#helen rosetta

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How does anyone (if they do or not) actually celebrate Valentine's day in the merged universe?

Uzi and N simply watch Anime together, nothing too fancy...Including the tentacle ones...

Jackrow and J try to go to a fancy restaurant but go to a fast food joint instead after accidentally arriving too late.

Luz and Amity simply have dinner at Camila's place since it's way cheaper and better than those dime a dozen fancy places.

Helen and Vivian (after getting together) just sit down and watch movies together on the couch.

Molly just vibes.

Hank just kills.

[rottenpumpkin13]

More Highlights From the SOLDIER Group Chat

• Every time someone makes a grammatical mistake and butchers the English language, Genesis sends a copy of the Rosetta stone.

• Kunsel changing the group chat name to The Bad Bitch Brigade™

• Angeal's phone and microphone are broken as hell, but he refused to buy a new phone while his still works, so all of his audio messages make him sound like a chipmunk.

• Roche accidentally sent his "most to least attractive" list to the group chat. Genesis was at the very bottom. Genesis didn't shut up for six hours.

• Every time Sephiroth is questioned about something uncomfortable he responds with a model-esque selfie.

Lazard: Sephiroth did you break the training room again???

Sephiroth: *sends a picture perfect selfie of himself basking in the sunlight*

• Zack using the group chat as his personal journal until Lazard told him to stop because "No one wants to hear about the sweet potato shaped like a penis you had for lunch, Zackary, nor do we want to hear about the life advice the drunkard in sector 7 keeps giving you"

• On a similar note, Genesis uses the group chat as his personal to-do list. Lazard also had him stop after the items started getting more and more concerning. The last straw was:

1) Buy fireworks

2) Buy enough duct tape to hold a grown man

3) Summon Sephiroth to the rooftop at midnight

• Director Lazard thought the "😂" emoji meant a sad crying face, so he sent "I regret to inform you all that Mrs. Helen Thompson from the finance office has passed away 😂 💀"

• The day Genesis changed the group chat name to "LOVELESS study club" and began sending his LOVELESS analysis. Everyone left the group chat immediately. Including Lazard.

• The morning everyone hurried to the group chat to see why there were 5K messages. It turns out Kunsel and Zack were RP-ing.

• Sephiroth not knowing that "I'm dying" means the person is laughing. He twice sent paramedics to Genesis's office.

• Angeal, the admin, getting drunk and changing everyone's screen names to something ridiculous.

Sephiroth, Genesis and Zack became Mommy Issues, Used To Eat Chalk When We Were Six, and Hedgehog On Crack.

• Upon figuring out how to change the group chat name, Sephiroth changed it to The Mystery Penis™ Is [Redacted] and then turned his phone off.

• Zack sending a joke picture of him and Kunsel holding hands. Kunsel has hairy fingers so Angeal immediately responds with "WHAT DID YOU DO TO AERITH?"

• Sephiroth learns he doesn't need to respond to every messages and can instead use the reaction feature. This leads to gems such as:

Sephiroth reacted to - Genesis: SEPHIROTH, YOU LIMP DICK, DID YOU TELL LAZARD THAT I STOLE THE POPCORN MACHINE IN THE BREAK ROOM???: 👍

• Angeal changing the group chat name to "Dr. Phil audition tapes"

• Roche selling a used hair dryer and advertising it on the group chat as "USED HAIR, GOOD CONDITION, $20 GIL FREE SHIPPING

• That of course is followed by a mass advertisment spam where everyone is trying to sell their used products. Genesis in particular gets removed from the group chat for "ASSORTED TOYS, NEVER USED, SOLD TO ADULTS ONLY, $ 50 GIL A PIECE + AUTOGRAPH

• Genesis being removed allows Zack to advertise "BOX OF RANDOM SHIT I STOLE FROM GENESIS'S APARTMENT"

• Cloud, an infantryman who's secretly been a part of the group this whole time, finally outs himself the day Reno is discovered to be hiding in the group chat undercover.

