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femsolid · 5 months

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The documentary showed footage of Depardieu on a trip to North Korea in 2018 to mark the secretive state’s 70th anniversary. The actor, who had travelled to Pyongyang with a TV crew and knew he was being filmed, made obscene comments to women, and about women, repeatedly sexually harassed a female translator and made sexual comments about a child at an equestrian centre whom he saw riding a horse. On Friday, the footage was described by the leftwing member of the European parliament Manon Aubry as “vile”.

So to be more precise since I've seen the footage and I speak french, big trigger warning, Depardieu is looking at a 10 years old korean girl riding a horse and explains that "women love riding horses because they rub their clitoris on it, they cum a lot, the women who ride horses are big whores". Talking about the girl he says "if the horse starts running she'll cum" and the young girl turns towards him and he laughs "yeah, that's right my little girl, keep it up, see how she's rubbing it?". He tells another korean woman (I think she's his interpretor) 'why aren't you riding? It feels good!" before looking her up and down making grunting noises. He later tells her "I want to become a horse to rub against your pussy, you'll scream "my pussy!"". Obviously the north korean people around him can't understand what he's saying and the interpretor is very uncomfortable and confused. Then he's sitting to take pictures with some people, including a korean woman, and he says "go ahead, take the picture while I touch your ass, and your little mussel that must be very hairy and already smelling like a mare." At the hospital a nurse is next to him and he makes grunting noises again. He gives his weight to the interpretor before grabbing her shoulder, she steps back but he presses on and says "that's because I don't have an erection, I weigh more with an erection". Then he's at the airport with the interpretor and he tells her in french "you're gonna go take your shower and you'll be thinking of me", she doesn't understand so he mimicks taking a shower singing and she laughs. He looks at the documentary crew and starts laughing at her and says "her little pussy" before leaving and she's left confused as to what happened. Then his interpretor tries to explain to him the architecture and tells him in french that it's all made of wood, he responds "yes, wood, like my cock" but she doesn't understand, he adds "I've got a wooden plank in my boxers right now, but..." then he looks at the documentary crew and laughs at the fact that she didn't understand again. I mean it's endless, literally any time a woman is around he talks about her genitals and what he wants to do to her using absolutely revolting language that's hard to translate in english. And the poor interpretor, she's so sweet and polite, she took the time to learn french only to be confused by a litany of misogynistic slurs and degradation by a man who tries to humiliate her on purpose.

Depardieu is currently under investigations for multiple rapes, so he wrote an open letter stating that he had never abused a woman in his life, that it would be "like kicking my mother in the stomach", yes again the "I'm not sexist I love my mom" mantra. Yet we have here several instances of sexual harassement that took place in a matter of weeks and on camera without any shame.

Yann Moix, the author of the documentary was happy with it and wanted to do another one, but in the end the documentary never came out and the footage we're seeing has been published without his consent, which made him angry. But hey, you might remember Yann Moix because he made headlines too in 2019:

Moix, the author of several prize-winning novels, added that women in their 50s were “invisible” to him. “I prefer younger women’s bodies, that’s all. End of. The body of a 25-year-old woman is extraordinary. The body of a woman of 50 is not extraordinary at all,” he said, adding that he preferred to date Asian women, particularly Koreans, Chinese and Japanese. “It’s perhaps sad and reductive for the women I go out with but the Asian type is sufficiently rich, large and infinite for me not to be ashamed.”

So, a man who has a fetish on asian girls, probably a user of prostitution, went to an asian dictatorship with a fellow rapist where they sexually harassed women and girls. I also remember Yann Moix saying on TV that Michael Jackson could not possibly have raped a kid because he was a kid himself (in his head or something).

Back to Depardieu:

The documentary also interviewed the actress Charlotte Arnould, who went to the police five years ago, accusing Depardieu of rape and sexual assault on two occasions at his home in Paris in 2018, when she was 22 and Depardieu, a friend of her father, was 70. Depardieu was placed under formal investigation for alleged rape and sexual assault in the case in December 2020. Depardieu’s lawyers have denied all allegations against him. Arnould told the documentary that she had been anorexic at the time of the alleged attack and it had been “absolute horror”. In Thursday’s documentary, the actress Sarah Brooks, who appeared in a TV series with Depardieu in 2015, alleged that one day, while the actors were standing for a photo, he had repeatedly forced his hand into her shorts, despite her repeatedly pushing him off. When she protested to those TV crew around her that Depardieu had put his hands in her shorts, she claims the star replied: “I thought you wanted to succeed in cinema,” and everyone laughed.

And let's remind ourselves that Depardieu admitted to raping girls during his youth. Yes he literally said so to a TIME reporter in 1978 "I had plenty of rapes, too many to count." Asked if he had participated in rapes, Depardieu said yes. "But it was absolutely normal in those circumstances," he added. Depardieu later denied making the statements and threatened a libel suit against TIME and any news organization that reprinted them. "It is perhaps accurate to say that I had sexual experiences at an early age," the actor said in a statement. "But rape -- never. I respect women too much." The statements were on tape so he definitely said that and that's why his threats were ignored. And in any case, he said the same thing to french men's magazine Lui: he said he participated in gang rapes: "we raped a lot of girls with my buddies, but I would always go last because I was the youngest. The girl would say "go on, let's end this I can't take this any longer."" This has all been known since the 70s. While in the USA they tried to boycott him after that, nothing happened in France. He was born in 1948 so he's been raping women and girls for around 60 years and is only now being investigated for a couple of them.

#Depardieu #rape #media #tw rape #france

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maxsimagination · 3 months

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𝗵𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 - 𝘀.𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗶

warnings: tiny, tiny angst, fluff

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it was a nervy day to say the least.

one of my least favourite days during the season. i had to go up against sakina.

it was psg vs lyon, and both me and sakina were in the starting eleven for our respective teams.

we started dating last year. both of us got called up for national team duties, to represent france in the world cup. that was when we first properly met and, thanks to elisa, started dating.

elisa and i met when i was on loan to montpellier in the 2020/21 season. since then we'd kept in touch often.

now in the 2023/24 season, sakina and i had been together for a whole year and two days. we had celebrated our anniversary with a recreation of our first date, same restaurant and everything.

but during the season, there was a few times where we came up against each other. whether it be for the champions league or the french division, it had to happen.

i always got nervous about these games because the little voice in my head would tell me that something might change between us after we played. nothing had ever changed in the year we'd been dating and come up against each other it that didn't stop me from over thinking.

