#Debbie Chen

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The Christmas Special Day 13: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)

The Christmas Special Day 13: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)

Director: Jon Stone Writer: Jon Stone, Joseph A. Bailey Cast: Caroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Linda Bove, Northern Calloway, Debbie Chen, Will Lee, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Roscoe Orman, Alaina Reed Plot: On Christmas Eve the gang on Sesame Street takes a trip to the local ice skating rink. While everyone else is having a good time, Oscar the…

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Hot Vintage TV Ladies Bracket - Round 1

Round 1 (All polls)

Bea Arthur Vs. Bea Benaderet

Barbara Eden Vs. Kathryn Leigh Scott

Kellye Nakahara Vs. Janine Turner

Betty White Vs. Gracie Allen

Joely Richardson Vs. Miranda Richardson

Holland Taylor Vs. Joan Collins

Joan Chen Vs. Rachel Bilson

Lucille Ball Vs. Suzanne Pleshette

Angela Lansbury Vs. Eartha Kitt

Alex Kingston Vs. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Gina Torres Vs. Sherilyn Fenn

Katee Sackhoff Vs. Geraldine James

Barbara Feldon Vs. Carol Cleveland

Amanda Tapping Vs. Nana Visitor

Amanda Randolph Vs. Barbara Mullen

Kate Jackson Vs. Kim Cattrall

Emma Thompson Vs. Penelope Keith

Rue McClanahan Vs. Barbara Stanwyck

Thalía Vs. Sheila Kuehl

Joan Bennett Vs. Grayson Hall

Julie Newmar Vs. Lalla Ward

Farrah Fawcett Vs. Catherine Bach

Diahann Carroll Vs. Siân Phillips

Mary Tyler Moore Vs. Jan Smithers

Nichelle Nichols Vs. Yvonne Craig

Carolyn Jones Vs. Lara Parker

Janet Hubert Vs. Marcia Strassman

Jackée Harry Vs. Dawn French

Tina Louise Vs. Linda Cristal

Eva Gabor Vs. Anne Francis

Lynda Carter Vs. Peggy Lipton

Courteney Cox Vs. Mädchen Amick

Vivica A Fox Vs. Julia Duffy

Valerie Harper Vs. Jaclyn Smith

Doris Day Vs. Dawn Wells

Debbie Allen Vs. Elizabeth Montgomery

Karyn Parsons Vs. Katy Manning

Deidre Hall Vs. Phyllis Logan

Jeri Ryan Vs. Mira Furlan

Lucy Lawless Vs. Claudia Black

Morena Baccarin Vs. Shannen Doherty

Jonelle Allen Vs. Francesca Annis

Jane Seymour Vs. Annette Crosbie

Diana Rigg Vs. Joanna Lumley

Melissa Joan Hart Vs. Lisa Robin Kelly

Lisa Bonet / Lilakoi Moon Vs. Lisa Hartman

Eliza Dushku Vs. Chloe Annett

Fran Drescher Vs. Mariska Hargitay

Lauren Graham Vs. Charisma Carpenter

Marlo Thomas Vs. Lily Tomlin

Connie Booth Vs. Barbara Billingsley

Gillian Anderson Vs. Alexandra Paul

Penny Johnson Jerald Vs. Mag Ruffman

Sarah Jessica Parker Vs. Judy Parfitt

Cicely Tyson Vs. Aimi MacDonald

Anna May Wong Vs. Peggy Ashcroft

Carol Burnett Vs. Elisabeth Sladen

Sarah Michelle Gellar Vs. Hattie Hayridge

Pamela Anderson Vs. Loretta Swit

Itatí Cantoral Vs. Audrey Meadows

Jane Krakowski Vs. Jennifer Aniston

Terry Farrell Vs. Nicole de Boer

Carole André Vs. Melissa Leo Vs. Sabrina Lloyd

Eve Arden Vs. Dorothy Provine Vs. Vivian Vance

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by Debbie Weiss

At least one-third of the 136 hostages still in the Hamas terror group’s custody in Gaza are at imminent risk of death, a disturbing report released on Tuesday found.

The report came a day after several former hostages, who were released during a temporary Israel-Hamas truce at the end of November, testified that those still in captivity in Gaza had been subjected to extreme forms of violence, including sexual assault at gunpoint and amputation.

“The testimonies from those who have been released reveal severe mental and physical abuse. This includes brutal sexual assault (men and women) mutilation, torture, starvation and dehydration, and a lack of medical care, with no access to Red Cross representatives. The worsening health of these hostages, both men and women, is alarming,” the report, released by the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum, stated.

The forum was established by families of the abductees who were kidnapped to Gaza during Hamas’ Oct. 7 onslaught across southern Israel, as well as by the families of people who went missing due to the attack.

A third of the hostages are suffering from chronic illnesses that need immediate treatment, including diabetes, Crohn’s disease, cancer, and heart and kidney disease. The hostages suffering from those diseases include young people — such as 22-year-old Omer Wenkert, who has ulcerative colitis, and 35-year-old Dolev Yehud, who suffers from kidney and thyroid diseases — and older people, Israeli Jews and Arabs alike.

