Best Musical

"The Outsiders was named best musical, while Merrily We Roll Along won the Tony for best revival of a musical."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/2024-tony-awards-winners-list-1235923964/

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

"When Donald Glover first approached showrunner Francesca Sloane about adapting “Mr. & Mrs. Smtih” for Amazon Prime, she “started laughing,” and thought it was a “weird Donald Glover joke that he randomly spit out.” She was confused as to why he would pick the 2005 action-comedy of all movies, but as the conversation evolved, the project began taking shape in her mind."

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/night-in-the-writers-room-drama-mr-and-mrs-smith-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-shogun-1236038806/amp/

NATIONAL MOVIE NIGHT

"Pop some popcorn, grab a blanket and your favorite buddy, put away the cell phones and tablets, and then queue up a string of movies for a fun night of entertainment."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-movie-night-second-friday-in-june?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10113933&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Jennifer Aniston Children book

"Jennifer Aniston is hitting the books — and with a familiar friend."

https://people.com/jennifer-aniston-new-children-s-book-exclusive-8659621?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Dick Van Dyke

"Legendary actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke has made history, winning the 2024 Daytime Emmy award for guest performer in a daytime drama series — via his spot on Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives.”"

https://variety.com/2024/tv/awards/dick-van-dyke-daytime-emmys-winner-days-of-our-lives-1236029346/

Gene Wilder

"Remembering Gene Wilder—a 2023 documentary about the life and career of the Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory legend—is one of the films new on Netflix this week."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/06/09/gene-wilder-documentary-among-new-movies-on-netflix-this-week/

Father's Day

"It’s time to celebrate Father’s Day and for those geeky dads, io9 has a guide for must-have gifts to show them they’re special."

https://gizmodo.com/geeky-fathers-day-gift-guide-marvel-dc-star-wars-bluey-1851526269?utm_source=io9_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-06-08

Spaceballs Sequel

"When spoof-master Mel Brooks delivered his classic "Star Wars" parody "Spaceballs" back in 1987, his Schwartz-wielding character Yogurt (a riff on Frank Oz's beloved Yoda) made a meta joke that put forth the hope of one day seeing a sequel, "Spaceballs II: The Search for More Money.""

Read More: https://www.slashfilm.com/1598434/spaceballs-sequel-mel-brooks-josh-gad-star-wars-parody/

X files reboot

"As development forges ahead on the new take on the franchise, David Duchovny comments for the first time on The X-Files reboot."

https://screenrant.com/the-x-files-reboot-david-duchovny-comments/

NATIONAL VCR DAY

National VCR Day and we take a look a the device that revolutionized the home movie-watching experience."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-vcr-day-june-7?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10043446&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

National Drive-In Movie Day

NATIONAL DRIVE-IN MOVIE DAY

"June 6 is National Drive-In Movie Day on the National Day Calendar to commemorate the day the first drive-in theater opened in 1933."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-drive-in-movie-day-june-6?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10014583&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

May showers bring June's shows

"May showers bring June flowers and also, lots of streaming content. Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones that we like most.)"

https://gizmodo.com/best-streaming-june-2024-netflix-prime-hulu-disney-plus-1851508107?utm_source=io9_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-06-04

Paramonts Merger

"It's (almost) official: Paramount Pictures is the latest Hollywood studio to merge with another major player in the business."

Read More: https://www.slashfilm.com/1594530/paramount-pictures-merging-skydance-media/

Streaming

"The streaming era operates via a cold and opaque calculus. Many shows unceremoniously premiere with limited promotion, only to face swift cancellation with an equal lack of fanfare."

https://www.polygon.com/24168682/scavengers-reign-netflix-sci-fi-show

Home Alone

"The iconic suburban Chicago house used in "Home Alone" is up for sale and could be yours – if you have at least $5 million to spare."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2024/05/28/home-alone-house-for-sale-photos/73875915007/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Amozon Prime

"Amazon Prime Video has ordered a series based on Andy Lane’s “Young Sherlock Holmes” novels with Hero Fiennes Tiffin set for the lead role, Variety has learned."

