#dionne daniels

[lillaurenp96]

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Dope post about the different protective hairstyles black characters wore/had in 2023 and 2024 on TV and Film🥰🥰🥰

Also a cool account to follow they have cool facts/updates/history about black women doing amazing things in all types of fields #vibesofablackgirl

[onyx-collective]

The Flower moon is a great time to achieve your dreams, creatives. Here's how to make the best out of this intense energy 💫

[prettypynklemonade]

Bound Together Cast

Dionne Edwards (12) face claim: Yara Shahidi

Older face claim: Logan Browning

Jason Todd (13) face claim Caleb McLaughlin

Older face claim: Kofi Siriboe

Dionne's Parents face claim: Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe

Alfred Pennyworth face claim: LeVar Burton

Bruce Wayne face claim: Laz Alanso

Dick Grayson face claim: Daniel Liu

[wandering-free-and-queer]

Since I'm stuck in bed for the rest of the night (see main) I should find something to do. I'm debating reading bc I don't feel like working on the archive. Question now becomes what do I read?

[sixthemusicalextras]

@/charlottejones_17 and @/leapintomagic on Instagram, 16 October 2023

So how are we feeling today?

[janedances]

West End Cast Change is Sunday 15th October, and so far the queens leaving are:

Rhianne Louise McCaulsky (Aragon)

Baylie Carson (Boleyn)

Claudia Kariuki (Seymour)

Dionne Ward Anderson (Cleves)

Koko Basigara (Howard)

Roxanne Couch (Parr)

Esme Rothero (Swing)

Rachel Rawlinson (Swing)

Danielle Rose (Alternate)

Leah Vassell (Alternate)

Monique Ashe Palmer (Alternate)

A full cast change :(

[firawren]

Want more Austen/Regency smut?

I'm putting in a plug for people to sign up for the Smut4Smut fanfic and fanart exchange! Signups are open until March 1, so you have a few days left! There are a number of Austen and Austen-adjacent ships that are included:

Jane Austen novels:

Charles Bingley/Fitzwilliam Darcy

Elizabeth Bennet/Colonel Fitzwilliam

Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy

Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy/Charlotte Lucas

Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy/Colonel Fitzwilliam

Fitzwilliam Darcy/Colonel Fitzwilliam

Fitzwilliam Darcy/George Wickham

Anne Elliot/Frederick Wentworth

Catherine Morland/Henry Tilney

Jane Austen movies/TV adaptations:

Colonel Brandon/Marianne Dashwood (S&S 1995)

Charlotte Heywood/James Stringer

Cher Horowitz/Josh Lucas

Dionne Davenport/Cher Horowitz

Dionne Davenport/Tai Frasier/Cher Horowitz

Bridgerton:

Eloise Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington

Nigel Berbrooke/Daphne Bridgerton

Penelope Featherington/Marina Thompson

Prince Friedrich/Edwina Sharma

Queen Charlotte/Agatha Danbury

Queen Charlotte/Daphne Bridgerton

Queen Charlotte/Edwina Sharma

Simon Basset/Anthony Bridgerton

Simon Basset/Daphne Bridgerton

Simon Basset/Daphne Bridgerton/Prince Friedrich

Violet Bridgerton/Agatha Danbury

Arthur Haselby/Original Male Character

Hyacinth Bridgerton/Gareth St. Clair

Neville Berbrooke/Arthur Haselby

Neville Berbrooke/Gregory Bridgerton

Beatrice/Benedick/Don Pedro (Much Ado About Nothing)/Benedict Bridgerton (Bridgerton TV)

Daniel Smythe-Smith (SSQ-JQ)/Gareth St. Clair (Bridgerton-JQ)

I'm not associated with the event at all, just a regular participant who wants to see more Austen smut in the world.

[paandaan]

tagged by @7bitter to share 9 books i wanna read this year, thank uuu 🤓🪄

books in order:

The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso

The Drunkard by Liu Yichang

In Another Place, Not Here by Dionne Brand

An Anthology of Ismaili Literature: A Shi'i Vision of Islam, edited by Kutub Kassam, Hermann Landolt, S. Sheikh

Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda

The Rainy Spell and Other Korean Stories, edited by Suh Ji-moon

City of Djinns by William Dalrymple

Three Centuries of Travel Writing By Muslim Women, edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Daniel Majchrowicz and Sunil Sharma

Everyday Reading: Middlebrow Magazines and Book Publishing in Post-independence India by Aakriti Mandhwani

tagging: @heavenlyyshecomes @aegissi @serpentgirls @elderf1ower @septemberjournals @brownpaperhag @watermotif @wakingstone & everyone else who wants to do it 🍀

[pupsmailbox]

