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hi! would you still happen to have that horror movie analysis citation list? i plan on reading a glossary of haunting soon and would love some additional readings if possible

hey i do! so not exactly horror movie analysis - my paper was specifically on aliens and the American frontier and how the American colonial project informs how we conceptualize extraterrestrial lifeforms and our alleged interactions with them, as well as our film history surrounding it. weird i know, it wasn't a well-formatted paper because i changed tack halfway through so i just picked through my bibliography and chose what was most relevant. my favorites are in bold and i would love more similar writings if anyone has them - it was truly fascinating research!

Abbott, Carl (2005). Homesteading on the extraterrestrial frontier. Science Fiction Studies, 32(2), 240–264. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241346

Blaine, Marcia S. (2009). The Johnsons’ plight: The role of captivity on Anglo-American identity. History 94, no. 313 (January): 53–73.

Bullard, Thomas E. (1989). UFO abduction reports: The supernatural kidnap narrative returns in technological guise. The Journal of American Folklore, 102(404), 147–170. https://doi.org/10.2307/540677

Dewan, William J. (2006). “A saucerful of secrets”: An interdisciplinary analysis of UFO experiences. The Journal of American Folklore, 119(472), 184–202. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4137923

Ebersole, Gary (2009). Captured by texts: Puritan to postmodern images of Indian captivity. Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia.

Kelly, Fanny (1871). Narrative of my captivity among the Sioux Indians. Hartford, Conn. Mutual Publishing Company.

Lauria, Rita & White, Harold M. (1995). Mythic analogues: Space and cyberspace: A critical analysis of US policy for the space and information age. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 19: 2, pp. 64–87. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1872313

Lepselter, Susan (2016). The resonance of unseen things: Poetics, power, captivity, and UFOs in the American uncanny. University of Michigan Press.

Lowell, Percival (1908). Mars as the abode of life. The Macmillan Company.

Newman, Leonard S., & Baumeister, Roy F. (1996). Toward an explanation of the UFO abduction phenomenon: Hypnotic elaboration, extraterrestrial sadomasochism, and spurious memories. Psychological Inquiry, 7(2), 99–126. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1449001

Panay, Andrew (2004). From Little Big Man to little green men: The captivity scenario in American culture. European Journal of American Culture 23, no. 3 (October 2004): 201–16.

Peebles, Curtis (1994). Watch the skies! A chronicle of the flying saucer myth. Smithsonian.

Pfitzer, G. M. (1995). The only good alien is a dead alien: Science fiction and the metaphysics of Indian-hating on the high frontier. Journal of American Culture 18, no. 1 (Spring, 1995): 51.

Sanarov, Valerii I. (1981). On the nature and origin of flying saucers and little green men. Current Anthropology, 22(2), 163–167. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2742701

Slotkin, Richard (1973). Regeneration through violence: The mythology of the American frontier, 1600-1860. Wesleyan University Press.

Sturma, Michael (2002). Aliens and Indians: A comparison of abduction and captivity narratives. Journal of Popular Culture 36, no. 2 (Fall 2002): 318–34.

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Dan and Brett

Featuring  actors Dan Lauria and Brett Rice

It was mid July, 80 degrees and humid, the sun was hot and I was looking to get in a few holes golf and have fun watching the older men with their hairy chests strutting out of the top of their shirts. Mostly I go to the golf course to relax, have fun and to watch, but today was different. As I was heading out to the course, I saw two older men who looked familiar. when I got closer, I recognize them as actors Dan Lauria and Brett Rice. Apparently they were looking for a third and they asked me to join them. Wow! Lucky me! These daddies were hot! My cock was getting hard just looking at these guys.

Once got going on the first hole, that started the long day conversation. Both guys were very interesting and talked much of their work; both were talking of how great it was to play the game and away from work; both talked of their wives; both stared as women walked past so I sensed they were looking for a little action. They finally swung around to asking me what I did and if I was married. I mentioned I was single and enjoying my life.

“So you’re gay.” Dan said out of the blue.

Not being defensive I said I was. Well Brett joined right in and asked if I someone and I said “No.” He went to the next question, “Why don’t have some handsome guy hang all over you,” and I quickly answered that “I was looking some handsome guy like the two of you to hang all over!”

I could tell both Dan and Brett were getting interested and I could feel my juices building as I broke the ice and thought what the hell, “Are you guys interested in a little fun?”

They looked at each other, then at me and said, “You’d do both of us?”

“Yes, as long as we all have fun.”

Both of them anxiously agreed and I suggested we go back to my place which was nearby. I couldn’t believe it. After we finished the last hole, collected our things and headed to my place. Once there, I asked if they wanted anything to drink. They said no, but Dan said he he needed to use the bathroom.

With Dan in the bathroom, that left me with Brett. Being all horned up, he was was too resisting, I walked over to him, stood between his legs and ran my hands across his chest. I could tell he was a little nervous as I slowly ran my hands down his waist to his pants. Slowly I undid his belt, followed by his pants before I got down on my knees in front of him and slowly ran my hands around his pants to slowly take them down. He was already half hard as I could feel his thickness bulging. I pulled down his underwear and was amazed at the size of his cock.

He was a good 7 inches, thick and had a big head on it that made my mouth water right away. I wasted no time getting his cock into my mouth. Slowly I sucked and sucked to taste his cock growing in my mouth. Brett was a good looking man and I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to milk him. I started sucking his cock wildly, giving him fast and strong suction around his beautiful thick shaft. I was in heaven and so was he as I felt Brett thrusting his hips into my mouth to make me his personal fuck.

Suddenly he pulled his cock out of my mouth, making me lick his balls and slide my lips up and down his shaft. Brett was good, he was working me, making me do what he wanted and I loved it. I was his sex slave and his to do as he please. Next thing I knew, Dan was standing next to me with his gorgeous rod pointing towards my face. Brett was still in control as I continued to suck his cock. After a minute or two, he finally pulled his cock out of my mouth and turned my face to Dan’s cock. Quickly I was on it, sucking it slow and methodically. These guys had me! I was their whore for the afternoon.

“Maybe we should take him in the bedroom and put him to work.” Brett said.

Dan nodded and I led the way to my bedroom.

Once we were in my bedroom, we stripped off our remaining clothes before Brett smacked my ass and told me to get up on the bed on all fours. Both guys came around the bed and knelt on the bed in front of me. Dan fed me his cock first, forcing my throat down deep on his long thick cock. Immediately I knew what I was doing to adjust my sucking to please this man.

“Damn this feels good.” Dan called out as I sucked on dick head, “He’s much better than Wendie.”

“I wonder if he’s a better fuck than she is.” Dan added as he pulled out and Brett put his cock in, pumping my mouth to his tune.

I suddenly felt him reaching down and grabbing my ass before saying “Nice ass,” as he patted first one ass cheek and then the other. I was suddenly as hot to get fucked as I could ever remember. My ass was twitching with anticipation of being penetrated by these two guys.

“There’s some lube in the night stand.” I said as I momentarily let Brett’s cock slip out of my mouth.

A moment later, I felt Dan get back on the bed between my legs. My ass was up for him to reach as I started swallowing more and more of Brett’s dick while looking up into his blue eyes. He put his free hand on the back of my head and pulled my face against his crotch. Kindly, Dan put some lube on my ass as I felt his two fingers massaging my ass, pushing in and out to loosen me up. Still looking up at Brett, I deep throated his long peter, relishing the feel of his dick as it slid down my throat until my mouth was pressed against the fly of his jeans.

“Damn! That feels great.” Brett called out, “Dan, he IS good.”

“Yea, well lets see how good his ass can take my fat cock.” The actor called out from behind me as I suddenly felt the head of his thick dick pressing against my asshole. I let out a moan as the old man began pushing for the best angle in. Then my back arched as he drove his swollen dick deep inside my asshole.

“You won’t believe how hot his ass his. I bet he’s been fucked hundred times. Hell, my cock slid in him faster than into a whore’s pussy.” Dan said as he slowly working his way up my canal.

I could feel his big sausage massaging me as my ass lips tighten around his shaft. While I was adjusting to Dan in me, Brett continued to fuck my mouth, his cock stiffening as he watched Dan fuck me from behind. These guys were using me to polish their cocks to the tune of their own pleasure and I was loving it.

"That's it, take my cock." The old man said almost angrily as he slammed my ass and forcing me to deep throat Brett’s cock.