A chilling testimony by Agam Goldstein-Almog, 17 — who was released after 51 days of captivity along with her mother, Chen, 49, and siblings, Gal, 11, and Tal, 9 — was screened at a rally in Tel Aviv.

“One day we moved from a house to a tunnel, suddenly a door opened, and we met six girls. We realized that there were girls who were alone. Many girls experienced severe sexual abuse, they are injured — very, very serious and complex injuries that are not being treated,” she said. “They dress their wounds themselves, or we helped them.”

In captivity in Gaza, “you live death,” she said.

“You don’t know when it will catch you and how it will look, if it will happen through torture or if they will just shoot you or even if it’ll be by the bombings from the air force,” she continued. “You’re always thinking about what death will look like.”

Goldstein-Almog’s mother, Chen, a social worker, said she saw some of the female hostages still being held in Gaza during her time there, and they had suffered weeks of isolation as well as sexual abuse.

“There were girls who spent 50 days and more alone. When they were sad, crying, their captors would stroke them and touch them. They described accounts of sexual abuse under gunpoint on a regular basis,” she said.

“Some of the girls were badly wounded and haven’t been getting proper medical care. Gunshot wounds, even lost limbs. They said they can cope with the disability but not with the manner they were constantly violated,” she added.

Chen Almog-Goldstein’s other daughter, Yam, 20, and husband Nadav were among the 1,200 people murdered by Hamas terrorists during their Oct. 7 massacre.

Eighteen-year-old Ofir Engel’s testimony, in which he described the pride with which he was shown off like a trophy, was also screened at the Tel Aviv rally.

“In Gaza we were immediately brought to a home, as if they were proud to show what they managed to catch,” said Engel, who was released after 54 days. “We were constantly told that we won’t return alive, that no one wants us in Israel, and that our families don’t care about us. Every day, they broke us a little more, and then a little more.”

Tuesday’s report, which was released to coincide with the three-month anniversary since Oct. 7, was accompanied by a letter from eight Nobel Prize laureates who urged the UN, Red Cross, and World Health Organization to advocate for the hostages’ release and to facilitate access to medical aid in the meantime.

Prof. Hagai Levine, head of the forum’s medical team, issued a stark warning: “All the hostages face immediate mortal danger. Some will not survive 100 days in captivity without proper care.”

A day earlier, Israeli media reported that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is aware of the exact whereabouts of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ chief in Gaza, but is refraining from carrying out a strike because the terror leader was surrounding himself with dozens of hostages as human shields.

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Bracket!

Its done! 64 competitors on this.

its so small I will put the mashups under the cut, but know that the first 8 polls, Round 1 A will release on Sunday, August 20th, 3pm EST, and will last 1 week.

If anyone has ANY specific photos they want me to use for anyone here, please send them to me. (Also if you see anyone on this list you like, feel free to send n more propaganda for them because I may put it in their poll and some people here don't have any lol)

Round 1 A

Edgar and Fay from Dolls of New Albion vs Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker from star wars

Catra and Adora from She ra vs The doctor and the Master from Doctor who

Jekyll and Lanyon from The glass scientist vs Chell and Wheatley from Portal

Colm Doherty and Pádraic Súilleabháin from Banshees of Inisherin vs Chalres Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr from x -men

Jesus and Judas from Jesus Christ Superstar vs Rogue and Gambit from x- men

Grace and Simon from Infinity train vs kim Wexler and Jimmy from Better call Saul

Evellyn, Luel, and Sahar from Luna Story picross/coloring book apps vs Andreth and Aegnor from Silmarillion!

Anna and Hans from Frozen vs Kirk and SPock from Star trek

Round 1b

Ruth and Debbie from GLOW vs Agent Curt and Owen Carvour from Spies are forever

aziraphale & crowley from good omens vs Nastya and Aurora from Mechanism

John Doe and Arthur Lester from Malevolent vs Kotetsu and Barnaby from tiger and Bunny

Fitz and the fool from Realm of the Elderlings vs HeathCliff and cathy from Wuthering Heights

Akeelah and Dr.Larabee from akeelah and the bee vs Arthur and Guinevere from Arthurianna.

Peery the platypus and Dr. Heniz Doofenshmirtiz from phineas and Ferb vs Skull and vintage from Spatoon

Hil and Tavek from Girl Genius vs Vrisrezi from Homestuck

Harry Du bois and Dora Ingerlund from Disco Elysium vs Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao-Long from RWBY

Round 1c

Jackieshannua from Yellow Jackets vs Addek from Greys Anatomy

Eddie and Shannon from 9-1-1 vs Mercymorn the First/Augustine the First/Emperor John Gaius from The locked tomb seris

Junpei and Skane from Zero escape vs Lea & Isa / Axel & Saïx from Kingdom hearts

Scooge MC'Duck and Goldie I'Gill Ducktails (2017) vsCavendish and Dakota from Milo Murphy's law

Rebecca Bunch and Josh Chen from Crazy ex-girlfriend vs Sophia and fitz from keeper of lost cities

Cherry and Adam from sk8 vs Dazi Osamu and Nakahara chuuya from Bungo Stray dog

 Shen Qingqiu & Yue Qingyuan from Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System vs Igor Grom and Sergey razumovski from Major Grom: Plague Doctor 

Jack harness and John Hart from Torchwood vs Yuma Tsukumo and Vector/Rei Shingetru from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

Round 1d

Powl and Mesothulas (trantulas) from transformers vs Jason Mcconnel and Peter simmonds from Bare: A pop Opera

Cappie and Even from Greek (2007) vs Junnana from Revue Starlight

The band Amatelast from Show By Rock! vs Mac Macdonald and Dennis Reynolds from Its always sunny in Philadelphia

Mulder and scully from x-files vsRosho and Sasara from Hypnosis Microphone!

