#gina mcclure.

[godsruin]

GINA MCCLURE is a CANON COMPLIANTISH muse who is DUAL SHIPPED && OPEN. source material : empire records. PLOTS OPEN on : discord && tumblr.

[fatcdsongmoved]

voted most likely to kill each other, featuring - gina mcclure & debra williams.

[honolulubelle]

Book Review: Something Is Always Happening Somewhere by Kelly McClure 

Something Is Always Happening Somewhere by Kelly McClure  Amazon  / B&N   / BB Dale Travers and her wife Gina moved from their tiny apartment in Brooklyn to a newly mortgaged ranch-style home in Long Beach with the hope of living there forever. When one tragic night changes everything, Dale attempts to pick up the pieces but quickly realizes that life is a dark and terrifying place without the…

[hmgn3]

22-June 散財記録

01(wed) ・Tori Kudo / 休日出勤 (2018, used 7inch) ・Precyz / Precyz (2001, used 2LP) 03(fri) ・Maria Usbeck / Amparo (2016, used LP) ・Eleventeen Eston / Delta Horizon (2014, used LP) ・The Notwist / Pilot (2001, used 12inch) ・Nikki McClure / Godzilla (1996, used 7inch) ・Cosmetic vs Konk / Now N.Y. (1983, used LP) ・Leo Kottke / Mudlark (1971, used LP) 05(sun) ・Fiona Fiasco & Melodiesinfonie / Forever Faking Memoirs (2021, LP) ・どくとる梅津DIVA / DIVA (1988, LP) 08(wed) ・Gina Birch / Feminist Song (2021, 7inch) ・Flitz & Suppe X B-Side / Cycles/Somewhere: One Day (2021, LP) ・Robert Storey / Come Up & Hear My Etchings (2018, LP) 09(thu) ・黒田誠二郎 / まちというまち/化合 (2022, 7inch) ・Spencer Doran / Remixes (2006, used 12inch) ・Young Zee / Stay Gold (1997, used 12inch) ・Μανώλης Γαλιάτσος, Ελένη Βιτάλη, Νίκος Ξυδάκης / Φως Αυγούστου (1989, used LP) ・Cash Money & Marvelous / Play It Cool/Ugly People Be Quiet (1987, used 12inch) ・Indifferent Dance Centre / Flight & Pursuit (1981, used 7inch) 15(wed) ・Aerial M / Post Global Music (1999, used LP) ・Orange Cake Mix / Silver Lining Underwater (The Bliss Out, Vol. 3) (1997, used LP+7 inch) 16(thu) ・三村京子 / 河を渡る (2022, CD) 17(fri) ・Table Sugar / Introductory Material (2016, used LP) ・Islaja / Palaa Aurinkoon (2005, used CD) ・Islaja / Meritie (2004, used CD) ・Orange Cake Mix / Another Orange World (1997, used LP) ・The George Russell Sextet / Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved By Nature - 1980 (1980, used LP) ・Graham Bond / Holy Magick (1970, used LP) 19(sun) ・海辺のニューゴリラ / 宅録デモ集 (2022, CD-R) 24(fri) ・Paco Sala / Ko Yo (2016, used 12inch) ・Soul-Junk / 1951 (1995, used LP) ・Wim Mertens / The Belly of an Architect (1987, used LP) ・The Jazz Corps Under the Direction of Tommy Peltier featuring Roland Kirk / The Jazz Corps (1967, used LP) ・ロジェ・フランス楽団 / 女と男のいる舗道 (1966, used 7inch) 25(sat) ・Alien Parade Japan (2022, 2LP) ・Spirit Fest / Live at Import Export (2022, cassette) 26(sun) ・13 & God / Men of Station (2005, used 12inch) ・3 Mustaphas 3 / Bam! Mustaphas Play Stereo (1985, used 12inch) ・Colin Newman / Provisionally Entitled The Singing Fish (1981, used LP) 30(thu) ・Cave Circles / Apricity (2017, used 12inch) ・Xela / Tangled Wool (2004, used LP) ・Marine Research / Sounds From the Gulf Stream (1999, used LP) ・Dimitri Tiomkin / 36 Hours (1965, used LP)

[casual-violinist-fangirl]

Me: *decides that I want to start writing again, and that I should probably write a few one-shots to get my self back into it*

Also Me: *starts writing an in-depth AU fic about my favourite ship that follows six whole series*

All joking aside, I’m writing a slow burn Flemnott fic that starts from the beginning of series one… I’m nine chapters in and I’ve only just finished episode three. 😅

[empathiquesempathiques]

Send in 📜 and I’ll use this incorrect quotes generator using your muse and my muse. @halcyoniics

[empathiquesa]

a platonic kiss just meant to express overwhelming emotion - mark + gina or deb, you pick lmao

kiss meme ; status ; closed.

the kiss is pressed against his forehead, slight smile on her face.’’you know, you’re not as bad as i act like you are sometimes.’’ she knows it’s not the greatest compliment. but gina is trying to be better, less bitchy and more heartfelt.’’you have... a good heart, mark.’’

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

BFCD Calendar: Celebrity Birthday List

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

MARCH: HAPPY WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, SIS!!!