STARTING WITH D

MASCULINE︰ d'arcy. dacery. dacre. daiclen. dakota. dale. daley. dallas. dalton. daly. damian. damien. damion. damon. dan. dana. dane. dangelo. daniel. daniel.. dannie. danny. dante. darby. darcy. darden. darell. daren. darian. dariel. darien. darin. dario. darion. darius. darnell. darrell. darren. darrin. darryl. darwin. daryl. dash. dashie. dave. davey. david. davie. davin. davis. davy. dawson. dax. daxton. dayton. deacon. dean. declan. dederick. dee. deemer. deforest. deforrest. delano. delbert. dell. delmar. delroy. den. dene. denholm. denis. dennis. denny. denton. denver. denzel. denzil. deon. derby. derek. derick. derren. derrick. derryl. deryck. des. desi. desmond. devan. deven. devereux. devin. devon. devyn. dewayne. dewey. dex. dexter. dezi. diego. digby. diggory. dillan. dillon. dion. dior. dirk. dixon. dolph. dom. domenic. dominic. dominick. don. donald. donavon. donnie. donny. donovan. doran. dorian. doug. douglas. douglass. doyle. draiden. drake. dre. drew. driscoll. driskoll. drogo. drummond. duane. dudley. duke. duncan. dunstan. durward. dustin. dusty. dwain. dwayne. dwight. dylan. dyson.

FEMININE︰ d'arcy. daffodil. dahlia. daisy. dakota. dalary. dale. dalett. daley. daleyza. dalia. dalilah. dallas. daly. dana. danette. dani. dania. danica. daniela. daniella. danielle. danika. danita. danna. danni. dannie. daphne. darby. darcey. darcie. darcy. daria. darian. darla. darleen. darlene. darley. davena. davida. davina. davinia. dawn. dayana. dayla. daylin. dayna. deana. deanna. deanne. deb. debbi. debbie. debby. debi. deborah. debra. dee. deeann. deedee. deena. deidra. deidre. deirdre. deitra. delaney. delia. delice. delicia. delight. delilah. delina. delissa. dell. della. delma. delora. delores. deloris. delphia. delta. demelza. demetria. demi. dena. dene. denice. denise. denver. deonne. derby. desi. desirae. desiree. dessa. destinee. destiny. detta. devyn. dezi. deziree. di. diamond. diana. diane. diann. dianna. dianne. diantha. dillin. dina. dinah. dione. dionne. dior. dixie. docia. dodie. dollie. dolly. dolores. dominica. dona. donelle. donna. dora. dorean. doreen. doretta. doria. dorinda. doris. dorothea. dorothy. dorris. dortha. dorthy. dory. dot. dottie. dotty. dove. drea. dream. dreda. drew. drina. driona. duana. dulce. dulcibella. dulcie. dusty. dyan. dylan.

NEUTRAL︰ daelyn. daelynn. dailyn. daine. daisy. dakoda. dakota. dakotah. dale. dallas. damani. damian. damoni. dana. dance. dani. danni. danny. dany. dara. darby. darcy. dare. darkling. dash. date. davey. davi. dawn. dawson. dawsyn. dax. day. daybreak. daylight. daylin. dayton. deal. deck. declares. dee. deer. deklyn. delani. dell. delta. demon. dempsey. denali. deni. denial. denim. denis. denny. dent. denver. deputy. descendance. design. desire. destiny. devan. devil. devin. devon. devyn. dew. diamond. diary. diesel. dillan. dillon. dio. dion. dior. dire. distance. diva. divine. doll. dominic. dominique. domino. doom. dot. double. doubt. dove. dragon. drake. drama. dream. drew. drift. drip. driver. dru. dual. duel. duke. dune. duo. dusty. dutton. dylan. dynamite. dynasty.

[petercapaldi-press]

INTERVIEW

Peter Capaldi on Britain’s Real-Life Institutional Disorder Behind Apple’s ‘Criminal Record’

The 'Doctor Who' and 'The Thick of It' star plays a veteran cop who clashes with a newbie investigator ('The Good Fight' actor Cush Jumbo) over a cold case in the new crime thriller.

January 7, 2024 11:56pm

By Scott Roxborough

When Peter Capaldi flickers into view on the Zoom call, I half expect him to tell me to “F** Off!”

For TV viewers of a certain age, the 65-year-old Scottish actor will forever be Malcolm Tucker, the supremely sweary spin doctor in Armando Iannucci’s pre-Veep Brit political satire The Thick of It.

“It’s The Thick of It and Doctor Who,” says a charming (and clean-mouthed) Capaldi, about the roles he’s most recognized for (he played the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the cult sci-fi series from 2013 to 2017). “Surprisingly, The Thick of It is still incredibly popular [the series wrapped in 2012]. People, generally very cool, smart young people, recognize me from that a lot. They generally just ask me to swear at them.”