Yoo Junghyuk and Anna Croft from omniscient reader vs Archie and maxie from Pokemon

sherlock and Watson from Blackeyed Theatre's Valley of Fear vs Anna, Sasha, and Marcy from Amphibia

The two boys from Bokura from Bokura vs Rom and Tammy from Parks and recs

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My Biggest Hopes for the Backyard Sports Resurrection

It goes back to its original PC formula.

Playground Productions did a good job in capturing the old nostalgia of the look. Now I hope it plays as simply as it once did. Just a click of the mouse was all it needed for the old games to be still beloved to this day. No need to overcomplicate with multiple buttons on the keyboard or gamepad.

2. Customization.

Whether it's custom players or custom teams. There's strong evidence all 30 original Backyard kids will be returning, so there's one thing the original Backyard Baseball (or any of the soccer games) didn't have and that was create a player. I hope that makes a return, and maybe even be allowed to create a team worth of custom players.

3. The NPCs return.

You know, like Felix Grant, Debby Nagasawa, Betty Houston, Jay Green, Chico Papas, etc. I know they aren't as well known to the casual Backyard Sports fan, but to a lot of us, especially those who played around with mods and online community know them well. Surely if there's a season mode, they'd have to right? Here's to hoping, they're the same old NPCs we learned to love or hate. XD

4. Room for the Atari era cast?

Okay. Okay, I know the 2007-2015 era of Backyard Sports is frowned upon in the fandom, but you know one thing I didn't dislike? Some of the unique cast. Ace Patterson, Samantha Pearce, Arthur Chen, and yes, even Joey Macadoo. Jury can be out on Jimmy Knuckles, but I'm keeping Ace. lol.

5. Return All Original Commentators...and...Playable?

Okay, so Vinnie was seen to the delight of the fandom sitting next to Sunny Day. So, let's hope this is a subtle confirmation that the other commentators will return to such as Earl Grey (Soccer), Chuck Downfield (Football), Barry DeJay (Basketball) and Buddy Cheque (Hockey). Okay, some of the commentators have been playable in the past (Buddy Cheque in Backyard Hockey 2005 for example) so, how about adding them to playable cast again...maybe even Sunny could be playable?

6. Have its own unique spin.

While I don't want the reboot to completely stray away from the franchise, I do want it to find something to add its own uniqueness to it. I don't really know what that is though. Maybe they have their own unique fields. Maybe some unique team names. I don't know, but I don't want it to be completely the same game we already have and what the fanbase is already playing thanks to ScummVM.

7. All Original Teams Return

So obviously the Melonheads are too iconic and will be returning and the Wombats logo was seen on the treehouse on the website, so could this mean all of them are coming back? Hornets? Rockets? Fishes? All-Stars? I hope so! Would also be cool to have own unique teams too. Or maybe past teams we couldn't play like the Mammoths, the Duckies, the Bananas? That'd be cool.

8. Online Play

It's 2024. The Backyard Sports fandom definitely had caught attention from the developers seeing they've seen posts from the competitive community. Let's keep it a strong community by bringing the competition to the upcoming franchise.

9. Championship Celebrations

Some games were better than others, but after going through season play I think a satisfying championship celebration would be great. Like an animation video with your selected teammates, maybe have some unique interactions if you teamed certain characters with each other, just something more than just an ordinary newspaper saying you're the champ. lol.

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New ACONIC Podcast Series: Challenging Stereotypes About Asian Americans

New ACONIC Podcast Series Launches to Challenge Stereotypes and Discuss Personal and Professional Highs and Lows with Asian and Asian American Icons

The Iconic Podcast, a new series featuring iconic Asian and AAPI leaders in a candid conversation about the challenges and triumphs experienced along their journeys to success, has premiered today on all major podcast platforms and on YouTube. The debut episode features a frank and unfiltered discussion with San Francisco 49ers President Paraag Marathe, with the following episodes to come every two weeks on Wednesday.

The Aconic Podcast is sponsored by Altos Ventures, the Founders of the Asian Alumni Chapter of Stanford Graduate School of Business, The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), and Gold House and hosted by Soon Yu, an international speaker, award-wining and best-selling author, and Forbes contributor who has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and New York Times.

Each episode will delve into the guest’s “hero’s journey” to success, including the roadblocks, misfires, frustrations, and failures they faced and their seminal moments of vulnerability, hope, perseverance, and achievement. Through these stories, Yu explores the key lessons each guest learned and how they’ve used them to create lasting impact in their fields.

“Through this series we are going to dispel the common stereotype of Asian Americans as a ‘model minority’ by having real and authentic conversations with some of the most prominent leaders in business, politics, and culture,” said Soon Yu, Host of the Aconic Podcast.