——

on the pitch, i could see both sakina and elisa ready and waiting in the psg defence for the whistle to blow.

when it did, i was the first to shoot forward with the ball. being a striker didn't help when your girlfriend was a defender. there was bound to be some tackles involved.

and eventually it did.

in the 70th minute, both me and sakina had stayed on, as expected.

i was running down the middle of the field, having intercepted a pass from two of the psg strikers. i ducked and weaved through the defenders and i was almost at the edge of the box when i noticed sakina out of the corner of my eye.

just as i took the shot at the goal, sakina came sliding in and took my ankles out.

i landed on the ground with a thud and all the air left my lungs. i didn't move for a while, just trying to get my breath back, but then the medics came rushing in.

i didn't think i needed them but let them do their thing anyway.

i could see sakina standing nearby, trying to see if i was okay. i was but i was a bit mad with her. she didn't have to take my ankles with her in her attempt to clear the ball.

when the medics cleared out and i stood up, sakina came up to me.

"what the hell was that for?"

i spoke first. i knew that it was a game and she had to defend but that tackle really took the life out of me for a bit there.

"i'm sorry, i didn't mean to take you out too."

"whatever. let's just play the game."

i walked away and returned to my position. the game went on and lyon ended up winning 3-0 including the shot that i got in before sakina tackled me.

after we won, most of the girls did a couple laps to greet the fans. i made a couple laps before heading back to the lockers. freshly showered and dressed in the clothes i arrived in, i walked back into the communal hallways.

however, just as i was walking out, sakina walked in and she whisked me into an adjacent room.

that room happened to be a physio room, thank goodness no one was in there.

"y/n, i am so sorry about the tackle. i truly did not mean to take you down like that. if i could go back and change anything, i probably wouldn't make that tackle at all."

that last bit stunned me.

"you'd let me take the goal?"

"yes."

"really?"

"yes, y/n. i'd rather loose a game of football than have you injured. please forgive me."

i didn't see how i could still be mad at her after that so of course i forgave her. i nodded at sakina and was about to verbalise my feelings when she kissed me.

her lips were soft as always and she easily slipped her tongue into my mouth.

i tried to keep it pg, so pulled away after a bit with a grin.

"let's wait until we're home to start something like this, yea amour?" (love.)

#woso #woso x reader #woso community #sakina karchaoui #sakina karchaoui x reader #sakina karchaoui imagine

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starsandhughes · 1 year

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Penalty Box— Quinn Hughes Edition (Part Fourteen)

SERIES MASTERLIST

previous: thirteen

next: fifteen

this is 1000% the longest one yet and i simply couldn’t cut anything.

TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH

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yourusername welcome to my postgame penalty box update: i’m going to be a sap because of my best friend edition! this was a heartbreaking loss, but quinn kicked some serious ass tonight. in his postgame interview, he went on to explain why this game wasn’t their best. i’m not going to argue, but quinn, my favorite hughes of the day, you were really hughesing tonight! (warning: this next part is zero silly goosing and pure love babies)

during his 28:33 minutes of ice time, my best friend scored the opening goal of the game 6:06 into the game! jamie has photographic proof that i immediately burst into tears at this from pure joy and pride. this was his sixth of the season, for real this time, so this goal gave him his 70th point of the season! he is continuing to beat his points in a single season for a d-man in the canucks record!

quinny baby’s second point of the night came in second period at 18:26, where he got his 65th assist on brock’s goal! once again adding to his record point season!

here’s where it gets extra special: quinn’s third point of the night happened at 19:06 in third period. how did he get this third point? WITH ANOTHER GOAL BABY!!! LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN!!! my best friend scored the equalizer and brought the game into OT! i cried even harder this time, and trevor did NOT have a fun time with that! (i’m not sorry)

to summarize: quinn now has 7 goals, 65 assists, and 72 points this season! he had his second career multi goal game, and has beat his previous record of most multi point games for a d-man in a season for the canucks’ franchise to 20 to 21 games! happy quinn hughes night everyone! all of this on the four year anniversary of his first nhl point! and his fourth game without a penalty!

shoutouts: brock also had a three point game! and kuzy got two goals and is now 2nd for the record of most goals by a first year player, behind austin matthews who had 39 goals! and burroughs!! he threw hands!! blood was drawn!! z has video evidence of me cheering!

i’ve never been prouder of you, quinn, and i’m so lucky to call you my best friend. i love you!💙

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tierneysodegaard · 2 years

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Dirty Secrets - Pierre Gasly x reader - Part Eight

Read Part Seven here

Pierre Gasly x female!reader

Summary: Being the golden girl of Mercedes was easy when your dad was Toto Wolff. You’d been his Personal Assistant for a while with no problems until Pierre Gasly started to sneak around with you. Toto would kill him if he found out he was sleeping around with his daughter. Let’s just hope you have a good concealer to hide those marks Pierre leaves on your neck every night.

Word Count: 3.2K

Warnings: Slight angst, fluff, smut 18+++, Pierre being a little shit

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The only communication you had with Toto during your time away was the odd text about work he needed you to prepare for a meeting. You'd speak the odd word in an online meeting but tried to keep quiet as much as possible without drawing attention to yourself or him. You now had to face Toto back at work. The drivers were racing in the 70th-anniversary race at Silverstone, the week before Pierre had managed to finish in seventh, something he was incredibly proud of but still wanted more.

He'd always wanted to win a race and he always had the determination to do that but since things with your Dad blew up his motivation grew. Not only did he want to prove to himself that he was capable of winning but he also wanted to prove to Toto he wasn't the lay-about driver he made him out to be.

You had been staying with Pierre whilst the weekend dragged on. Although Toto had booked you a room next to him you never used it. Staying with Pierre just made him hurt more, he knew he had made things worse, the bitterness and fear of his daughter getting hurt had gotten to him and he needed to make it right before Pierre made his move and he lost you.

"Nervous?" You asked Pierre as the two of you walked through the garages.

"Nope." He looked down with a smile. "Are you?"

"Think my Dad is the one who needs to be worried."

"I'm sure you'll smooth things over."

"He hopes."

"And you don't?"

"I miss him, why wouldn't I? It's rare we spend time away from one another but after what he said I don't exactly feel guilty."

"I don't blame you." Pierre wrapped his hand around your shoulder, pulling you into his side as you two approached the Mercedes garages. "I'll meet you after the race." He kissed the top of your head, smiling as he pulled away slightly. "We should go for dinner in the week if you want to stay with me for the next couple of races."

"I'd love to." You smiled up at him before speaking again. "Be safe out there."