1: Alexis Fields, Lupita Nyong’o 2: Danielle Moné Truitt, Nathalie Emmanuel 3: Gloria Hendry, Meagan Tandy 4: Angela V. Shelton 6: Anna Maria Horsford, Birgundi Baker 9: Christiana Pitts 10: Ego Nwodim 11: Ajani Russell 13: Adina Porter 14: Tamara Tunie, Carol Speed, Elise Neal, Greta Onieogou 15: Aaron Rose Philip 16: Cynthia Bond, Sierra McClain, Ajiona Alexus  18: Vanessa L Williams, Queen Latifah, Ayisha Issa, Amanda Foster, Bonnie Mbuli, Christina Elmore  19: Alycia Pascual Pena 20: Bianca Lawson, Dominique Jackson, Erica Luttrell, Freema Ageyman, Vanessa Bell Calloway 

Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19) 21: Sonequa Martin Green 22: Kandyse Mcclure 23: Chaka Khan, Vanessa Morgan 25: Jeryl Prescott 26: Diana Ross 27: Mariah, Halle Bailey 28: Celai West, Chrystale Wilson 30: Gabrielle Byndloss 31: Erica Tazel, Andrea Bordeaux, Zethu Dlomo-Mphahlele

APRIL (National Stress Awareness Month)

1: Cece Show, 2: Nikki Perkins, Amber Gray 3: Catherine Lough Haggquist, Sarah Jeffery, Young MA, 4: Lorraine Toussaint, Jill Scott, Khadi Don, Maya Angelou 6: Simona Brown, Lauren Ridloff 7: Billie Holiday, 8: Skai Jackson, Femi Taylor 9: Jazmine Sullivan, Bianca Belair, Kisha Knight Pulliam 10: Dana Heath, Jasika Nicole, April Weeden-Washington  11: Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Summer Walker 12: Imani Lewis, Retta, Suzzanne Douglas 13: Brittany Marie Batchelder, Marci T. House 14: Da Brat 15: Ester Dean, Kron Moore, Samira Wiley 16: Ebony Obsidian, Vallerie Rae Miller 

Taurus (Apr 20-May 20) 21: Gugu Mbatha-Raw  24: Reagan Gomez Preston 25: Gina Torres, Leyna Bloom 26: Debra Wilson 27: Lizzo 28: Aleisha LaNaé Allen, Cheslie Kryst, Madge Sinclair 29: Shahadi Wright Joseph

MAY (Women's Healthcare Month)

1: Victoria Monet 2: Golda Rosheuvel 3: Meagan Tandy, Chinenye Ezeudu, Danielle Deadwyler, Genevieve Nnaji 5: Gabrielle Nevaeh Green 6: Gabourey Sidibe, Adrienne Warren, Bresha Webb 7: Devyn Tyler 11: Dominique Thorne 12: Vanessa Estelle Williams, Kim Fields 13: Pearl Thusi 14: Tamara Dobson 15: Anjelika Washington, Bahia Watson, Sommore, 16: Janet Jackson, Aleyse Shannon 17:  Francis Callier, Rochelle Aytes, Cynda Williams 19: Grace Jones, Angel Theory 

Gemini (May 21-Jun 20) 21: Da’Vine Joy Randolph 22: Naomi Campbell 24: Patti Labelle, 25: Ebonee Noel, Octavia Spencer, Zazie Beetz, Leslie Uggams, Aïssa Maïga 26: Pam Grier, Lauryn Hill, Madeleine Mantock, Marie Pierra Kakoma 27: Left Eye, 28: Megalyn Echikunwoke, Gladys Knight 29: Laverne Cox, Mel B, Ashleigh Morghan, Michole Briana White 30: Javicia Leslie, DeWanda Wise 31: Cupcakke, Normani 

JUNE (HAPPY JUNETEENTH AND BLACK MUSIC MONTH!!! HAPPY PRIDE LADIES,GAYDIES & THEYDIES)

1: Shailyn Pierre-Dixon 2: Brandee Evans, Jadah Marie, Laura Kariuki 3: Assa Sylla, Elizabeth Adare, Josephine Baker 4: Bahni Turpin 5: Denisea Wilson 6: Alex Datcher 9: Logan Browning, Gloria Reuben 10: Faith Evans 12: Felecia M. Bell 13: Daniella Perkins 14: Marla Gibbs, Tamara Smart 15: Judy Pace, Ashley Nicole Black 16: Iantha Richardson 17: Venus Williams 18: Fatou Jobe 19: Phylicia Rashad, Alysia Rogers 20: Tika Sumpter 

Cancer (June 21-July22) 22: DomiNque Perry 23: Brandi Rhodes, Britne Oldford 24: Solange, Candice Patton, Adele Oni, Dominique Tipper 25: Brenda Sykes 26: Antoinette Robertson 27: Anjela Lauren Smith, Chantel Riley

JULY (HAPPY DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH)

