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New look at Baela, Jacaerys, Rhaena, Helaena, Aegon, and Aemond in ‘HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’ Season 2

Ryan Condal says the story in ‘HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’ Season 2 is centered around the kids: “‘The kids,’ as I say—Alicent and Rhaenyra’s children—take center stage in this conflict. We put a lot of focus on them and their stories because it really does become about them.”

Showrunner Ryan Condal says there is no “right” side in the Dance of the Dragons: “There are heroes and monsters that wear green and heroes and monsters that wear black in equal measure.”

Harry Collett on ‘HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’ Season 2: “From Jace’s point of view, it’s Jace’s war now. Because he’s lost his little brother over it. He is one of the characters that actually wants to be in the war"

“Although Aemond is the second son, he very much thinks that he should have been the first. Aegon squandered his inheritance while Aemond lived with the maesters, trained with Ser Criston Cole, and became the baddest man in the Red Keep yard.” — Ewan Mitchell on ‘HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’ Season 2.

Tom Glynn-Carney supports the Greens wholeheartedly in ‘HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’: “All these people choosing Team Black are driving me insane. Just stop being so boring! You need a bit of spice in your life. You need some danger. You need some betrayal. You need some vileness.”

Phia Saban on being a Targaryen “dreamer” gifted with seemingly supernatural foresight: “It’s complicated for Helaena because she’s got this kind of Cassandra-like aspect to her. The curse is that no one will ever believe her.”

(via https://denofgeek.com/tv/house-of-the-dragon-season-2-big-battles/…)

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Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie Documentaries Coming This Fall!

Two documentaries will honor the Queen of Jazz and the King of the Swing Kings, Lady Ella and Count Basie.

August 26, 2020. *denofgeek.com

At the first ever Grammy Awards, legendary songstress Ella Fitzgerald and bandleader Count Basie become the first African Americans to win Grammy Awards. (May 4, 1959)

It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to clue us in on who is the Queen of Jazz. It’s Ella Fitzgerald, my dear Watson, Lady Ella. William Basie began to boogie-woogie piano keys at a Harlem club catering to “uptown celebrities.” After a quick stomp through Kansas City, he came back as Count Basie. There are few true royalties among jazz, ask anyone waiting for residual checks, but as Duke Ellington made clear, these two had that thing which made them swing. Eagle Rock Entertainment is dropping two documentaries celebrating these American jazz icons: Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things and Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes exclusively on digital formats on Sept. 11.

“Recently enjoying a hugely successful Virtual Cinema release, Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things presents a deep, insightful look into the life of The ‘First Lady Of Song,’” according to the press statement. “Ella Fitzgerald’s journey is thoroughly explored, from her youth as a kid on the streets of Harlem during the Great Depression, to her meteoric rise to renowned jazz singer, innovator, and international superstar against the odds of severe racism and sexism.” The documentary was directed by award-winning filmmaker Leslie Woodhead and produced by novelist Reggie Nadelson.

Ella Fitzgerald and son Ray Brown Jr.

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things combines never-before-seen footage with conversations with Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Itzhak Perlman, Norma Miller, the late Andre Previn, and a rare conversation with Ella Fitzgerald’s son, Ray Brown Jr.

Count Basie, the legendary bandleader, is revered for his musical achievements. During his 60 years as a musician, he helped elevate jazz to a serious, respected artform. He took the genre from clubs to concert halls, and was the first African-American to win a Grammy. Directed by Jeremy Marre, Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes “unveils the man behind the music, as Basie tells his story in his own words, according to the press statement. “A revealing biography of this jazz pioneer, the film uncovers his inspirations and passions, as well as his private and family life.”

1964: Count Basie and Frank Sinatra backstage in dressing room. (Photo by John Dominis/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The film layers home movies and photo albums around rare performances Basie did with artists like Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, and Sammy Davis Jr. The music underscores Basie’s “conversations of his relationship with wife Catherine (whose work in African-American causes placed her at the side of Martin Luther King) and his protective, undying love for his daughter Diane, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy,” the press statement reads.

Basie and Billie from a film still

Basie and Sammy Davis Jr.

1957: Count Basie and wife Catherine with daugher Diane, 13, listening to tape recording of newest Basie rendition.

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things and Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes will be available exclusively on digital formats on Sept. 11, 2020.

