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THIS DAY IN GAY HISTORY

based on: The White Crane Institute's 'Gay Wisdom', Gay Birthdays, Gay For Today, Famous GLBT, glbt-Gay Encylopedia, Today in Gay History, Wikipedia, and more … March 20

1891 – On this date the British singer, screenwriter, composer, actor and director Edmund Goulding was born (d.1959). Goulding is best remembered for directing cultured dramas and such as Grand Hotel (1932) with Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford, Dark Victory (1939) with Bette Davis, and The Razor's Edge (1946) with Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power. He also directed the classic film noir Nightmare Alley (1947) with Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell, and the action drama The Dawn Patrol. He was also a successful songwriter, composer, and producer.

There is a paradox to Goulding. His sensitivity to women's emotions brought him enduring success, as witnessed by his swooning melodramas, but his private life reflects a lack of sensitivity. Goulding was bisexual, with a decided taste for promiscuity and voyeurism. His sex parties and casting couch were notorious.

A 2004 biography of Goulding, Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory by Matthew Kennedy says that it was widely known in Hollywood that Goulding was bisexual, and hosted wild parties for all persuasions.

But he cannot be dismissed simply as a sex addict or sexual exploiter. For every excoriation of his morals, there are accounts of his loyalty to friends, generosity to family, gentlemanly manner on the set, and preternatural ability to bring out the best in his actors.

1905 – Delaware eliminates the pillory as a punishment for crime. Since 1852, those convicted of sodomy have been required to stand in the pillory for one hour prior to imprisonment.

1908 – Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d.1985). Father to the Redgrave acting dynasty, Redgrave was married to the actress Rachel Kempson for 50 years from 1935 until his death. Their children Vanessa (b. 1937), Corin (1939-2010) and Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010) and their grandchildren - Natasha (1963-2009), Joely Richardson (b. 1965) and Jemma are also involved in theatre or film as actors. His grandson Carlo Gabriel Nero is a screenwriter and film director

During the filming of Fritz Lang's Secret Beyond the Door... (1948), Redgrave met Bob Michell and they became lovers, Michell set up house close to the Redgraves, and he became a surrogate "uncle" to Redgrave's children (then aged 11, 9 and 5), who adored him. Michell later had children of his own, including a son he named Michael.

The 1996 BBC documentary film Michael Redgrave: My Father, narrated by his son Corin Redgrave, and based on his book of the same name, discusses Michael's bisexuality in some depth. Rachel Kempson recounts that, when she proposed to him, Redgrave said that there were "difficulties to do with his nature, and that he felt he ought not to marry". She said that she understood, it didn't matter and that she loved him. To this, Redgrave replied "Very well. If you're sure, we will".

During one of Corin's visits to Michael, the latter said "There is something I ought to tell you". Then, after a very long pause, "I am, to say the least of it, bisexual".

Corin helped his father in the writing of his last autobiography, and encouraged him to acknowledge his bisexuality in the book. Michael agreed to do so, but in the end he chose to remain silent about it.

A card was found among Redgrave's effects after his death. The card was signed "Tommy, Liverpool, January 1940", and on it were the words (quoted from W.H. Auden): "The world is love. Surely one fearless kiss would cure the million fevers".

1947 – John Boswell, American historian (d.1994); A prominent historian and professor at Yale University, many of Boswell's studies focused on the issue of homosexuality and religion, specifically homosexuality and Christianity. Boswell was the author of the ground-breaking and controversial book Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality (1980), which, according to Chauncey et al (1989),

"offered a revolutionary interpretation of the Western tradition, arguing that the Roman Catholic Church had not condemned gay people throughout its history, but rather, at least until the twelfth century, had alternately evinced no special concern about homosexuality or actually celebrated love between men."

He is known primarily, however, as author of The Marriage of Likeness: Same- Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe (New York: Villard, 1994), in which he argues that the adelphopoiia liturgy was evidence that attitude of the Christian church towards homosexuality has actually changed over time, and that early Christians did on occasion accept same-sex relationships.

Rites of so-called "same-sex union" (Boswell's proposed translation) occur in ancient prayer-books of both the western and eastern churches. The rites of adelphopoiesis is Greek for "the making of brothers." Boswell, despite the fact that the rites explicitly state that the union involved in adelphopoiesis is a "spiritual" and not a "carnal" one, argued that these should be regarded as sexual unions similar to marriage.

This is a highly controversial point of Boswell's text, as other scholars have dissenting views of this interpretation, and believe that they were instead rites of becoming adopted brothers, or "blood brothers".

Boswell pointed out such evidence as an icon of two saints, Saints Sergius and Bacchus (at St. Catherine's on Mount Sinai), and drawings, such as one he interprets as depicting the wedding feast of Emperor Basil to his "partner", John. Boswell sees Jesus as fulfilling the role of the "pronubus" or in modern parallel, best man. Boswell made many detailed translations of these rites in Same-Sex Unions, and claimed that one mass same-sex wedding occurred only a couple of centuries ago in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral seat of the Pope as Bishop of Rome.

Boswell died of complications from HIV-AIDS on December 24, 1994, at age 47.

1957 – The Illinois Supreme Court upholds the sodomy conviction of an optometrist with a male patient after very conflicting witness testimony. Did the witnesses need glasses?

1971 – Murray Bartlett is an Australian actor. His roles include Dominic "Dom" Basaluzzo in the HBO comedy-drama series Looking, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver in the Netflix revival of Tales of the City, and Armond in the HBO satire comedy series The White Lotus. He is set to star in the upcoming television series adaptation of The Last of Us.