• He sent this image:

[heyahrenren]

TOH Edit: Rosetta Colombo and Helen D’Agostino Helen it’s @choc0rat​ OC

[tejedac]

Les harmonies vintage · Playlist

Cab Calloway & his Orchestra · Ted Lewis · Scott Joplin ·The Ink Spots · Muggsy Spanier · Sister Rosetta Tharpe · Jelly Roll Morton · Rose Murphy · Leo Monosson · Kid Ory · Vera Lynn · Comedian Harmonist · Al Bowlly · Mezz Mezzrow · Carroll Gibbons · Elizabeth Cotten · Barnabas von Geczy · The Mills Brothers · The Firehouse Five Plus Two · Mississippi Sheiks · Sippie Wallace · Walter Barnes & his Royal Creolians · Cannon's Jug Stompers · Savannah Churchill · Frank Stokes · The Andrews Sisters · Bunny Berigan · Blind Boy Fuller · Gus Viseur · Barbecue Bob · Harry Roy and his Bat Club Boys · Robert Wilkins · Marek Weber · Tino Rossi · Django Reinhardt · Coleman Hawkins · Red Nichols · Tiny Parham · Mamie Smith her Jazz Hounds · Paul Specht · Ma Rainey · Robert Pete Williams · Sam Morgan's Jazz Band · Bernie Moten · King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band · Sam Lanin and his Orchestra · Tony Murena · Original Dixieland Jazz Band · Helen Kane · Ray Ventura · etc,

[sims-your-way]

Influential Black Women in History Framed Portraits

Black History Month Special. Set of framed portraits featuring just a handful of amazing influential Black women throughout history.

I was inspired to make this after watching The Watcher’s Puppet History episode on Bessie Coleman. Watch it for yourself here.  I was both angry and sad that I had never heard of this woman at all - ever. So I decided to make this portrait set featuring Black women who did extraordinary things that I don’t think the majority of people have ever heard of. This is why I didn’t include more well-known figures such as Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, or Michelle Obama - everybody knows who they are and I wanted to broadened everyone’s knowledge just as mine was when I did my research. The only woman here that I knew of was Marsha P. Johnson.

Here’s a list of the women in these portraits: Phillis Wheatley (1753 - 1784) Fannie Barrier Williams (1855 - 1944) Maria 'Molly' Baldwin (1856 - 1922) Lillian Parker Thomas (1866 - 1917) Madam C.J. Walker (1867 - 1919) Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955) Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879 - 1961) Lyda D. Newman (about 1885 - unknown) Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) Daisy Bates (1914 - 1999) Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 - 1973) Katherine Johnson (1918 - 2020) Shirley Chisholm (1924 - 2005) Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) Claudette Colvin (1939 - present) Angela Davis (1944 - present) Marsha P. Johnson (1945 - 1992) Mae Jemison (1956 - present)

To learn more about these women, click the “Keep Reading” below.

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Phillis Wheatley (1753 - 1784) Taken from her native Gambia, she was brought to Boston in the mid-18th century and enslaved to the family of John Wheatley as a domestic. Aware of her intelligence, the Wheatley's taught her how to read and write. She eventually became a well-known poet in both New England and England, with her work "An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of that Celebrated Divine, and Eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and Learned George Whitefield," celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. (Chicago Tribune)

Fannie Barrier Williams (1855 - 1944) She was an influential educator and activist who was a staunch advocate for freed slaves in the South. She spoke at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, expressing her concern over the lack of Blacks on the Board of Control for that cultural event. She helped found organizations such as the National League of Colored Women, the National Association of Colored Women, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She also supported women's suffrage and in 1907, was the only African-American chosen to eulogize Susan B. Anthony at the 1907 National American Women Suffrage Association convention. (Chicago Tribune)

Maria 'Molly' Baldwin (1856 - 1922) She was a teacher and civic leader in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She became master of the Agassiz School, a public school for middle-class white children, in 1916. She was one of only two women masters in Cambridge schools and the only African-American in New England with that distinction. During Baldwin's tenure, the Agassiz School was considered one of the best in Cambridge. The 12 teachers who served under her were all white. (Chicago Tribune)