Brett was now moaning as his cock was seeping juice in my mouth while Dan was digging deep. And what a feeling! His cock was a thrill to have inside of me as I didn’t want him to ever pull out. After a while, I could tell Dan was getting close to coming and I wanted him to slow down so I could continue to enjoy both of these men. So I stopped sucking Brett’s cock for a moment and asked him, “You want to fuck me?”

"That's it. Take all my cock." Dan called out as he began to force more and more of his thick dick down my throat. I wanted his load so I sucked and tongued his massive dick even more.

“You are going to make my old cock squirt if you keep doing that.” The actor warned.

And it did! I felt a strong stream of cum jetting form his dick. I swallowed as fast as he was shooting, working in unison with him pumping my face. Then even as I continued to suck the last few drops of his cum out, Dan’s dick deflated. Though he let me suck on his soft dick for several more moments before pulling it away.

By now I could tell Brett also was close as his pumping got faster and faster. Watching Dan and me must have taken him to the brink as he assaulted my ass with his big cock. Amazingly, I started cumming without even touching my dick as Brett fucked me with a desperate need as fast as he could.

“Fuck!” I gargled, unable to say another word at that moment.

Brett shifted his weight and suddenly he was like an engine firing all it’s pistons at once. He rode me without mercy, hard and deep, pounding his cocks full length into my ass for a good two or three minutes before he came with a groan that made me cum again. I moaned and enjoyed the feeling of his hot cum filling my hole.

“Damn boy, that was better then any pussy I have ever fucked.” Brett said as he slowing pulled out of my ass.

All of us were exhausted from the fuck fest as Dan and Brett slowly started to get dressed. I just laid there on my bed watching them and basking the moment.

“Love to do this again sometime.” I said as this had been one of the best fuck session I had ever experienced and I wasn’t going to let it be the last.

“Oh, I will find a way to fuck you again. Count on it.”

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Review: School of X: A Marvel: Xavier's Institute Anthology

Review: School of X: A Marvel: Xavier’s Institute Anthology

Series: Marvel Aconyte NovelsAuthors: Jaleigh Johnson, Robbie MacNiven, Cath Lauria, Amanda Bridgeman, Pat Shand, Neil Kleid, Carrie HarrisEditor: Gwendolyn NixPublisher: AconyteReleased: December 21, 2021Received: NetGalley School of X is one of the latest Marvel/Aconyte novels, and as you might have guessed, it is focused entirely on Xavier’s Institute. Better yet, this is an anthology, which…

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25 Best Sports TV Shows

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Sports stories have traditionally belonged to the movies. Something about the rhythms of competition, in which an athlete or team trains, plays, and then either wins or loses, is a natural fit for the film world’s three act structure.

Television, with its multiple episodes and seasons, is often more discursive and therefore less viable for truly great sports stories. Thankfully, that all seems poised to change. While some sports TV shows have found success in the past, now the medium has really kicked things up a notch. Sports stories like Brockmire, Ted Lasso, Cobra Kai, and more are not only welcome on television, but an essential part of the cable and streaming landscape. 

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With that in mind, it’s high time we pay homage to TV’s great sports programs. What follows is a list of 25 of the best sports TV shows of all time, hand selected by Den of Geek (i.e. me: the arms-crossed weirdo in the picture at the bottom of this article). 

It’s important to keep in mind that these are the best scripted sports TV shows. Television is, of course, no stranger to live sports and the various programs that surround them. Consider these unscripted American sports shows as honorable mentions: Hard Knocks, Last Chance U, Ken Burns’ Baseball, The Last Dance (and most other 30-for-30s), Cheer, Inside the NBA.

Enough of the undercard, now onto the main event. 

25. Red Oaks

Amazon Prime’s Red Oaks examines the bougie tennis lifestyle of the 1980s. It all comes through the lens of David Myers (Craig Roberts), a college student looking to pick up some cash by taking a summer job at an upscale Jewish country club in New Jersey. Sports stories and coming-of-age stories fit particularly well because the end goal of each one is usually growth. It’s hard to say whether David grows during his time at Red Oaks, but he certainly changes over the series’ three seasons. 

24. The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers

A TV show based on Disney sports movie behemoth franchise The Mighty Ducks was all but an inevitability, particularly when the major conglomerate secured its own streamer in Disney+. We’re all lucky then that The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers turned out to be quite good rather than completely perfunctory. The show is bold enough to recast its Ducks’ franchise as the villains and to rally around the radical idea that youth sports should be fun. 

23. One Tree Hill

At first glance, One Tree Hill doesn’t seem too different from the other teen shows of its era on The CW (though The CW was still “The WB” for One Tree Hill’s first two seasons). It’s about high schoolers in a small town, doing high school things. Where One Tree Hill excels (at least in its early, still high school seasons) is the introduction of basketball as a storytelling crutch. Half brothers Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) and Nathan Scott (James Lafferty) have a turbulent enough relationship to begin with. What better way to contextualize that relationship than through the high stakes lens of high school basketball?

22. Lights Out

Not to be confused with the 2016 horror film of the same name, Lights Out is a boxing series from FX that ran for one excellent season in 2011. Holt McCallany (best known now as Agent Bill Tench on Mindhunter) stars as retired heavyweight champion Patrick “Lights” Leary. Despite displaying signs of neurological trauma from his career, Lights can’t help but want to return to the ring for one more shot of glory (and to pay off his family’s many debts). Lights Out is a sad, elegiac little story about how one man who sees a sport that broke his brain as the only realistic option for success. 

21. Big Shot

Big Shot premiered shortly after its bigger-named Disney+ cousin The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. And while Game Changers made a slightly bigger splash, Big Shot might be the better sports show. The story follows Marvyn Korn (John Stamos), a tempermental basketball coach who ends up at an elite all-girls prep school to shepherd its basketball program. Big Shot runs through all the tried and true tropes and beats of sports stories and does so with aplomb. Consider it Hardball meets Hoosiers with plenty of Stamos charm. 

20. Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper

Sports are somewhat incidental to Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper’s mission. Sure, lead character Mr. Cooper (Mark Curry) is a former Golden State Warriors basketball player turned PE teacher. But like its TGIF programming block peers, this show is a charming hangout comedy with few lasting conflicts to speak of. Still, you don’t spend that much time in a gym without some three-pointers and lay-ups. 

19. Coach

Before Craig T. Nelson was Mr. Incredible (or made this truly amazing televised statement), he was best known for portraying the title role in ‘90s ABC sitcom Coach. In fact, many of our archetypical perceptions of what makes a football coach likely come from Nelson’s portrayal of Coach Hayden Fox (who first coached for a fictional NCAA football team and later an NFL one). This is a man whose skill at molding young athletes belies his lack of skill at…well, everything else. Ultimately, Coach is a worthwhile multiseason experience in which a grown man grows up.

18. Kingdom

Kingdom is probably the best sports TV show that you’ve never heard of. Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. That’s just the kind of thing that happens when a show is damned to languish on AT&T’s ludicrous “Audience Network”. Kingdom is set in an MMA gym and captures all the drama provided in the heightened world of mixed martial arts combat. The show is blessed with some great characters and an even better cast. Frank Grillo (Captain America’s most annoying foe, Brock Rumlow), Kiele Sanchez (Lost), Matt Lauria (Friday Night Lights), Jonathan Tucker, (Justified)  and Nick Jonas (yes, that Nick Jonas) all make their mark on the series.

17. The White Shadow

Premiering in 1978, CBS’s The White Shadow was uncommonly progressive for its time. The series follows Ken Reeves (Ken Howard), a white NBA player who retires after a knee injury and elects to take up coaching at Carver High School in South Central Los Angeles. Coach Reeves’s team is made up primarily of Black and Hispanic players and the show deals with the social ills of life in the inner city. It’s also quite funny and charming and features a commitment to realistic basketball scenes.

16. The League

FX comedy The League works as a sports show (and as a TV show in general) because it has a deep understanding of sports from a fan’s perspective. Sure, fans watch collegiate and professional sports to marvel at the athleticism, training, and skill on display. But more importantly, they watch sports to have something to talk about with their friends. Though the participants in the titular fantasy football league at the center of The League grew up as friends, who’s to say they would have stayed friends so long without this league keeping them together? Ruxin (Nick Kroll) is an asshole. Andre (Paul Scheer) is annoying. And Taco (Jon Lajoie) is, well…Taco.

