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newyorkthegoldenage · 7 months
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Natalie Ascencios's 2002 painting, A Vicious Circle, of the Algonquin Round Table. It hangs in the hotel today.
From left to right, standing: Robert Benchley, Franklin Pierce Adams, Robert Sherwood, Harpo Marx, Alexander Woolcott, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber. Seated: Dorothy Parker, Harold Ross, George S. Kaufman, Heywood Broun. The Algonquin Cat is standing upside down at top left.
Photo: Natalie Ascencios via ascencios.com
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adamwatchesmovies · 6 months
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Cabin in the Sky (1943)
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When you finally see Cabin in the Sky, I know exactly what your reaction will be. You'll be yelling at the screen saying "How is it I’m only getting to this movie now?" With an all-black cast, this musical from the forties should by all reason be a classic. Even with its heavy Christian themes and a storytelling style that you don’t see much anymore (and I’m not talking about the singing), it’s so playful and innocent it should have a much larger following than it does.
Little Joe (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson) has been trying to put away his gambling obsession with the help of his strong-willed wife, Petunia (Ethel Waters). When he is killed over a gambling debt, the angel "The General" (Kenneth Spencer) gives him one more chance to change his ways but only because he committed a single sin too many and is facing an eternity in Hell. Feeling cheated, Lucifier Jr. (The son of Satan himself, played by Rex Ingram) doubles down on his efforts to make Little Joe return to his sinful ways.
It’s hard not to think of The Wizard of Oz and It’s a Wonderful Life when viewing Cabin in the Sky. The actors who play "The General" and Lucifer Jr. also play characters in Little Joe’s life. His death at the beginning of the film is an opportunity for him to return to the real world and see how different choices could affect his life (but in this case, for the better). There’s a lot of talk about Heaven and Hell but the film is showing us its own interpretation of what one’s battle for their soul might look like rather than sticking to what the Pastor might say. It’s in black and white. It’s a musical. All of these make it feel like a movie you’ve gathered around and watched with the family dozens of times over the years. Doubly so if you're Black because of the cast, the good message and the overall tone, which is perfectly suited for every member of the family.
While the songs featured may not stick in your head long after the movie ends, they fit the story so well that taking them out would be unthinkable. They’re wonderfully playful and expertly performed. Ethel Waters, in particular, is so strong she'll make you forgive the film for cutting short Louis Armstrong’s trumpeting solo (which leaves him with only a small part as one of Lucifer Jr.’s minions). Whenever she and Eddie Anderson are together, you completely believe them as a couple. You can feel the love between them and this makes you crave a happy ending. If only Little Joe can figure himself out!
There’s an air of innocence about the whole thing, even when beautiful gold-digger Georgia Brown (Lena Horne) comes around to seduce Little Joe (what he could’ve done to ever garner her attention is a mystery so you just know she’s up to no good). Lucifer Jr.’s menacing but not all that scary and when Rex Ingram smiles, you can’t help yourself; you do too. His smile is so infectious… maybe the apple does fall far from the tree sometimes? Probably not but he’s so charismatic you kind of like him as the villain.
If certain aspects of the film feel like they’re a little bit on-the-nose, a bit much, just give the film the benefit of the doubt and keep watching. Things all come together in the end in an unexpected way… but simultaneously not. "Oh, of course!" you’ll say as the picture closes. "In this kind of movie, that’s exactly how things should go!" If it were made today, you’d call it a cheat and it is a bit in a way but it’s fine to make the choices it makes once in a while. Particularly in these older movies, it just feels right.
Cabin in the Sky is a product of its time and some of the characters might be described as broad or stereotypical but it’s just so charming you won't care. It’s fine to have a movie like this one once in a while. You could say the same thing about musicals as a whole. Its performers, songs, jovial tone and uplifting story, along with a nostalgic feel throughout make it a winner, maybe even a new favorite. (June 18, 2021)
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outoftowninac · 2 years
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WEST OF PITTSBURGH / THE DEEP TANGLED WILDWOOD
1922
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West of Pittsburgh (later known as The Deep Tangled Wildwood) is a three-act play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. It was originally produced by George C. Tyler and Hugh Ford and staged by Otto Kruger. 
