10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. Gil Junger
Meghan Markle on losing her voice during her time with the Royal Family, but finding her voice again with her freedom.
The truth is we are the best part of each other. And that’s bigger than the friggin’ universe.
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R - F E L I Z A Ñ O N U E V O
Holy shit bel this is so amazing!
Thank you so much Stephs 😭😘❤ @stephswims
Reblogging (after a long absence) with tears in my eyes for the way Stephen Amell conveyed the “the Sun still exists” Oliver Queen look.
The relief and yes the joy is palpable
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Fred Rogers ladies and gentleman!
Here are some interesting facts about him:
- He basically saved public television. In 1969 the government wanted to cut public television funds. Mister Rogers then went to Washington where he gave an amazing merely six minute speech. By the end of the speech not only did he charm the hostile Senators, he got them to double the budget they would have initially cut down. The whole thing can be found on youtube, a video called “Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate.”
- “Certain fundamentalist preachers hated him because, apparently not getting the “kindest man who ever lived” memo, they would ask him to denounce homosexuals. Mr. Rogers’s response? He’d pat the target on the shoulder and say, “God loves you just as you are.” Rogers even belonged to a “More Light” congregation in Pittsburgh, a part of the Presbyterian Church dedicated to welcoming LGBT persons to full participation in the church.”
- According to a TV Guide piece on him, Fred Rogers drove a plain old Impala for years. One day, however, the car was stolen from the street near the TV station. When Rogers filed a police report, the story was picked up by every newspaper, radio and media outlet around town. Amazingly, within 48 hours the car was left in the exact spot where it was taken from, with an apology on the dashboard. It read, “If we’d known it was yours, we never would have taken it.”
- Once, on a fancy trip up to a PBS exec’s house, he heard the limo driver was going to wait outside for 2 hours, so he insisted the driver come in and join them (which flustered the host). On the way back, Rogers sat up front, and when he learned that they were passing the driver’s home on the way, he asked if they could stop in to meet his family. According to the driver, it was one of the best nights of his life—the house supposedly lit up when Rogers arrived, and he played jazz piano and bantered with them late into the night. Further, like with the reporters, Rogers sent him notes and kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.
Always reblog MR
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Hero
Mr Rogers has been and will always remain a beacon of light in this dark fucking world
If a thief returns the car they stole with an apology note, you are a boss
“I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there’s nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.”
This Sunday, Cicely Tyson, one of the greatest actors to ever grace the silver screen, will receive a long overdue Honorary Academy Award for a lifetime of masterful performances that have expanded the emotional possibilities of cinema. Of her essential, Oscar-nominated performance in 1972’s Sounder, we wrote as part of our 2018 Black Actress Canon, “Tyson, rooted in earth yet reaching a heavenly plane of catharsis, can close her hands around any emotion, embody it, and make us feel its full power. Sometimes all you need is a camera and a once-in-a-lifetime actress to create transcendent cinema.” Tyson turns 94 next month and shows no signs of slowing down. A tenacious trailblazer, she paved the way for luminaries (and eventual costars) like Angela Bassett and Viola Davis, among countless other contemporary black actors, who are able to shine in a spotlight that would likely not exist without Tyson’s hard work and humanizing artistry. Long live this remarkable and resilient goddess, whose creativity makes every single one of her characters matter. In Tyson’s hands, each new role is a new opportunity for limitless invention, another occasion to turn words on a page into a living, breathing, fully-dimensional being, the sublimest of gifts that any actor can give. Which is as it should be. For Cicely Tyson is, herself, the sublimest of gifts.
Written by Matthew Eng
It's my last day of Covid quarantine. I'm feeling so much better. I was lucky. I totally believe my symptoms were mild because I took the immunization. I encourage you to get the shot when it becomes available to you. My daughter's symptoms were worse and she is younger and healthier but she wasn't immunized. Stay safe. Stay healthy.
I ended 2020 with a bang, Covid positive. I went since March being a nurse without testing positive yet, the freaking last two days of 2020 left me sick. I feel better but I'm still terrified of getting worse. I'm wishing for a new year without all this illness. Happy New Year to everyone out there. Stay safe and well.
Baby Yoda cereal: an essential part of a complete breakfast.