15. Rocket Power

If the ‘90s taught us anything it’s that extreme sports are sports too, man! Rocket Power is a lovely little slice of life Nick Toon that follows four kids in a fictional California surfing community. Otto Rocket, Reggie Rocket, Maurice “Twister” Rodriguez, and Sam “Squid” Dullard spend their days skateboarding, surfing, playing street hockey, and occasionally snowboarding. It’s a wonderful ode to childhood and all the athletic activities that make the day (and years) go by far too quickly. 

14. Luck

If things shook out differently, perhaps Luck could have been considered one of the five or so best sports shows of all time. All of the pieces were in place. This 2012 HBO series had the right creative team (created and run by Deadwood’s David Milch and starring Dustin Hoffman with a pilot directed by Michael Mann) to go along with an intriguing premise (complicated characters’ lives intersecting at a horse track). But alas…the dead horses. Oh so many dead horses. Despite stringent safety measures put in place, Luck lost three hoof bois during filming of its first season and was canceled shortly thereafter. May they all rest in peace.

13. All American

High school is a turbulent time in all our lives. And when the high stakes world of competitive football is added in, things can only get more intense. The CW’s All American opts to take the world of high school football and opts to add in a welcome dose of sociopolitical commentary. This series is loosely based on the life of former New York Giants linebacker Spencer Paysinger and follows his character “Spencer James” as he is recruited from South L.A. to play for the affluent Beverly Hills High. The show wisely understands that sports (particularly when they involve Black teenagers) are a marvelous portal to explore American society. 

12. Pitch

Cruelly cut short after just one season of 10 episodes, Pitch is the kind of sports show that will inspire sports stories for years to come. This baseball series for Fox comes from Dan Fogelman (This Is Us) and Rick Singer. It follows the saga of Ginny Baker (Kylie Bunbury), who becomes the first woman to play in Major League Baseball when she’s called up to pitch by the San Diego Padres. Pitch was blessed with an excellent cast including Bunbury and Mark-Paul Gosselaar as a veteran catcher nearing the end of his Hall of Fame career. More interestingly, it was blessed with an actual MLB licensing deal. There are no silly fictional teams in this show like the Tuscaloosa Barn-Burners or the Helena Hellcats. It’s all real MLB team names and logos, adding to the realism of a cool premise.

11. Ballers

Of course, Elizabeth Warren’s favorite show has to be on this list. Ballers has a bit of an unearned reputation for being cringe thanks to its ridiculous name and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s delightful cornball energy. In reality, this is an exceedingly watchable TV show and one that examines the corporate side of professional sports quite well. It’s also noticeable for being most viewers’ introduction to eventual Tenet star John David Washington. 

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10. GLOW

Is professional wrestling a sport? Vince McMahon would argue that it’s “sports entertainment.” I would argue that that’s more than good enough to get the excellent GLOW on this list. GLOW tragically fell victim to Netflix’s whimsical cancellation procedures. Why the almighty algorithm decided a show needed to be canceled after it was already renewed is beyond me. But don’t let that sour three seasons of superb sportsy storytelling. GLOW follows the fictionalized rise of the very real “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling” and it centers it on the conflict between two former best friends, Ruther Wilder (Alison Brie) and Debbie Eagen (Betty Gilpin). GLOW differs a bit from the usual sports fare in that the “sport” at its center wasn’t necessarily plan A for the athletes. But the experience of watching the ladies train, grow, and succeed is pure and sublime sports story stuff.

9. Cobra Kai

Cobra Kai absolutely could have been phoned in. The streaming world runs on nostalgia and there’s nothing more sweetly nostalgic than The Karate Kid franchise. Instead, this Netflix series changes the original franchise’s perspective by focusing on the “villainous” Cobra Kai dojo and re-examines things from Johnny’s point of view. Ralph Macchio and William Zabka deserve credit for embodying realistically adult, yet flawed versions of their original characters. Equally deserving of credit though is a whole host of young actors bringing the martial arts to a whole new generation. 

8. Blue Mountain State

A lot of the shows on this list are, let’s say, reverential to the sports, teams, and athletes they cover. Spike comedy Blue Mountain State is decidedly…not. This series, following the Mountain Goats football team for the fictional college Blue Mountain State, understands that not all depictions of athletes have to be saints. Sometimes college football player can just be the big dumb animals you want them to be. Through three seasons, this show developed a cult following that would follow it over for a lifetime of reruns on Netflix. Blue Mountain State is crass, dangerous, and entertaining, not entirely unlike football.

7. Sports Night

Speaking of being reverential to sports…like all Aaron Sorkin-created TV series, Sports Night can be a bit full of itself sometimes. That only works when the topic at hand, like the federal branch of the U.S. government, is consequential. Thankfully, sports can be pretty important sometimes too! This late ‘90s show follows the goings-on at a Sportscenter-esque news program hosted by Dan Rydell (Josh Charles) and Casey McCall (Peter Krause). It has all the witty dialogue you’d come to expect from a Sorkin venture. And if you can make your way through the inexplicable laugh track of the early episodes, you will find a mature, entertaining show that properly understands and contextualizes professional sports’ role in American society. 

6. Survivor’s Remorse

Survivor’s Remorse came into the world with two strikes against it. One is a bizarrely overwrought name, and the other is that its home network, Starz, isn’t a given on many cable packages. Still, this LeBron James-produced comedy is shockingly one of the best sports TV shows ever (and perhaps still the best creative venture James has been involved in yet). This story follows NBA athlete Cam Calloway (Jessie T. Usher) as he tries to balance the business and basketball aspects of his life. At first the show focuses on Cam’s guilt for having got out of his impoverished neighborhood when so many couldn’t (hence, the show’s title), but ultimately it evolves into a family comedy drama featuring some truly remarkable characters and performances like Cam’s cousin and manager Reggie Vaughn (RonReaco Lee) and his baller half-sister “M-Chuck” (Erica Ash). Even Monica Rambeau herself, Teyonah Parris, is a part of the proceedings. 

5. Playmakers

Sometimes I can’t even believe that Playmakers is real. Surely, this ESPN series about a fictional football team in a fictional league that is clearly the NFL was just a post-9/11 fever dream we all endured together. Alas, Playmakers was real and it was awesome. This series follows the players on the Cougars as they navigate a football landscape filled with ripped-from-the-headlines strife including Performance enhancing drugs, good old-fashioned drugs, domestic abuse, concussions, and more. The series even introduces the outing of a gay player more than a decade before Michael Sam and Carl Nassib revealed their sexual orientations. Naturally, Playmakers was canceled when the NFL intimated to its broadcast partner ESPN that it wasn’t too pleased with the content of its show. And enraging the National Football League alone is enough to make this an all-time classic.

4. Eastbound & Down

Eastbound & Down creator and star Danny McBride isn’t necessarily a huge fan of baseball. But he is, thankfully, a huge fan of weirdos and creeps. When McBride discovered just how bizarre and poorly behaved certain flamethrowing relief pitchers could be, Kenny Powers and the show around him was born. The baseball “action” in Eastbound isn’t much to write home about. The show isn’t too concerned with the results of any given baseball game and McBride always looks like he’s throwing a javelin and not a baseball. It’s still a phenomenal saga about athletes that dives into Paul Bunyan-esque tales of legendary misbehavior that fame encourages. It’s no coincidence that in the follow ups to Kenny Powers, McBride has delved into megalomaniacal vice principals and bejeweled, sweaty televangelists – all different aspects of the white American male id.

3. Ted Lasso

Of all the sports shows in the TV canon, none feels more like a traditional sports movie than Ted Lasso. This Apple TV+ series plucks an American football coach-fish and gently places him out of water in the English Premier League. The affable Lasso (Sudeikis) is charged with reversing the fortunes of EPL side AFC Richmond. Little does he know, however, that spiteful owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddington) is counting on him to fail, Major League style. Ted Lasso isn’t interested in reinventing the wheel. Instead it perfects it. This is a tale of relentless optimism and unconditional positive regard. Ted breaks the mold for what we expect from coaches, which is probably why so many actual coaches are fond of the show. Simply put: sports stories can’t be done much better than this one. 