“Our conversations pull back the many layers of the Asian American experience to give audiences an inside look at what it really takes to rise above the obstacles that come along with the journey to success.”

“Our work at TAAF has shown that visibility is vital in shifting narratives surrounding our community,” said Norman Chen, CEO of the Asian American Foundation. “We’re excited to partner with Soon and his team to create a platform to showcase the complexity and variety of the Asian American experience and the triumphs achieved through adversity.”

“In a crowded landscape, it is up to us to invest in getting our stories out there to level the playing field when it comes to representation,” said Bing Chen, CEO & Co-Founder of Gold House. “We hope that Aconic will help Asian Pacific leaders reflect on their own journeys to success and inspire the next generation of Asian Pacific creatives, business leaders, and beyond to persevere as they pursue their dreams to become their best selves.”

“The powerful personal stories listeners will hear give moving examples of how some of today’s greatest leaders can stumble or face hardship but learn and grow,” said Chris Loh, GSB Asian Alumni Chapter Co-President and Aconic Podcast Executive Producer. “The lessons learned are truly inspiring, and we hope audiences develop new perspectives and helpful insights to use on their own journeys.”

Upcoming guests of the Aconic Podcast include:Paraag Marathe, President, San Francisco 49ers Debby Soo, CEO, OpenTable Andrew Yang, Founder, Forward Party Manny Maceda, CEO and Chairman, Bain Deb Liu, CEO, Ancestry Joe Bae, CEO, KKR Jenny Ming, CEO, Rothys Ho Nam, Managing Partner, Altos VC Aftab Pureval, Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Yamini Rangan, CEO, Hubspot Bing Chen, CEO & Co-Founder, Gold House Michelle Wu, Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts Norman Chen, CEO, The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) Tiffany Cheng, Miss Asia USA Steve Chen, Co-Founder, YouTube

I’ve listened to the first two episodes, and both were superb. The second episode with Debby Soo, CEO, OpenTable was especially enlightening with her memories of her parents consumed by their travel business, her time spent in the library, and her absorption of an intense work ethic.

The Aconic Podcast series was developed to promote positive narratives that inspire and empower the AAPI community. It features candid conversations with successful Asian and Asian American icons.

The Aconic Podcast is sponsored by Altos Ventures, the Founders of the Asian Alumni Chapter of Stanford Graduate School of Business, The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), and Gold House. It is hosted by Soon Yu, an international speaker, award-winning and best-selling author, and Forbes contributor who has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and New York Times.

In each episode of The Aconic Podcast series, Soon Yu delves into the experiences of these icons — from moments of frustration to those of hope, determination, and achievement. Guests shed light on their personal journeys overcoming challenges and sharing triumphs, and how they applied their learnings to create lasting impact in their fields. The Aconic Podcast is available on all major podcast platforms and on YouTube at @aconicpodcast. New episodes are released every two weeks on Wednesday.

Check out The Aconic Podcast to learn more. After all, the more we understand about other cultures, the more we can empathize and collaborate.

I’ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes by architect I.M. Pei, who once said: “Success is a collection of problems solved.”

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Osborne, Debbie Lordan, Desiree West, Diane Corcoran, Indira Mahal, J.

Chen-Li arrives at the Scorpion Teaching agency, new and Chen-Li...She needs extra Teaching for her first-ever tournament...She accepts special Teaching from a railing machine and 2 androids - and even gives her bod to the lecherous aged janitor! CONTINUE...

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Your blog is one of the primary methods i see new poetry on tumblr and it’s so nice!! I guess I wanted to ask abt some of your favorite poems or poets if u have any? Do you like writing poetry as well? Louise glück and Terrence hayes are my favorites

this is so sweet I’ve been sitting on this for a while ❣️❣️but oy vey, my favorite poems and poets, what a question...

i'll answer your second question first! i do like writing poetry but it almost never occurs to me. i'm a long-form beast, I love the novel, so poetry is not really my native form, if that makes sense. So I really only wrote poems last fall for my poetry writing class, and now I mostly only work on a piece if the seeds of 1 good line have been bouncing around my brain for a while.

some favorite poets.

gabrielle calvocoressi: "miss you. would like to take a walk with you". she has a few poems written in that above style, almost like a series, and they all get me in my heart by the end. she also wrote "hammond b3 organ cistern" and I think it's extraordinary how one poet can write such different emotional depths so well.

chen chen! does this sweet modern witty wordplay laid over emotional truths. my url + ao3 name, "as fearless as a mango," is actually a line from one of his poems! while i don't like the rest of that poem so much, I recommend "I'm not a religious person but" and "If I should die tomorrow, please note that I will miss the particular" .

edna st vincent millay... she just perfected that heartbreak: "time does not bring relief, you all have lied" and "sonnet xliii"

w.s. merwin: "elegy for a walnut tree" and "living with the news"

one-off poem favs...

"the quiet world" by jeffrey mcdaniel is.... ugh. I read it out loud in a zoom poetry night and my professor, the host, just had her hands on her head and her mouth open for a second at the end. someone commented "great gatsby vibes" and I was like yes!! I've been considering getting 2 old-timey telephones tattooed, one on the back of each of my arms, facing each other.

