#photo credit: eric roberts

[nysocboy]

Junior/Eric Roberts Gay, Nude, or Both

Before Eric Roberts played Eli's friend Junior on Season 2 of The Rigtheous Gemstones, he had a long career -- 667 acting credits on the IMDB -- as serious actor and beefcake star, beginning at age 22 with King of the Gypsies (1978).

Eric stripped to his underwear in Star 80 (1993), as a guy who murders his wife, a model who appeared in Playboy. Sounds awful, but he got a Golden Globe nomination.

In 1996, when it was dangerous for an actor to play a gay character, Eric starred in It's My Party, as a gay guy with AIDS who decides to host a party for family and friends, then end his life. Well, in those days gay men in movies were either dying of AIDS or coming out into a world where everyone is homophobic and there is no LGBT subculture. As far as I can tell, this was his only gay role, but he's taken off his clothes several times. No frontal, but quite a lot of butt shots.

Nude and semi-nude photos of Eric are on:

#the righteous gemstones #Junior Marsh #Eric Roberts #male nudity

[littlequeenies]

Why Do We Love…

Charlotte Martin

Our series "Why Do We Love..." published on each muse's birthday are getting to an end, and French former model and artist Charlotte Martin is next!

[Charlotte Martin in 1967 by Robert Whittaker. Sent to us by lovely Kana from Japan for our Family Zepp site, remember?]

We first new about Charlotte when one of us created a website called Family Zepp on piczo back in the day, remember that? We were teenagers and we loved Led Zeppelin, but unlike The Beatles, there weren't any sites for the girls or the children, so one of us started and we became familiar with the names of Maureen and Carmen Plant, Sabel Starr, Lori Mattix ... and Charlotte!

[Charlotte in 1969 by Barry Lategan]

Truth to be told, we had to do a real detective job with Charlotte, because it was said that she was a 1960s supermodel, but unlike Pattie Boyd, we couldn't find anything! And, like her, she had a relationship with Eric Clapton, before having one with Jimmy Page.

[Charlotte and Eric in 1967, by Robert Whittaker]

We also learnt that she had a short relationship with Beatle George Harrison, but never was included anywhere as a "Beatlegirl". Little by little we found (sometimes with a little help from our friends) more and more Charlotte information and photos, including modelling pics, but in every pic she looked different, so we weren't sure if it was her or not!

[For years these were the only Charlotte pics on the net we could find, early 1970s, late 1970s and 1980s...]

Little by little we learned she was on The Beatles "All You Need is Love" video or in Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same" film, so we took screencaps of her, to build our collection for the Family Zepp website!

[Left, 1967 "All you need is Love", sitting between Paul McCartney -not shown- and John Lennon. Right, with her baby daughter Scarlet Page in a cameo in "The Song Remains the Same". Our caps]

But we think most of the photos we found came after, maybe thanks to tumblr and later (recently) instagram. We found amazing blogs like Liz Eggleston/Miss Peelpants who find the greatest and rarest Charlotte pics and share them with us all. So we could see Charlotte's beauty and talent once and for all!

[Three of the numerous of modelling Charlotte scans that Liz Eggleston/Miss Peelpants shares in her blog, go and follow her!]

[One of the typical images of Charlotte... thanks to tumblr and instagram we could find out the date and occasion! The 1967 Legalize Cannabis Rally at London's Speaker's Corner]

[Left, another Beatles' connection! Modelling The Fool for The Apple boutique in 1968. Right, Charlotte shared her 1969 modelling image on her instagram]

We respect Charlotte for never selling her stories of the times she spent with The Beatles, Eric, Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin... even if we'd like to know all the details!

[Charlotte, Jimmy, and their daughter, photographer Scarlet, in a Scarlet photography exhibition in 2007. Charlotte is in good terms with both Eric and Jimmy.]

Nowadays she is a very successful artist and painter, and you can see her creating her work on her website or the numerous exhibits she's done.

[Charlotte in 2017 with one of her paintings, from her website]

Today, for her 75th birthday, we wanted to share with all of you, dear followers, how we knew about Charlotte and what made us love her.

Here we share:

OUR BIOGRAPHY OF HER, WITH LINKS TO AMAZING SITES

HER POSTS IN OUR BLOG

OUR PHOTO COLLECTION HOSTED AT GOOGLE PHOTOS (all the photos have been collected from the net, photographers, details, websites etc are credited when known)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BEAUTIFUL ARTIST

#Charlotte Martin #happy birthday #happy bday #happy birthday! #happy bday! #why do we love #model #muse #1960s #1970s #artist #painter #designer #2010s #2020s #1980s #Robert Whittaker #Barry Lategan #Eric Clapton #Jimmy Page #Scarlet Page #George Harrison #The Beatles #The Fool #beatlegirl #Apple boutique #Led Zeppelin #The Song Remains the Same #All you Need is Love #Our World

[beautifulgiants]

Source:

THE ACTOR'S ACTOR

Michael Shannon is still trying to figure out a few things. Minor issues, like, what the hell is America about? And why do our vocations not contain the keys to a simple life? Shannon has recently added a directing credit to his extraordinary acting C.V., but in most other respects he’s just one of us.

fashion director GRACE GILFEATHER

by THE RAKE

photography MICHAEL SCHWARTS

Hollywood actor Michael Shannon is photographed for the Issue 83’s cover of The Rake magazine. Michael wears Brioni, Dunhill and Audemars Piguet.

Speaking to The Rake in early July, from his home in New York, Michael Shannon is — emotionally, at least — on both sides of the Atlantic. “I’m a massive tennis fan, and I’ve just been watching [Novak] Djokovic dismantle your fellow Brit [Cameron] Norrie,” he says.“Before that we were watching the Nadal and [Taylor] Fritz match. Oh, Rafael was in pain, but he still won.” All of which might sound like small talk, but Shannon has brought up tennis for reasons related to a vocation that has earned him Academy Award (2016’s Nocturnal Animals, 2008’s Revolutionary Road), Golden Globe (2014’s 99 Homes) and Tony Award (2016’s Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night) nominations.

Acting, he says, involves getting into something resembling a meditative state. “You have to be able to still your mind, for sure,”he says.“You can’t be thinking about a bunch of other stuff. When I’m doing a scene, I have a couple of ground rules. Like, I never bring my phone to set, ever. I’m not judging anyone who does, but for me the thing you’re trying to do is so enormous and multifaceted that for me it has to be the only thing you’re thinking about. So I try to have no distractions at all. A lot of the time [on set] I don’t really say much, and people can misconstrue that as, ‘Oh, he’s, he’s “method”’. But I’m defiantly anti-method. I think the notion of trying to walk around all the time convincing yourself [of something] feels psychotic.

He’s also been busy — exceptionally so — with an eclectic list of yet-to-be-screened projects, all of which suggest that his knack for making the right creative choices as he hits 48 years on the planet remains as sharp as ever. The most prominent include David O. Russell’s 1930s-set mystery-comedy Amsterdam (alongside Margot Robbie, Christian Bale, Anya Taylor-Joy and Robert De Niro) and Bullet Train, an action thriller directed by David Leitch and released this summer, in which Shannon joins Brad Pitt, among others, as assassins on the eponymous high-speed train deciphering the connection between their various missions.

