#kenneth lin

[avatar-news]

Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Kenneth Lin (House of Cards) is writing the screenplay of the adult Team Avatar movie!

He's best known for Netflix's House of Cards and Paramount's Star Trek: Discovery.

Avatar Studios' first animated movie, rumored to be titled Avatar The Last Airbender: Hidden Kingdom, hits theaters on October 10th, 2025!

The original source of this news is a scoop on DanielRPK's Patreon I'm sharing with permission, which was then added by one of his patrons to IMDb. It didn't originate on IMDb.

[911cast]

Kenneth Choi as Henry Lin in Sons of Anarchy - 1x05 "Giving Back"

[specialagentartemis]

cannot believe this musical concept album gave me Real Feelings about a character from the Odyssey who appears, like, twice

[kataraslove]

I just really hope that the new ATLA movie will be interesting, bright and exciting, that it will pay tribute to all the characters, but especially to Katara. And there will be kataang in it: wonderful, respectful, supportive relationships. And a huge number of pro-Katara, pro-Aang and pro-kataang new fans will come to the fandom. I hope that the time will come when a respectful and competent and deeper gaze of the canon and canonical characters will dominate the fandom, and the toxic z/tara will remain in the minority (I have nothing against zutara as a ship but I am against lying about characters and hatred, and, unfortunately, I saw most of this in the z/tara fandom). Let the era of peace and kindness finally come for the fandom, as Zuko would say.

one can only hope for that, anon! after that leaked image of adult gaang came out, i saw antis do a complete 180 about their perceptions on kataang. so who knows? however, considering that it's been 15 years, i don't think perceptions on here - or in other places - are really going to change much from people who vehemently despise kataang. i think every interaction and scene between katara and aang, no matter how positive it is, will be spun to be made as if it's negative. i mean, we literally saw their reactions to a COOKBOOK that stated that aang liked to cook for katara. "wow, i can't believe you need a cookbook to confirm that aang does the bare minimum," or, my personal favourite, "katara has to literally baby aang by controlling how much sugar he eats!"

that being said, i'm not interested in changing the minds of people who genuinely believe kataang to be an abusive relationship. what i do want instead is for the adult gaang movie to provide a fandom environment in which kataang shippers are not afraid to admit that they ship kataang. for a whole week after the leaked image was released, there was a kataang renaissance that occurred on twitter, with viral kataang tweets and people coming out and admitting that they enjoyed kataang. much like the kataang renaissance that occurred after the legend of korra first aired (with canon confirmation that katara and aang had three children before bryke ripped that perfect family perception to shreds), i want that same thing to happen following the adult gaang movie, except in a much larger scale, with much more fandom content.

at the end of the day, though, what i really want is for katara to be done justice by this movie; for her to receive the recognition that she deserves after 15 long years of absolutely null. i do believe that she will receive justice in the form of good writing and canon recognition - the signs are all there - but at the same time, i am a little cautious just because it is bryke behind the wheels. those two, in their efforts to explore what they believe to be nuance, tend to leave out a whole bunch of details. simply put, they're not the best writers, and even worse, they've been horrible at receiving criticism in the past. so i hope those are attributes of theirs that have changed over the years, as they've matured and gained more industry experience. i think it has, just based on the things that i've heard from the two, and the fact that they're now part of a gigantic hollywood megacorporation and streaming service that is dependent on the success of avatar studios. speaking of which, you have no idea just how much paramount is riding on avatar studios to become a commercial success. the fate and future of avatar studios are absolutely reliant on this adult gaang movie becoming a huge commercial hit.

... which is my other area of concern. just what are bryke willing to do to ensure that the movie will be a huge hit? what plot points will they introduce? what will they do with the characters? i don't think that they're going to pander to fandom demands (have certain ships become romantic) because they said that they're not going to do that. at the same time, however, what exactly are they going to do? katara and aang aren't the most popular characters in the series, their romantic relationship is an area of contention and controversy among the fanbase; from a business standpoint, how exactly will avatar studios handle this? i don't want any cheap, convoluted, soap-opera. i also don't want a marvel movie in the form of avatar. i want fulfilling character arcs and dynamics and plot points that stay true to the themes of avatar the last airbender. as we've seen with the kyoshi novels, we know that the spirit of avatar can be replicated if the right creative voices are in the writing room, holding the pen.

i suppose that's something that bryke will have to deal with and figure out. no use losing sleep over things we know nothing about. just based on the things that i've seen and read, the contextual clues over the years, the new content from avatar studios, i think we can expect the best, especially as kataang shippers. however, i do approach this whole scenario with some (read: a lot of) caution.

but i absolutely agree with you here (and what you said about zutara shippers):

And a huge number of pro-Katara, pro-Aang and pro-kataang new fans will come to the fandom. I hope that the time will come when a respectful and competent and deeper gaze of the canon and canonical characters will dominate the fandom.

i long for a future in which katara fandom analysis isn't essentially, "she's horribly mistreated by the gaang as their resident Mother. that is, until zuko the liberator comes save her. this is why she would be a perfect firelady." if nothing else, please let the outcome of the movie allow for nuanced perspectives of katara's character.