Bartlett was born in Sydney, Australia. At age four, his family moved to Perth, where he was raised.

Bartlett pursued an acting career in Australia for several years, including a role in the series headLand. In 1993, he played con man Luke Foster in Neighbours.

In 2000, Bartlett relocated to the United States. His first big break there came a few years later, when he was cast as a guest star in the HBO series Sex and the City. He also played D.K., John Crichton's best friend, in four episodes of the SciFi Channel series Farscape. In 2006, Bartlett toured with Hugh Jackman in the Australian touring company production of Jackman's Broadway hit The Boy From Oz.From March 2007 until the show's cancellation in September 2009, Bartlett was a cast member on the CBS daytime soap opera Guiding Light, where he played Cyrus Foley. He starred as Dominic "Dom" Basaluzzo in the HBO comedy-drama series Looking from 2014 to 2015, and then reprised his role in the series finale television film, Looking: The Movie in 2016. In 2017, he portrayed a recurring role in the musical drama series Nashville. Bartlett assumed the central role of Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver in the Netflix revival of Tales of the City.

In 2021, Bartlett starred in The White Lotus as Armond, the luxury resort manager and a recovering drug addict who has been "clean" for 5 years. Bartlett got the role through a self tape audition. For his portrayal, Bartlett received Screen Actors Guild, Critics' Choice, Independent Spirit and Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts nominations.

Bartlett came out as gay early in his career, saying, "I didn’t feel like I really had an alternative; I just never felt I could ever be anything but myself."

1976 – Alexander Chapman is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Lydie-Anne in Lilies, for which he garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 17th Genie Awards.

Chapman, who has also performed as a drag queen under the name Titty Galore, has also had supporting roles in Space Cases, Welcome to Africville, Fig Trees, After Alice, Jesus of Montreal, Queer as Folk, Sugar, The Kids in the Hall, Tru Love and Murder in Passing, often but not always playing a drag queen or a transgender woman.

He has also performed extensively in stage roles, including in Canadian Stage's production of Angels in America.

Quebec-bred, Dawson College-trained, Toronto-based Chapman is best known for his Genie-nominated role in John Greyson’s Lilies (1996). As the lustful and lucid French aristocrat Lydie-Anne, the African-Canadian Chapman was cast against type but burned up the screen in his liaison with St-Sebastian wannabe Simon. Dana Inkster cast next him in a more subdued role as her community-building gay bartender in her short Welcome to Africville (1999). Also known by his nom de drag Titty Galore, Chapman was brought back by Greyson for a supporting role as South African activist Simon Nkoli in his Fig Trees (2003).

1989 – Xavier Dolan, born in Montreal, Quebec, sometimes credited as Xavier Dolan-Tadros, is a Québécois actor and filmmaker, the son of a teacher, Geneviève Dolan, and Quebec actor Manuel Tadros. Formerly a child actor in films such as J'en suis!, Le Marchand de sable and La Forteresse suspendue and television series such as Omertà, la loi du silence, Dolan attracted international attention when his first film as a director and screenwriter, J'ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother), won three awards from the Director's Fortnight program at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

J'ai tué ma mère has been sold to more than 20 countries.

After J'ai tué ma mère he directed his second feature film Les Amours Imaginaires (Heartbeats), which was financed privately. It follows the infatuation of two friends with the same mysterious young man. Inevitably, their friendship suffers. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard category at the 63e Festival de Cannes in May 2010, to a standing ovation, and won the top prize of the Official Competition at the Sydney Film Festival in June.

His third film, Laurence Anyways, about a transsexual, was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Suzanne Clément's performance in the film won the section's award for Best Actress. The film received praise from critics but once again failed to find an audience.

His fourth film is an adaption of Michel Marc Bouchard's play Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme). It received its world premiere in the main competition section at the 70th Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2013 and won the FIPRESCI award. Though Tom at the Farm played the festival circuits in 2013, it wasn't released in the United States until 2015.

Dolan's 2014 film, Mommy, shared the Jury Prize in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival with Jean-Luc Godard's film Goodbye to Language (Adieu au langage).

As of September 2009, the Québec-specific French-language dubbed version of the animated series South Park features Dolan as the voice of Stan. His voice work also included narrating the NFB's 2010 animated documentary Lipsett Diaries.

Dolan is gay, and has described J'ai tué ma mère, which he wrote, directed, and starred in, as being semi-autobiographical.

2010 – On this date in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, a tiny group of LGBT activists attempting to protest a new law banning open displays of homosexuality were surrounded and intimidated by almost 100 skinheads. As several of skin heads attacked the Gay rights activists they were immediately knocked down to the ground and arrested by the policemen guarding the rally, who were led personally by the head of the Pazardzhik Police Directorate, Commissar Stoyan Stoyanov. No-one was hurt during the skirmish. However, the anti-rally protestors shouted offensive slogans directed against the Gay rights activists such as "No one wants you, losers", "Out of Pazardzhik", "Go to Uganda, freaks".