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Splitgate (Beta) - Sniper's Roost

God's blessing that no one killed me while I was up there.

Gameplay: Splitgate Beta

May God bless you all.

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DenofGeekUS:  Jensen Ackles, Karl Urban, and more discuss The Boys season 3 and the age of Soldier Boy in the next issue of Den of Geek magazine. Get your issue here: https://denofgeek.com/magazine/ 

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@DenofGeekUS: Jensen Ackles, Karl Urban, and more discuss The Boys season 3 and the age of Soldier Boy in the next issue of Den of Geek magazine. Get your issue here: https://denofgeek.com/magazine/ (x)

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Jensen Ackles, Karl Urban, and more discuss The Boys season 3 and the age of Soldier Boy in the next issue of Den of Geek magazine. Get your issue here: https://denofgeek.com/magazine/

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New stills !

It's going to take me time to get used to our new Baldwin !

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His Dark Materials’ Spectres: ‘I Tried to Find a Way To Not Make Dementors’ (denofgeek.com)

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'(Un)Happiest Season' review

Simply put, it wasn't enjoyable as a romance or a comedy or a Christmas flick. It failed on many fronts, but this reviewer from Salon.com puts the thing into words for Happiest Season's main failings: 

What's bad: There were two main criticisms of "Happiest Season." The first being: Can't LGBTQ audiences have a holiday movie where the main plot isn't about mining the anxiety and trauma associated with coming out, being closeted and casual homophobia? Then there's the fact that Harper really is just kind of the worst. After pushing Abby back in the closet, Harper ditches her in a town where she doesn't know anyone to go drink with her ex-boyfriend until two in the morning, then proceeds to call Abby "suffocating" when called on it. It's a pattern of s**ty behavior that is pervasive and present throughout the movie, so her redemption arc doesn't feel super genuine. 

Why can't we have main queer characters in Christmas movies without their presence being all about their queerness? We want fluffy festiveness, dammit! They could've made Harper less selfish and more attentive while still playing into the *I'm not out yet Because Reasons so we need to hide our gay relationship* trope, but they didn't. Who knows why, but what a waste. 🎄👩‍❤️‍👩☃️

^ Look at that trailer and tell me you don't expect Misunderstandings with fun and tropey antics + Domestic Christmas Shenanigans + Comfort for Hurt! You will be sorely disappointed. 😞 

NOTE: The flick does have a few good moments. And it's probably worth the watch just to see what's missing/mishandled when it comes to queer characters and queer romances in mainstream movies. 

But it's not really fun or funny or heart-warming - where are the snowball fights? Insightful conversations? Christmas elements like eggnog/spiced wine, candycanes, mistletoe? Where are the many colourful side characters and the hungover brunches? We get one scene of ice-skating for a few minutes and it's wasted on sibling rivalry bs rather than, say.. Abby and Harper skating together but not being aloud to touch—omg the tension!! 😍 

There's just not enough comfort for the hurt Abby (Kstew) goes through; the film wholly lacks those warm-n-fuzzy Christmas vibes; there's just way more wrong with it than is right with it - which sucks, because this had the potential to be such a great movie if only Harper was written as less ignorant/selfish and we'd gotten more enjoyable family interactions and more festive fun - like a celebration in town. Instead we get a few limited shots of the adorable town, a crappy bar, and an OTT fancy Christmas party for performative rich white folk on a career path for power and "perfection" (ie. wholesome family values). 

The story they went with was definitely better suited for a dramatic film, so in a romcom setting it really didn't work. Plus the side-characters were flat; we needed more depth from the supporting characters, more meaningful interactions. 

^ Look at those intro credits!! Look at all the domestic happy moments and tell me you don't want to see a movie filled with such fluffy festive goodness!! Well, if you don't want to see such moments, don't worry because you won't. I naturally thought we were going to get this kind of romantic-and-non-romantic happiness dispersed throughout the entire film, but no. Not a one. There's 5 minutes of Happy Couple at the start, and that's it 📸☹️ (unless you count a photo collage of the happy ending and year that follows stuffed into the end credits). 