[olivierdemangeon]

FOR A FEW BULLETS (2016) ★★✮☆☆

FOR A FEW BULLETS (2016) ★★✮☆☆

[godzilla-reads]

2024 Year of the Wood Dragon Reading Challenge

Since 2024 is the Year of the Wood Dragon, I thought I'd put together a reading challenge based around one of my greatest loves-DRAGONS! Here are some prompts for each month, along with a couple suggestions for reading. Feel free to read whatever fits the category, though!

January- A Dragon Book With a POC MC

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott

The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O'Neill

February- A Dragon Romantasy OR A Talking Dragon

The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

His Majesty's Dragon by Noami Novik

March- A Dragon Training Book

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

Silver Batal and the Water Dragon Races by K.D. Halbrook

April- A Middle-Grade Dragon Book

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

No Such Thing as Dragons by Philip Reeve

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville

May- An LGBTQA+ Dragon Book

The Dragon Festival by Kay O'Neill

The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells

June- A "Classic" Dragon Book

Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb

Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen

July- A Children's Dragon Book

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame

The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit

August- D&D Dragons or RPG Dragons

Red Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weiss

A Practical Guide to Dragons by Lisa Trumbauer

September- Searching for Dragons

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

Hatching Magic by Ann Downer

The Dragon Ark by Emma Roberts and Tomislav Tomic

October- Dragons as Villains

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

A Town Called Dragon by Judd Winick

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

November- Graphic Novels Featuring Dragons

Tidesong by Wendy Xu

Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy- The Graphic Novel by Tui T. Sutherland and Mike Holmes

The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Guay

December- Ice Dragons

The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin

Ember and the Ice Dragons by Heather Fawcett

Ice Dragon by Edith Nesbit

Happy Reading!

[callmebrycelee]

MAN CRUSH MONDAY

KENNETH CHOI

Kenneth Choi was born October 20, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. The 52-year-old actor is best known for portraying Henry Lin on the action crime drama television series Sons of Anarchy; Judge Lance Ito in the true crime anthology television series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story; and Howard "Chimney" Han in the procedural drama television series 9-1-1. His other TV and film credits include Dr. Wu in Glee; Dr. Paul Hyun in Hawthorne; Captain Ed Rollins in Ironside; Jim Morita in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America: The First Avenger; Lewis in The Last Man on Earth; and Mr. Morita in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Kenneth is 5 feet and 6 inches tall.

[aquata-the-champ]

the demon went down to texas: a playlist for the devil within ( @boointhenight / @kenneth-carson )

the family jewels by marina

the devil went down to georgia by the charlie daniels band

you first by paramore (feat. remi wolf)

eat your young by hozier

hospital (one man down) by madison cunningham (feat. remi wolf)

haunted by taylor swift

doomsday by lizzy mcalpine

punisher by phoebe bridgers

satanist by boygenius

the kids don't stand a chance by vampire weekend

the family jewels by marina

Oh, you think I'm unfit Little did you know that I was cut for it No glass slipper will ever fit 'Cause I could never see a diamond in it

One thing that I love about this arc is the way that Vicky and Lins use the supernatural as a way to talk about toxic family dynamics and generational trauma and general difficult family stuff! And I think this song gets at that and the use of jewels as a metaphor is perfect for the uber rich Carsons. Plus I pulled out this part because I think it nods to how Ken is kind of seen as less than his siblings, but really it's because he sees through the toxic nature of the family's past in the way others don't.

2. the devil went down to georgia by the charlie daniels band

Johnny, rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard. 'Cause Hell's broke loose in Georgia and the Devil deals the cards. And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold, But if you lose the Devil gets your soul.

How could I not?? This is the og demon deal song and I think the southern gothic of it all is very fitting for this thread being set in Texas. I wanted this playlist to kind of go chronologically through the story and this is the part when the Carsons make the deal with the devil kind of.