Of course, there’s a lot more to Capaldi than Tucker and the Doctor. His scores of film and TV appearances include playing alongside Burt Lancaster in Bill Forsyth’s 1983 classic Local Hero, starring as Rory McHoan in the BAFTA-winning TV adaptation of Iain Banks’ Scots drama The Crow Road (1996), giving a delightful turn as the grumpy Mr Curry in the Paddington movies, and donning a spikey electrode skull cap to play DC comic-book villain The Thinker in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad (2021). Behind the camera, Capaldi won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for his 1993 short film Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life, wrote and helmed the 2001 feature Strictly Sinatra starring Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald and Brian Cox, and directed multiple episodes of the BBC 4 sitcom Getting On.

What Capaldi has never done, in his decades on screen, is play a cop. His role as Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty in Criminal Record, the new crime thriller, which drops on Apple TV+ on January 10, is his first time impersonating a police officer.

The series sees Capaldi re-team with his Torchwood co-star Cush Jumbo, best known stateside for playing Lucca Quinn in The Good Wife and spin-off The Good Fight. Hegarty is a veteran cop, one of the most decorated and respected members of the London Metropolitan police, the Met. Jumbo plays DS June Lenker, a newbie detective eager to prove herself. When an anonymous phone call raises questions about one of Hegarty’s old murder cases, the two are drawn into a confrontation, with Lenker doggedly questioning every aspect of Hegarty’s investigation, and the old vet determined to protect his legacy. While it has plenty of elements of the classic cop show, Criminal Record is no by-the-book procedural. The cold case investigation is the plot driver for a series more interested in examining issues of race, gender and institutional disorder in a politically polarized Britain.

“I’m a big fan of crime shows, but often, the leading characters at the end of the episode just revert to the way they were at the start, events have no consequences, they don’t change them in any way,” says Capaldi. “Here we wanted to show characters that are changed, where what’s happening in the course of the show has a real impact on their lives.”

Capaldi also produced Criminal Record together with his wife Elaine Collins (Vera, Shetland). Written by BAFTA-nominee Paul Rutman (The Virgin Queen), the series co-stars Charlie Creed-Miles, Dionne Brown, Shaun Dooley, Stephen Campbell-Moore and Zoë Wanamaker.

The Institutional disorder at the center of the series — in her investigation, Lenker is shown constantly battling bullying, misogyny and racism within the Met — is no invention. An independent government report released last year found London’s police force to be “institutionally sexist, misogynistic, racist and homophobic.” The report came after a police officer stalked and killed a woman in 2021 and another officer was sentenced to life in prison for a series of rapes and sexual assaults. The report said the Met must completely transform if it doesn’t want to be dismantled.

“There clearly are a number of problems, [the police] are unfortunately, recruiting people who are not suitable for that kind of work, and, clearly, there’s a funding issue as well,” says Capaldi. “[The issues] had a direct influence on how the show developed, because you can’t do a show about the police in London without engaging to some degree with those problems.”

But Criminal Record is more film noir than kitchen sink docudrama. The opening scene sets the mood. Hegarty, moonlighting as a limo driver/security detail, is chauffeuring a couple of VIPs. When the passengers ask him about his life, he begins to recount old cases of murder and mayhem in the mean streets of London.

“That actually happened to me and my wife,” says Capaldi. “We were going to some awards thing, the BAFTAs or something. You’ll get a lot of detectives doing the driving for these events because they’re trained in defensive driving and they’re security conscious. I often fall into conversation with the drivers. I asked him about himself and he revealed that he was a detective. And as we passed through these neighborhoods, he’d tell us what murder happened here, what crime went on on this corner or that. I just thought: ‘That’s a great opener for a series.'”

DCI Hegarty, a taciturn and withdrawn man of few words and many meaningful silences, is a new kind of character for Capaldi, who has become accustomed to doing more “front-foot” performances with figures like Malcolm Tucker and Doctor Who.

“I’m usually out there all over the place, trying to get people’s attention shouting and jumping up and down or whatever.,” he says, “As Doctor Who you’re giving these great long speeches about comic this and electronics that and you have to keep dancing all over the place to keep people interested. And with The Think of It, well, if Malcolm was angry, you knew about it. [Hegarty] is a very veiled character and it was very important to not let the audience really in to him. I hadn’t consciously done that before.”

Rutman’s Criminal Record script has plenty of twists and surprises but the show’s real tension comes from the cat-and-mouse game played between Capaldi and Jumbo and in the slow reveal of their characters, who are both fallible and flawed in their own ways. Their scenes together throw real sparks.

“We sort of mutually decided not to rehearse,” says Capaldi. “We didn’t improvise or anything because the scripts were really good and the words were important, they had to be delivered clearly. But whatever we did together we did for the first time on camera. That allowed us to respond in situ as opposed to practicing responses, which kept things tense. I loved doing those scenes, but they were exhausting because I wouldn’t know what Cush was going to do. And vice versa.”

