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callmebrycelee · 6 months

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9-1-1 REACTION

This reaction is for the season 7, first episode “Ships Ahoy” which originally aired March 14, 2024. This episode was written by series creator Tim Minear and directed by John J. Gray who is also an executive producer on American Horror Story and the 9-1-1 spinoff, 9-1-1: Lone Star. So, without further ado, here’s my reaction to the episode.

We begin the episode with a therapy session. Our resident therapist, Frank (played by Eddie McGee, the first winner of Big Brother USA) is counseling Athena Grant. We are told this scene takes place two months prior to Athena and Bobby leaving for their soon-to-be ill-fated cruise.

Athena, having seen the Poseidon Adventure in her youth, is rightfully nervous about being on a boat in the middle of the ocean for several days. What I found funny about this scene is how Athena goes off on this tangent about Shelley Winters being nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her performance in The Poseidon Adventure. When Eddie asks if she won, Athena gives a deadpan look at the camera and says 'no'. This is obviously an allusion to real-life actress Angela Bassett losing out to Jamie Lee Curtis at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony in 2023.

Frank asks if there's any other reason for her anxiety but in true Athena fashion she deflects. He recommends she pack some extra Dramamine. We then get a scene with Athena and Bobby trapped in a room rapidly filling with water. The two of them exchange I love yous and then we get our title card.

In our next scene, we see Maddie in the middle of a call involving a pilot (played by soap opera actor Mark Lawson) with the Air National Guard. He tells Maddie that he was on a training exercise until he lost communication and engine control with his F-16. He ejected himself from the aircraft and is now hanging on the side of a smokestack. The real emergency is that his plane is about to crash. Maddie's supervisor Sue Blevins (played by Debra Christofferson) and fellow operator Josh Russo (played by Bryan Safi) join Maddie at her desk. Sue asks if there's a way for them to track the aircraft's whereabouts and Josh explains that once a pilot ejects themselves, the plane thinks it's in enemy territory and stops transmitting.

We move from the dispatch center over to a small home where we see an older couple Edna and Abe (played by Rusty Schwimmer and James Eckhouse, respectively) at their home. I immediately recognized Abe's actor as the dad from the original Beverly Hills 90210. Edna passive-aggressively vacuums while Abe is watching television which leads to an argument. Their bickering, however, is cut short the moment our pilot's F-16 crashes through the couple's living room.

The 118 arrive at the scene with Hen acting as captain in Bobby's absence. Edna appears to be fine, but Abe is pinned to his recliner by the plane. Hen suggests cutting him out of the chair, but Abe is against the idea. He says he likes the chair more than he likes his wife. Rude! Eddie notices a dummy bomb attached to the plane so Hen gets on the phone with the pilot who tells her it could explode. Maddie tells Hen the Air National Guard will arrive within an hour, but Hen says they cannot wait because Abe has a possible spinal injury. The pilot offers to talk Hen and Eddie through defusing the bomb but due to possible head trauma he is unable to give them adequate instruction. Hen tells Eddie to cut the red wire but before he has a chance, Chimney pulls the lever on the side of the recliner which causes the seat to move back. This gives them plenty of room to remove Abe from the wreckage. Abe is loaded into the ambulance, and he hears Edna calling after him. He tells Chimney to tell her he died.

Back at the house, Chimney talks to Hen about Abe and Edna and wonders how they got to the place where they are now. He asks Hen if she thinks him and Maddie will ever get to that point and Hen assures him that he and Maddie are nothing like Abe and Edna. She then tells him that getting to where Abe and Edna are now only happens if you let it.

And now to my favorite scene of the episode. We see a shirtless Eddie changing into his civilian clothes very reminiscent of when we first saw him back in season two. Let me just say, I've always been more into Oliver Stark than Ryan Guzman, but I must say, the latter is looking really, really good. Anywho, Buck asks his bestie if he wants to drive go-karts in the desert, but Eddie tells him that he has other plans. Christopher, our sweet baby boy, is a teenager now and has a date and Eddie and his girlfriend Marisol (played by Edy Ganem) are going to supervise. We then learn that Buck is single again which is such a bummer because I really liked Natalia (played by Annelise Cepero) from last season. Buck mentions that it was depressing dating someone whose entire career is centered around death and since he's recovered from his own near-death experience, he wants to be surrounded by life, not death. I think this is a valid reason for why Buck and Natalia are no longer together, but I am disappointed we won't get to see Buck date a beautiful woman of color who had body-ody-ody. Oh well! I hope they find someone nice for our dear Evan Buckley, but it is nice to see him in a good place.

Later on, Chimney talks with Maddie about Abe and Edna. He tells her that the couple allowed themselves to become alienated from each other and he doesn't want that to happen to the two of them. He proposes that they start dating again. Maddie thinks he means other people, but Chimney tells her that he wants them to start dating again. Maddie flashes her ring and tells her that they're past the dating age. This right here is why I think a lot of modern-day couples don't work out. Dating is not just something you do until you settle down with a person. The best marriages I've seen involve both people dating each other even while married. A friend of mine just lost her husband of 50-plus years and up until his death, they still went out together and on vacation together. I do like Chimney's proposal to not just have a honeymoon phase but a honeymoon life but, like most things with him, I think he goes a bit too far.

We next see Bobby and Athena dancing with each other during their first night at sea. I must say, Angela Bassett and Peter Krause look amazing, and I feel like it's my job remind everyone that Angela Bassett is 65 years old and looking like she's fresh in her 40s. Peter has some gray at his temples, but he is only getting better looking with time. When the song ends, they take a seat and Bobby goes over all the things he wants to do while they are on their cruise. Athena tells Bobby he can choose what they want to do but Bobby wants her input.

They are interrupted by everyone's favorite couple - Norman and Lola Peterson (played by Daniel Roebuck and Romy Rosemont). The last time we saw Norman and Lola was back in season two. Just in case viewers forgot, Bobby and Athena remind us that Lola climbed onto a billboard over the freeway in just her bathrobe to get Norman's attention. Apparently it worked because the two of them are still together. Athena is shocked to hear that Lola only spent 60 days in jail and I can't say that I blame her. I mean, this is the same woman who waved a loaded gun at the first responders on the scene and even fired off a round. That coupled with indecent exposure and disturbing the peace should've garnered her a longer sentence, but I digress.

The couple credits Athena and Bobby with saving their marriage and tell them that they've been honeymooning for 106 weeks on different cruise ships. Norman and Lola invite Bobby and Athena to go bicycling with them in Mazatlán, but they decline. Back in their room, Athena tells Bobby she found the Petersons to be extremely exhausting. She is also annoyed that she has to put up with them for the next two weeks. Bobby tells her they can spend all their time in the room, but Athena looks hesitant. We flashback to her therapy session with Frank, and we see Athena voice her concerns about her marriage. So much of her relationship with Bobby involves earthquakes and tsunamis and blackouts and escaped rapists and solving murders. When it's just the two of them, alone and without all of the madness, she worries if there's anything left. I love this as a storyline for Bobby and Athena. They are an older couple and with May in college they are also empty nesters. It's very common for couples who are shifting into a new phase of life to reevaluate their relationship.