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/young-sherlock-holmes-series-amazon-hero-fiennes-tiffin-guy-ritchie-1236018539/amp/

Forrest Gump

"This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Forrest Gump, a film Southern in its setting and sensibility, and global in its resonance."

https://gardenandgun.com/feature/forrest-gump-turns-thirty-an-oral-history-of-the-unexpected-blockbuster/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email

Morgan Spurlock

https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/morgan-spurlock-dead-super-size-me-1236015338/

NATIONAL STREAMING DAY | MAY 20

"National Streaming Day on May 20 recognizes the advancing and growing technology that makes our mobile lives run more smoothly."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-streaming-day-may-20?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9865691&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

NATIONAL CLASSIC MOVIE DAY

"Today is May 16 and we are celebrating National Classic Movie Day by reminiscing about the movies we have seen on the big screen."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-classic-movie-day-may-16?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9850166&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Good Doctor

"It's not easy saying goodbye to a show like The Good Doctor, a medical drama that viewers have bonded with over seven seasons, and compounding that loss is a serious cancer diagnosis for a beloved main character, Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff), whose terminal illness was confirmed in Tuesday's penultimate episode, "Unconditional."" https://parade.com/tv/the-good-doctor-showrunner-interview-glassman-cancer-returns-finale?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_9868949&hashed_email=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&lctg=188476845 yeremiah@aol.com Yeremiah Hardt

Books are Magic

Books have the magical ability to evoke a wide range of emotions in their readers, including uproarious laughter. A well-written novel can be just as funny as an episode of your favorite sitcom or a blockbuster comedy movie when written by an author who’s adept at tickling our funny bones. The sharp humor of a talented wordsmith is often worthy competition for even the most prolific stand-up comedians.

From Shakespeare’s day all the way up to modern times, wry humorists such as Kurt Vonnegut and Erma Bombeck — just to name a couple — have delighted their readership with witty quips and quotes that offer a biting, sometimes satirical take on the world around us.

Freddie Prince Jr.

"Asked if he would consider playing Fred in an R-rated third film that some fans have been calling for, Prinze Jr. was quick to say no."

https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/freddie-prinze-jr-says-zero-120500177.html

ST VOY: Full Circle

Kristen Beyer

This novel has 561 pages. I started reading it Monday October 9, 2023. I finished this book on February 7, 2024.

Chakotay was waiting for Janeway at Ponte-desi-Scalzi, a restaurant in France. Mark her X, came and told him she was dead.

B'Lanna believed her daughter, Mireal was in danger. Mireal was said to be the Kuvah'magh or Klingon Savior. However Janeway recommended Tom to be the First Officer on Voyager.

B'Lanna, Mireal and Tom to Tom's parents on Earth. Tom asked B'Lanna and she accepted. 

Project Full Circle was put together to track what Voyager had been through in the Delta Quadrant. Tom was going to see Captain Afsarah Eden about Project Full Circle. They were looking into what future gave to the crew and modifications 7 of 9 had made.

B'lanna was asking Logi for permission to leave the planet for Tom's celebration for his new posting on Voyager as first officer but was denied. She was apalled by this. Logi was a spokesperson for the emperor who said that this was a place of worship, and should not be treated as a hotel to come and go as you pleased. B'Lanna heard a scream from Mireal and sprang into action with her Batleth in hand. She killed one of the intruders. They got Mireal. Logi was assisting B'Lanna in retrieving her from her captures.

Katheryn had a Vulcan assistant, Decan. Harry broke up with Libby. The girl he kept throughout Voyagers journey in the Delta Quadrant. B'Lanna was a decendant of Amar, the wife of Kahless. Tom just introduced Chakotay to Voyagers new councilor, Cambridge.

"Command is a wonderful challenge, except when it isn’t."

Kathryn Janeway

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 89

"For all of it's elegance, Hal'korim's crude mapping system is ripe with potential for minute variations that would undoubtedly alter the location indicated by the obelisk. T'Krek seems certain that he has found what he was seeking, but without further analysis I'm not ready to bet my life my life or Mireal's on his calculations."

B'Lanna Torres Paris

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 103

Voyager is going to assist the Klingons in the search for Tom's wife and daughter because Tom knew how to negotiate, by threatening the Chancellor to a duel.

Seven had an Aunt Irene on Earth. They met for Sunday brunches, and lazy afternoon strolls.