The show’s cold case gets wrapped up in the 8-episodes of Criminal Record but a final scene leaves an opening for a possible second season. Capaldi refused to be drawn on whether this is the last we’ll see of DCI Hegarty.

“Who knows? We’re just excited that we’ve done it and it’s out there, it’s been a real journey getting it to the screen. Working with Apple has been great but it’s a whole new world,” he says. “When I was working with BBC or ITV, a show might get sold to Australia or Hong Kong or whatever. Now Apple just presses a button, and 130 countries all over the world get the show. Instantly. It’s a whole different ballgame for me. But I’m delighted, at my age, to still be part of it.”

[mrs-livvy]

Me & You Character List

I bring to you the character list for Me & You.

{FC= Face Claim}

Veronica's family

L to R:

Kathrine Bennett-Dupree (Mom) FC: Latanya Richardson Jackson

Quentin Dupree (Dad) FC: Samuel Jackson

Calvin Dupree (Oldest: engaged to Cynthia Tyler) FC: Trevante Rhodes

Jeremiah Dupree (2nd oldest) FC: John Boyega

Issac Dupree (3rd oldest) FC: Tyler James Williams

Charlotte Dupree (Sister #1, Twin 1) FC: Birgundi Baker

Tabitha Dupree (Sister #2, twin 2) FC: Antoinette Robertson

Veronica Dupree (Leading Lady) FC: Tems

______________________________________________________________

The Friends:

Kennedy Adams (married to Marcus) FC: Loren Lott

Cynthia Tyler (soon to be Mrs. Cynthia Tyler-Dupree, engaged to Calvin) FC: Jazmine Roberson 

Daphne Jefferson (engaged to Donovan) FC: Pepi Songua

Denise Callahan (dating Riley) FC: Ryan Destiny

Marcus Sutton (married to Kennedy) FC: Luke James

Riley Campbell (dating Denise) FC: Keith Powers 

Donovan Monroe (engaged to Daphne) FC: Zachariah Rogers

IMPORTANT {for the friends}:

- Kennedy James-Sutton and her husband Marcus Sutton (Loren x Luke)

Under them:

- Daphne Jefferson and Donovan Monroe (engaged: Pepi x Zachariah)

Top right:

- Denise Callahan and Riley Campbell (dating: Ryan x Keith)

Bottom right:

- Cynthia Tyler (engaged to Ronnie’s brother Calvin) (Jazmine x Trevante)

______________________________________________________________

Terry’s Family:

- Dionne Hunter- Richmond (FC: Lynn Whitfield)

- Vincent Richmond (FC: Keith David)

- James Richmond (FC: Kelvin Harrison Jr., yes I went there🤣)

- Danielle Richmond (FC: Laura Kairuik)

- Megan Richmond (FC: Rhyon Nicole Brown)

______________________________________________________________

Christian Vaughn (FC: Jason Derulo) (Ronnie’s ex boyfriend)

Symone Brown (FC: Pinkydoll) (Ronnie’s cousin on her mom’s side)

[alldancersaretalented]

NYCDA National Outstanding Dancers 1999-2024

1999

Junior: Travis Wall (Denise Wall Dance Energy) and Megan Eisenhart (The Dance Club)

Senior: Nick Lazzarini (Studio 10) and Cindy Welik (Dance Academy USA)

2000

Junior: Robbie Fairchild (Pulse 31) and Kayla Kalbfleisch (Christine Harper's Dance West)

Teen: Danny Tidwell (Denise Wall Dance Energy) and Melissa Hough (Dance Explosion)

Senior: Manuel Herrera (Fran Sullivan School of Dance) and Janna Oberdorf (In The Spotlight)

2001

Junior: Bret Easterling (Teen Dance Co.) and Collette Chan (Teen Dance Co)

Teen: Sean Duvall (American Dance Machine) and Nicole Winhoffer (In The Spotlight)

Senior: Daniel Vaniska (La Danse School of P.A.) and Nicki Loud (Turning Pointe Dance Center)

2002

Junior: Garrett Smith (Dance Impressions) and Erica Ross (Dance Connection 2)

Teen: Anthony Lomuljo (Dance Attack Sunnyvale) and Becca Henderson (Ballet Society)

Senior: Danny Tidwell (Denise Wall Dance Energy) and Melissa Hough (Dance Explosion)

2003

Junior: David Gensheimer (American Jazz Dance Co.) and Whitney Jensen (CSPAS)

Teen: Travis Wall (Denis Wall's Dance Energy and Marilee Glazier (CSPAS)

Senior: Phillip Spaeth (Triple Threat PAC) and Carly Lang (DDK Danceworks)

2004

Mini: Corey Snide (Eleanor's School of Dance) and Christina Spinger (Dance Motion Performing Arts Co.)