Back on the ship, the Petersons stop by their room and ask if they want to join them on a moonlight stroll on the top desk. Bobby starts to decline but Athena accepts their invitation. Bobby is confused by this, but Athena tells him that even though she doesn't like or trust Lola and Norman, there's no need for her to be rude about it. Athena is clearly avoiding being alone with Bobby and he's starting to sense this. I honestly feel bad for both of them.

The following day, Chimney relays his plan to Hen at the firehouse while Maddie talks to Josh at the dispatch center. Chimney has created a spreadsheet with all of their scheduled dates. Josh isn't exactly sold on the idea of Chimney and Maddie micromanaging their love life and Hen tells Chimney that she doesn't think this plan of his is going to last that long. Like I said, I think Chimney wanting to date Maddie is a good idea but any time you introduce a spreadsheet into your relationship, nothing good can come of it.

We then get a scene where Eddie tells Buck about Christopher's date. We learn that our sweet little boy is also a two-timing player-player. Eddie says that he went through Christopher's phone and saw that he's having conversations with multiple girls. Buck is shocked by this news. Eddie says he doesn't know where Christopher would've gotten this behavior since he himself married the first person he ever dated. He suggests that Buck talk with Christopher since he has a history of being a fuck boy.

Back on the ship, Bobby is trying to get Athena to go on a hike with him, but she tells him he has a migraine. When the Petersons arrive, Athena suggests that Bobby go with them while she stays on the ship. Bobby declines and instead goes to an AA meeting aboard the ship. Regarding this scene, I thought it was a nice touch to show Athena looking at the two young teenagers who are being romantic with each other. The girl is Black and the guy is white – much like Athena and Bobby.

In our next scene, we meet Nick (played by Chris Gartin) and Sofia (played by Kathryn Boswell). The two start off drinking champagne in the jacuzzi and right before the sexytimes begin, they both throw their champagne flutes. All I kept thinking about during this scene was the broken glass next to the jacuzzi. Right as things are really heating up (pun intended), Nick experiences a cardiac emergency. The 118 arrive at the scene and find Nick unconscious and stuck inside of Sofia. I could not stop laughing when Hen starts giving the medical explanation as to why Sofia (ahem) couldn't remove herself from her boyfriend. The scene only gets funnier when Eddie suggests that Sofia visualize herself as Jell-o. He coaches her through the process, and she is able to (ahem) loosen up enough so she could untether herself from Nick's nether region. Afterwards, Sofia blames herself for the entire situation. She tells Chimney that she pushed too hard to spice things up because she was worried they were becoming too complacent in their relationship. This is yet another sign for Chimney. One last thing about this scene, I love how Buck teases Eddie by saying: "I don't think I've ever seen a man turn a woman off with such skill." Eddie responds by saying: "It's a gift." I love their friendship so much and how they can tease each other like this without either of them getting offended.

Later on, presumably that evening, Buck broaches the topic of not being a fuck boy with Christopher. He tells Christopher that he doesn't want him to get a reputation for being a 'not so good guy'. Christopher asks if it matters or not if he's a nice guy and when Buck asks him what he means, he says that they'll only end up leaving anyway. Buck asks him why he would say something like that, and Christopher tells him that his mom left him. Buck is confused by this and tells Christopher that his mother didn't leave - she died. Christopher counters by saying his mother left him prior to her passing away. "We loved her, and she left anyway." My heart broke hearing this and so did Eddie's as he stood outside of Christopher's room listening in on the conversation. I love that the show has made Christopher a main character this season because there's so much to explore with him now that he's getting older. I thought this scene with Christopher and Buck was so good and a reminder that Buck is very much a member of this family unit.

Bobby wakes up the next morning and finds Athena gone from their cabin. He finds her having breakfast on the deck and asks her about her migraine. Athena, of course, has forgotten about the lie she told the day before but quickly says she is better. Bobby He accuses her of sneaking out of their room and tells her that since they got on the boat, they've been like two ships passing in the night. He asks her what's going on and why she's avoiding being alone with him. Instead of answering Bobby, Athena notices Norman and waves him over. She asks him about Mazatlán, and he says that everything went well. Athena asks him about Lola and Norman says that she is resting because she got too much sun. He adds that they might not see her any time soon. Athena then notices some scratches on the side of Norman’s neck. He tells her he got the scratches when he fell off his bike. Athena, of course, finds this very suspicious and tells Bobby as much after Norman leaves. Bobby isn't really interested in her suspicions and accuses her of using the Petersons as a buffer. He tells Athena that if she didn't want to come on the cruise, she should have told him so. Athena assures him she wants to be there with him and apologizes. Bobby apologizes for pushing her to do things and suggests they go sit by the pool. Athena is on board with this idea and excuses herself to go get changed into her bathing suit.

Athena heads to her room but takes a detail at the Petersons' room. She sees a maid exiting the room and asks her about Lola. The maid tells her that the room is empty, and the bed hadn't been slept in. Athena notices a bloody towel and the maid tells her that bloody towels are apparently normal. Meanwhile, Bobby gets tired of waiting and heads back to his room. He finds Athena Facetiming with Hen telling her about the Petersons and her belief that Norman killed his wife. Bobby texts Chimney and tells him not to encourage Athena's suspicions. Chimney shows the text to Hen and Hen pretends that she has lost reception and ends the call. Bobby accuses Athena again of avoiding him, but Athena insists she's not and is only concerned about the dearly departed Lola Peterson. Bobby is frustrated and drags Athena out of their room to prove to her that she is wrong about Norman killing his wife.

Bobby and Athena go to the cruise director, Julian (played by Rick Cosnett), and tell him they are concerned that Lola Peterson did not get back on the ship after visiting Mazatlán. Julian checks his computer and sees that Lola scanned back in along with her husband the day before. He then tells them that she is currently in the dining hall. Thinking that everything is okay, Bobby asks Athena if she would like to address the actual death on the ship - their marriage. Yikes! Bobby then sees Norman standing at the buffet with a woman who is definitely not Lola Peterson.

Later that evening, Eddie goes to talk to Christopher. When he enters Christopher's room, he notices the picture of Shannon lying face down on his desk. Eddie tells Christopher that he found something of his while he was going through some of his things. He gives Christopher a letter from Shannon, but Christopher doesn't read it. Eddie leaves the room and Christopher opens the letter. As he reads Shannon's letter, the ghost of Shannon (played by Devin Kelley) is standing beside him. I loved this scene. The fandom was absolutely wretched towards Shannon back in season two and I believe it's because of the fandom's treatment of the character that she was killed off. A lot of hatred towards Shannon is based on her abandoning Eddie and Christopher when the latter was young. I understand why people would have a problem with a mother leaving her kid but let's not forget that Eddie signed up for an additional tour of duty fully knowing his wife was struggling back at home. In my opinion, both Eddie and Shannon have failed Christopher, but I don't think that makes them bad parents. Apologies for my rant but I hate how the fans of this show treat the women that Buck and Eddie date simply because they are angry that Buck and Eddie are not a couple. Anywho, when Eddie comes back to Christopher's room he sees the picture of Shannon has been sat back up. What a beautiful scene.