"Most bat'leths were forged from baakonite. The swords Hal'krom had created were largely comprised of this metal, but also contained trace elements of another substance, which the tricorder could not identify. In all likelihood it was some rare metal that Hal'kron had worked into her weapons but that, a thousand years later, might be much harder to come by. B'Lanna knew nothing of the craft of sword making, butva cursory comparison of her blade with the more modern bat'leth that Logt had obtained for her showed clearly that ancient bat'leths were significantly more robust than those in common use faded. The analysis suggested that the ancient blades had been formed by a foldng technique that reduced impurities, thereby strengthening the swords and allowing them to maintain their sharpness long past the time when most others went dull."

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer pp. 119-120

B'Lanna and Mirael were miraculously returned to Tom. Seven was so committed to find Mireal that she was going to forego regeneration until she was found.

Tom and B'Lanna were arguing and counilor Cambridge came in. He told them to sit down and they did.

Logt had abducted B'Lanna, for she was discovered to be a part of an ancient Klingon sect. They escaped on the Delta Flyer.

Tuvok went to an alein telepath who was able to put him in nightmarish memories of the past. He saw Kes. He quickly blocked her out of his mind. She got angry with him. He mind-melded with her.

When Torres awoke on Logt ship, she heard her daughter, Mireal cry. Mireal was brought to her. She had learned how to woke and talk, which Torres was proud of, but at the same time disheartened that she hadn't witnessed them. Logt had jusr offered Torres to join her and Mirael and she accepted. An odd thing she noticed was that there were no Klingon males on the ship. She wondered where they were?

Janeway, Seven, and the rest of the away team made it past a deadly beast, which resembled a bear, by showing no fear and remaing calm and going passed. Chakotay just sent an away team down to assist Janeway's team fight against the Klingons, and to help them return safely to Voyager. Logt and the away team from Voyager are in search for Mireal.

"Fate doesn't give a damn about our intentions."

Kathryn Janeway

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 247

"Powers rise and fall. Leaders come and go. History makes a mockery of our best laid plans. In the end, you are left only with with these things you have shared with one another. The bond you created when you decided to marry is sacred and not to be taken lightly. If you nuture it, it will sustain it through the darkness. But if you treat it carelessly, if you allow the series of your life together to become a battlefield, it will never survive."

Owen Paris

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 264

"Death might have been hard for those who died, but at its worst be as hard as what had remained for the living."

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 269

"When a great person dies, for years the light they leave behind lies on the path of men."

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 307

Chakotay told Phobe Janeway's sister, not to worry he will make sure he made the Borg pay for what they did to Kathryn.

Deanna Troi told Tuvok of Kathryn's death and when she was about to leave his house felt his anger about her death and said if there was anything she could do to let her know. She was off to tell Reginald Barclay.

"If one wanted to make the Gods laugh, all one had to do was make a plan."

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 359

Chakotay just destroyed an Orion Vessel that destroyed Deep Space Five and murdered more than 20 people. Tom and Chakotay got into a disagreement because he could of saved those people. Counselor Cambridge came into his ready room and said he was still angry with Janeway.

Dr. Katz suggested to Chakotay that they fool the Borg into believing their cubes were useless and they would destroy them.

Owen Paris was dead. Tom told Dr. Katz before their briefing. Katz died in the battle against the Borg. Many others lost their lives as well.

"Running away from problems is nothing but a temporary solution."

Tom Paris

ST VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 423

"Embrace the happiness that is before you, for it is such simple joys that the rest of us will have to begin to rebuild."

Julia Paris

ST VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 424

The Doctor is going for a position as both Emergency Medical Hologram as well as Emergency Command Hologram of a ship. Naomi Wildman has been accepted in Starfleet Academy. She will be studying with Icheb.

"The ancient Lumni people have a spot just over that hill for the sacrificed dead. As long as your not interested in living anymore, it would be easy enough to lie down and join them."

Svetta

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 444

Tom gave Chakotay his combadge, because Chakotay was in the woods dealing with Janeway's death, and when he wanted to return to the Federation he could.