Shannon plays White Death, and viewers expecting his character to pack the most menace won’t be disappointed. “Bullet Train is filled with a lot of really scary assassin-type people, but they’re all scared of White Death,” he says. “I guess he’s the super-assassin. The high priest of death. And he’s the boss of this international cartel that deals in very shady things. He’s the one that’s supposed to make everybody shake in their boots, I guess.”

Read the full Michael Shannon interview in Issue 83, available to purchase on TheRake.com and on newsstands worldwide now.

Subscribers, please allow up to 3 weeks to receive your magazine.

Grooming:⁠ Rheanne White⁠

Photo Assistants: Krystallynne Gonzalez, Brandon Abreu, Te Lara-Powell

Digital Tech: Eric Bouthiller⁠

Producer:Aim Wagemans⁠

Production Manager: Nikki Cardona⁠

Location: Andrew Samaha

Michael Shannon C/O Narrative PR, Celena Madlansacay

#Michael Shannon #interview #the rake

[ausetkmt]

Dozens of community members, families of police violence and activists joined a rally outside of the Antioch Police Department on April 18, 2023, to protest the racist and homophobic text messages shared among the department. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

The FBI arrested nine East Bay police officers on Thursday for alleged civil rights violations, interfering with investigations and defrauding their employers, Ismail Ramsey, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, said at a press conference on Thursday afternoon.

The arrests were made in a series of raids early Thursday morning across and beyond the Bay Area, following an 18-month FBI investigation and the release of four federal grand jury indictments against the officers. Charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud, deprivation of civil rights and destruction of records.

“Today is a dark day in our city’s history, as people trusted to uphold the law, allegedly breached that trust and were arrested by the FBI,” Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe said in a written statement shortly after the arrests. “As our city absorbs this tragic news, we must come together as one. Today’s actions are the beginning of the end of a long and arduous process.”

The FBI arrested nine officers on Thursday and a total of 10 have been charged across four indictments, federal law enforcement officials said at the press conference Thursday. Eight of those arrested have made initial court appearances so far.

“This case is one of the highest priorities for the San Francisco Field Office,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. “Law enforcement officers bear a tremendous responsibility to police out communities lawfully in keeping with the constitution, and we must always be true to that guiding principle.”A chart showing the list of charges against Antioch and Pittsburg police officers by a federal grand jury on Aug. 16, 2023. (Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)

“Today’s announcement reporting the arrest of current and former APD officers is disheartening and undermines the incredible work our staff does on a daily basis,” Acting Antioch Chief of Police Joe Vigil said in a press release. “Any police officer who breaks public trust must be held accountable, especially because our effectiveness relies heavily on confidence and support from our community.”

The first indictment includes charges against Morteza Amiri and Samantha Genoveva Peterson of the APD, along with Pittsburg Police Department officers Brauli Rodriguez Jalapa, Ernesto Juan Mejia-Orozco, and Amanda Carmella Theodosy-Nash, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and faking college credits in order to receive pay bumps.

The second indictment alleges that APD officers Daniel Harris and Devon Wenger illegally obtained and distributed anabolic steroids, and for attempting to destroy evidence that they had tried to do so.

Timothy Manly Williams of the APD was indicted on obstruction of evidence and for destroying and falsifying records to obstruct a federal investigation using a wiretap.

The fourth and final indictment announced Thursday alleges that Morteza Amiri, Eric Rombough and Devon Wenger, all with the APD, carried out what Ramsey called a “disturbing litany” of civil rights violations. The violations include inappropriately deploying a canine and other weapons in order to deliberately harm individuals in Antioch.

Ramsey said that officers shared photos of their victims’ injuries and collected mementos from attacks, such as ammunition used against people of Antioch. “Defendants boasted about their illegal uses of force,” the federal attorney said.

The investigation is still ongoing.

The indictments and subsequent arrests mark a turning point for many members of the community who have been reeling from the recent police scandals.

The investigation kicked off in 2022 after concerns were raised about police officers who lied about their college degrees. But the FBI and Contra Costa County district attorney’s investigation into the local police department would reveal far more crimes and civil rights violations from Antioch and Pittsburg officers.

Among discoveries was a culture of explicitly racist and homophobic messages sent between numerous Antioch police officers. The investigation revealed officers not only using racial epithets including the N-word and describing Black people as “gorillas,” but it also showed officers had falsified confessions to build cases and physically assault suspects.

In several messages, the officers bragged about racial profiling and beating suspects.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta launched a separate civil rights investigation into the APD in May, after it was revealed that officers had exchanged racist and homophobic text messages about community members and people in custody.

“It is our job to protect and serve all of our communities,” Bonta said in a press release announcing his investigation. “Police departments are on the front lines of that fight every day as they work to safeguard the people of our state. However, where there are allegations of potentially pervasive bias or discrimination, it can undermine the trust that is critical for public safety and our justice system. It is our responsibility to ensure that we establish a culture of accountability, professionalism, and zero tolerance for hateful or racist behavior, on or off duty.”

Former Antioch Police Chief Steven Ford announced his retirement last month and officially stepped down on Aug. 11 amid the scandal.

The spiraling revelations have impacted nearly half of the department’s sworn officers, and texts were exchanged between nearly 45 Antioch officers. As of July, 40 out of 90 officers were no longer working, the East Bay Times reports.

Dozens of cases that officers in the probe were involved in have since been dropped or derailed.

Robert Collins, whose step-son Angelo Quinto was killed by Antioch police in December 2020, told KQED that the arrests were an important step in rebuilding trust that has been lost between the community and its law enforcement officials.

“It’s amazing and shocking and sad that the lack of transparency and accountability has led to a police department that is so culturally deficient and problems that are so ingrained, so pervasive. But it’s good that there is some accountability and transparency coming out of the results of this federal indictment,” Collins told KQED. “It’s painful, but it’s a first step in improving the situation.”

Bella Quinto Collins, Quinto’s younger sister, was cautiously optimistic.

“This arrest is really good news,” she told KQED, “But at the same time, I don’t see this as necessarily the end of anything. It’s pretty clear that there’s still an ongoing issue within the culture of APD and there’s so much more work to be done to look into other officers that seem to be involved in various other issues and who are implicated in those text messages.”

Gigi Crowder, executive director of National Alliance on Mental Illness in Contra Costa, called the arrests “one step in a long road,” and that a lot of young people and families she works with have grown fearful of their own law enforcement agency.

“This might send a message to officers who hold those beliefs but hadn’t been involved … that you can’t get away with being asked to protect and serve and carry these racial belief systems about a community.”

She added: “We get complaints from across the county. If they do deeper probing, they will find it’s not isolated to Pittsburg and Antioch.”

Mayor Thorpe has previously faced criticism for seeking accountability for officer misconduct. In his written statement on Thursday, the mayor wrote: “Today’s arrests are demonstrative of the issues that have plagued the Antioch Police Department for decades. Seeking to reform the Antioch Police Department is not anti-police, it is pro our residents, and pro officers that have served and continue to serve with honor.”

#FBI Arrests Antioch #california #bad police #bad policing #antioch california #pittsburg california #cops arrested by fbi #FBI arrested nine East Bay police officers on Thursday for alleged civil rights violations #fraud #interfering with investigations #conspiracy to commit wire fraud #faking college credits in order to receive pay bump #destroying and falsifying records to obstruct a federal investigation using a wiretap #falsifying evidence

[mumbojumbo84317]

Happy Birthday to Alyssa Milano. Who turned the BIG five-oh (50) today.