Meanwhile, Chimney tells Maddie that to forget about the spreadsheet and instead of focusing on dating, they should focus on their upcoming wedding. Maddie asks him what led to him changing his mind and he tells her that he's decided they're already doing things right and he's no longer worried about them turning into Edna and Abe. He then takes her outside and shows her his latest purchase - a jacuzzi.

Our final scene of the episode takes us back to the ship where Athena and Bobby have enlisted the help of the ship's captain - Captain Ochoa (played by Mercedes Colon). Captain Ochoa tells them that she is turning the ship around to head back to Los Angeles due to an approaching storm. Athena says she will have detectives waiting to make the arrest. Bobby tells her not to jump the gun and says she needs to talk to Norman first. Speaking of Norman, he arrives, and Athena starts grilling him about Lola's whereabouts. Norman says that Lola's resting, but Bobby tells him they know he's lying. Athena accuses him of sneaking his side piece onto the ship. Norman says he loves his wife and finally comes clean about what happened. He says that while he and Lola were in Mazatlán, the two of them were accosted by a gang demanding that he hand over a dongle. Athena asks him what a dongle is and Bobby explains that it is used to store bitcoins. Norman insists he doesn't have a dongle and says when he told the men that, they took Lola. Captain Ochoa tells Bobby and Athena that there's been rumors about a retired couple using the cruise line industry as a front for international smuggling. Athena tells Norman that he and Lola fit the profile. Norman tells her that he's a retired dry cleaner. He also tells Athena and Bobby that he was told that if he didn't turn over the dongle at the next port, Lola will be killed.

The episode ends with the same woman we saw Norman earlier, entering an equipment room and using an axe to destroy all the communication devices. We then see several armed men and women in tactical gear ride up to the ship on jet skis and climb aboard. They demand that all the passengers get down on the ground. The last thing we hear is gunshots.

Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you do a season opener! I am thoroughly pleased with this episode and if I were to rank all the first episodes of each season, this one would definitely make it into the top three. Maybe even the top two. One thing this show excels at is it’s disaster episodes. We usually get one, sometimes two, a season and they rarely, if ever, disappoint. In regard to the shift from FOX to ABC, I could definitely tell a difference this episode. Maybe it’s just me but this episode felt wittier and snappier. Each of the main characters were on point and I loved supporting characters like Josh, Frank and Shannon featured as well. The return of Norman and Lola Peterson was both a surprise and a delight. As a fan of diehard fan of Glee, I love how actors from that show and other Ryan Murphy projects will sometimes pop up on 9-1-1.

This episode leaves me super excited about what’s to come. I’ve been told that this season opener is three parts so next week I’m sure we’ll learn more about what’s really going on aboard Athena and Bobby’s cruise ship. If I were to speculate, I think we’re going to see the two of them teaming up like they have done many times before, only I think Athena will walk away with a better appreciation of her husband. Athena and Bobby are my favorite couple on the show, and I think they are perfect for each other. It is good to see some conflict in their relationship but I’m hoping that conflict will be resolved soon. I can’t imagine these two not being together.

As for Maddie and Chimney, I’m excited to see these two plan their upcoming wedding. Hopefully their wedding won’t be mired in tragedy like TK and Carlos’ over on Lone Star. I do think that we’ll see some conflict between these two. This will be Maddie’s second marriage and considering how her first marriage ended, I think we’re going to see her struggle with walking down that aisle again. It also makes me curious if we will see Jason again, maybe in a flashback or in a nightmare sequence. Something else to consider is how Chimney will handle things as well. Chimney’s parents split up when he was young, and his father abandoned he and his mom to go back to Korea. Perhaps Chimney has some unresolved trauma regarding this that we’ll see explored in further episodes this season.

Lastly, we have Eddie and Buck. Seven seasons later, there’s still a portion of the 9-1-1 fandom who are demanding these two get together romantically. I don’t see Eddie and Buck as romantic. I don’t think the show has indicated there’s any romantic feelings between the two of them. What I do see is two straight male characters who are close friends who support and care about each other. It frustrates me that there are others who go out of their way to harass the actors and the writers about making their ‘ship’ happen on this show. I actually think the title of this episode is a clever allusion to the whole Buddie fandom and how bat shit insane they’ve been since Eddie was first introduced on the show. I believe the title ‘Abandon Ships’ is the creators’ way of saying: No, we will not be going down that road. What we will show you is a wholesome, non-toxic relationship between two men. Anything beyond that will remain in the plethora of fanfics found on the innerwebs. And yes, I love reading Buddie fanfics but as a viewer, as a queer viewer, I do not need or want Evan Buckley and Eddie Diaz getting romantically involved. It’s okay to have ships or to want to see your two favorite characters get together but please, let’s stop asking Oliver Stark and Ryan Guzman questions about it and getting upset when they don’t say what you want them to say. It’s weird! Stop it!

The last thing I will say about this episode is that it’s so good to have 9-1-1 back. I have truly missed this show and I’m happy to have something to look forward to watching each week. I hope next episode we get to focus on Buck and Hen since we didn’t get to see much with their lives this episode. I look forward to seeing what happens with Athena and Bobby and the other passengers on the cruise ship. Until next time …

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plantinghobbies · 7 months

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The Same Damn Thing

Part 1: We were scared of getting old and it made us restless

Join @solipsisticno1 and I on this six-part roller coaster for Valetine’s Day, based on an angsty lyric challenge that nobody asked for. New installments drop every few days, feedback fuels us!

By the time Valentina arrived, the room was over capacity and the crowd was over served, the bass so loud it felt like it was rattling her organs. She spots Matty’s curls first (she always does) and begins making her way over to her sister’s friends. She knows that description isn’t totally accurate - the couple of times she let it slip they’ve squawked at her about how she’s their friend too - but under the circumstances, it’s hard to not feel like her sister’s understudy. She’s been that her whole life.

The group is huddled at their usual table in the corner of the pub, shoulders pressed together as if it could ward off the onslaught of real-world responsibilities ready to overtake them in a few days when they leave the comforts of school, newly minted “adults”. Right now, they looked more like drunk toddlers, spilling on the table and each other as they play one last round of flip the lid. Valentina never bothered to learn the complicated rules Matty and George had made up years ago, but she knew enough to know they were near the end.

Matty’s cheeks are flushed from drink, something she’s loved ever since she first saw it at fifteen visiting her sister for the first time since she left, slept in her dorm, met her friends. Met him. It wasn’t why Val had chosen to study here as well, but it didn’t hurt. She’d been intoxicated - not just on the cheap beer, but on the camaraderie. Growing up, Val loved American sitcoms - Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Beverly Hills 90210 (though her parents didn’t know about that one) - groups of friends who take on life and then meet up on a shared couch or bar stools to recap their days - the glowing highs, the comedic lows. Together, seemingly forever. She’d enrolled here with visions of her and the gang at this very table playing flip the lid, her and Marin on morning jogs before class, her and Matty - well, just getting to exist in his orbit really, that unnamable pull that seemed to light him from within, draw people into him.

