#Walter McMillan

[clemsfilmdiary]

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974, Joseph Sargent)

1/14/23

#The Taking of Pelham One Two Three #Walter Matthau #Robert Shaw #Martin Balsam #Hector Elizondo #Earl Hindman #James Broderick #Dick O'Neill #Lee Wallace #Jerry Stiller #Kenneth McMillan #action #crime #thriller #70s #New York #subway #hijacking #extortion #hostage #underground #police #public transportation #mayors #politicians #suspense

[byneddiedingo]

Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (King Vidor, 1946)

Cast: Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Tilly Losch, Butterfly McQueen. Screenplay: David O. Selznick, Oliver H.P. Garrett, based on a novel by Niven Busch. Cinematography: Lee Garmes, Ray Rennahan, Harold Rosson. Production design: J. McMillan Johnson. Film editing: Hal C. Kern. Music: Dimitri Tiomkin.

This is a bad movie, but it's one distinguished in the annals of bad movies because it was made by David O. Selznick, who as the poster shouted at moviegoers, was "The Producer Who Gave You 'GONE WITH THE WIND.'" Selznick made it to showcase Jennifer Jones, the actress who won an Oscar as the saintly Bernadette of Lourdes in The Song of Bernadette (Henry King, 1943). Selznick, who left his wife for Jones, wanted to demonstrate that she was capable of much more than the sweetly gentle piety of Bernadette, so he cast her as the sultry Pearl Chavez in this adaptation (credited to Selznick himself along with Oliver H.P. Garrett, with some uncredited help by Ben Hecht) of the novel by Niven Busch. Opposite Jones, Selznick cast Gregory Peck as the amoral cowboy Lewt McCanles, who shares a self-destructive passion with Pearl. Both actors are radically miscast. Jones does a lot of eye- and teeth-flashing as Pearl, while Peck's usual good-guy persona undermines his attempts to play rapaciously sexy. The plot is one of those familiar Western tropes: good brother Jesse (Joseph Cotten) against bad 'un Lewt, reflecting the ill-matched personalities of their parents, the tough old cattle baron Jackson McCanles (Lionel Barrymore) and his gentle (and genteel) wife, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish). Pearl is an orphan, the improbable daughter of an improbable couple, the educated Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) and a sexy Indian woman (Tilly Losch), who angers him by fooling around with another man (Sidney Blackmer). Chavez kills both his wife and her lover and is hanged for it, so Pearl is sent to live with the McCanleses -- Laura Belle is Chavez's second cousin and old sweetheart -- on their Texas ranch. It's all pretentiously packaged by Selznick: not many other movies begin with both a "Prelude" and an "Overture," composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in the best overblown Hollywood style. It has Technicolor as lurid as its story, shot by three major cinematographers, Lee Garmes, Ray Rennahan, and Harold Rosson. But any attempt to generate real heat between Jones and Peck was quickly stifled by the Production Code, which even forced Selznick to introduce a voiceover at the beginning to explain that the character of the frontier preacher known as "The Sinkiller" (entertainingly played by Walter Huston) was not intended to be a representative clergyman. There are a few good moments, including an impressive tracking shot at the barbecue on the ranch in which various guests offer their opinions of Pearl, the McCanles brothers, and other things. Whether this scene can be credited to director King Vidor, who was certainly capable of it, is an open question, because Vidor found working with the obsessive Selznick so difficult that he quit the film. Selznick directed some scenes, as did Otto Brower, William Dieterle, Sidney Franklin, William Cameron Menzies, and Josef von Sternberg, all uncredited. The resulting melange is not unwatchable, thanks to a few good performances in secondary roles (Huston, Charles Bickford, Harry Carey), and perhaps also to some really terrible ones (Lionel Barrymore at his most florid and Butterfly McQueen repeating her fluttery air-headedness from GWTW).

#Duel in the Sun #King Vidor #Gregory Peck #Jennifer Jones

[scotianostra]

The Scottish actor, playwright and singer Roddy McMillan was born on March 23rd 1923.