Photo Credits:

1. David Livingston/Getty Images

2. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images

3. Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage

4. Steven Henry/Getty Images

5. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images

6. Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

7. Eric Robert/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images

8. David LaChapelle/Contour by Getty Images

9. Paramount Pictures/Deliverd by: Online Usa, Inc.

10. George Holz/Contour by Getty Images

#melroseplace #charmed #alyssamilano #beautifulactresses #celebritybirthdays #beautifulactress #beautifulwomen #whostheboss

#alyssa milano

[eirian]

Hey dude, I was wondering if I’m allowed to share the photo or ur Dan photo that was based off that one Eric Roberts painting on TikTok cuz I’m 100% sure my mutuals would love it and they would love ur art, it’s fine if you don’t want to :)

sure, as long as im credited!

[trendingnewsbite]

Robert De Niro’s Baby Seen In 1st Photos As Actor’s Girlfriend Tiffany Chen Cradles Newborn

View gallery Image Credit: Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock A doting momma! Robert De Niro‘s girlfriend, Tiffany Chen, appeared to be a hands-on mom while out with the pair’s newborn baby in New York City on May 10. This is the first time that the 79-year-old’s girlfriend and baby have been photographed since the child’s arrival earlier this year (SEE PHOTOS HERE). While out with her child, the…

View On WordPress

[appro880]

An Incredible Life for an Incredible Woman!!!

[picnet]

Letest Dragon Ball super hero movie review

Short story The Red Ribbon Army was once destroyed by Son Goku. Individuals who carry on its spirit have created the ultimate androids -- Gamma 1 and Gamma 2. However, these two androids call themselves superheroes and start attacking Piccolo and Gohan.

Star Cast (English Dubbed voice): Kyle Hebert, Sean Schemmel, Robert McCollum, Christopher R. Sabat, Monica Ria, Christopher R. Sabat, Sonny Strait, Eric Vale, Kara Edwards, Jeannie Tirado, Zach Aguilar, Aleks Le, Zeno Robinson, Charles Martinet, Jason Marnocha

Director: Tetsuro Kodama

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Movie Review Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Movie Review ( Photo Credit – Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Poster) What’s Good: The visual jump in the graphics is so good for 2 reasons – first, makers don’t go all gaga with the 3D model to make it look too advanced hence, second, it helps them to retain the much-loved charm/innocence of the show

What’s Bad: You’ll watch it and forget about it immediately, just like a pretty okay episode of the series

Loo Break: It’s just 100 minutes, you won’t be tempted!

Watch or Not?: If you’re a Dragon Ball fan, I’m sure you already have booked the tickets but if you’re not a fan, there’s no great reason to recommend you this

Available On: Theatrical Release

Runtime: 100 Minutes

The Last Word All said and done, is this a treat for Dragon Ball fans? Of course yes. But, is it any better than the previous 20 treats? Yes, and no. Yes, because of the visual shift, and humour and no because it stays short in retaining an important element of the show – emotion

#dragon Ball #new super hero movie review #must see

[richgirlnetworktv]

#one legacy #organ donor #organ transplant #donate life hollywood #eric roberts #donny most #award dinner #chairty #non profit

[squashporter35]