1: Storm Reid 3: Audra McDonald, Alyah Chanelle Scott 4: Edmonia Lewis 5: Ellen Bendu 6: Della Reese, Little Miss Flint, Tia Mowry 7: Cree Summer, Akira Golz 8: Riele Downs, Taja V. Simpson 10: Angel Haze 11: Lil’ Kim, Aida Osman, Annarah Cymone, Aerial Hull, 14: Alisha Wainwright, Angela Lewis, Geretta Geretta, Kelly Jo Minter 15: Shari Headley 17: Diahann Carroll, Amanda Warren, Asjha Cooper

Leo (July 23-Aug 22) 24: Brenda Crichlow, Herizen Guardiola 25: Iman, Jajube Mandiela  26: Grace Byers 27: Gabrielle Graham, Savannah Smith 29: Sweet LD, 30:Vivica A. Fox 31: Wunmi Mosaku, Bukamina Cebekhulu

AUGUST

1: Tempestt Bledsoe 2: Alvina August 3: Chandler Kinney, Jo Marie Payton 4: Eris Baker 5: Chip Fields, 6: Merrin Dungey, 7: Kheris Rogers, 8: Meagan Good, Kimberly Brooks 9: Whitney Houston, Angely Gaviria  11: Viola Davis, Sophie Okonedo 12: Imani Hakim, Yvette Nicole Brown 13: Dawnn Lewis,  Deborah Ayorinde 14: Jackée Harry, Halle Berry, Marsai Martin, Aliyah Moulden 15: Christine Adams, Andrea Lewis 16: Angela Bassett 19: Sara Martins, Tracie Thoms 20: Ashley Nicole Williams 21: Loretta Devine, Kelis 

Virgo (Aug 23-Sept 22) 23: Angelique Noire, Clarissa Thibeaux 24: Ava Duvernay, Harriett D Foy 25: Ashley Winfrey, China Ann McClain 26: Keke Palmer 27: Chandra Wilson, Demetria McKinney 29: Kelly McCreary 30: Angel Coulby

SEPTEMBER

1: Zendaya Coleman, Skye Townsend, Bianca Brewton 3: Iza 4: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter, Sammie Ware 5: Clark Backo, Coco Rebecca Edogamhe, Kat Graham, Jade Payton 6: Anika Noni Rose, Daniele Gaither, Naomie Harris, Trina McGee 7: Afton Williamson 9: Camilla Beeput 

10: Treshelle Edmond 11: Taraji P. Henson 12: Jennifer Hudson 13: Aisha Dee 14: Ololade "Lolly" Adefope 16: Olatokunbo Susan Olasobunmi Abeke "Toks" Olagundoye 17: Danielle Brooks 18: Aisha Tyler, Jada Pinkett Smith 19: Sanaa Lathan 20: Debbi Morgan, Enuka Okuma, Victoria Dillard 21: Jerrika Hinton  

Libra (Sept 23-Oct 22) 22: Teyonah Parrish 23: Cush Jumbo, Janelle James, LisaRaye McCoy 24: Yetide Badaki 26: Serena Williams, Fola Evans-Akingbola 27 Beverly Osu 28: Vernee Watson-Johnson

OCTOBER

1: Hamamat Montia, Michaela Coel, Jurnee Smollett Bell, Priah Ferguson 2: Akira Akbar 3: Ayo Edebiri, Tessa Thompson 4: Dana Davis, Ella Balinska, Ambrosia Kelley 5: Heather Headley 7: Toni Braxton, Adriyan Rae, Amber Stevens West, Aweng Chuol, Grace Saif 10: Damaris Lewis, Enam Asiama 13: Tisha Campbell, Ashanti, Aude Legastelois 15: Bethany Brown 17: Sharon Leal, Angel Parker 18: Joy Bryant 19: Ciara Renée Harper 21: Nakia Burrise 22: Carmen Ejogo 23: Amandla Stenberg, Duckie Thot

Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) 24: Monica Brown 25: Ciara 26: Florence Kasumba, Folake Olowofoyeku 29: Gabrielle Union 30: Charnele Brown, Eva Marcille, Nia Long 31: Letitia Wright

NOVEMBER

1: Zoë Soul 3: Antonia Thomas 4: Brittany Adebumola, Demene Hall  5: Dominique Thorne 6: Thandiwe Newton, Lisa Berry, Alix Lapri 7: Dara Renee 8: Alfre Woodard, Esther Rolle 9: Dorothy Dandridge 10: Eve Jeffers 11: Camille Hyde, Susan Kelechi Watson 13: Aisha Hinds, Monique Coleman, Whoopi 15: Rachel True, Yaya Dacosta, Gloria Foster 16: Lisa Bonet 19: Erika Alexander, Gabrielle Elyse, Susan Heyward 

Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) 22: Crystal Scales, Patra 24: Ifeoma Nwobu 25: Wakeema Hollis, 26: Tina Turner, Garcelle Beauvais, Camille McDonald 27: Robin Givens, 28: Angelica Ross S. Epatha Merkerson 29: Lovie Simone, Franchesca Ramsey 30: Kayden Grace Swan

DECEMBER

1: Janelle Monae, Zoe Kravitz 2: Lesley Ann Brandt, Celeste O’Connor  4: Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins, Nefessa Williams 5: Lauren London 6: Ashley Madekwe 7: Idara Victor 8: Nikki Minaj 10: Kiki Layne, Raven Symone 11: Chloe Coleman, Condola Rashad, Xosha Roquemore 12: Regina Hall, 16: Kiara Muhummad, Gretchen Palmer 18: Adelayo Adedayo 19: Cicely Tyson 21: Quinta Brunson, Michelle Hurd 