"I will be." He gave you a wink. "I'll see you after."

"Bye Pierre."

Whilst the pair of you had the small interaction you didn't realise you two were being watched. Toto had watched the entire scene take place and every ounce of guilt he’d felt disappeared when he saw Pierre lay his hands on you. He already hated Pierre as it is but now he’d seen the pair of you share a kiss right before him his patience grew thin.

You walked inside of the garage, smiling and sharing a hug with Lewis before taking your usual seat beside Toto. “Afternoon.” You gave him a weak smile, trying to ease the tension but it didn’t seem to work.

“How are you?” Toto asked in a deadpan tone.

“Good, and you?”

“Hmm��” He hummed, trying his best to be nice but the thought of Pierre and you just made his skin crawl.

“How’s Susie and Jack?”

“They’re fine.”

“Good.” Taking a deep breath your eyes darted outside, watching as the drivers got ready for the race. Sensing things weren’t going as well as you had hoped Lewis came up behind you, resting his hand on your shoulder as he leaned down to whisper in your ear.

“He’s in a mood, he’ll come around.” He wrapped his arm around your shoulder, pulling you into his side as he gave you a smile.

“Thank you.” You whispered back, mirroring his smile as he walked off to get ready.

Lewis had a point. Toto would come around eventually, you hoped anyway. Sure, the two of you had your small disputes and arguments, but the two of you had always bounced back and made up within a day, but now things just seemed different. He didn't even want to hold a conversation with you now.

I hope you’re right Lewis.

The race had started with Pierre in P7 but things wouldn’t go his way today. Lewis got away well, leading the race within the first few seconds. As the laps built up Pierre started to fall down the ranks, slowly losing out on the points. He’d done well after that though, he’d started to put in faster lap times however it wasn’t enough. He ended up finishing just outside the points at P11. You had a defeated look on your face as you glanced out to the track, something Toto noticed.

“And you still think he’s good enough to win a race?” Toto turned his head and looked down at you with an unimpressed look.

“You know what? I do think he can win a race. I’m that confident, I think he’ll win this year.” You shrugged him off, getting up and leaving the garage to watch the ceremony. You didn’t care for his pettiness right now. You knew you had nothing to apologise for and you certainly weren’t going to suck up to Toto just for an apology.

“y/n?” A soft voice called for you. Turning around you met the kind eyes of Susie. She held her arms open for you, engulfing you in a hug before she spoke again. “You look well love, how are you?”

“Thank you, yes I’m fine.” You gave her a slight smile. “How are you? And Jack?”

“He misses you a lot.” Her head turned to Toto. “So does he.”

“Doesn’t act like it.”

“It’s hard for him, seeing his daughter grow up -”

“Susie I grew up years ago. His problem is he’s afraid I’ll get hurt and whilst I appreciate that if I do get hurt then it’s my lesson to learn, not his.”

“I know…” She gave you a defeated look. “Did you two speak today?”

“Briefly.”

“I thought he might have apologised today…”

“Well if he had that in his head he clearly changed his mind.” Rolling your eyes you did your best to focus on the drivers receiving their trophies.

“I don’t like seeing this family be torn apart.”

“Tell that to Toto.” You gave her a look. “He started this, yes I understand both him and Pierre need to apologise to one another but he still didn't need to make those comments about me.”

“I know y/n.” Her weak smile grew. “I will talk to him, again… I can't promise anything but I will see what I can do.”

“You won’t have to do much.” Toto’s voice broke the two of you apart. “Can we talk? In my office?”

Taking a quick glance back at the trophy ceremony which was now ending you turned back to your Dad and gave him a slight nod. Toto turned on his heel and walked off in front of you, turning his head slightly to make sure that you were following him before picking up the pace. He needed this, you both did. As you left Susie had the word's most enormous grin on her face, hopefully, now the two of you would finally talk things through.

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The pair of you entered his office, Toto closed the door behind him, running a hand through his hair before taking a deep breath. His soft eyes met yours as he began to speak, laying his tryst in every word he spoke, hoping he could get through to you.

“First of all you’re right.”

“I’m aware.”

He gave you a look before speaking again. “I was being selfish, I don’t want you getting hurt and it’s your life to live not mine. As your Dad I should have supported what was happening no matter what I think of him and then if things went wrong I should be here to pick up the pieces. I shouldn’t have made that comment about you and the ones about Pierre. y/n I am sorry.”

“Do you mean it?”

“Every single word.” His eyes were sincere. “I promise you.”

“And what about Pierre?” You arched your brows.

“What about him?”

“Are you going to apologise to him too?”

“Maybe -”

“Dad!”

“He started it!”

“Are you four? This has nothing to do with who started it!”

“I still don’t like him.” He huffed.

“I’m not asking you to like him, I’m asking you to tolerate him whilst the two of us are friends.”

“Clearly more than that.”

“Stop it!” You held your arm out, scolding him like he was a child which only made him laugh.

“Alright, alright, I’ll work on an apology and talk to him.” Toto stepped forward, holding his arms out which allowed you to fall into his chest. He grabbed his arms around you, making sure you couldn’t leave that fast. The small feeling of a hug brought him so much joy. “And I’ll tolerate him, to an extent.”

You pulled away slightly looking up at him with a smile. “Good.”

“Does he make you happy?”

“Yes…”

“In what way?”

“What do you mean?”

“Are you and him together?”

“No well… not that I know of. We’re just friends -”

“Who sleep together?”

“The very same relationship you had with my mother.” You hit back, stepping back with a grin which Toto mirrored.

“Enough about Gasly, are you flying to the next race with us or are you going with him?”

“Have you forgotten we all get the same flight?”

“I know but are you planning to sit with him or me?”

“Think I might pick Pierre, you snore too much -”

“And he doesn’t?”

“No actually.” You smiled. “He’s rather silent when he sleeps.”

“Don’t tell Susie,” Toto remarked. “She might leave me for him.”

“Can you blame her?” You teased as the pair of you left the office together. He still had work to do but it was a start, he showed that although he may hate Pierre he was willing to at least try and get along with him for you. You just hoped that was true.

—

You were now boarding the plane with Toto and Susie when you turned your head slightly and met the eyes of Pierre. Everyone at F1 other than the few odd drivers all took the same plane to races. At the end of the day, it was cheaper that way and it made everything more enjoyable as you never had to sit next to a screaming child but rather an f1 driver who would reminisce on their karting days.