China Visa

Issued to those who are invited to China for exchanges, visits, examine tours and different actions. I am Indian business particular person planning to visit china within the month of Sept. 2021. Information on the applicant, including full name, gender, and date of birth. Getting an Oman visa has lately turn into quicker and simpler, due to the country’s new eVisa system. In addition to straightforward processing instances, we offer help for emergency Chinese visas. If you're unable to travel to one of many five Travel Visa Pro places of work based within the US you'll have the ability to receive an online session. This will allow you to to decide which is the best option in your wants. Those who need to journey to Mainland China urgently but don't have a sound Home Return Permit can apply for a Chinese Exit and Entry Permit, additionally only by way of the CTS, in Hong Kong or Macau or at the ports of Luohu and Huanggang. I went to Xi’an and Beijing last November for 9 days and I solely spent about 600 dollars for everything including airfare from Manila. I know someone who only have about one thousand dollars in his bank account and got approved. Confirmed round-trip tickets will truly allow you to boost your application approval because it offers them assure that the customer will return. A a call for participation must present which firm in China has invited you for business. The letter must be on the corporate letterhead and should also comprise the company stamp. The photographs required for a China visa should be a passport photo that's 33mm broad and forty eight mm tall. Visa Utility Form Of The Peoples Republic Of China Editorial Images European citizens do not want a visa to enter Portugal, however should their stay be longer than 90 days they might need to apply for a residence permit. Article 38 The format of visas shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs along side the Ministry of Public Security. The formats of stay permits and residence permits shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Public Security. Article 30 Where a foreigner’s scope of activities is to be restricted in accordance with the provisions of Article 61 of the Exit and Entry Administration Law, a written determination on such restriction shall be issued. The foreigner topic to the restriction shall report to the common public security organ on the designated time and, with out approval of the decision-making organ, she or he shall not change his living residence or leave the restricted area. Applicants pay the Turkey eVisa fees securely using a debit or credit card. They ought to print a copy and carry it when traveling from China to Turkey. Please fill out the shape on-line, print it out and sign on the second page. 3) All visa purposes are processed by way of mail service during the pandemic. Walk in submission or collection usually are not available in any case. 台胞證 is a Russian privately owned commercial bank that has operated since 1992. TKB representatives have provided companies to several banks in Asia, including within China, and the Middle East, and instructed options to evade international sanctions. TKB has additionally sought to create a settlement hub in Asia without involving U.S. or European banks in the clearing course of. Nationals of nations not mentioned above might find a way to go to Portugal and other Schengen international locations for up to ninety days. Scholar Visas If so, the coverage contradicts the recommendations made in the Final Report of the Congressionally-mandated National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence . Eric Schmidt, former CEO and chairman of Google and cofounder of Schmidt Futures, chaired the commission. Robert Work, a former deputy secretary of defense, served as vice chair. If you could be in China for an academic yr, you must obtain an X1 visa. With an X1 visa, you'll need to change to a quick lived residence permit after arriving in China. IES Abroad Shanghai employees will be succesful of assist you in this process. Citizen, please check with the Chinese consulate that serves your jurisdiction to determine whether your need a visa and what the application process will appear to be for you. Contact yourIES Abroad Advisorwith further questions. Detailed directions on the means to apply for your visa can be found in yourmyIESabroadaccount upon getting been accepted to your program. If you do work throughout your studies, it’s not a good suggestion to rely on your wages to fund living costs, and in plenty of circumstances you’ll need to prove you have already got enough money to assist your self if you apply for your visa. If you have a world qualification and are not sure whether this is accepted, you must contact the admissions division of the university. However, students may find a way to regain legitimate F-1 status both through a reinstatement software to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or through travel and reentry with a new I-20/new SEVIS report. The applicable possibility will depend in your individual circumstances; evaluation the reinstatement and reentry procedures and consult your ISS adviser as quickly as attainable for extra data. Every certainly one of our International Student Program clients is paired with an Educational Counsellor who has been skilled in the landscape of Canadian higher schooling and immigration in Canada. With their help, you'll submit the strongest potential application. If you discover that you just want or want more time to complete your research, you may have the power to apply for an extension. Always remember that the program finish date in your I-20 form is just an estimate. China Worldwide Journey Data The people’s republic of China at present maintains 1 Embassy and 5 Consulate beneath is the handle, phone, and fax numbers for every embassy and consulate. Both M and F visas had been historically granted to people who find themselves in China for business functions but aren't working for a local firm. As the 'G' transit visa isn't all the time necessary, you must check with your journey agent or tour operator if you will truly want one, or whether or not you'll have the ability to remain in the airport with out it. My mother will be again by December and she’ll be applying for her visa abroad. You should add the rush/express service charge to the P1400 visa payment. For example, should you select to get your passport/visa after 2 enterprise days, prepare to shell out P3100. To qualify for this visa, the applicant should not be employed by a Chinese agency and must be a person who spends lower than a year on business visits. Non-Chinese residents who wish to enter the nation for varied reasons like health, education, tourism, conference, transit, and so forth. should obtain a Chinese visa. There is a provision for Citizens from 74 countries (including Canada, the us, Mexico, U.K., Japan, India, and other E.U. countries) to enter Macao with out applying for a visa. Holders of J1-Visa must apply for a residence allow from the immigration division of the local public safety authority within the place meant to stay inside 30 days of entry to China. Holders of an X1-Visa should apply for a residence permit from the immigration department of the local public security authority in the place intended to remain inside 30 days of entry to China. Holders of Z-Visa must apply for a residence allow from the immigration division of the native public safety authority in the place meant to stay inside 30 days of entry to China. Holders of S1-Visa must apply for a residence permit from the immigration department of the local public security authority within the place intended to stay within 30 days of entry to China. Visas For China In order to journey to China for tourism functions, it might be needed to obtain a visa from an embassy upfront, though some foreign residents are granted a short visa-free vacationer stay. Citizens of most nations or regions in the world need to apply for a visa to enter mainland China, however citizens of some international locations can enter China with out visas for a restricted interval of keep in the occasion that they meet sure situations. The applicant shall undergo a face-to-face interview. Nonetheless, if the Exit-Entry Administration Department notifies the applicant that an interview is important, the applicant should go through the interview personally. M visa holders could apply for an extension with validity of as much as a hundred and eighty days. In return, these 40 international locations must allow U.S. residents and nationals to travel to their international locations for the same size of time with no visa for enterprise or tourism purposes. If your contract is extended, renewing a residence permit is less complicated than applying for a new permit, provided that it's carried out earlier than your old permit expires. You will probably need to have another interview with the PSB but won’t need to go for one more well being verify, and will only must submit your new contract and invitation letter. Airline crew members and their family, that transit through China can apply for a C visa. The software requirements for this is similar as the opposite visas, however you'd also have to submit an invite letter from a Chinese enterprise, for example, a delivery firm, or a assure letter out of your employer. Mainland ChinaWork Visa is meant for individuals who wish to work for a Chinese enterprise and reside in Mainland China. Z Visa holders are allowed to enter China for work purposes. All passports that are submitted to VisaHQ for processing are coated for as a lot as $500 against any loss or damage. If you select FedEx when making use of online, we are going to even cowl your passport in transit to us and from us to you. The worker can stay in China through the application course of and does not need a model new Z or R visa. Holders of labor permits as properly as visas marked "void", "cancelled" or "cancelled without prejudice" are not eligible. In addition, travelers using the scheme should also hold a return or onward airplane or ship ticket and might be required to current it to the immigration officer. Foreign/Overseas Chinese college students getting into Taiwan with resident visa are required to apply for an Alien Resident Certificate within 15 days upon their arrival in Taiwan. Such utility is to be made on the customer service workplaces of the National Immigration Agency located in the respective cities/counties in which the students are residing. Visaguide World To read specified requirement for New Zealand born child who is New Zealand citizen with Chinese descent and is applying for China visa for the primary time. Issued to those that intend to review in China for a period of no more than one hundred eighty days. Issued to those that intend to study in China for a interval of more than one hundred eighty days. In addition, the necessities additionally apply to holders of Indian Identity Certificates. They have dependents with authorized residence standing in Taiwan (spouse, members of the family of "lineal relationship", or siblings only). They have misplaced their Chinese nationality in pursuant to Article 9 of the Chinese nationality regulation . I shall be flying to Thailand from both Bali or Vietnam this March for my Honeymoon. We have by no means traveled to South East Asia earlier than and are Canadian residents. For Show cash, you presumably can bring 10,000THB per person or 20,000THB per household. Also, ship's crew members, in addition to their accompanying members of the family, aren't eligible for 72 or 144-hour transit. While a majority of Chinese worldwide airports have no further requirements for the 24-hour TWOV, sure airports place their own restrictions mandated by the local authorities. Non-ordinary passports of Japan require visas whereas ordinary passport holders don't. The record consists of countries which had signed visa-free agreements with China for holders of passports for public affairs or odd passports endorsed for public affairs. External links to other Internet sites and listings of personal entities on this web page are provided as a convenience and shouldn't be construed as the us Making Use Of For A Germany Schengen Visa In Canada Schengen (short-stay) visas can be obtained by way of the Consulate General of Switzerland in Vancouver. Only functions from residents of Canada may be accepted. Applications from persons holding long-term visitor’s visa can solely be accepted if they will prove that they were unable to apply in their house nation. As of Thursday morning, the one way for those with an pressing want for a passport appointment is to use the agency's nationwide utility hotline. But multiple calls to that 877 number return a busy sign with no choice to hold or to talk to a consultant. You can book your appointments to visit the embassy by contacting them via cellphone call/ e-mail or verify schedules on their official web site. It is necessary to contact earlier than visiting the embassy as a result of the office hours could vary. The embassy goals to offer superior service quality to applicants who've requested a visa to enter India. The visa facilities can facilitate candidates in all sorts of issues, from verification of support paperwork to submission or assortment of paperwork and understanding the guests' rules after getting into Slovenia. Please note that citizens of countries categorized as visa-exempt to enter India by the Slovenia authorities can't apply for a visa. Moreover, the fourteen-day self-isolation rule is now not applicable, however guests should show a unfavorable COVID-19 check report upon arriving. Visa and entry requirements for the Republic of Turkey could change at short discover throughout COVID-19. Visitors should ensure they have the latest data earlier than touring. Turkish visas for tourism and the Turkey e-Visa are being issued to eligible travelers. Travelers want to focus on the current COVID-19 journey restrictions. Once the applying has been completed, biometrics might be collected utilizing a fast process that captures a 10-digit fingerprint scan with a digital finger scanner. After you pay for the visa you'll be issued a receipt which you want to keep to have the ability to gather your processed utility. German consular providers are available through its Consulate in Toronto, Consulate General of Switzerland in Vancouver and Austrian Embassy in Ottawa. Please, observe that in case you are not a resident in Canada you need to apply on the German Embassy in your country of residence. Below you'll find more info on applying for a Germany visa from Canada. U S Moves To Drop Visa Fraud Case Towards Chinese Researcher Nationals of a variety of nations with which the Philippines maintains diplomatic relations, including the United States, may avail themselves of visa-free entry into the Philippines, offered their keep will not exceed 30 days. Please contact the Philippine Embassy/Consulate General for information on which international locations are prolonged this privilege. Applicants that accomplished their reacquisition/retention of Philippine citizenship underneath RA 9225 by way of the Embassy in Washington DC in 2011 or later could request for licensed true copies of their dual identification certificates for a payment of USD 25. Dual citizens who wish to apply for a Philippine passport might want to make a separate utility and submit the requirements as laid out in "passport for twin or newly-registered PH citizens" hyperlink on the left. The Consular Officer could require extra proof or documents from applicant to discover out the child’s citizenship, identification, or eligibility for registration of birth underneath Philippine legal guidelines. All visas are valid to enter Dubai for 60 days from the date of concern, except the 96-hour and 48-hour visas, that are legitimate for 30 days from the date of concern. The passport have to be valid for no much less than three months. Visitors requested to proceed for visible screening are required to current a hard copy of their visa or a printed model of the visa number affirmation web page on the screening counter. If you wouldn't have a duplicate of your visa with you, a charge of AED 30 per copy applies, payable only in AED. All nationals of The People’s Republic of China holding legitimate 10-year B1/B2, B1 or B2 visas who journey to the United States on a passport issued by the People’s Republic of China must comply with EVUS necessities starting on November 29, 2016. Once they've processed the visa software, you should return to select up your passport and paperwork. If you utilized by mail, the Embassy/Consulate will mail them to you. If the choice was constructive, you will obtain your Indonesian visa. Visa on arrival is only obtainable at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Apostilles are strictly for using public paperwork overseas. Thus, if your document is for use within the Philippines, it can't be submitted to the DFA for authentication/Apostillization. By 14 May 2019, DFA-OCA will concern Apostille Certificates to all paperwork submitted for authentication. If your public doc is for use in a country the place the Apostille Convention does not apply, you should contact the Embassy or Consulate of the nation where you propose to make use of the doc to find a way to discover out what your options are. This normally means that you have to present your documents to the mentioned country’s Embassy or Consulate within the Philippines for its authentication/legalization.