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annachum · 2 months

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Okay so the Pocket Princesses often wear their period costumes and their modern day outfits

Here's how I imagine the Pocket Princesses' Modern Day styles

. Snow White : Vintage vibes, cute attires with pretty dresses, heels and gloves ( style nods to Minnie Mouse, Audrey Hepburn, Lillian Bounds and Jackie Bouvier )

. Cinderella : Gorgeous soft romantic glam styles with often pastel shades ( style nods to Sue Storm, Grace Kelly and CZ Guest )

. Aurora : Romantic soft academia styles with flowing skirts and French Street styles ( style nods to Brigitte Bardot and Serena Van Der Woodsen )

. Ariel : Ocean core cute and trendy styles, often with sneakers ( style nods to Ginny Weasley, Phoebe Buffay from Friends, and Cher Horowitz )

. Belle : Preppy academia with French style cuts ( style nods to Hermione Granger, Gwen Stacy and Charlotte York )

. Jasmine : Absolutely DRIPPING in Arabian/Indian heiress styles ( style nods to Layla El Faouly, Aishwarya Rai and Princess Fawzia of Egypt )

. Mulan : Edgy/punk Chinese Street fashion with beanies and sneakers ( style nods to Katy Chen and Melinda May )

. Pocahontas : KILLING it with Powhatan inspired Street style, with pattern cloaks and floral pants ( basically more of boho chic style )

. Tiana : A mix of vintage cuts and more modern cuts, with often statement accessories and bold dresses ( style nods to Coretta Scot, Hilary Banks from Fresh Prince, and also Liz Allen from MCU )

. Raya : Athleisure chic style with Southeast Asian style elements, and got gold statement accessories

. Elsa : Classy, ladylike styles fit for a real queen, with often furs and capes ( style nods to Greta Garbo, Kate Middleton and Fleur Delacour )

. Anna : Warm, vibrant shades with trendy girly fashions ( style nods to Mary Jane Watson and Fran Fine from The Nanny )

. Rapunzel : Eclectic colorful styles with often floral accessories ( style nods to Luna Lovegood and Laura Vlahos- Barton )

. Moana : Polynesian ocean core effortless, trendy styles, often with flowing pants and statement earrings

. Asha : Cute, trendy and girly style pieces with often bold colors ( style nods to Ashley Banks from Fresh Prince, Anita from West Side Story, and Vanessa from In the Heights )

. Merida : Grunge/edgy styles with often scrunchies and sneakers ( style nods to Cherri Bomb and Loona from Hellaverse )

#pocket princesses #disney princesses

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maudeboggins · 5 months

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young vanessa redgrave would've been great as garbo in a biopic

#and garbo would've done a good isadora duncan biopic

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greuzeisfuckingtrash · 3 years

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The Famous Women Dinner Service (1932-1933) produced by Vanessa Bell, sister of Virginia Woolf, and fellow Bloomsbury Group member Duncan Grant

The Famous Women Dinner Service is a collection of 50 hand-decorated plates celebrating famous women throughout history. The portraits include George Eliot, Charlotte Brontë, 10th-century Japanese poet Murasaki and Elizabeth Barren Browning (pictured with her spaniel Flush); the Queen of Sheba and Elizabeth I; Dante’s Beatrice and the pre-Raphaelite Elizabeth Siddal; Greta Garbo and Ellen Terry. Many of these women lead complex and scrutinized lives, resisting marriage in favour of unconventional domestic arrangements and individual freedom.

“Very little is known about women,” wrote Virginia Woolf in 1929. “The history of England is the history of the male line, not the female. Of our fathers we know always some fact, some distinction. They were soldiers or they were sailors; they filled that office or they made that law. But of our mothers, our grandmothers, our great-grandmothers, what remains?”

Sources:

https://www.charleston.org.uk/visit-charleston/famous-women-dinner-service/

https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/vanessa-bell-duncan-grant-famous-women-dinner-service-1254239

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jackharlowoof · 4 years

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People who are in the same bisexual boat as me:

Greta Garbo

Hans Christian Andersen

Billie Joe Armstrong

Janis Joplin

Freddie Mercury

Lady Gaga

Josephine Baker

Alia Shawkat

Aubrey Plaza

Frank Ocean

Mike White

Megan Mullally

Jason Mraz

Grace Jones

Drew Barrymore

Frida Kahlo

Peaches

Katharine Hepburn

Sandra Bernhard

Marlon Brando

Mel B

Cary Grant

Alison Goldfrapp

Vanessa Carlton

Margaret Cho

Angelina Jolie

Alan Cumming

James Dean

Marlene Dietrich

Sia

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marymccartneyphotos · 3 years

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Mary McCartney's New Book of Photography

easyJet.com; Nov. 10, 2010; Sophy Grimshaw

As Mary McCartney steps into the spotlight with her first book, she reflects on 15 years as a photographer

"I have a shoot today, so I hope you don't mind that I'll be packing cameras into bags as we talk," says a cheerful Mary McCartney, "but this is a good time to chat," she reassures me. You might expect the daughter of a Beatle and the sister of a top fashion designer to be guarded around strangers, but there's nothing prickly about McCartney. She is bright and breezy and chuckles frequently.

Her first book, a career-spanning collection of photographs called From Where I Stand, is about to be published and McCartney is buzzing about it: "It's great to finally have a book to show people; I've never had that before. Now I can give it as a gift: 'Here's my book, have it!'"

Mary McCartney was born in 1969, the first child of Beatle Paul and photographer Linda. She was named after her paternal grandmother (who inspired the song Let It Be), and as a baby she stared out at the world from the cover of her father's solo album McCartney, tucked inside his coat.