3. you first by paramore (feat. remi wolf)

Everyone is a bad guy And there's no way, no way to know Who's the worst Karma's gonna come for all of us And I hope, yeah, I hope, I just hope She comes, comes for you first

I know this is not what this song is about but I like to think of it as being from the demon's perspective lol. It also reminds me of like the way Boo talks to demons and how she's not easily spooked by them because she's dealt with them all her life. Idk do you feel the vibe??

4. eat your young by hozier

I'm starving, darling Let me put my lips to something Let me wrap my teeth around the world Start carving, darling I wanna smell the dinner cooking I wanna feel the edges start to burn

So this song has been interpreted in a lot of different ways and they're all valid but to me this song is largely about screwing over the next generation to get what you want now. And I think that's kind of the story of the Carsons' demon; they just keep making it the next generation's problem and that's why Ken and Boo are so determined to break the cycle!

5. hospital (one man down) by madison cunningham (feat. remi wolf)

Checking into a hospital Where the nurse is earth and sky Fighting against my flesh and blood There's nothing I won't try Even heartache looks so easy To a pair of grieving eyes I am always one man down

There's just something about a Remi Wolf collab idk idk it just works for this playlist. So idk what this song is really about but to me it is about like the world beating you down and you feel unwell about it? There's a lot of rlly visceral imagery here and idk it was just giving me Ken and Boo vibes

6. haunted by taylor swift

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Can't breathe whenever you're gone Can't turn back now, I'm haunted

hadtodoittoem.jpg Look it's a spooky playlist I had to put Haunted on it. To me this song is about when everything that was already kind of fragile suddenly turns into a horror movie!!! And all the dark stuff you were trying to ignore comes to light. I see this as the soundtrack to that crazy scene in the barn!!

7. doomsday by lizzy mcalpine

I'd have liked to plan out my part in this But you're such a narcissist That you did it on Halloween I had no choice in the matter Why would I? It's only the death of me

Ok so this song is about a breakup lmfao but I mostly wanted to include it because the idea of arguing with your murderer about the correct way to do it is so funny to me and idk just seems to fit here. Are you picking up the vibe I'm putting down? I also like that it's kind of a quieter song in the midst of a generally loud playlist, like an eerie moment of quiet.

8. punisher by phoebe bridgers

The drugstores are open all night The only real reason I moved to the east side I love a good place to hide in plain sight

This song is also more about vibes than meaning. I just find it so creepy lol I think Phoebe did an amazing job of like portraying this ghostly persona that works with the lyrics so seamlessly. But rather than really talking about the lyrics I just think that the sneaky, secretive nature of this song is fitting for like the demons hitching a ride back to Swynlake with Ken and Boo!

9. satanist by boygenius

Will you be an anarchist with me? Sleep in cars and kill the bourgeoisie At least until you find out what a fake I am Spray paint my initials on an ATM I burn my cash and smash my old TV

To me this song is about like rebellion and dealing with a shattered worldview and feelings of ennui by like picking some philosophy and just going crazy with it with your friends. Ken and Boo are not satanists/nihilists/anarchists as far as I am aware but they are dealing with a lot of shit together! And kind of rebelling in their own ways against some of the values they grew up with. So I thought this was fitting!

10. the kids don't stand a chance by vampire weekend

The pin-striped men of morning Are coming forward to dance Forty-million dollars The kids don't stand a chance

So I hate to end this playlist on a downer but think of it this way: this story isn't finished! I think a cool part of this arc was that it was a complicated victory: they saved Ken's life, but now they have a whole other set of problems. And meanwhile, the Carson family fortune and their tie to the demon continue on! The same way the evils of the world that the demon can represent, like greed and exploitation, also continue on. That's what this song is about to me: you win a minor victory, but now you have a whole other set of problems that makes it hard to feel hopeful.

Anyway can't wait to see what happens next!!!

[garudabluffs]

"Trumps Criminal Associates from A to Z”

Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump; >>> Greg Abbott, Ali Alexander, Samuel Alito, Rick Allen, Brian Babin, Jim Banks, Steve Bannon, Kathy Barnette, Bill Barr, Tom Barrack, Maria Bartiromo, Glenn Beck, John Bennett, Andy Biggs, Dan Bishop, Christina Bobb, Lauren Boebert, John Bolton, David Bossie, Kevin Brady, Mike Braun, Mo Brooks, Taylor Budowich, Ted Budd, Aileen Cannon, Madison Cawthorn, Tucker Carlson, Matthew Calamari, Kenneth Chesebro, Andrew Clyde, Jeffery Clark, Robert Cheeley, Chris Christie, Chris Collins, Susan Collins, James Comer, Kellyanne Conway, John Cornyn, Thomas Bryant Cotton, Kevin Cramer, Dan Crenshaw, Steven Crowder, Raphael Edward Cruz, Ken Cuccinelli, Warren Davidson, Louis DeJoy, Carlos DeOliveira, Ron DeSantis, Betsy DeVos, Lou Dobbs, Byron Donalds, John Eastman, Larry Elder, Jenna Ellis, Michael Ellis, Tom Emmer, Boris Epshteyn, Julie Jenkins Fancelli, Nigel Farage, Tom Fitton, Harrison Floyd, Michael Flynn, Matt Gaetz, Bob Gibbs, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Louie Gohmert, Sebastian Gorka, Paul Gosar, Trey Gowdy, Lindsey Graham, Charles Grassley, Mark Green, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ric Grenell, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Alina Habba, Harriet Hageman, Misty Hampton, Liz Harrington, Nikki Haley, Scott Hall, Sean Hannity, Josh Hawley, Jody Hice, Hope Hicks, Thomas Homan, Richard Hudson, Duncan Hunter, Laura Ingraham, Kay Ivey, Ronny Jackson, Jim Jordan, Mike Johnson, Ron Johnson, Alex Jones, Fred Keller, Keith Kellogg, Mike Kelly, Bernard Kerik, Charlie Kirk, Kim Klacik, Kenneth Klukowski, Jared Kushner, Trevian Kutti, Tomi Lahren, Kari Lake, Cathleen Latham, Bill Lee, Mike Lee, Stephen Lee, Mark Levin, Corey Lewandowski, Christopher Liddell, Mike Lindell, Billy Long, Barry Loudermilk, Cynthia Lummis, Nick Luna, Nancy Mace, Paul Manafort, Roger Marshall, Thomas Massie, Douglas Mastriano, Angela McCallum, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Ronna Romney McDaniel, Kayleigh McEnany, Johnny McEntee, Mark Meadows, Molly Michael, Chris Miller, Jason Miller, Stephen Miller, Barry Moore, Steven Mnuchin, Rupert Murdoch, Greg Murphy, Heather Nauret, Waltine Torre Nauta Jr., Peter Navarro, Carl Nichols, Kristi Noem, Ralph Norman, Oliver North, Devin Nunes, Bill O’Reilly, Candace Owens, Stefan Passantino, Kash Patel, Dan Patrick, Rand Paul, Ken Paxton, David Perdue, Scott Perry, Rick Perry, Mike Pence, Judge-Jeanine Ferris Pirro, Mike Pompeo, Erik Prince, Vladimir Putin, Sidney Powell, Kim Reynolds, Karrin Taylor Robson, Michael Roman, Chip Roy, Marco Rubio, Anthony Sabatini, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, George Santos, Steve Scalise, Dan Scavino, Rick Scott, Tim Scott, Jeff Sessions, David Shafer, Ben Shapiro, Bill Shine, Kyrsten Lea Sinema, Ray Smith lll, Victoria Spartz, Sean Spicer, Todd Starnes, Elise Stefanik, William Stepien, Shawn Still, Roger Stone, Jason Sullivan, Clarence Thomas, Virginia (Ginni) Thomas, Tommy Tuberville, Mike Turner, James David (JD) Vance, Herschel Walker, Kelli Ward, Jesse Watters, Allen Weisselberg, Matthew George Whitaker, Susan Wiles, Ben Williamson, Chad Wolf, Lin Wood, Todd Young…Just to name a few. “Vote Blue in November: In numbers too big to rig, in numbers too real to steal….

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[unproduciblesmackdown]

also, for interest/reference, the titles of the individual mini plays in the mysteries (and playwrights), according to the show's program