Junior: Nick Young (Young Dance Academy) and Kayla Radomski (Michelle Latimer Dance Academy)

Teen: Chuck Jones (CSPAS) and Jaimie Goodwin (Denise Wall's Dance Energy)

Senior: Jon Bond (Center Stage Dance Academy) and Ellery Baum (CSPAS)

2005

Mini: Hogan Fulton (Bobbie's School of Performing Arts) and Tiara Keeno (Wasatch Dance Center)

Junior: John Manzari (Spotlight Studio of Dance) and Angelica Generosa (Dance Stop)

Teen: Garrett Smith (Odyssey II) and Dusty Button (Movin' South)

Senior: Teddy Forance (Hackworth School of Performing Arts) and Allison Holker (The Dance Club)

2006

Mini: Ross Lynch (Artistic Fusion Dance Academy) and Catherine Hurlin (Westchester Dance Academy)

Junior: Corey Snide (Eleanor's School of Dance) and Christina Spinger (Dance Connection)

Teen: Ryan Steele (Dance Dynamics) and Kirsten Wicklund (Danzmode Productions)

Senior: Christian Denice (Bobbie's School of Performing Arts) Jamie Godwin (Denis Wall's Dance Energy)

2008

Mini: Kolton Krouse (Tempe Dance Academy) and McKenna Ross (Tempe Dance Academy)

Junior: Alex Hathaway (Dance Dynamics) and Tiare Keeno (Wasatch Dance Center)

Teen: Corey Cox (Denise Wall's Dance Energy) and Taja Riley (Denise Wall's Dance Energy)

Senior: Crain Dionne (Donna Coco's Performance Plus) and Erica Ross (Tempe Dance Academy)

2009

Mini: Brandon Chang (Dance Town) and Sarah Pippin (CC&Co. Dance Complex)

Junior: Kolton Krause (Tempe Dance Academy) and Kamila Shah (Westchester Dance Academy)

Teen: Mason Manning (Dance Industry) and Tiare Keeno (Classical Ballet Academy)

Senior: Richard Villaverde (Dance Town) and Ida Saki (Dance Industry)

2010

Mini: Tade Biesinger (Dance Impressions) and Payton Johnson (Jean Leigh Academy of Dance)

Junior: Rae Srivastava (Independent) and Jayce Kalb (The Dance Centre)

Teen: Corey Snide (Eleanor's School of Dance) and Mattie Love (Dance Impressions)

Senior: Cory Barnette (Tempe Dance Academy) and Kaitlynn Edgar (Spotlight Dance Works)

2011

Mini: Travis Atwood (The Talent Factory) and Jacalyn Tatro (Inspire School of Dance)

Junior: Niko Martinez (Dance Images & Music) and Sarah Pippin (CC&Co)

Teen: Ivan Kalinan (The Dance Zone) and Madi Hicks (Academy of Dance Arts)

Senior: George Lawrence (Dancemakers of Atlanta) and Kali Grinder (The Dance Zone)

2012

Mini: Kyle Anders (Savage Dance) and Kayla Mak (Westchester)

Junior: Jack Wolff (Precision Dance Academy) and Payton Johnson (Jean Leigh Academy)

Teen: Kolton Krouse (Tempe Dance Academy) and Jordan Pelliteri (Plumb Performing Arts Center)

Senior: Joseph Davis (Draper Center) and Alexia Meyer (The Dance Club)

2013

Mini: Justice McCort (Krystie’s Dance Academy) and Jasmine Cruz (Westlake)

Junior: Jonathan Fahoury (Artistic Fusion) and Sophie Miklosovic (Faubourg School of the Ballet)

Teen: Jake Tribus (CC & Co) and Jayci Kalb (The Dance Centre)

Senior: Alex Soulliere (Spotlight Dance Works) and Alyssa Ness (Northland School of Dance)

2014

Mini: Luke Spring (Independent) and Charlee Fagan (Main Street Dance)

Junior: Matthew Spangler (Artistic Fusion) and Mackenzie Bessner (KJ Dance)

Teen: Rae Srivastava (BHumn DanceSpace) and Jacalyn Tatro (Inspire School of Dance)

Senior: Kolton Krouse (Tempe Dance Academy) and Jordan Pelliteri (Plumb Performing Arts Center)

2015

Mini: Brady Farrar (Stars) and Madison Brown (Lents Dance Company)

Junior: Parker Garrison (Stars) and Jasmine Cruz (Westlake)

Teen: Harrison Knotsman (Studio West Dance Center) and Nina Bartell (Sweatshop)

Senior: Jake Tribus (Next Generation Ballet) and Sarah Pippin – CC & Co

2016

Mini: Luke Barrett (Dance Attack) and Eden Galloway (Center Stage Dance Studio)

Junior: Jack Easton (IMPAC) and Mahalaya Tintianco-Cubales (Westlake)

Teen: Kele Roberson (Dance Institute) and Ali Deucher (The Dance Club)

Senior: Zach Manske (Woodbury) and Jacelyn Tatro (Inspire School of Dance)

2017

Mini: Hudson Silva-Costa (Spotlight Dance Center) and Phoenix Sutch (Krystie's Dance)

Junior: Mason Evans (Performance Edge 2 and Madison Brown (Lents Dance Company)

Teen: David Keingatti (Columbia) and Sydney Revennaugh (CSA's Dancers Edge)

Senior: Michael Garcia (Dance Industry) and Kaylin Maggard (Columbia)

2018

Mini: Sienna Morris (Westchester) and ???