James Parks Leland, jaded novelist and playwright, feels himself growing stale and decides to knock off for a while and go back to Millersville, the little town where he was born. He has vague recollections of an Aunt Sarah and sunsets, an organ In the parlor, and a girl he left behind. So he starts west, and finds a town transformed by quickly earned money into a small-town imitation of what they think a big town is like. When he arrives, Aunt Sarah is serving cocktails, the sun is setting behind the dye works, the organ has been replaced with a jazz orchestra, and the girl he left behind him has caught up with him and is now about ten paces in the lead. James decides to save the town. He pricks the bubble of their inflated prosperity by buying the town bonds and foreclosing. Then he leaves town and goes abroad for a year. He comes back to find Millersville divorced from its broad a's and ready to hail him as the town benefactor for sending them back to the simple life. The curtain goes down with Millersville falling for another boom through the establishment of a radio station. James heads for an apartment facing Central Park with the only real girl he found in the country - and turns out that she was from New York!  The play takes place in James’ New York City apartment and at Aunt Sara's home in Millersville.
TITLE: Playwright Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh in 1899. Connelly was from McKeesport PA, located on the Monongahela River, West of Pittsburgh. Early titles for the play include Little Old Millersville, and The New Homestead. This was their third collaboration, having previously written Dulcy and To The Ladies. 
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The play premiered in Atlantic City NJ on May 22, 1922 at Nixon’s Apollo Theatre on the Boardwalk. 
“GOOD PLAYS ARE NOT JUST WRITTEN, BUT RE-WRITTEN” ~ George S. Kaufman
“After re-writing this comedy three times, George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly, the authors, felt that they had it pretty well set. At rehearsals one Sunday George C. Tyler, the producer, suddenly appeared and threw the whole play out by the crop of the neck. Then he ordered a totally new version. As the comedy was to open at Atlantic City in a week, the authors had to start their thoughts gushing quickly in time for more rehearsals. By dint of staying up most of two nights and about meal times, they managed to deliver the new three act play In about fifty hours.” ~ NEW YORK HERALD
“Yielding to the prevailing urge for experimenting with this title and that, Kaufman and Connelly have changed the name of their latest opus... from ‘West of Pittsburgh’ to ‘The Deep Tangled Wildwood.’ Concerning the alteration a perturbed note comes to hand from the offices of Mr. George C. Tyler, the producer: ‘An unauthorized paragraph appeared today in New York to the effect that the title of the new Kaufman-Connelly work had been changed because Mr. Tyler feared 'West of Pittsburgh’ might be offensive to Chicago players. Nothing of the sort. The change was made because 'The Deep Tangled Wildwood' does not narrow the locale of the play to just 'West of Pittsburgh’. Also because it is hoped that a certain subtle humor may lurk in ‘The Deep Tangled Wildwood’ for some playgoers at least.”  ~ CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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The re-written, re-titled script premiered in Chillicothe, Ohio, in September 1923, then moved to Indianapolis, then Chicago, then Cincinnati. In the year since its Atlantic City premiere, Kaufman and Connelly produced their fourth comedy, Merton of the Movies. For this reason, some consider Pittsburgh / Wildwood their fourth collaboration, rather than their third. 
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Kaufman and Connelly continually re-wrote the play, preferring to ignore that the original play ever existed. It was jokingly estimated that they had written 186 acts from the play’s first inception to its Broadway closing. Kaufman also jested that the Atlantic City alderman had passed a moratorium to establish that the week in 1922 that they played the Apollo never happened!  
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As The Deep Tangled Wildwood, the play opened on Broadway at the Frazee Theatre (254 West 42nd Street) on November 5, 1923.  
ABOUT THE VENUE: The theatre was opened in 1904 as the Lew M. Fields Theatre. Two years later it was known as the Hackett Theatre. In 1911, it was renamed again as the Harris Theatre. Names after H.H. Frazee, it was known as the Frazee from 1920 to 1924, when it became Wallack’s. In 1940 it turned into a cinema named the Anco. It was gutted in 1988 and demolished in 1997. 
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“Though studded with smart line, it lacks sustaining plot. Added to this, the acting is only moderately well tuned to the spirit of the satire.” ~ TIME
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“A rather humorous evening out of a pretty pedestrian play.” ~ ALEXANDER WOOLCOTT
“‘The Deep Tangled Wildwood’ is very hokey.” ~ ARTHUR POLLACK
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“The missing factor, we think, is life itself. ‘The Deep Tangled Wildwood' is based on one of those rootless things called an idea. It is sufficiently brave in imagination to become fantasy and it is far too ingenious in trickery to be real.” ~ HEYWOOD BROUN
The reviews were generally mixed to negative. Press reps were hard-pressed to find quotes for the ads. The play lasted just two weeks (16 performances).
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Despite reports of a film version, none was ever released. 