"Party" by Kim Addonizio

"What the dead don't need" by Faith Shearin. This one was like a puzzle or a calculus problem in my brain for weeks... and then I got it. excellent case for believing in the afterlife imo.

"Invisible Fish" by Joy Harjo. America you break my heart!!!! (The author is native american, which may impact how you read the poem.)

"Your night is of lilac" by Mahmoud Darwish.

"The Sciences Sing a Lullaby" by Albert Goldbarth. More effective than melatonin imo

"The Conditional" by Ada Limón. If you like glück I feel like you'll like limón!

"One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop. I didn't react to this poem at all the first time I read it in high school but one of my classmates came in and said it made her cry. The trick is to read the "--" as a breaking voice and to know that this is a villenelle, originally a French type of poem that has a very specific line repetition pattern throughout the stanzas and a traditional focus on sad / disturbing / horror, gothic, grief themes. "Mad Girl's Love Song" by Sylvia Plath is another villenelle. With that context in mind, also pay attention to the increasing severity of loss throughout each stanza, until the ultimate bigger than losing a continent loss happens.

"the saddest poem I have ever written" by debbie milman is incredible.

finally... "come and be my baby" by maya angelou.

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Racial Representation, Concluded

One of Disney’s newer princess movies, Moana, also came under fire for some racial stereotyping. Even though Moana wanted to sail far away to explore and there was no male love interest in the movie, Disney did not make a movie that was faultless. One critique states, “The film’s male mythological figure, Maui, a demigod of South Pacific legend, has also been criticised for being too big and bulky, and giving a distorted view of Polynesians (Brook).” This misrepresentation could influence the way children think of male Polynesians. Even though it is an animated movie with fictional characters, it still could make an impression on young children who will now associate that image with Polynesians.

Regarding Moana herself, one conservative critic had the following opinion: “Debbie Schlussel sees a thicker framed Moana as one more example of political correctness gone too far. ‘I think it tells girls that they don’t have to be fit,’ she says. ‘I think it’s setting up girls for unhealthy lives in the future and also for disappointing romantic lives.’ (Brook).” Moana is a perfectly healthy-looking female, but this contrasts with the classic era of princesses who were rail-thin with disproportionately long limbs and seemingly “perfect” appearances. Shifting to a more realistic-looking character has now made critics feel that this would be detrimental to children’s thoughts of body image. However, did they make those same arguments when the characters were unattainably skinny and perfect in every way? And if a white princess was created with a fuller figure than its predecessors, would that cause as much of a stir? That remains to be seen.

Another princess movie that could negatively impact children’s views on bodies and culture is Mulan. The first Chinese princess, Mulan, was strong-willed and more masculine than other princesses. Most of the previous princesses “were all beautiful, graceful, had special connections with animals/nature, were talented singers and were white (Russell 9).” This was the previous stereotype of princesses. However, in Mulan, there were stereotypes in other ways. “Mulan, for example, is widely criticized for its elevation of individualism (Dong, 2006), racist and cultural slurs against Chinese culture, and its negative impact on children through encouraging such racial stereotyping (Artz, 2004). A film clip that helps raise the consciousness of viewers is a playing of a song with the words, ‘Men want girls... with good breeding and a tiny waist.’ (van Wormer, and Juby 584).” This is degrading not only to women but to Asians who wanted to watch the movie and be presented respectfully, not to be seen as predatory and judgmental. Though the original Disney movie was culturally significant, it came out in a film era when people of color were routinely tokenized (Chen). Again, Disney had good intentions but did not execute it well.

Even though Disney tried to become more inclusive, it did not excel in all ways. “Despite the emergence of more empowered Disney heroines, they often don’t get the same coverage as their traditional counterparts – particularly in Disney’s merchandise (Brook).” There is much more merchandise with the white princesses on them than with the newer princesses. It may be because they are the “original” princesses, but there is an inequity of race in the merchandise. Jasmine is commonly featured with the original group of white princesses, but she is not really a princess as we know some like Cinderella and Ariel to be, since they had their own movies made about them and Jasmine was mostly a supporting character. For princesses like Mulan, Pocahontas, and Tiana not to have an equivalent amount of merchandise with them on it seems like a discrepancy based on race since new princesses like Rapunzel from Tangled and Merida from Brave appear on merchandise more frequently as well. “‘If you look at the Disney’s line of products, like lunch boxes and t-shirts, you see Belle, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty often standing together. Even though princesses like Pocahontas and Mulan are technically still part of the line they’re very rarely included in those type of products,’ explains Condis. (Brook).” Overall, Disney is doing much better in including princesses of all races, but they can do better in accurately representing people of all cultures and races.

Citations:

Brook, Tom. “The Controversy behind Disney's Groundbreaking New Princess.” BBC Culture, BBC, 28 Nov. 2016, https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20161128-the-controversy-behind-disneys-groundbreaking-new-princess.

Chen, Brian X. “'Mulan' 1998: A Moment of Joy and Anxiety for Asian-American Viewers.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 4 Sept. 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/movies/mulan-animated-1998.html.