As you boarded Toto caught you constantly looking behind you, it was only when his eyes landed on the Frenchman he caught on to what or rather who you were looking at. He rolled his eyes at the interaction, fighting everything in his body that told him to make a comment but you’d only just forgiven him for everything that had happened a few weeks ago so he kept his mouth shut. If he wanted to keep you happy he’d just have to accept that his daughter had her sights on a Formula 1 driver.

As the three of your boarded Toto watched Pierre lean in and whisper in your ear, whatever he said made you laugh before he walked to find his seat.

“Go and sit with him.” Toto spoke, looking back at Pierre who had a seat free beside him and who was also watching you eagerly.

“You know that’s now how a plane works.”

“Look at your seat number then.” He gave you a light smirk as you checked your ticket, the seat you had was directly beside Pierre. “How did you -”

“First part of the apology. I’m not going to control your life, if you want to sit with him then I won’t stop you. I know you’d rather talk with him the whole flight than listen to me complain about how Verstappen won over Lewis.”

You gave him a quick short hug as you spoke. “Thank you.”

Perhaps Pierre and Toto would finally get along, one day.

You quickly walked down the aisle to a very happy Pierre. He leant back in his seat with a smug grin at the fact you’d chosen to sit with him rather than Toto and Susie after your actions clearly displayed that the two of you were back on good terms again.

“Couldn't stay away long huh?” He remarked as you placed your bags away.

“You can thank my Dad for that.” You moved to sit beside the window before shifting to face him. “Well done at the race by the way.”

“It was a shit race y/n don’t lie to me.”

“You’ve had worse.”

He let out a small grin at your optimism. “You have a point.”

“Exactly so don’t worry about it. You’ll improve next week, I know you will.”

“So full of optimism y/n.” He smiled. “How do you do it?”

“When you work in this sport you need to be full of it.”

“That along many other things.” He added.

“Exactly so take my word for it and be done with it. Realistically you can’t change what happened in the past so why linger on it? The more you linger on it the more opportunities that’ll pass you by and you might miss one that’ll change your life.”

Pierre looked at you, stunned by the words that had just come out of your mouth. Normally when he was pissed off everyone would just agree and move on but you would actually listen to him and give him advice.

God, he was falling hard.

“You’re perfect…” He muttered.

You were about to ask him what he said but the voice of the pilot brought the conversation to a halt but even after your seemingly innocent conversation Pierre also had another thing on his mind, a way to punish you.

“Do you remember I said to you I was going to punish you last time we slept together?”

“Yeah.” You looked at him just as the air hostesses did their final safety checks. “Why?”

“No reason.” His hand slid to your thigh. “Just wanted to see if you remembered really.”

“And if I didn’t?”

“Just another punishment that’ll be added to the list but right now you’re about to serve your first one.” His hand dared to go higher as he slowly traced patterns on your skin.

“Pierre we’re on a plane.”

“I’m well aware of that.” He smirked as he slipped his hand higher and towards where you wanted him. “But no one will hear you moan when the plane takes off, you know it can get loud.”

“Pierre there are people around us -”

“Then you better be quiet and not squirm or they’ll watch you cum over my fingers whilst the entire grid sits around us.”

“I fucking hate you.” You moaned those words as he slipped his hand under and into the thin material of your underwear, using his frame to hide what was happening between the two of you.

“Mon amour,” He leaned in to whisper in your ear. “You fucking love me.”

He might be right there.

He let his fingers trace your slit which only added to your wetness. Knowing anyone could look and see the two of you made you even wetter, not to mention he was a rival driver, to an extent anyway.

“Pierre don’t be a tease, not now. I’ll let you tease all you want later -”

“Why’s that love? Are you scared someone will see you getting all wet over my fingers?”

You gripped the seat even tighter as the plane started to take off. Your hips bucked slightly, an attempt for him to keep going.

“Christ you’re so wet… all for me…” He planted a kiss on your cheek as he slipped his fingers inside of you. The action alone makes you throw your head back slightly and let out a gasp. “Such a good girl for me y/n…” He angled himself so he could rub your clit with his thumb.

“Pierre please…”

“Please what?” He moved his fingers slowly before placing a small kiss to your neck. “Use your words, my girl, I know you can…”

“Please speed up.”

“What love?” His fingers moved quicker out of you before speeding up but it didn’t last long. He suddenly slowed down and moved back to fucking you on his fingers to rubbing your clit faster. “What do you want? Do you want me to fuck you fast or play with your clit fast?”

“Both!” You nearly moaned the word as you bucked your hips onto his fingers. “Please Pierre…”

“Beg.” He used his free hand to turn your jaw towards him before planting a sweet yet demanding kiss on your lips.

“Please Pierre, please I want to cum over your fingers.”

“Yeah?” He kissed you again. “How bad?”

“So badly Pierre, please. I want you.”

“Yeah?” He started to speed up, feeling the dampness spread across his fingers and onto your underwear. He smirked to himself knowing for the entire time you had them you would think of him and this moment. “Then cum sweetheart, cum all over my fingers whilst the entire grid sits near us, such a slut being so desperate for me right now.”

“If you’re lucky I’ll fuck you in the bathroom.” You gasped as you felt your orgasm approach you.

“Oh will you now?” He leant in again, kissing you again. “I think we both know I’ll be the one fucking you.”

��Make me cum and we’ll find out.”

Your words only made Pierre speed up and add more pressure to your clit. The feeling built up in your stomach, your hips started to buck against his hand, adding more pleasure. Pierre smirked at the way you now held onto his arm whilst you looked into his light eyes.

“Pierre I’m -”

“Cum for me. I don’t want you to hold back.”

Needless to say, you came hard around his fingers, trying your best to suppress a loud moan as the plane took off. Squeezing your legs as you came Pierre retracted his fingers from you, bringing them to his mouth so he could suck them clean.

“You taste so sweet…” His eyes darted back to your state, your head leant against the chair as you calmed your breathing. “You sure you can handle me fucking you in the bathroom.”

Turning your head you grinned, winking as you sat up and undone your seatbelt. “I’ll meet you in there Gasly.”

Pierre smirked to himself as he watched you walk off, a sway in your step which he watched with glee. Toto picked his head up as he watched you walk past him and headed off to the toilet. He didn’t pay much mind until he saw Pierre follow your actions a mere minute later.

“Are they?” He turned to Susie before looking back in the direction you and Pierre had walked off in. Susie followed his gaze, smiling and suppressing a laugh as she caught on to what he was alluding to.

“Well if they are, I hope you don’t need the toilet anytime.”

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How would you describe Invaders era Namor's character? Please and thank you.

In the Invaders Era I think the best way to sum up Namor's character is inexperienced.