Lillian Parker Thomas (1866 - 1917) She gained a reputation as an effective collaborator and organizer while working as a journalist for the Indianapolis News, where she was the first African-American to write a regular column. Thomas used her contacts and influence at the newspaper to further the cause of racial equality. She was also involved in the founding of the Woman's Improvement Club, which helped African-Americans get health care. (Chicago Tribune)

Madam C.J. Walker (1867 - 1919) Before Mary Kay, there was Madam C.J. Walker. Walker is widely regarded as one of the first ever self-made American female millionaires. She created hair-care solutions and remedies with Black women in mind and sold them door-to-door. She eventually created a brand people recognized, widely manufactured her products, and hired 40,000 ambassadors since the company's inception to help her sell her products. (Teen Vogue)

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955) After struggling to go to school and working on a plantation to help support her family, she became an educator and, in 1904, founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Institute for Girls. Her educational activism and leadership set her up to be a political activist. She went on to found the National Council of Negro Women, and worked in Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, where she served as the informal "race leader at large." (Teen Vogue)

Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879 - 1961) Born to former slaves in Virginia, she was a leading educator, feminist, and suffragist in the Washington, D.C., area. After she was rebuffed for a teaching job in the Washington, D.C., school system, Burroughs founded a school for girls and women, the National Training School for Women and Girls, in 1909. She served as the school's president until her death in 1961. (Chicago Tribune)

Lyda D. Newman (about 1885 - unknown) She gravitated toward a career involving the hair-care industry. Newman got a patent for her invention, the first synthetic hairbrush, in 1898. Her innovation allowed for easier access to the bristles in order to clean out the brush. In addition, she introduced synthetic bristles. Before her invention, brushes used animal hair, such as a boar’s. Her invention made brushing long locks a more hygienic process. (Teen Vogue)

Bessie Coleman (1892 - 1926) She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license and was the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license. She then became a high-profile pilot doing notoriously dangerous air shows in the United States. She was popularly known as “Queen Bess” and “Brave Bessie”, and hoped to start a school for African-American fliers. Her pioneering role was an inspiration to early pilots and to the African-American and Native American communities. (Wikipedia)

Daisy Bates (1914 - 1999) She an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957. As the leader of the NAACP branch in Arkansas, Bates guided and advised the nine students, known as the Little Rock Nine, when they attempted to enroll in 1957 at Little Rock Central High School, a previously all-white institution. (PBS)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 - 1973) She is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Her flamboyance, skill, and showmanship on the newly electrified guitar played a vital role in the conception of Rock & Roll as a genre of music. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was the first great recording star of gospel music, and was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, later being referred to as "the original soul sister" and "the Godmother of rock and roll". She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Eric Clapton. Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique; she was among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, presaging the rise of electric blues. Her guitar-playing technique had a profound influence on the development of British blues in the 1960s. (PBS)

Katherine Johnson (1918 - 2020) She was profiled in the film “Hidden Figures” as a NASA mathematician whose trajectory calculations helped astronaut Alan Shepard become the first American in space. Her skills were crucial in calculating orbital equations that led to the success of astronaut John Glenn’s Friendship 7 mission in which he orbited the Earth successfully. Johnson also was a pathfinder in her native West Virginia, where she was among the first African-Americans to integrate West Virginia University. (Chicago Tribune)

Shirley Chisholm (1924 - 2005) She made history by being the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968. She served as a representative from New York for 14 years, advocating for early education and child welfare policies. She eventually ran for president as a Democrat in the 1972 race, becoming the first Black candidate to run for a major party nomination. Chisholm's infamous campaign slogan was “unbought and unbossed." She was also one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971, as well as the Congressional Women's Caucus in 1977. (Teen Vogue)

Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) This lesbian, Black, female poet’s 1973 collection, “From a Land Where Other People Live”, was nominated for a National Book Award and increased America’s awareness of intersectionality of race, gender, and class that can put particular groups at a disadvantage or lead to discrimination. Lorde’s identity shaped her speeches and writings about the struggles of women, Black people, and the LGBTQ community. (Teen Vogue)