Capricorn  (Dec 22-Jan 19) 22: Alexis Floyd, BernNadette Stanis 23: Brooke & Bria Singleton, Ruby Barker 25: Bethany Antonia, CCH Pounder 27: AmandaMaryanna, Faithe Herman 28: Nichelle Nichols, 30: Sheryl Lee Ralph, Aesha Ash 31: Susan Wokoma, Donna Summer, Rosalind Cash, Denee Benton

Obviously this isn’t a comprehensive list and will be updated as more are remembered or learned. So, list will be updated as needed. Currently/Continually working on it.

JANUARY: WELCOME TO A NEW YEAR!

Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) 1: Josette Simon  2: Erica Hubbard, Renée Elise Goldsberry 3: Angelique Perrin, Nicole Beharie 4: Vanity, Jill Marie Jones, Miss Tina Lawson, Lenora Crichlow, Alexandra Grey, Coco Jones, Sindi Dlathu 5: Ms. Juicy Baby 6: Betty Gabriel, Jacqueline Moore, Tiffany Pollard, Armelia McQueen, Tanyell Waivers 7: Blue Ivy Carter, Ruth Negga, Sofia Wylie, Zora Neale Hurston, Zaraah Abrahams 8: Butterfly McQueen, Ryan Destiny, Cynthia Erivo 9: Amber Ruffin, Flo Milli, Anais Lee/Mirabel Lee,

10: Kathleen Bradley, Sisi Stringer, Teresa Graves 11: Adepero Oduye, Aja Naomi King, Amiyah Scott, Kim Coles, Mary J. Blige 12: Cynthia Addai Robinson, Erinn Westbrook, Issa Rae, Naya Rivera, Zabryna Guevara 13: Janet Hubert, Andy Allo, Shonda Rhimes 14: Adjoa Andoh, Vonetta McGee, Emayatzy Corinealdi 15: Regina King 16: Debbie Allen, Aaliyah, FKA Twigs, Sade 17: Eartha Kitt, Indya Moore, Michelle Obama, Ann Wolfe, Quen Blackwell 18: Ashleigh Murray, Estelle 19: Simone Missick  

Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) 20: Rukiya Bernard 21: Anastarzi Anaquway 22: Blesnya Minher, Dwan Smith 23: Lanei Chapman 24: Kenya Moore, Tatyana Ali 25: Ariana DeBose, Jenifer Lewis, Tati Gabrielle, Etta James, Willow Nightingale 26: Angela Davis, Anita Baker, Bessie Coleman, Ciera Payton, Desiree Burch, Sasha Banks, Zara Cully  27: Betty Adewole 28: Tyra Ferrell 31: Kerry Washington

FEBRUARY: HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SIS!!!

3: Ellen Thomas 6: Mame Anna Diop, Heir of Glee (Phillicia Deanell) 7: Essence Atkins, Kirby Howell Baptiste 8: Quintessa, 9: Alice Walker, Camille Winbush 10: Yara Shahidi, Uzo Aduba 11: Kelly Rowland, Brandy 12: Latrice Royale 14: Danai Gurira, Aniela Gumbs 15: Amber Riley, Lynn Whitfield, Meg Thee Stallion, Zuri Reed 16: Hailey Kilgore  18: Emelia Burns, Genelle Williams, Toni Morrison

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) 19: Caroline Chikezie, Angela Meryl, Ariel Alexandria Davis 20: Rihanna 21: Aunjanue Ellis, Ann Ogbomo 22: Genneya Walton 23: Niecy Nash 24: Kasi Lemmons, Tawny Newsome, Dede Lovelace 25: Geffri Maya 28: Rae Dawn Chong, Tasha & Sidra Smith 29: Augusta Savage

[sigynappreciation]

List of Sigyn Fancasts

NOTE: This list can be updated with added in Fancasts for Sigyn. 

This is more of a resource and appreciation for the Sigyn fandom to spread the love for everyone’s different interpretation’s of the Goddess of Constancy. 

Keep an eye out for updates! It is a CONSTANTLY growing list! 

Natalie Dormer

Katie McGrath 

Rebecca Ferguson (as Elizabeth Woodvillie)

Keira Knightley

Angel Coulby

Emilia Clarke

Jessica De Gouw

Amanda Seyfried

Katheryn Winnick

Jodie Comer

Mia Wasikowska (as Alice and Edith)

Georgia Hirst

Billie Piper

Dilraba Dilmurat

Holliday Grainger

Lenora Crichlow

Elle Fanning

Lily James

Sarah Greene

Eleanor Tomlinson (as Demelza Carne)

Katia Winter (as Katrina Crane)

Rosmund Pike

Isolda Dychauk

Imogen Poots

Sophia Myles

Miranda Otto

Ruth Wilson

Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Vanessa Kirby

Freema Agyeman

Gina Torres

Yasemin Allen

Farah Zeynep Abdullah

Afra Saraçoğlu

Tabrett Bethell

Carice van Houten

Oona Chaplin

Aliette Opheim

Golshifteh Farahani

Sarah Gadon

Deepika Padukone

Janina Gavankar

Kandyse McClure

Sonequa Martin-Green

Rosario Dawson

Aishwarya Rai

Léa Seydoux

Male Sigyn:

Bradley James

[bountyofbeads]

Duke and Duchess of Sussex 'defied Queen' over statement release

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/09/duke-and-duchess-of-sussex-defied-queen-over-statement-release?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Post_to_Tumblr

They're doing the same thing to Duchess of Sussex, they did to Princess Diana. SHAMEFUL!!!