Eight other vessels were being equipped with Slipstream Drives to voyage through the Delta Quadrant with Voyager. Eden got the Doctor on the mission. Eden asked Seven to join, however she refused. B'Lanna and Mireal's shuttle was destroyed.

"Even when you didn’t want the spirits, they never truly left you. Some would say that in the darkest times, the spirits existed to carry you through them."

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 478

"Akoochima. God's of my father. I am far from my home. I walk in darkness alone and frightened. I ask you to find me in the darkess. I ask you to explain yourselves."

Chakotay

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 479

"You are alone. You've been alone for longer than you care to believe. You abandoned yourself, Chakotay. You hid behind pretty words like duty, honor, and love; and then you cloaked yourself in ugly ones: pain, anger and regret. But they mean nothing. They do not define you. Only you can do that. Only you can claim your own life. Why do you hesitate? Why do you fear?"

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kridten Beyer p. 480

Chakotay was talking to Counnsiler Cambridge how StarFleet never trusted Voyager and her crew since they got back from the Delta Quadrant. Eden was put in command of Voyager.

"We never really lose the path, even when we are floundering in the darkness. We are always where we are supposed to be at any given time and possess every resource that we need."

Chakotay

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 504

Harry reached out to John Torres, B'Lanna father, about her death.

"You have all been selected amoung StarFleets finest to take part in an unprecedented exploratory effort. The USS Voyager, a ship which has served with distinction for almost ten years, has now been tasked with leading the most advanced fleet StarFleet has ever assembled on a vital expedition to the far reaches of known space."

Admiral Williem Bastille

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 508

"The experience and expertise of those of you who have already visited the Delta Quadrant will be invaluable to our efforts. We go in peace, but we are prepared to face those who might be hostile to our presence. The Federation has no intention of expanding beyod the worlds we already encompass. We will, of course, extend the hand of friendship to any who wish to form alliances with us. Most importantly we go to seek out new life and new civilizations. We do not expect to encounter or antagonize another race as oppose to the principles of the Federation as the Borg, if they pose a potential threat to the Federation our efforts will be to enable StarFleet to prepare and meet any such threat."

Admiral Williem Bastille

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 510

Chakotay had visited Seven. She looked dishevelved from living with her dying relative Irene.

Harry went to see Libby.

"Everything has changed. Whatever illusions we use to have about our happy peaceful little part of the galexy are just gone. It feels like no place is ever going to be safe again."

Harry Kim

ST VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 525

"You couldn't control or change anything that's happened. None of us could. We just do the best we can at any given time, make the best choices and learn to live with the rest."

Libby

ST VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 527

Libby ended the relationship with Harry because of work. She helped Voyager with the Borg, as Peregrine.

"Just worry about the things you can do something about. The rest will take care of itself."

Libby

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 532

Chakotay talked to Eden before Voyager left. He asked her to take care of the crew. Eden was an alien from the Gamma Quadrant. She was brought up by two uncles, who introduced her to StarFleet. Eden may not be returning with Voyager.

"When it comes to mischief her future (Mireal's) is bright."

B'Lanna Torres

ST: VOY: Full Circle, Kristen Beyer p. 550

B'Lanna and Mireal were going back on Voyager with Tom. Chakotay wouldn't be returning to StarFleet.

I loved reading this book. It created a world of mysteries that I could only imagine the outcomes to. That is what reading is. To partake in someone's world and to immerse yourself with all you have.

Xmen

"Sunspot, also known as Roberto “Bobby” da Costa, is not only hot, rich, and single; he’s also the first Latino character to be a core part of a televised X-Men team."

https://www.avclub.com/latino-character-sunspot-x-men-97-tv-representation-1851459780

Office Spinoff

"On television, what’s died never stays dead. We’ve done this reboot dance before, we’ll do it again—but in truth, few TV reboot/spin-off/continuations are as high profile as The Office."

https://www.avclub.com/that-office-spin-off-greenlit-peacock-domhnall-gleeson-1851464401

Scooby-Doo

"Scooby-Doo has reportedly found a new home for the cartoon dog's next television series. shortly after the premiere of the second season of Velma, it's been revealed that a new Scooby-Doo series is in the works for a streaming release on Netflix."