Claudette Colvin (1939 - present) Though we've all heard the story of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, most of us don't know that Colvin did the same thing — nine months before Parks did. She was only 15 at the time, and was one of the first Black activists to openly challenge the law. (Teen Vogue)

Angela Davis (1944 - present) She was a major activist in the late 1960s and early '70s. Profoundly affected by her childhood in the segregated city of Birmingham, Alabama, she joined the Communist Party and became an affiliate of the Black Panthers as a young woman, and ran as the Communist vice-presidential candidate in 1980 and 1984. She was arrested, tried, and acquitted for her role in a Black Panther courtroom shootout. She went on to have a distinguished academic career at institutions including Pomona College, Rutgers, and Vassar, and has remained politically active. (Chicago Tribune)

Marsha P. Johnson (1945 - 1992) She was a Black transgender woman and activist most known for her involvement with the Stonewall Inn riots — a 1969 uprising against police brutality by New York City's LGBTQ community. Johnson went on to become a prominent voice in the fight for LGBTQ equality and was an activist during the 1980s AIDS epidemic. (Teen Vogue)

Mae Jemison (1956 - present) She was the first Black woman admitted to the astronaut training program, in 1987. In 1992, she became the first Black woman to fly to space on the space shuttle Endeavour. (Teen Vogue)

[might-be-a-zygon]

WIP Ask Game

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips.  I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? Dnd campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!

Tagged by @morbidjazz

I don’t have a WIP folder I have a single chaotic WIP document I paste things in and out of as and when they’re done/abandoned. I do however have a file of purgatory for stuff that’s finished/nearly finished/on hold but not published/used/‘done’ for whatever reason, so does that count? I’m counting it. I’m going to try and put this into an order but no promises I won’t get bored. Not many of the names on these are funny sorry.

Glitter glue and rage (Pathfinder Character)

She no words good but she boat (Pathfinder Character)

Painted Faces (Original)

Time to Reflect (Original)

Toy Box (Original)

Trapped (Elphaba/Glinda)

Greyhound Down (Kate/Sarah-Jane)

Listening In (Kate/Sarah-Jane)

Timing Malfunction (Kate/Sarah-Jane)

Guns (Kate/Sarah-Jane)

Breathe (Kate/Osgood)

Farther (Kate/Osgood)

Heavy is the Head (Kate/Osgood)

Make it Work (Kate/Osgood)

The Left Behind (Kate/Osgood)

Tactical Shift (Liv/Helen/River)

A Helping Hand (Liv/Helen)

Another Lifetine (Liv/Helen)

Archeology (Liv/Helen)

Arms Race (Liv/Helen)

Artifice (Liv/Helen)

Aurora (Liv/Helen)

Bad Double (Liv/Helen)

Days Gone By (Liv/Helen)

Delusions (Liv/Helen)

Down the Rabbit Hole (Liv/Helen)

Each Road Left Untaken (Liv/Helen)

Firelight/Glow (Liv/Helen)

Geostorm (Liv/Helen)

Healing (Liv/Helen)

Hostile Takeover (Liv/Helen)

I’d Give Anything (Liv/Helen, Liv/Tania)

Instinct (Liv/Helen)

Knowing What You Know Now (Liv/Helen)

Lost Girls (Liv/Helen)

Merry Go Round (Liv/Helen)

My Rosetta Stone (Liv/Helen)

Nothing is Awful (Liv/Helen)

Once Upon a Time (Liv/Helen)

One Year’s Time/Where’s the Med-Tech (Liv/Helen)

Pit Canary (Liv/Helen)

Reaper (Liv/Helen)

Rest (Liv/Helen)

Smoke and Mirrors (Liv/Helen)

Spectre (Liv/Helen)

The Innkeeper’s Girl (Liv/Helen)

The Worst Patient/Patients/Patience

To Breathe Freely (Liv/Helen)

Unlimited (Liv/Helen)

What Remains (Liv/Helen)

World Enough (Liv/Helen)

Sleep (Liv-Centric)

The Sunshine Disguise (Helen-Centric)

Waking Nightmare (Liv-Centric)

The Patron Saint (Ashildr-Centric)

Doing this has shown me I really need to clear this file out and scrap the ‘never getting used’ stuff

Tagging @timelostdoctor and @starfleetwitch

[namesetc]

hii! do you have any fem or gender neutral names similar to rose and rubi?

oh cute names! lets see!

