#lewis a lo armistead

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Gettysburg (1993) as Vines because this fandom has NONE, not anymore now though!!! so enjoy

Most of them have Pickett, Tom, and Longstreet in them?? I wanted to have more characters in there but the majority of Vines I could think of fit those three (Uncle Longstreet trope is strong in this comp). Not enough Buford, Reynolds, Hancock, and Lofield Hanistead in this one imo but I'm bound to make another one at some point so :D

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I just watched Gettysburg (1993) I forgot what a good movie this is.

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The Ghosts of Devil’s Den and Little Round Top

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was the site for the biggest and bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The war had dragged on for two long years when the Union (North) and Confederate (South) soldiers met by accident at Gettysburg in July of 1863.

At the end of this three-day battle, 53,000 Americans were dead. It was the battle that “broke the Confederates back” for they lost at Gettysburg and for the next two years till the war ended they were on the defense.

On July 2nd the second day of the battle the Confederates launched a joint attack on Little Round Top and the Devil’s Den in an attempt to secure the high ground for their troops.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a college professor in Maine when the Civil War started. He volunteered to fight for the Union. As Confederate troops from the 15th Alabama Infantry charged up the Little Round Top hill led by William C. Oates, it was Colonel Chamberlain and his men from the 20th Maine who were assigned to defend its southern slopes.

Chamberlain knew that since his troops were at the end of the Union’s left flank that they needed, at any cost to strategically prevent the Confederates from taking the hill.

Time and time again the Confederates struck. With many causalities and hardly any ammunition left Colonel Chamberlain, knowing the Rebs were tired ordered his men to do a bayonet charge. They charged down the hill, most without bullets—this strategy worked for the Confederates started to retreat. Chamberlain’s men captured 101 Confederate soldiers, again without bullets, and successfully defended the hill.

Chamberlain’s gallant effort raised him to the rank of Major General by the end of the war and he was awarded the Medal of Honor. After the war he served as the governor of Maine for four terms and as president of Bowdoin College.

At the same time just south of Little Round Top, the Confederates First Corps under the command of Major General John Bell Hood, made up of men from the Texas Brigade and the 3rd Alabama, were charging the Union Armies left flank through very rocky terrain, near a central outcropping of massive boulders known as Devil’s Den.

The Union lll Corps– a division of the Union Army of the Potomac made up of Northeastern Virginians—defended the Devil’s Den. Their commander was Major General David B. Birney. The Confederates placed a sharpshooter hidden between the boulders at Devil’s Den. This strategy has become a legend among snipers. This one soldier was able to harass the Union artillery battery, preventing them from firing. He also was able to shoot many Union soldiers as they passed through the Den all the while staying undetected. *

When Birney’s division was demolished, the Union army was finally able to find this snipers location by using field glasses and mirrors which allowed them to spot the smoke coming from the sharpshooters’ discharging rifle, they then shot a percussion shell killing him.

Hood was injured early in the fight and had to withdraw, Brigadier General Evander M. Law assumed command, this caused confusion, which ultimately changed the outcome of the battle. The Union Army stood their ground.

The next day during the “Battle of Gettysburg” the Confederates under the command of General Robert E. Lee made a fatal error in sending 12,500 troops across open ground against the center of the Union line at Cemetery Ridge. The Union’s rifle and artillery fire repulsed this attack resulting in horrendous losses for the Confederate Army forcing Lee to retreat back to Virginia.

The ghosts of many of these soldiers still linger at Gettysburg—the area around Devil’s Den is one of the most active locations. Many explanations have been put forth as to why these soldiers are still present. This three-day battle and the human loss that resulted on both sides is more than just a tragic death toll.

The Civil War literally caused brother to fight against brother. At Gettysburg many of the officers on the Union side knew the officers on the Confederate side–they had attended West Point together or had served together before the south seceded from the union. Many officers knew enlisted men from the opposing sides—because these soldiers had served under their commands before the outbreak of the Civil War.

A compelling example of this is Captain Lewis “Lo” Armistead a confederate officer  who was mortally wounded while leading his brigade towards the center of the Union line in Pickett’s Charge toward Cemetery Hill. Armistead was shot three times just after crossing a wall. When he went down he gave the Masonic sign asking for assistance. A fellow Mason, Captain Henry H. Bingham, a Union officer—after the war he became a very influential Congressman—offered Armistead help.

Bingham informed Armistead that an old friend of his—Winfred Scott Hancock who had served as Armistead’s quartermaster before the war in Los Angeles, California –had been commanding this part of the Union defensive line, but that Hancock too, had just been wounded. Armistead died two days later at a Union field hospital.

The ghosts at Devin’s Den want to be treated with respect. When people try to take pictures the batteries in their digital cameras and camcorders often drain. Are these soldiers so burdened they can not leave Gettysburg? The reason for their presence is unknown but it should be obvious that they deserve to be left in peace.

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He Died for his Country: Lewis A. Armistead

           On July 3, 1863, Confederate General Lewis A. Armistead stared at the mass of Union troops concentrated on a ridge approximately one mile from his position. He was to be part of a contingent of 15,000 men known as Pickett’s Charge that would storm across the field with the hope of breaking the center of the Union lines. As fate would have it, Armistead faced his very best friend as General Winfield Scott Hancock’s men waited for the Confederate onslaught. After a vicious Confederate artillery bombardment, Armistead and his men stepped into the open plain with battle flags waving in the breeze. His speech to his men inspired them to march into the face of death. General Armistead would make it to the Union artillery before being shot down. As he was taken from the field to a Union hospital, he asked a soldier to tell General Hancock that he was sorry. Historians have debated the meaning of his statement but cannot dispute that Armistead died for his country on that sultry day on a Pennsylvania field.

