#Hal Kramer

[ltwilliammowett]

The Corinthians, by Russ Kramer

The first Corinthians were residents of the ancient Greek seaport of Corinth. A typical port town, Corinth was described as “a place of proverbial wickedness, energy, riches, noise.” The New Testament portrays them as a little unruly but fully capable of improvement.

Later, In Henry IV Part 1, Shakespeare has young Prince Hal describe himself as “a Corinthian, a lad of mettle, a good boy.”

A Corinthian, then, was a spunky, robust guy or gal. This nickname would have appealed to the young American sailors of the 1870s who were challenging the yachting establishment by sailing their own boats. Until then most yachtsmen had just one well-proven ability, which was to write big checks for professional crews and captains.

The new alternate definition of “yachtsman” as an amateur (“Corinthian”) developed in Britain in the mid-nineteenth century and caught on in America. New Corinthian yacht clubs had fleets of small boats, and the rules required that they be raced only by Corinthian sailors who did all the work, had all the fun, and were paid not a nickel. By the 1920s, the average American yachtsman was a Corinthian “lad of mettle.”

[ammomancer]

pn character name post...TWO! last name edition and also the random psychonauts around the motherlobe who i didn't feel like including in the first one

including ones that aren't real surnames but are real words/clearly plays on real words. if one is missing assume either it doesn't mean anything/I couldn't find a meaning or I didn't think it needed explaining (e.g. Sweetwind, Doom)

Aquato - clearly a play on "aqua"

Nein - "no" in German

Zanotto - from a diminuitive of Zane or Zani/Zanni, the Venetian form of Gianni, which is short for Giovanni, which is the Italian form of "John" (God is gracious, Hebrew). unrelated but "Zanni" is also where we get the English word "zany"

Oleander - a flowering shrub that is grown as an ornamental or landscape plant despite being poisonous

Cruller - a kind of twisty donut :)

Boole - possibly from a Middle English word for bull

Canola - genericized trademark of a brand of cooking oil. the "can" is short for "Canada"

Zilch - German surname of uncertain etymology, slang for 'nothing'

Athens - after the Greek city, which Athena was probably named after, not the other way around

Lutefisk - Norwegian word for a traditional Nordic fish dish. it's soaked in lye.

Bulgakov - son of Bulgak (Bulgak being a surname in its own right that means "restless" or "troublesome"). Mikhail is probably named after the Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov, best known for The Master and Margarita

Fir - as in a fir tree

Phage - short for bacteriophage; a Greek suffix meaning "eater"

Bubai - Mandarin word meaning "invincible"

Tripe - animal stomach lining prepared for food; figuratively used to mean nonsense or valueless ideas/writing

Fideleo - possibly from Latin "fidelis", faithful/loyal

Cooper - barrel maker (English)

Soleil - "sun" in French

Houndstooth - a fabric pattern (that Becky does not wear)

Rolls - likely alluding to fat rolls

Bonaparte - French-ified version of Buonaparte, an Italian surname meaning "good match" or "good solution"

Teglee - derived from famed black velvet painter Edgar Leeteg; "Leeteg" was originally "Lütig", which I can't find a straight answer on what that means

Inflagrante - from "in flagrante", a shortened version of "in flagrante delicto", a Latin term that literally translates to "while the crime is blazing" and basically means "in the act"; it can refer to being in the act of doing something bad but particularly when shortened also means. well. in the act of Doing A Sex

DeLucca - alternate spelling of Italian De Luca, "[child] of Luca"; Luca ultimately meaning "from Lucania"

Pokeylope - pokey (slow) + lope (to walk slowly). good turtle name

Loboto - clearly a play on "lobotomy"

Forsythe - man of peace (Scottish Gaelic)

Natividad - Spanish for "nativity", meaning birth but particularly referring to the births of Mary or Jesus. a common name in the Philippines in addition to Spanish-speaking countries

Martinez - son of Martin (Spanish). "Martin" is derived from "Mars", Roman god of war and root of the word "martial"

Joseph - "he [God] will add" (Hebrew)

Gette - variation of Goethe, derived from "Gott" (God in Middle High German as well as modern German)

Neriman (also spelled Nariman) - a name of Persian origin, possibly meaning "brave mind"

Potts - topographical name. if you lived near holes in the ground you might have gotten called Potts

Malik - "king" in Arabic and various other Semitic languages; as a surname, is most common in India and Pakistan

OKAY now for the miscellaneous motherlobe NPCs

Brianne - "hill" or "power" (Celtic)

Chet - short for Chester, "fortress" (Latin)

Colin - young dog (Scottish)

Crenshaw - possibly "twisted wood" (Old English)

Dustin - from Thorsteinn, "Thor's stone" (Old Norse)

Evan - from the Welsh form of John

Forrest - take a guess.

Frank - Frenchman, more or less

Hawkins - diminuitive of Hawk or of Hal (from Henry, "home ruler", Germanic)

Jared - descent (Hebrew)

Kim - diminuitive of various names

Kramer - shopkeeper, merchant (German)

Lance - land (German/Old Saxon)

Larry - short for Laurence, "from Laurentum" (Latin)

Lori - short for Laura (laurel) or Lorraine (kingdom of Lothar, a Frankish king)

Sherri - from "cherie", French for darling

Susan - lily (Hebrew)

Thad - short for Thaddeus, Greek name of unclear origin

Whitlatch - "white path" or "white stream" (Old English)

[thegayfangrrl]

Killers I'd Like to Step On Me for Valentines Day

KILSOM Valentines (Round One)

Witches bracket:

the Grand High Witch (The Witches) vs. Zelda Spellman (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) Winifred Sanderson (Hocus Pocus) vs. Witch (Into the Woods) the Witch (The Witch) vs. Fiona Goode (American Horror Story Coven) Jadis (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) vs. Melisandre (Game of Thrones)

Vampires bracket:

Carmilla von Karnstein (Carmilla) vs. Father Paul (Midnight Mass) Count Dracula (Dracula) vs. Armand (Interview with the Vampire) Eve (Only Lovers Left Alive) vs. Miriam Blaylock (The Hunger) Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Lady Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil)

Brains bracket:

Villanelle (Killing Eve) vs. Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal) Lucille Sharpe (Crimson Peak) vs. Dexter Morgan (Dexter) Annie Wilkes (Misery) vs. John Kramer (Saw) Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek) vs. Harley Quinn (DC Comics)

Slashers bracket:

Norman Bates (Psycho) vs. Michael Myers (Halloween) Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) vs. Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) Angela Baker (Sleepaway Camp) vs. Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) Ghostface (Scream) vs. Pearl (Pearl)

Machines bracket:

HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey) vs. WOPR (WarGames) GLaDOS (Portal) vs. Hexadecimal (ReBoot) Number Six (Battlestar Galactica) vs. Skynet (The Terminator) the Puppeteer (Ghost in the Shell) vs. the Red Queen (Resident Evil)

Fairytales bracket:

Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty) vs. Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians) Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove) vs. Scar (The Lion King) Jafar (Aladdin) vs. Chernobog (Fantasia) Ursula (The Little Mermaid) vs. Shan Yu (Mulan)

Kaiju braket:

Mothra (Mothra) vs. Kong (King Kong) Godzilla (Godzilla) vs. Clover (Cloverfield) the Shark (Jaws) vs. Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters) Crocodile (Crocodile) vs. Sandworm (Dune)

Aliens bracket:

Venom (Marvel Comics) vs. Predator (Predator) Ra (Stargate) vs. Xenomorph Queen (Alien) Jean Jacket (Nope) vs. Rose Quartz (Steven Universe) Pennywise (It) vs. The Master (Doctor Who)

[jazztidbits]

Angel Eyes (Remastered)

Lead Vocal: Nancy Wilson Conductor: Oliver Nelson Bass ( Vocal): Charles Buster Williams Piano: Donn Trenner Drums, Vibraphone, Percussion: Hal Blaine Violin: Harry Bluestone Alto Saxophone: Frank Strozier Violin: Louis Kaufman Harp: Ann Mason Stockton Viola: Alvin Dinkin Alto Saxophone, Flute: Bill Green Violin: Sidney Sharp Cello: Raphael Kramer Viola: Louis Kievman Violin: Jacques Gasselin Violin: Victor Arno Violin: Marshall Sosson Violin: James Getzoff Violin: Edward Bergman Tenor Saxophone, Flute: Gene Cipriano Baritone Saxophone, Flute: Ernie Snell Guitar: Joe Gibbons Violin: Lou Haderman Viola: Samuel Boghossian Cello: Anne Goodman Cello: Gloria Strassner Cello: Igor Roroshevsky

[prasa-koval]

77) Quadrant - konserwatywne australijskie czasopismo literackie, kulturalne i polityczne, które publikuje zarówno wersje internetowe, jak i drukowane. Od 2019 r. Quadrant publikuje głównie komentarze, eseje i artykuły publicystyczne na tematy kulturalne, polityczne i historyczne, chociaż recenzuje również literaturę i publikuje poezję i beletrystykę w wydaniu drukowanym. Jego linia redakcyjna jest samookreślona jako „stronniczość w kierunku wolności kulturowej, antytotalitaryzmu i klasycznego liberalizmu”.

Czasopismo zostało założone w Sydney w 1956 roku przez Richarda Krygiera, polskiego uchodźcę żydowskiego, który był aktywny w polityce socjaldemokratycznej w Europie, i Jamesa McAuleya, katolickiego poetę, znanego z antymodernistycznego oszustwa Erna Malleya. Początkowo było inicjatywą Australijskiego Komitetu Wolności Kultury, australijskiego ramienia Kongresu Wolności Kultury, antykomunistycznej grupy adwokackiej finansowanej przez CIA. Nazwę Quadrant zaproponował wydawca Alec Bolton, mąż poetki Rosemary Dobson (odmówiła dołączenia do rady redakcyjnej Quadrant, nie chcąc być postrzeganą jako „część prawicy”). Miało wielu znaczących współpracowników, w tym:

Lesa Murraya - był jego redaktorem literackim od 1990 do 2019 r.