From Where I Stand draws on all the photos McCartney has taken over the last 15 years, "so it was hard choosing which images wouldn't make it in," she laughs. "It might seem like a lot of photos, but there are also favourites that aren't in there. I kept saying, 'Can't we just make it a bit longer?' I had to get the flow right as well, because I included all the different types of images: work for commissions, portraits, my exhibited works, and my personal photos of my family."

It would be a tough enough task for any photographer, but it's complicated further for McCartney by the fact that her family snaps are also celebrity portraits. Paul is shown in private moments at home, while Stella looks at ease showing off her pregnant belly or riding her horse at the family farm in Sussex.

McCartney's family presumably find it far easier to be photographed by her than by anyone else. "Definitely... because I'm family, but for me, it's almost the opposite! I find it far harder to photograph people who I know well than people I don't."

Many of her pictures celebrate British identity and eccentricity. The book includes images of Brit-artists Sam Taylor-Wood and Tracey Emin and established actors with a rebellious streak, like Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Helen Mirren. Kate Moss is even seen with Branston pickle to hand. As well as these portraits, her documentary photos include beautiful shots taken backstage at the Royal Ballet, and London street scenes, such as a pair of pearly kings.

"A sense of Britishness is definitely something that is very present in my work. I live in England and I'm very proud to be British. British eccentricity appeals to me. The shot of Dame Vivienne Westwood for instance - it wasn't a commission, I approached her myself because she's such a strong character. I wanted her to look great in the shot. It's important to me that people like the photos that I take of them."

One of the most striking images is of the artist Tracey Emin, dressed as the painter Frida Kahlo. "That came about because I had an idea to do a series of shots of people dressed as figures who inspired them. I did a few of them but never quite finished the project. It began when Twiggy told me she loved Greta Garbo so I shot her as Garbo, and then I did Gwyneth Paltrow as Madonna. I knew that Tracey loved the work of Frida Kahlo and I do too, so I approached her. I didn't know her then and I honestly thought she'd say no…" But Emin loved the idea. "She got completely into it. She wasn't just posing or dressing up - she really began to embody Kahlo. She is staring into the distance, thinking about Kahlo's experiences and what might have been on her mind. It was something very special."

Ultimately, all of McCartney's work leads her back to memories of her mother Linda, whose own successful photography career was cut short when she died from breast cancer in 1997, aged 56.

"I think we're drawn to some of the same things and share the same eye. I look at some photos of mine and they remind me of photos from her archive. There's a photo of the countryside seen from my horse, with the horse's ears in the shot; that's similar to a photo she might have taken. I used to sit and help her to edit her contact sheets. When I became a photographer myself she was always so supportive of me and would phone me and ask, 'So, how did your shoot go?'"

From Where I Stand by Mary McCartney is out now, published by Thames and Hudson (£19.95/€25)

#mary mccartney #photographer #article #tracey emin #vivienne westwood #linda McCartney

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tcm · 4 years

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Helen Hayes in Hollywood By Kim Luperi

For someone who didn’t particularly enjoy her Hollywood experience, Helen Hayes sure achieved a lot. Just to name a few accomplishments, she’s:

The first stage actress to take home an Oscar, for 1931’s THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET

The first woman to win Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscars, holding the record for longest gap between awards with 39 years separating her first win and her last

One of the first EGOT winners, picking up one Emmy, one Grammy, two Oscars and two Tonys throughout her career

And she did all that while appearing in less than 20 films due to a rocky relationship with Hollywood, which speaks even more to her incredible talent.

Hayes’ career began in Washington, D.C. stage productions at the ripe old age of five; by eight, she hit the Great White Way, making her Broadway debut in 1909’s Old Dutch. After touring with Pollyanna as a teenager, Hayes saw her star rise throughout the 1920s with roles in plays such as Caesar and Cleopatra and Coquette. In 1928, the actress wed writer Charles MacArthur, the same year The Front Page, which he’d co-written with Ben Hecht, debuted to rave reviews. It wasn’t long before Hollywood came calling for MacArthur, but Hayes stayed in New York – at first. A huge Broadway star at that point, Hayes turned down multiple studio offers as friends dissuaded her from leaving the “legitimate” stage for movies. But when the Great Depression starting to affect theater attendance, Hayes gave in and signed a lucrative seven-year contract with MGM that allowed her to take on occasional Broadway roles.

However, MGM wasn’t exactly sure what to do with her. Compared to stars like the enigmatic Greta Garbo, Hayes was considered a plain Jane. “There were so many things I didn’t have or wasn’t,” the actress recalled in her 1990 autobiography Helen Hayes: My Life in Three Acts. “But Mr. Mayer had an idea. I would be promoted as ‘The Great Actress.’” And in the early 1930s, that meant melodrama, which suited her so well that she won an Oscar for THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET, the first of her Hollywood features released. For the next four years, Hayes found herself relegated to prestige fare like ARROWSMITH (‘31) and A FAREWELL TO ARMS (‘32).

One of Hayes’ favorite stage roles was the 1926 revival of J.M. Barrie’s What Every Woman Knows. She played Maggie, a modest woman who provides the power behind her husband’s successes. Hayes particularly adored the character’s understanding nature and wit. According to Kenneth Barrow’s book Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre, the actress suggested to MGM executive Irving Thalberg that the studio purchase the rights to the play.