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thesiouxzy · 5 months
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I have a photo series I call “I’m Wearing Your Glasses” It’s just what you’d think. My favorite is my Kids in the Hall edition🤏🏼🤓 (Kevin politely declined which is a very Kevin thing 😄 He’s wonderful but gets nervous) so I put Brian Connelly from Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet in his place. Bruce is also wearing Brian’s glasses cuz he doesn’t usually wear glasses 👓 Brian’s glasses are my favorite I’ve worn so far. I also included Marc Maron for fun & one of my favorite photos with Kevin so he’s part of this too 😁 We were seeing a band at bar in Toronto
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citizenscreen · 11 months
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Bette Davis with director Marc Connelly and cinematographer Hal Mohr on set of THE GREEN PASTURES (1936) #DailyBette
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your-absent-father · 8 months
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I like these polls so much because I always get stuck on what to do next. I want to do more character introductions to mc vs pol but maybe not all soo...
I'll do top 3
*I meant to say no more introductions. I need to see this guys in action
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kwebtv · 11 months
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The Borgia Stick  -  NBC  -  February 25, 1967
Crime Drama (Made for TV movie)
Running Time:  120 minutes
Stars:
Don Murray as Tom Harrison
Inger Stevens as Eve Harrison
Barry Nelson as Hal Carter
Fritz Weaver as Anderson
Sorrell Booke as Alton
Marc Connelly as Davenport
Kathleen Maguire as Ruth
Dana Elcar as Craigmeyer
Barnard Hughes as Doctor Helm
Frederick Rolf as Rigley
Hugh Franklin as Willoughby
Ralph Waite as Man from Toledo
John Randolph as Smith
Valerie Allen as Louise
Sudie Bond as Wilma
Doreen Lang as Mrs. Hollingsworth
House Jameson as Win Hollingsworth
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byneddiedingo · 2 years
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I Married a Witch (René Clair, 1942)
Cast: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Cecil Kellaway, Susan Hayward, Elizabeth Patterson, Robert Warwick. Screenplay: Robert Pirosh, Marc Connelly, based on a novel by Thorne Smith and Norman Matson. Cinematography: Ted Tetzlaff. Art direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté. Film editing: Eda Warren. Music: Roy Webb. This somewhat over-frantic supernatural romantic comedy was the product of much friction during its preparation and filming, and it shows. At various points, Preston Sturges (as producer), Dalton Trumbo (as screenwriter), and Joel McCrea (as the male lead) were involved with it and left because of conflicts with director René Clair and actress Veronica Lake (who also fought with Fredric March after he took over the lead from McCrea, who had hated working with her a year earlier on Sturges's Sullivan's Travels). The premise is that two witches, Jennifer (Lake) and her father, Daniel (Cecil Kellaway), burned at the stake in 17th century Salem, have returned from the dead to haunt the descendant of the man who had them burned. He happens to be a gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, Wallace Wooley (March), who is also on the verge of marrying a shrewish snob played by Susan Hayward. Daniel casts a spell to give Jennifer a mortal form, whereupon she puts an end to the wedding but also falls in love with Wallace. Complications ensue in a brittle and occasionally rather cruel comedy in which no one either in front of or behind the camera seems to be working at top form.
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silverbat · 2 years
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Actress Madeline Hurlock with her Russian Wolfhound in 1924 in front of the Ambassador Hotel. Hurlock fought being typecast in vamp roles and pursued comic films, stating, “The characteristics that make up the screen vampire prevent her from being anything else.”Madeline retired from films after talkies came in, and later became affiliated with the New York literary set via her second husband, the playwright and screenwriter Marc Connelly.(Coincidentally, the Russian Wolfhound or Borzoi was the unofficial dog of the vamp phenomenon of the 1910s-1920s: Photos exist of many other famous vamps, including Theda Bara and Pola Negri, posing with Borzoi companions.