Junior: Eden Galloway (WNC Dance) and ???

Teen: Aydin Eyikan (Kanyok Arts) and Jasmine Cruz

Senior: Harrison Knostman (Studio West Dance Center) and Jenna Meilman (Westchester)

2019

Mini: Ian Stegeman (Woodbury) and Ivana Radan (Westchester)

Junior: Justin Padilla (Infusion Dance) and Rebecca Stewart (Spotlight Studio of Dance)

Teen: Luke Spring (East Coast Edge) and Madison Brown (Lents Dance Company)

Senior: Jamaii Melvin (Miami Dance Collective) and Madison Goodman (KJ Dance)

2020

Mini: Eric Poor (CityDance) and Kynadi Crain (Jean Leigh Academy)

Junior: Jagger Effs (Miami Dance Collective) and Sienna Morris (Westchester)

Teen: Mason Evans (Performance Edge 2) and Mahalaya Tintianco-Cubales (Westlake)

Senior: Aydin Eyikan (Kanyok Arts) and Sydney Revennaugh (Performance Edge 2)

2021 (Orlando)

Mini: Spencer Parnell (Academy of the Living Arts) and Kiera Sun (Westside)

Junior: Michael Duvali (Centerstage Dance Academy) and Macie Miersh (All American Dance Factory)

Teen: Luke Biddinger (Touch of Class) and Eden Galloway (WNC Dance)

Senior: Jemoni Powe (Academy of Nevada Ballet) and Kayla Mak (Westchester)

2021 (Phoenix)

Mini: Ellis Khoundara (Tempe Dance Academy) and Skylar Wong (Woodbury)

Junior: Ian Stegeman (Woodbury) and Carolina Garcia (Miami Dance Collective)

Teen: Justin Padilla (Westside) and Erin Park (Westside)

Senior: Justice Wooden (Just Dance) and Charlee Fagan (Main Street Dance)

2022 (Orlando)

Mini: Mali Photnetrakhom (In Motion Dance Project) and Avery Gallenero (Dance Inc.)

Junior: Bryce Young (All American Dance Factory) and Eva Jimmerson (Renner Dance)

Teen: Luke Barrett (Dance Attack) and Phoenix Sutch (Krystie's Dance Academy)

Senior: Mason Evans (Performance Edge 2) and Kailey Woronstoff (Dance Universe)

2022 (Phoenix)

Mini: Levi Caicco (In Motion Dance Project) and Kensington Dressing (Evolve Dance Complex)

Junior: Avery Khoundara (Tempe Dance Academy) and Fiona Wu (Yoko's)

Teen: Keenan Kiefer (Academy of Dance Arts) and Georgie Weir (Miami Dance Collective)

Senior: Parker Rozzano-Keefe (Westlake) and Mahalaya Tintiangco-Cubales (Westlake)

2023

Mini: Jonathan Macleod (Joanne Chapman) and Hannah Fogel (Dance Institute)

Junior: Lincoln Russo (Poirer Productions) and Kiera Sun (Westside)

Teen: Hudson Silva-Costa (In the Spotlight) and Crystal Huang (The Rock)

Senior: Jonathan Paula (Canadian Dance Unit) and Abigail Weber (Dallas Conservatory)

2024 (New York)

Mini: Marko Kokovic (Draper Center for Dance Education) and Maeve Olsen (The Dallas Conservatory)

Junior: Levi Caicco (In Motion Dance Project) and Aria Du (Yoko's)

Teen: Sam Gauss (Draper Center for Dance Education) and Evee Lee (CAP The Company)

Senior: Caleb Abea (Larkin Dance Studio) and Izzy Howard (Westside)

2024 (Phoenix)

Mini: Anderson Sander (New Dimensions) and Belle Marie Arauz (Dance Town)

Junior: Ellis Khoundara (Tempe Dance Academy) and Mali Photnetrakhom (In Motion Dance Project)

Teen: Maceo Paras-Mangrobang (Westlake) and Gracelyn Weber (The Dallas Conservatory)

Senior: Cameroon Janson (Creative Conservatory of Dance and PA) and Jordyn Sarmoen (Performance Edge 2)

[d-criss-news]

‘Glee’ alum Darren Criss ready for National Christmas Tree Lighting ahead of Wolf Trap

His breakthrough role arrived on Fox’s “Glee” before winning an Emmy Award on FX’s “American Crime Story.”