But any high hopes Hayes held for the adaptation – her only stage role that she’d immortalize on film – were dashed quickly. Upon reading the script, Hayes recalled that Barrie’s humor was “torn apart in the most insensitive way.” “I protested, but was told to stick to acting and let others worry about writing and directing,” she stated. Perhaps Hayes was on to something, because WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS (‘34) faced a discouraging initial test screening. Retakes followed, with director Gregory La Cava adding comedy that his star didn’t find true to the source material. “We’ll do it my way,” La Cava proclaimed. “It was then and there that I decided I would devote my efforts to the stage,” Hayes remembered.

Indeed, upon leaving Hollywood for her next Broadway play, Hayes informed MGM managing director Eddie Mannix that she wanted out of her contract. To her surprise, Mannix wouldn’t let her and if she didn’t come back, he told her MGM would sue for the money they spent on her next (and final) picture under contract, VANESSA, HER LOVE STORY (’35).

Despite the negative experience, WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS received glowing reviews and Hayes earned positive notices for her charm and sincerity. However, Hollywood still didn’t suit her. For one, the actress found it hard to adapt to the slow, repetitive pace and “jigsaw-puzzle” approach of movies. “Only a short part of each day was spent acting; the rest was a game of patience,” Hayes remembered in 1990. The way of life also created an imbalance in her family, as Hayes and MacArthur rarely found themselves sharing time together with their daughter.

Upon leaving Hollywood in 1935, Hayes confided to a reporter: “I don’t think I’m much good in pictures, and I have a beautiful dream that I’m elegant on stage.” Over the next several decades Hayes would continue to win awards for her stage and television work, but she’d underestimated her own prowess on the screen, as she nabbed one more Oscar for 1970’s AIRPORT.

#Helen Hayes #classic hollywood #old movies #EGOT #TCM #Turner Classic Movies #What Every Woman Knows

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hoochy-coo · 4 years

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Both “It face anon”

So my “it” face definition is that they have an interesting face/beauty. I feel like I’m missing at least 20 women but this is just off the fly:

Ava Gardner, Gene Tierney, Maggie Cheung, Devon Aoki, Eartha Kitt, Shirley MacClaine, Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo, Tallulah Bankhead, Gia Carangi, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Brandi Quinones, Yasmeen Ghauri, Lisa Bonet, Sharon Tate, Jane Birkin, Twiggy, Goldie Hawn, Michelle Pfeifer, Uma Thurman, Ursula Andress, Brigitte Bardot, Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Claudia Schiffer, Sade, Sherilyn Fenn, Eddie Sedgewick, Audrey Hepburn, Marianne Faithfull, Monica Vitti, Rihanna, Raquel Welch, FKA Twigs, Debbie Harry, Angelina Jolie, Vanessa Paradis, Cher, Ali McGraw, Mia Goth, Isabelle Adjani, Shanina Shaik, Soo Joo Park, Molly Ringwald, Lindsey Wixon, Mariel Hemingway

#ask #answer

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brownskinsugarplum76 · 4 years

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One Shot: Counterpane Blues

This is a Sad Robert story with no smut. It's about the period in late 1976 when Robert was still not quite healed from his car accident injuries.

Thanks to @ledbythreads , @firethatgrewsolow , @tangerine-page , and @rogerdaltreysautomatacollection for the advice and answers. ❤️❤️❤️

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He’s awake, and he’s surrounded by so many pillows that it feels more like a crib than a California king. He can’t help but laugh out loud at the thought. A 6’1” blue-eyed baby boy. He’s convinced that’s how they see him these days. As a big baby, a helpless, invalid rock star, left to while away the hours in seclusion like Greta bloody Garbo.

There’s no bouncing for this baby boy anytime soon, thanks to that damned ankle, he tells himself forlornly. He’s grateful that Bonzo still visits with grand tales from the outside. They’ve kept him from going mad a long time ago.

There’s still the odd bit of helium balloon sensation in his body from the painkillers. Anyone who willingly chooses to party with these things instead of ‘ludes is surely daft. He groans and stretches.

He recalls Bonzo saying they'd go to the Rainbow tonight. Bonzo tried to get him to come out, to test his mettle on the crutches, but Robert refused to take the bait. "I'll carry your chubby arse out the house my damn self next time," Bonzo had threatened. His friend was teasing him, but Robert could see a hint of concern in his eyes with his mockery. Bonzo hates how moody and withdrawn Robert has become.

There are so many reasons why The fucking Rainbow is the last place I want to be right now. Robert rubs the sleep out of his eyes. For once he’s glad to be left out of the revelry. There'd be no pictures of him for the public to pity. There’d also be no pictures of him in Sable’s clutches again. But then he remembers that punks and younger rock stars are getting all her time these days. That’s good news for us lot, innit? But he's certain her spot has already been filled by another baby groupie. It never ends.

He would like a night with his friends, despite his hesitance to leave the house. It'll be much better if they come to mine. He'll ask if Benji can help him round up a get-together soon. Tomorrow, if possible. He daydreams a bit about seeing everyone and relishes the sure prospect of arranging a sleepover with a few beautiful, sympathetic women. A sponge bath from California's finest… Just what the doctor ordered… He smirks as the scene plays out in his mind like choice blue cinema. It’s not a bad deal, letting the birds do most of the work these days.

He looks out beyond the glass sliding door. The great expanse of the ocean greets him with its majesty. If he had to be exiled somewhere, he’s glad it’s in this sprawling one-floor place by the Pacific. The guardians of the Zeppelin fishbowl got it right, that’s for sure. The flow and ebb of the ocean occupies more of his time these days than he cares to share with anyone else.