BTW: That intro song is the most Christmasy song in the whole movie. The soundtrack features modern pop songs which 1) don't help set the festive vibe and 2) are really fucking annoying; the song choices are grating, not pleasant, not enjoyable, and they overpower the scenes with a whole lotta noise. I really wish we'd gotten more tunes like the one above. 🎶 

About the image below—Abby is actually miserable the entire time, getting worse by the day, barely a smile seen on her.. while Harper is the one schmoozing her family and contacts with teeth bared, so.. this image isn't what you'll get, just fyi:

(also: the only POC actors they had were the perfectionist-stone-faced-bitch's husband and his girlfriend - wife + hubby being secretly separated.) 

The things that the Salon reviewer liked are the same things I did (see below), but imho even those elements weren't enough to save this film from being: 

an infuriating 102 minute-comedy of errors buoyed by a healthy dose of gaslighting 

More cons of the flick are pointed out by denofgeek.com: 

Some of its issues come from the structure of the film, which shoehorns very real queer struggles into wacky rom-com tropes too fluffy to contain the stakes at hand. Meanwhile the choice to have one half of the lead couple be so aggressively and repeatedly cruel—while her high school ex Riley, played by the ever-perfect Aubrey Plaza was standing right there having all the chemistry in the world with the other romantic lead—was a fatal one.

It really was a dramatic plot idea crammed into a fluffy narrative. You can see the conflicting genres fighting to stay alive and they both die a slow, agonisingly dull death throughout the film. The whole *Abby being converted to loving Christmas by Harper inviting her to spend the holidays with her family* thing, only to have Harper force their relationship + Abby into the closet. Straight conversion much? I'm 100% sick of heteronormative bs in my queer Christmas films. 

For the most part, when you're not feeling for Abby's harsh treatment by her would-be fiance and everyone but Riley ignoring her completely, you will be bored af from the lack of festive cheer - not just twinkle lights and boisterous seasonal music, but those good ol' homey family Christmas vibes. With the Harper house + family members, everything's a performance, so that lack of sincerity and warmth makes for a depressing viewing experience: 

^ Jane (one of Harper's 2 sisters) is the only character allowed to be consistently genuine in the narrative (aside from John, but he's restricted mostly to phonecalls, and Riley - but even she's keeping Harper's secrets). Jane is the only character who is naturally vibrant and reminds us of some of the reasons we get excited about Christmas movies: to feel joy and to enjoy the company around us during the holiday season! 🎄☃️🥳 But rather than give us a fun day out with Jane + Abby, we get Abby + the second sister (i don't even remember her name, just BitchFace) which leads to more bad treatment of Abby - this time by two spoiled af no-smile rich kids. *le sigh* Jane carries the spark of honest joy for the entire Harper clan and that is TOO MUCH to expect of one character, let alone a side-character. 😪 

There are so many ways the story could've been tweaked to make more sense and be somewhat enjoyable, including: 

The orphan!Abby thing is just bad. Rather than give Abby a voice, chances to let her personality shine, almost everyone interacts with her to merely briefly express their condolences for her long-dead parents 🙄 

Abby is a pet-minder, ie. she's an animal lover, yet at no point do we see her interact with animals! Not a dog or cat or hamster, no reindeer at the petting zoo, nothing. 🐕🐈🦎🦜🐠

Riley + Abby getting together (even just a kiss) 👄 

Abby + Harper separating so Harper can get her shit together - and then we get several flashforward shots of them separately living their lives (Harper especially), and then meeting back up again - maybe the next holiday season, after some much-needed time apart 🏃‍♀️🤸‍♀️ 

side characters who engage with Abby in a sincere, meaningful way instead of ignoring her (again, we got Riley, but she was outside of the family dynamic) 😊 

MORE FESTIVE CHEER! where were all the staple Christmassy passtimes, the smile-inducing season-specific experiences??? 🎉 

More from denofgeek: 

Where the script gets into trouble is that it doesn’t distinguish between Harper being closeted and her poor treatment of Abby. The two are separate issues and treating them as one does no favors to Harper, nor others struggling with the closet. As Dan Levy’s beautiful monologue late in the movie alludes to, the closet is a safety mechanism—but it’s not a free pass to treat people like garbage. [...] 😟🏳️‍🌈

Even a brief conversation teasing out that being in the closet doesn’t justify how Harper acted, and that plenty of people in the closet don’t treat others like trash, would have been important. Instead once Harper is out (which the movie takes pains to make clear only happened because Harper’s sister Sloane outed her), and a gesture so small it could never credibly be called grand is made, all bad behavior is washed away. [...] 😤🙅‍♀️ 