2. Brockmire

Sometimes commentators like to bemoan the modern state of baseball. What was once American’s pastime has now supposedly fallen behind things like football and videogames in the pop cultural pecking order. Then along comes something like Brockmire to teach us that baseball as a continuous, seemingly eternal American presence is just as vital as ever. In a career-defining role, Hank Azaria plays disgraced baseball broadcaster Jim Brockmire. Once at the top of his game, an on-air drunken meltdown loses him his job and his sanity. In season 1 of this superb IFC show, Brockmire returns to the booth, this time for an independent league team in Morristown, Pennsylvania. The four seasons that follow are one big love letter to not only baseball, but the messy human experience itself. It’s rare that you get something this funny and this affecting. The fact that it’s wrapped in a stylish diamond-shaped bow is just icing on the cake. 

1. Friday Night Lights

Not only is Friday Night Lights the best sports TV show of all time, it’s hard to imagine it ever being supplanted from its throne. Simply put, Friday Night Lights is a sports television masterpiece. Each of Friday Night Lights’ five seasons (save for the writer’s strike-shortened second) fully capture the ecstasy and agony of high school football in a small Texas town where high school football is the only thing that matters. Friday Night Lights doesn’t shy away from the unsavory institution that is big time high school athletics.

The series opens with a life-changing injury before following it up with tales of corrupt boosters and garden variety West Texas racism. And yet, the show never looks down on its characters. If winning state is important to Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler), Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford), Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch), Smash Williams (Gaius Charles), and Vince Howard (Michael B. Jordan), then it’s important to us too. In fact, when Friday Night Lights is really rolling and the W.G. Snuffy Walden’s Explosions in the Sky-style soundtrack is swirling, you might not recall anything ever mattering to you as much as the Dillon Panthers or the East Dillon Lions winning a football game. Clear eyes, full hearts, absolutely cannot lose.

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SHAFT New Line Cinema’s action comedy “Shaft” is the next chapter in the film franchise featuring the coolest private eye on any New York City block. Tim Story (the “Ride Along” and “Think Like a Man” franchises) directs this all-new take on a legend, starring Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson (“Pulp Fiction,” “Kong: Skull Island”), Jessie T. Usher (TV’s “Survivor’s Remorse,” “Almost Christmas”), Regina Hall (“Girls Trip,” “Barbershop: The Next Cut”), Alexandra Shipp (“Straight Outta Compton,” “X-Men: Apocalypse”), Matt Lauria (TV’s “Kingdom,” “Friday Night Lights”), Titus Welliver (“Argo,” TV’s “Bosch”), Cliff “Method Man” Smith (“Keanu,” “Train Wreck”), and Richard Roundtree, the original John Shaft. JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather duster, there’s no denying family. Besides, Shaft’s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that’s professional and personal. The film is produced by John Davis (“Game Night,” “Joy”) under his Davis Entertainment banner. “Shaft” is written by Kenya Barris (“Girls Trip,” TV’s “Black-ish”) & Alex Barnow (TV’s “The Goldbergs”), based upon the character John Shaft from the novel by Ernest Tidyman. Serving as executive producers are Tim Story, Ira Napoliello, Kenya Barris, Marc S. Fischer, Richard Brener and Josh Mack. Story’s behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Larry Blanford (“Ride Along,” “Tag”), production designer Wynn Thomas (“Hidden Figures”), editor Peter S. Elliot (“Ride Along 2”), and costume designer Olivia Miles (“Ride Along 2”). The music is by Christopher Lennertz (“Nobody’s Fool,” “Pitch Perfect 3”), and Dave Jorden served as music supervisor. New Line Cinema presents a Davis Entertainment Production, a Tim Story Film, “Shaft” is set for release on June 14, 2019. It will be distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures, and internationally by Netflix.

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Readings: Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa

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D’INKED – A TATTOO REMOVAL DOCUMENTARY: An Eye Opener

THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT: Knocks A Bit Louder The Second Time Around

WILD WILD COUNTRY: A True Story That Seems Stranger Than Fiction

6 BALLOONS Interview: Director Marja-Lewis Ryan And Producers Samantha Housman & Ross M. Dinerstein

THE VANISHING OF SIDNEY HALL: Tricksy Melodrama About a Depressed Novelist Falls Flat

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Ogni settimana pubblichiamo una cartolina dedicata all’affermazione o all’atto più clericale della settimana compiuto da rappresentanti di istituzioni o di funzioni pubbliche. La redazione è cosciente che il compito di trovare la clericalata che merita il riconoscimento sarà una impresa ardua, visto l’alto numero di candidati, ma si impegna a fornire anche in questo caso un servizio all’altezza delle aspettative dei suoi lettori. Ringraziamo in anticipo chi ci segnalerà eventuali “perle”. La clericalata della settimana è del Consiglio dei ministri che tra i decreti sulla “Buona scuola”, ha inserito l’elargizione di altri 200 milioni di euro alle scuole private, anche per costruzione di nuovi edifici, ristrutturazioni edilizie, spese di gestione governo-gentiloni A seguire gli altri episodi raccolti questa settimana. Uno dei due medici non obiettori dell’ospedale pubblico di Foligno (PG) lascia l’incarico, mentre l’altro si è ammalato: nel nosocomio non è quindi possibile, per il momento, accedere all’interruzione volontaria della gravidanza come stabilisce la legge 194. La USL Umbria 2 si starebbe attivando per ripristinare il regolare servizio. Maurizio Lupi, presidente dei deputati di Area Popolare, ha annunciato una interrogazione in Commissione vigilanza Rai per la scena di un bacio tra due donne nel corso di una puntata della fiction I bastardi di Pizzofalcone, trasmessa dalla tv pubblica. Il deputato pretende inoltre che il direttore di Rai 1 venga convocato in audizione. Anche Gianni Sammarco e Bruno Mancuso, entrambi di Ap, hanno criticato la trasmissione. Il sindaco di Brescia, Emilio Del Bono, ha presenziato alla consueta messa della prima domenica di febbraio in onore dei santi Faustino e Giovita, nella parrocchia di San Faustino, per chiedere a nome della città la protezione “ab omni malo”. Il primo cittadino ha letto una pergamena con la richiesta “formale” di aiuto magico, come da tradizione medievale. L’amministrazione di Conegliano (TV) avrebbe fatto pressioni su un writer per coprire un murales, dopo le proteste di alcuni cittadini i quali si erano dichiarati offesi nella propria sensibilità religiosa. Il graffito rappresentava la Madonna con una bomba atomica tra le braccia. Nel Comune di Lauria (PZ), i consiglieri Pd Mimio Ricciardi e Donato Zaccagnino hanno presentato un ordine del giorno affinché l’Anas inserisca nella cartellonistica e nella comunicazione relativa alla città, per l’inaugurazione della nuova autostrada, il riferimento al santo patrono: il beato Domenico Lentini. La redazione

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Everything Coming to Apple TV+ When It Launches on November 1

With Netflix, Amazon Prime, Crave and other streaming services available at the tap of a button, there’s no shortage of access to quality film and television programming. Now, Apple is throwing its hat in the ring with Apple TV+, a new video subscription service, and a seriously impressive lineup that hits screens on November 1.

Apple TV+’s monthly subscription fee is $5.99 (CAD) and will be available on the Apple TV app worldwide on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac and other platforms, including online at tv.apple.com with a seven-day free trial.

The service’s upcoming slate of programming includes projects by the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Octavia Spencer, J.J. Abrams, Jason Momoa, M. Night Shyamalan, Jon M. Chu and more. Read on for a complete list of everything hitting the platform on November 1, as well as upcoming fall releases.

The Morning Show Starring Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Steve Carell, this hour-long drama explores the world of morning news and the ego, ambition and power dynamics behind the people who help America wake up in the morning. The series sees Aniston and Witherspoon figuring their way forward in a post-#MeToo landscape, after Carell is fired for sexual misconduct. Taking inspiration from real-life morning show hosts and scandals, the show “highlight[s] aspects of the archetype of a charming narcissist, of a generation of men that didn’t think that was bad behaviour,” Aniston tells Variety.

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See Written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and directed by The Hunger Games’ Francis Lawrence, this epic drama sets Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard in a dystopian world 600 years in the future. When Momoa took the stage at Apple Park to announce the show this past March, he invited the audience to participate in a simple exercise: to close their eyes. “Try to think about the world this way,” he instructed, as ambient forest noises were projected through the theatre, “heard, touched, smelled, sensed—but without sight.” That, in a nutshell, is the premise of the show: after a virus has decimated humankind and rendered the remaining population blind, survivors must adapt and find new ways to navigate the post-apocalyptic world.