He hasn't felt like writing much lately, but maybe the location and the view will inspire some songs later. Same as I wrote my way to sandy lands and other days whilst alone on Old Hallow's Eve. Wanderlust is the only thing that keeps him going some days in this forced solitude.

He talks to Maureen regularly by phone, but her road to recovery is worse than his. He still can't shake the sight of her tiny body on the gurney, or the sounds of the kids crying after the terrifying tumble of the car. The saddest sound I'll ever hear… He shudders. He's set to reunite with his family for Christmas, but how and where is still anyone's guess. We've got to sort this soon. It's almost time to break out the advent calendar...

Hours slip into days way too easily in the beachfront compound. The therapist comes to him, so there’s no need to leave. Too much bloody time with my thoughts…

His latest obsession has been the loud, white-label punk records that Benji brings by. Robert has been impressed by the hunger and urgency of the musicians. The bands are like Molotov cocktail throwers--appearing suddenly and wreaking a surprising amount of chaos in a remarkably short time. The songs may or may not have been well executed, but they are memorable. And that seems to be all that matters for their audience.

It’s not lost on Robert that the latest sound is just about as far on the other side of the spectrum as it could be from his band’s music. Led Zeppelin won’t release an album until the following year, and touring is also a distant dream, on hold until after he’s gotten a squeaky clean bill of health. Will it be too late? Will anyone still care about our 20-minute solos? Will I still care, even?

He eyes the wheelchair and then the crutches. The crutches win for his short jaunt to the bathroom. He's pleased with himself, because each careful step is a step toward normalcy, toward freedom.

But then he glances from the toilet to his shaving kit and sighs. It still takes some effort for him to do basic things. I'll never take the simple actions for granted again. He sits on the toilet to relieve himself and hopes for the day he'll be back on his own two feet to urinate.

He closes the lid after flushing, then washes his hands and face while using the crutches with a mix of agility and fear. His therapist would be dismayed to know he had done something so risky while alone. What has my life become if washing up is my point of rebellion?

He arranges his shaving items to be in arm's reach while he sits on the closed toilet. The double-sided mirror is still angled down for him. He shaves slowly, in no rush to return to bed. He envies Bonzo in that moment for having settled into the ease of his beard and moustache look. But Robert wouldn't dare try it again himself anytime soon, after Bonzo teased him mercilessly a few years ago about looking like a Musketeer.

Robert stands and takes a long look at himself. His eyes are not as vibrant as usual. The hard contours of his muscles have softened a bit with disuse.

His hair is in need of a good wash and detangling. That effort will require a seat at the sink and someone with a lot of patience. He thinks of Vanessa and misses her latent beautician skills and their banter. He laughs at her pronouncement that Robert was her annoying brother. No one ever believed they had just stuck to friendship. But she had since moved on, into the bowels of the entertainment industry machine. Here's hoping one of the party girls is a hairdresser who wants to play house for a bit.

His stomach growls. He surprises himself by ignoring it in favor of going back to bed. He propels himself back to the bedroom on the crutches. He wanted to read, but he finds he has no desire to do so now. He takes a few more painkillers and broods about his interrupted life until the obliterating opioid twilight returns.

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micecakes · 6 years

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hm I should play KOF14 tho

#its got vanessa and blue mary now #im garbo at it tho rip

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jteam-it · 2 years

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Tante novità, a Schio, per Jteam

Continua a leggere cliccando qui > https://www.jteam.it/tante-novita-a-schio-per-jteam/

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barcarole · 5 years

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Your favorite european actresses ? Thanks

Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Bergman, Jeanne Moreau, Giulietta Masina, Greta Garbo, Bibi Andersson, Michèle Morgan, Ingrid Thulin, Danielle Darrieux, Maria Casarès, Marlene Dietrich, Delphine Seyrig, Harriet Andersson, Anouk Aimée, Emanuelle Riva, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve, Romy Schneider, Hanna Schygulla, Isabelle Adjani, Anna Magnani, Isabelle Huppert, Silvana Magnano, Ingrid Carven, Bulle Ogier, Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Hiller, Carmen Maura, Irène Jacob, Margit Carstensen, Monica Vitti, Annie Girardot, Juliette Binoche, Simone Signoret, Bernardette Lafont, Stéphane Audran, Dita Parlo, Alida Valli, Musidora, Asta Nielsen.

#Ask #Cinema

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astrologym0od · 6 years

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Female celebrities and their venus signs 🌹

Venus in aries: Marilyn Monroe, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Aniston, Mariah Carey, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gigi Hadid, Charlotte Brontë, Melanie Martinez, Gal Gadot, Rooney Mara, Sofia Coppola, Sophie Turner.

Venus in taurus: Princess Diana, Ariana Grande, Lana Del Rey, Jessica Alba, Fergie, Liv Tyler, Jessie J, Jessica Lange, Debbie Harry, Linda Evangelista, Leighton Meester, Léa Seydoux, Jamie Lynn Spears, Grimes, Saoirse Ronan.

Venus in gemini: Jennifer Lopez, Uma Thurman, Megan Fox, Gisele Bündchen, Adele, Jacqueline Kennedy, Heidi Klum, Courtney Love, Naomi Campbell, Cher, Frida Kahlo, Eva Green, Sofia Vergara, Margot Robbie, Brooke Shields.

Venus in cancer: Lily-Rose Depp, Devon Aoki, Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep, Adriana Lima, Courtney Cox, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Zendaya, Judy Garland, Iman, Anna Kendrick, Lucy Hale.