#台胞證

[vivalavintage-xo]

Uma Thurman, 1993.

#uma thurman #photo credit: eric roberts #1993 #46th cannes film festival #1990s #90s #retro #vintage #photoshoot #90s aesthetic #90s vibes #vintage 90s #90s celebs #90s stars #90s film #cult 90s

[alexskarsgardnet]

New Interview & Photo Shoot!  Alex photographed by Johan Sandberg and interviewed by Timothy Small for L’Uomo Vogue (October 2020)!

Alexander Skarsgård: the photo shoot and interview for L'Uomo

BY TIMOTHY SMALL, JOHAN SANDBERG 25 SEPTEMBER 2020

Alexander Skarsgård is a really, really nice man. A Swede through and through, Alexander, or Alex, is a very down-to-earth gentleman who could definitely act as more of a big shot, considering he is also one of the most interesting actors in Hollywood right now, a town that, in true Swedish style, he once defined as “kind of silly”. After getting his first big break as the lead in David Simon's excellent Iraq War mini-series for HBO, Generation Kill, Skarsgård exploded in our collective imaginations as Eric Northman in True Blood, while also acting for Lars von Trier in the wonderful Melancholia. 

Since then, he has been a very buff Tarzan in The Legend of Tarzan, a mute bartender in future Berlin in Mute, a very dark killer in Hold the Dark, and a hilarious Canadian Prime Minister in Long Shot, as well as giving an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning turn in HBO's Big Little Lies. The self-defined “restless” 43-year-old is set to star in The Northman, Robert Eggers's highly anticipated third film, a “Viking revenge story” that Skarsgård himself was crucial in bringing to production – and, by all accounts, it seems like it could have all the right pieces to become a future cult classic. It certainly has that kind of hype.

L'Uomo Vogue:  The Northman is such an interesting project. I know it's important to you. It's also part of a growing resurgence of interest in the Viking era and Norse mythology and that sort of epic Scandinavian adventure. How did it all begin?

Alex:  It all started seven or eight years ago. As a Swede living in America, I realised there was a certain level of fascination with the Viking era and Viking culture – and this was before any of the Viking shows that have since happened. It made me realise that there basically had never been a real great epic Viking movie made, and I thought that that's what I wanted to do.

LV:  So how did the project kick off?

Alex:  I started having conversations with a studio back then, trying to crack the best story. All I knew at the time is that I wanted to make a big Viking movie. We had a couple of potential different starting points: we had a story about two brothers, and then one about the Viking travels down to Constantinople with the Viking siege of the city. We were looking for the right story, but I never really felt we were there. I knew the scope I wanted it to exist in. But what was the story?

LV:  And that's when you met Robert Eggers.

Alex:  Yes, like three or four years ago. We met about something else. I can't remember how, but we started talking about Vikings. And he was, like me, a huge fan of Viking culture and of that historical era, and I immediately felt he would be the perfect guy to direct this movie. And then we found an author and poet in Iceland, Sjón, who came onboard to write the screenplay – and they did a fantastic job, just cracking the story and the essence of it.

LV:  Sounds great.

Alex:  It's a real adventure movie, but it's much more. It taps into the culture, and the mysticism of the Vikings, it becomes more intimate and more personal. I didn't want it to be a generic “swords-and-sandals” movie. Robert is one of the best filmmakers out there. And the whole process is so much more gratifying than when you're quote-unquote “just an actor”. It's been truly extraordinary.

LV:  But then you had to halt production.

Alex:  Yeah. I was in Belfast, Northern Ireland, three months into prep on The Northman about seven days away from principal photography. Just gearing up, you know, getting ready to start a very long, very intense shoot -- a shoot that we were scheduled to wrap in July – and that's when the virus hit.

LV:  What did you do then?

Alex:  I normally live in New York, while my family lives in Stockholm. When the first wave came, I was on the fence: nobody really knew how long it would be, or what precisely was going on. So we shut down production for six weeks. The idea was to then see what would happen. I basically moved to Stockholm for four months.

LV:  How do you feel about this forced break from work?

Alex:  I had not been home for this long in... more than 20 years. It was strange. We were in a bubble; we were all healthy and safe. In a lot of ways, I had moments when I felt being surrounded by my loving family, feeling safe and loved, and taking a break from work, but then also feeling very guilty because I was, for the lack of a better term, being spared.

LV:  In the past, you've described yourself as being a nomad. Did you miss Sweden and the North?

Alex:  I realised how much I have been missing it. I go to Sweden regularly, but usually only for three or four days, maybe a week, tops. My father and two of my brothers are actors, so we're used to never being in the same city. We all travel all over the world. Maybe we'd get back together for Christmas. And I can really say that I had missed spring in Sweden.

LV:  Do you think we will change the way movies are produced?

Alex:  We're going to have to figure out how to shoot movies with dozens of crew members and hundreds of extras while still respecting social distancing rules. It's an unprecedented situation and everyone is scrambling to figure out the best approach. My brother was one of the first people who worked in our industry during the pandemic. He shot a movie in Iceland in the middle of the lockdown. The way they solved it is they split the crew into colour sections. So, hair and make-up had yellow armbands and the camera department had blue, and they had a “Corona appointee” on set who would call out, “Now blue go in!” and then “Blue, out! And yellow, in!” And then they would all do their job in turns. It was very military-like. Productions are already complicated, so we'll just have to add another layer.

LV:  How did you become an ambassador to the Clarks brand?