Yes, he's headstrong, brash, arrogant, angry, and confident but under all that lies his inexperience with many things. How to navigate his father's world which seems very alien to him, how to fight a prolonged war, how to deal with friendships, questioning where his true loyalty lies, how to deal with trauma that came from his time in WWll, the tortures he endured, the human people he can't protect and loses, and the failure to protect his own people, the Atlanteans. The Marvel's Project #1

He doesn't win every time, and he isn't able to save everyone all of the time. Invaders (2019) #1

WWll left Namor with permanent PTSD even decades later that he never takes the time to process or heal from. Marvel's Snapshot: Sub-Mariner

Fish out of Water is the best trope to describe Namor in any era due to him being a constant outsider but it's especially pronounced during his time with the Invaders because he's never been to war before nor has he spent a lot of time around all different kinds of human people. Namor is the only non American on the original team (I feel Jim thinks of himself as an American even if he isn't a "born" citizen) and often makes it a point that Steve and the rest of the team's patriotism isn't his patriotism. He's very guarded in letting down his emotional walls, "I prefer to keep it (his name) to myself". The Invaders (1975) #1

He's never had true close friends outside of Lady Dorma, Betty Dean, or Namora who are all women, so he hasn't had close male friends. The animosity between Namor and the rest is there early on in the formation of the team. Giant Size Invaders #1

"I don't have much use for any humans." The Invaders (1975) #1

Namor is also stuck at a crossroads, yes the Nazis are terrible but the humans who hurt his ocean home are also terrible. They caused great pain and suffering to his people and his oceans. Even though the Nazis do attack the Atlanteans and the oceans, that doesn't erase the fact that normal surface humans also hurt his people. He knows that stopping the Nazis is important but sometimes he's torn on whether he should leave the humans to their war or what the outcome would be when the war is over.

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"My Emperor. Let them drive themselves to extinction and we're all the better for it."

"After all, some day this insane war of yours will end and then I don't know who my people's enemy will be." Invaders (1975) #1

Although I have issues with the rest of the plot in Invaders (2019) this one page of characterization and introspection is so interesting to me because Namor is basically a demi-god, he is literally descended from Neptune and has god-blood in his veins, he's stronger that any human or atlantean in this era, but he's never faced the fact that his supernatural strength isn't enough. He's never faced being charged to protect people who are so much weaker than him, both humans and Atlanteans. All the destruction that happened to the Atlanteans happened before his birth, so he grew up hearing wild tales about how bad humans were, he was expected to hate them all, not protect any of them. He's conflicted feelings of being loyal to his mother's and grandfather's teachings of despising all the humans and viewing them as the enemy is being challenged during this era and he doesn't know how to process the gray area he finds himself in.

Invaders (2019) #1

Namor's characterization on page is mercurial, changing from a (murder) child like enthusiastic joy at defeating his enemies to serious and brooding royal prince. The switch between his casual and serious demeanor, from using slang talk to speaking like he's a Shakespearean play has to do with the writer, Roy Thomas, wanting to keep both the Golden Age and Silver Age characterizations of Namor. There is a very noticeable way in which Namor was written in both eras and the brooding prince of today's comics was nothing like that in the Golden Age Comics. Roy Thomas is known for his great attention to detail and trying to keep true to the comics that came before. He even tried to write an explanation as to why Namor's speech/mannerisms often changed in this era, citing a "dual heritage" aka because he was human/atlantean. The Invaders (1975) #3

Personally I just believe that Namor used to be a much more optimistic character who had extreme anger and identity issues but the war tore him down mentally and emotionally so much that he became even more guarded and serious than before.

"I've killed 3,000 Axis soldiers for you, Lung Man. I am tired of your Age of Massacre." Marvel Comics Presents (2019) #1

Despite Namor trying to keep a wall up between himself and the rest of the Invaders, he does allow space in his heart for his team, and keeps to the bonds of friendships they formed for the rest of his life, he teaches Bucky how to fly, he cares for Toro, he's close friends with Jim, Steve and the others. He also knows that no matter what happens; No Invader will ever be left behind.

"I should have known I would die alone. On land." "It's all right, Namor. You know me. No one gets left behind."

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#namor #namor mckenzie #namor the sub mariner #the invaders #captain america #human torch #steve rogers #jim hammond #bucky barnes #toro raymond #imp answers

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I need a break from doomscrolling about the state of US politics and my rights as a human. Give me an old F1 race to watch, preferably a Max win/podium

i will gladly give you a whole godamn list of a few good max races to watch anon for i am just a simp for the fast boy

- spain 2016 - max’s first win (and the brocedes incident)

- brasil 2016 - one of the best wet races i’ve ever seen by a driver, it’s three hours long but so worth it

- malaysia 2017 - a max win for his 20th birthday and the first after probably the shittest season for max

- china 2017 - another amazing wet race and gained 9 positions on the first lap

- mexico 2018 - literally dominated the field

- austria 2019 - had a shit start, fought with charles and won the race

- silverstone 2019 - another fight with charles

- brasil 2019 - bad luck throughout the race yet still won

- germany 2019 - a max win after merc absolutely fucked it (and baby p was born this weekend, just a little random fact)

- silverstone 70th anniversary race 2020 - a mercedes domination got ruined by max and him making his own strategies

- imola 2021 - norstappen podium, first max win of 2021, merc in the mud

- france 2021 - the only time this race has ever been entertaining with max showing up the mercs (again)

- usa 2021 - max literally giving a masterclass drive, enough said

- austria and styria 2021 - max domination both weekends and one has a norstappen podium

- dutch 2021 - home win <3

- sochi 2021 - p20 to p2 ( i actually hate this race because lando got hate crimed 😔)

- abu dhabi 2021 - literally became champion

#i love giving race recommendations #always feel free to ask!#max verstappen #ask response

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The Nobel prize-winning novelist and essayist Kenzaburō Ōe, who has died aged 88, made his name as a cult author for Japan’s rebellious postwar youth. His early fiction – titles such as Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (1958), Seventeen (1961) and J (1963), peopled with juvenile delinquents, political fanatics and subway perverts – gave voice to an alienated generation who witnessed the collapse of their parents’ values with the defeat of the second world war. His wartime childhood fed a lifelong pacifism, and his scourging of resurgent militarism and consumerism. Yet his decisive rebirth as a writer came through fatherhood.