Venus in leo: Madonna, Solange Knowles, Nicole Kidman, Monica Bellucci, Selena Gomez, Amy Winehouse, Jennifer Lawrence, Marion Cotillard, Pamela Anderson, Whitney Houston, Lindsay Lohan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Salma Hayek, Greta Garbo, Fiona Apple, Dua Lipa, Emily Ratajkowski.

Venus in virgo: Barbara Palvin, Blake Lively, Cara Delevingne, Kim Kardashian, Julia Roberts, Brigitte Bardot, Bella Hadid, Gwen Stefani, Kylie Jenner, Mila Kunis, Charlize Theron, Kate Winslet, Demi Lovato, Audrey Tautou, Carrie Fisher, Natalie Wood, Sylvia Plath, Gillian Anderson, Ingrid Bergman.

Venus in libra: Beyoncé Knowles, Grace Kelly, Emma Stone, Lorde, Claudia Schiffer, France Gall, Shania Twain, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ciara, Anna Nicole Smith, Rose McGowan, Florence Welch, Lisa Bonet, Lea Michele, Hailey Baldwin.

Venus in scorpio: Winona Ryder, Twiggy, Zoë Kravitz, Alicia Silverstone, Carla Bruni, Jodie Foster, Mila Jovovich, Romy Schneider, Rachel McAdams, Ava Gardner, Jennifer Connelly, Jane Birkin, Emilia Clarke, Chrissy Teigen, Dakota Johnson.

Venus in sagittarius: Vanessa Paradis, Christina Aguilera, Alyssa Milano, Kendall Jenner, Tina Turner, Jane Fonda, Nina Dobrev, Rita Ora, Amanda Seyfried, Farrah Fawcett, Whoopi Goldberg, Willow Smith, Tilda Swinton, Anna Wintour, AnnaSophia Robb.

Venus in capricorn: Björk, Britney Spears, Scarlett Johansson, Miley Cyrus, Tyra Banks, Cindy Crawford, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kesha, Gia Carangi, Ellen Page, Irina Shayk, Lucy Liu, Lisa Marie Presley, Natalia Vodianova.

Venus in aquarius: Krysten Ritter, Chloë Grace Moretz, Taylor Swift, Sharon Tate, Oprah Winfrey, Sharon Stone, Paris Hilton, Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, Yoko Ono, Simone de Beauvoir, Aretha Franklin, Paris Jackson, Marlene Dietrich, Nina Simone.

Venus in pisces: Lily Collins, Michelle Obama, Emma Watson, Kristen Stewart, Victoria Beckham, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kourtney Kardashian, Emma Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Dakota and Elle Fanning, Reese Witherspoon, Zooey Deschanel, Kirsten Dunst, Shannen Doherty, Penélope Cruz.

#venus signs #celebrities

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swearronchanel · 5 years

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7.09🎄🌟

Comments on the Call The Midwife Christmas special! *proceed with caution*

Here we gooo

aw Lucille hey

That’s a cute baby 😭

You right Jenny Lee, if only I had a damn map of life lmao

SPACE ELVES LMAO

Reggie!!! My harrrt

That paint probably is pure lead sjskks

Vi’s hair is rough

LMAO who is this old woman she is annoying already

go home shelgah is the new go home roger (if you know you know!! Lol from the show Sister, Sister)

ROCKIN AROUNDDDD THE CHRISTMAS TREEE

new car in this bitchhh

shealgh’s yellow scarf and coat is cute af

AW TEDDY

TRIXIE MY QUEEN!! SHSJKS SHE HAS RETURNED THE SHOW CAN GO ON

!!! THAT WILL BE ME IN 12 DAYS ARRIVING IN LONDON !!!!

the babs pic :(

their tree tho😍

Sister MJ annoyed to have to walk is a big mood

“our work is here” wow this is sad already

Phyllis already knows there’s something sus going on

“They gonna see everything you got” LMFAO LUCILLE

THE QUEEN OF POPLAR IS HOME

wow just kidding 😂😂

omg the Asian babies are so adorable

but what is up grandma from Balto

NOTHING TO DECLARE BUT MY ANNOYANCE LMFAO OK ME AGAIN AT THE UK CUSTOMS

mama bear phyllis😭😭

sister MJ is like listen I’m the sweets and candy queen here back up

HERE SHE IS

BEATRIX IS HOME💖💖

PUCCI?! HONEY GOT SHMONEYYY

omfg my heart MAMA PHYLLIS BATHING THEM

babs sweater omg 😢 I’m crying already

Phyllis omg stop Fuck my heart

PATSY AND DELIA IN SCOTLAND

GARBO OMG LIKE GRETA GARBO she was famous and famously gay I see what they did there najsksk amazing

SISTER MJ FAKING AGAIN LMAOO??

oh shit morphine maybe not faking then lol that can f*ck u up 😂

Fred our pure ridiculous angel

Omg stop sister MJ 😭😭 when she dies it’s over man

Didn’t think the mother house would be by the beach/sea

My mom just made a funny ass remark but it’s kinda mean I shant say

OH SHIT SHES GONNA CRASH

who is that woman tho?

LMAO sister Mildred is like sister E I’m kinda vibing with it 😂 but if she comes for Phyllis then I will have a problem

Sister J just SNAPPED 💀 she is not leaving poplar and that’s that !!