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AMC Picks Up "Snowpiercer" for Season 4
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AMC has reportedly picked up the 4th season of the former TNT series “Snowpiercer!” The show's first three seasons will hit the AMC+ streaming service later this year, with season 4 due to bow in early 2025. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel and the 2013 film of the same name, "Snowpiercer" has captivated audiences with its gripping storyline, complex characters, and thought-provoking themes. Set aboard a perpetually moving train that circles the globe after a cataclysmic event has frozen the Earth, the show explores issues of class struggle, social injustice, and survival in a harsh, dystopian world. “We’re so thrilled the train has finally found a home, and we’re incredibly grateful to everyone at AMC and Tomorrow Studios for giving the fans of Snowpiercer a chance to enjoy season four with all the hard work this amazing cast and crew put into it,” showrunner Paul Zbyszewski said. The series was originally developed for TNN before TNT picked it up. Scott Derrickson, who directed “Doctor Strange” for Marvel Studios and 2021’s hit “The Black Phone,” was set to show run and direct before parting ways with the project. It’s been a bumpy track for the show, based on Bong Joon-ho‘s 2013 film, which was based on the graphic novel “Le Transperceneige” by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette. “Snowpiercer” the series stars Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Sean Bean, Rowan Blanchard, Alison Wright, Mickey Sumner, Iddo Goldberg, Katie McGuinness, Lena Hall, Sam Otto, Chelsea Harris, Mike O’Malley, Roberto Urbina, and Sheila Vand. New cast members for season 4 include Clark Gregg and Michael Aronov. “Snowpiercer is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride with a loyal fanbase – similar to the passionate fandoms we serve across our biggest franchise series – and a welcome addition to AMC and AMC+,” Ben Davis, EVP of original programming for AMC Networks and AMC Studios, said. “We look forward to allowing viewers to binge the first three seasons later this year, in anticipation of the arrival of a remarkable fourth season helmed by Paul Zbyszewski and this stellar cast, which will premiere in 2025.”
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martinmurray · 4 months
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BOOKS READ, in order…
2023:
Fall Guy - Archer Mayor
Racing the Light - Robert Crais (1.16.23)
A Dangerous Man - Robert Crais (1.24.23)
The Naming of the Dead - Ian Rankin (2.7.23)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi (2.9.23)
Unnatural History- Jonathan Kellerman (2.27.23)
Breathless - Amy McCulloch (3.14.23)
Fleshmarket Alley - Ian Rankin (4.10.23)
Red Winter - Tom Clancy/ Marc Cameron (5.5.23)
Desert Star - Michael Connelly (5.20.23)
Dark Angel - John Sandford (6.2.23)
No Plan B - Lee Child (6.8.23)
Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand (6.16.23)
The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman (6.26.23)
Newcomer - Keigo Higashino (7.7.23)
A Death in Tokyo - Keigo Higashino (7.13.23)
City of Dreams - Don Winslow (7.20.23)
A Song for the Dark Times - Ian Rankin (8.6.23)
Standing in Another Man’s Grave - Ian Rankin (8.15.23)
The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino (8.20.23)
Saints of the Shadow Bible - Ian Rankin (9.1.23)
The Lockup - John Banville (9.3.23)
Rather Be The Devil - Ian Rankin (9.11.23)
The Best Strangers in the World - Ari Shapiro (9.21.23)
Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann (10.4.23)
Judgment Day - John Sandford (10.15.23)
The Complaints - Ian Rankin (10.30.23)
In A House of Lies - Ian Rankin (11.19.23)
Holly - Stephen King (11.20.23)
The Impossible Dead - Ian Rankin (12.6.23)
Knots and Crosses - Ian Rankin (12.11.23)
The Secret - Lee Child (12.22.23)
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newyorkthegoldenage · 2 years
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“I did not kill her,” insisted Kaufman. “What I’ve told you, Mr. Singer, is the truth.”
Singer rubbed his chin with the palm of a hand. “So you think maybe there’s some connection to this shindig where Valentino took sick. Boy, am I not looking forward to this investigation.” Mrs. Parker sat up like an eager lapdog. “Why not?” “Ahhhh, already there’s talk that there’s a cover-up going on in Valentino’s death. Like maybe he was poisoned, who the hell knows.”
The Dorothy Parker Murder Case, by George Baxt, opens with Mrs. Parker slitting her wrists (unsuccessfully). It’s August 24, 1926, the day after Rudolph Valentino’s death. Mrs. Parker and Alexander Woollcott set about trying to solve the murder of a chorus girl found in George S. Kaufman’s apartment. This is soon followed by the murder of another.
Over the course of the book, a slew of celebrities shows up: George Raft, Polly Adler (who comes off well), Texas Guinan (who does not), Vincent Youmans, Nita Naldi, Horace Liveright, Judge Crater (not yet vanished), Florenz Ziegfeld, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and, of course, Mrs. P’s Algonquin Round Table buddies Kaufman, Neysa McMein, Edna Ferber, Harold Ross, Robert Benchley, Marc Connelly, Heywood Broun, and Robert Sherwood. They are joined by some interesting fictional characters. Prohibition life—for the Manhattan fast set, at least—comes vividly alive. Speakeasies, orgies, drug use, gangsters—it’s all there. Witty dialogue abounds.
This was the first of four mystery novels that Baxt wrote centering on New York celebrities. The others focused on Alfred Hitchcock, Tallulah Bankhead, and Noel Coward. After that, unfortunately, he took off for L.A. and set his books in Hollywood.