Peter Ryan - pisał felietony od 1994 do 2015 r.

Heinz Arndt

Sir Garfield Barwick

Frank Brennan

Ian Callinan

Hal Colebatch

Peter Coleman

Sir Zelman Cowen

Anthony Daniels

Joe Dolce

David Flint

Lord Harris of High Cross

Paul Hasluck

Dyson Heydon

Sidney Hook

A. D. Hope

Barry Humphries

Clive James

John Kerr

Michael Kirby

Frank Knopfelmacher

Peter Kocan

Christopher Koch

Andrew Lansdown

John Latham

Douglas Murray

Patrick O'Brien

Sharon Olds

George Pell

Pierre Ryckmans

Roger Sandall

Roger Scruton

Clement Semmler

Greg Sheridan

James Spigelman

Sir Ninian Stephen

Tom Switzer

Alexander Voltz

także kilku polityków Partii Pracy i Partii Liberalnej, w tym Bob Hawke

John Howard

Tony Abbott

Mark Latham

John Wheeldon.

Po opublikowaniu raportu Bringing Them Home z 1997 r. na temat Pokoleń Skradzionych, Quadrant opublikował szereg artykułów krytykujących metodologię i wnioski raportu. Profesor Robert Manne, który był redaktorem magazynu w latach 1990–1997, twierdził, że odpowiedź rządu Howarda na Bringing Them Home była pod wpływem stanowiska Quadrant i „zgodna z nim”. Od 2017 r. komentatorzy opisują magazyn jako mający silne prawicowe uprzedzenia, a nawet angażujący się w ekstremizm. W tygodniu po zamachu bombowym na Manchester Arena redaktor internetowy Quadrant, Roger Franklin napisał artykuł zatytułowany „The Manchester Bomber's ABC Pals”, odnosząc się do programu telewizyjnego Q&A stacji ABC. W nim napisał: „Gdyby wymierzono choć odrobinę sprawiedliwości, eksplozja wybuchłaby w studiu telewizyjnym Ultimo” i „...żadna z prawdopodobnych ofiar komisji nie stanowiłaby najmniejszego uszczerbku dla inteligencji, przyzwoitości, empatii lub uczciwości ludzkości”. Dyrektor zarządzająca ABC, Michelle Guthrie wezwała do „usunięcia artykułu i przeprosin za niego”. Redaktor naczelny Quadrant, Keith Windschuttle przyznał, że artykuł był „nieumiarkowany” i stanowił „poważny błąd w ocenie sytuacji” i przeprosił za wyrządzoną obrazę. Artykuł został usunięty ze strony internetowej.

W październiku 1992 roku Dame Leonie Kramer, wówczas przewodnicząca zarządu magazynu, omówiła „głębokie wartości” Quadrantu:

„wewnętrzna wartość wolności kulturalnej i intelektualnej oraz dociekliwości...”

„wolności kulturalne i intelektualne, a w zasadzie wolności negatywne, zależą od obfitości autonomicznych instytucji i otwartego społeczeństwa...”

„demokracja polityczna... wsparcie dla konkretnych instytucji demokratycznych i kultura akceptująca pokojowe i demokratyczne sposoby rządzenia i zmiany rządu...”

„demokracja liberalna, czyli demokracja szanująca wolność jednostki... nalega, aby rząd był ograniczony: przez innych posiadaczy zasobów politycznych i ekonomicznych, przez prawnie chronioną własność prywatną, przez wolne media, a przede wszystkim przez rządy prawa, czyli powściągliwość i ukierunkowanie władzy przez prawo...”

„cnoty i powszechnie mądrość, niesione przez tradycje w życiu społecznym i moralnym... Nie udawał, że tradycje mają wszystkie odpowiedzi lub że należy je traktować z bezkrytycznym szacunkiem... Zalecał jednak, aby... długo ugruntowane praktyki moralne i społeczne były traktowane z szacunkiem i ostrożnością”.

„porządek gospodarczy, w którym rynkom pozwala się działać – w ramach rządów prawa (i w ramach praw własności) – jako źródłom informacji, składnikom i zwolennikom wolności oraz ułatwianiu konkurencyjnej przedsiębiorczości prywatnej i indywidualnego wyboru...”.

W 2007 roku redaktor naczelny Quadrantu opisał misję organizacji w następujący sposób:

"Bronić wielkiej tradycji wolnej i otwartej debaty, umożliwić sprzeciw, a jednocześnie nalegać na zarówno cywilizowany dyskurs, jak i racjonalną argumentację. Ta misja nie jest taka sama jak przy zakładaniu Quadrantu, ale nie jest odmienna. Bo chociaż komunistycznej dyktatury już nie ma, miłość do antydemokratycznych dyktatorów wciąż przetrwała wśród wielu intelektualistów, podobnie jak ich determinacja do narzucania własnych dziwnych przekonań całej populacji".

W marcu 2008 r. magazyn opisywał siebie jako sceptycznie nastawiony do „bezmyślnej lewicy, poprawności politycznej i jej 'śmierdzących małych ortodoksji'”. Stały współpracownicy często popierają teorie spiskowe, takie jak ta, że ​​Covid-19 ma łagodny wpływ, że globalne ocieplenie to mistyfikacja, a wybory w USA w 2020 r. były oszustwem. Od listopada 2019 r. magazyn określa się jako „najbardziej otwarta publikacja w Australii”, podczas gdy na jego stronie głównej znajdują się artykuły krytykujące klimatologów, ABC i „triumfalny antyklerykalizm lewicy”.

W styczniu 2009 r. Quadrant nieświadomie opublikował artykuł będący oszustwem. Jego autorka, pisarka, redaktorka i aktywistka Katherine Wilson oświadczyła, że ​​jej celem było wykazanie, że magazyn i redaktor Keith Windschuttle mają prawicowe poglądy polityczne. Wilson twierdziła, że ​​Windschuttle i Quadrant opublikują niedokładny artykuł i nie sprawdzą jego przypisów ani autentyczności, jeśli spełni on jego uprzedzenia. Używając pseudonimu „biotechnolog dr Sharon Gould”, Wilson przesłała artykuł, w którym twierdziła, że ​​CSIRO planowało produkcję upraw żywności modyfikowanych genetycznie przy użyciu ludzkich genów.

Redaktorzy:

1956–1967 James McAuley - poeta katolicki

1964–1966 Donald Horne - pisarz

1967–1988 Peter Coleman - pisarz, dziennikarz i były polityk z Nowej Południowej Walii i Partii Liberalnej na szczeblu federalnym

1988–1989 Roger Sandall - pisarz, antropolog, starszy wykładowca na Uniwersytecie w Sydney

1990–1997 Robert Manne - wykładowca na Uniwersytecie La Trobe; zrezygnował po wielokrotnych sporach z redakcją magazynu

1997–2007 Paddy McGuinness - dziennikarz i samookreślony przeciwnik

2008–2015 Keith Windschuttle - pisarz i historyk

2015–2017 John O'Sullivan - doradca polityczny i redaktor

2017–2024 Keith Windschuttle - pisarz i historyk

2024– Rebecca Weisser - dziennikarz.

Zespół redakcyjny:

Redaktor, magazyn Quadrant: Rebecca Weisser

Redaktor międzynarodowy, magazyn Quadrant: John O'Sullivan

Redaktor, Quadrant Online: Roger Franklin

Redaktor literacki: Barry Spurr

Redaktor muzyczny: Alexander Voltz

Zastępca redaktora naczelnego: George Thomas.

[xoxo-gossipgirlrp]

Here’s a list of everyone who is doing the sentence starters the week of August 14th to the end of the month:

Elise van der Woodsen

Hal Williams

Vivienne Barnes

Jay Hamilton

Obie Bergmann

Carter Baizen

Asher Kramer

[chorusfm]

Allen Ginsberg – “Don’t Grow Old” (Song Premiere)

Today is a great day to share the news that Allen Ginsberg has returned with a new single called “Don’t Grow Old.” The newly reissued double album of The Lion For Real is available starting today. With equal parts spoken word, jazz, rock, and ambient, this beautiful record was originally produced by Hal Willner, and features musicians like Mark Bingham, Bill Frisell, Kramer, Arto Lindsay, Marc Ribot. I was also able to catch up with one of the collaborators, Kramer, for a brief interview below. https://chorus.fm/features/allen-ginsberg-dont-grow-old-song-premiere/

[this-week-in-rust]

This Week in Rust 501

Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. This is a weekly summary of its progress and community. Want something mentioned? Tag us at @ThisWeekInRust on Twitter or @ThisWeekinRust on mastodon.social, or send us a pull request. Want to get involved? We love contributions.

This Week in Rust is openly developed on GitHub and archives can be viewed at this-week-in-rust.org. If you find any errors in this week's issue, please submit a PR.