           Armistead was born on February 18, 1817 in New Bern, North Carolina. His father was a General and was able to secure him a position in West Point. He was unable to complete his first year due to sickness and was expelled the second year due to the fact that he smashed a plate over fellow student and future Confederate general Jubal Early. His father’s influence however permitted him to stay at West Point where he graduated and was appointed second lieutenant. In 1844 he was assigned to Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis and met Winfield Scott Hancock. The pair become best friends and would serve together in the Mexican War. Both men would be assigned to Los Angeles, California in April, 1861. After the Confederacy fired upon Fort Sumter, Armistead and Hancock had to tearfully part ways. Armistead’s loyalty to his home state of Virginia would not permit him to stay in the army. The two would not see each other again until a strange twist of fate would pair their armies against each other on July 3, 1863.

            In 1861 Armistead traveled from California to receive a commission as Major. He quickly rose to the rank of Colonel of the 57thVirginia. He fought under the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee and took part in many major battles including Seven Pines, Second Bull Run and Antietam. When Lee faced Hooker at Chancellorsville, Armistead was in Suffolk with General Longstreet and thus missed the spectacular victory that Stonewall Jackson and Lee participated in. Armistead and his men barely made it in time to take part in the Battle of Gettysburg. They arrived on July 2, 1863 under the command of General George Pickett. Thus, on a hot summer day in a Pennsylvania field Armistead found himself face-to-face with his best friend as sworn enemies.

           As Armistead’s men prepared for the charge a Northern soldier commented “"Every eye could see the enemy’s legions, an overwhelming resistless tide of an ocean of armed men sweeping upon us! Regiment after regiment and brigade after brigade move from the woods and rapidly take their places in the line forming the assault. Pickett’s proud division with some additional troops hold their right. The first line at short intervals is followed by a second, and that a third succeeds; and columns between support the lines. More than half a mile their front extends; more than a thousand yards the dull gray masses deploy, man touching man, rank pressing rank and line supporting line. The red flags wave, their horsemen gallop up and down; the arms of eighteen thousand men, barrel and bayonet, gleam in the sun, a sloping forest of flashing steel. Right on they move, as with one soul, in perfect order, without impediment of ditch or wall or stream, over ridge and slope, through orchard and meadow and cornfield, magnificent, grim, irresistible.“

           General Lewis Armistead was last seen leading his men with his hat placed upon the tip of his sword. He was a determined leader and fighter for the Confederacy. His ultimate fate however was to be mortally wounded near the Union artillery leading his men against his very best friend and dying for the new country he swore allegiance to two years prior.

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Guía de series: Estrenos y regresos de junio 2019

Ya llevamos encadenando varios meses en los que se nota la variedad entre las nuevas ficciones, ojalá continúe la racha. Además, teniendo en cuenta que llega el verano y suele ser época de sequía, la gran cantidad de estrenos es algo que agradecer.

¡Feliz junio!

Leyenda:

Verde: series nuevas.

Rojo: series de las que haremos reviews semanales.

Negro: regresos de otras series.

Naranja: miniseries o series documentales.

Amarillo: tv movies, documentales, especiales o pilotos.

Morado: season finales.

Púrpura: midseason finales.

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Calendario de series

1 de junio: Arthdal Chronicles (1T completa) en Netflix

2 de junio: 

American Princess (1T) en Lifetime

Perpetual Grace, LTD (1T) en Epix

Fear The Walking Dead (5T) y NOS4A2 (1T completa) en AMC

Burden of Truth (2T) en The CW

When Calls the Heart (6T finale) en Hallmark

3 de junio: Chernobyl en HBO

4 de junio: 

Jonas Brothers: Chasing Happiness en Amazon

The Last O.G. (2T finale) en TBS

5 de junio: 

The Handmaid's Tale (3T) en Hulu

Black Mirror (5T completa) en Netflix

Grown-ish (2bT) en Freeform

6 de junio: Queen of the South (4T) en USA Network

7 de junio: 

Tales of the City (1T completa), 3% (3T completa), Designated Survivor (3T completa), I Am Mother y Elisa y Marcela en Netflix

Hierro (1T completa) en Movistar+

Warrior (1T finale) en Cinemax

9 de junio: 

Big Little Lies (2T) en HBO

Claws (3T) en TNT

Good Witch (5T) en Hallmark

Billions (4T finale) en Showtime

10 de junio: Gentleman Jack (1T finale) en HBO

11 de junio: 

Pose (2T) en FX

The Bold Type (3T finale) en Freeform

You Me Her (4T finale) en Audience Network

12 de junio: 

Younger (6T) en TV Land 

Queen Sugar (4T) en OWN

Krypton (2T) en Syfy

Wild Bill (1T) en ITV

13 de junio: 

Strange Angel (2T) en CBS All Access

Jinn (1T completa) en Netflix

Baskets (4T) en FX

Siren (2bT) en Freeform

A.P. Bio (series finale) en NBC

14 de junio: 

Jessica Jones (3T y última), Leila (1T completa), Trinkets (1T completa) El caso Alcàsser y Murder Mystery en Netflix

Too Old to Die Young (1T completa) y Absentia (2T completa) en Amazon

Los Espookys (1T) en HBO

Jett (1T) en Cinemax

16 de junio: 

City on a Hill (1T) en Showtime

Euphoria (1T) en HBO

The Chi (2T finale) en Showtime

17 de junio: 

Grand Hotel (1T) en ABC

Raven's Home (3T) en Disney Channel

L.A.'s Finest (1T finale) en Spectrum

18 de junio: 

Good Trouble (2T) en Freeform

Ambitions (1T) en OWN

Drunk History (6T) en Comedy Central

The Detour (4T) en TBS

19 de junio: 

Beats en Netflix

Yellowstone (2T) en Paramount

20 de junio: Reef Break (1T) en ABC

21 de junio: Dark (2T completa) y Mr. Iglesias (1T completa) en Netflix

23 de junio: Vida (2T finale) y The Spanish Princess (1T finale) en Starz

24 de junio: Legion (3T y última) en FX

27 de junio: 