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Alice

Anna

Anne / Ann

Annie

Amber

Charolette

Clara

Coral

Daisy /Daisie

Dinah

Emma

Emily

Elle

Ember

Grace

Garnet

Hazel

Helen

Ivey / Ivy

Iris

Jade

Lilly / Lily / Lillie / Lilli / Lili

Lillian

Lucy / Luci / Lucie

Mary

Molly / Mollie

Marie / Marrie

Maria

Opal

Onyx

Primrose

Poppy / Poppie

Pearl

Riley

Rosie

Rosemary

Rosalie

Rosa

Rosaria

Rosetta

Roseanna / Roseana

Roseanne / Roseann

Rosalind

Rita

Ruth / Ruthe

Rue

Roe / Row

Rubyn

Sara / Sarah

Scarlet / Scarlett

Sadie

Violet

[happiestplacehq]

Meme Weekend is well underway, and I'm loving reading everyone's answers (and the dramatic questions too!) There's still time to send memes, so please make sure that if you are asking for questions, you are sending them out too. (And keep in mind there are a few options for memes outside of Honesty Hour too!)

I've compiled a list of every player's inbox links below for easy access, as I know a few have gotten lost in the shuffle:

Claire - Jane, TJ, Tootles, Agatha

Sam - Oz, Minnie, Jim, Arista

Alex - Wendy, Paxton, Ashley Q, Penelope, Woody

Gemma - Tina, Rachel, Alice, Nani, Deziree

Scad - Morgan, Ursula, Paulo, Cass, Charlie, Gwen, Reagan, Archie

Paige - Rita, Travis, Lucius, Anastasia, Lorelai, Flash, Hans

Biggles - Thomas, Flynn, Jason, Basil

Jordan - Ollie, Rosetta, Ray, Stitch

Amanda - Anna, Amelia, Rose, Tamara, Gaspard, Guinevere, Cyrus, Duchess, Gabriella

Naomi - Ella, James, Elsa, Lady, Kristoff, Marie, Ares, Kevin, Terence

Atlas - Toulouse, Honeymaren, Sunny, Kronk, Rowan, Miriam, Javi, Camilo, Shock, Abby

Ryan - Helen, Fawn, Anita, Charlotte

Kit - Henrik, Babette, Ellie, Ashley B, Persephone

[pdmtsn]

Various - Jukebox Mambo Vol. IV: Afro-Latin Accents In Rhythm & Blues 1946-1962 (2023)

A1 Marie Knight And Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Calvary A2 The Dundees Featuring Carlyle Dundee - Evil One A3 The Heartbreakers - Wanda A4 Helene Polite With The Dallas Redick Trio - Love For Sale A5 Oscar Pettiford, His Cello & Quartet - Oscalypso A6 Bixie Crawford With The Fletcher Smith Quartette - Go Way Blues

B1 Preston Love And His Orchestra - Ali Baba's Boogie B2 Mamie Ree And Jake Porter - I Wake Up Early In The Morning B3 Monchito And His Orchestra - Caldonia B4 Betty Mattson - What Is This Thing Called Love B5 Effie Smith And John Criner Orch - Mambo Blues B6 Titus Turner - Big Mary's

C1 The Blasts - Canaveral Rock C2 The Royals - I Want You To Be My Baby - Mambo C3 Eunice Davis - My Beat Is 125th Street C4 Frank Butler - Girl Of My Dreams C5 Mr. Bo - Heartache & Troubles C6 Otis Smith - You're So Good Looking