And for the first few months, her sitcom dreams and her freshman reality had aligned. She’d joined them for nights out, did sunrise yoga with the girls (apparently, someone in their dorm had read women who run age faster than non-runners. Val was very skeptical of the science behind this “study” but didn’t want to risk speaking up to challenge it) and had spent enough time with Matty to mold her blind infatuation into genuine respect and admiration. A lot of time with Matty actually. It seemed that wherever she and Marin went, Matty would follow. Even to the crochet night that Val had organized at the elder-care center, wanting to test out the new app she’d been working on that provided alternate crafting methods for people with arthritis. Not that Val was complaining - she got to be surrounded by him, even if the only logical explanation for his presence was he was trying to pull Marin. Why else would a twenty-one-year-old man choose a crochet night over helping his friends defend their snooker championship at the pub? (And the feeling seemed mutual – Marin went on and on to Val about how great Matty was, how smart, how caring). Anyone else would have done everything they could to avoid him, them, but Val was a masochist it seemed. She didn’t care why Matty was there, just that he was there.

This pathetic acknowledgement aside, everything was as it should be. Except for one thing. The golf ball sized lump that seemed to develop overnight on Marin’s thigh. Instead of spring break on the warm beaches of the Algarve, they spent it in the sterile, white-washed hospital cancer ward. Ravaged was the term the doctor kept using. We’ve never seen something like this, how quickly its’ ravaged her organs. Funny, Val thinks, even Marin’s cancer was an overachiever.

Val had wanted to stay home, especially when Marin got accepted into an experimental drug trial. Experimental meant unexpected, something none of her family were particularly good at dealing with, except Val. She had clashed with her parents who were insistent on her going back (Val felt a little bad about fighting with them when they already had so much on their plate). But where she could fight with them, she was helpless against her sister, who crawled into her bed one night and pleaded with Val to go back, to not let this disrupt her life too, to help her live vicariously through her (it’s going to be so fucking boring here, I’m going to need the escapism). They’d cried over the unfairness of it all, big crocodile tears soaking the pillowcase as they clung to each other.

So she’d returned after break, feeling unmoored and exhausted. Marin had filled everyone in, long draining teary phone calls that kept her up until all hours of the night. Val knew she’d saved Matty for last, and after it, Marin didn’t leave her room for a day. (Val’s never asked if she and Matty are just close, or close. She’s afraid to have confirmation of her fears, that once again she’s no match for Marin).

Speaking of Matty, he’d thrown himself into the last month of term, a man on a mission, holding the group together in Marin’s absence. And he’d slotted Val in seamlessly, including her in everything, checking in with her more frequently. Val relished the attention, his care with her, the soft look he got in his eyes looking at her during midnight talks when the worry and cancer-fueled fucking anger overwhelmed them. She wanted to believe it was something, a spark, but he seemed so torn up about Marin. It was probably just pity. She secretly worried that he was going to all this trouble to try and replace the Marin-sized hole in their group. Or worse, in his heart. And she couldn’t be her sister, no matter how hard she’d tried growing up.

So, while she was devastated that they were leaving, hadn’t really even processed what next year would look like, there was a glimmer of hope in her that it would simplify things, they’d be less complicated. She’d go home for the summer (she’d cancelled her planned internship, felt selfish being away at such a tough time), take care of Marin, and return next year with him in the rear view. Out of sight, out of mind.

That seemed really hard to imagine right now when he catches her staring, looking at her over the lip of his pint, all soft eyes and a shy grin, like he knew something she didn’t. He stands as she approaches, enveloping her in a warm hug.

“Drink?” He shakes his pint as he speaks, and she nods aggressively.

“Here, you take this one, I’ll snag another” he pivots, pointing over his shoulder to the long line behind him that leads to the outside bar.

“No, don’t be silly. I’m not in a rush, I’ll grab it. Don’t want to take you away from this lot on your last night.”

“Eh, I’m sick of these twats” he says loudly, cackling when George flips him the bird and mutters about him being a sore loser. “I’ll wait with you, could do with some fresh air anyway.”

And she has to admit that the breeze feels nice, hadn’t realized how flushed she’d gotten in the stale air of the pub. Even after they score her “her”drink (a vodka cranberry) that he takes the piss out of her every time for - “it’s my drink of choice - that’s because it’s the only drink you’ve ever had! You’re missing out!”- they gravitate toward an empty bench on the outskirts of the patio. Matty lights a cigarette almost as soon as they’ve sat down.

“What happened to the New Year’s resolution?”

“Quitting seemed much more doable before your sister got sick” His face contorts into something between a grimace and a smirk. He flicks the ash away, breathing smoke out of his nose, something she knows should repulse her, but she finds oddly sexy. “I mean, I’m trying to keep everyone together. It hit Mags particularly hard, what with losing her father so young. Her fucking checked out mother could have at least paid for decent therapy back then. It’s been all I can do to keep her somewhat sober and passing class.”

She nods her agreement; she hadn’t realized just how much he’d been carrying not just her the last few months.

“Marin is the glue, you know? With her not here, I’m worried it’s all gonna fall apart. Like getting older wasn’t fucking bad enough.” Tap tap tap. He has a nervous habit of tapping his hands when he’s nervous. She’s noticed it more and more the last few weeks, a few beats turning into extended rhythms as the slow march to the end of the term draws near. “These were supposed to be the best months of our lives.” She can’t take seeing him anxious anymore, her hand reaching out to cover his on the bench. Val watches as her fingers lace together with his like an out of body experience. He squeezes hard, sending a twinge through her hand. She doesn’t care, she squeezes right back. “It’s so fucked.”

Another squeeze. His thumb grazes her knuckles gently. “I just wish there was more I could do.”

Now that is a sentiment that Valentina can relate to. “I hear you, I don’t know how to help her either and it kills me. Like, I’m her sister, and there’s just fuck all that I can -“she can’t finish, her voice catching in her throat.

“Not just her” his hand comes up to brush an errant hair out of her face, fingering the blond hair like it was gold. “For you.”

“Me? You don’t have to worry about me.”

“I may not have to” his gaze is piercing “but I do.” The words are like a dose of cold brew, hitting her nerves, making her feel jittery with a combination of excitement and angst. She feels guilty, she’s meant to be comforting him! But she also wants him, has for years, this is the closest they’ve ever been. About that, it feels like the space - the physical space - between them is getting smaller. She knows she’s not moving because she keeps trying to will her body to sit back, pull back, step back. So it has to be him closing the gap, leaning in, right? It makes no sense and yet it’s the only logical conclusion.