Updates from Rust Community

Official

Improved API tokens for crates.io

Project/Tooling Updates

rust-analyzer changelog #187

Youki v0.1.0 has been released for use with Kubernetes and more

Build Zellij WebAssembly (Rust) plugins for your Terminal

Slint 1.1 Released with additional Royalty-Free License

Exograph: Declarative GraphQL backends with a Rust-powered runtime

Nutype v0.3

Observations/Thoughts

Rust fact vs. fiction: 5 Insights from Google's Rust journey in 2022

Escaping Macrophages

Code coverage in Rust

[video] Verus - Verified Rust for low-level systems code by Andrea Lattuada

[audio] Daily with Kwindla Hultman Kramer :: Rustacean Station

[audio] Fish Folk with Erlend Sogge Heggen :: Rustacean Station

Rust Walkthroughs

Serde Errors When Deserializing Untagged Enums Are Bad - But Easy to Make Better

Blowing up my compile times for dubious benefits

Walk-Through: Prefix Ranges in Rust, a Surprisingly Deep Dive

ESP32 Embedded Rust at the HAL: Remote Control Peripheral

Auto-Generating & Validating OpenAPI Docs in Rust: A Streamlined Approach with Utoipa and Schemathesis

[video] Writing a Rust-based ring buffer

[video] Supercharge your I/O in Rust with io_uring

[video] Graph Traversal with Breadth-First Search in Rust

[video] Nine Rules for Writing Python Extensions in Rust | PyData Seattle 2023

Research

Friend or Foe Inside? Exploring In-Process Isolation to Maintain Memory Safety for Unsafe Rust

Agile Development of Linux Schedulers with Ekiben

Miscellaneous

How to Deploy Cross-Platform Rust Binaries with GitHub Actions

Crate of the Week

This week's crate is Parsel, an easy to use parser generator.

Thanks to jacg for the suggestion!

Please submit your suggestions and votes for next week!

Call for Participation

Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but did not know where to start? Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!

Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.

RustQuant - Issue 56: Implementing Logistic Regression: weights matrix becomes singular.

RustQuant - Issue 30: Error handling for the library.

RustQuant - Issue 22: Pricing model calibration module.

RustQuant - Issue 14: Add/improve documentation (esp. math related docs).

RustQuant - Issue 57: Increase test coverage (chore).

Ockam - Add API endpoint to retrieve the project's version

Ockam - Validate the credential before storing it

Ockam - Update CLI documentation for lease commands

Send File - create hotspot on Linux operating system

Send File - Get device storage information (used disk size and total memory)

Send File - Create hotspot on Windows Operating system

Send File - Use Tauri store plugin to persist app data

mirrord - Alert user when running on OpenShift

mirrord - Add integration test for listening on the same port again after closing

If you are a Rust project owner and are looking for contributors, please submit tasks here.

Updates from the Rust Project

400 pull requests were merged in the last week

syntactically accept become expressions (explicit tail calls experiment)

hir: Add Become expression kind (explicit tail calls experiment)

add esp-idf missing targets

accept ReStatic for RPITIT

account for sealed traits in privacy and trait bound errors

add support for NetBSD/aarch64-be (big-endian arm64)

always register sized obligation for argument

better error for non const PartialEq call generated by match

don't ICE on unnormalized struct tail in layout computation

don't structurally resolve during method ambiguity in probe

don't substitute a GAT that has mismatched generics in OpaqueTypeCollector

expose compiler-builtins-weak-intrinsics feature for -Zbuild-std

fix return type notation associated type suggestion when -Zlower-impl-trait-in-trait-to-assoc-ty

fix return type notation errors with -Zlower-impl-trait-in-trait-to-assoc-ty

add cfg diagnostic for unresolved import error

inline before merging cgus

liberate bound vars properly when suggesting missing async-fn-in-trait

make closure_saved_names_of_captured_variables a query

make queries traceable again

merge BorrowKind::Unique into BorrowKind::Mut

sort the errors from arguments checking so that suggestions are handled properly

suggest correct signature on missing fn returning RPITIT/AFIT

support Apple tvOS in libstd

test the cargo args generated by bootstrap.py

use ErrorGuaranteed instead of booleans in rustc_builtin_macros

various impl trait in assoc tys cleanups

warn on unused offset_of!() result

fix: generalize types before generating built-in Normalize clauses

support FnPtr trait

miri: mmap/munmap/mremamp shims

Default: Always inline primitive data types

add alloc::rc::UniqueRc

make {Arc, Rc, Weak}::ptr_eq ignore pointer metadata

alter Display for Ipv6Addr for IPv4-compatible addresses

fix windows Socket::connect_timeout overflow

specialize StepBy<Range<{integer}>>

implement PartialOrd for Vecs over different allocators

implement Sync for mpsc::Sender

cargo: Support cargo Cargo.toml

cargo: add .toml file extension restriction for -Zconfig-include

cargo: allow embedded manifests in all commands

rustdoc: partially fix invalid files creation

rustdoc: fix union fields display

rustdoc: handle assoc const equalities in cross-crate impl-Trait-in-arg-pos

rustdoc: render the body of associated types before the where-clause

rustfmt: handling of numbered markdown lists

rustfmt: implement let-else formatting (finally!)

clippy: borrow_as_ptr: Ignore temporaries

clippy: format_push_string: look through match and if expressions

clippy: get_unwrap: include a borrow in the suggestion if argument is not an integer literal

clippy: items_after_test_module: Ignore in-proc-macros items

clippy: ptr_arg: Don't lint when return type uses Cow's lifetime

clippy: single_match: don't lint if block contains comments

clippy: type_repetition_in_bounds: respect MSRV for combining bounds

clippy: allow safety comment above attributes

clippy: avoid linting extra_unused_type_parameters on procedural macros

clippy: check if if conditions always evaluate to true in never_loop

clippy: don't lint excessive_precision on inf

clippy: don't lint iter_nth_zero in next

clippy: lint mem_forget if any fields are Drop

rust-analyzer: feature: assist delegate impl

rust-analyzer: fix some unsizing problems in mir

rust-analyzer: skip mutable diagnostics on synthetic bindings

rust-analyzer: support manual impl of fn traits in mir interpreter

rust-analyzer: support more intrinsics in mir interpreter

Rust Compiler Performance Triage

Relatively quiet week outside of a large win on one incremental benchmark in a regression test (i.e., not real world code). Bimodality in a number of benchmarks continues to be an issue.

Triage done by @simulacrum. Revision range: b9d608c9..b5e51db

5 Regressions, 6 Improvements, 3 Mixed; 5 of them in rollups

44 artifact comparisons made in total

Full report here

Approved RFCs

Changes to Rust follow the Rust RFC (request for comments) process. These are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:

No RFCs were approved this week.

Final Comment Period

Every week, the team announces the 'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a decision. Express your opinions now.

RFCs

No RFCs entered Final Comment Period this week.

Tracking Issues & PRs

[disposition: close] Tracking issue for std::default::default()

[disposition: merge] Create unnecessary_send_constraint lint for &(dyn ... + Send)

[disposition: merge] Change default panic handler message format.

[disposition: close] MSVC and rustc disagree on minimum stack alignment on x86 Windows

[disposition: merge] style-guide: Add chapter about formatting for nightly-only syntax

[disposition: merge] rustdoc: Allow whitespace as path separator like double colon

[disposition: merge] Add internal_features lint

[disposition: merge] Don't require associated types with Self: Sized bounds in dyn Trait objects

[disposition: merge] Return Ok on kill if process has already exited

New and Updated RFCs

No New or Updated RFCs were created this week.

Call for Testing

An important step for RFC implementation is for people to experiment with the implementation and give feedback, especially before stabilization. The following RFCs would benefit from user testing before moving forward:

eRFC: single-file packages ("cargo script") integration

Testing steps

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Rust for Mission-Critical AI: A Journey into Healthcare's Safest Language

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Crafting Interpreters in Rust Collaboratively

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[larryland]

REVIEW: "Time Flies and Other Comedies" at Barrington Stage

REVIEW: “Time Flies and Other Comedies” at Barrington Stage

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Famous July 10, 2022 birthdays:

Bishop Ernest Bertrand Boland (American Catholic bishop), 97

John Glenn (American baseball player), 94

Sr. Margaret McEntee (American Catholic nun & teacher), 87

Robert Pine (American actor), 81

Hal McRae (American baseball player), 77

Arlo Guthrie (American singer & songwriter), 75

Glenn Resch (Canadian hockey player & sportscaster), 74

Tommy Bowden (American football coach), 68

Andre Dawson (American baseball player), 68

Fiona Shaw Daraniyagala (Irish actress), 64

Urban Meyer III (American football coach), 58

Marty Cordova (American baseball player), 53

Adam Foote (Canadian hockey player), 51

Sofía Vergara Manganiello (Colombian-American actress & model)(pictured), 50

Peter Serafinowicz (British actor & director), 50

Andrew Firestone (American businessman), 47

Alain Nasreddine (Canadian hockey player & coach), 47

Elijah Allman (American singer & guitarist), 46

Chiwetel Ejiofor (British actor & director), 45

Cláudia Leite Pedreira (Brazilian singer & tv host), 42

Doug Kramer (Filipino basketball player), 39

B.J. Crombeen (American hockey player), 37

Antonio Brown (American football player), 34

Heather Hemmens (American actress & director), 34

Trent Richardson (American football player), 32

April Ivy (Portuguese singer & songwriter), 23

Isabela Moner aka Isabela Merced (American actress & singer), 21

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That’s Guillaume Apollinaire‘s face on the cover of  Kramer‘s new Shimmy Disc release (due out next month) Words & Music Book One, a poetry-and-music album, inspired by the old Dial-A-Poem records of John Giorno and dedicated to the late great Hal Willner The record features spoken-word pieces by Allen, (“At Apollinaire’s Grave”), Gregory Corso,(“Army”) Terry Southern (“Surrealist Dialogue”), and many others, all of them set to ambient music composed by Kramer, music which he describes as “liquid foundations for the words to float upon”. “The music must never come between the listener, and the words. The words come first.” #GuillaumeApollinaire #AllenGinsberg #kramer #TerrySouthern #shimmydisc @shimmydisc #wordsandmusicbookone #michaelminzer #halwillner #apollinaire #johnGiorno https://www.instagram.com/p/CVoOzfMPgkm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Master Post: 80s Movies on Movie RX Pt. 1

Doomed Love (1983) dir. Andrew Horn

Daughter of the Nile (1987) dir. Hsiao-Hsien Hou

What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) dir. Pedro Almodóvar

The Unbelievable Truth (1989) dir. Hal Hartley

Modern Girls (1986) dir. Jerry Kramer

Death Shadows (1986) dir. Hideo Gosha

Do the Right Thing (1989) dir. Spike Lee

Streets of Fire (1984) directed by Walter Hill

Fancy Dance (1989) dir. Masayuki Suo

The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988) dir. Ron Nyswaner

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Best Movies Of The Year 1980 - Top 20 Films Of 1980

What Are The Best Movies Of The Year 1980?