When Ōe was 28, his first child, Hikari, was born with a herniated brain protruding from his skull. Surgery risked brain damage, and doctors urged Ōe and his wife, Yukari, to let the infant die – a “disgraceful” time, he later wrote, that “no powerful detergent” could expunge. Then also working as a journalist, Ōe fled to report on a peace rally in Hiroshima. His encounters with hibakusha (atomic-bomb survivors) and doctors there convinced him his son must live – a moment he saw as a “conversion”. As he told me in Tokyo just after his 70th birthday “I was trained as a writer and as a human being by the birth of my son.”

The imaginative link between his stricken son and the survivors of nuclear fallout and military aggression – the personal and the political – is Ōe’s most profound literary insight. Intolerance of the weak to the point of euthanasia has historically presaged militarism – in imperial Japan as in Nazi Germany. Ōe’s lifelong commitment to Hikari (nicknamed “Pooh” after AA Milne’s bear) inspired a unique cycle of fiction whose protagonists are fathers of brain-damaged sons – often named Eeyore – and pervades his literary vision.

His conversion was reflected in a volume of essays, Hiroshima Notes (1965), and the novel A Personal Matter (1964), whose antihero Bird takes refuge in alcohol and adultery until he resolves to rescue his newborn “two-headed monster”. Its translator John Nathan thought it the “most passionate and original and funniest and saddest Japanese book I had ever read”. Ōe’s masterpiece, The Silent Cry, in which the narrator and his violently rebellious brother (both facets of the author) clash over family history, was published in 1967. These novels, published in English translation in, respectively, 1969 and 1988, brought Ōe the international recognition that culminated in the 1989 Prix Europalia and 1994 Nobel prize for literature.

His Nobel lecture, Japan, the Ambiguous and Myself, was a rejoinder to the 1968 Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata, who had lectured on Japan, the Beautiful and Myself. Ōe spoke of a Japan, after its “cataclysmic” 19th-century modernisation drive, vacillating between Europe and Asia, western modernity and tradition, aggression and human decency – a polarisation he felt as a “deep scar” from which he wrote to free himself.

The novelist Kazuo Ishiguro told me Ōe was “fascinated by what’s not been said” about Japan’s wartime past. Believing the writer’s role to be akin to a canary in a coalmine, he assailed that reticence head on. “Did the Japanese really learn anything from the defeat of 1945?” he wrote in a 50th anniversary foreword to Hiroshima Notes. Although nuclear atrocity, and the drive to rebuild Japan as a cold-war ally, encouraged a sense of victimhood, one of the neglected lessons, for Ōe, was that his parents’ generation were not just victims but aggressors in Asia.

Ōe was born in Ose, a remote mountain village of Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands. His father was killed in 1944, and his mother saw a flash in the sky when far-off Hiroshima was bombed. Ōe was 10 when Emperor Hirohito surrendered in 1945 and robbed Ōe’s generation of their innocence. All that had seemed true became a lie. Fear and relief as US jeeps rolled in with the allied occupation of 1945-52 created a lasting ambivalence. Ōe, who later campaigned against US military bases in Okinawa, said: “I admired and respected English-speaking culture, but resented the occupation.”

His family were driven out of their banknote-paper business by currency reform. At Tokyo University in 1954-59, where he studied French, his country accent made Ōe feel an outsider, but a 1957 novella (translated as Prize Stock in the collection Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness), in which a boy’s friendship with a black American PoW is destroyed by war, won him the Akutagawa prize for best debut, at 23. Inspired by Rabelais’ grotesque realism, Sartre’s existentialism and an American tradition from Huckleberry Finn to Catcher in the Rye, he created antiheroes who courted disgrace in their disgust at civilisation. His assault on traditional values extended to the Japanese language. Nathan noted a “fine line between artful rebellion and mere unruliness”.

At his home in a quiet Tokyo suburb, visitors could not fail to be struck by his humility and self-deprecating humour. As he amiably recounted meeting Chairman Mao in Beijing in 1960, with his “Giant Panda cigarettes”, Ōe mimed smoking them with relish. Just as striking was his devotion to family. He married Yukari, the daughter of the prewar film director Mansaku Itami, in 1960, and Hikari, the first of their three children, was born in 1963. Although Hikari’s condition circumscribed his father’s life, it also enlarged it. It was through their relationship that Ōe grasped the “role of the weak in helping avoid the horrors of war” (the subject of a fictitious musical) and the “wondrous healing power of art”.

Hikari’s rare talent for identifying birdsong was spotted when he was six. Despite autism, visual impairment, epilepsy and learning disabilities, he had perfect pitch and became a renowned composer – the joint subject of Lindsley Cameron’s book on father and son, The Music of Light (1998). Yet in novels by Ōe such as Rouse Up, O Young Men of the New Age! (1983) – the title from William Blake – it is not Eeyore’s talent that is redemptive but the innocence he incarnates. Confronting parental ambivalence about the maturing sexuality of their children, that novel reveals fear of the vulnerable to be a projection of the darkness within ourselves.

Ōe’s post-Nobel novels could be large and, for some, unwieldy. The doomsday cult in Somersault (1999) resembled Aum Shinrikyo, perpetrators of the 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack, but the trauma of an apocalyptic leader renouncing his twisted faith harked back to the war. The Changeling (2000) fictionalised Ōe’s friendship with Juzo Itami (his wife’s brother). The director of the cult comedy Tampopo (1985), and a 1995 film adaptation of Ōe’s novel A Quiet Life (1990), Juzo died after falling from the roof of his office building in 1997, five years after his face was slashed by yakuza gangsters whom he had ridiculed on screen. In Death By Water (2009), Ōe’s alter-ego Kogito (the name a wry nod to Descartes) strives to write a novel about his father’s death.

Yet it is for the “idiot son” cycle that Ōe may most vividly be remembered. “I believe in tolerance,” Ōe said, and how the innocent “can play a role in fighting against violence”. After 1945, he felt strongly, Japan should have “stood up with the weak … the weak are a value in themselves.”

He is survived by Yukari, and their children, Hikari, another son, Sakurao, and a daughter, Natsumiko.