Duke and Duchess of Sussex 'defied Queen' over statement release

Announcement they were stepping back as senior royals ‘blindsided’ palace

By Caroline Davies and Ben Quinn |

Published:13:01 Thu January 9, 2020 | The Guardian | Posted Jan. 09, 2020 |

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex defied instructions from the Queen not to go public with their bombshell announcement they are to step back as senior royals until details of their plans had been fully discussed, it has been claimed.

The Guardian understands that the couple went ahead regardless, sending a copy of their explosive statement to Prince Charles and Prince William just 10 minutes before it was released on Instagram, and without any further consultation.

Buckingham Palace was said to have been “blindsided” by the release of the statement while talks were at such a very early stage. Senior family members were reportedly left feeling “disappointed” and “hurt”.

As myriad questions remained unanswered, the sequence of events leading to the announcement emerged.

Harry originally contacted his father about spending more time in Canada and America just before Christmas, but was told he needed to come up with a thought-out plan, according to details first reported by royal editor Robert Jobson on the Evening Standard.

He then sent a draft proposal about his planned new role to Charles early in the new year, but was informed more time was required to think through the complex implications, particularly over funding.

Harry then sought a meeting with the Queen as soon as the couple and son Archie returned from their six-week break from royal duties. He was told the Queen would only meet him after he had discussed the plans in detail with Charles, sources told Jobson.

The planned meeting was blocked by courtiers, but the Queen is said to have made it clear the couple should not go public at this time.

No senior royal knew in advance the wording of the statement, penned personally by the couple, or that it was about to be released.

Amid fallout over the news, there was said to be a willingness at the palace to make the new roles work. But, senior advisers have stressed, there are “complicated issues” to work through.

In their statement on Wednesday, Harry and Meghan said they intended to “step back”, split their time between the UK and North America, and work to become “financially independent”. A new “progressive role” would see them freed from palace constraints, allowed to earn income, promote their causes while also “continuing to honour our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages”.

A number of royal commentators have criticised the decision, with some describing it as the biggest surprise since the Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales.

Dickie Arbiter, a former palace press secretary, said of the couple’s actions: “It seems to be a succession of doing things their own way, which is the wrong way.” Royal author Penny Junor said it had echoes of when Diana announced she was stepping back from 50 of her charities without consulting anybody. “The problem is that they are not working for themselves, they are working for a family firm, and to be making announcements of this sort without consulting is beyond bizarre”.

But Meghan received support from her close friend Jessica Mulroney, Canadian stylist and wife of Canadian TV presenter, Ben Mulroney, who posted a quote attributed to US singer and filmmaker Gina Carey, saying: “A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.”

On their new website, sussexroyal.com  the couple said they received just 5% of their funding for official duties from public money through the sovereign grant, the formula for funding the monarchy that replaced the civil list in 2012.

The remaining 95% of their funding comes from Prince Charles’s private income from the Duchy of Cornwall. However, it is understood that the 5% figure does not include travel expenses or their round-the-clock security detail.

They will also hand-pick selected journalists to cover their engagements, and no longer participate in the “royal rota”, which allowed accredited royal correspondents from UK newspapers access to their events.

There has been no further explanation of how they intend to become “financially independent”.

Media organisations often seek to justify criticism of the couple by claiming public interest because they receive public funding. They may hope relinquishing this funding will strip away this justification, and grant them greater power over protecting their privacy.

Harry inherited an estimated £7m from his late mother’s estate, which will have grown with investment. He and William also inherited her dresses and valuable jewellery. He is also thought to have received money from a trust fund left by the Queen Mother, although the exact amount is not known.

David McClure, author of Royal Legacy, about royal finances, estimated the couple could be worth up to £18m in total. He warned: “The history of senior royals making money – the two is a toxic mix. It hasn’t worked well in the past.”

In 2002 the Earl and Countess of Wessex both stood down from their businesses, in television and PR, after accusations they were cashing in on their royal status. Sophie Wessex was caught in a “fake sheikh” sting by an undercover journalist trying to bid for business, which led to a major review by the palace of the royals’ commercial interests.

So far neither the couple, nor Buckingham Palace, has shed any light on the high costs of security to the taxpayer, which runs to more than £100m a year for the whole royal family. The couple’s website states they are classified as “internationally protected people” requiring armed security from the Metropolitan police.

While in the UK, it seems the couple expect their bill to be met by taxpayers. If in Canada, which is a realm, it may fall to Canadian taxpayers. There is no answer to who would pay if they lived in the US. Shuttling across the Atlantic would significantly increase their security bill.