This week, actor and singer Darren Criss performs live at the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on The Ellipse outside the White House on Thursday night.

“This is my first year doing this particular event,” Criss told WTOP. “I’ve been lucky enough in my career to have done a number of things for the Bidens. That is a low-key humble brag. They haven’t decided to kick me off the invite list yet, but there’s still room! I could really biff it at the White House.”

He joins a star-studded lineup of Mickey Guyton, Dionne Warwick, Joe Walsh, Ledisi and St. Vincent.

“It’s a pretty cool list, man,” Criss said. “I just saw the list and I don’t know who printed the ad mat, but there’s no world in my mind where I would ever appropriately be anywhere higher or before the likes of St. Vincent, Renee Rapp. … When your name is with the likes of Joe Walsh, Dionne Warwick and many more, you can’t help but just have a huge wave of imposter syndrome.”

After that, “A Very Darren Crissmas” hits The Barns at Wolf Trap in Virginia on Saturday and Sunday.

“We’re just going from town to town spreading holiday cheer, man,” Criss said. “A lot of people put out holiday albums … just playing the very well-known songs. … My main goal in life is not necessarily as a performer but more like a curator. … If I had it my way, my Christmas album would have been 100 songs that no one’s ever heard of, but because I’m not a fool, I toe the line between familiar stuff but I do it in an unfamiliar way.”

Born in San Francisco in 1987, Criss grew up in loving “Star Wars,” “Transformers” and The Beatles. He pursued the arts as a theater major at the University of Michigan, performing in “Pride & Prejudice” and “A Few Good Men” before founding StarKid Productions to produce his own shows. That included the Harry Potter production “A Very Potter Musical,” which actually landed songs on the Billboard charts.

After appearing on the ABC series “Eastwick,” Criss’ big break came on Fox’s “Glee” (2010-2015), playing transfer student Blaine Anderson, who eventually married Kurt Hummel. Criss started out singing Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” and ended by writing the Emmy-nominated song “This Time” for the series finale.

“‘Glee’ was incredibly popular and progressive,” Criss said. “I lucked out and won the golden ticket because when I joined that show, it already had a significant degree of attention where one of the most popular characters was Kurt, somebody who was making waves … in the queer dialogue amongst popular culture, the conversation of gay teens and representation of queer people on mainstream, linear, network television.”

He reunited with Ryan Murphy to play the killer Andrew Cunanan in “American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace” (2017), beating out Antonio Banderas, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeff Daniels, John Legend and Jesse Plemons to win the Emmy for Best Actor in a Limited Series.

“Actors wait a whole lifetime for parts like that,” Criss said. “This horrible thing happened because of a guy who happened to kind of look like me and be kind of my age and ethnicity. … Twenty years later, how do we make sure those tragedies don’t end up as these horrible things? To bring light to a darkness by illuminating the things around those tragedies, the other themes that led to how and why these things happened.”

On stage, his Broadway roles include replacing Daniel Radcliffe in “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” (2012), replacing Neil Patrick Harris in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (2015) and joining Sam Rockwell and Laurence Fishburne in the revival of David Mamet’s play “American Buffalo” (2022).

“I’ve really gotten to check a lot of boxes in what I believe to still be the earlier part of life and career, boxes that I really did always dream of and worked hard to get to,” Criss said. “Now onto Christmas baby!”

[angelloverde]

"Mo Soul" Player Playlist 10 January

Black Grass Feat. Dionne Charles - How Much Can You Take

Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - Feelin Free (Aaron Jerome Remix)

Speedometer Feat. James Junior - I Showed Them (The Ghetto)

Funkallisto - Bring Down The Birds

Man Sueto - Man Sueto Theme

G's Way Feat. Melina Jones - Took So Long

Demon Fuzz - Disillusioned Man

Mr Confuse - Feel the Fire

The Huck Daniels Co. - Foolish Man (pt 2)

Prince Fatty, Nostalgia 77 - Medicine Chest Dub

Dem Juju Poets - Fubica

Briskey - Galactic Jack (Buscemi's Beat To Beatnik Remix)

Galactic Feat. JJ Grey - Higher And Higher

Feindrehstar - Dancetrack

Marco DJ Marco - Fontana Blue (LTJ X-Perience Edit)

If you really want to enjoy music and help musicians and bands, buy their lp’s or cd’s and don’t download mp3 formats. There is nothing like good quality sound!!!