Alex:  To me, authenticity is very important. I don't want to endorse products I don't genuinely like. That's why I was excited when Clarks reached out. I've been wearing Desert Boots for 25 years. Also, I like to travel a lot. I like to explore new cities by foot. I want to be able to walk around comfortably in a classic, iconic shoe. I travel from movie set to movie set, and I often live out of a suitcase. And this teaches you to be frugal. Whatever fits in that suitcase, that's all I can bring.

LV:  Is that the Swede in you?

Alex:  Maybe. But we consume way too many things in this society. Also, you give things more meaning when you live with them, and when you go on adventures with them. Like, these are my boots. I've been places with them. And when they fall apart, I'll buy a new pair. If you have the right stuff to begin with, you don't need more.

LV:  Going back to The Northman, that really sounds like a dream project.

Alex:  It is. It will be a rollercoaster ride. I can't wait to get back to Northern Ireland and get back to the production. It's also a very physically demanding project, so I have been training for, well, since a few months before production stopped.

LV: In a way, getting into a role, getting on a movie set, acting through it, the whole process of making a movie is a bit like a little adventure. You have to prep, you have to travel, often with people you don't know, and you have to push boundaries.

Alex:  Absolutely! A huge part of the appeal of this profession is you get to travel, and you meet amazing, interesting people from all over. And the uncertainty, you know? What was it, 12 years ago, I was in New York, and I'd never heard of Generation Kill. And then two days later I was on a plane to the Kalahari Desert to be out there for seven months to shoot the series. And I'll never forget the feeling, sitting on that plane, thinking, “Two days ago I didn't even know about this project, and here I am on my way to Southern Africa to spend seven months in the desert with 200 strangers.” It's very exciting.

LV:  What a feeling that must be!

Alex:  And every single job is like that. Every movie is different. Your part, the tone, the energy, the people – it's always different. And for someone like myself, who has that kind of wanderlust, who's always looking on the horizon, it's very attractive to never know just what the next adventure might be.

October 14, 2020:  Updated with the full interview courtesy of our friends at the ASkarsLibrary (x).

Fashion credits:

Photographs by Johan Sandberg Styling by Martin Persson Grooming Karin Westerlund @ Lundlund Hair Amanda Lund @ Lundlund Stylist’s assistant Isabelle Larsson Digital Daniel Lindgren Production Madeleine Mårtensson and Olle Öman @ Lundlund

Read the full interview by Timothy Small and see the photo shoot by Johan Sandberg in the October issue of L'Uomo, on newsstands from September 22nd.

Sources/Thanks:  Interview:  Timothy Small for L’Uomo Vogue (x), Photos:  Johan Sandberg for L’Uomo Vogue (x), artlistparis.com (x) via artlistparisnewyork instagram (x),  luomovogue instagram (x) &  atomomanagement.com (x) via atomomanagement instagram (x), our caps from artlistparisnewyork’s September 23, 2020 insta story (x, x)

#Alexander Skarsgard #alexander skarsgård

[alloftheimaginess]

Can you do a supernatural cast series where you’re the wife and you do different interviews, like the videos on YouTube like Ad or thirst tweets or just answering fan questions whatever plz. If you have questions just message me and I’ll try to explain it further

Lol sorry it’s been like four months so don’t hate me but it’s been hard work juggling trying to write, school and work so sorry. I think it sucks but hopefully you’ll like it and I’ll be tagging the other parts in this one

Burning Fan Questions

Other parts

Alexander Calvert

Misha Collins

Jensen Ackles

"Hi I'm Yn Padalecki and I will be answer the fans burning questions about my life" I say smiling at the camera as I grab the bucket that's full of questions.

"I'm super nervous for this because before I got here Jared double dog dared me to answer literally every single question so I can't use my skip button" I say and the crew behind the camera laughs.

"Please for the love of god let their be questions to embarrass Jared more than me so he can eat it" I say giggling.

"First question" I say grabbing a folded up piece of paper from out the bucket.

"Who is the rudest celebrity that you've ever had the chance of meeting?" I read and I laugh.

"Oh that's a lot of them, there's an unsurprising amount of rude celebrities who think that they own Hollywood" I say laughing.

"But enough stalling because I have to answer this question anyway, the rudest celebrity that I've ever met was Christian Bale, no offense but he was a total dick to literally everyone around him, on set, off of set just everywhere" I say digging around the bucket for another question.

"What scandals has your team had to cover up?" I read and I start laughing.

"Noooooo" I say laughing even harder because I know I have to tell them.

"Okay okay. When I was 23 I had first met Jared and we got caught you know doing the deed and then the pictures were about to go out and they had to buy all of them back for double of what they were going to get" I say laughing shaking the bucket up and grabbing another one out.

"Have you ever used your celebrity status to get something for free?" I read.

"One time when I was out my daughter, Harlow we were getting frozen yogurt and I left my credit card at the restaurant we were at before without realizing it and at the register she goes oh my god are you Jared from supernatural's wife and when I'm with my daughters I usually pretend like I'm not but I totally knew she was going to give us the yogurt for free so I was like yeah, and then I asked her how she was and she was like oh this is totally on the house" I say laughing.

"I eventually went back and tipped a massive tip because I didn't pay last time" I say.

I grab another one out and I put the bucket down opening it "how many kids do you actually want?" I read.

"Well I already have two now but I'm aiming for at least five" I say laughing.

"I have a big family I'm one of 9 so I've always wanted a big family but not as big as mine so four or five would be a perfect size family for me, I honestly have a enough love for a million but four or five is definitely good for me" I say grabbing another question.

"If we came to your house what would we find in your cabinets food wise?" I read laughing.

"What an interesting question" I say.

"Everyone in the Padalecki household has their own cabinets because they are huge smackers. Harlow's is filled with the stuff she likes such as teddy Grahams, fruit roll ups, dried Cranberries, jolly ranchers stuff like that. Mine is filled with little cakes, gushers, banana chips which I swear by, peanuts, popcorn and Jared's, he has tons of candy, he is absolutely in love with white chocolate macadamia cookies and he always has those in his stash and Kiernan she's still on baby food so she's fully stocked on that" I say grabbing another question out.

"If you had to marry anyone that has starred along side your husband in his show supernatural who would it be?" I read.

"Oh hmm" I say laughing.

"Okay, Jensen is like Jared's best friend but I'm way closer to Misha so I'd definitely have to say Misha but no offense to his wife because I'd totally marry her as well or maybe even Rob, I love that man to pieces, he's a really good friend but then there's Rich, no offense to his wife Jaci but Rich and I have the best dance off's so that would be something to look forward to" I say laughing as I grab another question.

"If you woke up in Jared's body and had to stay in it for a day what would you do?" I say laughing.

"Easy, I'd leave myself little notes with plans for tomorrow so when I switch back he'll have to go through with them and we could have a perfectly planned out day because I planned it" I say laughing.

"If you go out to dinner with your non-famous friends, do you all still split the bill or do you pay?" I read.

"It depends really, my childhood friends don't like for me to pay for their stuff so we'll all split the bill but if I'm the one inviting everyone out then I'll pay before hand because then it'll be a lot of work trying to break it up" I say grabbing another question.

"What's one thing that Jared does that absolutely pisses you off?" I read cracking up.

"Breathes" I say smiling at the camera.

"I'm just kidding" I say laughing.