The jarring underlying issue is that 'Happiest Season' attempts to apply the standard rom-com and made-for-TV-holiday-movie tropes to queer life. So Abby having to go back into the closet isn’t framed as a painful regression or being forced to deny an essential part of herself, but rather a fun twist, in the vein of “but the guy she insulted on the plane is the owner of the ornament factory she has to impress to win the Christmas contest!”🚪😒 

All of Harper’s behavior adds up to making her feel like something the audience wants Abby to be free of, not someone Abby should be fighting for. Once Riley tells Abby about Harper’s cruelty in high school, where Harper outed Riley and mocked her rather than standing up for her or finding an excuse that protected them both, it becomes incredibly difficult to root for the lead couple to get back together, or for Harper at all. 👏💃 

With this information, Harper’s other transgressions go from frustrating to part of a larger pattern. Sadly, it’s a pattern Harper repeats when her sister outs her and she throws Abby under the (lesbian) bus. 🤬 

FAVE THINGS: 

all interactions between John (Dan Levy) + Abby (he's witty, honest, and 100% the most entertaining element of the entire film; i wish we'd gotten more of him) 😆 

Riley (Aubrey Plaza, Harper's ex) + Abby's scenes together because CHEMISTRY, both between the characters and the actors 👩‍❤️‍👩

Notable between Abby + Riley scenes include 3 instances of Riley comforting Abby's hurt: outside at the fancy party (Abby feeling excluded/ignored/not worth anyone's time due to the way they treat her even though they don't know she's gay), at a gay bar in town (sandwiched by scenes where Abby's made to feel like crap by Harper), and at the fancy home Christmas party where Riley gets Abby something stronger to drink after hearing Abby was going to propose to Harper (but it's been a helluva shitty week and those plans are dead) 👭 

Every scene with Riley was blessed relief from the hurt and discomfort and boredom of the rest of the time with Harper's family. 🤩 

Sister Jane, for being a genuinely fun character 🤗 who was written starkly different to her family and treated somewhat like an outcast 

Aubrey + Kstew killin it in various pantsuits 👀 

In contrast, Riley connects Abby to queerness, bringing her to an LGBTQ bar to decompress and enjoy a Christmas-themed drag performance. It’s the most relaxed and comfortable Abby is on screen since the opening scenes, a chance to glimpse Abby’s authentic self before Harper summons her back to heterosexuality, and where she once again ignores and disappoints her. Riley actually talks to Abby at the various holiday parties whereas Harper keeps leaving her to please her family, especially her father. It’s not hard for the natural chemistry between Plaza and Stewart to take over

I wouldn't watch this film again. For a hopeful Christmasy love story I'd just watch all Abby + Riley's scenes: 

In closing, here's a batshit article title from observer.com that just makes you go, huh? 🧐:

‘Happiest Season’ Isn’t Happy, But That Doesn’t Make It a Bad Rom-Com

Um.. yes, yes it does. 

Rom-Coms are supposed to be fun, light-hearted stories about love even when the plot deals with lying - The Proposal, Sweet Home Alabama - so a movie that leaves you hurting more than comforted in sympathy with one of the main characters because the (apparent) love of their life is treating them like shit, then it doesn't deserve to be in the genre of Rom-Com. 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨💞🎬

In summary, Abby and Harper got 5 minutes of happiness in the beginning, and an eventual happy ending after a super rocky middle. The journey was painful and unenjoyable, and it made their happy ending unbelievable and, for Harper, undeserved because of her behaviour through 90% of the story. 

In short: it was not, in fact, the happiest season. 😕👎

[gun-toting-science-nerd]

First, I need another fandom like I need another hole in my head but apparently here I am.