D1 The Dukes Of Rhythm - Buddha's Boogie D2 Innocentay - Voodoo Shango D3 Lawrence Stone - Dark Of Night D4 Lawrence Peel & The Filatones - Song Of Sadar D5 Kiki Williams With The The Ellis Stukey Sextet - When Love Is New

Genre: Jazz, Latin, Blues Style: Mambo, Rumba, Rhythm & Blues

[lboogie1906]

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; (February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was a social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. He was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counterexample to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. It was in response to this disbelief that he wrote his first autobiography. He wrote three autobiographies, describing his experiences as a slave in his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became a bestseller and was influential in promoting the cause of abolition, as was his second book, My Bondage and My Freedom. He was an active campaigner for the rights of freed slaves and wrote his last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. The book covers his life up to those dates. He actively supported women's suffrage, and he held several public offices. He became the first African American nominated for VPOTUS, on the Equal Rights Party ticket. He believed in dialogue and in making alliances across racial and ideological divides, as well as in the liberal values of the Constitution. When radical abolitionists, under the motto "No Union with Slaveholders", criticized his willingness to engage in dialogue with slave owners, he replied: "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." He was a firm believer in the equality of all peoples, whether white, black, female, Native American, or Chinese immigrants. When radical abolitionists, under the motto "No Union with Slaveholders", criticized his willingness to engage in dialogue with slave owners, he replied: "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. He and Anna Murray had five children. Charles and Rosetta helped produce his newspapers. Anna died in 1882, in 1884 he married Helen Pitts, a white suffragist, and abolitionist. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha https://www.instagram.com/p/CopMEj8L9fS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Helen and Vivian are dating now?

Yes actually!

Long story short: During somewhere near the end of Cosmicverse, the two began getting closer and closer by bonding over similar things that's happened to them, stuff they both personally enjoy, and how much contempt they feel for something/someone they wished they were never apart of/or with.

Now Jackrow and Chaos Goddess! Diana have two moms and seven siblings!

[rosettasanders]

Today is a day to choose optimism.

Helen Keller said “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Optimism is a choice of how I see the world. I can see full of unlimited possibilities or of overwhelming obstacles. Its all persective and over time we can change our perspective. I know I did.

Optimism plus hard work has changed my life into one of abundance and hope. I have found that optimism can often be infectious and bring folks together around a common goal. It can build momentum and generate its own kind of energy to propel one forward. I have first hand been part of some pretty amazing projects that even when I look back I can’t believe were accomplished.

Those successes build more faith that any thing is possible and can serve as fuel to continue moving forward with a faith that everything I need will show up when I need it. I love this new way of being in the world.

Rosetta Sanders

[eduardomarin90]

Baz Luhrmanns ELVIS (Official Trailer) from Bespoke Post on Vimeo.

From Oscar-nominated visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler and Oscar winner Tom Hanks.

The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks). The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge).

Starring alongside Hanks and Butler, award-winning theatre actress Helen Thomson (“Top of the Lake: China Girl,” “Rake”) plays Elvis’s mother, Gladys, Richard Roxburgh (“Moulin Rouge!” “Breath,” “Hacksaw Ridge”) portrays Elvis’s father, Vernon, and DeJonge (“The Visit,” “Stray Dolls”) plays Priscilla. Luke Bracey (“Hacksaw Ridge,” “Point Break”) plays Jerry Schilling, Natasha Bassett (“Hail, Caesar!”) plays Dixie Locke, David Wenham (“The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, “Lion,” “300”) plays Hank Snow, Kelvin Harrison Jr. (“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “The High Note”) plays B.B. King, Xavier Samuel (“Adore,” “Love & Friendship,” “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) plays Scotty Moore, and Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”) plays Jimmie Rodgers Snow.

