#Victoria Mayer

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So close to the horizon Movie Ending Explained (In Detail)

Spoilers Alert: Based on a tragic true story, Tim Trachte tells his romantic drama SO CLOSE TO THE HORIZON about a love that shouldn’t be allowed to happen and that, against all odds, still develops into something beautiful. We reveal more about this in our review. Jessica (Luna Wedler) and Danny (Jannik Schümann) on their trip to the USA This is particularly a shame because the script, which…

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I wanted to do something full-fledged, but I put off the idea of dressing up as Hellsing characters for a long time... I'm so tired... So far the first batch.

Old sketches.

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Freya Mayer and Victoria Garin aka Alissa Foxy via UltraFilms

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okay so for ships i’m really hyperfixated on i make playlists of JUST john mayer songs about them. but so much of my valvert playlist is john mayer i feel like it would be repetitive.

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[mnyd]

on making monsters — max verstappen

in the blood — john mayer / planet f1 / max verstappen for gq / ocean vuong / the third hour of the night — frank bidart / i'm your man — mitski / cut — catherine lacy / snow and dirty rain — richard siken / victoria chang / umbrella academy / gp blog / silas denver melvin / gerrit geerts — Max Verstappen-biografie vertaald door Linda Vermeeren uit Leeuwarden: “Een monsterklus” / the wolf and the lamb — jean baptiste oudry / daniel in the lion’s den — briton riviere / f1briefings / nicola yoon

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Some dancers competing at two or more nationals

(will be added on to once other schedules have been posted)

this list only includes dancers that are attending at the least one nationals without the majority of their studio/as individuals

4PM Dance

Sarahi Lopez-Prieto (Junior) - LV & Radix

CSPAS

Stella Brinkerhoff (Mini) - TDA LV & Radix

Tabitha Nan (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

Violet Taylor (Junior) - TDA LV & NYCDA NYC

Brooklyn Ward (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

Halle Hunt (Teen) - TDA LV & Radix

Club Dance Studio

Mikayla Isler (Mini) - TDA LV & Radix

Dance Deluxe

Vanessa Soto (Teen) - Radix & KAR LV

Dance Town

Belle Marie Arauz (Mini) - TDA LV & NYCDA PHX

Amanda Carpenter (Mini) - TDA LV & NYCDA PHX

Victoria Remon (Mini) - TDA LV & NYCDA PHX

Zachary Roy (Teen) - TDA LV & NYCDA PHX

Elite Dance Pro

River Segerman (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

JBP Entertainment

Georgia Beth Peters (Teen) - TDA LV & Radix

K2 Studios

Jessica Sutton (Mini) - TDA LV & KAR Anaheim

Kynzli Reece (Mini) - TDA LV & KAR Anaheim

Neriah Karmann (Mini) - TDA LV & KAR Anaheim

Abby Viramontes (Mini) - TDA LV & KAR Anaheim

Michelle Latimer Dance Academy

Alivya Neeriemer (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

Ellie Brunson (Teen) - TDA LV & Radix

N10

Sloane Adams (Teen) - TDA LV & NYCDA Phoenix

Nor Cal Dance Arts

Mika Takase (Junior) -TDA LV & Radix

Pave School of The Arts

Liv Matson (Mini) - TDA LV, Radix & Velocity

Addyson Paul (Junior) - Radix & KAR Anaheim

Tayah Klimuck (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

Project 21

Aliya Yen (Mini) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Cece Chung (Mini) - TDA & NYCDA Phoenix

Olivia Armstrong (Junior) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Leilani Lawlor (Junior) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Kira Lieberman (Junior) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Brystyn Scifres (Junior) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Berkely Scifres (Junior) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Regan Gerena (Junior) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Sara Von Rotz (Junior) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Leighton Werner (Teen) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Lilly Barajas (Teen) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Brielle Lieberman (Teen) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Brooklyn Ladia (Teen) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Stella Eberts (Teen) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Gracyn French (Teen) - KAR LV, TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Sammi Chung (Senior) - TDA OR & NYCDA Phoenix