Act I - The Fall

Song of the Trimorph (Lucifer's Lament) - Dael Orlandersmith

Falling for You - Liz Duffy Adams

The Eighth Day (Creation Hymn) - Jason Williamson

God's Rules - Johnna Adams

A Worm Walks into a Garden, or The Fall of Man - Madeleine George

Right of Return - Jorge Ignacio Cortinas

Cain and Abel - David Henry Hwang

Build It - Trista Baldwin

The Flood - Mallery Avidon

Fruitful and Begettin' - Nick Jones

Bright New Devil - Matthew Stephen Smith

The Moses Story - Ann Marie Healy

The Prophecy - CollaborationTown

The Annunciation - Jordan Harrison

Joseph's Troubles About Mary - Kate Gersten

The Shepherds - Kimber Lee

King of Kings - Kate Moira Ryan

The Slaughter of the Innocents - Chris Dimond

The Flight into Egypt - Kenneth Lin

Act II - The Sacrifice

Christ with the PhDs - Erin Courtney

Jesus Grows Up Fast - CollaborationTown

New Periods of Pain Part I - Craig Lucas

Something in the Water - A. Rey Pamatmat

Transfiguration - Billy Porter/Kirsten Greenidge

The Woman Taken in Adultery - Max Posner

The Raising of Lazarus - Amy Freed

Jesus Enters Jerusalem - Gabriel Jason Dean

Turning the Tables - CollaborationTown

The Conspiracy - Yussef El Guindi

The Last Supper - Jeff Whitty

The Garden of Tears and Kisses - José Rivera

The Denial of Peter - Bess Wohl

Christ Before Herod - Qui Nguyen

Judgment? - Marc Acito

The Remorse - Sevan K. Greene

The Road to Calvary - Jenny Schwartz

Act III - The Kingdom

New Periods of Pain Part II - Craig Lucas

The Death of Christ - Don Nguyen

The Harrowing of Hell - Lucas Hnath

Resurrection - Bill Cain

The Next Supper - Lloyd Suh

The Appearance - Ellen McLaughlin

Thomas Doubting (or, Doubting Thomas Doubts His Doubt) - Jordan Seavey

The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene - Meghan Kennedy

Pentecost - Sean Graney

Walking Away from the Mirror and Forgetting What You Looked Like - Eisa Davis

The Death of Mary - Lillian Groag

The Assumption of Mary - Najla Said

The Coronation - Laura Marks

The Last Judgment - Michael Mitnick

Sermon of The Senses - José Rivera

[ulkaralakbarova]

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can’t bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Xavier Rousseau: Romain Duris Martine: Audrey Tautou Isabelle: Cécile de France Wendy: Kelly Reilly Ju: Sandrine Holt Isabelle, la babysitter: Flore Bonaventura les philosophes allemands: Jochen Hägele le père de Xavier: Benoît Jacquot la mère de Xavier: Martine Demaret Nancy: Li Jun Li l’éditeur: Dominique Besnehard M. Boubaker: Zinedine Soualem John: Peter Hermann l’avocat new-yorkais de Xavier: Jason Kravits L’infirmière: Vanessa Guide Antoine Garceau: Kyan Khojandi le photographe (caméo): Cédric Klapisch Le deuxième mari Latino: Alex Kruz Le mari latino: Luis Vega Tom Rousseau: Pablo Mugnier-Jacob Mia Rousseau: Margaux Mansart Lucas: Amin Djakliou Jade: Clara Abbasi Ray: Sharrieff Pugh L’agent bureau immigration: Peter McRobbie L’avocat de Wendy: Byron Jennings La première collégienne: Alison Arboux La deuxième collégienne: Loreleï Aubry La femme sensuelle: Natalia Segura L’associé de l’éditeur: Xavier Alcan L’assistante de l’éditeur: Maud Wyler L’infirmière de la maternité: Catrina Ganey Le patron coursier: Adrian Martinez Miguel: Jose Soto Ming Li: Shuya Chang Ben: Howah Hung Le chauffeur de taxi chinois: Phil Nee La vieille dame: Anna Berger Le premier rocker: Larry Fessenden Le deuxième rocker: Joe Stefko Le chauffeur en colère: Yinka Adeboyeku Le chauffeur de taxi indien: Kenneth Maharaj L’assistant-photographe: Antoine Garceau Le piéton secouriste: Damon Michael Gordon Un passant: Michael Che Carlos Fernandez: Dominic Colón Kayla: Ryiah Rene Suazo La femme yiddish: Yelena Shmulenson L’homme yiddish: Allen Lewis Rickman Le père en colère: Dylan Chalfy Le deuxième avocat: Victor Colicchio Le barman: J.D. Williams La femme latino: Jenny L. Saldaña Le réceptionniste: Wang Yinuo Une skater: Celia Au Un gay qui se marie: Brian Cheeks Un invité au mariage au City Hall: Alexander Jameson Hasidic Daughter: Mia Sinclair Jenness Le premier fuyard: Ilan Krigsfeld Un messager à vélo: Stephen Lin Sammie: Niyi Oni La fille hassidique: Anna Rapp Le fils hassidique: Tyler Rapp Le témoin du marié: Will Tomi Film Crew: Producer: Cédric Klapisch Location Manager: Damon Michael Gordon Director of Photography: Natasha Braier Editor: Anne-Sophie Bion Producer: Bruno Levy Music: Loïc Dury Music: Christophe Minck Production Design: Roshelle Berliner Production Design: Marie Cheminal Art Direction: Valérie Rozanes Art Direction: Matteo De Cosmo Costume Design: Lee Harper Hairstylist: Christopher Fulton Key Makeup Artist: Rachel Geary Hair Department Head: Mandy Lyons Key Makeup Artist: Frédéric Marin Wigmaker: Anne Moralis Special Effects Makeup Artist: Pierre Olivier Persin Key Hair Stylist: April Schuller Hairstylist: Adenike Wright Executive Producer: Raphaël Benoliel Executive Producer: Carol Cuddy Co-Producer: Gaëtan David Co-Producer: Buzz Koenig Co-Producer: André Logie Producer: Arlette Zylberberg Casting: Ann Goulder Casting: Gayle Keller Casting: Jeanne Millet Set Decoration: David Schlesinger Foley Editor: Jérémy Babinet ADR Recordist: Ric Schnupp Foley Artist: Philippe Penot Sound Mixer: Nicolas Mazet Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Cyril Holtz ADR Mixer: Mark DeSimone Sound: Cyril Moisson Movie Reviews: Andres Gomez: This third part of the series started with “The Spanish Apartment” and “Russian Dolls” continues following the life of Xavier and his complications. The cast is the well known and very good from previous parts with the good additions of the children, which perform really well. This part, although shows again the chaotic life of Xavier, feels, somehow more coherent and luminous, as if the pieces would be finally fitting. Maybe the best way of summarizing the series and the conclusion is with the conversation that Xavier and Martine have by the end of the film in which Martine tell Xavier...