🔔 Kenzaburō Ōe, writer, born 31 January 1935; died 3 March 2023

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#JUST FOR BOOKS #Kenzaburō Ōe #in memoriam

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The Lorenzo Bandini Trophy (Italian: Trofeo Lorenzo Bandini) is an annual award honouring the achievements of an individual or team in Formula One motor racing.[3] The award was established by Francesco Asirelli and Tiziano Samorè of the Brisighella commune in 1992,[4] and is named after the Italian driver Lorenzo Bandini, who died three days after suffering severe burns in a major accident at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix.[5] The accolade's trophy, a ceramic replica of Bandini's Ferrari 312/67 car adorned with the number 18 created by the ceramist Goffredo Gaeta,[6][7] is awarded for "a commendable performance in motorsport".[1] This is based on not the results attained but how the success was achieved,[8] and the recipient's character and approach to racing.[9] Each recipient is honoured for their achievements over the course of the previous year.[4] A panel of 12 judges, composed of motor racing journalists and former Formula One team members, determines the recipient of the award.[10] Previously, the winner was decided by a vote from the residents of Brisighella.[5] The winner is honoured at a ceremony in Bandini's home town of Brisighella in Emilia-Romagna,[a] and the trophy is presented by the Associazione Trofeo Lorenzo Bandini.[10]

The accolade is considered highly prestigious in the world of motor racing.[3][11] The inaugural winner was the Italian driver Ivan Capelli in 1992.[12] No award was given in each of 1993 and 1994 and no-one has won more than once since drivers are only allowed to be a named a recipient just once to give other racers the opportunity to win it.[4][12] Although the award has usually been given to racing drivers for their achievements from the previous season, it has been awarded to two racing team members: the Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (1997),[12] and the marque's vice-chairman Piero Ferrari (2013).[13] The accolade has been won by racing teams on two occasions:[1][7] the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team for winning the World Constructors' Championship with a V6 engine coupled with hybrid technology (2015),[1] and Scuderia Ferrari to commemorate the 70th anniversary of its establishment (2017).[7] It has been presented to Italian drivers and teams on eight occasions, followed by German competitors and constructors with four wins and three for British racers. The 2021 winner was the Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.[2]

#kevin magnussen #WAKE UP BITCHES KEVIN JUST WON AN AWARD!#a highly prestigious one too #i'm so happy for kev 😭#he deserves some recognition for his time in f1

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Hello! I was wondering if you had any suggestions and races to watch of 2015-2017 Max terrorizing the rest of the grid 🤣

Lmao I went to 2020 for the fun🥰✌️

Hungary 2015- p4🥺

Spa 2015- Overtake of the year🫶

Singapore 2015- “No”

Austin 2015- another p4 finished

China 2016- Max was nearly in every position lmao

Spain 2016- baby’s first win😭

Austria 2016- Max vibing ✌️

Silverstone 2016- Max becomes Nico’s nightmare

Hungary 2016- Kimi was going to fucking till him lmao

Germany 2016- Ric and Max podium

Malaysia 2016- RB 1/2

Mexico 2016- max pissed Seb off, pushed Seb back into Daniel knowing he had a penalty lmao

Brazil 2016- Masterclass from Max

Abu Dhabi 2016- Max terrifying Nico once again

Australia 2017- Max holds up Lewis after a pitstop, Toto slamming hands, Max almost overtaking Seb then as well😭

China 2017- Max vs Daniel to the last lap. Max also started from the back.

Hungary 2017- “was that who I think it was”

Malaysia 2017- Win baby

Japan 2017- Max’s first lap✌️

Austin 2017- Max vs Kimi🥰Max got a penalty🥲

Mexico 2017-Win baby✌️

China 2018- Max vs Seb 🥲

Baku 2018- Well done Baku🫶✌️

Austria 2018- Home win🫶

Silverstone 2018- Max vs Kimi🥰Max dnf🥲

Russia 2018- p19->p5

Japan- Max vs Kimi vs Seb (messy lmao)

Austin 2018- Max vs Hamilton

Mexico 2018- win🫶

Brazil 2018- “I hope I cannot find him in the paddock because then he has a fucking problem😤”

Austria 2019- Max vs Charles🥰

Silverstone 2019- Max vs Charles🥰 max vs Seb🥲

Germany 2019- MASTERCLASS

Hungary 2019- Max first pole ends p2 tho🥲

Brazil 2019- Win AND a masterclass✌️🥰

Abu Dhabi 2019- Max vs Charles🫶

70th anniversary 2020- Max pissing Merc driver off🫶

#he loved pissing the Ferrari boys off lmao #still does tbf #max verstappen #rambles #f1 #formula 1 #red bull racing #anon💜#🦁🧡

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your monza gifset,, holy shit!!! I've thought abt that as a lewis song before but not as like a counter to the tifosi. so so clever. and the line at the end 'the red beast has no hold over a man with a heart of silver' literally took me out. it reminds me so much of monza 2017 when he and valterri drove back to the grid in formation after getting a 1-2.

eeekk tysm?? always love meeting a fellow narrative enjoyer 🥺 merc domination era lewis gagging tifosi at their home race four years out of five was so iconic, i miss her everyday 😔 also YES monza 2017 you will always be famous ❤️❤️ imagine going into R13 of the championship with your rival leading the wdc by 7 points AND it's their home race + 70th anniversary AND you grab pole in the wet by over a second whilst also breaking michael schumacher's pole record AND then the next day go on to win it all 1-2. like. the narratives were simply unparalleled that weekend he was truly out there serving cunt & slaying cock like nobody's business

#monza 2018 was also equally iconic #secretly i'm very pleased that his first ever win at monza was with mclaren...a chrome mclaren too #heart of silver through & through #asks unboxed

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1. Euro vs US dollar: Long-term uncertainty amid interest differential

Already set on a slippery slope oiled by the energy crisis, the euro plunged below the one-dollar mark earlier this year. It has since rallied slightly but the currency's woes look set to continue. Read more.

2. EU democracy 'far from perfect': European Parliament turns 70

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of the assembly's existence with a ceremony in Strasbourg, during which Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo made the case for strengthening this European institution. Read more.

3. Where to play football in Brussels

Has the mere thought of Kevin De Bruyne striking a football left you itching to get your boots on? Or has Qatar's atrocious human rights record turned you off this year's World Cup and prompted you to get off the sofa and onto the pitch yourself? If your answer to either of these questions is 'yes', then this is the guide for you! Read more.

4. Belgian wins €280 million on Euromillions

One lucky Belgian pocketed €280 million out of the total €65 million prize on Tuesday, after picking five correct numbers and a winning star, Le Soir reports. Another person from Europe also won the same amount. Read more.

5. Scotland blocked from holding independence vote without UK Parliament consent

The UK Supreme Court has produced a historic ruling stating that Scotland cannot hold another independence referendum without the consent of the UK Parliament in London. Read more.

6. 'Canada can lift World Cup': Brugge's Buchanan defiant before Belgium clash

Belgium’s Red Devils are among the World Cup’s favourites, but shouldn’t expect a walk in the park when they meet minnows Canada in their opening Group F fixture in Qatar on Wednesday (23 November). Read more.