Meanwhile, wax figures of the couple were removed from the royal set at Madame Tussauds in London. Steve Davies, general manager at the attraction, said they would stand separately. “As two of our most popular and well-loved figures they will of course remain an important feature at Madame Tussauds London as we watch to see what the next chapter holds for them.”

[zurichlakes]

Updated Bootlegs List

These are all live recordings, and I would be trading/gifting through Google Drive. I am open to gifting but prefer trading, and if you have any questions or are interested in a boot please shoot me a DM.

Here is a list of what I’m looking for in a trade:

• Anastasia (OBC)

• Les Misérables (Hadley Fraser)

• Legally Blonde (Haven Burton)

• The Phantom of The Opera (Peter Jöback)

• The Phantom of The Opera (Hugh Panaro)

• The Phantom of The Opera (Ali Ewoldt)

• The Phantom of The Opera (Anna O’Byrne)

• Company (Aaron Tveit)

• Hairspray (Aaron Tveit)

• Wicked (Jackie Burns)

• Wicked (OBC)

• The Little Mermaid (Sierra Boggess)

• Sweeney Todd (Hugh Panaro)

• Moulin Rouge (Aaron Tveit)

• Frozen (OBC)

• Jesus Christ Superstar (Steve Balsamo)

If you don’t have any of these but still want to trade, just let me know what you have and we can compromise! Im also fine with gifting.

Here is what I have now:

A

• A New Brain (Jonathan Groff)

• Aladdin (OBC)

• Amelie (Phillipa Soo)

• Avenue Q (Midvale Main Street Theatre)

• Avenue Q (OBC)

B

• The Book of Mormon (Gavin Creel)

• The Book of Mormon (Nic Rouleau, Ben Platt)

• The Book of Mormon (OBC Preview)

• The Bridges of Madison County (OBC, 2 Parts)

C

• Catch Me If You Can (Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz)

• Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (OBC)

D

• Dear Evan Hansen (OBC, 2 Parts)

F

• Falsettos (2016 Revival Pro Shot, Andrew Rannells, Stephanie J Block, Christian Borle)

• Falsettos (OBC)

• Fun Home (OBC)

G

• The Great Comet (Dave Malloy, Shoba Narayan, 2 Parts)

• The Great Comet (Josh Groban)

• The Great Comet (Scott Stangland)

H

• Hairspray (Andrew Rannells)

• Hamilton (Javier Muñoz, Andrew Chappelle, Nicholas Christopher, Rory O’Malley)

• Hamilton (OBC, 2 Parts)

• Heathers (OOBC, Charissa Hogeland)

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse)

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Paper Mill Playhouse)

J

• Jekyll & Hyde (OBC)

L

• Legally Blonde (Pro Shot)

• Les Misérables (10th Anniversary)

• Les Misérables (25th Anniversary, 2 Parts)

• Les Misérables (Ramin Karimloo, Will Swenson)

• Love Never Dies (Pro Shot w/ Subtitles, Anna O’Byrne, Ben Lewis)

• Love Never Dies (Sierra Boggess, Ramin Karimloo)

M

• Mean Girls (OBC)

• Miss Saigon (Lea Salonga, Will Chase, Louyong Wang, Ruthie Henshall)

• Miss Saigon (Lea Salonga, Will Chase, Leo Tavarro Valdez, Lisa Capps) 2 Parts)

• Miss Saigon (Lianah Sta Ana, Rachelle Ann Go, 2 Parts)

N

• Next To Normal (OBC Preview)

• Next To Normal (OOBC)

P

• The Pirate Queen (Hadley Fraser)

• The Phantom of The Opera (Gina Beck, Ramin Karimloo, Simon Bailey)

• The Phantom of The Opera (OBC)

• The Phantom of The Opera (Sierra Boggess, Norm Lewis)

R

• Rent (Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens)

• Rent (OBC)

• Rent (Renee Elise Goldsberry)

S

• Something Rotten (OBC, 2 Parts)

• Something Rotten (Rob McClure)

• Spongebob Squarepants (OBC)

• Spring Awakening (1st National Tour, Christy Altomare)

• Spring Awakening (Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, Blake Bashoff)

• Spring Awakening (OBC)

W

• Waitress (Betsy Wolfe)

• Waitress (Jessie Mueller)

• Waitress (Sara Bareilles)

• Wicked (Donna Vivino, Alli Mauzey, Kyle Dean Massey)

• Wicked (Nicole Parker, Alli Mauzey, Aaron Tveit)

• Wicked (Subtitles, Stephanie J Block, Alli Mauzey)

[note-a-bear]

You know how I know syfy doesn't understand negroes love genre media?

They're doing some ghost hunter series and it looks like Kandyse "never gets a break even though everyone loves her" McClure is in it the advertising.

But she's not listed amongst their top cast put up at the end of the teaser. Meanwhile, of the four names, at least two are less well known that Kandyse.

Kandyse who's been a steady genre favorite since at least Dark Angel days, and most definitely since BSG (may they never be forgiven). Like, she's known. She's recognizable. And they're trying to ignore her in favor of some white dudes hardly anyone has heard of.