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Dickinson This dark comedy “explores the constraints of society, gender and family through the lens of rebellious young poet, Emily Dickinson.” The coming-of-age story set in the mid-1800s stars Hailee Steinfeld as the titular character and Jane Krakowski as her mother, as well as recurring roles played by Wiz Khalifa, John Mulaney and Matt Lauria.

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For All Mankind This series imagines a world in which the United States loses the Space Race, presenting an alternate timeline in which the USSR is the first country to make it to the moon, leaving NASA devastated. According to Variety, “that single twist unspools a complicated alternate history of U.S. astronauts and politicians alike scrambling to keep up as the Soviet Union laps them on space exploration.”

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Helpsters From the makers of Sesame Street, this new children’s series stars Cody and his team of Helpsters—vibrant monsters who love to solve problems. “Whether it’s planning a party, climbing a mountain, or mastering a magic trick, the Helpsters can figure anything out,” reads the show description.

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Snoopy in Space This series sees Snoopy pursuing his dreams to become an astronaut. Together with Charlie Brown and the Peanuts crew, Snoopy takes command of the International Space Station and jets off to explore the final frontier.

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Ghostwriter A reboot of the ’90s children’s program, this series follows four kids as they are brought together by a mysterious ghost in their neighbourhood bookstore who is releasing fictional characters from works of literature into the real world. According to TV Line, “each episode will focus on a particular literary work, and feature classics and new works commissioned from authors like DJ Machale and Kwame Alexander.”

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The Elephant Queen This wildlife documentary’s filmmakers—Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone—have spent 25 years living in the East African bush, making them the perfect directors for a film that serves as a “cinematic love letter” to a species in danger of extinction. Narrated by Oscar-nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, the documentary follows an elephant matriarch named Athena as she leads her herd across grasslands and woodlands in search of water.

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There will also be a lot of TBD Oprah Winfrey content. Along with two documentary projects, one about mental health and one about workplace harassment, Winfrey has announced the launch of “the most stimulating book club on the planet.”

More Apple TV+ originals being added to the app later this fall include:

Servant M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning over the loss of a child. “Their only way to cope is through what Shyamalan called a form of “fringe therapy”: pretending their baby is still alive by replacing her with a doll,” reports IndieWire. The eerie trouble begins when the couple decides to hire a young nanny to take care of their pretend child. The series stars Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free and Rupert Grint.

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Truth Be Told Starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and Emmy winner Aaron Paul, this insightful drama explores America’s obsession with true crime podcasts. Spencer plays a podcaster compelled to revisit the murder case that made her a media sensation, while Paul plays the man she helped put behind bars. The series also stars Lizzy Caplan and Mekhi Pfifer.

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Little America Written by Oscar-nominated screenwriters (and real-life couple) Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon, this anthology series is based on the real-life stories of immigrants in America that were featured in Epic Magazine. “It’s not about telling immigrant stories. These are human stories that feature immigrants,” Nanjiani said at Apple Park in March. “When you get to know someone and start to see your struggles in their struggles, your passion in theirs, your problems in theirs, they stop being the ‘other.’”

The Banker Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson star as two African American entrepreneurs who try to circumvent the racial limitations of the Jim Crow era by devising a risky plan to provide housing loans to the African American community in a town in Texas. The film also stars Nicholas Hoult and Nia Long, and will premiere at the AFI Fest next month.

Hala After its Sundance premiere and subsequent screening at TIFF this year, this film by Minhal Baig—who has worked on acclaimed TV series like Bojack Horseman and Ramy—was picked up by Apple for wider distribution. It tells the story of a Pakistani-American teenager grappling with her sexuality, faith and Muslim upbringing as she gets ready to graduate from high school.

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L’attore Vinicio Marchioni al TEDxSalerno 2019

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L’attore Vinicio Marchioni al TEDxSalerno 2019

L’attore Vinicio Marchioni al TEDxSalerno 2019

Il TEDxSalerno torna più prorompente che mai per l’edizione 2019 e giura di essere ancora più esplosivo dello scorso anno grazie a una nuova location, nuovi speaker e soprattutto nuove visioni.

Organizzato da Wires, associazione artistico culturale che promuove eventi dedicati all’aggregazione culturale giovanile e all’innovazione tecnologica, il TEDx salernitano vanta il patrocinio del Comune di Salerno e sarà di scena presso la nuova Sala Pier Paolo Pasolini (via Lungomare Trieste, Salerno) a partire dalle ore 15.00 sabato 12 ottobre.

Svelato il nome dello speaker misterioso di questa seconda edizione: Vinicio Marchioni, uno dei più celebri e talentuosi protagonisti del cinema italiano che vanta una carriera fortunata iniziata a teatro al fianco del Maestro Luca Ronconi. La notorietà di Vinicio arriva grazie alla celebre interpretazione de “Il Freddo” nella serie tv cult “Romanzo Criminale” di Stefano Sollima che gli è valso il Premio come miglior attore al Roma Fiction Fest. Nel suo ricco palmarès, anche il Premio Controcampo, con una menzione speciale per la prova d’attore, alla 67° Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia e una candidatura come miglior attore protagonista ai David di Donatello grazie al film autobiografico “Venti sigarette a Nassiriya” di Aureliano Amadei.

Il fenomeno di storytelling di “ideas worth spreading” (“idee che val la pena diffondere”) in versione salernitana è quindi pronto nuovamente a coinvolgere la cittadinanza attraverso incontri con persone che “ce l’hanno fatta”: giovani e adulti che si sono affermati nel mondo del lavoro grazie a progetti innovativi e che hanno attirato l’attenzione dei media per le loro idee geniali capaci di apportare cambiamenti significativi alle loro società, proprio come spiega il co-Organizer & Curator dell’evento, Fabrizio Mancuso:

«La nostra comunità è affamata di contenuti innovativi e idee di valore per questo motivo, il nostro obiettivo primario è quello di scegliere con estrema premura speaker di alta qualità che riescano a raccontare le loro idee che si sono dimostrate vincenti. Il TEDx è anche un’occasione per far conoscere la splendida città di Salerno e arricchirla con un evento di caratura internazionale capace di creare sinergie vincenti che, in un modo o nell’altro, riescono a valorizzare anche il nostro territorio e non solo le nostre menti».

Technology Entertainment Design (TED) è ormai sinonimo di innovazione e rappresenta quanto le idee di qualità riescano a muovere le masse verso la conoscenza, per questo motivo, dopo il tema delle “Onde”, quest’anno sarà affrontato quello delle “Anomalie”, argomento di grande attualità capace di muovere le masse verso la conoscenza e che cercherà di fare chiarezza sull’importanza della singolarità del modo di pensare e di vivere del genere umano.

«Crediamo che sia giusto fare luce sulle irregolarità e difformità presenti nella società in cui viviamo e che spesso ci coinvolgono rendendoci atipici. Accorgersi, infatti, di essere un’anomalia del sistema è davvero importante, perché spesso si celano delle notevoli opportunità. L’obiettivo nostro e degli speaker invitati, è proprio quello di riscoprire l’unicità e la singolarità presente in ognuno di noi e su come viverla all’interno del contesto culturale in cui viviamo senza omologarci mai». Ha spiegato Francesco Pannullo, Licensee & co-Organizer del TEDxSalerno.

Il cuore pulsante che anima il TED è il fermento delle idee e dei pensieri che si concretizzano e offrono un futuro lavorativo a tanti giovani. Il format, che ogni anno si tiene in migliaia città del mondo, mette infatti a disposizione le idee di valore di uomini e donne che si sono distinti professionalmente, umanamente e artisticamente.

Invero, per questa seconda edizione salernitana, i progetti che sfileranno saranno variegati ma soprattutto interessanti.