Born in Glasgow, Roddy McMillan was the son of parents from the Highlands. His mother was from Harris in the Outer Hebrides, and his farther from Ardnamurchan in Lochaber. The son of a docker, he was raised in a two-room tenement flat in the district of Anderston

He became interested in music at an early age, influenced by his relations who would come down from the Highlands to visit and sing folk songs. At the age of 8 or 9 he and his sister joined St Columba's Gaelic Choir in St Vincent Street, Glasgow, a junior choir numbering around 14 members. Two years later, after it folded, they joined the famous Glasgow Gaelic Music Association and would take part in the yearly concerts. Both experiences greatly widened McMillan's knowledge of Gaelic song.

He first experience acting was at school at the age of 13 and he went on to play in repertory for a number of years.

Upon leaving school he worked as an apprentice in a glass mirror works and, during the war years, he worked on aero engines for Rolls-Royce.

At the same time, at the age of 18, he joined the amateur Glasgow Unity Theatre, and after it developed a professional core he eventually became part of that and became a full-time actor. He then became a member of the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre Company. His first play, All in Good Faith, was given its premiere by his Citizens' colleagues when it opened on 6th April 1954.

McMillan was best-known, perhaps, for his role as Para Handy in The Vital Spark (seen here in this BBC picture with John Grieve, Walter Carr and Alex McAvoy) but his range extended far and wide.

After playing Para Handy, he specialised in dour, tough guy roles, the most famous of which was his portrayal of a Glasgow private eye in the BBC TV series The View from Daniel Pike, which won him the TV Personality of the Year award in 1972.

McMillan fought and overcame alcoholism, then gave support to help others through the problem. His leisure interests including folk singing.

He once had a role in a western, Chato’s Land, which was filmed in the south of Spain. Th film, directed by Michael Winner, starred Charles Bronson and Jack Palance. It wasn’t a challenging role, Roddy once commented in an interview that he learned, “the art of sitting in absolute silence at a roadside cafe, just watching the world go by”.

On July 9th 1979, not long after he had completed the recording of a second series of ITV's Hazell, McMillan suffered a heart attack in his Glasgow home and died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, aged 56. He was survived by his wife, Jean, and two daughters.

McMillan's final work, in BBC Scotland's The Camerons, was broadcast two months later in September 1979.

One wee nugget of information I found out while researching Roddy’s life, was that he co-wrote the song Campbelltown Loch with Andy Stewart.

#scotland #scottish #history #playwright #actor #simger #songwriter

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

Series Premiere

Our Miss Brooks - Trying to Pick a Fight - CBS - October 3, 1952

Sitcom

Running Time: 30 minutes

Directed by Al Lewis

Stars:

Eve Arden as Connie Brooks

Richard Crenna as Walter Denton

Gale Gordon as Osgood Conklin

Robert Rockwell as Philip Boynton

Jane Morgan as Mrs. Margaret Davis

Gloria McMillan as Harriet Conklin

Paula Winslowe as Martha Conklin (uncredited)

#Our Miss Brooks #TV #Premiere Episode #1952 #CBS #Trying to Pick a Fight #Sitcom #Eve Arden #Richard Crenna #Gale Gordon #Robert Rockwell #Jane Moran #Gloria McMillan

[maybeevilsdays]

My Projects (movies&Tv Shows Ver.)

A movie about Mary Ann Neville (Dafina) and Maximillian “Max” McMillan (Freddie) getting together to make their single parents end up together

Season 4 Special Episode “Whisper in the Sanctuary”. Played Nepherle, one of the young apprentice priestesses in the sanctuary that helped the Doctor

Summary of episode: the Doctor and his companion end up in a sanctuary on planet Myrato in the Palioxis galaxy. Here the Doctor finds out that the voices that hunt the Sanctuary are not the voices of the Gods its people worship.

Season1-Season4. Played Aranna Garner the daughter of a noble family in King’s Landing and a good friend to Arya Stark (Maisie Williams). After wishing Arya a goodbye, Aranna discovers that the castle isn’t a safe place anymore.

A tv show where Rosalee Caprice (Dafina) gets kidnapped at the age of 5 near her home in London and get send to Japan. There she moves from foster home to foster home until she ends up with the Boo. She gets close to her foster family and the one living next door.