Look, my girl is like a Canadian, lighter skin, second coming of Queen Gina, when it comes to how long she's been popping up and being wasted on genre media. (Honestly, if I have to see her Sean Bean'd one more time, I'm gonna kill the Canadian casting director's guild. The whole thing.)

Give Kandyse love.

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a better reason to Fall in love

Falling in love is an adventure--the breathless, goose-bump-rendering voyage of a real-life hero and heroine. Falling in love is simultaneously wonderful and painful -- a mingling of uncertainty and euphoria. Love stories are, after all, like people -- as individual as snowflakes. Each love story is entirely unique -- each love story should be admired, cherished, and valued !

Marcia Lynn McClure

04.21.26.14 am | a happy new day early morning reading matter - for us being in love.

04.21.26.14 am | a happy new day remembering you and no.2 virtually meeting matter till we meet again - for us being in love.

She says, "We've gotta hold on to what we've got It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not We've got each other and that's a lot for love we'll give it a shot." Whoa, we're half-way there Whoa, livin' on a prayer take my hand, we'll make it. I swear Whoa, livin' on a prayer tommy's got his six string in hock Now he's holding in What he used to make it talk So tough, it's tough Gina dreams of running away When she cries in the night tommy whispers "Baby, it's okay, someday We've gotta hold on to what we've got It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not We've got each other and that's a lot for love we'll give it a shot Whoa, we're half-way there Whoa, livin' on a prayer take my hand and we'll make it. I swear Whoa, livin' on a prayer Livin' on a prayer.

09.21.26.14 am | a happy new day subtle sensuality of virtual pleasure meeting matter till we meet again - for us being in love.

You - m i S S

#3433

six years ago today | ten years ago today - double trouble.

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Diversifying this blog

If you have face claims whom would interest you to match up with, please tell me! I realized how I was adding more muses, and they were starting to look a little too similar. Their personalities differed, but they were all Irish or Italian, which is some bull, so please help me out!

These are the suggestions I have received thus far:

Booboo Stewart

Tina Desai

Nathan Stewart-Jarret

Avan Jogia

Daje Barbour

Carlos Valdes

Aegina De Vas

Howard Charles

Dascha Polanco

America Ferrera

Osric Chau

Rami/Sami Malek

Inez Jasper

Priyanka Chopra

Kandyse McClure

Cher Lloyd

Golshifteh Farahani

Ruth Nega

Kristin Kreuk

Riz Ahmed

Gina Rodriguez

Theo Rossi

Lee Hyun-Jae

Rena Owen

Godfrey Gao

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POC Suggestions

Fun fact, I’ve been collecting POC celebs with concentration on ones I haven’t heard of. Some of these are very popular celebs but a good portion of them I’ve never heard of! So, I’ve gotten a request to post the ones I’ve gotten so far. There’s some I had to remove because they weren’t actually POCs but so far the suggestions have been awesome. (Also, I’m still looking for more so please feel free to send me for so I can add to this) [Update 01/13/17]

The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods)

any EXO members 

any of the Anoa'i pro wrestling fam (Roman Reigns, Jimmy & Jey Uso, Tamina Snuka, etc— the Samoan side of The Rock's family) 

Alfie Enoch

Alfonso Herrera

Amber LiuAna de Armas

Arden Cho 

Avan Jogia

Berk Cankat 

Bob Morley 

Charles Michael Davis

Courtney Eaton

Cykeem White

Dev Patel

Diego Luna

Emeraude Toubia

Fabiola Guajardo

Fo Porter

Gina Rodriguez 

Godfrey Gao

Golshifteh Farahani

Grace Jones

gugu mbatha raw 

Harry Shum Jr

Hayley Kiyoko

Herizen Guardiola

Howard Charles

Jamali Maddix

Jamie Chung

Jason Scott Lee

Jing Boran

Joel de la Fuente

John Boyega

Julia Jones

Kandyse McClure

Ken Watanabe

kendrick sampson

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kiersey Clemons

Kiko Mizuhara

Lay (Zhang Yixing)

Lee Ji-Eun (aka IU)

Luanna Perez 

Maggie Q

Meegwun Fairbrother

Michael B Jordan 

Nam Joo-Hyuk

Nathalie Emmanuel

Octavia Spencer 

Odeya Rush

Oscar Isaac

Paolo Montalban

Priyanka Chopra

Q'orianka Kilcher

Rami Malek

Reece King (???)

Ruth Negga

Santiago Cabrera

Sasha Banks

Seungri

Shannon Kook

Sky Ferreira

Sofia Boutella

Tahmoh Penikett

Tessa Thompson

Tiio Horn

Trinity Fatu / Naomi

Viola Davis

Willy Cartier

Yaya DaCostaZoe Kravitz

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Line of Duty: Why You Should be Watching the Hit UK Crime Thriller

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On the 22nd of July 2005, the day after a series of failed terrorist bombing attempts in the UK capital and a fortnight after fifty-two people had been killed in the London Underground bombings, a Metropolitan Police surveillance team misidentified Brazilian electrician Jean-Charles de Menezes as a fugitive terrorist and fatally shot him as he entered Stockwell Tube Station.