Nello specifico, il tema “Anomalie” sarà sviluppato attraverso le storie, non solo di Vinicio Marchioni, ma anche degli altri 7 relatori provenienti dai settori più diversi – dalla tecnologia alla medicina, dalle arti visive alla sostenibilità ambientale – che coinvolgeranno il pubblico parlando secondo il format previsto dal TEDx, il quale prevede che i vari speechs debbano durare non più di 18 minuti:

·Roberto Ascione, CEO & Founder di Healthware International, gruppo di consulenza integrato di nuova generazione che offre alle grandi aziende e alle start-up dei settori di life sciences e insurance un insieme unico di servizi e competenze in consulenza strategica, comunicazione, tecnologia e innovazione per guidare la trasformazione digitale della salute;

·Enzo Lauria, architetto, maestro d’arte e docente in modellazione e animazione 3D, collabora con diverse testate italiane tra cui Tiramolla, Prezzemolo, Topo Gigio e Topolino;

·Riccardo Schirinzi aka Charlie Davoli, fotografo e instagramer italiano, ha collaborato con il Museo nazionale di Capodimonte e durante il Festival di Fotografia Europea 2018 di Reggio Emilia si è tenuta la sua personale “Retrospettive del Domani”;

·Roberto Pontecorvo, ideatore di “Praiano NaturArte”, progetto che mira a contribuire alla realizzazione di una strategia di sviluppo eco-sostenibile e intelligente;

·Giusy Sica, fondatrice di Re-Generation Y-outh Think tank, network indipendente di donne italiane che cerca di raggiungere l’empowerment politico, sociale, economico e culturale delle giovani donne attraverso la sostenibilità, la rigenerazione culturale, l’innovazione e la formazione continua;

· Chiara Bordi, modella bionica terza classificata alla sessantanovesima edizione di Miss Italia;

· Dino Amenduni, responsabile nuovi media e consulente per la comunicazione politica di Proforma, collabora con la Repubblica, L’Espresso, WIRED e Treccani.

Il TEDxSalerno torna più prorompente che mai per l’edizione 2019 e giura di essere ancora più esplosivo dello scorso anno grazie a una nuova location, nuovi speaker e soprattutto nuove visioni. Organizzato da Wires, associazione artistico culturale che promuove eventi dedicati all’aggregazione…

Marina Illiano

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AMAZON PRIME TV SHOWS MAKES A BETTER CHOICE OF ENTERTAINMENT

Amazon has always kept the best part of recording movies and TV shows. Amazon Prime is the listed solution of Amazon products and a great choice of those users who want to get unlimited videos that come along way since it first started offering TV shows to Prime members which is quite similar to Netflix services. It was first started to make the latest TV shows view by the users. This is very common for today’s viewers that they need entertainment on a regular basis to get their best TV shows on their screen from HBO series to regular ones. Although users always keep their choice for regular updates on daily TV shows as well Amazon Prime is one of the prior choices for them who like to watch something to offer nearly like every TV fan. With additional information on the latest TV shows, Amazon Prime is the best choice that makes ever choice of the users. It has the ultimate quality and excellent series preferred by the viewers to choose them on their choice.

When you are choosing the Prime TV shows for your collections of series, it makes more than the great that keeps you all day long and have good television to set your choice of shows. However, there is an extensive list of TV shows that usually select to watch on a daily basis. But Amazon Prime is the ever choice for movies and TV shows. There are ample of TV shows that available on Amazon Prime TV shows icon. But it keeps the best finding solutions that users get through its click.

List of Best Amazon Prime TV Shows

The more streaming collection of TV shows in Prime videos available that recommend as the best series for the viewers. Either it’s related to comedy, drama, thriller, children programming, or more related shows. Some of these are explained as under:

10. Fleabag

Cast: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Bill Patterson, Brett Gelman

Description of series: The British comedian drama set and played in London with a television series. The TV show produced by Two Brothers Pictures for digital channels BBC Three in a co-production agreement that set with Amazon Studios. In this series, one-woman play the same name which won the Fringe First Award.

Summary of the series: In this story, a woman narrates her life and giving knowing glances to the camera and admonishes that based on the situation. Fleabag is a story based on a charming and openly confessional about sex, grief, and loneliness that makes with a masked of extremely clever.

Click here to Watch Fleabag on Amazon Prime Now

9. Parks and Recreation

Cast: Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Retta, Rashida Jones, Aubrey Plaza, Jim O’Heir, Aziz Ansari, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, and Paul Schneider

Description of series: The greatest comedy shows ever watched by the viewers. As the story was designed by local government stars Amy Poehler is the bright and ambitious director of the Parks and Recreation Department in a fictional Indiana town. The whole series was designed to evolve into a smart but never preachy political satire. It has maintained the character as the deep compassion and major twists that keep the continuity of the series with a brilliant show of comedy ever.

Summary of the series: The comedian Prime TV show created and cast on entertainment basis by the director. As the shows go on Schur and writer prove that directed with a major twist on the show and end it up with a brilliant series of a fresh and new story as a comedian.

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8. Six Feet Under

Cast: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Rachel Griffiths

Description of series: The Prime TV show Six Feet Under is one the best-listed drama season which serves as the process of grief and explained how death affects our lives through the whole five incredible seasons. Where the whole season is full of gallows humor, surrealism, and complicated family drama and each episode started with a death. It has also explored the life with the Fisher family who has a family and home in Los Angeles. As it is also a dark comedy series that deals with death frankly, an emotional repercussion that lasts long after the person is gone.

Summary of the series: The best-known comedy based show that coming into terms with his family and his family and also overriding his fear and also explores by describing all deals with loss and truths of how it defines our lives of emotional with some funny moments and extraordinary visuals. The overall completion of a story with 63 episodes and many visual characters played and liked by comedy lovers.

Click here to Watch Six Feet Under on Amazon Prime Now

7. Twin Peaks

Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer,Warren Frost, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Peggy Lipton,MädchenAmick, and Ray Wise.

Short Description: The two-seasoned drama on Amazon Prime which creates a wonderful the thing with the covering of Twin Peaks with a story based on an investigation into the murder of a young girl named Laura Palmer in the sleepy mountain town names as Twin Peaks. It is the series explained FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper which is called into investigating which comes by poking around the town at last into the girl’s death.

Summary of the series: The series based on while an investigation into Palmer’s death provides the storytelling backbone Twin Peaks which has unique character drama between the self we present to the world and our true nature. The whole series has created with the number of 3 seasons. Each season has lovingly chosen to watch by the viewers.

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Cast: Kelsey Grammar, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, David Hyde Pierce,Peri Gilpin, Moose

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Cast: John Krasinski, Abbie Cornish, and Wendell Pierce

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Cast: Julia Roberts, Stephan James, Bobby Cannavale, Shea Whigham, Alex Karpovsky, and Sissy Spacek

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Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Debicki, Tom Hollander

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Cast: Rachel Brosnahan, Michael Zegen, Alex Borstein, Tony Shalhoub, Marin Hinkle

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Daddy Dan Lauria…..

Chapter Two: A Fantasy Come True

Featuring Dan Lauria

My name is Simon White and this is my encounter with a celebrity. It was mid June of 2019 in Green Bay Wisconsin and I had just finished a business meeting early. I had a day to spare before my flight back home, so decided to check out the sites. I decide to check out the Door Kinetic Arts Festival when I found out Dan Lauria would be there during the DKAF Donor Event, where he will perform scenes and monologues from the Broadway play “Lombardi.” I’ve had a thing for Lauria since his role as Jack Arnold in the television show “The Wonder Years,” so I thought what the hell.

After the play, I spent rest of the afternoon experiencing the festival when I saw Dan again, walking around by himself. I didn’t see his agent or a crowd around him, so decided to make a bold move and walk up to him. He looked  at me, nodded, and I introduced myself as a fan. I found out that his agent had left and he was just relaxing, trying to recover from the hectic day. Still feeling bold, I told him that I had always been interested in him sexually and had many fantasies about him; that I had masturbated many times, across the years, thinking about him and imagining how he looked nude; that I had always been very eager—and I still was– to see him “down there.”

He was surprisingly receptive. Well, one thing led to another, and our conversation turned into how I would satisfy him if I got him into my bed. It didn’t take long before we both went back to his hotel room. I made the first move, leaning in to kiss him which was something I’d wanted to do for so long. Quickly, he started unbuttoning my shirt, unzipping my pants, and basically tearing my clothes off as he moved his tongue around inside my mouth. I told him to slow down and then ask if he could make this memorable for me.

"What do you have in mind?” He asked with big smile on his face.

“Why don’t you take your clothes off.” I asked as he stood there looking dumb fuddled.

“You know, like a striptease.” I added.

“Yea … I understand.” He said but still hesitated.

“Come on Dan. Don’t be shy with me. I’ve been wanting to see you naked ever since The Wonder Years.”

Dan would later confess to me that he had never done something so exotic before and was a little embarrassed by his body. But the eager looked on my face gave him courage.

“Well if you want to see a fat, old man with bad knees naked, then here goes.” He finally said as he took his suit coat of and then undid his tie.