This shouldn’t be happening, she can’t be her sister for him. She can’t. “Listen, Marin is going to get better and then you and she can -”

Her eyes have to cross to see the confusion written in his, that’s how close he is now. Danger, danger. “Me and Marin? That’s not….” He takes a breath, sets his shoulders as if preparing for something. To let her down easy, no doubt. Oh god, how did he know? “Listen, Vee, I know this may be bad timing but -“

The sound of her phone is a mercy, and she jumps at the easy out, grateful to see her aunt’s name flash across the screen.

“I - uh - I gotta take this. Excuse me”

She wanders off under his watchful stare. By the time she returns, the group has migrated out to join him, her seat in front of him occupied. Everything is muted, their loud voices, her feelings, even the colors around her. It’s like she left the scene in color and came back black and white.

Mags yells out to her. “Val, come tell this dickhead that your first visit to London will be to see me, not him. Matty is delud-“ Her voice drifts off at the look on Val’s face. Matty clambers up from the table, squatting down to eye level, thumbs rubbing her shoulders as rhythmically as he did her knuckles. She wished she could feel it, feel anything.

“Valentina? What is it? Are you alright?“

Better just rip the bandaid off, there’s nothing for it. “It’s Marin. She’s uh” Val clears her throat, physically working to dislodge the words stuck in her throat, “I uh, she’s dead. She, she died.”

Everyone freezes, mouths hung open, gestures caught in midair. Matty’s still holding onto her shoulders, but the soothing rhythm has stopped. Being on the receiving end of the news had been hell but being on the receiving end of Marin’s friends – her friends too, she can hear the echo of Matty chastising her even now – reactions is somehow worse. Faces crumpling, hot tears. Shayla just keeps muttering oh my god over and over, as if a mantra, seemingly unaware that she’s doing it. It’s the only thing that cuts the silence until…

His lips part. “Vee, I – “Leave it to Matty to still find words when everyone else is at a loss. His fingers flex, arms adjusting to pull her into his body. But she can’t, can’t deal with anyone’s pain or awkwardness or misguided pity right now, especially his. She steps back, dodging the hurt look in his eyes. The subtle shift brings everyone’s attention back to her and they move all at once, a giant mass surrounding her. Taking up space and the air that she is desperately fighting for. Shayla’s oh my gods have turned into a litany of questions about what happened and what’s next and what does she want, and Val simply does not know.

Sweetheart, you need to come home. She’s gone. It feels like a lifetime ago that her aunt told her the news, voice cracking around her words, and yet it’s been less than five minutes. Val knows this because her favorite song had started playing just as she got the call – Purple Rain – and Prince’s epic riff was still blaring across the patio). Right before her phone buzzed, she’d even been tempted to ask Matty to dance (one minute of feeling him pressed against her before she swore she’d move on, just a little taste of what could have been if she hadn’t been born with such an incredibly, eclipsing force of a sister who drew everyone to her). That brief, reckless surge of confidence that feels like a different lifetime now.

She has to get out of there. She feels the need to cry and scream and throw things and curl into a ball and Val’s never been good at multitasking but right now it feels like she might do all of them at once if she doesn’t find a way to fucking move her feet. What is wrong with her? Is this shock? Is she dying? She feels like a part of her already has. Her spiral is interrupted by a steady hand at her back. She glances over her shoulder, meeting Matty’s bloodshot eyes. His curls are damp where they brush across her cheek, he looks wrecked. Of course he is, he just lost his – well, Val’s not sure what they were exactly but he looks beside himself.

Head tilting toward the patio exit, he takes her hand, her body going along with him. And it seems the rest of the group as well, them all trailing behind, clinging to each other, afraid to let go. He rambles on the walk back to her place – she’d balked at Matty’s insistence on spending the night on her couch, walking her back had been a reluctant compromise. I’ll come by as soon as you’re up, can help with packing. I can even fly home with you if you want. She reminds him he has graduation in a few days, knows a small army of family are coming from all over to celebrate him. Fuck that, I’ll call them right now, this is a family thing too. She bristles at that, the reminder of the intimacy he shared with her sister. Then she almost doubles over with shame at the thought of being jealous of Marin at all. She’s selfish, the worst.

Val knows he shows up the next morning, knows it even though she isn’t there. Because he said he would, because that’s who he is. Taking care of others, ignoring his own pain. That’s what he’s been doing for her all year long. Sure, she was the understudy, but she’d been a willing participant. Because the truth is, she’d been using him right back. She’d been so numb – with guilt at being well when her sister wasn’t, being at Marina’s dream school without her, being away when her parents were swamped with medical appointments and bills. Being with Matty, drunk on his attention, that’s the only time she felt anything all year. But the guilt of almost kissing Matty behind her sister’s back, while her sister was dying, well that almost crushed her.

The shame was palpable. It drove her out of her dorm in the middle of the night, leaving behind anything that she didn’t absolutely need, knowing she’d never come back for it. Kept a wall between them at the services, despite Matty’s multiple attempts to exchange more than just pleasantries and condolences. For months, it kept her company in the dead of night, when she was most tempted to return his numerous calls, reply to the endless stream of unanswered texts. Val, I’m here if you need anything. Please just let me know you’re getting these. Talk to me. And then there’d been one voicemail, recorded when he was clearly off his face. Veeeeeeee Im drknu and herteng n i fcin miss and then he’d been cut off, sounds of scuffling and a muffled give me that (it was George, she thinks) before the dial tone.

She didn’t hear from him again. Sometimes she’d wonder what finally made him give up. Anger, a new woman, apathy? This was one of her most well-worn thoughts, that he had simply moved on from the Langford sisters. She couldn’t blame him (and yet she did). They’d been friends for less than a year, connected by a third person who was now gone. What did she expect?

For years she kept the voicemail and texts, the only thing she had left of him, until even those were lost when she accidentally jumped in the pool at a friend’s wedding with her phone forgotten in her back pocket. Along with the contact info for her sister’s (her) friends. It became harder to remember the sound of his voice, the smell of his cologne, the cadence of his speech when he got so animated he couldn’t keep a train of thought going. But then she’d be out shopping, at a bar, and she’d hear it, the faint strains of Purple Rain. And it would come rushing back. The one damn thing that kept the torch from going out completely

#the 1975 fanfic #the 1975 #matty healy fanfic #matthew healy #original character

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🌿w e e k l y 🍄 t a g 🕯️ w e d n e s d a y🌙

Thank you @darlingian for creating this - and thank you to this incredible group of lovely people for tagging me! @energievie @creepkinginc @stocious @mybrainismelted @dynamic-power @rayrayor @deedala @mmmichyyy @such-a-barbarian @skylerwinchester @jrooc @lingy910y @palepinkgoat

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which character from any media would you like to have as a father? #1 devoted dad Charles Ingalls, from Little House on the Prairie

if money, laws, time, and effort were no object, what animal would you want to have? A wall-size aquarium, and marine biology experts to help me keep those fishies thriving

what is your Chinese takeout order? every single thing on the dim sum menu. too much?

what's your favorite emoji? I’m currently very into 🫠

would you rather have a library, greenhouse, or home theater in your house? Library - gimme all the shelf space. Will try not to organize by color.