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raybizzle · 4 months
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"The Green Pastures" (1936) is a fantasy film directed by Marc Connelly and William Keighley and written by Connelly and Sheridan Gibney, who based the film on the novel "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" by Roark Bradford. Marc Connelly adapted the story into a Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play in 1930. The movie has an all-black cast film produced by Warner Brothers and stars Rex Ingram, Frank Wilson, Oscar Polk, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, and George Reed.
Unlike Race Films made by Oscar Micheaux and Ralph Cooper during this period, "The Green Pastures" was a major Hollywood production. The film received substantial advertising as the nation was already familiar with the play's success, so people were anticipating seeing the motion picture version. Rex Ingram was the lead in the film as the character "De Lawd."
The film features several up-and-coming actors, like Ingram, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Oscar Polk, and Edna Mae Harris. For many, this was their breakthrough film. For example, George Randol, who played the high priest in the movie, started a production company with Ralph Cooper, where they released the first film produced with an all-black capital called "Dark Manhattan" in 1937. The film also featured the Hall Johnson choir. Mr. Johnson was a black composer known for his arrangements of African-American spirituals. Throughout the 30s and 40s, many films featured the ensemble, including "Dimples" (1936) and the controversial movie "Song of the South" (1946).
"The Green Pastures" is a fantastic film with wonderful music and charming characters. However, there are, without a doubt, stereotypical portrayals of black people within the movie. As a result, some people may find the film challenging to watch if they need help seeing past the 1930s attitude. Nevertheless, the movie is a remarkable production, and Rex Ingram will be unforgettable after you watch his performance. It's a personal favorite and one that I watch every year. I highly recommend it for viewing.
Directors: Marc Connelly, William Keighley Writers: Roark Bradford, Marc Connelly, Sheridan Gibney
Starring Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Frank H. Wilson, George Reed, Abraham Gleaves, Edna Mae Harris, James Fuller, George Randol, Hall Johnson Choir, Billy Cumby, Ivory Williams, Dudley Dickerson, Ida Forsyne, Myrtle Anderson, Charles Andrews, Ernest Whitman, Reginald Fenderson
Storyline A preacher in a small Black church in Louisiana tells his Sunday school class stories from the Bible as if the characters were part of a local fish fry. He starts with the creation of the world by God, known as "De Lawd" (Rex Ingram), and tells how God went on to create heaven, which is just like their farmland, and then created man and woman, followed by their fall and finally the coming of Jesus Christ.
Available on DVD and streaming services. https://www.amazon.com/Green-Pastures-Eddie.../dp/B00B6OECDK
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xcziel · 5 months
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tuesday new releases for november 21
eh, not much
he-who-shall-not-be-named had a new alex cross book out on monday, bc of course he always has a *special* release date
tom clancy command and control by marc cameron
nora roberts new romance inheritance
danielle steel's the ball at versailles
defiant by brian sanderson, 4th book in the skyward series
percy jackson stuff: show cover and graphic novel re-release for the lightning thief, camp halfblood paperback
one interesting thing: bl manhwa ennead, set in egyptian mythology! will have to check that out
- it's sad that half of the "bestselling titles" these days aren't actually written by the big name author anymore, but contracted out as franchises: steel, clancy, cussler, p*tterson, now lee child are all technically written by others *sigh*
so i guess props to grisham, roberts, king, connelly, etc for ... still writing their own books??
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leanstooneside · 1 year
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Failing to share in a group celebration
◊ Derrick Rose's leg (well done)
◊ Jennifer Connelly's leg (hallelujah)
◊ Jennifer Aniston's leg (shame)
◊ Marc Anthony's leg (argh)
◊ Will Arnett's leg (aw)
◊ Teri Hatcher's leg (sleep tight)
◊ Katherine Heigl's leg (you don't say)
◊ Adrian Grenier's leg (no way)
◊ Boo Boo Stewart's leg (ahem)
◊ Crystal Harris's leg (look here)
◊ Dax Shepard's leg (right on)
◊ Victoria Beckham's leg (get outta here)
◊ Vera Wang's leg (see ya)
◊ Jen Schefft's leg (whew)
◊ Luke Bryan's leg (drat)
◊ Kelly Osbourne's leg (er)
◊ Marcia Cross's leg (grr)
◊ Kelly Cutrone's leg (gah)
◊ Cash Warren's leg (zounds)
◊ Nick Lachey's leg (gesundheit)
◊ DJ AM's leg (fiddle-dee-dee)
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beatrixiv · 1 year
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