[avatar-news]

Update: It’s likely these characters’ voices were being cast for a video game, not a movie/show.

Original post below:

Exclusive: Kyoshi, Rangi, Yun, and more Kyoshi novel characters will appear in Avatar Studios’ first movie/show!

We have a huge Avatar News exclusive for you today... and an Avatar News redemption?!

We can confirm that Kyoshi, Rangi, Yun, and more characters from the Chronicles of the Avatar novels The Rise of Kyoshi and The Shadow of Kyoshi by F. C. Yee will have substantial roles in Avatar Studios’ first animated movie and/or show, both slated for 2025!

Currently we don’t have details on which of the first-year projects-- the adult Gaang movie lead by Aang and Katara, or the new earth Avatar show-- the Kyoshi characters will appear in. Right now, a solid guess between the two is the show; it would make sense for the previous earth Avatar to feature in the next earth Avatar’s story. However, this is just a guess and the adult Gaang movie could easily have some kind of Kyoshi-related plotline we don’t know about yet (what we do know is that it’s set 12 years after ATLA and has a rumored title of Hidden Kingdom). It’s also technically possible that the Kyoshi characters are for a later project, but the production timeline strongly favors one of the first-year projects. In both cases these are almost guaranteed to be flashbacks/visions/etc. (And based on some other details I can’t share yet, I’m fairly confident this isn’t for a Kyoshi movie/show itself.)

What’s interesting is that our very first Avatar News exclusive report on Avatar Studios’ slate infamously had a Kyoshi movie as the first project. This became pretty controversial for us when it was announced that the first movie would actually be about Aang (gasp, Avatar News was wrong!!!!!!!!), and even though a first-year project about an earth Avatar (just, the next earth Avatar rather than the previous one) later came to light, and we got confirmation a Kyoshi project was on the table, and we explained how all this together could have been the source of confusion that led to the Kyoshi report, certain segments of the internet peanut gallery have continued to hold this against Avatar News. But ohhh no, Avatar News kept its nose to the grindstone and some might say that Avatar News was vindicated by this new information! But Avatar News doesn’t care about petty matters like that, Avatar News is just happy to be here. ^_^

The Kyoshi novels are some of the absolute best entries in the whole Avatar franchise (and by the way, live-action Kyoshi agrees!), so this will hopefully be welcome news to everyone who was super excited when there was a Kyoshi movie and then disappointed when there wasn’t. Currently we’re waiting on F. C. Yee’s confirmed next Chronicles of the Avatar novel, the second Yangchen book, which will potentially be announced this month. What we know F. C. Yee isn’t involved with, or at least wasn’t 9 months ago, is the animated movies/shows. Right now, we don’t know if that’s changed in the time since that interview. We do know House of Cards’ Kenneth Lin is writing the adult Gaang movie, but there’s no crew information for the new earth Avatar show yet. It’s possible F. C. Yee could now be joining that as a writer, especially if that is where the Kyoshi characters will be showing up. But! That’s just speculation for now, and there’s already a lot to be excited about just from today’s news.