From New York to Los Angeles this is a question that will get a different answer from every person you ask. There were some great films in the 1980s, and 1980 started the decade off with a bang as a year full of innovation in every way throughout all of society, and it was the start of some exciting new techniques, technologies, and ideas in the film industry in particular with many movies from the year 1980 introducing revolutionary and pioneering cinematic visions. Many people think that some of the best 80s movies of the decade came out in 1980. In this article post, we will go through our top picks for the 20 best movies of 1980, you might be surprised to find out which movies made it on the list! 1) Kramer vs. Kramer In 1980, "Kramer vs. Kramer" was released and became a huge success at the box office. The movie starred Meryl Streep as Joanna Kramer, Dustin Hoffman as Ted Kramer, Jane Alexander as Marylin Jaffe-Jenson, and Justin Henry as Billy Kramer. This film won five Academy Awards in 1981 including Best Picture of 1979 or 1980. It also received nominations for best director (Robert Benton), best actor (Dustin Hoffman), and best-adapted screenplay based on another work (Erica Mann). It is now considered one of the most significant Hollywood films ever made about divorce because it provides nuance to both sides of an argument. 2) The Shining This iconic horror classic film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall was released in 1980. It is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name. The film has been ranked a number of times as one of the best horror movies ever made and is now considered to be one of Kubrick's best films. It was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Actor in Leading Role--Jack Nicholson) and won none at the time. The Shining also received nominations for Best Director - Stanley Kubrick), Best Adapted Screenplay--Steven Spielberg/Stanley Kubrick). Its reputation grew over time, eventually earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. 3) Being There Hal Ashby himself had been nominated for an Academy Award in 1971 with directing The Last Detail. It is a film that could be classified as both comedy and drama, but the emphasis on this 1980 release lies more on its comedic aspects. While it was not one of the most acclaimed films when it came out, many now consider Being There to be a classic film about society's relationship with television at the time. It offers commentary on economic inequality and how people are often reduced to simple archetypes who can easily fit into neat narratives for consumption purposes. 4) Time Bandits Time Bandits, a 1980 British fantasy film about adventure, was co-written by Terry Gilliam. It stars Sean Connery and John Cleese as well as Shelley Duvall and Ralph Richardson. Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm. Peter Vaughan and David Warner are also featured. It is a whimsical kids' movie with the fantasy adventure of time travel that has been ranked as one of the best movies ever made by many critics. Gilliam has referred to time bandits as first in his "Trilogy of Imagination", which includes Brazil (1985), and then The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (88). They all revolve around the "craziness and incoherence of our society, and the desire for escape through every means. These films all focus on the struggles and attempts to escape through imagination. Brazil is seen through the eyes of a young man, Time Bandits through a child's eyes, and Munchausen through an old man's eyes. Time Bandits, in particular, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. 5) Pennies from Heaven Quite a departure from his previous work, this film is much more lighthearted and comedic than the serious dramas of The Miracle Worker or Bonnie and Clyde. The plot revolves around Arthur Parker (Steve Martin), whose life becomes increasingly chaotic as he tries to juggle two jobs, an impending child custody battle for his daughter, and a demanding girlfriend who wants him to give up one job so that they can have some time together. 6) Airplane! This Leslie Nielsen instant comedy classic was one of the highest-grossing movies of 1980. The movie is about an airplane crew that must find a way to land their plane after food poisoning breaks out on board and the pilots become incapacitated, with only two inexperienced passengers who happen to be a doctor (Robert Hays) and a flight attendant (Julie Hagerty) qualified to land the plane. Airplane! was one of the most successful films at theaters in 1980 It had more than $83 million worth of ticket sales by year's end - it became one of Leslie Nielsen's most popular roles ever The film also helped launch Robert Hays' career as a leading man, though he later found greater success playing comedic supporting characters before retiring from acting. 7) The Empire Strikes Back One of the most famous of the 1980s movies, The Empire Strikes Back is remembered for its numerous plot twists and turns as well as introducing fan-favorite Yoda The film features Mark Hamill reprising his role as Luke Skywalker in this second installment of George Lucas' Star Wars series and it was the first star wars to be released on VHS. Featuring a mixture of live-action footage with high-quality animation from Japanese company Toho, it became one of the best critically acclaimed movies ever. In 1997, it won an American Film Institute award for being among the top 100 films since 1941. 8) Raging Bull 1980 was a strong year for movies, and Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is one of the most acclaimed action films to be released that year. It stars Robert De Niro in an Academy Award-winning performance as new york boxer Jake La Motta, who has a turbulent affair with Kim Basinger's Vickie. The film depicts how new york boxing served as both his escape from domestic abuse but also led him on a self-destruction path. In addition to being nominated for ten Oscars (including best picture), it won two including best actor for Robert de Niro and best director awards respectively. Released by United Artists, the movie has ranked among the top 100 American Films ever made according to AFI rankings. This release is considered one of the best films of the 80s by many critics. 9) Kagemusha One of the most interesting and well-made movies that 1980 has to offer, Kagemusha tells the story of a warlord who is critically injured and after being buried alive. The movie was directed by Akira Kurosawa and stars Tatsuya Nakadai in one of his best performances ever as both warrior leader Katsuyori Shibata and an imposter named Shingen Yashida. Released in Japan on April 20th, 1980, it became the second-highest-grossing film at the Japanese box office just behind The Return of Godzilla (1984). Kagemusha made its international debut at Cannes Film Festival's Directors Fortnight where it won two major awards: Special Jury Prize for Best Direction and Grand Prix du Festival International du Film - Art. 10) The Gods Must Be Crazy Part comedy, part drama, The Gods Must Be Crazy is a timeless classic. Released in 1980, the film follows Xi (N!xau), an out-of-touch bushman who lives happily with his family until he encounters Coca Cola for the first time and it changes their world forever. The premise of this movie makes us laugh because we can relate to how much more comfortable life was before modern society became so intricate that things like Coke began infiltrating every aspect of our lives. We're drawn into Xi's story as he goes from living peacefully with his tribe to being thrust into a completely different reality when they start hunting down any remaining cases of coca-cola at stores all over town! It also touches on some deeper themes such as the cultural modern world where his customs and rituals mean nothing. Xi's journey is our own as we watch the culture clash of modern society, with all its good intentions and never-ending thirst for new things to consume, come into contact with a simpler time that has long since passed by. The humorous film release was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but lost out to Italy’s Cinema Paradiso (1988). 11) Caddyshack Released in 1980 this classic comedy film by Harold Ramis is widely considered one of the funniest movies ever made by fans and critics alike. It features an amazing comedic all-star ensemble cast, including Chevy Chase as a rich playboy who turns caddie in order to get girls; Ted Knight as Judge Smails, who wants to keep his country club memberships exclusive and prestigious; Rodney Dangerfield as Ty Webb, a millionaire golfer-cum-caddy who has been banned from all other golf courses for being too good. Also featuring Bill Murray as Carl Spackler, the groundskeeper at Bushwood Country Club whose only goal seems to be killing off gophers with any weapon he can devise (including explosives); Michael O'Keefe as Danny Noonan, a young man hired by Judge Smails's daughter (Castle) to caddy for him; and Brian Doyle-Murray as Lou Loomis, the club's ultra-snobby head professional. 12) The Blues Brothers Another instant classic 1980 movie, The Blues Brothers are best known for its 1980 car chases. Starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Joliet Jake & Elwood Blues respectively, the two brothers who perform a blues show before being arrested by police. They break out of jail with their friends to save an orphanage from foreclosure through satanic cult leader sheik Abdul Khadaffi's "Elvis-Is-King" rally in Chicago Illinois on Mothers Day 1980 at noon. The film has been praised by audiences and critics alike for its music, screenplay, and performances but criticized for its lack of character development (most likely due to budget constraints). This was even acknowledged during production when director John Landis told cast members not to act too much because "no one is going to see this movie." The 1980 car chases are iconic and highly regarded by film critics. One of the most memorable moments in 1980 was when Elwood Blues while driving his 1980 Chevy Malibu, spots a cat on the front fender as he's being chased by police officers from Illinois State Troopers who try to arrest him for not wearing seat belts (the law at that time). The chase ends with Jake & Elwood crashing into an old man sitting atop a 1980 Chevy Monte Carlo. After striking them, the cops then swerve quickly around their fallen comrade before continuing after our heroes. 13) 9 To 5 9 to 5 (listed in the opening credits as Nine to Five) is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Colin Higgins, who wrote the screenplay with Patricia Resnick. It stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with and overthrowing the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss, played by Dabney Coleman. The film grossed over $103.9 million and is the 20th-highest-grossing comedy film. As a star vehicle for Parton—already established as a successful singer, musician, and songwriter—it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture. A television series of the same name based on the film ran for five seasons, and a musical version of the film (also titled 9 to 5), with new songs written by Parton, opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009. 9 to 5 is number 74 on the American Film Institute's "100 Funniest Movies" and has an 83% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. 14) Smokey And The Bandit 2 Smokey and the Bandit 2 Is a 1980 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, And Dom DeLuise. This film is a sequel to 1977's film Smokey and the Bandit. The original release of the film was in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia. Bo "Bandit", Darville (Burt Reynolds), and Cledus "Snowman," Snow (Jerry Reed) transport an elephant to the GOP National Convention. Sheriff Buford T. Justice, Jackie Gleason (Jackie Gleason), is once more in hot pursuit. 15) Superman 2 Superman II, a 1980 superhero movie directed by Richard Lester, is written by Mario Puzo, David, and Leslie Newman and is based on a story by Puzo about the DC Comics character Superman. It features Gene Hackman and Terence Stamp, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, and Sarah Douglas. The film was first released in Australia and Europe on December 4, 1980. It was also released in other countries during 1981. Megasound is a high-impact surround sound system that's similar to Sensurround and was used for select premiere Superman II engagements. The Salkinds decided in 1977 that they would simultaneously film Superman and its sequel. Principal photography began in March 1977 and ended in October 1978. There were tensions between Richard Donner, the original director, and the producers. It was decided to stop filming the sequel (of which 75 percent was already completed) and instead finish the first film. After the December 1978 release of Superman, Donner was fired from his post as director and was replaced by Lester. Many cast members and crew members declined to return following Donner's firing. Lester was officially acknowledged as the director. Principal photography resumed in September 1979 and ended in March 1980. Film critics gave the film positive reviews, praising the performances of Reeve, Stamp, and Hackman as well as the visual effects and humor. The film grossed $190million against a $54 million production budget. 16) Friday The 13th Friday the 13th, 1980 American slasher movie, is directed and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. Written by Victor Miller, it stars Betsy Palmer and Adrienne King. The plot centers on a group of teenager camp counselors, who are each murdered by an unknown killer as they attempt to reopen an abandoned summer camp. Cunningham, inspired by John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) success, put out an advertisement in Variety to sell the film. Miller was still writing the screenplay. Filming began in New York City after casting the film. It was shot in New Jersey during summer 1979 on an estimated budget of $550,000. The finished film was the subject of a bidding war. Paramount Pictures won domestic distribution rights while Warner Bros. Pictures took European rights. Friday the 13th, which was released on May 9, 1980, was a huge box office hit, earning $59.8 million globally. The film received mixed reviews, some praised its cinematography, score, and performances while others criticized it for depicting graphic violence. It was the first independent film of its type to be distributed in the U.S. by major studios. The film's box office success led it to many sequels, a crossover film with A Nightmare on Elm Street, and a reboot of the series in 2009. 17) Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is a 1980 space opera film directed and produced by Mike Hodges. It was based on Alex Raymond's King Features comic strip. The film stars Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson as well as Max von Sydow, Max von Sydow, Max von Sydow, and Topol. Topol is supported by Timothy Dalton and Mariangela Melato. Peter Wyngarde plays the role of Peter Wyngarde. The film features Flash Gordon (Jones), a star quarterback, and his friends Dale Arden and Hans Zarkov (Topol), as they unify the warring factions on the planet Mongo to resist the oppression by Ming the Merciless (von Sydow), a man who wants to destroy Earth. Producer Dino De Laurentiis had been involved in two comic book adaptations: Danger: Diabolik and Barbarella (both 1968). He had also previously worked on Danger. De Laurentiis declined a George Lucas directorial offer, a Star Wars version directed by Federico Fellini was also rejected. De Laurentiis hired Nicolas Roeg as director and Enter the Dragon writer Michael Allin as the lead developer on the film. They were replaced in 1977 by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and Hodges, who had written De Laurentiis’ remake of King Kong, this was due to Roeg's dissatisfaction. Flash Gordon was mostly shot in England, with several soundstages at Elstree Studios and Shepperton Studios. It uses a camp style that is similar to the 1960s TV series Batman, which Semple created. Jones quit the film before principal photography was overdue to a dispute between De Laurentiis and Jones. Much of Jones's dialogue was dubbed by Peter Marinker. The documentary Life After Flash examines the main subjects of Jones' departure and his career after it was released. It is known for its Queen-inspired musical score, which features orchestral sections by Howard Blake. Flash Gordon was a box-office success in Italy and the United Kingdom, but it did poorly in other markets. The film received generally positive reviews upon its initial release and has since developed a large cult following. There have been many attempts at sequels or reboots, but none of them have ever made it to production. 18) Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Cheech and Chong's Next Movie, a 1980 comedy film by Tommy Chong, is the second feature-length Cheech & Chong project, after Up in Smoke. It was released by Universal Pictures. Cheech and Chong go on a mission: siphon gasoline to their neighbor's car. They then continue their day. Cheech works at a movie theater, while Chong looks for something to smoke (a roach). Then Chong revs up his indoor motorcycle and plays loud rock music that disrupts the neighborhood. Cheech is fired and the couple goes to Donna, Cheech's girlfriend, and welfare officer. Cheech seduces Donna over her objections and gets her in trouble with her boss. 19) Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter, a 1980 American musical biographical film, was directed by Michael Apted and based on a screenplay by Tom Rickman. The film follows Loretta Lynn's rise to stardom as a country singer, starting in her teen years with a poor family. The film is based on Lynn's 1976 biography by George Vecsey. Read the full article