In the Dark (1T finale) en The CW

Deep State (2T finale) en FOX UK

Life in Pieces (series finale) en CBS

28 de junio: Paquita Salas (3T completa), O Escolhido (1T completa) y 7 Seeds en Netflix

30 de junio: 

The Loudest Voice en Showtime

The Rook (1T) en Starz

What Just Happened??! (1T) en FOX

Instinct (2T) en CBS

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Estrenos de series

Arthdal Chronicles (Netflix)

Nos cuenta el nacimiento de una civilización y de sus héroes mitológicos. Eunseom (Song Joong-ki), de apariencia inocente, lucha por proteger a su tribu y no dudará en usar la fuerza contra los atacantes; Tagon (Jang Dong-sun), el carismático y talentoso hijo del líder de la tribu Saenyeok, esconde su ira; Tanya (Kim Ji-won), la sucesora de la matriarca de la tribu Wahan, sabe que su destino es proteger a su pueblo contra otras tribus poderosas; y Taealha (Kim Ok-bin), la dama más bella de Arthdal, anhela el poder. Escrita por Kim Young-hyun y Park Sang-yeon, guionistas de Deep Rooted Tree y Queen Seondeok; y dirigida por Kim Won-seok. Dieciocho episodios. Estreno: 1 de junio

American Princess (Lifetime)

Una joven de buena familia (Georgia Flood, Wentworth) descubre pocas horas antes de su boda que su prometido (Max Ehrich; Under the Dome, Sweet/Vicious) la engaña y acaba en una feria renacentista revaluando su vida. Con ella estarán Lucas Neff (Raising Hope, Downward Dog), Rory O'Malley (Partners, Dreamgirls), Mary Hollis Inboden (Boss, The Real O'Neals), Lesley Ann Warren (Desperate Housewives, In Plain Sight), Seana Kofoed (Electric City), Mimi Gianopulos (Baby Daddy), Tommy Dorfman (13 Reasons Why), Erin Pineda y Helen Madelyn Kim. Creada y escrita por la actriz Jamie Denbo (Weeds, Orange Is the New Black) y producida por Jenji Kohan y Tara Hermann, encargadas de Orange Is the New Black y GLOW. Diez episodios.

Estreno: 2 de junio

Perpetual Grace, LTD (Epix)

Un joven estafador (Jimmi Simpson; Westworld, House of Cards) intenta engañar a un pastor (Ben Kingsley; Gandhi, House of Sand and Fog) y a su esposa (Jacki Weaver; Silver Linings Playbook, Secret City) sin siquiera sospechar lo peligrosos que pueden llegar a ser. Completan el reparto Terry O'Quinn (Lost, Castle Rock), Luis Guzmán (Code Black, Narcos), Timothy Spall (Sweeney Todd, Harry Potter), Kurtwood Smith (That '70s Show, Agent Carter), Damon Herriman (Justified, Flesh and Bone), Chris Conrad (Patriot, Young Hercules), Hana Mae Lee (Patriot, Those Who Can't). Escrita por Steve Conrad (Patriot, The Pursuit of Happiness) y Bruce Terris (Patriot, The Assets) y dirigido por Conrad. Diez episodios. Estreno: 2 de junio

NOS4A2 (AMC)

Victoria McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings, Hounds of Love) es una adolescente con un don especial para encontrar cosas gracias a un misterioso puente cubierto que la transporta al lugar donde se encuentran los objetos perdidos. Un día, aparece junto a Charles Manx (Zachary Quinto; Heroes, American Horror Story), un anciano que resulta ser un peligroso psicópata que secuestra niños y los lleva a una tierra imaginaria donde siempre es Navidad. Completan el reparto Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Ófærð, Lady Dynamite), Virginia Kull (Big Little Lies, The Looming Tower), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Girls, The Punisher), Rarmian Newton (Rise, The Family), Darby Camp (Big Little Lies), Jahkara Smith (Sailor J), Karen Pittman (Luke Cage, The Americans) y Ashley Romans (Shameless, I'm Dying Up Here). Basada en la novela de Joe Hill (2013) y escrita por Jami O'Brien (Hell on Wheels, Fear The Walking Dead). Diez episodios. Estreno: 2 de junio

Tales of the City (Netflix)

Tales of the City fue una miniserie, adaptación de la novela de Armistead Maupin (1978), emitida en 1993 en la británica Channel 4. En ella, Mary Ann Singleton (Laura Linney; The Big C, The Truman Show), una ingenua joven de Cleveland, Ohio que estaba de vacaciones en San Francisco, decidía impulsivamente quedarse allí, encontraba un apartamento propiedad de Anna Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis) y forjaba amistad con una hippie bisexual, un donjuán heterosexual, un homosexual y muchos otros personajes que le mostraban un mundo muy distinto al que estaba acostumbrada. La miniserie tuvo dos continuaciones en Showtime, también adaptaciones de las siguientes novelas, en 1998 y 2001. Netflix continúa ahora la historia con un revival escrito por Lauren Morelli (Orange Is the New Black), junto a un equipo completamente queer, que cuenta con el regreso de Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis y Barbara Garrick. Se suman a ellas Ellen Page (Juno, Hard Candy), Daniela Vega (Una mujer fantástica), Murray Bartlett (Looking, Iron Fist), Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire, Russian Doll), Victor Garber (Alias, Legends of Tomorrow), Zosia Mamet (Girls, United States of Tara), Molly Ringwald (Riverdale, The Secret Life of the American Teenager), Josiah Victoria Garcia, May Hong (High Maintenance), Jen Richards (Her Story, Nashville), Michelle Buteau (Isn't It Romantic, The First Wives Club), Ashley Park, Christopher Larkin (The 100), Caldwell Tidicue (RuPaul's Drag Race), Matthew Risch (Modern Family, Looking), Michael Park (Dear Evan Hansen), Dickie Hearts, Benjamin Thys, Samantha Soule (Godless) y Juan Castaño (The OA, What/If) . Diez episodios.