Omg this kid looks like my little cousin

My gal is already back at work!! grinding all day let’s get this bread

Ok I feel their annoyance but it’s true hospitals have a lot of upsides

like number one there are doctors there lmao

oh no😭😭 why is the kid left alone? that’s not fair 😭

YOU’D GO UP LIKE A BOMB FIRE SJSKKS VI IS RIGHT

Aw the little angels (lowkey reminds me of the best Christmas pageant ever LMAO again if u know, u know)

Trix’s coat!! A damn look

A damn BELL?? holy sh*t this convent is like a prison

sorry @ God but I would never

Fred wants to gather the orphans gifts omfg he is SOFT <3

Aw Mother Jesu (but also I don’t know what I imagined her as but this lady isn’t it)

Sister J will not go bc we would riot

*throws to ground* I felt that

APPALLING MUSIC LMAO SHELAGH IT’S CALLED HAVING TASTE

it’s prob the stones I bet

Lucille looks so CUTE love the fit

Lucille and sister MJ together is always a sweet moment

The Turner’s new car is fire I love the color

Shelagh’s pink scarf is cute too, she got the whole rainbow. She has to make up for all the lost years of not being able to dress lol

ok but I have to say the three shades of pink is bothering me, looking like a Scottish pepto bottle (or peppa pig😂)

AW FETUS SHELAGH/SISTER B

📢📢📢 just bc she wants it doesn’t mean it’s right 📢📢📢

Another Mavis wow can they stop recycling names already Lmaoo sheesh it’s not that hard

throw a Gabby in the mix, or matter of fact cast me (imagine LMAO)

This is so sad omg, the little girl watching the others be adopted I can’t 😭😭

Ok sister winnie we see u with some vocals!

Oh shit TB yikess

“Sometimes love is not enough” ouch that shit ‘hurted’ :(

Oo k trixie 😍 we see u

sweetie was in Paris Yass as she should (but lol love how they ignore the fact she left bc she relapsed)

PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE LMFAO VALERIE STOP

trixie running in her dress and stockings I can’t lmaoo but we love a fashionable midwife but imagine how gross her feet will be through those sheer nylons

not at all relevant but I remember tipsy-ly walking around the Brooklyn bridge barefoot after my hs prom and my feet looked like charcoal after 💀💀😂

SHE’S PUSHING STANDING UP???

My sister in law is cringing bc she’s currently 7 months pregnant and is imagining giving birth outside on the street

the Beverly sisters with rubber gloves 😂

Well that dress is ruined trixie 😂

How do they make those umbilical cords look so real?

the Barbara name tag😭

“It’s only a dress...” character growth ok, Beatrix has grown up 😢

I keep saying but I really can’t if shelagh adopts May

What is up with this pregnant lady who spooks like a dear?? (My sister in law said that lol)

no way she remembers something from 2 years old

SHELAGH IN BLUE SLACKS?? YES A LOOK OK

Glad she finally is in pants tho lol, serving Laura Petrie looks

📢📢Everyone has a story.. 📢📢

My mom just said she wants those vintage tree icicles 😂

It’s been real sister W but bye bye

LMAO WAIT SHE SNAPPED

I remember reading that she was leaving so I’m not surprised

“I feel called to stay here and I don’t care who’s calling me” OK SIS !!! 📢 TELL EM

“Is your knocked elastic gone?”LMFAO aka don’t get your panties in a twistttt

A donkey I’m weakkkk

Patrick gave him Tim’s tree aww

LMAO Tim is pissed

This damn donkey lmaoo this is funny

ofc he likes candy😂

Shelagh and Sister J delivering a baby! This is pure

They said clever girl so take a shot

Another boy today!

LMFAO FRED AND REGGIE SCHEMING

It’ll be crazy fr if shelagh takes this little girl home, she’s already got two kids she doesn’t watch 😂

I’m triggered when I watch elections, takes me back to that horrible day in 2016..

Shelagh and sister J on the beach <3

BURGUNDY SLACKS YAS SHELAGH shawty got 2 pairssss

SECRET CIGS LMFAO OMG I LOVE THISSSS

Patrick can mind his damn business ok

They’re bonding over smoking and I love IT

THE INTENSE ASS MUSIC

IM NERVOUS WTF

SISTER JULIENNE CRYING OMG MY HEARR

SISTER MILDRED TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM THANK U LORDT

BEATRIX SERVING 60s DREAM LOOKS 😍 why doesn’t my hair look like that?

I’m also lowkey sad at the lack of Phyllis in this ep

ANGELA SPOKE HOLY SHIT IT’S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE

THEY FOUND BILLY OMFG ANOTHER CHRISTMAS MIRACLE

“You come home with me” BYE MY EYES ARE SWEATING

Trixie looks so damn good & her hug with sister Winnie was cute

the Turner’s are now that family in “in takes two” who they say collected kids 😂😂

This is so cute but I can’t believe it!! And then their were 5 Turner’s!

Neal as one of the 3 kings I am a mess

Vanessa Redgrave PLS chill I can’t I’m shedding caucasian tears 😭😭

LUCILLE HAS A BOYFRIEND??

OMG NO SHE BROUGHT THE CHURCH 🥰🥰🥰

Val is also serving a look!

STOP NOW IM CRYING FR FR

HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SINGGGGGG

I LOVE THE CHOIR UGHH

EVEN PHYLLIS SINGING <3

“we share the shift from darkness into light..” 😭😭❤️❤️ UGH MY HEART

That was so good I can’t wait to be able to watch season 8 in real time next month in LONDON!!

#call the midwife #i'm bad at this #it's all for fun #commentary

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