Also in the cast, Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things,” “The Broken Heart Gallery”) plays TV director Steve Binder, alongside Australian actors Leon Ford (“Gallipoli,” “The Pacific”) as Tom Diskin, Kate Mulvany (“The Great Gatsby,” “Hunters”) as Marion Keisker, Gareth Davies (“Peter Rabbit,” “Hunters”) as Bones Howe, Charles Grounds (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “Camp”) as Billy Smith, Josh McConville (“Fantasy Island”) as Sam Phillips, and Adam Dunn (“Home and Away”) as Bill Black. To play additional iconic musical artists in the film, Luhrmann cast singer/songwriter Yola as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, model Alton Mason as Little Richard, Austin, Texas native Gary Clark Jr. as Arthur Crudup, and artist Shonka Dukureh as Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton.

Oscar nominee Luhrmann (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”) directed from a screenplay by Baz Luhrmann & Sam Bromell and Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce and Jeremy Doner, story by Baz Luhrmann and Jeremy Doner. The film’s producers are Luhrmann, Oscar winner Catherine Martin (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”), Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss. Courtenay Valenti and Kevin McCormick executive produced.

The director’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Mandy Walker (“Mulan,” “Australia”), Oscar-winning production designer and costume designer Catherine Martin (“The Great Gatsby,” “Moulin Rouge!”), production designer Karen Murphy (“A Star Is Born”), editors Matt Villa (“The Great Gatsby,” “Australia”) and Jonathan Redmond (“The Great Gatsby”), Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Thomas Wood (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), music supervisor Anton Monsted (“Australia,” “Moulin Rouge!”) and composer Elliott Wheeler (“The Get Down”).

Principal photography on “Elvis” took place in Queensland, Australia with the support of the Queensland Government, Screen Queensland and the Australian Government’s Producer Offset program. A Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation, A Bazmark Production, A Jackal Group Production, A Baz Luhrmann Film, “Elvis” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is set to release in theaters in North America on June 24, 2022, and internationally beginning 22 June 2022.

[namimikan]

tbh, i kind of think s2 is clunkier than s1, overall. it has some stronger episodes, but some weaker episodes too, not really helped by the lex/helen subplot i think? some of it might be because s2 actually tries to have a storyline, whereas most of s1 were pretty much just standalones, whereas s2 tries to build in the luthor conflict, the caves, clark learning more about his parentage

there are def. some enjoyable episodes, i love: insurgence, rush, nocturne, red, duplicity, vortex, prodigal, exodus, rosetta, suspect. i feel like vortex, insurgence, prodigal and suspect are my fave bc i love lionel luthor being awful to everyone, but rosetta is adorbs bc christopher reeves is a sweetheart.

least favourite, precipice, witness, callng, ep 10. i have some moments that i adored but like... as a whole i kind of glazed over these episodes.

[cricketnationrise]

Reading Roundup: August 2021

reading roundup/quarantine reads

Changeless by Gail Carriger: book 2 in the Parasol Protectorate series, must read in order, Victorian fantasy steampunk mystery paranormal romance series, Alexia bashes people with her parasol and it is Satisfying

Everything and the Moon by Julia Quinn: romance novel. it was fine. sex on the page. historical. part of a series i’m pretty sure.

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey: okay so there’s this woman who works in cloning and her exhusband stole her research and made his own clone which was bad enough but then he made sure that the NORMALLY STERILE CLONE COULD GET PREGNANT and then it gets more fucked up from there, but like, in a good way. 250ish pages of roller coaster emotions. i will read everything sarah gailey ever writes (same author as American Hippo and Upright Women Wanted)

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: space! mental health preserving comas! alien life forms fucking up the earth’s atmosphere! alternating timelines between the lead up to being in space and the waking up from the coma, partial amnesia (his memory comes back), heartwarming ending, already heard that it is being made into a movie with Ryan Reynolds as the protagonist which could be really cool

Blameless by Gail Carriger: book 3 in the parasol protectorate series, must read in order, Victorian era fantasy steampunk mystery paranormal romance, yes Seriously All Of Those Things Apply