Estreno: 7 de junio

Wild Bill (ITV)

Bill Hixon (Rob Lowe; Parks and Recreation, Brothers & Sisters) es un agente de policía de Boston al que nombran jefe de la policía de East Lincolnshire, Inglaterra y se muda allí junto a su hija de catorce años (Aloreia Spencer) para huir de su doloroso pasado, pero la gente de su nueva vida le obliga a cuestionarse todo sobre sí mismo. Con Rachel Stirling (Detectorists, The Bletchley Circle), Angela Griffin (Ordinary Lies, Lewis), Tony Pitts (Peaky Blinders, Line of Duty), Anthony Flanagan (Versailles, The Terror), Divian Ladwa (Detectorists), Steffan Rhodri (Gavin & Stacey, Manhunt), Vicki Pepperdine (Sally4Ever, Getting On), Anjli Mohindra (Bodyguard, Cucumber), Ty Hurley (Call the Midwife), Aleksandar Jovanovic (Close to the Enemy, Arctic Circle) y Bronwyn James (Harlots). Creada por David Griffiths (The Hunted, Collateral Damage), Kyle Killen (Awake, Mind Games) y escrita por Dudi Appleton (Silent Witness) y Jim Keeble (Silent Witness). Seis episodios. Estreno: 12 de junio

Jinn (Netflix)

La primera serie árabe de Netflix es un thriller sobrenatural sobre un grupo de adolescentes que viaja a Petra, donde liberan sin querer a un Jinn (Hamzeh Okab), una figura espiritual que podría destruir el mundo. Mientras tanto, Mira (Salma Malhas), una chica rebelde devastada por la pérdida de su madre, aprende a amar de nuevo. Con Sultan Alkhalil, Hana Chamoun, Yasser Al Hadi, Ban Halaweh, Faris Al Bahri, Mohammad Hindieh, Zaid Zoubi, Mohammad Nizar, Abd Alrazzaq, Karam Tabbaa, Anouar H. Smaine, Manal Sehaimat y Aysha Shahaltough. Escrita por Elan y Rajeev Dassani (Seam) y Amin Matalga. Cinco episodios. Estreno: 13 de junio

Leila (Netflix)

En un futuro cercano, en India, donde hay guetos que separan a las comunidades por clase social, religión o ingresos, Shalini (Huma Qureshi) se convierte al Islam al casarse con Riz (Rahul Khanna) y tienen una hija llamada Leila. Cuando Leila tiene tres años, detienen a Shalini, matan a Riz y raptan a la niña por ser mestiza. Años después, Shalini intenta encontrar a su hija. Basada en la novela de Prayaag Akbar (2017) y escrita y producida por Urmi Juvekar. Seis episodios.

Estreno: 14 de junio

Trinkets (Netflix)

Tres chicas adolescentes de distintas esquinas de la cafetería del instituto se encuentran en una reunión de Cleptómanos Anónimos y forjan una amistad especial gracias a la que encuentran la fuerza para lidiar con la familia o el instituto. Protagonizada por Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool, Tragedy Girls), Kiana Madeira (The Flash, Sacred Lies) y Quintessa Swindell (Granada Nights). Les acompañan Larry Sullivan (Big Little Lies, Scandal), Brandon Butler (13 Reasons Why), Odiseas Georgiadis, Henry Zaga (13 Reasons Why, Teen Wolf), October Moore (Baskets) y Larisa Oleynik (Mad Men, Hawaii Five-0). Basada en la novela de Kirsten 'Kiwi' Smith (2013) y escrita por Smith (10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde), Amy Andelson (Step Up 3D) y Emily Meyer (Step Up 3D). Diez episodios. Estreno: 14 de junio

Too Old to Die Young (Amazon)

Escrita, producida y dirigida por Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, The Neon Demon) al estilo de su trilogía Pusher, explorará los bajos fondos de Los Ángeles siguiendo el viaje existencial de ciertos personajes, desde narcotraficantes mexicanos hasta mafiosos rusos, que pasan de ser asesinos a samuráis. Protagonizada por Miles Teller (Divergent, Whiplash), William Baldwin (Gossip Girl, The Squid and the Whale), Callie Hernandez (Graves, La La Land), Nell Tiger Free (Game of Thrones), Celestino Cornielle (Bosch, The Fate and the Furious), Alexander Gomez (Best. Worst. Weekend. Ever), John Hawkes (Winter's Bone, Three Billboards), Jena Malone (The Hunger Games, The Neon Demon), Babs Olusanmokun (The Widow, The Defenders), Cristina Rodlo (Miss Bala, The Terror), Augusto Aguilera (Chasing Life), Hart Bochner (Die Hard, Rules Don't Apply), Chris Coppola (Ray Donovan), Manuel Uriza (The Last Ship, The Bridge), Gino Vento (The Deuce, Mayans M.C.), Kegn Matungulu, Carlotta Montanari y Dereck Seven Smith. Diez episodios. Estreno: 14 de junio

Los Espookys (HBO)

Comedia ambientada en México, y rodada en castellano, sobre un grupo de amigos que convierten su amor por el terror y el gore en un negocio peculiar. Protagonizada por Bernardo Velasco, Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live), Cassandra Ciangherotti, Ana Fábrega y Julio Torres. Escrita por Fábrega y Torres y producida por Armisen. Seis episodios.