what childhood tv show do you think of the most fondly? You Can’t Do That on Television (hi to all my Canadian friends)

what was your tumblr like when you first joined? It was only like a year and a half ago, so a sparser version of what it is now :)

what clothing style do you love but don't feel compelled to replicate yourself? I love the tailoring and structure of clothes from the 1940s & 50s, but very much don’t have the energy, attention span or the occassion to wear anything like that. So beautiful though.

if you were plopped into a fictional world, which one would you know the layout of the best? All the sets on Beverly Hills 90210?

what is your favorite piece of art? anything by Kandinsky

do you have a water bottle? what does it look like? I have a GIANT water bottle on my desk, I’m staring at it right now actually - the one that has the time of days etched up all on it, to cheer you on! I haven’t touched it in months.

what fanfic trope is a quiet fave? fall in love in 24 hours (angst and slow burn are my loud faves).

do you carry a daily bag? what does it look like? what's the weirdest thing in it? My work backpack… equipped with emergency socks because you never know.

if you had to ship Mickey with another Gallagher, who would it be? Probably Carl because they’d be absolutely ridiculous together.

what is a fanfic trope you didn't expect to like and then very much did? As someone who knows pretty much nothing about sports, those sports AUs really hit hard!

Do you think s11 Mickey can still carry s11 Ian? LIkely not - he tries though. They’ve fallen down a couple of times and Mickey still complains about the lower back pain it all caused.

who got custody of the killing bat when they sold the house? They FedEx’d it to Fiona with wedding photos and a batch of homemade cookies.

Tagging in @transmickey @ian-galagher @ohkate @gillyp @look-i-love-u @alexfanheart @sweetperversiongirl @callivich @suzy-queued @crossmydna @jessieoneday @ryantryinx @krystallouwho @too-schoolforcool @michellemisfit @deathclassic @vintagelacerosette @sweetbee78 @silvanshadow @gallawitchxx @mickeysgaymom @tanktopgallavich @grumble-fish @francesrose3 if you'd like to share!

#tag games with friends ✨

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Shannen Doherty's Courageous Life: How the 90210 Star Made It Her Mission to Inspire Others Amid Cancer Diagnosis

The actress, who died at 53 following almost a decade with breast cancer, faced life’s ups and downs with strength and humor

By JP Mangalindan

Published on July 15, 2024 02:40PM EDT

When Shannen Doherty reunited with her Beverly Hills, 90210 castmates for a 90s Con panel in Tampa, Florida in September 2023, she welled up with tears as she received a standing ovation from the audience and her castmates alike. Just three months before, the actress had shared on social media that her stage 4 breast cancer had spread to her brain. Wiping her eyes, she expressed her gratitude. “Thank you so much,” Doherty told the crowd, adding, “I have a fight for my life that I deal with every day.”

Doherty's remarkable journey ended on July 13 when she died at age 53 nearly a decade after she was diagnosed with cancer. She was surrounded by loved ones and her beloved dog Bowie. Tributes poured in, a testament to a woman whose acting career touched generations of viewers and whose cancer advocacy inspired others.

“Shannen was young and so courageous. By sharing her journey, she has helped so many,” former 90210 costar Gabrielle Carteris says in this week's PEOPLE cover story, on newsstands Friday.

Her friend and follow cast member Brian Austin Green honored her on social media: “You were a big part of my understanding of love. I’ll miss you more than I know how to process right now. Thank you for the gift of you.”

Noted Jason Priestley: “She was a force of nature.”

Even as “things turned much more difficult in the last couple of weeks, we just kept loving and hoping and supporting and fighting,” says Doherty’s friend and oncologist Dr. Lawrence Piro, who was with her in her final moments.

Still, Doherty never let her work ethic and determination diminish. On June 24 she announced on her podcast Let’s Be Clear that she was beginning a new round of chemotherapy. Just days before her death she recorded five episodes of The House of Halliwell, a Charmed rewatch podcast she was cohosting with former costars Holly Marie Combs, Brian Krause and Drew Fuller.

“Too young, too talented, too loving, too grateful, too early,” Krause said in the July 15 episode. “Shannen was just so motivated and determined to help make this show a success.”

Born in 1971 in Memphis to John Thomas, who worked in a bank, and Rosa, a beauty parlor owner, Doherty learned resilience early on. When Doherty was 8, Rosa was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm with a 10 percent chance of survival and beat the odds. “I come from a woman who was determined,” Doherty told PEOPLE in November 2023. "She impressed that upon me as a very young child."

The pair remained close throughout Doherty's life. "She is my beautiful girl and my heart," Rosa tells PEOPLE.

Doherty's family, including her brother Sean, moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s. A few years later, when Doherty was 11, she landed the part of Jenny Wilder on Little House on the Prairie.

In 1989, she showed off her darker side in Heathers, playing a member of a high school’s popular clique. Then Doherty was cast as rebellious Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210, where she and her telegenic costars were catapulted to a stratospheric level of fame.

Being thrust to the forefront of pop culture was surreal for the actress. During a magazine cover shoot with costars Priestley and Luke Perry in 1992, Doherty recalled being awestruck by the show's popularity. “We were all looking at each other like, ‘This is amazing,’” she said in 2008. “To be 18, 19 years old, and having a show blow up almost overnight, was overwhelming.”

As her status was rising, she remained grounded. She spent her first big check from the show helping her father, who was having health issues, pay his medical bills. “He was the example of what every man should strive to be,” she wrote last year in honor of his birthday; he died in 2010 nearly a year after suffering a stroke. “My father was the best man that ever walked this earth.”

Doherty's unabashed frankness became something of a calling card over the years. “I think that growing up on TV in the ‘90s as a woman was very different than it is currently, and I like to say that some of us sort of paved the way,” she said in 2023. “Women are taking such huge strides in the world currently. Being on 90210 and being someone who didn’t necessarily play by the rules, I didn’t placate the men in my business.”

Her 90210 costar Tori Spelling applauded her on Instagram. "She was a rebel in an era when most women didn’t feel comfortable being strong," Spelling wrote. "She always stuck up for me. Always had my back. Always believed in me when I didn’t or couldn’t believe in myself."

Actress Rose McGowan said Doherty “had the heart of a lion” in her social media tribute. “Passion for craft is often mislabeled as trouble. Shannen was passion.”

Although she was let go from 90210 after the fourth season, she’d clearly made an impression on mega producer Aaron Spelling, who cast Doherty in another of his TV projects destined for cultural relevance, the WB supernatural drama Charmed. Prue Halliwell, the eldest of three sisters-turned-witches, became another memorable role for Doherty.

The actress worked steadily in the years that followed, popping up in TV movies, starring in the short-lived reality TV show Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty and competing on Dancing with the Stars. In 2019, she appeared with several of the original 90210 cast members on the cheeky, short-lived revival BH90210.

Doherty did not have any children, though she said she “always wanted” to be a mom. She was married three times and agreed to finalize her divorce from photographer Kurt Iswarienko one day before she died. She often looked back on her romantic relationships with humor.