https://www.cbr.com/scooby-doo-reboot-series-netflix/?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=CBR-202405011111&utm_source=CBR-NL&user=eWVyZW1pYWgxQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ&lctg=2601e8551f297ca765d0f12d989a6c8210428ba89874e8c86de911899de6f068

Dwayne Johnson

"It appears all hasn't been jolly behind the scenes of Dwayne Johnson's upcoming Santa action film, Red One."

https://www.cbr.com/dwayne-johnson-ballooning-budget-red-one-production/?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=CBR-202405011111&utm_source=CBR-NL&user=eWVyZW1pYWgxQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ&lctg=2601e8551f297ca765d0f12d989a6c8210428ba89874e8c86de911899de6f068

The Simpsons

"The Simpsons has killed off multiple characters over the years, and another has been given the treatment in the latest episode."

https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-34-years-later-killed-off/?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=CBR-202405011111&utm_source=CBR-NL&user=eWVyZW1pYWgxQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ&lctg=2601e8551f297ca765d0f12d989a6c8210428ba89874e8c86de911899de6f068

Sarah Michelle Gellar

"You may not know this, but there are actually two different Sarah Michelles."

https://www.aol.com/entertainment/sarah-michelle-gellar-shares-key-110000296.html

Netflix reduction

"Netflix removes a large amount of titles each month without warning – and May 2024 is no different."

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/movies-whats-leaving-netflix-may-2024-tv-b2537620.html

Denzel Washington

"One of Denzel Washington's biggest flops is getting a second life on Netflix."

Read More: https://www.looper.com/1554637/denzel-washington-flop-the-little-things-second-life-on-netflix/

Peter Jackson

"Peter Jackson's most notorious box office flop is finally finding some love on Netflix."

Read More: https://www.looper.com/1555529/peter-jackson-box-office-flop-mortal-engines-second-life-on-netflix/

Stories that immersed us

"If you’ve ever immersed yourself in an entirely different world while reading a book, you’re not alone. Stories that take place in intriguing locations are often the ones readers enjoy the most — in such books, the setting becomes almost as important as the characters themselves. Writers often draw inspiration for these stories from their real-life surroundings. Here are six fascinating locations that inspired some of the world’s best-known novels."

https://www.interestingfacts.com/locations-that-inspired-novels/YnB-VVm3LQAHz-nG?liu=f990a22b8f045d09d1eb29acc743f7c5&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2113854449

Summer Movies

"Are you ready for some movies this summer?"

https://apnews.com/article/summer-movie-calendar-2024-158cc6e353153720a53791d059b1e01f?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Stephen Spielberg

"While Steven Spielberg had already done 15 short films by the time he was 18, George Lucas’ Thx 1138, which was screened at the University of California, blew his filmography out of the water."

https://m.imdb.com/news/ni64558155/?ref_=tt_nwr_1

Archetypal Foundations

"Almost every character found in films, TV shows, and books stems from traditional—and sometimes ancient—archetypal foundations."

https://screencraft.org/blog/10-sidekick-character-archetypes-in-movies-and-tv/?utm_campaign=ScreenCraft%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ab8tQK4BwCSFfEPQOMD7sXBPqM8viwkHhGJg1l3iptC13abW5ys9K6MP_dkMLnkrgUst9T0PGzPOxbkOPWsbBga2qTaSe3jraX6ArA1DntSv6Y1k&_hsmi=299437092&utm_content=299437092&utm_source=hs_email

Western Genre

"While it was once the dominant form of American cinematic storytelling, the Western genre has been relatively quiet within the past decade of Hollywood filmmaking."

https://collider.com/timothee-chalamet-hostiles/

Willy Wonka

Willy Wonka, a storybook character who’s known for the extraordinary treats he creates, was recently featured in an event that was anything but.

https://www.vox.com/technology/2024/2/28/24086217/willy-wonka-glasgow-scotland

Women who made History

"For centuries, women across the globe have been shattering glass ceilings in various arenas, paving the way for those following in their footsteps — both literally and figuratively."

https://nicenews.com/culture/trailblazing-women-who-made-history/?ck_subscriber_id=2574956287&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Who%20was%20the%20first%20woman%20to%20summit%20Everest?%20-%2013447237

Los Angeles Hollywood Neighborhood

"Visit Los Angeles’ Hollywood neighborhood and you’ll walk sidewalks unlike any other."