Estreno: 14 de junio

Jett (Cinemax)

Daisy 'Jett' Kowalski (Carla Gugino; The Haunting of Hill House, Wayward Pines) es una ladrona profesional que acaba de salir de prisión y accede bajo coacción a seguir haciendo lo que mejor se le da para una serie de criminales con muy distintos objetivos. Completan el cast Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, Once Upon a Time), Elena Anaya (La piel que habito, Wonder Woman), Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal, Patriot), Violet McGraw (The Haunting of Hill House), Gaite Jansen (Peaky Blinders, Line of Duty), Michael Aronov (The Americans, Billions), Christopher Backus (Bosch, Roadies), Jodie Turner-Smith (Nightflyers, The Last Ship), Greg Bryk (Frontier, Mary Kills People), Gentry White (UnREAL, The Shannara Chronicles), Lucy Walters (Power, Get Shorty), Shiloh Fernandez (Gypsy, Jericho), Mustafa Shakir (The Deuce, Luke Cage), David Damane (Chicago PD), Rainbow Sun Francks (The Umbrella Academy, Eyewitness), Alex Mallari Jr. (Dark Matter, Shadowhunters), Gregg Lowe (Grantchester, Frankie Drake Mysteries), Dwain Murphy (The Strain, Rogue), Jonathan Koensgen (Copper, V-Wars), Hamza Haq (The Art of More) y Stuart Hughes (Frontier, Orphan Black). Creada, escrita, dirigida y producida por Sebastian Gutierrez (Gothika, The Eye). Nueve episodios. Estreno: 14 de junio

City on a Hill (Showtime)

Drama sobre la corrupción y las bandas de Boston en los años 90 centrado en un agente corrupto del FBI (Kevin Bacon; The Following, I Love Dick) que se alía con el ayudante del fiscal del distrito (Aldis Hodge; Underground, Leverage) para atrapar a una familia de ladrones de coches blindados y acaba destapando un gran escándalo relacionado con el sistema judicial de la ciudad. Les acompañan Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom, Westworld), Mark O'Brien (Halt and Catch Fire, Republic of Doyle), Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan, Madam Secretary), Amanda Clayton (If Loving You Is Wrong), Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull), Kevin Dunn (Veep, True Detective), Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest, The L Word), Rory Culkin (Castle Rock, Waco), James Michael Cummings, Kevin Chapman (Person of Interest, Sneaky Pete), James Remar (Dexter, Black Lightning), Gloria Reuben (Mr. Robot, ER), Vincent Elbaz (The Hundred-Foot Journey), Lauren E. Banks (Maniac) y Georgina Reilly (Murdoch Mysteries). Basada en una idea original de Ben Affleck y Matt Damon y escrita por Chuck MacLean. Doce episodios. Estreno: 16 de junio

Euphoria (HBO)

Adaptación de la israelí Kids-meets-Trainspotting, drama sobre drogas, sexo, trauma, redes sociales, amor y amistad en la vida de un grupo de adolescentes. Protagonizada por Zendaya (Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Greatest Showman), Eric Dane (The Last Ship, Grey's Anatomy), Storm Reid (A Wrinkle in Time), Maude Apatow (Girls), Algee Smith (The New Edition Story, The Bobby Brown Story), Sydney Sweeney (The Handmaid's Tale), Alexa Demie (Love, Ray Donovan), Jacob Elordi (The Kissing Booth), Barbie Ferreira (Divorce), Nika King (Greenleaf, Funny Married Stuff), Hunter Schafer, Austin Abrams (The Walking Dead, Paper Towns), Keaan Johnson (Nashville, The Fosters) y Javon 'Wanna' Walton. Escrita por Sam Levinson (Assassination Nation, The Wizard of Lies) y producida por Drake. Ocho episodios.

Estreno: 16 de junio

Grand Hotel (ABC)

Adaptación de la española Gran Hotel que nos enseña el último hotel de Miami Beach dirigido por una familia. El carismático Santiago Mendoza (Demián Bichir; The Bridge, Weeds) es el dueño, y su segunda esposa (Roselyn Sánchez; Devious Maids, Without a Trace) y sus hijos adultos se aprovechan de su éxito aportando escándalos, deudas y secretos a este hotel de fachada lujosa. Completan el cast Shalim Ortiz (Heroes, Señora Acero), Denyse Tontz (The Fosters, Incorporated), Bryan Craig (Valor), Wendy Raquel Robinson (The Game, The Steve Harvey Show), Anne Winters (Tyrant, 13 Reasons Why), Chris Warren (High School Musical, The Fosters), John Marshall Jones (Smart Guy, Hart of Dixie), Feliz Ramirez y Justina Adorno (Seven Seconds). Participan como recurrentes Jencarlos Canela (Telenovela),  Richard Burgi (Desperate Housewives, Sentinel), Adrian Pasdar (Heroes, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy, Married with Children), Freddie Stroma (UnREAL, Game of Thrones), Ken Kirby (The Gifted, Good Trouble) y Cassandra Scerbo (Sharknado, Make It or Break It). Escrita por Brian Tanen (Devious Maids, Desperate Housewives) y producida por Eva Longoria, que participará como invitada. Trece episodios. Estreno: 17 de junio

Ambitions (OWN)

La divina y poderosa Stephanie Carlisle (Robin Givens; Riverdale, The Fix), la esposa del alcalde de Atlanta (Brian J. White; Scandal, Ray Donovan); y la recién llegada Amara Hughes (Essence Atkins; Marlon, Are We There Yet?), abogada de la oficina del fiscal; fueron amigas en la universidad, pero ahora se convertirán en rivales tanto en su vida personal como en la profesional. Les acompañan Kendrick Cross (Saints & Sinners), Brely Evans (Being Mary Jane), Erica Page (The Resident), Christina Kirkman, Gino Anthony Pesi (Shades of Blue, Dallas), Steven Williams (The Chi, The Leftovers) y Matt Cedeño (Power, Z Nation). Creada por Jamey Giddens (The Rich & the Ruthless), escrita por Kevin Arkadie (New York Undercover, The Shield) y producida por Will Packer (Girls Trip, Obsessed). Estreno: 18 de junio