Gehlawat, Ajay. “The Strange Case of The Princess and the Frog: Passing and the Elision of Race.” Journal of African American Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, Dec. 2010, pp. 417–31. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-010-9126-1.

Russell, Brooklyn, "Disney Minority Heroines: A Rhetorical Analysis of Race, Gender, and American Politics" (2018). Open Access Theses. 1588. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1588

van Wormer, Katherine, and Cindy Juby. “Cultural Representations in Walt Disney Films: Implications for Social Work Education.” Journal of Social Work, vol. 16, no. 5, Sept. 2016, pp. 578–94. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017315583173.

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Production 製作公司: 淘淘影像製作有限公司 Executive Producer 監製: 曾宥焌, 阿峰 Producer 製片: 莊惟凱, 阿樂 Line Producer 執行製片: 劉韶恩 Location Manager 場地經理: 張國展, 李家銘 Director of Photography 攝影: 梁子 Camera Assistant 攝影助理: 林建安 Camera Team 攝影組: 新彩team Gaffer 燈光: 宋明哲 Best Boy 燈光助理: 明哲team Camera Equipment 攝影器材: 新彩廣告事業股份有限公司 Lighting Equipment 燈光器材: 鴻臣實業股份有限公司 Production Design: Gee art design studio 雞設士工作室 Art Director 美術: Chicken Rice 雞肉飯 (蕭仁傑) Set Decorator 陳設: Johnny Chen 陳熹弘, YI Xuan Tzeng 曾怡瑄 Set Decorator Assistant 陳設助理: Ming Cheng Tseng 曾名正 Construction Manager: Yueh Chiu 邱粵 Graphic Designer: Meerkat Chou 周庭羽 Scenic: Frank Scenic Art Company 法蘭克質感創作有限公司 Best Boy Grip: Weisson Studio 緯盛工作室 Special Props: 拼拼藝術工作室 Interns: 沈姵蓉 Anila Shen, 陳俞君 Yu Jiun Chen, 林郁婷 Aladdin Lin, 程凱揚 Kai Yang Chen, 江律璇 Melody Chiang Casting 選角: 何書瑜, 小草 Styling 造型: eggrollboys Styling Assistant 造型助理: Gem, Vint 梳化 Make Up & Hair: 曾國維 妝髮助理 Make Up Assistant: Mumu Sound Recordist 收音: 海大富team Shooting board 腳本分鏡: 蔡於診 Transportation 交通: 陳建生大車隊

Post Production 後期: 柏思 Editor 剪接: Rick Colorist 調光: 布丁 (意象影像) VFX 特效: dotz studios VFX Artist 特效師: 劉⼤煒 Davy Liu, 曾筱涵 Hsiao Han Tseng D1 修圖: 小璇, 阿東, Debby Sound Recordist 錄音: Seek (柏思)

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30th anniversary of 'Heaven & Earth' 

30 years ago, we were in Thailand making Oliver Stone's most poetic film. And I recently reunited with my movie family for a rescreening of "Heaven & Earth," part of his Vietnam War trilogy.

Thuan Le Elston   | USA TODAY

Oliver Stone's holding an open casting call for his third Vietnam War movie, this time from the perspective of the Vietnamese people.

I was a young reporter at the Los Angeles Times' Orange County bureau in the early 1990s, and part of my job was to monitor the Vietnamese-language press in Little Saigon, a major cultural and commercial community of refugees spread out over several cities. And one day, Oliver's announcement was on the front page of Nguoi Viet daily newspaper.

The article said the Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter of "Platoon," "Wall Street" and "Born on the Fourth of July" had already held open auditions in Asia and Europe and in other American cities, but the final casting call would be in Little Saigon. I knew I'd cover it for The Times, but the biggest question on my mind was: Did Oliver Stone already have a screenplay for this first ever Hollywood movie from the Vietnamese perspective? Because I wanted to help him write it.

Spoiler alert: I didn't help Oliver write "Heaven & Earth." But along with many other Vietnamese non-actors, I was cast for the movie. I had 15 minutes' worth of speaking scenes throughout the film, sharing lines with Debbie Reynolds and Tommy Lee Jones – and Joan Chen and Haing Ngor, who played my parents. I was Kim, a sister to the main character in this major motion picture that not only educated me about my past but also gained me a movie family for my future. 

30th anniversary of 'Heaven & Earth' 

It was three decades ago that we were all in Thailand making Oliver's most poetic film, one with the heart of a Buddhist feminist. (Communist Vietnam was still closed back then and objected to many things in the script.) And Sunday, we reunited in Los Angeles for a rescreening of "Heaven & Earth," which premiered on Christmas Day in 1993.

Oliver based his movie on "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places" and "Child of War, Woman of Peace" – the memoirs of Le Ly Hayslip. Le Ly was a child of Central Vietnam who, because her village was caught between communist North Vietnam and the Washington-backed South Vietnam, became a teenage Viet Cong guerilla, a reformed entrepreneur and then an immigrant to America.

Her journey is not for the faint of heart: She suffered rape by fellow VC guerillas, torture in a South Vietnamese military prison and then the suicide of her U.S. military veteran husband in Southern California.