Stars Dance Studio

Ella Dobler (Junior) - TDA LV & Streetz

Summit Dance Shoppe

Audrey Dorsey (Junior) - Radix & Showbiz

Greta Wagner (Junior) - Radix & Showbiz

Aaliyah Dixon (Teen) - Radix & Showbiz

Leighton Curry (Teen) - Radix & Showbiz

The Academy at The Brea Space

Francesca Jen (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

Kinsley Oykhman (Teen) - TDA LV & Radix

Allison Shin (Teen) - TDA LV & Radix

The Company Space

Piper Perusse (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

The Rock Center For Dance

Melina Biltz (Mini) - TDA LV & Radix

Lily Whiddon (Mini) - TDA LV & Radix

Lola Farias (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

Rissa Laguana (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

Alexis Mayer (Teen) - TDA LV & Radix

Sophia Rudy (Teen) - TDA LV & Radix

The Vision Dance Alliance

Kennedy Anderson (Junior) - LV & Radix

Emily Polis (Junior) - TDA LV & Radix

Caitlyn Polis (Teen) - TDA LV & Radix

Studio 702

Aliyah Hunt (Mini) - Starpower LV & Velocity

Eden Hawkins (Junior) - Starpower LV & Velocity

Peyton Nowacki (Teen) - Starpower LV & Velocity

Athena Pacheco (Teen) - Starpower LV & Velocity

Studio X

Mila Renae (Mini) - Radix & Velocity

Brielle Arias (Mini) - Radix & Velocity

Kate Matthews (Junior) - Radix & Velocity

Aliyah Almiranez (Junior) - Radix & Velocity

Aurora Andreski (Junior) - TDA LV & Velocity

Yoko's Dance & Performing Arts Academy

Isabel Dela Cruz (Teen) - TDA LV & KAR Anaheim

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Today at #TCMFF, FNF prez  Eddie Muller will be discussing THE RED SHOES with film director Ernest Dickerson prior to its screening, 11:45 am at the TCL Chinese Theatres House 6.

TCMFF film notes:

For decades, young women have been inspired to study ballet by this elegant, romantic depiction of the life of a classical dancer. What started in the 1930s as a biography of Nijinsky for Alexander Korda and a vehicle for his wife, Merle Oberon, eventually became the crowning glory of the Archers, the production company founded by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The latter had been hired to write Korda’s Nijinsky film and was guided toward Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Red Shoes” as possible inspiration. When World War II delayed production and the Kordas’ divorce ended the project altogether, Pressburger bought the rights to his own work and slated it to follow a string of hits he had made with Powell, most recently Black Narcissus (1947).

By that point, the Nijinsky biopic had been forgotten, but the dancer’s mentor, Sergei Diaghilev, served as inspiration for one of the film’s central characters: the tyrannical impresario Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), who refuses to allow his dancers to marry on artistic principle. He has two protégés in the film, the composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) and the young ballerina Victoria Page (Moira Shearer). He commissions Craster to write a ballet based on “The Red Shoes” and gives the leading role to Page, setting the stage for a conflict in which Page is torn between her career and her love for the young composer.

With its climactic 20-minute ballet, the film had a tremendous influence on other filmmakers, most notably Gene Kelly, who used it as inspiration for his own ballet in An American in Paris (1951). The Red Shoes’s expressive use of Technicolor (shot by Jack Cardiff) and music (by Brian Easdale) inspired generations of filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola. The picture even created a fashion trend. In the ‘60s, the Italian glitterati aped Lermontov’s practice of wearing dark glasses constantly, even indoors, a character trait Powell and Pressburger had picked up from Walbrook himself.

d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 135 minutes, DCP

Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in association with the British Film Institute, The Film Foundation, ITV Global Entertainment, Ltd. and Janus Films. Preservation funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation and the Louis B. Mayer FoundationCourtesy of MGM and Park Circus LLC

75TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING

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TDA Las Vegas 2023 Predictions

I know this is more than 20 in each lol but I really couldn’t narrow it down! I always want everyone to do so well!

