and beaten.

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Scarlett Johansson has settled her Disney lawsuit.

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Pete Buttigieg and Chasten had twins they named Penelope Rose and Joseph August.

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I noticed a commercial for Dancing with the Stars. Are we onto the E list because I have heard of hardly any of these people. ‘Stars’is really stretching it. And as I post this I see there are some covid issues there as well.

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Virgin River was renewed for 2 more seasons.

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Trevor Noah is right? Why do they stop giving lollipops to adults at the doctor?

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Jon Stewart is back on Apple tv with ‘The problem with Jon Stewart.

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Brooklyn 99 had about the best finale (other than Newhart) that I can recall. I had my fingers crossed that Chelsea would be back. Will they honor us like they did in the show and come back for a special about once a year? That would be fucking awesome!!

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Don’t expect compliments from an insecure person.- Mr. Pickles

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Thousands and thousands of people are in need. Haitian refugees and other immigrants have seen nothing like this what with assassination, a hurricane and earthquake. The Southern border is a mess.** Why does Fox news keep telling refugees the border is open as they sit back and laugh at Biden’s predicament.  Spreading false info to intentionally hurt poor, distressed people has no end for them.

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Do companies know how fucked up their employment websites are? It is true that some people do not want to work. It is true that people schedule interviews and don’t show up. It is also true that companies have made it so hard to apply that many can’t. I suppose it is easier for them but the poor who may really want to work have a hard time. Paper applications are almost completely gone. The old fashioned way of walking into low paying job sites and finding a connection with a manager rarely exist. Some places only accept texts or have long ridiculous psych tests that a working Mother may not have time for. A Father working many hours already, may not be able to go to the library to get online if they cannot afford a computer. Many websites tell you that there no positions available in your area while there is a huge sign in front of the establishment. Can’t find people to work.. Gee I wonder why?? And treat people with respect once you find them, how about that?

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Keep your head up in failure, and your head down in success. –Jerry Seinfeld

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Hey.. There was a van air B’n B biz going that got busted. Hey.. The poor need vaca’s too. It is wrong but If they are willing to sleep in a van, why not. I truly think that many do not understand how much people are struggling.

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Free coffee day came and went but only a few places really gave you free coffee without rules to govern the promo. Some places wanted to sell you something else and some made you belong to their club. Starbucks held that customers had to come inside for the free cup of Joe, handicapped or not.

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One would think the Republicans would run out of $ for recounts but they have deep pockets. Just think how much good they could do for the huddled masses with that scratch.

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Sad to lose Mick Brigden, protégé of Bill Graham who managed The Stones and worked with Frampton, Dylan and Santana.** And the comics were very vocal about the loss of Norm Macdonald. He was one of a kind and he will be missed!

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R.I.P. Ruth Marx, Lee Scratch Perry, Willard Scott, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Isadore Bleckman, George Wein, Michael K. William,George Holliday, Anthony Johnson,  Basil Hoffman, Al Harrington,Willie Garson, Mick Brigden, Tommy Kirk and Norm Macdonald.