Now a grandmother living in San Diego, Le Ly remains one of the strongest and most determined women I know. With no formal education, she has published two memoirs that were made into a Hollywood movie and founded the nonprofit Global Village Foundation. In fact, right before our movie reunion in L.A., she was back in Central Vietnam bringing aid and supplies to flood victims.        

So no, Oliver didn't need me to help write anything; he had Le Ly. But in Little Saigon in December 1991, I covered the open casting call and brought along my best friend, a budding model and actor. 

Mass therapy session on Vietnam War

The event drew thousands to a huge hall, where they started lining up outside at 7 a.m. Inside, mini film crews had set up cameras to screen test the Vietnamese Americans. No script was handed out. Instead, the war refugees were asked to improvise from their own experiences: You're a mother who has to send your son to war. You're a father trying to protect your daughter. Your family is divided over Ho Chi Minh. 

It turned out to be a massive therapy session for 12 hours. It's as if these Vietnamese Americans, so used to trying to bury the past to have a future, were all at once given permission to relive their nightmares, pains and secrets. Everyone just wanted to tell their stories. And cry. Everyone cried. The crews doing the screen tests sobbed behind cameras and had to take breaks between auditions.

So many people were waiting in line, the casting directors asked my childhood friend Tran Tran and I to help audition our fellow refugees. I played a daughter, a mother, a sister to anyone who needed me. I didn't have any nightmares to relive: I was only 8 when my family escaped the fall of Saigon in 1975; the pains and secrets belonged to my parents. But those survivors auditioning for the movie were so real, their memories so alive, it was easy to help improvise their scenes. 

At the end of that emotionally exhausting day, Tran got her screen test for the main role, Le Ly. I played the bitter older sister who threw her out of my house. 

One thing we learned later was that Warner Bros. didn't want to make a film with subtitles, which three decades ago was still a big no for American audiences. The actors Oliver chose had to be able to be understood in English. Tran and I, both born in Vietnam but grew up in Phoenix, were confident of our American sides.

Surprise: The casting directors called me back but not my friend, who, yes, remains my friend (and in fact came with me to the movie reunion last weekend, as you'll see in clicking through the photo gallery below). 

Oscar winner for screenwriting

At one of my audition callbacks, I was finally given Oliver's screenplay – and was blown away by what a lyrical writer he is and understood why he won an Oscar for writing "Midnight Express." 

Reading "Heaven & Earth" made me cry. At a time when Asians in general, let alone Vietnamese Americans, almost never saw our true selves represented on the Hollywood screen, Oliver was amplifying the story of a small village girl who should have remained invisible to history. But Le Ly refused to stay invisible, and Oliver recognized that kindred spirit.  

In the summer of 1992, the call finally came: My last audition was my first meeting with Oliver at his office, where he had me read lines with him for Kim, one of Le Ly's older sisters who grew from rice farmer to bar girl to San Diego housewife.

Whatever I did worked. Oliver smiled and told me I got the part: "You're my Kim."

We hugged, shook hands, maybe – I was so excited I really don't remember what happened after hearing those words. 

By early October, I was on a jet to Thailand, where I worked on the movie until Christmas break.  

Reliving terror of war, bonding as movie family

As I later wrote for The Times in an essay headlined "Scenes From Another Lifetime":  

On leave from The Times, I spent 2 1/2 months in Thailand, where not only did I and the other non-actors in the movie learn acting on the job, but I also saw close up the realities of a conflict I never knew personally. In character, we stood knee deep in the mud of rice paddies and cowered while American helicopters barking bullets interrupted our work; ran to a neighbor’s house to witness his killing by the Viet Cong; and argued with each other about how to deal with the violence. ...  All of this played havoc on my psyche. Day and night, I moved between the past and the present, war and peace, old enemies and new friends. No longer could I separate myself from the people and events I had known only intellectually.

As strangers who met only because we're supposed to portray a family on screen, you can't go through long, harrowing days on set without bonding. And we filmed in rural southwestern Thailand  – Phang Nga, a 90-minute drive outside the touristy Phuket Island. Every night, the cast shared trauma and entertained each other over family meals. On the rare days we had off together, we played tourists. 

A vivid memory for me is an afternoon by the hotel pool: Our movie father Haing Ngor, who had won a best supporting actor Oscar for "The Killing Fields" in 1985, also had written a memoir about his escape from the communist Khmer Rouge, who forced the gynecologist and obstetrician underground, where he worked as a doctor at the risk of his own life. As he and other cast members chatted and relaxed, I read "Haing Ngor: A Cambodian Odyssey" and asked, "How are you still alive?" 

We learned from one another yet also got bored together. Our movie mother Joan Chen, star of "The Last Emperor" and "Twin Peaks" and now a director herself, admitted once to being scared of ghosts. As easygoing as Joan was, I'm not sure she ever forgave my prank of making spirit noises outside her door with my movie brother Dustin Nguyen, who had starred in "21 Jump Street" and who now acts in and directs episodes of "Warrior."

Reunion of 'Heaven & Earth' family

Last weekend was about the fifth time the "Heaven & Earth" family reunited after three decades. Tragically, our reunions have drawn fewer of us over time because of distance and death:

Haing survived Cambodia's Khmer Rouge only to die in a senseless shooting outside his Los Angeles home in 1996.