[911cast]

Kenneth Choi as Henry Lin in Sons of Anarchy - 2x08 "Potlatch"

[jcmarchi]

Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2023-25

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Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2023-25

In the halls of MIT, a distinctive thread of compassion weaves through the fabric of education. As students adjust to a postpandemic normal, many professors have played a pivotal role by helping them navigate the realities of hybrid learning and a rapidly changing postgraduation landscape. 

The Committed to Caring (C2C) program at MIT is a student-driven initiative that celebrates faculty members who have served as exceptional mentors to graduate students. Twenty-three MIT professors have been selected as recipients of the C2C award for 2023-25, marking the most extensive cohort of honorees to date. These individuals join the ranks of 75 previous C2C honorees. 

The actions of these MIT faculty members over the past two years underscore their profound commitment to the well-being, growth, and success of their students. These educators go above and beyond their roles, demonstrating an unwavering dedication to mentorship, inclusion, and a holistic approach to student development. They aim to create a nurturing environment where students not only thrive academically, but also flourish personally. 

The following faculty members are the 2023-25 Committed to Caring honorees:

Hamsa Balakrishnan, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Cynthia Breazeal, Media Lab

Roberto Fernandez, MIT Sloan School of Management

Nuh Gedik, Department of Physics

Mariya Grinberg, Department of Political Science

Ming Guo, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Myriam Heiman, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Rohit Karnik, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Erik Lin-Greenberg, Department of Political Science

Michael McDonald, Department of Physics

Emery Neal Brown, Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology

Wanda Orlikowski, MIT Sloan School of Management

Kenneth Oye, Department of Political Science

Kristala Prather, Department of Chemical Engineering

Zachary Seth Hartwig, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Tracy Slatyer, Department of Physics

Iain Stewart, Department of Physics

Andrew Vanderburg, Department of Physics

Rodrigo Verdi, MIT Sloan School of Management

Xiao Wang, Department of Chemistry

Ariel White, Department of Political Science

Nathan Wilmers, MIT Sloan School of Management

Maria Yang, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Since the founding of the C2C program in 2014 by the Office of Graduate Education, the nomination process for honorees has centered on student involvement. Graduate students from all departments are invited to submit nomination letters detailing professors’ outstanding mentorship practices. A committee of graduate students and staff members then selects individuals who have shown genuine contributions to MIT’s vibrant academic community through student mentorship.

The selection committee this year included: Maria Carreira (Biology), Rima Das (Mechanical Engineering), Ahmet Gulek (Economics), Bishal Thapa (Biological Engineering), Katie Rotman (Architecture), Dóra Takács (Linguistics), Dan Korsun (Nuclear Science and Engineering), Leslie Langston (Student Mental Health and Counseling), Patricia Nesti (MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Beth Marois (Office of Graduate Education [OGE]), Sara Lazo (OGE), and Chair Suraiya Baluch (OGE).  

This year’s nomination letters highlighted unique stories of how students felt supported by professors. Students noted their mentors’ commitment to frequent meetings despite their own busy personal lives, as well as their dedication to ensuring equal access to opportunities for underrepresented and underserved students.

Some wrote about their advisors’ careful consideration of students’ needs alongside their own when faced with professional advancement opportunities; others appreciated their active support for students in the LGBTQ+ community. Lastly, students reflected on their advisors’ encouragement for open and constructive discourse around the graduate unionization vote, showing a genuine desire to hear about graduate issues.

Baluch shared, “Working with the amazing selection committee was the highlight of my work year. I was so impressed by the thoughtful consideration each nomination received. Selecting the next round of C2C nominees is always a heartwarming experience.” 

“As someone who aspires to be a faculty member someday,” noted Das, “being on the selection committee … was a phenomenal opportunity in understanding the breadth and depth of possibility in how to be a caring mentor in academia.”

She continued, “It was so heartening to hear the different ways that these faculty members are going above and beyond their explicit research and teaching duties and the amazing impact that has made on so many students’ well-being and ability to be successful in graduate school.” 

The Committed to Caring program continues to reinforce MIT’s culture of mentorship, inclusion, and collaboration by recognizing the contributions of outstanding professors. In the coming months, news articles will feature pairs of honorees, and a reception will be held in May.