(Angel Lo Verde / Mo Soul)

[monsterintheballroom]

It´s more of a questionnaire than interview and it´s under the cut :-)

Penelope Wilton: ‘I was dyslexic. People thought I was stupid’

The actress on flower power, the Beatles and her star turn in Downton Abbey

First film I saw at the cinema

My mother used the cinema as her nanny. She had an arrangement with the usherette where she would go shopping and leave my sister and me at the cinema. When she had finished shopping she would come down the aisle and wave a white hanky — that was our sign to leave. Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot was the first film I remember seeing. Jacques Tati was such a great clown.

First time I cried at the cinema

I don’t tend to cry over films. Usually I cry in front of paintings or at concerts. I did, however, sob through the film Brief Encounter. It’s so terribly touching. I still get a lump in my throat every time I watch it.

First time I performed on a stage

My first job was at 20, as Tammy the tightrope walker in a Christmas show at the Nottingham Playhouse. Theatre is always anxious-making and it gets worse when you’re older. There have been some funny things happening while I’ve been on stage, though. One audience member heckled Ralph Richardson and me over bad language during the play West of Suez when we performed in Brighton. Another acclaimed actor, who will remain nameless, was embarrassingly drunk on the stage once, forcing me to say his lines and mine. It was madness.

First TV show I watched

We didn’t have a television for a long time while I was a child. I think we had one for the coronation but then it seemed to go. It wasn’t until I was a bit older that I became aware of television, and even now I don’t seem to have much time to watch things, mainly because I’m busy acting in plays and TV shows like Downton Abbey, which was a wonderful experience. It was a surprise to us all, including the writer Julian Fellowes, that it was so successful here and everywhere. It was particularly lovely to work with Maggie Smith because she was one of the actors I had always admired. I would be very keen to come back to the show if it were to return. I can hardly leave it now.

First book I loved

I was dyslexic as a child, at a time when dyslexia wasn’t diagnosed. You didn’t get much help — people just thought you were stupid. My dyslexia seems to have got better with age, but when I was younger I was read to by my mother and my older sister rather than reading myself. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame was a favourite.

First album I bought

Please Please Me by the Beatles. Growing up I listened to romantic music like Dionne Warwick on the radiogram in our sitting room. Nowadays I listen to more classical music, but I still have a soft spot for the Beatles. Sadly I lost that LP when we moved houses.

First concert I attended

The 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky at the Royal Albert Hall when I was about ten. They had real cannons that went off. I only started going to concerts when I was older. My late husband, the [Roads to Freedom] actor Daniel Massey, was a great classical music fan. He taught me a lot about music, in particular jazz and Erroll Garner.

First pop-inspired fashion trends I adopted

Hotpants and thigh-length boots in bright pink suede. Once you went to drama school, you didn’t have any money and could do what you wanted looks-wise. It was all flower power then, so we would walk around with no shoes on, throwing flowers at each other. It was alternative but lovely.

First actor I admired

Michael Redgrave. I saw him give the most tremendous performance in Uncle Vanya at Chichester in 1963 when I was 17. Laurence Olivier was the Doctor. Together they were funny and heartbreaking. Redgrave was a wonderful actor and, more importantly, a wonderful man.

First moment I realised I wanted to be an actress

I went to a pantomime once and there was a whoosh and the curtain went up. There was this bright light and warm air came out. I thought, “I don’t know why I’m sitting in the dark here. I’d like to be up there.”

First famous person I met

Jonathan Miller when he came to Nottingham Playhouse to direct King Lear. I was a bit starstruck then, but meeting the royal family is the only time I get truly anxious.

First moment I realised I’d made it

Even at my age I don’t think I have. If you started, you wouldn’t be very good. So I will continue to try.

[teawitch]

Any resources regarding mediumship that you can recommend?

Since I live near Cassadaga Florida, I've known a few professional mediums in my time. And have even taken some classes from one. Mostly I recommend caution.

At least one, I'm cautious with because she spends so much time with spirits, she's become disconnected from reality and I think that's affected her levels of discernment. (She may be getting messages. I'm not sure they're pertinent to the situation. Also, do not let her cross the street unattended or she may join the spirits unexpectedly.)

Another I'm fairly certain is faking it at least half the time and should probably be classified as entertainment rather than mediumship. But the ability to pull something out of empty air isn't unusual when pulling off a full weekend of constant readings. You can't charge a client $60 and tell them no one wants to talk to them.

(I once watch a tarot reader turn over 6 of Swords in a group reading. I cringed. She just smiled at the older woman she was reading for and predicted a journey over water. The woman's friend excitedly said 'Oh, that's the cruise you and Bob are going on." You know, yeah, I'll go for it. Six of Swords is all about luxury cruises. Let the woman enjoy her night of psychic experiences.)

But I don't want to leave you with nowhere to turn. I know Danielle Dionne well enough to trust that what she speaks about she truly experiences. And then can translate into something approachable for the beginner. She has a book out.