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Celebrity Deaths 2020

JANUARY Lexii Alijai - Jan. 1 (Rapper) Nick Gordon - Jan. 1 (Reality Star) Carlos De Leon - Jan. 1 (Boxer) Don Larsen - Jan. 1 (Baseball Player) Sam Wyche - Jan. 2 (Football Coach) John Baldessari - Jan. 2 (Conceptual Artist) Derek Acorah - Jan. 3 (TV Show Host) Gene Reynolds - Jan. 3 (Director) Andrea Arruti - Jan. 3 (Voice Actress) Walter Learning - Jan. 5 (Director) Ria Irawan - Jan. 6 (Movie Actress) Neil Peart - Jan. 7 (Drummer) Silvio Horta - Jan. 7 (Screenwriter) Elizabeth Wurtzel - Jan. 7 (Novelist) Harry Hains - Jan. 7 (TV Actor) *Edd Byrnes - Jan. 8 (TV Actor) Buck Henry - Jan. 8 (Screenwriter) Maxie - Jan. 8 (YouTube Star) Alexis Eddy - Jan. 9 (Reality Star) Brian James - Jan. 10 (Rugby Player) Stan Kirsch - Jan. 11 (TV Actor) La Parka - Jan. 12 (Wrestler) Rocky Johnson - Jan. 15 (Wrestler) *Dwayne Johnson's Dad* Christopher Tolkien - Jan. 16 (Novelist) David Olney - Jan. 18 (Folk Singer) Bubby Jones - Jan. 18 (Race Car Driver) Joe Shishido - Jan. 18 (Movie Actor) Jimmy Heath - Jan. 19 (Saxophonist) Terry Jones - Jan. 21 (Comedian) Jim Lehrer - Jan. 2(Journalist) Gudrun Pausewang - Jan. 23 (Young Adult Author) Jim Lehrer - Jan. 23 (Journalist) Clayton Christensen - Jan. 23 (Non-Fiction Author) Sean Reinert - Jan. 24 (Drummer) Rob Rensenbrink - Jan. 24 (Soccer Player) **Kobe Bryant - Jan. 26 (Basketball Player) *Gianna Bryant - Jan. 26 (Family Member) *Kobe's Daughter* Bob Shane - Jan. 26 (Rock Singer) John Altobelli - Jan. 26 (Baseball Manager) Keri Altobelli - Jan. 26 (Family Member) Jack Burns - Jan. 27 (Comedian) Harriet Frank Jr. - Jan. 28 (Screenwriter) Nicholas Parsons - Jan. 28 (TV Show Host) Tofig Gasimov - Jan. 29 (Politician) John Andretti - Jan. 30 (Race Car Driver) Fred Silverman - Jan. 30 (TV Producer) Mary Higgins Clark - Jan. 31 (Novelist) Anne Cox Chambers - Jan. 31 (Entrepreneur) 

FEBRUARY Gene Reynolds - Feb. 3 (Director) Nadia Lutfi - Feb. 4 (Movie Actress) Kamau Brathwaite - Feb. 4 (Poet) Kirk Douglas - Feb. 5 (Movie Actor) Beverly Pepper - Feb. 5 (Sculptor) *Raphael Coleman - Feb. 6 (Movie Actor) Jhon Jairo Velásquez - Feb. 6 (Criminal) Orson Bean - Feb. 7 (Movie Actor) Paula Kelly - Feb. 8 (Stage Actress) Robert Conrad - Feb. 8 (TV Actor) Qing Han - Feb. 8 (Illustrator) Keelin Shanley - Feb. 8 (Journalist) Mirella Freni - Feb. 9 (Opera Singer) Abam Bocey - Feb. 10 (Comedian) Lyle Mays - Feb. 10 (Planist) Louis-Edmond Hamelin - Feb. 11 (Non-Fiction Author) Jamie Gilson - Feb. 11 (Children's Author) Hamish Milne - Feb. 12 (Pianist) Jimmy Thunder - Feb. 13 (Boxer) Lynn Cohen - Feb. 14 (Movie Actress) Esther Scott - Feb. 14 (Voice Actress) John Shrapnel - Feb. 14 (Movie Actor) Caroline Flack - Feb. 15 (TV Show Host) Amie Harwick - Feb. 15 (Doctor) Vatroslav Mimica - Feb. 15 (Director) Jason Davis - Feb. 16 (Voice Actor) Zoe Caldwell - Feb. 16 (Stage Actress) Tony Fernandez - Feb. 16 (Baseball Player) Frances Cuka - Feb. 16 (TV Actress) Harry Gregg - Feb. 16 (Soccer Player) Ja'net Dubois - Feb. 17 (TV Actress) Owen Bieber - Feb. 17 (Activist) Charles Portis - Feb. 17 (Novelist) Lindsey Lagestee - Feb. 18 (Country Singer) Ashraf Sinclair - Feb. 18 (Movie Actor) Pop Smoke - Feb. 19 (Rapper) Jose Mojica Marins - Feb. 19 (Director) Gust Graas - Feb. 19 (Painter) Lisel Mueller - Feb. 21 (Poet) Tao Porchon-Lynch - Feb. 21 (Fitness Instructor) Katherine Johnson - Feb. 24 (Mathematician) Clive Cussler - Feb. 24 (Oceanographer) David Roback - Feb. 24 (Guitarist) Ben Cooper - Feb. 24 (Movie Actor) Mario Bunge - Feb. 24 (Philosopher) Jahn Teigen - Feb. 24 (Pop Singer) Dieter Laser - Feb. 29 (Movie Actor)