https://www.interestingfacts.com/hollywood-walk-of-fame/Zeet6D0mlwAHVQKD?liu=f990a22b8f045d09d1eb29acc743f7c5&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2091567141

Academy Awards

"When presenters opened the envelopes on stage at the 2024 Academy Awards and announced who the Oscar goes to, they were using a nickname that's been around for almost as long as the award itself."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-we-call-the-oscars-the-oscars/

Dune: Part 2

"“Dune: Part Two” spiced up the box office with a $81.5 million opening weekend, becoming the biggest film, so far, of 2024."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/03/04/entertainment/dune-part-two-sequel/index.html

Eric Roth

"If Eric Roth has proved anything over his five decades in the film industry, it’s that there’s nothing he can’t write. Heartwarming comedy-dramas?"

https://screencraft.org/blog/script-apart-dune-screenwriter-eric-roth-on-mastering-any-genre/?utm_campaign=ScreenCraft%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=296936536&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BXi5h7sEKkh7bA-5n70zUgScV03-9EfWcTrQ_T3rifLrT9I9afnl1y6G6Zm5Ibo0f92M_p3Uv44DN_BqWXeLFeP8Jcu6rEYde-MbhAHjGVSplyHs&utm_content=296936536&utm_source=hs_email

Dune 2

"Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros.’ Dune: Part Two opens this weekend to give a much-needed jolt of testosterone to a box office winded by the dual strikes’ delay of titles."

https://deadline.com/2024/02/dune-part-two-box-office-worldwide-projection-1235839654/

Prison Break Remake

"It didn't take long for Prison Break — a series about one brother trying to free the other by getting imprisoned himself so they can both escape from the inside — to become a runaway hit."

https://ew.com/prison-break-cast-where-are-they-now-8415407

Wonka

https://deadline.com/2024/02/timothee-chalamet-wonka-max-march-warner-bros-1235835149/amp/

Book immersion

"If you’ve ever immersed yourself in an entirely different world while reading a book, you’re not alone."

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Infinity Gate

By M. R. Carey

Infinity is so vast. One has difficulty defining it because of its enormity. I began reading this Saturday June 17, 3023. I has 499 pages. I completed this novel on October 9, 2023.

 

The end is near.

 

“You need a knife, of immense but incalculable size. Me. I am that knife.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 2

 

Hadiz Tambuwual was aloof. She loved everyone from a distance and liked it that way.

 

“The world is a solid thing but we experience it in the abstract.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 6

 

Hadiz turned into a lonely researcher who camped at the school, because the transportation was harmful. She saw that she was the last of her colleagues their.

 

“Dark energy was needed in order to explain the universe’s suspiciously high rate of expansion, but the elementary particle that might mediate it had never been observed.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 8

 

“The particles natural void was the Intergalactic void.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 8

 

“Quantum environmental induction involved manipulating subatomic particles using a scanning tunneling microscope and a loom of counter phased electron beams.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 11

 

“Scalars are quantities that can be a fully numerical value alone. Quantities such as pressure or density. Vector-like, say gravity, velocity or rotation require both magnitude and direction.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 11

 

“The worlds-other universe’s, even were a useful theoretical tool in her branch of physics. They helped to explain the rupture in causality that took place when a human observer measured a subatomic event. Probability seemed from the observers perspective to collapse or coalesce, but from another point of view they actually diverged. From one moment to the next, the universe was always taking the road less traveled, as well as all other roads.”

Hadiz

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 13

 

“The universe being fond of a certain kind of order (even though it’s madly in love with entropy too), had to move the designates volume to where it seemed to belong.”

Hadiz

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 17

 

Hadiz went in her QEI transporter.