Dafina played a nameless kid for the first five minutes of the movie. But in 2022 it was announced she was going to play Eve in the remake of the movie.

A movie about a group of five teenage girls trying to live their last moments as teenagers before entering adulthood and the responsibilities that comes with it.

Played Eriska, a young girl from a futuristic world where humans and robots live pacefully with each other until tension between the two groups arise and they are on the edge of a war. When getting out to stroll around the city, after curfew, she stumbles into an unusual group of robots.

A two seasons drama serie about a girl, Raelynn Adeline Younge (Dafina) is on the site of an archeologist research with her father, Walter "Walt" Younge(Jake) and finds a ancient artifact with the power to reveal echoes of past event. Adeline keps the discovery a secret changing her life for what she things the best.

Dr. Eleanor Harper (Katheryn) a renowned psychlogist, begins to experience unexplained phenomena aftwe taking on a mysteriious new patient, Marco Pinelli (Ferdia). The patiend, a traumatized individual with a dark past, claims to be haunted by spectral whispers and shadows, some bads and some, not so evil.

Cayla Vincent, (Dafina) is one of the latter, is trying to keep Marco out of troubles but things don't go as planned when Cayla "friends" attack a new victim

#fame dr #fame dream reality #reality shift #shifting #shifting realities #actress dr #made up tv shows #made up movies #acting life #celebrity dr #fake wikipedia #dafina bora hoxha #shifting script #famedr script

[katyliz415]

lil nas x said mpreg rights | my favorite songs from the plague year (2!)

2020 playlist | 2019 playlist | 2018 playlist

full tracklist under cut

arizona / ms. white // blaze & sybil's lullaby / ben dickey & alia shawkat // don't wanna / haim // brothers / hanggai // guitar song (live) / frou frou // the wellerman / the norfolk broads // julianna calm down / the chicks // let the tall ships sail / walter martin // my lagan love / the chieftains w/ lisa hannigan // ain't got no (i got life) / nina simone // silver dagger / dolly parton // infatuation / sophie // travelers / andrew prahlow // ode to billie joe / bobbie gentry // all together now / ok go // stil love / great caesar // rooftop dancing / sylvan esso // robert henry / the westerlies // doom days / bastille // in waves / house of waters // thunder clatter / wild cub // dear august / pj harding & noah cyrus // slow dancing / aly & aj // pledging my love / fawn wood // sono inochi / kaho nakamura // harlem / jazzboy // whiskey c'est mon ami / pine leaf boys // fabulous / c.u.t. // hainamady town / toumani diabete & the london symphony orchestra // runaway (guitar acoustic) / aurora // difyrrwch / the trials of cato // with you (a sweet little love song) / valeria june // half a mind / freddy & francine // in his arms / jack ingram, miranda lambert, & jon randall // angel island / the brother brothers // montero (call me by your name) / lil nas x // sahara / debanjan biswas & akshay dabhadkar // symptom of your touch / aly & aj // halfway tree / the east pointers // kiss me more / doja cat & sza // jubilee / the war and treaty // mara / jack garrett / ooh ahh! / miguel // fraulein / colter wall & tyler childers // the medicine man / keb' mo' & old crow medicine show // fruits of my labor / waxahatchee // buzz / maddie medley // whipporwill / chance mccoy // train song / feist and benjamin gibbard // garden / nahko and medicine for the people // down the road / stan rogers // rita mae young / the record company // last laugh / elise davis // empty threat / chvrches // find yourself / lukas nelson and promise of the real // dog in a manger / smooth hound smith // don't lose sight / lawrence // krivo polska / hazelius hedin, esbjorn hazelius, & johan hedin // i wish i was the moon / neko case // pizza day / lucky chops // surefire (piano) / wilderado // pilgrim / john mark mcmillan // live for it / moon taxi // remember when / tinashe // this can't be love / dinah washington // getaway / vincint & tegan and sara // without your love / the paper kites w/ julia stone // breath i breathe / ayla nereo // be and bring me home / neko case // jalebi baby / tesher & jason derulo // colors / black pumas // water me down / vagabon // stay (little dragon remix) / valerie june // shade of yellow / griff // cloudy day / tones and i // wine, beer, whiskey / little big town // song of my returning / phil ochs // skate / silk sonic // magnolia blues / adia victoria // i need my girl / aly & aj // rumors / lizzo feat. cardi b // long tailed winter bird / paul mccartney & idris elba // worry no more / amos lee // can't do much / waxahatchee // butter / bts feat. megan thee stallion // love's been a little bit hard on me / juice newton // devil like me / rainbow kitten surprise // in the image / beverly glenn-copeland // hands up / bent knee // verona (stripped) / geographer // coming home / honne feat. niki // oba, la vem ela / jorge ben jor