MINI TOP 3: Elsie Sandall, Brooklyn Ward, Lilly Anderson

TOP 10: Mila Ayshford, Tatum Self, Bella Charnstrom, Kendyl Miller, Mika Takase, Mya Lanigan, Lucia Piedrahita, Emery Duffin, Stevie Menne, Malia Scott, Melina Biltz, Harper Anderson, 

TOP 20: Madisyn Amos, Neala Murphy, Tillie Kuhl, Alivia Hughes, Addyson Paul, Stella Brinkerhoff, Ruby Taylor, Tabitha Nan, Savannah Jackson, Ruby Kramer

JUNIOR TOP 3: Kiera Sun, Kelsie Jacobson, Savannah Manzel

TOP 10: Kinsley Oykhman, Kate Baldwin, Roxie Onellion, Aria Du, Kate Jarboe, Ingrid Wirtz, Fiona Wu, Keelyn Jones, Channing Embry

TOP 20: Aurora Andreski, Avery Maycunich, Harper Ducale, Tiara Sherman, Sasha Milstein, Esprit Frank, Alexis Alvarez, Tessa Ohran, Karyna Majeroni, Lyric Okrusch, Piper Perusse

TEEN TOP 3: Crystal Huang, Izzy Howard, Isabella Lynch, Keira Redpath

TOP 10: Kortlynn Rosenbaugh, Claire Monge, Makaia Roux, Leila Winker, Tori Chun, Madison Ronquillo, Kylie Kaminksy, Brooke Toro, Mya Tuaileva, Kamri Peterson, Kira Chan, Maliah Howard, Laci Bloss

TOP 20: Amaya Weeks, Tiffany Robinson, Sofia Andrus, Sophia Sands, Victoria Johnson, Alexis Mayer, Vivienne Mitchell, Jenna Jarboe, Natalie Breen, Ceilidh McSeveney, Lily Allen, Dilyn Bray, Stella Condie, Addison Middelton

SENIOR TOP 3: Carley Thinfen, Ava Wagner, Emma Donnelly

TOP 10: Hailey Meyers, Emma Hellenkamp, Rylee Arnold, Kaitlyn Tom, Courtney Chiu, Ayla Rodriguez, Isabella Jarvis, Gianna Mojonnier, Brooklin Cooley, Avery Lau, Kennedy Barry

TOP 20: Emily Haas, Gigi Van Den Bosch, Cayla Bennish, Addison Leitch, Mia Ibach, Phoebe Campbell, Michelle Cheng, Natalie Bowen, Sami Sonder, Mia Larkin

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Commons Vote

On: Passenger Railway Services Bill (Public Ownership) Bill: Committee: Amendment 14

Ayes: 111 (95.5% Con, 4.5% DUP) Noes: 362 (97.0% Lab, 2.5% Ind, 0.6% SDLP) Absent: ~177

Day's business papers: 2024-9-3

Likely Referenced Bill: Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for passenger railway services to be provided by public sector companies instead of by means of franchises.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 3rd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (106 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Cox George Freeman Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Mark Francois Mark Garnier Mark Pritchard Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Noes

Labour (351 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Lewell-Buck Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Fleur Anderson Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Naish Janet Daby Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Margaret Mullane Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin Rhodes Mary Glindon Mary Kelly Foy Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Nick Thomas-Symonds Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Duffield

Rupa Huq Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Sharon Hodgson Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Wes Streeting Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (9 votes)

Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Imran Hussain Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Shockat Adam Zarah Sultana

Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)

Claire Hanna Colum Eastwood

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RADIX NATIONALS RESULTS 2023

TEEN PROTEGE TOP 32:

Aaliyah Landeaux - DANCE STUDIO C

Failenn Daley - THE COLONY

Simone Chambers - STUDIO 1

Riley Zeitler - WESTLAKE

Caleb Abea - LARKIN

Lexi Godwin - EVOKE

Kenzie Jones - DANCEPLEX

Audrey La France - NOR CAL

Delaney McCarthy - PAVE

Alexis Mayer - THE ROCK

Haileigh Brennan - IMPACT

Logan Marumoto-Kaleimamahu - 24-7 DANCE FORCE

Vadriana Romero - NEW ERA

Gage Davis - DANCE DELUXE

Victoria Johnson - THE ROCK

Addison Middleton - ACADEMY OF NV BALLET

Noah Roudreiw - CYPRESS

Ciana Ciulla - NOR CAL

Charlie Kautzer - NOR CAL

Emmy Claire Kaiden - EVOKE

Kennedy Blazek - THE ROCK

Logan Asuncion - NOR CAL

Kira Chan - ELEMENTS

Angelika Edejer - EVOKE

Cooper Macalalad - THE BASE

Angelina Elliot  - SUMMIT

Madison Ronquillo - NOR CAL

T Amari - ENCORE

Aaron Chang - PAVE

Avery Cashen - DISTINCTION

Coltrane Vodicka - EVOKE

Kylee Ngo - MELODIC REMEDY

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Programming note: MGM100

Having already missed out on Columbia Pictures' 100th anniversary this last January, I wasn't about to ignore yet another - and arguably more historically important - anniversary upcoming.