Soul Music by Terry Pratchett: book 16 in the discworld series, #3 in the DEATH series; Pratchett’s wacky take on Music with Rocks In It and the music industry in general; can pretty much read these in any order, but i think it helps to read them in publication order (there’s like 40 books)

For Real by Alexis Hall: m/m erotica, sex on the page, BDSM, also they fall in love, older man/younger man; NSFW, look sometimes you just need some smut okay

An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten: series of short stories focusing on an 88 year old Swedish woman who lives in a ginormous rent controlled apartment; she kills people - but only if they really deserve it, like the socialite who is trying to take her apartment, and the lawyer who beats his wife

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: book 1 in the Locked Tomb series, lesbian necromancers/swordfighters in space, lots of murder/gore so enter at own risk, not a cliffhanger ending but you DO immediately want the next book

Heartless by Gail Carriger: book 4 in the parasol protectorate series, must read in order, Victorian era fantasy steampunk mystery paranormal romance, yes Seriously All Of Those Things Apply

Timeless by Gail Carriger: final book in the parasol protectorate series, must read in order, Victorian era fantasy steampunk mystery paranormal romance, yes Seriously All Of Those Things Apply; there are a couple spin-off series that i’m excited to read soon

The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex by Tamsyn Muir: prequel, short story, focuses on the Sixth House with Camilla POV

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi: there’s a lot going on in this book, alternating POV between a sister and brother. sister has powers of seeing the future, telekenesis, and more, brother was born during the Rodney King Riots; examines race in America, the prison system, near future dystopia that seems more and more likely every week

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir: book 2 in the Locked Tomb series

For the Duke’s Eyes Only by Lenora Bell: book 2 in the school for dukes series, can read in any order, historical romance, sex on the page, Lady Archeologist and secret agent for the government pretending to be a Rogue team up to find the Rosetta Stone which has gone missing from the British Museum - they used to be childhood best friends

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Victorian names

A selection of names for boys and girls from the Victorian era.

Boys names:

Albert Alfred Algernon Ambrose Archibald Arthur Aubrey Augustine Augustus Basil Bernard Bertram Cecil Cedric Clarence Claude Clement Clifford Cornelius Cuthbert Cyril Donald Douglas Duncan Ebenezer Edgar Edwin Edmund Edward Enoch Ernest Eugene Eustace Evan Ewart Felix Fergus Francis Frank Franklin Frederick Geoffrey George Gerald Gilbert Harold Harvey Herbert Herman Horace Howard Hubert Hugh Hugo Humphrey Ivan Ivor Jasper Jonathan Julian Julius Kenneth Laurence Leonard Leopold Leslie Lionel Llewellyn Lloyd Louis Malcolm Maurice Maxwell Miles Montague Neville Nigel Oliver Oscar Owen Percival Percy Philip Ralph Randolph Raymond Reginald Reuben Roderick Roger Rupert Rufus Septimus Sidney Silas Simeon Stanley Theodore Timothy Valentine Vernon Victor Vincent Walter Wilfred

Girl's names:

Ada Adelaide Adeline Agatha Agnes Alice Amelia Amy Annie Augusta Beatrice Blanche Cecilia Cecily Clara Clarissa Clementina Constance Cora Cordelia Daisy Delia Dorcas Doris Dorothy  Edith Eliza Ellen Elsie Emmeline Ethel  Eugenie Eva  Eveline Fanny Flora Florence Frances Freda Georgina Gertrude Gladys Grace  Gwendoline Harriet  Helen Helena Henrietta Hetty Hilda Honor Ida Isabel Irene Iris Ivy Jemima Jenny Jessie Josephine  Julia Kate Kathleen  Lavinia Leah Lillian Lily Louisa Lucy Lydia Mabel Margaret Marguerite Marjorie  Martha Matilda Maude / Maud May Mercy Mildred Millicent Minnie Olive Patience Phoebe Phyllis Priscilla Prudence Rhoda Rosa Rose Rosetta Rosina Ruby Selina Susannah Sylvia Tabitha Theodora Theresa Ursula Victoria Violet Wilhelmina Winifred

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