[arwainian]

Reading this Week 2023 #46

Finished:

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein

Started and Finished:

excerpts of The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated and edited by Wayne A Rebhorn (I think technically read last week I just forgot to record it)

Preface Day 1: Introduction Day 1: Story 1

"Sex After the Black Normal" by Erica R. Edwards

"Undrowned: Black feminist lessons from marine mammals: Why we need to learn to listen, breathe, and remember, across species, across extinctions and across harm" by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

sections of Poetic Operations: Trans of Color Art in Digital Media

Introduction: Algorithmic Analysis Chapter 4: The Experience of Shifting

3 fic for the marathon

"Relaxing the Avant-Garde: Tan Lin and the Language-Oriented Tradition" by Mathies G. Aarhus

"English Before Engrish: Asian American Poetry's Unruly Tongue" by Tara Finkle

"RealFeel: Banality, Fatality, and Meaning in Kenneth Goldsmith's The Weather" by Jeffery T. Nealon

"Guillaume de Mauchaut and the Consolation of Poetry" by Sylavia Huot

"Love as a Source of Illness in Late Eighteenth-Century Sweden -- Exemples from the Life Description of Pehr Stenberg" by Ina Lindblom

"'Your Love is Like Bad Medicine': The Medical Tradition of Lovesickness in the Legends of Hippocrates and Erasistratus of Ceos" by L.F.C. Ribeiro

"Christian Lovesickness: Richard of St. Victor's The Four Degrees of Violent Love" by Travis Stevens

"Metaphor as Experimental Medicine" from Blindness and Therapy in Late Medieval French and Italian Poetry by Julie Singer

"Sans Merci: Affect, Resistance, and Sociality in Courtly Lyric" by Sara V. Torres

sections of Medieval Imagination: Rhetoric and the Poetry of Courtly Love by Douglas Kelly

sections of The Arrow of Love: Optics, Gender, and Subjectivity in Medieval Love Poetry by Dana E. Stewart

"'Pite Renneth Soone in Gentil Herte': Ugly Feelings and Gendered Conduct in Chaucer's Legend of Good Women" by Glenn Burger

"Love as Illness: Poets and Philosophers on Romantic Love" by Ruth Rothaus Caston

"Four Medico-Philosophical Traditions of the Origins of Lovesickness" from Lovesickness and Gender in Early Modern English Literature by Lesel Dawson

"Lovers: The Rise and Apparent Fall of Lovesickness" from Lovers and Livers: Disease Concepts in History by Jacalyn Duffin

sections of Eros & Anteros: The Medical Traditions of Love in the Renaissance edited by Donald A. Beecher and Massimo Ciavolella

"Ethical Problems of the Lie that Heals in Renaissance Literature” by Winfried Schleiner "Eros and Misogyny from Giovan Battista Marino to Ferrante Pallavicino" by Francesco Guardiani

sections of Lovesickness in the Middle Ages: The Viaticum and Its Commentaries by Mary Frances Wack

Ongoing:

Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

[dertaglichedan]

Former MAGA attorney Lin Wood is a witness for the state in Georgia’s election interference RICO case against the former president and 18 others. Wood, who retired from practicing law earlier this year to avoid disbarment, worked as a member of Trump’s legal team in the aftermath of the 2020 election and heavily promoted claims that the election had been rigged against the former president.

According to a Wednesday filing to the Fulton County Superior Court, which seeks a resolution to potential conflicts of interest between attorneys for Trump and several of his co-defendants, Wood is a witness for the prosecution.

“L. Lin Wood, Coreco Ja’Quan Perason, Vikki Townsend Consiglio, Gloria Kay Godwin, James Kenneth Carroll, and Carolyn Hall Fisher, are witnesses for the State in the present case. Sidney Katherine Powell and Cathleen Alston Latham are Defendants in the present case,” the filing reads.

Harry W. MacDougald, who is representing Jeff Clarke in the Georgia case “also previously represented and was co-counsel to L. Lin Wood in Wood v. Raffensperger.”

Prosecutors claim that “there is a significant risk that the Rules of Professional Conduct may be violated, which may compromise the rights of certain witnesses for the State of Georgia should those witnesses be cross-examined by their former attorneys.”

In a statement to Rolling Stone, Wood said that he had been informed he was “going to be subpoenaed as a witness,” but had no other information on the matter.

Hours later, Wood wrote on Telegram that there is “NO TRUTH” to accusations that he “flipped” on the former president. “I have no idea why I am being asked to testify at the trial. I have had no discussions with the DA’s office since I testified before the special grand jury several months ago,” he added.