 

“Dimensional travel, it seemed, involved no movement, on any other vector. You were transported from a position in world A to a precisely corresponding position in World B. But if you moved when you got there, your point of return would reflect that movement.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 29

 

“The Registry’s housing was a second satellite as large as the Earth’s natural satellite, the Moon,--and it would have had similar effects on gravity and tides if it had ever lingered in one reality for the relevant forces to be propagated. Nothing like this thing had ever been built before, at least with ten thousand worlds of Pandominion, and nothing like it is likely to be built again until some political of the same scale and with similar outlooks come into existence.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 30

 

“In many continua and at the time of this writing—a tethered AI whose spent vast mental capacity is enslaved to the solving of endless complex but trivial equations. If the Registry had been allowed to learn from its experience or environment, if it had been allowed any meaningful contact with the world outside its shell, it would have very quickly outstripped any organic mind in the multiverse. But the Pandominion master technicians had no intention of letting that happen. For the purpose of maintaining system stability they had given the AI personality-incurious, content, eager to please. Then they had frozen its understanding at the level of a three year old child by means of end-stopped-programing and brute force overwrites keeping the Registry as stupid as a post was a large of their work on a day to day basis.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate pp. 30-31

 

“Pandominion governed trillions of selves on hundreds of thousands of worlds, and yet all of them were the same world-your world as well as mine, on different lines of causality in different continua.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 31

 

Step-travel is journeying from one universe to another.

 

“A step field (assuming perfectly aligned equipment) takes a minimum of 2.8 seconds to propagate. It involves subatomic manipulation but operates on a macroscopic level. You need a physical object to sit on a Step plate for the best of three seconds until the field envelopes it.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 32

 

“The number of universe’s in existence was known and proven to be limitless.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 35

 

The World Wide Web totally collapsed.

 

“Life is a movement that makes itself within the great unmaking that is the entropic universe.”

M. R. Carey

Rupshe

Infinity Gate p. 39

 

“Hadiz had hoped that broadly similar Earths might cluster around gradients of possiblity—and perhaps they did up to a point. All these worlds had breathable atmosphere, after all, with concentrations of oxygen that varied from her definition of normal by no more than 7 per cent. This meant even the desert world’s must have vegetation somewhere. Humanity might not have managed to evolve on any of these variants, but if they ever did they would find most of the resources they needed ready at hand.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 43

 

“The QEI machine generates a spiritual field. Everything that was there is moved to a different location or rather the same location in a different iteration of the universe.”

Rupshe

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 45

 

“Not every conceivable world, only every possible one, which is a different thing altogether. There wouldn’t be a world with flying elephants, or where rain falls upwards. Just all the variations on all the things that can possibly vary, ranging from random decay of subatomic particles all the way up to willed actions of known beings.”

Hadiz

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 49

 

“A universe is a very large mechanism, with a great many interacting parts. It’s degrees of freedom are arguably finite, but they are so vastly many that they might as well be infinite.”

Rupshe

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 49

 

“Patterns form in very large data sets that are lost in smaller ones. Noise and perturbation cancel out. Order emerges. But it’s not a simple shape, it’s an endless self-unfolding replication of a fractal. Let us say human life evolves on, world one and then again on world fifty.”

Rupshe

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 50

 

“The map inscribed itself endlessly within the same space, repeating a single intricate pattern into infinity.”

Rupshe

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 52

 

“On about 3 or 4 per cent of inhabited world’s, an ape-like decadent mammal had developed an upright stance, an opposable thumb and bigger brainpan. This mammal then survived for long enough to discover the usefulness of hunting in packs, of extended nurture, of tool use, of fixed settlements, agriculture and animal husbandry. Of these worlds, though various viscositudes and calamities, the baton of civilization had been passed through seven or eight generations without being dropped.”

Rupshe

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 53

 

Hadiz had just left Rupshe on the world because of her size, she wasn’t portable. Hadiz said she would return if and when it was possible.

 

The omnipotent council’s chief job was to make  rulings on trade-affecting member world’s. The Ceilo’s were the massive military entity.

 

“The Itinerant Fortress was hame to the upper echelons of both hierarchies (as well as the intelligence system known as the Registry), but the precise details of the chain of command are opaque to us.”

 

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 61

 

“Step plates could only take a payload from a space in a given universe and normally their would be very little difference between the physical forces at play on either side of the step. But there were some worlds-relatively few, but easy enough to find-where radically different histories, had resulted in radically different endpoints. The redoubts of Pandominion, where sermon administrators had their offices, were often located on such worlds because their extreme environments made external assault impossible. Either you Stepped in or you didn’t come at all.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 63

 

Lessex was given two guards to help him find and deal with the excursion he let occur. Essien got in trouble with the boss of the Mikado for working someone else’s shift. He was held captive their for two months to repay his debt. Essien meets Hadiz outside of a bar.