Okay but what if the scientist that made all the Snoke bodies and Palpatine clones lined Kylo Ren too. I mean they know the bloodline is powerful and Rey was hidden nicely away so why not use it. I mean if we are talking fantasy and sci-fi it's just and hand wave and poof there it is.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – How Did Palpatine Survive? denofgeek.com/movies/star-wa… #clone #deathisonlythebeginning

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MYRNA LOY ❣

A big star in the 1930s, Myrna Loy blazed a trail for Hollywood actresses ❣

Even if you have no idea who she is, you’ve probably seen Myrna Loy. Or, at least, a statue of her. In the opening shots of Grease, there’s a white statue of a girl outside Rydell High – filmed at Venice High School, California, where Myrna Loy was a student. She posed for it when she was 16, before she became one of the most popular screen stars of the 1930s. The statue was vandalised many times, but was eventually rebuilt in bronze, and remains there today.

Myrna Loy was born on August 2nd, 1905 as Myrna Adele Williams. She was a keen dancer at an early age, and when she left school she went to work for Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre. Photographs of her caught the attention of Rudolph Valentino, and soon she was working as an extra in movies. Her striking looks led to early casting as exotics or femme fatales in silent films.

In 1924, she was the first woman to appear on screen wearing trousers as an article of feminine clothing, in What Price Beauty? But her trendsetting style and wit wasn’t really appreciated until The Thin Man films (the first one was released in 1934) which enjoyed a huge popularity. In talking roles she had a great voice, clear and genteel, with a steely quality. She was voted one of the top ten most bankable movie stars in 1937 and 1938 but gave it all up during World War II to work closely with the Red Cross. After the war she returned to Hollywood and gave measured, detailed performances.

Loy was graceful and elegant, with hooded eyes and long, sweeping eyebrows. She had a strength of character on screen that was unflappable, and her best roles were often when she got to verbally spar with actors who could hold their own, such as William Powell, Clark Gable, and Cary Grant. Her body language suggested that her leading men needed her more than she needed them – any show of affection would be greeted with a raised eyebrow, and an ironic acceptance of a passionate embrace.

She was always an intellectual equal in her on-screen relationships, and had a great gift for comic timing. But she could also convey a lot of dramatic meaning with a small gesture, and brought empathy to challenging roles later in her career.

Five of her best films:

After The Thin Man (1936)

Myrna Loy and William Powell made a marvellous screen couple. They made 14 films together, and the public never tired of seeing them spark off each other.

Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Mr Blandings (Cary Grant) lives in a New York apartment with his wife (Myrna Loy) and two daughters. There’s one bathroom and no closet space, so he decides to buy a big house in Connecticut. Unfortunately the house is rotten. It has to be knocked down, and a new house built. The cost mounts up, and throughout it all Mr Blandings discovers that life in the country is not so idyllic as he imagined.

The Animal Kingdom (1932)

This is a surprising film. Based on a Broadway stage play, it deals in a straightforward manner with prostitution and extra-marital sex, and comes to some unusual conclusions. Leslie Howard plays Tom Collier, a writer and publisher who asks Cecilia (Myrna Loy) to marry him. He admits that he had been living with his artist girlfriend, Daisy Sage (Ann Harding), but that relationship has ended.

Midnight Lace (1960)

Kit Preston (Doris Day) is newly married to Tony (Rex Harrison) and enjoying London life when she starts hearing a voice in the fog threatening to kill her. Then the abusive telephone calls start. But is there a real threat, or is Kit going crazy? Tony is very supportive, but even he starts to wonder why he never hears the voice. Okay, so the ending isn’t really a big surprise, but there are high production values to help you along the way.

*You have to be thankful for the presence of Myrna Loy as good old Aunt Bea, who lends moral support and steals all the best lines.

The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)

Myrna Loy named her performance in this film as her best. There is something very quiet and collected about her character, housewife Milly Stephenson, who has been waiting for the return of her husband from World War II. It’s just one of three stories that document the difficulties for returning servicemen, and Loy’s acceptance of her husband’s problems and burgeoning alcoholism feels very realistic.

She appeared in few roles after 1950, but maintained an involvement in campaigning against discrimination, and wrote an autobiography, entitled Being And Becoming, that was published in 1987. She fought breast cancer for many years, and received an honorary academy award in 1991. It was her last appearance on screen. She died on 14 December 1993.