The upcoming marathon will be tagged MGM100 and will appear Tuesdays and Wednesdays this month (beginning later this evening). Featured films will be posted/queued in roughly chronological order.

This April marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the result of a merger between three silent film-era production companies in Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. Within a decade, MGM became one of the major Hollywood studios*, boasting that it had contracted "more stars than there are in heaven".

By the end of the 1930s, it was undoubtedly the biggest, most stable, financially successful, and most powerful of all of those studios. Some of the most lavish productions in film history were shot on its Culver City lot (which is now Sony Pictures Studios for Columbia's use, as well used by the American versions of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune) and MGM's reputation for being the home of the greatest Hollywood movie musicals (1939's The Wizard of Oz, 1952's Singin' in the Rain) was unrivaled. Not until the Walt Disney Studios of the 2010s would Hollywood ever see a studio so dominant in the industry.

The good times did not last. Following the spectacular Ben-Hur (1959), MGM embarked upon a misguided financial strategy of releasing one big-budget epic film ever year and releasing fewer movies per year. Upon Kirk Kerkorian's purchase of MGM in 1969, Kerkorian decided to slowly convert MGM into a real estate and hotel and casino company and approved of the near-complete disposal of the studio's music library - thrown into a landfill now underneath a golf course.

MGM ceased being a major studio in 1986 upon Ted Turner's purchase of the studio and decision to almost immediately resell the studio back to Kerkorian (Turner, crucially, kept the rights to the pre-May 1987 MGM library, which formed the original basis of Turner Classic Movies, TCM). Multiple financial crises since 1986 (including a 2010 bankruptcy) have seen MGM fall even further from its once-lofty perch. Amazon purchased MGM (including the less cinematically interesting post-May 1987 library, although this includes the rights to the Rocky and James Bond series) in October 2023; only time will tell what Amazon plans to do with the studio.

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So please join me this month as my blog features a celebration for a century of MGM. From epics such as Ben-Hur (1925 original and 1959 remake) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); romances such as Waterloo Bridge (1940) and Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022); comedies such as The Thin Man (1934) and American Fiction (2023); animation such as the Tom and Jerry series and The Secret of NIMH (1982); and musicals such as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and Victor/Victoria (1982), MGM's history is among the richest of any studio out there. I certainly hope you enjoy the marathon coming to your dashboards soon!

* MGM was considered a major studio alongside Paramount, RKO, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros.; Columbia, United Artists, and Universal were considered the "Little Three"; Disney would not be a major studio until the 1990s.

[allthingsdarkanddirty]

SON OF THE SOUL IS LIVE NOW!Get the newest Shrouded Nation release from Brenda Trim and Tia Didmon today. Universal: https://geni.us/SonOTSRead it #FREE with #KindleUnlimited!

A disgruntled demigod. A lost city. A sacred alliance.

When Alex is abducted by our newest foe, I have the entire nation searching for him. But Miletus has a plan and it includes my fae lover.

In our quest to return him, we form an uneasy alliance with the Atlanteans and search for a way to save a forsaken people. We learn we must retrieve a rare artifact, but that too comes at a price.

With the fate of a species hanging in the balance, do I save the Shrouded Nation or the man I love?

Find out what lurks in the shadows of Ravenholde by reading Son of the Soul, the new Paranormal Women's Fiction series readers are comparing to Shannon Mayer, K.F. Breene, and Victoria Dannan.

One click to continue this Magical Midlife adventure now!

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About The Authors

A USA Today bestselling author, Brenda loves everything paranormal. She has co-authored over twenty-five books in the best-selling Dark Warrior Alliance series, as well as the Hollow Rock Shifters series. She also has best-selling solo titles readers are raving about. Brenda created worlds that feature dangerously handsome heroes and feisty heroines. With the help of popcorn and candy, she takes dragons, fairies, witches, vampires, and so much more and brings them to life. She lives in Texas with her husband and three kids who fuel not only her heart but her life. If she's not writing, she's reading, traveling, or knee-deep in projects with her husband and five sisters. She encourages readers to Dream Big. If your dreams don't terrify and electrify you then they aren't big enough!  