MARCH Jack Welch - March 1 (Entrepreneur) James Lipton - March 2 (TV Producer) Roscoe Born - March 3 (Soap Opera Actor) Nicholas Tucci - March 3 (Movie Actor) Roscoe Born - March 3 (Soap Opera Actor) Javier Perez De Cuellar - March 4 (Politician) Marnie the Dog  - March 5 (Dog) Danny Tidwell - March 6 (Dancer) McCoy Tyner - March 6 (Pianist) Henri Richard - March 6 (Hockey Player) Mart Crowley - March 7 (Playwright) Max Von Sydow - March 8 (Movie Actor) **Cookie Pansino - March 8 (Dog) Josie Harris - March 9 (Reality Star) Lorenzo Brino - March 9 (TV Actor) Eric Taylor - March 9 (Country Singer) Beba Selimovic - March 10 (Folk Singer) Josie Harris - March 10 (Reality Star) Michel Roux - March 11 (Chef) Charles Wuorinen - March 11 (Composer) Genesis P-Orridge - March 14 (Rock Singer) Roy Hudd - March 15 (Comedian) Wolf Kahn - March 15 (Painter) Stuart Whitman - March 16 (TV Actor) Roger Mayweather - March 17 (Boxer) Lyle Waggoner - March 17 (TV Actor) Alfred Worden - March 18 (Astronaut) Peter Whittingham - March 19 (Soccer Player) Kenny Rogers - March 20 (Country Singer) Pradip Kumar Banerjee - March 20 (Soccer Player) Mike Longo - March 21 (Pianist) Sol Kerzner - March 21 (Entrepreneur) Carmen De Mairena - March 22 (TV Actress) Serena Liu - March 22 (TV Actress) Stuart Gordon - March 24 (Screenwriter) Terrence McNally - March 24 (Playwright) Manu Dibango - March 24 (Saxophonist) Bill Rieflin - March 24 (Drummer) Floyd Cardoz - March 25 (Chef) Fred "Curly" Neal - March 26 (Basketball Player) Jimmy Wynn - March 26 (Baseball Player) Mark Blum - March 26 (Movie Actor) John Callahan - March 28 (Soap Opera Actor) Jan Howard - March 28 (Country Singer) Tom Coburn - March 28 (Politician) Linda Roper - March 28 (TikTok Star) Alan Merrill - March 29 (Rock Singer) Joe Diffie - March 29 (Country Singer) Krzysztof Penderecki - March 29 (Composer) Bill Withers - March 30 (Soul Singer) Tomie dePaola - March 30 (Children's Author) Andrew Jack - March 31 (Voice Actor) Smokinhottballz - March 31 (TikTok Star) Wallace Roney - March 31 (Trumpet Player)

APRIL Bucky Pizzarelli - April 1 (Guitarist) Ellis Marsalis Jr. - April 1 (Piantist) Adam Schlesinger - April 1 (Bassist) Eddie Large - April 2 (Comedian) Logan Williams - April 2 (TV Actor) Tom Dempsey - April 4 (Football Player) Shirley Douglas - April 5 (TV Actress) Honor Blackman - April 5 (Movie Actress) James Drury - April 6 (Movie Actor) Mac P Dawg - April 6 (Rapper) Earl G. Graves Sr. - April 6 (Entrepreneur) Al Kaline - April 6 (Baseball Player) Ital Samson - April 6 (Rapper) John Prine - April 7 (Country Singer) Hal Willner - April 7 (Music Producer) Allen Garfield - April 7 (Movie Actor) Mort Drucker - April 8 (Cartoonist) Chynna Rogers - April 8 (Rapper) Linda Tripp - April 8 (Politician) Glenn Fredly - April 8 (R&B Singer) Tarvaris Jackson - April 12 (Football Player) Tim Brooke-Taylor - April 12 (Comedian) Stirling Moss - April 12 (Race Car Driver) Luminor - April 12 (Rock Singer) Rick May - April 13 (Voice Actor) Brian Dennehy - April 15 (Stage Actor) Lee Konitz - April 15 (Saxophonist) Adam Alsing - April 15 (TV Show Host) Henry Grimes - April 15 (Bassist) Howard Finkel - April 16 (Sportscaster) Steve Cash - April 16 (YouTube Star) Jane Dee Hull - April 16 (Politician) Norman Hunter - April 17 (Soccer Player) Peter Beard - April 19 (Photographer) Tom Lester - April 20 (TV Actor) Derek Jones - April 21 (Guitarist) Jerry Bishop - April 21 (Radio Host) Laisenia Qarase - April 21 (Politician) Shirley Knight - April 22 (Movie Actress) Fred the Godson - April 23 (Rapper) Jace Prescott - April 23 (Family Member) *Dak Prescott's Brother* Harold Reid - April 24 (Country Singer) Per Olov Enquist - April 25 (Playwright) Aarón Hernán - April 26 (Soap Opera Actor) Ashley Ross - April 27 (Reality Star) Troy Sneed - April 27 (Gospel Singer) Nur Yerlitas - April 27 (Fashion Designer) Eavan Boland - April 27 (Poet) Mark Beech - April 27 (Non-Fiction Author) Jill Gascoine - April 28 (TV Actress) Yahya Hassan - April 29 (Poet) Irrfan Khan - April 29 (Movie Actor) Sam Lloyd - April 30 (TV Actor) Rishi Kapoor - April 30 (Movie Actor) Chuni Goswami - April 30 (Cricket Player)

MAY Matt Keough - May 1 (Baseball Player) Cady Groves - May 2 (Country Singer) Erwin Prasetya - May 2 (Bassist) Dave Greenfield - May 3 (Pianist) Don Shula - May 4 (Football Coach) Michael McClure - May 4 (Poet) Millie Small - May 5 (World Music Singer) Didi Kempot - May 5 (Pop Singer) Brian Howe - May 6 (Rock Singer) Florian Schneider - May 6 (Flute Player) Ben Chijioke - May 7 (Rapper) Andre Harrell - May 7 (Entrepreneur) *Roy Horn - May 8 (Magician) Percy Inglis - May 8 (Facebook Star) **Little Richard - May 9 (Rock Singer) Kristina Lugn - May 9 (Poet) **Corey La Barrie - May 10 (YouTube Star) Nick Blixky - May 10 (Rapper) Betty Wright - May 10 (R&B Singer) Jerry Stiller - May 11 (Movie Actor) Hutton Gibson - May 11 (Family Member) *Mel Gibson's Father* Michel Piccoli - May 12 (Movie Actor) *Gregory Tyree Boyce - May 13 (Movie Actor) Beckett Cypher - May 13 (Family Member) *Melissa Etheridge's Son* Rolf Hochhuth - May 13 (Playwright) Phyllis George - May 14 (Sportscaster) Fred Willard - May 15 (Movie Actor) Jorge Santana - May 15 (Guitarist) Lynn Shelton - May 15 (Screenwriter) El Chino Antrax - May 16 (Criminal) Shad Gaspard - May 17 (Wrestler) Ken Osmond - May 18 (TV Actor) Ravi Zacharias - May 19 (Religious Leader) Hagen Mills - May 19 (TV Actor) Jerry Sloan - May 22 (Basketball Coach) Mory Kante - May 22 (World Music Singer) Zara Abid - May 22 (Model) Eddie Sutton - May 23 (Basketball Coach) Hana Kimura - May 23 (Wrestler) Mota Jr - May 23 (Rapper) Jimmy Cobb - May 24 (Drummer) Anthony James - May 26 (TV Actor) Richard Herd - May 26 (TV Actor) Stanley Ho - May 26 (Entrepreneur) Larry Kramer - May 27 (Screenwriter) Houdini - May 27 (Rapper) Sam Johnson - May 27 (Politician) Bob Kulick - May 29 (Guitarist) Hassan Hosny - May 30 (Movie Actor) Blake Fly - May 30 (Instagram Star) Christo - May 31 (Painter)