I moved over to the bed and took a seat as I watched him started doing a striptease in front of me. Even though there was no actual music playing, I had stripper music going on in my head as he slowly unbuttoned his shirt. As it came off, I saw that, though not quite as hairy as some of the “bears” I liked to see, there was plenty of body hair on Dan to enjoy. It continued down a slight paunch stopping at his belt line which he was now unbuckling. I watched in growing excitement as he pulled down his beige slacks and exposed his white jockey shorts that were tented out.

I was mesmerized by his crotch as he moved his hand down to his crotch and gave himself a squeeze. This may have been Dan's first time doing a strip tease, but he sure knew how to get mt dick hard. Then he began to pull his shorts down inch by inch until his pubic hair came into view. Dan's eyes never left mine and as I looked up at him my entire body shuddered as he yanked his waistband down briskly. He smiled to my reaction to his fully engorged manhood springing upward and bouncing like a diving board. It was about 7" inches thick, resting on top of a set of huge bull sized balls.

After kicking aside his underwear, he lowered his hand back onto his cock, stroking the full length as his loose hanging balls moved back and forth. He grinned as he told me, “It’s all yours if you want.”

If I had been working my cock at all, I would have nutted right then.

“You’re beautiful.” I finally said as he continued stroking his thick dick.

“And you are totally blind.” Dan said.

“You are beautiful!” I said as I dropped to my knees, grabbed his cock and closed my mouth around it, making him moan with intensity.

“That feels wonderful!” He cried out as my warm, wet tongue began to massage his fat dick as I held his entire dick in my mouth.

Jut then he grabbed the sides of my head and began fucking my face. I could feel every vein of that old cock as it went in and out of my mouth. I could smell the mustiness of his cock as my nose brushed against the full mound of  pubic hair. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the smell of Dan’s crotch and the wet sounds of my lips sucking his erect shaft. The sensation of that cock sliding almost out of my mouth then, back in till it touched the back of my throat was incredible.

“So…gooood…” Dan moaned as his hips sped up. I could hear him panting as he kneaded my hair and I felt the head of his wonderful cock swell just before he tightened his grip.

“Can't cum yet. I’ve got to fuck you!” The actor said suddenly pushing my mouth away from his cock.

“Turn around!” He ordered in a loud manly voice of his that I found myself compelled to obey.

“Now bend over and let me see that ass.” He added.

I quickly did as Dan ordered and suddenly felt his wonderful, warm, wet tongue flicking against my asshole. GOD! It felt wonderful. But he didn’t stop with just licking my asshole as suddenly I felt his fat tongue wiggling its way inside my asshole. The sudden rush of pleasure caused by Dan’s tongue as it entered me almost made me cum. Suddenly I was hunching his tongue involuntarily and in response, Dan just drove his thick tongue even deeper inside my hole. Then he started turning and twisting it causing me to almost lose my mind. A few minutes later, I felt the head of his thick cock along my crack and especially my saliva dripping hole.

“Oh shit!” I cried out as he entered me causing me to pull my ass away from him.

“Keep that ass still.” Dan said as he held me in place.

Then he forced inch after fat inch of dick inside of me until I had the entire 7" inches in me. I was in heaven having my hole stretch by a hard cock, feeling his heart beat inside me though his pulsing manhood. He gripped my hips firmly and began to slowly pulled out till the head almost slipped out then thrust it smoothly back in as each entry into me made me catch my breath.

“That’s right. Take my cock.” He said as he plunged his fat cock deep into me.

His rhythm began to pick up speed as he grunted with pleasure. I gasped out loud with each thrust into me as his grip tightened.

“You like that huh?”

“Yes.”

“Tell me how bad you want my cock in your ass! Beg me!”

“I love it, I need it. I need it SO bad. Fuck my ass, own it!” I said as I was pushing back against his thrusts enjoying the sound of skin slapping together and that hard dick pounding my ass.

By now, Dan was fucking me so hard and fast that I calloused on the bed. He followed me down driving his huge cock ever further inside of me. I could feel his hot breathe on the back of my neck and I wanted desperately to turn my head and kiss him. So I reached around and grabbed his head and pulled it toward my as I turn it to the side. He lowered his weight on to me and kissed me deeply forcing my mouth open. Locked in that kiss with him slamming his whole body against and in me I moaned into his mouth with each thrust.  

“Take my cock! Take it all!” Dan called out as he pushed his dick as far up my hole as it would go and held it there.

“You like it? You like my cock up your ass?” Dan asked.

“Yes.” I moaned.

“I know you do!” He called out as he started pounding my ass harder with his thick dick.

I lost all track of time as I didn’t know how long we fucked like that. Kissing and panting, grunting and sweating, but suddenly Dan finally pulled his dick out of me and rolled me over. Then he got up on my chest and ordered me to open my mouth as he squeezed his shaft firing a stream of cum that landed in my mouth. Another stream quickly followed, hitting me across my face as he kept jerking and having cum spilling out of his cock. His his cum was like honey to me and I wanted it all. I opened my mouth as he stuck his head in for me to polish off.

After a minute or two, I reached down to masturbate, but Dan brushed my hand from my dick, slipped down between my legs and took my fat dick into his mouth. He devoured my cock, sucking it like it was his last meal. Dan had me so hot that I immediately shot off into his mouth. He swallowed my load, then used his tongue and mouth to suck out the last few drops.

“That was wonderful.” Dan told me as he lay beside me.

“Sex with you was better than I have ever fantasized it would be over all these years. Thanks.” I said.

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SHAFT – Official Trailer [HD]

More Shaft than you can handle. Only in theaters June 14!

New Line Cinema’s action comedy “Shaft” is the next chapter in the film franchise featuring the coolest private eye on any New York City block.

Tim Story (the “Ride Along” and “Think Like a Man” franchises) directs this all-new take on a legend, starring Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson (“Pulp Fiction,” “Kong: Skull Island”), Jessie T. Usher (TV’s “Survivor’s Remorse,” “Almost Christmas”), Regina Hall (“Girls Trip,” “Barbershop: The Next Cut”), Alexandra Shipp (“Straight Outta Compton,” “X-Men: Apocalypse”), Matt Lauria (TV’s “Kingdom,” “Friday Night Lights”), Titus Welliver (“Argo,” TV’s “Bosch”), Cliff “Method Man” Smith (“Keanu,” “Train Wreck”), and Richard Roundtree, the original John Shaft.

JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather duster, there’s no denying family. Besides, Shaft’s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that’s professional and personal.

The film is produced by John Davis (“Game Night,” “Joy”) under his Davis Entertainment banner.

“Shaft” is written by Kenya Barris (“Girls Trip,” TV’s “Black-ish”) & Alex Barnow (TV’s “The Goldbergs”), based upon the character John Shaft from the novel by Ernest Tidyman. Serving as executive producers are Tim Story, Ira Napoliello, Kenya Barris, Marc S. Fischer, Richard Brener and Josh Mack.

Story’s behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Larry Blanford (“Ride Along,” “Tag”), production designer Wynn Thomas (“Hidden Figures”), editor Peter S. Elliot (“Ride Along 2”), and costume designer Olivia Miles (“Ride Along 2”). The music is by Christopher Lennertz (“Nobody’s Fool,” “Pitch Perfect 3”), and Dave Jorden served as music supervisor.

New Line Cinema presents a Davis Entertainment Production, a Tim Story Film, “Shaft” is set for release on June 14, 2019. It will be distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures, and internationally by Netflix.