Tia Didmon is a USA Today bestselling author of provocative paranormal romance. When Tia isn't busy writing about sexy shifters and dreamy demons, she spends her time binge watching The Order and reruns of The Vampire Diaries, cooking with her daughter, and serving her cat. Her love of writing stems from a self-diagnosed book addiction.  Subscribe to Tia's newsletter at tiadidmon.com for a free book and start your journey through Tia's supernatural world today!  Find Them Both Online! https://www.brendatrim.com https://tiadidmon.com

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List 10 songs with 10 names in the titles that you like, and then tag 10 people.

((ty for the tag @spookymoonie ilysm 🕺))

1. leonard cohen - boygenius

2. silver timothy - damien jurado

3. francesca - hozier

4. victoria - john mayer

5. dear john - taylor swift

6. oh caroline - the 1975

7. babe ruth - coin

8. judas - lady gaga

9. orlando - leith ross

10. bambi - hippo campus

i don’t even know 10 ppl fhfhfhfhfhd np tagging @parttimeromantic @arcturusnebula @moonheavens @butcherbacterium @colgatebluemintygel @kaaaaaaarf @plecotusauritus & everyone else that wants to show us ur songs 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺

[film-classics]

Helen Hayes - First Lady of American Theater

Helen Hayes MacArthur (born in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 1900) was an American actress of Irish, Dutch, and English descent whose career spanned eighty-two years and regarded as the "First Lady of American Theatre."

Hayes made her stage debut at five with her mother's encouragement. At nine, she made her Broadway debut, and a year later, she was cast in the one-reel Vitagraph film.

She moved to Hollywood in 1931 when her husband became a screenwriter for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she also became a contract player. She made her film debut in The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1932), for which she received an Academy Award. Although she made a number of later films, within four years she returned to Broadway for the greatest success of her career: Gilbert Miller's production of Victoria Regina.

Hayes would return intermittently to Hollywood with featured roles in films, television, and radio, including a film comeback in disaster film Airport (1970), earning her a second Oscar. She retired in 1985 and spent her remaining years in her longtime home of Pretty Penny, in Nyack, New York, where she died of congestive heart failure at 92.

Legacy:

Was the first woman and second person to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (an EGOT)

Was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting - the highest awards recognized in American film, television, and theater

Won two Academy Awards: Best Actress for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) and Best Supporting Actress for Airport (1970)

Won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in 1953 and nominated for for nine more (1951, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978)

Has three Tony Awards: two for Best Actress in a Play for Happy Birthday (1947) and Time Remembered (1958); and the Lawrence Langer Award  for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre

Won the Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word Album for Great American Documents (1977) and nominated for the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Anastasia (1956) and the Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Herbie Rides Again (1974)

Selected as Most Favorite Actress at the 1932 Venice International Film Festival for The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)

Won the Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League of New York Awards in 1936

Is one of the original inductees in the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1972

Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1972

Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973

Selected as one of 10 artists to be commemorated with the American Arts Commemorative Series gold medallions issued by the Treasury Department in 1980

Was the winner of the 1981 Kennedy Center Honors

Is a founding member of the Board of Advisors of the Riverside Shakespeare Company of New York City in 1981

Co-founded the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982 with Lady Bird Johnson

Won the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, given annually by Jefferson Awards, in 1983

Is the namesake for the annual Helen Hayes Awards, which has recognized excellence in professional theatre in Washington, D.C. since 1984

Received the Women's International Center Living Legacy Award in 1985.

Recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the Ellis Island Honors Society in 1986

Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan in 1986

Awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1988

Honored with a US postage stamp in 2011

Has a Broadway theatre named after her: the Helen Hayes Theatre on 44th Street

Served for 49 years on the Board of Visitors for the Helen Hayes Hospital, a physical rehabilitation hospital

Wrote three memoirs: A Gift of Joy, On Reflection: An Autobiography, and My Life in Three Acts

Has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 6258 Hollywood Boulevard for motion picture and 6549 Hollywood Boulevard for radio