JUNE Joey Image - June 1 (Drummer) Kailum O'Connor - June 1 (Snapchat Star) Chris Trousdale - June 2 (Pop Singer) Wes Unseld - June 2 (Basketball Player) Héctor Suárez - June 2 (Movie Actor) Mary Pat Gleason - June 2 (TV Actress) Bruce Jay Friedman - June 3 (Novelist) Steve Priest - June 4 (Bassist) Ybc Bam - June 4 (TikTok Star) Basu Chatterjee - June 4 (Director) Reche Caldwell - June 6 (Football Player) Chirru Sarja - June 7 (Movie Actor) Bonnie Pointer - June 8 (Rock Singer) Pierre Nkurunziza - June 8 (Politician) Ain Kaalep - June 9 (Poet) Paul Chapman - June 9 (Guitarist) Pau Donés - June 9 (Pop Singer) Jas Waters - June 9 (Screenwriter) George Canseco - June 12 (TikTok Star) Grandma Daisy - June 13 (Instagram Star) Sabiha Khanum - June 13 (Movie Actress) Sushant Singh Rajput - June 14 (Movie Actor) Yohan - June 16 (Pop Singer) Charles Webb - June 16 (Novelist) Eden Pastora - June 16 (Politician) Vera Lynn - June 18 (Pop Singer) John Bredenkamp - June 18 (Entrepreneur) Ian Holm - June 19 (Movie Actor) Tray Savage - June 19 (Rapper) Carlos Ruiz Zafon - June 19 (Young Adult Author) Pedro Lima - June 20 (Soap Opera Actor) Jim Kiick - June 20 (Football Player) Nastya Tropicelle - June 21 (YouTube Star) Steve Bing - June 22 (Film Producer) Joel Schumacher - June 22 (Director) Siya Kakkar - June 24 (TikTok Star) Huey - June 25 (Rapper) Kelly Asbury - June 26 (Director) Ramon Revilla Sr. - June 26 (Movie Actor) Linda Cristal - June 27 (Movie Actress) Pete Carr - June 27 (Guitarist) Rudolfo Anaya - June 28 (Novelist) Carl Reiner - June 29 (TV Actor) Johnny Mandel - June 29 (Composer) Benny Nardones - June 29 (Pop Singer) Young Curt - June 29 (Rapper) Willie Wright - June 29 (Soul Singer) Ida Haendel - June 30 (Violinist)

JULY Hugh Downs - July 1 (TV Show Host) Reckful - July 2 (Twitch Star) Earl Cameron - July 3 (Movie Actor) Saroj Khan - July 3 (Dancer) Sebastián Athié - July 4 (TV Actor) Bhakti Charu Swami - July 4 (Religious Leader) Nick Cordero - July 5 (Stage Actor) Charlie Daniels - July 6 (Country Singer) Ennio Morricone - July 6 (Composer) **Naya Rivera - July 8 (TV Actress) Flossie Wong-Staal - July 8 (Biologist) Jack Charlton - July 10 (Socccer Player) Morris Cerullo - July 10 (Religious Leader) Marlo - July 11 (Rapper) Nicole Thea - July 11 (Dancer) **Kelly Preston - July 12 (Movie Actress) Joanna Cole - July 12 (Children's Author) Benjamin Keough - July 12 (Family Member) *Elvis Presley's Grandson* Grant Imahara - July 13 (Reality Star) Zindzi Mandela - July 13 (Politician) Galyn Gorg - July 14 (TV Actress) John Lewis - July 17 (Politician) Zizi Jeanmaire - July 17 (Dancer) Miura Haruma - July 18 (TV Actor) El Dany - July 18 (Rapper) Kansai Yamamoto - July 21 (Fashion Designer) Demitra Roche - July 22 (Reality Star) *Regis Philbin - July 24 (TV Show Host) John Saxon - July 25 (Movie Actor) Peter Green - 25 (Guitarist) Olivia De Havilland - July 26 (Movie Actress) Malik B - July 29 (Rapper) Herman Cain - July 30 (Politician) Karen Berg - July 30 (Self-Help Author) Alan Parker - July 31 (Director)

AUGUST Wilford Brimley - Aug. 1 (TV Actor) Ryan Breaux - Aug. 2 (Family Member) *Frank Ocean's Brother* Leon Fleisher - Aug. 2 (Pianist) John Hume - Aug. 3 (Politician) Dick Goddard - Aug. 4 (TV Show Host) FBG Duck - Aug. 4 (Rapper) Horace Clarke Aug. 5 (Baseball Player) Isidora Bjelica - Aug. 5 (Playwright) James Drury - Aug. 6 (Movie Actor) Kurt Luedtke - Aug. 9 (Screenwriter) Tetsuya Watari - Aug. 10 (Movie Actor) Trini Lopez - Aug. 11 (World Music Singer) Ash Christian - Aug. 13 (TV Actor) Linda Manz - Aug. 14 (Movie Actress) Julian Bream - Aug. 14 (Guitarist) Shwikar - Aug. 14 (Movie Actress) Robert Trump - Aug. 15 (Family Memeber) *Donald Trump's Brother Emman Nimedez - Aug. 16 (Director) Kobe Nunez - Aug. 17 (YouTube Star) Gary Cowling - Aug. 17 (Stage Actor) Dale Hawerchuk - Aug. 18 (Hockey Player) Ben Cross - Aug. 18 (Movie Actor) Jack Sherman - Aug. 18 (Guitarist) Landon Clifford - Aug. 19 (YouTube Star) Chi Chi DeVayne - Aug. 20 (Reality Star) Frankie Banali - Aug. 20 (Drummer) Allan Rich - Aug. 22 (Movie Actor) Lori Nelson - Aug. 23 (Movie Actress) Benny Chan - Aug. 23 (TV Actor) Riley Gale - Aug. 24 (Rock Singer) Gail Sheehy - Aug. 24 (Non-Fiction Author) Lute Olson - Aug. 27 (Basketball Coach) **Chadwick Boseman - Aug. 28 (Movie Actor) El Loco Valdés - Aug. 28 (Comedian) Cliff Robinson - Aug. 29 (Basketball Player) John Thompson - Aug. 30 (Basketball Coach) Tom Seaver - Aug. 31 (Baseball Player) Pranab Mukherjee - Aug. 31 (Politician)

SEPTEMBER Erick Morillo - Sept. 1 (DJ) Ian Mitchell - Sept. 2 (Guitarist) Annie Cordy - Sept. 4 (Movie Actress) Lloyd Cadena - Sept. 4 (YouTube Star) Lucille Starr - Sept. 4 (Country Singer) Ethan Peters - Sept. 5 (Instagram Star) Kevin Dobson - Sept. 6 (Soap Opera Actor) Lou Brock - Sept. 6 (Baseball Player) Xavier Ortiz - Sept. 7 (TV Actor) Stevie Lee - Sept. 9 (Movie Actor) Diana Rigg - Sept. 10 (Movie Actress) Barbara Jefford - Sept. 12 (Stage Actress) Anthony Woodle - Sept. 13 (Director) Alien Huang - Sept. 16 (TV Show Host) Winston Groom - Sept. 17 (Novelist) Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Sept. 18 (Supreme Court Justice) Destiny Riekeberg - Sept. 19 (TikTok Star) Jackie Stallone - Sept. 21 (Family Member) *Sylvester Stallone's Mother* Michael Lonsdale - Sept. 21 (Movie Actor) Tommy DeVito - Sept. 21 (Guitarist) Zaywoah - Sept. 22 (Instagram Star) Joe Laurinaitis - Sept. 22 (Wrestler) Archie Lyndhurst - Sept. 22 (TV Actor) Juliette Greco - Sept. 23 (Movie Actress) Gale Sayers - Sept. 23 (Football Player) Dean Jones - Sept. 24 (Cricket Player) Yuko Takeuchi - Sept. 27 (TV Actress) Mac Davis - Sept. 29 (Country Singer) Helen Reddy - Sept. 29 (Pop Singer) Archie Lyndhurst - Sept. 30 (TV Actor) Quino - Sept. 30 (Cartoonist)

OCTOBER Derek Mahon - Oct. 1 (Poet) Murray Schisgal - Oct. 1 (Screenwriter) Bob Gibson - Oct. 2 (Baseball Player) Thomas Jefferson Byrd - Oct. 3 (Movie Actor) Kenzo Takada - Oct. 4 (Fashion Designer) Armelia McQueen - Oct. 4 (Stage Actress) Johhny Nash - Oct. 6 (Pop Singer) Eddie Van Halen - Oct. 6 (Guitarist) Tommy Rall - Oct. 6 (Dancer) Mario Molina - Oct. 7 (Chemist) Whitey Ford - Oct. 8 (Baseball Player) María García Galisteo - Oct. 9 (TV Actress) Joe Morgan - Oct. 11 (Baseball Player) Conchata Ferrell - Oct. 12 (TV Actress) Saint Dog - Oct. 13 (Rapper) Rhonda Fleming - Oct. 14 (Movie Actress) Fred Dean - Oct. 14 (Football Player) Johnny Bush - Oct. 16 (Country Singer) Doreen Montalvo - Oct. 17 (Stage Actress) Pinky Curvy - Oct. 17 (Instagram Star) James Redford - Oct. 17 (Director) Sid Hartman - Oct. 18 (Journalist) Spencer Davis - Oct. 19 (Guitarist) Marge Champion - Oct. 21 (Dancer) Frank Bough Oct. 21 (TV Show Host) Matt Blair - Oct. 22 (Football Player) Kastiop - Oct. 23 (YouTube Star) Jerry Jeff Walker - Oct. 23 (Country Singer) Diane DiPrima - Oct. 25 (Poet) Lee Kun-hee - Oct. 25 (Entrepreneur) DeOndra Dixon - Oct. 26 (Family Member) *Jamie Foxx's Sister* Billy Joe Shaver - Oct. 28 (Country Singer) Tracy Smothers - Oct. 28 (Wrestler) Bobby Ball - Oct. 28 (Comedian) Leanza Cornett - Oct. 28 (Pageant Contestant) Travis Roy - Oct. 29 (Memoirist) Nobby Stiles - Oct. 30 (Soccer Player) Herb Adderley - Oct. 30 (Football Player) *Sean Connery - Oct. 31 (Movie Actor) Rance Allen - Oct. 31 (Religious Leader) Betty Dodson - Oct. 31 (Novelist) MF Doom - Oct. 31 (Rapper)