The aftermath of de Menezes’ death, the circumstances of which were the subject of intense press speculation in the run up to a 2008 inquest that resulted in no criminal prosecution for the officers involved, caught the imagination of screenwriter Jed Mercurio.

Previously the creator of Cardiac Arrest and Bodies, a pair of TV dramas that exposed troubling aspects of the modern public health service, Mercurio would use a fictional version of the de Menezes shooting as the way in to a drama that would give UK police procedure the same treatment. When policing goes tragically wrong, where along the line of command does the blame lie? When resources are allocated according to success rates, when cutbacks are made, and when targets are prioritised over public service, what is the fallout?

Mercurio dramatised these questions in Line of Duty, 2012’s gripping BBC Two thriller, currently being repeated on BBC One to fill the schedules emptied by the effects of COVID-19. Filmed in Birmingham and set in a bureaucracy-heavy, target-driven urban crime unit, Line of Duty tells the story of DCI Tony Gates (Lennie James), the head of a criminal investigative team whose results have won him the title of Officer of the Year.

As you might expect, over the course of the five hour drama, a question mark is hung over Gates’ suitability for the accolade. Is he the squeaky clean officer his target record suggests? Is his team the model unit they appear to be on paper? Asking those questions is DS Steve Arnott (Martin Compston), a recent transfer to Anti-Corruption, and an unwelcome newcomer to the Midlands unit. Who watches the watchmen? AC do, not that anybody thanks them for it.

Though core characters continue to the second series, Line of Duty’s first run works as a standalone drama. It’s a five-hour episodic story pivoting on the fulcrum of Tony Gates’ character. Is he really a bent cop, or a victim of circumstance? Along with the audience, AC-12’s position on Tony rotates from corrupt to clean (well, cleanish), from ally to enemy and back again.

Moving us through Gates’ many facets is Lennie James (The Walking Dead, Save Me), a stage and screen actor and writer whose talent is responsible in no small part for series one’s success. Even in Line Of Duty’s more sensational cop thriller moments, James’ performance as Gates is varied, layered and credible. Gates is a family man and he’s an adulterer, he’s a careerist surrounded by cronies and – to borrow from The Wire – he’s good police. All of those aspects James plays with absolute conviction.

Joining James in the ranks of talented cast are Vicky McClure and Martin Compston as DS Fleming and DS Arnott. When series one aired in 2012, both young actors were better known for indie film and, in McClure’s case, improvised drama (she was heart-breaking as Lol in Shane Meadows’ This Is England series) and perhaps because of that, both bring that sense of naturalism to the often clichéd world of TV crime drama. Over the next four series, each one a steadily growing word-of-mouth hit for the BBC, McClure and Compston have become beloved by fans and are now indissociable from their AC-12 double-act. (The surrounding cast just continues to improve too, with guest stars in later series including Keeley Hawes, Daniel Mays, Thandie Newton and Stephen Graham.)

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In Line of Duty, we meet young, optimistic police, and jaded, unsympathetic box-tickers. There are officers driven by a strong sense of duty, and those in it just for the pension and to repay personal debts. We see the police both hamstrung by, and choosing to, prioritise paperwork and statistics over justice. There are so many tiny derelictions of duty fringing the central corruption investigation that it’s no wonder active police weren’t happy to advise on the drama; it doesn’t flatter the profession.

There are, however, enough good-hearted, sound-thinking characters for the series not to be an attack on modern policing. It’s an empathetic precinct drama with things to say about loyalty and the difficulty of taking an ethical stand.

Gina McKee, Craig Parkinson, Adrian Dunbar, Paul Higgins and TV’s Neil Morrissey all slot in without a glitch around James, Compston and McClure’s central trio. That the cast has no weak links carries Line of Duty over scenes set in a one-dimensional ‘sink estate’ populated, it seems, solely by prostitute mums, feral kids and crack-dealing young black men in hoodies.

That said, if you were to tick off how many of the crime drama clichés lampooned by Charlie Brooker and Daniel Maier in their sharply observed 2012-14 A Touch of Cloth spoofs appear in Line of Duty, its score card would be sparse. Not empty, mind you, but it sits high above the watermark for the genre.

Yes, there are shock cliff-hangers, yes, every so often a character will thump his chest and declare himself a “proper copper” and yes, the title is spoken aloud in a crucial final scene, but those are rare moments of broadly drawn cop show stuff. It’s the drama’s quieter insights and stand-out performances that stay with you.

Line of Duty is so well-made a drama with such a sage perspective about modern policing that its few frustrations – the undeveloped junior officers, its tabloid vision of estate life, Gates’ wife’s lack of any kind of character – are perhaps felt more keenly than they would were it just any other crime thriller. It does so much so well that its brief dips seem all the more noticeable.

By having an agenda other than using violent crime to shock and titillate, Line of Duty stands almost alone as a UK police thriller. It examines the bureaucratic culture of modern policing alongside the slit throats, detached fingers and freezer-stuffed bodies. If you weren’t among the 4.1 million-strong UK audience for Line of Duty back in 2012, or the millions more who joined between then and the mega-hit fifth series in 2019, now is the perfect time to get on board.

Line of Duty series one is currently being repeated at 9pm on BBC One on Monday and Tuesday nights.

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