"When I'm super busy and like concentrating on my work he'll come over and innocently wrap his arms around me but then when I'm not paying him enough attention he'll start softly biting me and while I'm trying to work that can be so annoying" I say.

"What was the worst rumor that has been spread about you?" I read.

"I've had some pretty bad ones that I like to pretend didn't happen because they were literally so outrageous but I guess the worst one was that I was cheating on Jared. A few years back Harlow and I flew to my hometown for a few weeks and we spent Halloween out there and my twin sister and I dressed up as Sally from nightmare before Christmas because we've always done matching costumes whenever we're with each other and I posted a selfie on Instagram so everyone knew what I looked like but no one knew my twin sister was dressed identical to me and she took Harlow around with her now husband while I helped my parents be set up for the party and the paparazzi caught them together while they shared a kiss and while Eric played with Harlow and she was giggling and they put the photos on the front of the magazine and I was getting so much hate before I even knew what was going on and I was getting calls from our friends and they were asking me like how I could do that and then I had to go and post my pictures with my sister and write this long ass message about it and it was super bad" I say moving on.

"Who do you look up to the most, and what qualities do you love about that person?" I read.

"My grandma, she pretty much raised me. My parents weren't around often so I had to live with her for like 5 years, me and all of my siblings" I say digging in the bucket.

"But the qualities that I love about her is one, the fact that she is the strongest person I've had the honor of meeting" I say holding up one finger.

"Two, her boldness is like unbelievable. I took her to the oscars and she started flirting with The Rock and that's when I realized my grandma was my hero" I say laughing and I pull another question out.

"What's something you did as a child that no one knows about outside of your family?" I read.

"For two years I only spoke in a British accent, I had everyone confused at school because I never broke" I say laughing.

"How often do you and Jared have sex?" I read burying my face.

"No, I'm not going to be embarrassed. Sex is a normal thing, it brings about joy, relaxation, sometimes accidental pregnancies" I say laughing.

"But back to the question, I don't know. He's gone for like nine months out of the year but if he has a three day weekend or whatever then we'll spend a night together but when he's home in the three months he's off of filming it's literally whenever the kids are gone if even just for 20 minutes. We try to keep it as normal as possible" I say laughing.

"What's the last text conversation you had?" I read pulling out my phone and I laugh.

"I texted Robert about his new Batman movie because it was announced the other day and I just seen it this morning so I had to quickly congratulate him and he tells me that while I'm super late he still appreciates it and won't hold anything against me when it's time to hand out movie tickets and I said I'd never forgot about you shiny and he sent the middle finger emoji" I say laughing.

"What are your pet names that you and Jared have for each other?" I read.

"Ha, finally a question that he'd normally not talk about but I was dared so I call him Bubba or bubs" I say laughing.

"Literally it's how he's saved in my phone and he thinks it's so embarrassing" I say pulling my phone out and showing his contact name and photo.

"He's Bubba and he calls me a lot of different things but the one he always goes back to is beautiful or baby" I say smiling at the camera.

“Do your siblings and Jared get along?” I read and I laugh sighing.

“Like I mentioned earlier I’m one of nine so that’s eight siblings and then all of my siblings are older than me. I’m the baby and they are all married so my older brother and his husband love Jared and Jared loves them, we’re actually both of their kids godparents but then with my third oldest sister she doesn’t like me so she doesn’t like Jared by default you know” I say grabbing another question.

“Okay this is a question I have to know how often you do and Jared shower together?” I read laughing.

“Do you have to know that?” I ask laughing harder.

“Sorry to let you down but we don’t really, we’ll not anymore with kids it’s best one of us is out the shower while the other one quickly showers because we can’t leave them along for too long” I say knowing that my answer is not what they were expecting.

“But before kids it’s was an every morning thing we did together before heading out for our different business or whatever we had to do that day” I say.

“Did you have an oh shit moment at your wedding, and if so what was it?” I read and I nod.

“Yeah actually I did. But it’s been so long since we got married that I actually forgot until I read this question. My brother bless his poor heart showed up drunk like he was pregaming our wedding and the security didn’t know he was my brother so they were like kicking him out and my sister runs in like “oh my god Yn, the security just kicked Kalin out” so I’m like half dressed and I go down to try to figure out what the hell is happening and then I meet up with him and he throws up all over me like I’m talking full body covered and the make up artist just left and I had to shower and call her back so she could come fix my face and it was very traumatizing because it was so gross” I say laughing.

“But the whole wedding was beautiful and he didn’t drink at all” I say.

“If you had to pick a song from the late 10’s-2020 to be you and Jared’s couple song what would you pick?” I read and I awe.

“That’s a cute question. I guess I’d have to say Flicker by Niall Horan, we danced together to that song when Alex Calvert and his wife got married and it literally felt so magical and now whenever I hear it, it takes me back to a happy place and I just think about slow dancing with my best friend and husband” I say smiling.

“Do you and all the wives of the supernatural cast get along?” I read and I quickly nod.

“Those girls are some of my best friends, they know what it’s like to have a family and their husband work on supernatural so automatically we have something to bond over also with Alex’s wife she has a massive family so we often talk about the drama and problems that come along with it” I say laughing.

"Last one. What celebrity have you had beef with?" I read laughing.

"Daniel Radcliffe" I say quickly.

"But it was when we were younger filming the Harry Potter movies. We didn't like each other for like the first 4 movies" I say laughing.

"Our characters were close in the movie but on set we hated each other, I don't know why and I don't think he does either, I guess our energies just clashed but when we got to order of the Phoenix and we talked it out before we started filming and have been best friends in person ever since" I say laughing and tipping the bucket over.

"That was my last question. I'm Yn Padalecki and this has been answering fan questions. Thank you for watching and I hope you got a laugh out of at least some of these questions or you learned something you never thought you would learn about me" I say smiling at the camera

#jared padalecki #jared padalecki x reader #jared padalecki x you #spn cast #supernatural cast x reader #sam winchester #jensen ackles #misha collins #alex calvert #Spn cast x reader #cast x reader #reader insert #supernatural #celeb!reader #famous!reader #actress!reader #celebrity!reader

[mumbojumbo84317]

Happy Birthday to Ice-T, who began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The following year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the "Rhyme $yndicate") and released another album, Power, which would go platinum. He also released several other albums that went gold.

Since 2000, he has portrayed NYPD Detective/Sergeant Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

The rapper/actor turned 65 today.

Photo Credits:

1. Matt Doyle/Contour by Getty Images

2. Matt Doyle/Contour by Getty Images

3. Vera Anderson/WireImage

4. Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

5. Robert Knight Archive/Redferns

6. Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives

7. F. Scott Schafer/Corbis via Contour by Getty Images

8. Steve Rapport/Getty Images

9. Eamonn McCabe/Popperfoto via Getty Images

10. Eric Liebowitz/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images

#ice t #rap music #law & order svu #famous birthdays #celebrity birthdays

[favescandis]

NEW interview with Alexander Skarsgård about Godzilla vs. Kong and The Northman with Uproxx

Alexander Skarsgard Knows You Don’t Care About Him In ‘Godzilla Vs Kong’

MIKE RYAN, SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER MARCH 30, 2021

Yes, Alexander Skarsgard is under no false impressions that you are looking forward to Godzilla vs. Kong to see the adventures of his character, a geologist named Dr. Nathan Lind. You see, Godzilla has been causing some problems for humans for unknown reasons and, just maybe, Kong can take care of business and let Godzilla know that his antics aren’t appreciated by means of a knuckle sandwich. And Dr. Nathan Lind has been studying Kong for years and has a good idea of what Kong’s motivations might be and what Kong actually wants.