NOVEMBER Eddie Hassell - Nov. 1 (TV Actor) Nikki McKibbin - Nov. 1 (Pop Singer) Magda Rodríguez - Nov. 1 (TV Producer) John Sessions - Nov. 2 (Comedian) Max Ward - Nov. 2 (Entrepreneur) Elsa Raven - Nov. 3 (Movie Actress) Ken Hensley - Nov. 4 (Rock Singer) Geoffrey Palmer - Nov. 5 (Movie Actor) BraxAttacks - Nov. 5 (Rapper) King Von - Nov. 6 (Rapper) SauxePaxk TB - Nov. 6 (Rapper) **Alex Trebek - Nov. 8 (Game Show Host) Bert Belasco - Nov. 8 (TV Actor) Tom Heinsohn - Nov. 10 (Basketball Player) Phyllis McGuire - Nov. 11 (Football Player) Mo3 - Nov. 11 (Rapper) Asif Basra - Nov. 12 (Movie Actor) Doug Supernaw - Nov. 13 (Country Singer) Paul Hornung - Nov. 13 (Football Player) Des O'Connor - Nov. 14 (TV Show Host) Soumitra Chatterjee - Nov. 15 (Movie Actor) Ray Clemence - Nov. 15 (Soccer Player) Kirby Morrow Nov. 18 (Voice Actor) Bobby Brown Jr - Nov. 18 (Family Member) *Bobby Brown's Son* Jake Scott - Nov. 19 (Football Player) Jan Morris - Nov. 20 (Non-Fiction Author) Mustafa Nadarevic - Nov. 22 (TV Actor) Hal Ketchum - Nov. 23 (Country Singer) David Dinkins - Nov. 23 (Politician) Abby Dalton - Nov. 23 (TV Actress) i_o - Nov. 23 (DJ) Joe Luna - Nov. 23 (Comedian) Bob Ryder - Nov. 24 (Journalist) Aaron Melzer - Nov. 24 (Rock Singer) Flor Silvestre - Nov. 25 (World Music Singer) Ahmad Mukhtar - Nov. 25 (Politician) Heavy D - Nov. 25 (Reality Star) Diego Maradona - Nov. 25 (Soccer Player) Markus Paul - Nov. 25 (Football Coach) Sadiq Al-Mahdi - Nov. 26 (Politician) Tony Hsieh - Nov. 27 (Entrepreneur) David Prowse - Nov. 28 (Bodybuilder) Lil Yase Nov. 28 (Rapper) Ben Bova - Nov. 29 (Non-Fiction Author) Papa Bouba Diop - Nov. 29 (Soccer Player) Jerry Demara - Nov. 30 (World Music Singer) Paid Will - Nov. 30 (Rapper) Nobby Stiles - Nov. 30 (Soccer Player)

DECEMBER Hugh Keays-Byrne - Dec. 1 (Movie Actor) Alexis Sharkey - Dec. 1 (Instagram Star) Michael Marion - Dec. 1 (Family Member) *Bobbie Thomas's Husband* Pamela Tiffin - Dec. 2 (Movie Actress) DC Fontana - Dec. 2 (Screenwriter) Pat Patterson - Dec. 2 (Wrestler) Alison Lurie - Dec. 3 (Novelist) Whitney Collings - Dec. 3 (Reality Star) David Lander - Dec. 4 (TV Actor) Sara Carreira - Dec. 5 (Instagram Star) Tabaré Vázquez - Dec. 6 (Politician) Natalie Desselle-Reid - Dec. 7 (TV Actress) Dick Allen - Dec. 7 (Baseball Player) Joselyn Cano - Dec. 7 (Instagram Star) Alejandro Sabella - Dec. 8 (Soccer Coach) Paolo Rossi - Dec. 9 (Soccer Player) V.J. Chitra - Dec. 9 (TV Actress) Phil Linz - Dec. 9 (Baseball Player) Barbara Windsor - Dec. 10 (Soap Opera Actress) Tommy Lister - Dec. 10 (Movie Actor) Carol Sutton - Dec. 10 (Movie Actress) Kim Ki-duk - Dec. 11 (Director) John Le Carre - Dec. 12 (Novelist) Ann Reinking - Dec. 12 (Stage Actress) Terry Kay - Dec. 12 (Novelist) Charley Pride - Dec. 12 (Country Singer) Gérard Houllier - Dec. 14 (Soccer Coach) *Jeremy Bulloch - Dec. 17 (Movie Actor) Rosalind Knight - Dec. 19 (TV Actress) K.T. Oslin - Dec. 21 (Country Singer) PlasmaMasterDon - Dec. 21 (YouTube Star) Stella Tennant - Dec. 22 (Model) Rika Zarai - Dec. 23 (World Music Singer) Rebecca Luker - Dec. 23 (Stage Actress) Leslie West - Dec. 23 (Guitarist) Kay Purcell - Dec. 23 (TV Actress) Danny Hodge - Dec. 24 (Wrestler) Genevieve Musci - Dec. 25 (YouTube Star) KC Jones - Dec. 25 (Basketball Player) Tony Rice - Dec. 25 (Guitarist) Lin Qi - Dec. 25 (Entrepreneur) Brodie Lee - Dec. 26 (Wrestler) Phil Niekro - Dec. 26 (Baseball Player) Tito Rojas - Dec. 26 (Folk Singer) Ty Jordan - Dec. 26 (Football Player) Nick McGlashan - Dec. 27 (Reality Star) William Link - Dec. 27 (Screenwriter) Fou Ts'ong - Dec. 28 (Pianist) Armando Manzanero - Dec. 28 (Composer) Jessica Campbell - Dec. 29 (Movie Actress) Pierre Cardin - Dec. 29 (Entrepreneur) Luke Letlow - Dec. 29 (Politician) Shabba Doo - Dec. 30 (Movie Actor) Frank Kimbrough - Dec. 30 (Pianist) Phyllis McGuire - Dec. 31 (Pop Singer) Alexi Laiho - Dec. ?? (Guitarist) 

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A whole genre of literature sprung up in the post-war period which portrayed popular comedians as frauds. Sporting cheery personas in public, comedians acted like horrible people when the camera was off in these novels, short stories and teleplays. Nearly all of these stories were based on real people from Red Skelton to Milton Berle, Jack Benny to Eddie Cantor.

The cycle started with Ernest Lehman’s The Life of Sammy Hogarth, published in a 1948 issue of Liberty magazine. The short story was about a posturing radio comedian with the public persona of a great humanitarian, who in reality is a shameless and ambitious philanderer. It was loosely based on Lehman’s tenure as a gag writer for Eddie Cantor. Lehman revisited the theme three years later when Cosmopolitan sent him to cover the hit NBC variety series starring Milton Berle. Lehman was disturbed by what he saw behind the scenes at The Texaco Star Theater. Lehman wrote about Berle bullying stagehands and writers, but his managing editor told him they couldn’t use it. it was too raw, bordering on slander. Lehman wasn’t happy to see his efforts go to waste. He changed all the names and turned his factual reportage into a fictional short story called The Comedian. 

Stanley Kramer had the initial option in 1954 with Jackie Gleason originally scheduled to star. But the option lapsed and languished. Three years later it was picked up by Playhouse 90. Rod Serling was hired to write the teleplay, John Frankenheimer was hired to direct, and it would star Mickey Rooney in the performance of a lifetime. Rooney played an egomaniacal TV comedian destroying everything in his path – oblivious to the fact he was destroying himself at the same time. 

Jackie Gleason and Art Carney starred in a similar teleplay for the CBS anthology series Studio One. The Laugh Maker chronicled an entertainment reporter assigned to profile a popular comedian - only to discover the comic is a total fucking asshole. 

Red Skelton’s former writer Benedict Freedman wrote a novel in 1957 called Lootville. The title was in reference to the income of the top television comedians of the day. The back cover explained, “Lootville was where the real money is earned by the ‘talent’ who really aren’t that talented.” The Red Skelton Show was thinly veiled as The Zane Cochran Show where “the material was lousy, the acting putrid, the production stank, and the whole thing was just ghastly.” 

Jose Ferrer optioned The Great Man by Al Morgan, a sarcastic novel about a two-faced television star. It was said to be based, not so secretly, on the prolific 1950s broadcaster Arthur Godfrey. The above-average Universal-International picture based on the novel realistically captured the pulse of midcentury New York. It featured serious, dramatic performances by the Ferrer, Jim Backus, Keenan Wynn, and Ed Wynn. In many ways it was the precursor to the well-respected A Face in the Crowd (1957) starring Andy Griffith. 

In the late sixties, Carl Reiner wrote and directed The Comic starring Dick Van Dyke as a bitter, washed up, alcoholic narcissist of a silent movie comedian, living out his final days in a Hollywood rooming house. 

Keefe Brasselle, a former CBS television executive who was connected to Organized Crime, wrote a trashy novel called The CanniBalS, which portrayed a narcissistic, Machiavellian comedian named Jackie Benson. Many were surprised to learn it was based on Jack Benny. “Brasselle’s portrayal of Jackie Benson, a blatantly cruel caricature of Jack Benny, was offensively vicious and totally baseless,” said Benny writer Milt Josefsberg. 

Benny was appalled by the attack, “I don’t think I ever met the man. What about the millions who may read it and not know me personally? They’ll think I’m a terrible person. I hope Keith Brazil falls on his ass.” 

The legendary comedy writer Hal Kanter wrote for everybody from Olsen and Johnson to Bob Hope. In 1971 he published a novel called Snake in the Glass about an egomaniacal comedy star that reaps terrible abuse on his writers and uses his position to bully women into sex. 

A decade later comedy writer Norman Panama wrote The Glass Bed, a novel about a famous comedian in the Golden Age of radio who fucks the wives of friends and fucks over his employees. 

The novel Vegas by John Gregory Dunne featured a character based on comedian Sammy Shore, whom the author had shadowed for research. “When Vegas was published, I was stunned,” recalled Shore. “In the book my name was Jackie Joey the Vegas comic, but of course everyone in the business would know me from the descriptions … Dunne made a big deal of how I was bombing in the lounge, said I was involved with hookers, even described a night when a girl came into my dressing room to give me a blowjob.” Sammy blamed the novel for destroying his marriage to Mitzi Shore.