#playlist #music #remade this post cause i realized i never actually put the link to the playlist in there lol

[kurtlukiraz]

Bu, filmin hayranlarının, şu anda restoranın baş aşçısı olan Vinette Robinson'dan Carly'nin, akıl hocası Andy'nin kalp krizi geçirmesinin ardından dümende nasıl ilerlediğini görmek için fazla beklemeleri gerekmediği anlamına geliyor.Graham ve Robinson'un yanı sıra filmdeki rollerini yeniden canlandıran diğer oyuncular arasında Emily rolünde Hannah Walters, Jake rolünde Daniel Larkai, Jamie rolünde Stephen McMillan ve Billy rolünde Taz Skylar yer alıyor.Kaynama Noktasında Musa (Ahmed Malek), Jake (Daniel Larkai), Jamie (Stephen McMillan), Emily (Hannah Walters), Billy (Taz Skylar) ve Bolton (Shaun Fagan). BBC/Kaynama Noktası TV Limited, Kevin BakerBu arada Ahmed Malek (The Swimmers) ve Shaun Fagan (Kate & Jake) diziye katılarak sırasıyla Musa ve Bolton rollerini canlandırıyorlar.Devamını oku:RadioTimes.com'a özel olarak konuşan Robinson, daha önce yeni dizinin "Carly'nin duygusal yolculuğuna ve karakterin ruhuna odaklanacağını" ve "bunu detaylandırmanın harika" olduğunu söylemişti.Şöyle açıkladı: "İnsanların film hakkında söylediği şeylerden biri, sahip olduğunuz tüm karakterlerin veya küçük hikayelerin, o karakterlere açılan pencerelerin daha fazlasını bilmek istediğinizdi. Böylece bunu bir TV ile yapma fırsatını yakaladık. seri."Bilgilerinizi girerek şunları kabul etmiş olursunuz: Şartlar ve koşullar Ve Gizlilik Politikası. Aboneliğinizi istediğiniz zaman iptal edebilirsiniz.Graham aynı zamanda dört farklı zaman diliminde karmaşık bir gizemi açığa çıkaran Netflix suç gerilim filmi Bodies'de de yer alacak.Dizide dört dedektif farklı zamanlarda aynı cesedi ortaya çıkarıyor; Graham tarihteki bu farklı anlar arasında potansiyel bir bağlantı figürü olarak ortaya çıkan esrarengiz bir siyasi lideri canlandırıyor.Kaynama Noktası 1 Ekim Pazar günü saat 21.00'den itibaren BBC One ve iPlayer'da yayınlanacak. Bu gece neler olduğunu görmek için Drama kapsamımıza daha fazla göz atın veya TV Rehberimizi ve Yayın Rehberimizi ziyaret edin.Radio Times dergisini bugün deneyin ve yalnızca 10 £ karşılığında 10 sayıya sahip olun, AYRICA evinize teslim edilen 10 £ John Lewis and Partners kuponu da alın - hemen abone olun. TV'nin en büyük yıldızlarından daha fazlası için The Radio Times Podcast'ini dinleyin.