“Listen, Elizabeth Taylor still has me beat as far as husbands and divorces, so I’m good. I’m not there yet, so there’s no reason to be negative about it,” she told PEOPLE in 2023. “S--- happens.”

Decades of ups and downs in Hollywood had made Doherty a private person. But following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2015, she had an epiphany. “When I got cancer the first time, it was this really beautiful thing, because it finally stripped all of that away,” she said in 2020. “Those walls were, like, eliminated. That sort of childhood resentment — 19 to me is childhood — was gone.”

She revealed she was in remission in April 2017, but when she announced in 2020 that the cancer had returned, Doherty had a steadfast determination to live life to the fullest. She continued to work, raised money for breast cancer awareness, supported animal rights charities and chose to spend more time with those closest to her, including her mom, actresses Sarah Michelle Gellar and Roma Downey and real estate agent Chris Cortazzo.

"How do you possibly find the right words to sum up 30 years of friendship? I keep reminding myself it only hurts this much because, there was so much love," Gellar, 47, wrote on Instagram before urging followers to honor her friend by supporting animal rights charities, a cause Doherty cared about deeply.

In 2023 Doherty debuted her Let’s Be Clear podcast, where she was open about her career, the great loves of her life and living with cancer.

“I’m not done,” Doherty said last year. “I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better.”

It was crucial for the actress to prove that people with cancer could still live full lives and make meaningful contributions. “People just assume that it means you can’t walk, you can’t eat, you can’t work. They put you out to pasture at a very early age — ‘You’re done, you’re retired,’ and we’re not,” she told PEOPLE in 2023. “We’re vibrant, and we have such a different outlook on life. We are people who want to work, embrace life and keep moving forward.”

Her experience, she said, allowed her to peer into life’s greater depths. “You really have to dig deep to face cancer, and in that you find all the stuff that you had hidden away,” she said in 2021. “And it’s beautiful things that you find. You find the vulnerability, you find your trust in people again, you find forgiveness.”

Doherty often expressed gratitude — “I wake up and go to bed thanking God, praying for the things that matter to me without asking for too much” — even as her cancer thwarted aggressive treatments like radiation therapy.

Still, “I’m not afraid of death,” she told PEOPLE in November 2023 when she revealed her cancer had spread to her bones. “I know where I’m going — and I know the people that I’m going to see."

#shannen doherty #2024 #2024 shannen doherty #july 2024 #july 29 2024 people magazine #people magazine #article #cancer #acting career #rest in peace #gone but never forgotten #fly high #2020s #2020s shannen doherty #2023 john russo #2023 photoshots #photoshots

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#are we calling this halloween look 80s rocker couple? because i can get behind that concept #beverly hills 90210 #gina kincaid #dylan mckay #vanessa marcil #luke perry #90s #season 10 #halloween

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PAKİSTANLI MÜSLÜMAN BİR BİLİM ADAMININ İLGİNÇ ARAŞTIRMASI..

Dünyada yalnızca 14 milyon Yahudi var;

~Amerika'da 7 milyon,

~Asya'da 5 milyon,

~Avrupa'da 2 milyon,

~Afrika'da 100 bin

Adet Musevi yaşıyor..

Soru: Pekiyi de kaç adet Müslüman İnsan var?

Cevap: 1,4 milyar Müslüman;

~1 milyar Asya,

~400 milyon Afrika,

~44 milyon Avrupa,

~6 milyon Amerika

Kıt'asında Yaşıyor.

👉Yâni Dünyada 1 Musevi’ye Karşın 100 Müslüman Var...

İyi ama Yahudiler Müslümanlardan niçin 100 kat daha güçlü ve daha zengin ve daha eğitimli ve daha mucitler?

Tarafsız ve Bilimsel Yollarla tespit edilmiş nedenlerini öğrenmek istiyorsanız lütfen okumayı sürdürün.

👉Tüm zamanların en etkin bilim adamı Albert EİNSTEİN bir Yahudiydi.

👉Psikanalizin babası Sigmund FREUD bir Yahudiydi.

👉Karl MARKS Yahudiydi.

Tüm İnsanlığa zenginlik ve sağlık katmış Yahudilere bakalım;

👉Benjamin Rubin insanlığa aşı iğnesini armağan etti.

👉Jonas Salk ilk çocuk felci aşısını geliştirdi.

👉Gertrude Elion lösemiye karşı ilaç buldu.

👉Baruch Blumberg Hepatit-B aşısını geliştirdi.

👉Paul Ehrlich frengiye karşı tedaviyi buldu.

👉Elie Metchnikoff bulaşıcı hastalıklarla ilgili buluşuyla Nobel ödülü kazandı.

👉Gregory Pincus ilk doğum kontrol hapını geliştirdi.

👉Bernard Katz nöromasküler iletişim kaslarla sinir sistemi arası iletişim alanında Nobel ödülü kazandı.

👉Andrew Schally endokrinoloji metabolik sistem rahatsızlıkları, diyabet, hipertiroid tedavilerinde kullanılan yöntemi geliştirdi.

👉Aaaron Beck Cognitive Terapi’yi akli bozuklukları, depresyon ve fobi tedavilerinde kullanılan psikoterapi yöntemini geliştirdi.

👉Gerald Wald insan gözü hakkındaki bilgilerimizi geliştirerek Nobel ödülü kazandı.

👉Stanley Cohen embriyoloji embriyon ve gelişimi çalışmaları dalında Nobel aldı.

👉Willem Kolff böbrek diyaliz makinesini yaptı.

👉Peter Schultz optik lif kabloyu, Charles Adler trafik ışıklarını,

👉Benno Strauss paslanmaz çeliği,

👉Isador Kisse sesli filmleri,

👉Emile Berliner telefon mikrofonunu,

👉Charles Ginsburg ilk bantlı video kayıt makinesini geliştirdi.

👉Stanley Mezor ilk mikro işlem çipini icat etti.

👉Leo Szilard ilk nükleer zincirleme reaktörünü geliştirdi.

Peki, ama;

~Son 100 Yıl içinde Yahudiler sadece Bilimsel alanda 104 Nobel Ödülü kazanırken,

~1.4 milyar Müslüman neden yalnızca 3 Nobel kazandı

Yahudiler niçin bu kadar yaratıcı ve neden bu kadar güçlüler? Yahudi inancına bağlı ve küresel çapta büyüyüp tanınmış şu yatırımcılara ve işadamlarına ve markalarına bakalım;

* Ralph Lauren (Polo),

* Levi Strauss (Levi's Jeans),

* Howard Schultz (Starbuck's),

* Sergei Brin (Google),

* Michael Dell (Dell Bilgisayarları),

* Larry Ellison (Oracle),

* Donna Karan (DKNY),

* Irv Robbins (Baskins & Robbins),

* Bill Rosenberg (Dunkin Doughnuts)

* Richard Levin (Yale Üniversitesi'nin kurucu başkanı).