Reef Break (ABC)

Creada, producida y protagonizada por Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace, Unforgettable), trata sobre una exladrona impulsiva, imprudente e irresistible que ayuda al gobierno de una preciosa isla del Pacífico a atrapar a criminales. Con Desmond Chiam (The Shannara Chronicles, Now Apocalypse), Melissa Bone (Pulse, Janet King), Ray Stevenson (Black Sails, Roma), Tamala Shelton (Cleverman, Nowhere Boys), Stephen Hunter (Wolf Creek), Melina Vidler (800 Words) y Joey Vieira. Escrita por Ken Sanzel (Numb3rs). Trece episodios. Estreno: 20 de junio

Mr. Iglesias (Netflix)

El cómico mexicano Fluffy Iglesias protagoniza y produce esta comedia sobre un profesor que trabaja en el instituto en el que estudió e intenta sacar lo mejor que llevan dentro ciertos estudiantes que no encajan con el resto. Participan también Jacob Vargas (Sons of Anarchy, Luke Cage), Maggie Geha (Gotham), Cree Cicchino (Game Shakers), Richard Gant (The Mindy Project, The Chi), Tucker Albrizzi (A.P. Bio), Sherri Shepherd (Trial & Error, 30 Rock), Fabrizio Guido (World War Z, Welcome to the Family), Oscar Nuñez (The Office, People of Earth), Megyn Price (The Ranch, Rules of Engagement) y Coy Stewart (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Bella and the Bulldogs). Producida por Kevin Hench (Last Man Standing, Cristela) y Ron De Blasio y Joe Meloche, encargados de los shows de Fluffy. Diez episodios.

Estreno: 21 de junio

O Escolhido (Netflix)

Tres médicos jóvenes son enviados a un remoto pueblo del Pantanal -el humedal más grande del mundo, entre Brasil, Bolivia y Paraguay- a vacunar a sus habitantes contra una nueva mutación del virus Zika, pero sus esfuerzos son rechazados. Notan que la comunidad es devota de un enigmático líder que dice curar dolencias sin usar medicinas y se ven atrapados en una zona aislada y llena de secretos. Protagonizada por Paloma Bernardi, Gutto Szuster, Pedro Caetano, Renan Tenca, Alli Willow, Tuna Dwek, Mariano Mattos Martins y Lourinelson Vladmir. Adaptación libre de la mexicana Niño Santo. Escrita por Carolina Munhóz y Raphael Draccon (Supermax). Seis episodios. Estreno: 28 de junio

The Loudest Voice (Showtime)

Limited series que contará la historia del ascenso y la caída de Roger Ailes, el ejecutivo de Fox News que dimitió en 2016 por un escándalo de acoso sexual. Estará protagonizada por Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind). Naomi Watts (21 Grams, Mulholland Dr.) interpretará a la presentadora Gretchen Carlson, pieza fundamental de la historia. Participan también Seth MacFarlane (The Orville, Family Guy), Sienna Miller (American Sniper, G.I. Joe), Simon McBurney (Utopia, The Casual Vacancy), Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle, Peaky Blinders), Aleksa Paladino (Halt and Catch Fire, Boardwalk Empire), Barry Watson (7th Heaven, Samantha Who?), Josh Charles (The Good Wife, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Josh Stamberg (The Affair, Drop Dead Diva), Jenna Leigh Green (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) y Emory Cohen (Smash, The OA). Basada en el libro de Gabriel Sherman (2017), escrita por Tom McCarthy (Up, Spotlight) y producida por Jason Blum (Get Out, Sharp Objects). Ocho episodios.

Estreno: 30 de junio

The Rook (Starz)

Drama sobrenatural de espionaje sobre una joven con habilidades extraordinarias (Emma Greenwell; The Path, Shameless) que despierta en un parque sin recordar nada y rodeada de muertos y es perseguida por enemigos paranormales. Le acompañarán Olivia Munn (The Newsroom, New Girl), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck, 101 Dalmatians), Adrian Lester (Riviera, Hustle), Ronan Raftery (The Terror), Catherine Steadman (Fearless, Downton Abbey), Jon Fletcher (Genius, Reverie), Paula Patton (Somewhere Between), James D'Arcy (Agent Carter, Homeland) y Shelley Conn (Liar, The Lottery). Basado en la novela de Daniel O'Malley (2012) y escrito por Stephenie Meyer (Twilight) y Stephen Garrett (The Night Manager). Estreno: 30 de junio

What Just Happened??! (FOX)

Creado y producido por Fred Savage (The Wonder Years, Friends from College) junto a Dave Jeser y Matt Silverstein, guionistas de Life in Pieces o The Cleveland Show, es un aftershow -talk show emitido después de una serie para comentar el episodio- de The Flare, thriller de ciencia ficción dirigido por Jon Cassar (24, The Orville) y adaptación de las novelas de TJ Whitford, de las que Savage es fan, en las que un acontecimiento relacionado con el Sol provoca efectos en la Tierra, y más concretamente en el pueblo obrero de Milford, Illinois, y poco a poco desemboca en una batalla postapocalíptica por la supervivencia humana. El programa, presentado por Savage y la comediante Taylor Tomlinson (The Comedy Lineup) y dirigido por Carrie Havel (Talking Dead), contendrá entrevistas a actores, visitas al set y discusiones con fans. Quizás cabría comentar que ni los libros ni la serie existen y que el guion de este falso talk show estará escrito por Abbey McBride (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Alone Together), Edgar Momplaisir (Great News), Chase Mitchell (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), Agathe Panaretos (Chelsea) y Sean O'Connor (The Late Late Show With James Corden). Nueve episodios. Estreno: 30 de junio

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Ellen Page Talks LGBTQ Fundraising, Not Watching Movies

Actress and social activist Ellen Page recently witnessed history repeating itself while revisiting acclaimed classic Casablanca. Page noted the 1942 film’s eerie modern-day relevance, “the Nazi presence, but the sort of neutrality of people,” while watching the fraught and tense events – as well as “the romanticism of sacrifice” – unfold as Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine, former freedom fighter and nightclub owner in Casablanca, protects his old flame, Ingrid Bergman’s Ilsa, and her husband Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid) from Nazis. What stood out after taking another look at director Michael Curtiz’s WWII-set romantic drama: “You have these scenes in this cafe where they’re being shown respect because there’s these officials, even though, needless to say, they’re completely disagreeing.”