Costume designer Ha Nguyen, nominated for an Oscar for "The Mask," died of cancer in 2012. 

Hiep Le, our leading actress who starred as Le Ly, passed away in 2017 from complications of stomach cancer. 

Watching "Heaven & Earth" again on the big screen Sunday in Los Angeles with both my Hollywood family and my real family, I remembered how generous my movie idols were in their interactions with us non-actors: Tommy Lee Jones, playing my movie sister's husband, made sure I was comfortable in our one-on-one scene. Debbie Reynolds shared her insecurities over her Hollywood career. 

But watching scenes with my movie father Haing Ngor and my movie baby sister Hiep Le, I had to close my eyes. It hurt too much. I missed them so much. No amount of wishing could bring them back. 

What comforted me and stuck with me still is how our movie family feels like a real family after all these years. We've suffered together. We've survived together. We've partied together. 

And just like in the beginning, Le Ly and Oliver have been there at each reunion. They're both our heaven and earth. 

-Thuan Le Elston, "'You're my Kim': How I landed a Hollywood movie and a scene with Tommy Lee Jones," USA Today, Nov 18 2022 [x]

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Hot Vintage TV Women's Bracket - List of the Ladies!

As promised below is a full list of all 130 women in the Hot Vintage TV Women's Tournament! Thank you to everyone who submitted their favs!

Just a brief bit of cleanup before the list. Thank you for all the submissions. If your submission didn't make it into the bracket or some of your propaganda isn't used know that I still appreciated the submission even if we weren't able to use it. Some things got cut for being outside the bounds of the tournament, some things got cut because the links were broken, etc. Anything I wasn't sure about got brought to family and friends for a second opinion. I did my best to keep as much in as possible but some things just ended up leaning too far outside of our criteria. If you notice some stuff that seems outside the criteria slip by it's because I tried to be very generous so as long as something wasn't obviously outside of our time period or rules I usually gave it a pass.

Anyway, I am working on the bracket as we speak and apologize in advance cause I don't think there's any way to make round 1 completely painless, as you'll see we have a pretty stacked line-up so I'm excited to see how things work out! Enjoy and see you all on Monday April 15th for round one of the Hot Vintage TV Women's Bracket!

Eartha Kitt

Dawn French

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Nichelle Nichols

Loretta Swit

Joan Bennett

Mary Tyler Moore

Yvonne Craig

Barbara Stanwyck

Lara Parker

Bea Arthur

Barbara Feldon

Rue McClanahan

Lynda Carter

Kellye Nakahara

Jan Smithers

Elisabeth Sladen

Diana Rigg

Janet Hubert

Carol Burnett

Jackée Harry

Betty White

Gillian Anderson

Anne Francis

Peggy Lipton

Eliza Dushku

Joan Chen

Terry Farrell

Gina Torres

Catherine Bach

Tina Louise

Carolyn Jones

Dawn Wells

Vivica A Fox

Mariska Hargitay

Deidre Hall

Aimi MacDonald

Carol Cleveland

Valerie Harper

Lisa Hartman

Julie Newmar

Fran Drescher

Melissa Joan Hart

Mira Furlan

Nana Visitor

Claudia Black

Courteney Cox

Sarah Jessica Parker

Jane Krakowski

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sherilyn Fenn

Eve Arden

Elizabeth Montgomery

Marlo Thomas

Lucy Lawless

Joanna Lumley

Barbara Eden

Kathryn Leigh Scott

Grayson Hall

Eva Gabor

Siân Phillips

Shannen Doherty

Lisa Robin Kelly

Debbie Allen

Lisa Bonet / Lilakoi Moon

Rachel Bilson

Karyn Parsons

Jane Seymour

Jonelle Allen

Julia Duffy

Lalla Ward

Miranda Richardson

Mag Ruffman

Penelope Keith

Carole André

Amanda Tapping

Lucille Ball

Nicole de Boer

Jeri Ryan

Penny Johnson Jerald

Katy Manning

Charisma Carpenter

Morena Baccarin

Katee Sackhoff

Janine Turner

Marcia Strassman

Farrah Fawcett

Kate Jackson

Jaclyn Smith

Lily Tomlin

Melissa Leo

Sabrina Lloyd

Joan Collins

Diahann Carroll

Jennifer Aniston

Pamela Anderson

Alexandra Paul

Chloe Annett

Hattie Hayridge

Thalía

Itatí Cantoral

Connie Booth

Linda Cristal

Doris Day

Angela Lansbury

Dorothy Provine

Vivian Vance

Suzanne Pleshette

Bea Benaderet

Gracie Allen

Amanda Randolph

Anna May Wong

Sheila Kuehl

Barbara Billingsley

Barbara Mullen

Phyllis Logan

Annette Crosbie

Geraldine James

Audrey Meadows

Peggy Ashcroft

Holland Taylor

Emma Thompson

Judy Parfitt

Francesca Annis

Mädchen Amick

Joely Richardson

Alex Kingston

Cicely Tyson

Lauren Graham

Kim Cattrall

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This has absolutely no reason to be in my head right now, but I cannot stop thinking of Jin Guangyao saying Debbie's monologue from Addams Family Values!

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