[gundemburadadedim]

Bu, filmin hayranlarının, şu anda restoranın baş aşçısı olan Vinette Robinson'dan Carly'nin, akıl hocası Andy'nin kalp krizi geçirmesinin ardından dümende nasıl ilerlediğini görmek için fazla beklemeleri gerekmediği anlamına geliyor.Graham ve Robinson'un yanı sıra filmdeki rollerini yeniden canlandıran diğer oyuncular arasında Emily rolünde Hannah Walters, Jake rolünde Daniel Larkai, Jamie rolünde Stephen McMillan ve Billy rolünde Taz Skylar yer alıyor.Kaynama Noktasında Musa (Ahmed Malek), Jake (Daniel Larkai), Jamie (Stephen McMillan), Emily (Hannah Walters), Billy (Taz Skylar) ve Bolton (Shaun Fagan). BBC/Kaynama Noktası TV Limited, Kevin BakerBu arada Ahmed Malek (The Swimmers) ve Shaun Fagan (Kate & Jake) diziye katılarak sırasıyla Musa ve Bolton rollerini canlandırıyorlar.Devamını oku:RadioTimes.com'a özel olarak konuşan Robinson, daha önce yeni dizinin "Carly'nin duygusal yolculuğuna ve karakterin ruhuna odaklanacağını" ve "bunu detaylandırmanın harika" olduğunu söylemişti.Şöyle açıkladı: "İnsanların film hakkında söylediği şeylerden biri, sahip olduğunuz tüm karakterlerin veya küçük hikayelerin, o karakterlere açılan pencerelerin daha fazlasını bilmek istediğinizdi. Böylece bunu bir TV ile yapma fırsatını yakaladık. seri."Bilgilerinizi girerek şunları kabul etmiş olursunuz: Şartlar ve koşullar Ve Gizlilik Politikası. Aboneliğinizi istediğiniz zaman iptal edebilirsiniz.Graham aynı zamanda dört farklı zaman diliminde karmaşık bir gizemi açığa çıkaran Netflix suç gerilim filmi Bodies'de de yer alacak.Dizide dört dedektif farklı zamanlarda aynı cesedi ortaya çıkarıyor; Graham tarihteki bu farklı anlar arasında potansiyel bir bağlantı figürü olarak ortaya çıkan esrarengiz bir siyasi lideri canlandırıyor.Kaynama Noktası 1 Ekim Pazar günü saat 21.00'den itibaren BBC One ve iPlayer'da yayınlanacak. Bu gece neler olduğunu görmek için Drama kapsamımıza daha fazla göz atın veya TV Rehberimizi ve Yayın Rehberimizi ziyaret edin.Radio Times dergisini bugün deneyin ve yalnızca 10 £ karşılığında 10 sayıya sahip olun, AYRICA evinize teslim edilen 10 £ John Lewis and Partners kuponu da alın - hemen abone olun. TV'nin en büyük yıldızlarından daha fazlası için The Radio Times Podcast'ini dinleyin.

[versey21]

25th April

Robinson Crusoe’s Wise Sayings by Ian McMillan

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe was published on this day in 1719. It is generally believed to be the first English novel. Many readers thought it was an autobiography and that Crusoe’s adventures were real. McMillan’s poem gently mocks Crusoe’s extraordinary experiences by imagining the character constructing wise sayings on the back of them.

Robinson Crusoe by Walter Paget. Source: Wikipedia

Robinson Crusoe’s Wise Sayings

You can never have too many turtle eggs.

I’m the most interesting person in this room.

A beard is as long as I want it to be.

The swimmer on his own doesn’t need trunks.

A tree is a good clock.

If you talk long enough to a rock you’ll fall asleep.

I know it’s Christmas because I cry.

Waving at ships is useless.

Footprints make me happy, unless they’re my own.

Defoe modelled his character on a real life privateer and Royal Navy officer named Alexander Selkirk, who spent four months as a castaway on a deserted South Sea island at his own request.

#poetry #daniel defoe #Ian Macmillan #robinson crusoe #castaway

[longcelebrity]

Jean smarts children

Jean smarts children movie#

Jean smarts children series#

I, my wife and children mourn the passing of a great a friend. In June of ‘87 within 78 hours I was best man at his wedding and he became a godfather of my 1st child. Smart is nominated for Emmy Awards for her performances Hacks, about a veteran comic working with a Gen-Z comedy writer, and the crime drama Mare Of Easttown.