Page and writer-filmmaker Jason Reitman, who directed the actress in her Oscar-nominated breakout role in 2007’s Juno, set out to reimagine Casablanca for our Trump-led times, which are similarly fraught and tense for those desperately seeking life in America – and for disenfranchised groups already there. Simply titled Live Read of Casablanca and part of the Live Read Series, this is what Casablanca looks like in 2018 thanks to the diversified scope of Page and Reitman’s Dec. 13 live-read of the classic film at Los Angeles’s Ace Theater: female-led, and very queer. Before the event, a benefit for Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, a philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQ human rights around the globe, Page was eager to perform with an “inclusive” cast who are “fucking awesome.”

“It’s one of the most iconic love stories with some of the most memorable lines of any film ever,” says the 31-year-old actress by phone. “It just seems perfect to sort of recreate it in the way that we are.”

Live-streaming future reads to reach a larger audience is a “good suggestion,” she acknowledged, but for now, “I really encourage people to go to (Astraea’s) website and learn more about their work and what they do, and if they’re able to support in any way at all that would obviously be really amazing.”

Page’s queering and feminizing of Casablanca marches in line with a Hollywood movement bending to minorities as they occupy the narratives of famed and noteworthy but classically cisgender, straight, white works, from the all-black cast remake of Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias to the Latinx-led One Day at a Time, on Netflix, and women taking on roles first depicted by men in Ocean’s 8 and Ghostbusters. “In some ways, people are almost just realizing it,” Page remarks on efforts to portray underrepresented minorities on screen. She says, until recently, the “privileged” American public (see: white people) “haven’t been cognizant” of giving every kind a seat at the table.

Page, who came out in 2014 and married professional dancer and fellow Canadian Emma Portner in 2018, is forthright about the lack of diversity in some of her own films.

“A movie like Whip It, you know, should be more queer,” she says, blatantly. “It’s just that simple.”

Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It featured Page as Bliss Cavendar, a Texan teenager living in a fictional town called Bodeen and joining a roller derby team, which includes derby girls played by Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Eve and Juliette Lewis. “It wasn’t a realistic reflection of the derby world, and I wish that was different,” the actress says. “I love that film, just wanna be clear. Love that film, had a fucking blast, met two of my best friends in the universe on the film. But yeah, of course looking back on that, that’s a bummer.”

Released in 2009 by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Page adds, “It’s a reflection of the time. I’d like to think that it would be different now, and I think it actually does show not much has changed, but some things have.”

As demonstrated in recent years, it’s not too late for past works on the wrong side of diversity, so perhaps the unrealistically heterosexual-laden Whip It could be remedied: “If you made a sequel, I would love it,” Page enthuses. “I wish there was a Whip It 2, and she was lesbian.” She giggles, delighted by the thought. “And living in Austin.”

Cut on roles in 2005’s Hard Candy and Juno, Page’s career has dipped into multiple genres: high-budget thrill rides (two X-Men films, Inception), zombie dramas heavy on queer subtext (The Cured), and gay-themed true stories. In the 2015 lesbian biopic Freeheld, Page portrayed Stacie Andree, the partner of Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore), a gay police officer who fought to have her pension benefits transferred to Andree after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Early the following year, the actress’ collaboration with gay friend and co-host Ian Daniel, Viceland’s Gaycation, aired. The show had the activists traveling to countries like Japan, Brazil and Jamaica to investigate the horrific challenges and distinct cultural characteristics of being LGBTQ abroad.

After two seasons, the show returned in April 2017 for a special presentation that examined LGBTQ life in America post Trump. No more episodes are planned, Page apologetically reveals, but she and Daniel are in the early development stages of “a different project that’s similar,” but “less in terms of a travel show, more focused stories.” She adds, “Not that they’ll be in America, by any means.”

Looking back on Gaycation, Page was humbled by the experience, which she says “changed me.” “I mean, you’re meeting people who, every day, are risking their lives, are activists spending their lives doing that, and sacrifice so much to do that. That’s a level of bravery and courage that I’d like to think I’m capable of, but I’m probably not.”

Meeting transgender activist and famed Stonewall rioter Miss Major for the first season’s finale was an unforgettable moment for the actress when thinking of “a force and a person who is someone who’s ultimately been responsible for so much change for the community.”

After Gaycation, Page has continued to tackle projects that are extensions of her own lesbian identity, such as this year’s The Cured, an allegorically queer zombie film from out filmmaker David Freyne. Recent LGBTQ films evade her simply because “I’ve, like, literally barely watched movies. It’s been a problem.” She immediately retracts: “Not a problem – but the last year or two, quite frankly, I don’t know, but just for some reason I haven’t really watched movies.” Apologizing for missing this year’s impressive slate of LGBTQ films (she did ask for recommendations), Page says she thoroughly enjoyed the “stunning” Tomboy, a 2011 French drama she says is still fresh on her mind.