So, yes … there are times where there is not a lot to talk about when even one of the lead actors in a movie admits people aren’t coming to see him or his character. Though from past interviews, I know Skarsgard has a pretty good sense of humor, so the real questions soon devolved into kind of outlandish fake questions and, luckily, Skarsgard ran with them.

Also, Skarsgard’s next film is The Northman, which is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, he teams with Robert Eggers, which will be the director’s followup to the acclaimed The Lighthouse. Second, it will completely screw up Google searches for True Blood fans searching for Skarsgard’s character, Eric Northman. And, yes, he’s thought about that and wonders how many people will show up expecting to see vampires. (There will be no vampires.)

It’s funny, because just the title of this movie, that isn’t false advertising.

Oh yeah.

Multiple fights.

It’s almost a two-hour-long movie, and it’s like an hour and 55 minutes of fighting.

So what’s this like for you? When you sign onto something like this? Because it’s Godzilla and Kong and they’re going to wind up getting a lot of the attention.

It’s humbling for a narcissistic actor like myself, to be put in my place, to show up on set and know that no one will go to see this movie because I’m in it.

Well, that’s not true. I have noticed over the years you do have a fan base that goes nuts for you.

That’s flattering to hear. But I’m under no illusion that I’m the star of the show and that anyone will go see the movie because they want to see Nathan Lind, the geologist.

The geologist.

Yeah, well, in a way, to be a vessel and a way for the audience to get to know, in my character’s case, Kong, more so than Godzilla, because I’m with Kong throughout the movie. But in a way to not necessarily humanize Kong, but to show a different side of Kong, to show that he has empathy. He’s lived a very solitary, lonely life on Skull Island without social connections, without family. And the thought of him to be reconnected, or to find his family in Hollow Earth is, is kind of the driving force, to reconnect. So I felt like my job was kind of set that up in a way and to kind of show the audience that side of Kong.

Well, you said people aren’t coming to see Dr. Nathan Lind, the geologist. But once here, where you tell me, how you’ve spent the last five years, studying with geologists and following them around and becoming a trained geologist yourself, people will look at this in a different way.

Right? Well, that’s how seriously I take my job.

You threw yourself into it. The last, maybe, ten years, you’ve been studying with geologists, just to know exactly what you were doing in this movie.

It’s just the kind of actor I am, Mike. Even though I play a very peripheral character and no one cares, I still take my craft seriously. And that means a decade of studying geology and living, breathing the character. Just to give the audience that sublime performance that I give in the movie.

When you’re giving the technical jargon during the movie, viewers can rest assured that you know exactly what you’re talking about, because you studied for so long with trained geologists.

Exactly. And they can see that in my eyes, that I’m not lying. I’m not pretending. I’m not acting. I’m not playing a geologist. I am a geologist.

You are a geologist.

Yes.

So when you filmed at Hollow Earth, in the center of Earth, was that on location?

Obviously, it was.

Yeah, I could tell.

And being there was trippy. I felt like you can’t … the audience can tell whether you’re there or when you’re actually there, or if it’s the soundstage with green screen. So the only way to do it, when you make a character driven drama, like Godzilla vs. Kong, is to actually go there and actually spend time down there and be there with Kong. So it was six very intense months, deep down in the center of the earth with a gigantic ape.

That’s why we haven’t seen you in a while — because you’ve been down there.

I’ve been down there, with a gigantic ape.

Being serious, doing the “there they are” reaction seems especially difficult in this movie, with these being such central characters. And I know that’s part of the deal with a lot of movies, but this seems even more that.

Absolutely. Watching the movie, I could tell that I’m reacting to the wrong thing, like I’m reacting to something else. And they play my reaction to something that I think I’m reacting to, but many things have changed. Or they use that reaction to something else. So they kind of make it work. So it’s like, I look at something, and I think I’m reacting to something completely different, but I’m not. They completely changed that. So it’s quite a ride and exciting to watch the movie, because I’m as surprised as the audience. When I watch it, like, “Oh really? That happened.” And, “Oh, look at my reaction here.”

The scene that we all saw in the trailer, which surprisingly happens pretty early in the movie, where Kong just punches Godzilla in the face. So do you watch the movie and go, “If that really would have happened in front of me, I might’ve reacted quite differently than I did even in the movie”?

Well, that specific sequence, they actually had in the pre-visualization, so that actually looks quite very, very, very close to what the previs two years ago looked. So Adam [Wingard] played us that. So pretty much the whole fight scene was choreographed before we shot our reactions to it. So I knew that that punch was going to land, and that’s what I’m reacting to.

We’ve given Dr. Nathan Lind a lot of time, and we’ve given King Kong a lot of time. We haven’t really talked about Godzilla. He gets annoyed when people bother him. I relate to that.

Me too. Going into the movie, I was very much team Godzilla. I love the old Godzilla movies, like the ’60s and ’70s, that era, when it’s zero special effects.

Just a guy in a suit and it’s awesome.

It’s a middle-aged dude in a suit, kicking a miniature version of Tokyo on a set.

In your next movie, you’re working with Robert Eggers, The Northman. You’re done filming that, right?

We’re done. Yeah, we shot for six months during the pandemic. We started last summer and finished just before Christmas.

Did you look at his prior movies and just go, “I have to be part of this.”

Well, I courted him. I loved both The Witch and The Lighthouse. And was developing The Northman and was trying to find a director for it. It was a very different iteration of the script, and the story was very different from what we ended up shooting. But I had a version of a viking movie that I wanted to make and basically went after Rob. He was my dream director and I thought that he would be perfect for this. And that, when I mentioned it to him, it turned out that he was a huge viking fan and knew everything about the mythology.

That doesn’t surprise me for some reason.

Yeah, he knew so much about that world and that era and got really excited about the idea of potentially making this movie. And then he found Sjón, this Icelandic author and poet and screenwriter. And Sjón and Rob together wrote the screenplay to what ultimately became The Northman, the movie that we shot. So it’s something on that was slowly percolating and growing over the course of eight years. So, to finally be on set last year, with the greatest filmmaker of our time and some of the greatest actors of our time, was the highlight of my career, for sure.

Have you thought about how this will screw up Google searches for your True Blood fans?

[Laughs] Yes, I am very much aware of how problematic the title is.

Well, not problematic. True Blood fans are going to have to put in a few other keywords now.

Yeah, that’s true. That’s true. I do apologize for that. And I’m sure some people will be pretty disappointed if they go to see a stand-alone movie about Eric Northman, and then they sit down and it’s a goddamn Viking movie and not a vampire in sight.

I think they’re in for a treat, to tell you the truth.

Well, I hope so. I hope so. I’m very excited about the movie, but I have to admit that, unfortunately, there are no vampires in the movie.

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ hits theaters and HBO Max on March 31st.

Photo credited to Getty. [Paris Men’s Fashion Week Armani show, July 2, 2019]

https://uproxx.com/movies/alexander-skarsgard-interview-godzilla-vs-kong-the-northman/

#Alexander Skarsgård #Uproxx #Godzilla vs. Kong #The Northman #Alexander Skarsgard #long post