*Courtesy of denofgeek.com

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Halle Berry as Molly Woods on the TV series EXTANT – 2014 - 2015

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XenaWatch #1: S1.01 Sins of the Past

XenaWatch #1: S1.01 Sins of the Past

New show, let’s go! Disclaimer, I know a little about Xena as a powerful woman icon and that it’s a big hit with the lesbian community, also the lead is Lucy Lawless who I know from Agents of Shield and, randomly, Parks and Rec. Otherwise though we’re going in pretty blind. Not sure I will be doing the whole run, I’m aiming to follow a truncated version of the episodes via DenOfGeek.comas I have…

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Floriana Lima discusses The Punisher Season 2 with DenOfGeek.com

Of course, no good villain can truly operate alone, and that’s where Dr. Krista Dumont (Floriana Lima) enters the picture. Billed as “a smart, compassionate and driven psychotherapist for military veterans,” Lima’s newcomer is paired with Russo from the get-go. When speaking to us, the Supergirl alum is obviously unwilling to give away too many details about her character. What she can tell us about, however, is her relationship with the would-be Jigsaw.

“Krista is Billy's psychotherapist,” she says. “She works with veterans and she’s done this specific kind of therapy before. When this season begins, she's been working with Billy for several months, coaching him through all of the things that he’s been struggling with since that fight. They’re putting the puzzle back together, or at least they’re trying to, and she has specific techniques for doing it. She has some insight on how to pull out everything that he’s struggling to find.”

Although Dumont’s particular arc will expand beyond Russo’s as The Punisher season 2 story progresses, there wasn’t a whole lot that Lima could say about it at the time of the interview. Most of what she admits had to do with the character’s penchant for being “very put together” and “calculated.” As veiled in secrecy as much of this is, however, the actress stresses that “there’s a reason” for it all. She also reveals that, at least in the beginning, Dumont is on Russo’s side.

“In the beginning, she’s still learning about Billy. I don't think she's really coming up with an opinion, like that he's a really dark person. She just assumes it’s some form of PTSD and tries to come up with some ideas for how to help Billy out. She’s not judging him in any way. He’s another patient with his own trauma and she's helping him to sort out the puzzle pieces.”

source: Den of Geek

[soitsashowpodcast]

ep. 110: To Live and Let Die-orama

It's Show, So it's a Show returning with another ep all about the one and only Bond, James Bond! With the release of No Time to Die this month, we've got 007 fever, and it's time for us to flash back to the 1973 installment starring Roger Moore, To Live and Let Die. We talk about the the stunts, the crocodiles, and the stuff that hasn't aged so well in this movie. Then we try to figure out what the heck MI6 has to do with Taylor Doose's diorama museum. Plus, Kyla names all of the Beatles!

Other pop culture we ref: Diana Ross; Somewhere in Time; Mainly Millicent, Supernatural; Sherlock Holmes; Austin Powers; The Office; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

We Wholeheartedly Recommend: Love for Sale by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Lord of the Rings Build-a-Bears

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MORE ABOUT LIVE AND LET DIE

"Revisiting 1973’s Live and Let Die," Variety.com (2012)

"Live And Let Die: Revisiting Roger Moore’s First James Bond Movie," DenOfGeek.com (2019)

"James Bond: 10 Reasons Roger Moore Was the Best Bond," ScreenRant.com (2020)

"Live And Let Die: 10 Big Differences Between The Book & Movie," ScreenRant.com (2020)

"Roger Moore's Bond Movies: 9 Things That Still Hold Up Today," ScreenRant.com (2021)

"Inside the making of Wings' classic Bond theme 'Live and Let Die,'" EW.com (2021)

"James Bond: The Bond Girl Diana Ross Almost Played (& Why She Wasn't Cast)," ScreenRant.com (2021)

"Why Live and Let Die Wasn't Roger Moore's Debut as James Bond," ScreenRant.com (2021)

MORE ABOUT JAMES BOND

"Not Quite 007: Breaking Down All The Non-EON James Bond Movies," CinemaBlend.com (2020)

"The Bond Franchise Defined the Ultimate Movie Villain," Esquire.com (2021)

"A History of Bond Girl Fashion," EW.com (2021)

"No Time to Die Is Finally Here! Take a Look Back at How Every Actor Made His James Bond His Own," Parade.com (2021)

"Paul McCartney Reacted to Billie Eilish’s James Bond Song ‘No Time to Die,’" CheatSheet.com (2021)

"Ranking the best James Bond theme songs before No Time to Die," NYDailyNews.com (2021)

"Every Actor Who's Played James Bond, Ranked From Worst to Best," Insider.com (2021)