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More Shaft than you can handle. Only in theaters June 14! - http://bit.ly/2tbZhku http://twitter.com/ShaftMovie http://bit.ly/2UNuuX0 http://ShaftMovie.com - SHAFT New Line Cinema’s action comedy “Shaft” is the next chapter in the film franchise featuring the coolest private eye on any New York City block. Tim Story (the “Ride Along” and “Think Like a Man” franchises) directs this all-new take on a legend, starring Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson (“Pulp Fiction,” “Kong: Skull Island”), Jessie T. Usher (TV’s “Survivor’s Remorse,” “Almost Christmas”), Regina Hall (“Girls Trip,” “Barbershop: The Next Cut”), Alexandra Shipp (“Straight Outta Compton,” “X-Men: Apocalypse”), Matt Lauria (TV’s “Kingdom,” “Friday Night Lights”), Titus Welliver (“Argo,” TV’s “Bosch”), Cliff “Method Man” Smith (“Keanu,” “Train Wreck”), and Richard Roundtree, the original John Shaft. JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather duster, there’s no denying family. Besides, Shaft’s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that’s professional and personal. The film is produced by John Davis (“Game Night,” “Joy”) under his Davis Entertainment banner. “Shaft” is written by Kenya Barris (“Girls Trip,” TV’s “Black-ish”) & Alex Barnow (TV’s “The Goldbergs”), based upon the character John Shaft from the novel by Ernest Tidyman. Serving as executive producers are Tim Story, Ira Napoliello, Kenya Barris, Marc S. Fischer, Richard Brener and Josh Mack. Story’s behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Larry Blanford (“Ride Along,” “Tag”), production designer Wynn Thomas (“Hidden Figures”), editor Peter S. Elliot (“Ride Along 2”), and costume designer Olivia Miles (“Ride Along 2”). The music is by Christopher Lennertz (“Nobody’s Fool,” “Pitch Perfect 3”), and Dave Jorden served as music supervisor. New Line Cinema presents a Davis Entertainment Production, a Tim Story Film, “Shaft” is set for release on June 14, 2019. It will be distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures, and internationally by Netflix.SHAFT – Official Trailer [HD] https://youtu.be/lD41XdWcmbY

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HOW ACTING LED ME TO THE WRITE ROAD

During my two-year attempt at acting, I had the pleasure of meeting actor Dan Lauria. He was a guest speaker at an actor’s workshop held by my agent at the time in Colorado.

  If you are not familiar with him, he was the dad on the family show The Wonder Years, and I loved him in it. A while back, I got to see him in a 1988 movie called David.  He played the role of a disturbed father which was a huge difference compared to his role as the grumpy and caring dad on the show. After the movie was over, I realized how frustrated I’d become watching him play this character. It had distorted my view of the guy I looked forward to seeing each week.

  Once I’d gotten over that the movie was based on a true story, I told myself that Dan Lauria was doing his job as an actor. He’d honed his craft. That was one of the moments that helped me decide that acting wasn’t for me. I wanted to be behind the camera and write. The similarities in each artist’s performance, whether it is on screen or paper, are meant to touch an audience. But to make any of it real, I had to do what Dan did—make my writing a priority.

  Fast forward to today. As I look back and reflect, it has been a long, long road. Going to conferences and treating my writing like a business on an author budget was tough. Except my desire to be a writer was stronger than my addiction to avocados. With all of the ups and downs, the easiest thing for me would have been to give quit. But that’s the one thing I refused to do. When my books weren’t selling, I kept writing. When the rejection letters poured in, I kept writing. When I reached the point of exhaustion, I took a nap and started a new chapter.

  I’ll never forget what my writing mentor told me. She said, “Keep your head low and just write.” And that’s what I’m doing.

Shadowed Seats

Oliana Mercer Series Book 1

by Marguerite Ashton

Genre: YA Mystery

Oliana knows that every family has a secret, but she never expected hers to come from the grave.

High school senior Oliana Mercer dreams of attending the prestigious Reyersen Drama Academy and pursue her acting career. But when tragedy strikes, Oliana discovers secrets hidden from her by her adopted parents, dimming the lights on her perfect world.

As the sins of the past surface, Oliana finds herself caught up in a tug-of-war between two families while the love for her boyfriend is tested.

Determined to find some form of happiness in life, Oliana becomes student director in the high school’s senior play. When her best friend, Devin Worthy, dies during dress rehearsal, Oliana is re-cast as the lead.

Everyone thinks the death was a suicide, except Oliana, whose search for clues may be enough motive for the killer to murder again.

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Staged

Oliana Mercer Series Book 2

It’s been two weeks since Oliana Mercer learned a horrible family secret and witnessed the death of her best friend. Two weeks of heartache, secrets, and lies. While Oliana wants to move on, graduation day is a turning point for her, but for the worse.

Austin wants Oliana to stay and not attend Reyersen Drama Academy, a relative from the past wants her forgiveness, the custody battle for her little brother moves forward…and then there’s James whose recent drug habit landed him in trouble. Now he’s missing. After a charred body, believed to be James is found in a dumpster behind the high school, Oliana receives a text from James’ phone.

When Oliana turns to the police for help, she is pulled into a conflict that makes her question whether to obey the law while fighting with the family who abandoned her.

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Cold Read

Oliana Mercer Series Book 3

Settling into campus life at the posh Reyersen Academy acting school, Oliana Mercer prepares for an audition for a lead part in a play called Cold. She soon discovers that her new roommate is not only vying for the same role, but is seeing Austin – Oliana’s ex-boyfriend. She does all she can to avoid Austin until he is found murdered at a party. With hardly any clues, she starts snooping around and descends into Reyersen’s forbidden East Wing, which mirrors the set for the upcoming play.

As Oliana learns more about the school’s past, she begins to suspect people around her might be involved and becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened. When another body is discovered, Oliana finds out that acting will be her best chance for survival.

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Burned Bridges

Prequel to the Oliana Mercer Series

Newly sober and dating the man of her dreams, Traci Collins is ready to enjoy the good life, until her new best friend, Olivia Durning, confides a dreadful secret far worse than Traci could imagine.

Sealed by a shared bond, and unaware there is more to the secret than what she was told, Collins feels honor-bound to protect her friend when a confrontation between Olivia and her childhood tormentor turns deadly.

A mysterious text forces Traci to question Olivia’s actions and re-examine her loyalties. When the answers to Traci’s questions endanger a life she treasures more than her own, she must decide if friendship has a limit. For a bridge once burnt severs ties forever…

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When Marguerite Ashton was in her twenties, she took up acting but realized she preferred to work behind the camera, writing crime fiction. A few years later, she married an IT Geek and settled down with her role as wife, mom, and writer. Five kids later, she founded the Crime Writer’s Panel and began working with former law enforcement investigators to create; Criminal Lines Blog, an online library for crime writers who need help with their book research.

She’s a workaholic who hides in her writer’s attic, plotting out her next book and stalking Pinterest for the next avocado recipe.

A member of Sisters in Crime, Marguerite grew up in Colorado, but is now happily living in Wisconsin and playing as much golf as possible. She can be found on Twitter and Facebook.

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In an April marked by angry eclipses portending unexpected change, the ancient, long-debunked practice of astrology and its preeminent ambassador might be weirdly suited for the 21st century. Read it at BuzzFeed.

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A beautifully written and beautifully presented story by John Jeremiah Sullivan about about searching for two mysterious women who changed American music and then vanished without a trace. Read it at the New York Times.

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Katty Kay and Claire Shipman discuss the confidence gap that exists between men and women, about which they’ve written a book: “Compared with men, women don’t consider themselves as ready for promotions, they predict they’ll do worse on tests, and they generally underestimate their abilities. This disparity stems from factors ranging from upbringing to biology.” Read it at The Atlantic.

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An lengthy but outstanding piece by Eric Harvey examining the past, present and future of streaming music. He explores how the rise of sites like Spotify and Pandora are affecting the ideas of taste, access and ownership, and listeners and artists alike. Read it at Pitchfork.

5. A Star Player Accused, and a Flawed Rape Investigation — New York Times

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A must-read piece by Walt Bogdanich about the Florida State University freshman who was allegedly raped by Jameis Winston, the eventual Heisman Trophy winner — and the flawed investigation that followed. Read it at the New York Times.

6. Escape from Cuba: Yasiel Puig’s Untold Journey to the Dodgers — Los Angeles Magazine

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Baseball fans have seen the talents of Yasiel Puig, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ right fielder who crushed 19 homers and nearly won the Rookie of the Year award in 2013. What they haven’t heard is the story of his journey to the States — one that involves a boxer, a pinup girl, a Santeria priest, and a dangerous Mexican drug cartel. And a whole lot of money. Read it at Los Angeles Magazine.

7. Why Royal Caribbean’s Newest Ship Represents A Critical Test For The Cruise Industry — BuzzFeed

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Quantum of the Seas sets sail in November and could mark the beginning of boom times for the industry, Peter Lauria writes, or it could forever doom it. Read it at BuzzFeed.

8. It’s Adventure Time — The Awl

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Maria Bustillos on the kids (is it for kids?) show: “Adventure Time is a smash hit cartoon aimed primarily at kids age six to eleven. It’s also a deeply serious work of moral philosophy, a rip-roaring comic masterpiece, and a meditation on gender politics and love in the modern world.” Read it at The Awl.

9. Gabriel García Márquez, The Art of Fiction No. 69 — The Paris Review

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A 1981 interview with the Colombian writer, who died this week at age 87. “It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there’s not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.” Read it at The Paris Review.

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