Jean smarts children series#

The 71-year-old was married to Emmy-winning actress Jean Smart and suffered from a. Late into the shoot for Mare of Easttown, the grim HBO limited series in which Smart plays Helen, a plain-spoken great-grandmother with a Fruit Ninja. "He was Jesus and I was Judas," Mantegna tweeted. "Beginning a friendship of 50 yrs. Richard Gilliland, an actor known for roles in 'Designing Women' and ' Airplane II: The Sequel ,' has died. Jean Smart is an American actress and the mother of two children, Connor Douglas Gilliland and Forrest Kathleen Gilliland. It is said that her parents, Kay and Douglas Smart, were teachers and housewives. The second child of her parents’ four children, Jean Smart was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. In 2018 she will celebrate her 67th birthday. She studied at Ballard High School in Seattle and graduated in 1969. Born on September 13, 1951, in Seattle, Washington, Smart was raised by her parents Kay Smart and Douglas Alexander Smart. "Criminal Minds" star Joe Mantegna shared a throwback picture of himself and Gilliland, who starred together in the Goodman School of Drama's 1972 production of "Godspell." The actress was born Jean Elizabeth Smart on September 13, 1951. Smart Reportedly Has 4 Million Net Worth. The actress is married to Richard Gilliland, her starsign is Virgo and she is now 70 years of age. She made her 185 million dollar fortune with Call Me Crazy: A Five Film, A Royal Romance, Life As We Know It. "Rest peacefully dearest Richard," Potts captioned a picture of her, Gilliland and Smart on set. On 13-9-1951 Jean Smart (nickname: Jean) was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. In an Instagram tribute Thursday, Potts asked her late "Designing Women" co-star to "please give Dixie and Meshach a squeeze for me," referring to co-stars Dixie Carter, who died in 2010, and Meshach Taylor, who died in 2014. More: Jessica Walter, 'Arrested Development,' 'Archer' star, dead at 80 In the LGBTQ world, certainly I have friends and family, but I don't have to have the direct experience in order to feel the compassion that I truly feel for acceptance and equality in all areas.His other acting credits include "Operation Petticoat," "Just Our Luck," "McMIllan & Wife" and "Heartland," in addition to guest appearances on "Criminal Minds," "Dexter," "Scandal," "Thirtysomething" and "Desperate Housewives." and advocated for the rights of children. She went on explaining her support for the community, "You don't have to have your own experience in order to feel compassion and the need for justice and equality. With loads of versatility and a high coolness quotient, Jean Smarts fan base. " make-up artist was gay, the playwright that she did a play with was a great friend of our family who was gay," she said. In a 2019 interview with Pride Source, Jamie also talked about growing up comfortable around gay people thanks to her Hollywood parents, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.

Jean smarts children movie#

(from a trans teacher)." Later in 2020, she signed on to direct and star in a TV movie about GLAAD Media Institute alum Sara Cunningham. Smarts recent career surge could be traced back to her role as Floyd Gerhardt in the black comedy crime-drama series Fargo (2016), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nominations for. In 2017, she shared a Huffington Post article on Twitter which was titled "Dear Trans Kids. However, the veteran actress stopped the crowd in its standing tracks with her moving acceptance speech for Best. Smart was later cast in a leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on. Jean Smart scored the first standing ovation of the night at the 2021 Emmy Awards. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared on Broadway in 1981 as Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play Piaf. Jamie has been showing her support for trans community. Jean Elizabeth Smart is an American actress. "Not yet, but I do hope to," so she says. The " Halloween" star says she currently has no grandchildren, but she is looking forward to the day she becomes a grandparent.

#Jean smarts children

[njpanther]

EJI was founded in 1989 by Bryan Steveson, the famous lawyer and author of “Just Mercy.” EJI is a “private nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons.” EJI challenges the death penalty, unjustified punishment, and provide services for people who have been incarcerated back into the world. The reason this organization is necessary is because of how black people are treated in the system. Such as the very reason Bryan Stevenson created the organization in the first place. Bryan Steven traveled to the South as a lawyer fresh out of law school to help represent people who cannot afford legal help. Bryan Stevenson represented many of whom were on death row. While Bryan represented many clients, Walter McMillian was his most famous. Walter McMillan was a black man on death row who was wrongly convicted of murdering a white girl. In Walter McMillan case there was extraordinarily little evidence to incriminate Walter and it was coerced by people in power. Things like that do not happen anymore, yet there are injustices that happen every day against people of color. These injustices occur when people do not have proper representation and wealth to get that representation. EJI states “In the American criminal justice system, wealth—not culpability—shapes outcomes.” The very reason why EJI was created.  