7. Hidden Belgium: Antwerp’s old harbour cranes

Wander north along the Antwerp waterfront and you eventually reach a row of 17 abandoned harbour cranes. Read more.

#nunyas news

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This date in music history…and I personally blame Lemmy for all those famous deaths….

January 9th

2016 - Lemmy

Stars paid tribute to Motorhead frontman Lemmy at his funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Slash from Guns N' Roses, Robert Trujillo and Lars Ulrich from Metallica, Judas Priest singer Rob Halford and Anthrax frontman Scott Ian. all spoke at the service. Lemmy's bass guitar was plugged in to a stack of amplifiers and the volume turned up, with the congregation applauding as feedback from the speakers filled the chapel.

2014 - The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time

Rolling Stone magazine published their Readers Poll: The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time. The top 5 were: 5. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti - Bruce Springsteen - The River, 3. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street 2. Pink Floyd - The Wall, and winning the poll was The Beatles - The White Album.

2005 - Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Jailhouse Rock.' The single sold just 21,262 copies to reach No.1, the lowest sales ever for a UK chart topper since data began in 1969. The single was released to celebrate the 70th anniversary of his birth, a previous Elvis chart topper was re-released each week.

2003 - Elvis Presley

A grand piano once owned by Elvis Presley was sold for $685,000 (£425,711). Music producer Robert Johnson and partner Larry Moss sold the piano to the chairman of the Blue Moon Group, Michael Muzio who was planning to take the piano on a casino-sponsored promotional tour. He was then planning for the piano to be shown at the proposed rock museum at Walt Disney World.

2002 - David McWilliams

Irish singer, songwriter David McWilliams died of a heart attack at his home in Ballycastle, County Antrim aged of 56. Released over 10 solo albums and wrote 'The Days Of Pearly Spencer,' 1992 UK No.4 for Marc Almond.

1997 - David Bowie

David Bowie performed his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, New York with guests Frank Black, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Dave Grohl, Lou Reed, Billy Corgan and Placebo. Proceeds from the concert went to the Save The Children fund.

1981 - Terry Hall

Terry Hall and Jerry Dammers from The Specials were both fined £400 ($680) after being found guilty of using threatening words during a gig in Cambridge, England.

1976 - Queen

Queen were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. The single enjoyed a nine week run on the chart selling more than a million copies by the end of the month. It reached No.1 again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best selling single of all time.

1970 - Led Zeppelin

During a UK tour Led Zeppelin appeared at The Royal Albert Hall, London, the night of Jimmy Page's 26th birthday. (John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck were all in the audience). The two and a quarter hour set was recorded and filmed but shelved for several decades, eventually seeing a release on a 2003 official DVD.

1965 - The Beatles

The Beatles started a nine week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Beatles 65', the group's fourth No.1. Beatles '65 includes eight of the fourteen songs from Beatles for Sale and also includes 'I'll Be Back' from A Hard Day's Night and the single 'I Feel Fine'/'She's a Woman'.

1963 - Charlie Watts

Drummer Charlie Watts joined The Rolling Stones after leaving Blues Incorporated and his job working as a graphic designer.

1955 - Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Mambo Italiano' the singers second No.1. The song was banned by all ABC owned stations in the US because it "did not reach standards of good taste".

(One sample listen to today’s music should show you that the standards of good taste have long since died…ladies and Gentelmen…Cardi B….🙄🙄😩)

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How class act Hulkenbergs reserve outings showed his readiness for an F1 return | 2022 F1 season

Nico Hulkenberg’s recent Formula 1 race appearances for Aston Martin demonstrated the kind of skills that have led to Haas signing him for a full-time return in 2023. The 35-year-old, who will replace Mick Schumacher in Haas’s line-up next year, has been reserve driver for Aston Martin (previously Racing Point and Force India) since losing his race seat at Renault for the 2020 season. During that time he has been called up on five occasions by the squad to race in place of one of its regular drivers. He only started races on four of those occasions, as power unit trouble prevented him starting one of those races. However he finished in the top eight in both as well as qualifying third for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone. This year he returned to the cockpit for the first two races of the season as a substitute for Sebastian Vettel. Tom McCullough, Aston Martin’s performance director, said Hulkenberg took “not very long at all” to get back into the rhythm of being an F1 driver on both occasions. “He was thrown right into the deep end at a time that we were scratching our heads a bit with the car [this year]. He turned up in Bahrain, just straight into FP1, not a lot of time, seat-fit compromises, straight in there. “He’s a very talented, naturally gifted driver. You put him in a qualifying and a race situation and ask him to go extract the most out of a car, he’s pretty good at doing that, whatever he drives and has driven over the years.” Hulkenberg’s most recent appearance for the team came at the high-speed Jeddah Corniche Circuit. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free “I think going to Jeddah was an interesting track. [He’d] never driven at it before, especially at that time we were still struggling a bit with the porpoising, and you’ve got some grip-limited corners at 280kph with the wall either side of you. “I think his eyes were on springs a bit. But he’s a class act, he’s very talented, he’s got solid experience and that helps him jump in a car and drive quickly.” Hulkenberg took shock pole for Williams in 2010 McCullough previously worked at Williams at a time when the team was backing Hulkenberg’s junior single-seater career, and he first got to work with the German during his first F1 tests. That then led to him being his race engineer once he was promoted to a race seat in 2010 after winning the GP2 title. “One thing he’s always been able to do is drive very quickly right to the peak of rear slip angle, really natural car control whether it’s in the wet, low-grip, straight away he can go to where the grip is,” added McCullough. Hulkenberg’s debut season with Williams in 2010 was the last for Bridgestone as F1’s official tyre supplier. The subsequent arrival of Pirelli proved a challenging adjustment for Hulkenberg to make, says McCullough. “Over the years he learnt how to get on top of the Pirelli tyres, which I think frustrated him a bit at the start. He’s a driver who just wants to drive fast, so you spend half your time trying to slow him down. “In the earlier, higher-degradation era of the Pirelli tyres, he had to get on top of that. and I think working alongside Checo [Sergio Perez], the two of them helped each other I think with strengths and weaknesses. “He, with experience, learned how to handle race weekends well. When he stepped back in our car in particular in 2020, having never driven it, and you put him at somewhere like Silverstone which has got low, medium, high-speed corners and he qualifies up at the front, he’s just a class act, a really solid driver.” Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free 2022 F1 season Browse all 2022 F1 season articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/

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