Seemingly more queer-content creator than consumer, she just wrapped shooting the revival of Armistead Maupin’s 1993 TV adaptation of his Tales of the City books, where she joins original cast members Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis in the 10-part Netflix series, due in 2019. Page refrained from sharing specific details as requested by showrunners, but Netflix’s contemporary Tales is set 20 years later, as Mary Ann (Linney) returns to San Francisco to her ex-husband Brian (Paul Gross) and daughter Shawna (Page), as well as Anna Madrigal (Dukakis) and a motley crew of other 28 Barbary Lane residents.

“I have a love interest, played by Zosia Mamet,” Page says of her co-star, best known for her role on HBO’s Girls. “Zosia’s amazing. She absolutely blew me away. I had such a wonderful time working with her. She is such a phenomenal actor, so yeah, that was awesome.”

And acting alongside Dukakis and Linney: “It’s crazy, right? Yeah, walking in and working with someone like Laura Linney, who is absolutely one of my favorites of all time – and, of course, Olympia – I felt so welcomed,” she says. “You couldn’t be working with more lovely, sincere, they-do-this-job-because-they-just-fucking-love-it (people).”

Says Page, “It’s about connecting with another actor, not to sound all actor-y and cheesy, but that is such a joy, to be in an environment like that. So to have the opportunity to be able to work with someone like Laura, and to be a part of this in terms of the stories and the narratives and the representation, yeah, I feel very lucky that I was included.”

source https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2018/12/27/ellen-page-talks-lgbtq-fundraising-not-watching-movies/ from Hot Spots Magazine https://hotspotsmagazin.blogspot.com/2018/12/ellen-page-talks-lgbtq-fundraising-not.html

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The Ghosts of Devil’s Den and Little Round Top

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was the site for the biggest and bloodiest battle of the Civil War. The war had dragged on for two long years when the Union (North) and Confederate (South) soldiers met by accident at Gettysburg in July of 1863.

At the end of this three-day battle, 53,000 Americans were dead. It was the battle that “broke the Confederates back” for they lost at Gettysburg and for the next two years till the war ended they were on the defense.

On July 2nd the second day of the battle the Confederates launched a joint attack on Little Round Top and the Devil’s Den in an attempt to secure the high ground for their troops.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a college professor in Maine when the Civil War started. He volunteered to fight for the Union. As Confederate troops from the 15thAlabama Infantry charged up the Little Round Top hill led by William C. Oates, it was Colonel Chamberlain and his men from the 20th Maine who were assigned to defend its southern slopes.

Chamberlain knew that since his troops were at the end of the Union’s left flank that they needed, at any cost to strategically prevent the Confederates from taking the hill.

Time and time again the Confederates struck. With many causalities and hardly any ammunition left Colonel Chamberlain, knowing the Rebs were tired ordered his men to do a bayonet charge. They charged down the hill, most without bullets—this strategy worked for the Confederates started to retreat. Chamberlain’s men captured 101 Confederate soldiers, again without bullets, and successfully defended the hill.

Chamberlain’s gallant effort raised him to the rank of Major General by the end of the war and he was awarded the Medal of Honor. After the war he served as the governor of Maine for four terms and as president of Bowdoin College.

At the same time just south of Little Round Top, the Confederates First Corps under the command of Major General John Bell Hood, made up of men from the Texas Brigade and the 3rd Alabama, were charging the Union Armies left flank through very rocky terrain, near a central outcropping of massive boulders known as Devil’s Den.

The Union lll Corps– a division of the Union Army of the Potomac made up of Northeastern Virginians—defended the Devil’s Den. Their commander was Major General David B. Birney. The Confederates placed a sharpshooter hidden between the boulders at Devil’s Den. This strategy has become a legend among snipers. This one soldier was able to harass the Union artillery battery, preventing them from firing. He also was able to shoot many Union soldiers as they passed through the Den all the while staying undetected. *

When Birney’s division was demolished, the Union army was finally able to find this snipers location by using field glasses and mirrors which allowed them to spot the smoke coming from the sharpshooters’ discharging rifle, they then shot a percussion shell killing him.

Hood was injured early in the fight and had to withdraw, Brigadier General Evander M. Law assumed command, this caused confusion, which ultimately changed the outcome of the battle. The Union Army stood their ground.

The next day during the “Battle of Gettysburg” the Confederates under the command of General Robert E. Lee made a fatal error in sending 12,500 troops across open ground against the center of the Union line at Cemetery Ridge. The Union’s rifle and artillery fire repulsed this attack resulting in horrendous losses for the Confederate Army forcing Lee to retreat back to Virginia.

The ghosts of many of these soldiers still linger at Gettysburg—the area around Devil’s Den is one of the most active locations. Many explanations have been put forth as to why these soldiers are still present. This three-day battle and the human loss that resulted on both sides is more than just a tragic death toll.

The Civil War literally caused brother to fight against brother. At Gettysburg many of the officers on the Union side knew the officers on the Confederate side–they had attended West Point together or had served together before the south seceded from the union. Many officers knew enlisted men from the opposing sides—because these soldiers had served under their commands before the outbreak of the Civil War.

A compelling example of this is Captain Lewis “Lo” Armistead a confederate officer  who was mortally wounded while leading his brigade towards the center of the Union line in Pickett’s Charge toward Cemetery Hill. Armistead was shot three times just after crossing a wall. When he went down he gave the Masonic sign asking for assistance. A fellow Mason, Captain Henry H. Bingham, a Union officer—after the war he became a very influential Congressman—offered Armistead help.

Bingham informed Armistead that an old friend of his—Winfred Scott Hancock who had served as Armistead’s quartermaster before the war in Los Angeles, California –had been commanding this part of the Union defensive line, but that Hancock too, had just been wounded. Armistead died two days later at a Union field hospital.

The ghosts at Devin’s Den want to be treated with respect. When people try to take pictures the batteries in their digital cameras and camcorders often drain. Are these soldiers so burdened they can not leave Gettysburg? The reason for their presence is unknown but it should be obvious that they deserve to be left in peace.