EJI believes that “ “ tough on crime” policies that led to mass incarceration are rooted in the belief that Black and brown people are inherently guilty and dangerous—and that belief still drives excessive sentencing policies today.” In order to truly cause change will be to change the perspective of the American people. “We are committed to changing the narrative about race in America.” Just like many of Artist in this world using their Art to change perspective of the American people. Such as Glenn Ligon's work highlighting his black and white features. EJI is changing the minds of the people one case at a time. By showing that the statics of black criminals is nothing more than a manipulated statistic and that racist bias is the true cause of it.  

Citations 

Equal Justice Initiative, 21 June 2022, https://eji.org/. 

[moviemosaics]

Just Mercy

directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, 2019

#Just Mercy #Destin Daniel Cretton #movie mosaics #Jamie Foxx #Michael B. Jordan #Karan Kendrick #Rob Morgan #O'Shea Jackson #Tim Blake Nelson #Brie Larson #Rafe Spall #Walter McMillan #Bryan Stevenson #Anthony Ray Hinton

[jmunneytumbler]

'Just Mercy' One Month After It Came Out Review There is a moment late in Just Mercy when death row inmate Walter McMillan's (Jamie Foxx) conviction is suddenly overturned because the prosecuting representatives of Alabama suddenly decide to agree with the defense.

#Brie Larson #Bryan Stevenson #Destin Daniel Cretton #Equal Justice Initiative #Jamie Foxx #Just Mercy #Karan Kendrick #Michael B. Jordan #O’Shea Jackson Jr. #Rob Morgan #Tim Blake Nelson #Walter McMillan

[yetihideout]

Collect Them All! Character Actor Action Figures

Kenneth McMillan as Baron Harkonnen, Dune

LJN Toys, 1984

One of my favorite toys. This line also featured a likeness of another favorite character actor of mine, Paul L. Smith as Rabban.

Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

LJN Toys, 1988

This actually wasn't the first time Christopher Lloyd was immortalized in plastic. His character, Butch Cavendish, from The Legend of the Lone Ranger was also made into a figure.

G.W. Bailey as Captain Harris, Police Academy

Kenner, 1990

This was a mail-in figure. You would collect the proof of purchases to send away for this exclusive toy.

It makes me laugh to think about some kid waiting anxiously for their Captain Harris figure to arrive. I would have been!

Jeff Corey as Sheriff Ray Bledsoe, Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Kenner, 1979

This whole line was basically a collection of established and soon-to-be character actors...including a Brian Dennehy figure!

Glenn Shadix as Otho, Beetlejuice

Kenner, 1989

I would actually like to pick up one of these since they seem widely available and very affordable.

Sadly, I'm guessing there were a lot left over from the initial run because no one was interested in his character.

R.G. Armstrong as Pruneface, Dick Tracy

Playmates, 1990

This collection was pretty character actor-heavy, as well.

The line included William Forsythe (Flattop), Henry Silva (Influence), Ed O'Ross (Itchy), Paul Sorvino (Lips Manlis) and, incredibly, Seymour Cassel (Sam Catchem).

Ronald Lacey as Toht, Raiders of the Lost Ark

Kenner, 1982

Another one of my favorite figures. He comes with an exciting, action-packed removable trenchcoat!

The line also featured Paul Freeman and John Rhys-Davies figures.

Tracey Walter as Bob the Goon, Batman

Toy Biz, 1989

Tracey Walter is basically the Kings of Character Actors, so I find the existence of this figure really amazing.