Yahudi inancına bağlı ve küresel çapta büyüyüp tanınmış şu sanatçılara bakalım:

* Michael Douglas,

* Dustin Hoffman,

* Harrison Ford,

* Woody Allen,

* Tony Curtis,

* Charles Bronson,

* Sandra Bullock,

* Billy Crystal,

* Paul Newman,

* Peter Sellers,

* George Burns,

* Goldie Hawn,

* Cary Grant,

* William Shatner,

* Jerry Lewis,* Peter Falk...

Yönetmenler ve Yapımcılar arasındaki Yahudiler:

* Steven Spielberg,

* Mel Brooks,

* Oliver Stone,

* Aaaron Spelling (Beverly Hills 90210),

* Neil Simon (The Odd Couple),

* Andrew Vaina (Rambo 1 /2 / 3),

* Michael Mann (Starzky and Hutch),

* Milos Forman (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus),

* Douglas Fairbanks (TheThief of Baghdat),

* Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) ,

* Kohen Kardeşler,

* William Wyler.

* William James Sidis

Sorun kendinize;

250’lik IQ derecesiyle Dünyaya gelmiş en parlak insan hangi dine mensuptur?

Sorun kendinize;

Neden Yahudiler bu kadar güçlüdür?

Cevabı şudur;

Her çocuğa ve her gence kaliteli eğitim verirler...

Bu eğitim türü sorgulayıcı (teslimiyetçi değil), araştırıcı (ezberci değil) ve yaratıcıdır (bilgi üretmek/bulmak içindir)

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Thinking about the Writers and Actor’s Strike reminded me of a High School substitute math teacher I hated at the time.

Mentioned before that while in High School, the school and surrounding locations were used as filming locations for Beverly Hills 90210 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Part of that draw is that Torrance is relatively close to Los Angeles and Hollywood.

I don’t remember anything about what he might have taught us, but I remember him talking about the fact that he’d been in Apollo 13. He had one line, which he gleefully acted out for us. Several times.

“Jim, gum.” And then Tom Hanks spat his gum into the substitute teacher’s bare hand.

That was it. It was his first speaking line, got him a couple of hundred bucks, and Tom Hanks shook his hand and welcomed him into the actor’s union. He was sure this was the next big step towards him being a famous actor, talking how we should get his autograph.

And the thing was… Apollo 13 at the time was a Big Movie. And none of us kids at the time understood what someone who was in a record breaking movie was doing as substitute teacher, when it was obvious that he didn’t want to be there at our school, teaching us snot nosed kids math.

Because if you’re in a big movie like that, talking to Tom Hanks, you’ve got to be rolling in the dough, right?

Right?

Except, that’s not the reality, is it? The stories we’ve been hearing, especially since the strike started is the complete opposite, how broke average actors like the substitute was. How they have to do two or three jobs to sustain themselves, because acting can’t.

We had a couple of substitutes in other classes that were also actors, just part of the background radiation of being around Hollywood. None with the same ego or condescension.

I can’t even remember his name. Looking at IMDB, I’m not sure what the character’s name was, and I’ve never seen the movie.

He was just an actor, like so many others, trying to making a living perusing his dream.

One, now that I’m older, I hope he got to fulfil. And wonder if maybe he’s on the picket lines today.

I kinda hope so, because he really wasn’t a great substitute teacher.

#sag afra strike #sag strike #sag strong #wag strike

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Matthew Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing in the hit TV sitcom Friends, has died at 54, according to reports.

Perry drowned at his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, sources including a representative for the actor and law enforcement told NBC News. Other US outlets also reported Perry had died.

After small roles in Growing Pains, Beverly Hills 90210 and Dream On, Perry scored a role in NBC sitcom Friends in 1994. The comedy, about six friends living in New York City, quickly became a phenomenon, winning multiple Emmys and scoring record ratings.

Perry went on to play the sarcastic and neurotic Chandler in 10 seasons with the 2004 finale reaching over 52 million viewers in the US, making it the most watched TV episode of the 2000s.

“People come up to me every day and say, ‘Hey Chandler!’ I don’t respond to it,” he said in a 2014 interview. “If somebody says, ‘Hi Matthew, I love your work’, that’s one thing. But if somebody goes ‘Yo, Chandler’, I don’t like that. I’m tired of it. I’m not Chandler.”

Perry was born in Massachusetts in 1969 to an American father and a Canadian mother, who would later move her son to Ottawa to work as a press aide to Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau. In his bestselling 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry recalled acting up after his father abandoned his family to chase his own dreams of becoming an actor – including bullying a young Justin Trudeau. “I decided to end my argument with him when he was put in charge of an entire army,” he wrote.

At 15 Perry moved to Hollywood, with the hope of reconnecting with his father. It was there he began to enjoy acting, and was eventually spotted at a diner, “charming a bunch of young women”, by director William Richert, who left a note asking him to be in his next movie, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, alongside River Phoenix.

Perry was 24 when he started playing Chandler and was relatively unknown, just like his co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer. In a 2019 interview, Friends creator David Crane said Chandler was the most difficult character to cast; actors Craig Bierko, Jon Cryer and Jon Favreau were also considered for the role.

“Marta [Kauffman, co-creator] and I were thinking Chandler is just poorly written,” added Crane. “Then Matthew came in and you went, ‘Oh, well, there you go. Done. Done. That’s the guy.’”

Perry was nominated for an Emmy award five times, including once for his Friends role and twice for his role as lawyer Joe Quincy on The West Wing.

During his tenure on Friends, Perry starred in films including Fools Rush In with Salma Hayek, Three to Tango with Neve Campbell and The Whole Nine Yards with Bruce Willis. He also played small roles in Ally McBeal and Scrubs.

In a 2002 interview with the New York Times, he confessed: “I wanted to be famous so badly. You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant. I didn’t think what the repercussions would be.”

Perry’s personal life was afflicted by addiction, starting in 1997 when he became addicted to pain medication after a jetski accident. He later claimed to not remember three years of his time on Friends and to spending over $9m on his fight to stay sober.

“I was taking 55 Vicodin a day, I weighed 128lbs, I was on Friends getting watched by 30 million people – and that’s why I can’t watch the show, because I was brutally thin,” he said. Perry later admitted he had suffered severe anxiety “every night” while filming the show and felt nothing when the show ended.

Once Friends ended in 2004, Perry’s next small-screen lead was in Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which was cancelled after one season. In 2009 he starred in hit comedy 17 Again alongside Zac Efron, and later guest-starred on both The Good Wife and The Good Fight.

Perry also led one season sitcom Go On and a remake of The Odd Couple which lasted for three seasons. In 2016 he wrote and starred in play The End of Longing which opened in the West End and later transferred to Broadway.

In 2019, he was put in a two-week coma when his colon exploded due to opiate abuse; he had 14 surgeries due to his opiate abuse. “At this point in my life, the words of gratitude pour out of me because I should be dead, and yet somehow I am not,” he wrote in last year’s Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which was a hit with readers and critics. The Guardian’s Barbara Ellen called the memoir “harrowing and revealing about the juncture where extreme compound addiction collides with mega-celebrity”.

“You have to get famous to know that it’s not the answer. And nobody who is not famous will ever truly believe that,” Perry wrote.

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