#Character Actors #1980s #Action Figures #Kenner #Kenneth McMillan #Dune #Christopher Lloyd #Who Framed Roger Rabbit? #G.W. Bailey #Police Academy #Jeff Corey #Butch and Sundance #Glenn Shadix #Beetlejuice #R.G. Armstrong #Dick Tracy #Ronald Lacey #Raiders of the Lost Ark #Batman #Tracey Walter

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80 Young Adult Books by Black Authors

Supporting Black authors is something that I definitely need to start doing more, so I’ve compiled a list of 80 YA books by Black authors. I’m putting the ones that I’ve read at the top in bold, and the rest will be books that I have looked up and have put on my list to read. I can’t do much to change what’s going on in our world right now, but I can do my part to support the Black community in any way that I can. These are in no particular order and please feel free to add more!

On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Odd One Out by Nic Stone

Jackpot by Nic Stone

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone - coming out 9/29/20

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppard

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi

Love Me or Miss Me: Hot Girl, Bad Boy by Dream Jordan

Spin by Lamar Giles

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

The Belles Series by Dhonielle Clayton

The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Voice in My Head by Dana L. Davis

I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

The Evolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite

Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

A Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

Solo by Kwame Alexander

A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

By Any Means Necessary by Candid Montgomery

War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert

Learning to Breathe by Janice Lynn Mather

I am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina

The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Opposite Of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

Buried Beneath The Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

The Effigies Series by Sarah Raughley

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope edited by Patrice Caldwell

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

Nightmare of the Clans by Pamela E. Cash

Black Boy, White School by Brian F. Walker

Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson

Hush by Jacqueline Woodson

Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

#text #books #booklr #reading #black authors #nonhp #this is mostly a list for myself #but I thought it might be good to share! #obviously there are way more than these #but I decided to stop at 80 #5k

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The Scottish actor, playwright and singer Roddy McMillan was born on March 23rd 1923.

Born in Glasgow, Roddy McMillan was the son of parents from the Highlands. His mother was from Harris in the Outer Hebrides, and his farther from Ardnamurchan in Lochaber. The son of a docker, he was raised in a two-room tenement flat in the district of Anderston

He became interested in music at an early age, influenced by his relations who would come down from the Highlands to visit and sing folk songs. At the age of 8 or 9 he and his sister joined St Columba's Gaelic Choir in St Vincent Street, Glasgow, a junior choir numbering around 14 members. Two years later, after it folded, they joined the famous Glasgow Gaelic Music Association and would take part in the yearly concerts. Both experiences greatly widened McMillan's knowledge of Gaelic song.

He first experience acting was at school at the age of 13 and he went on to play in repertory for a number of years.

Upon leaving school he worked as an apprentice in a glass mirror works and, during the war years, he worked on aero engines for Rolls-Royce.

At the same time, at the age of 18, he joined the amateur Glasgow Unity Theatre, and after it developed a professional core he eventually became part of that and became a full-time actor. He then became a member of the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre Company. His first play, All in Good Faith, was given its premiere by his Citizens' colleagues when it opened on 6th April 1954.

McMillan was best-known, perhaps, for his role as Para Handy in The Vital Spark (seen here in this BBC picture with John Grieve, Walter Carr and Alex McAvoy) but his range extended far and wide.

After playing Para Handy, he specialised in dour, tough guy roles, the most famous of which was his portrayal of a Glasgow private eye in the BBC TV series The View from Daniel Pike, which won him the TV Personality of the Year award in 1972.

McMillan fought and overcame alcoholism, then gave support to help others through the problem.

His leisure interests including folk singing.

He once had a role in a western, Chato’s Land, which was filmed in the south of Spain. Th film, directed by Michael Winner, starred Charles Bronson and Jack Palance. It wasn’t a challenging role, Roddy once commented in an interview that he learned, “the art of sitting in absolute silence at a roadside cafe, just watching the world go by”. 

On July 9th 1979, not long after he had completed the recording of a second series of ITV's Hazell, McMillan suffered a heart attack in his Glasgow home and died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, aged 56. He was survived by his wife, Jean, and two daughters.

McMillan's final work, in BBC Scotland's The Camerons, was broadcast two months later in September 1979.

One wee nugget of information I found out while researching Roddy’s life, was that he co-wrote the song  Campbelltown Loch with Andy Stewart.

#Scotland #scottish #actor #playwright #singersongwriter #history