 

“Good news is better than silver or gold.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 102

 

“So many of the big problems you’re facing-the Resource Wars between Russia and Europe, the collapse of the American Union, China annexation of Japan-are because there are limits to things. Because your living in a pressure cooker and the heat just getting turned up and up. But I can take that all away.”

Hadiz

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 106-107

 

Essien went to another world with Hadiz.

 

“It’s too late for my world. My world is dead. The night I met you….I was holding a kind of one woman wake. I can’t stop thinking about how things might have gone if I started this work ten or five years earlier. Billions of people might still be alive. I could have made a difference. Maybe all the difference that was needed.”

Hadiz

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 111

 

“For any two numbers you choose there’s always an infinity between them. And that’s true for any two worlds you choose. The map of reality is called a Mandelbrot set-a mathematical diagram that repeats itself on every scale the way the first flowers or cold days repeat themselves”

Hadiz

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 116

 

Essien wanted to steal Hadiz technology and become rich. Essien took Hadiz to another world to try and steal her technology, before he could he realized she had it voice activated. Two robots saved her and transported her back to the world she just came from. They were gone to make Essien enlist. Their was slim chance he would survive.

 

“Infinity isn’t a big number. It’s what happens when you get to the last number and fall off the end of it. Imagine a thousand, and than a million. And then a million million. Now imagine a book with that many pages. On the first page is a one and on the rest of the book is zeroes. Billions and trillions of zeroes, in ten point type on onion skin paper. Think about how big that number is. Than multiply it by itself. You’re still not there. You’re still not close.”

Hadiz

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 138

 

Essien was getting chocolates from a humanoid cat, Moon, and also information. FMQs are Farms mines and quaries. Essin enlisted in the war. Hadiz survived and was searching for Essien.

 

“Invisible umbilical’s bound them to each other and to Sergeant Oturbe who was their leader.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 158

 

“One world. Count it. Maybe some details shift around a little, but the big stuff the continents and oceans and all the baseline stuff that doesn’t change much from one continuum to the next. So here we are at the western edge of the biggest landmass in the northern hemisphere. The blue dots on the maps are cities, most of them as big as this one, some a whole lot bigger. The folks who built this place may have been behind the curve when it came to tech savvy, but they settled most of the places where people can actually live. Best guess, they were sustaining a planetary population somewhere between twenty and a hundred million. Whatever killed them had a lot of ground to cover.”

Sergeant Otubre

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 162

 

“The worlds aren’t all marching along at the same pace. It takes about ten thousand years, give or take, for a civilisation to get from hunting and gathering to Step travel-but they don’t all start out at the same time. Why should  they? The Earth’s about 5 billion years old. It took the first half billion for the crust to cool and the oceans to form. Another half-billion for the first life to show up. It’s not like there was a fixed schedule. It happened when it happened.”

Sergeant Otubre

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate pp. 163-164

 

Mother Mass was a planet which telepathically prevented the Cielo from trespassing.

 

“Braubrikana were telepathic shape shifters who came at you wearing faces they plucked from your memories.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 178

 

The Registry’s job was to make sure all the worlds within it had enough food and the Stepping program was taken care of and that there was no homeless.

 

“The possibility exist that this is a complex on a planetary scale that has been entirely entrusted to machine intelligences. Given the obvious economic advantages of fully automated resource extractory further study is warranted with a view accessing feasibility and potential drawbacks.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 184

 

“The machine hegemony does not store information it deems to be of no value, and (inexplicably to most organics) that includes information relating to their origins. Only one thing can be said with certainty: if there had been organic creators or precursors for the machine hegemony, no physical trace remains of them on any Ansurection world.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 189

 

They found adversary machines which could communicate between universe’s. Once their ship came you were finished.

 

“The Ansurection seemed to have no government, in the conventional sense, no cities, no center’s from which their operations was controlled. If anything defined their world, it was the hegemony. They extracted materials and resources from the substrate and they replicated themselves. They never stopped, never tired, but they did communicate. The airwaves on Ansurection worlds were dense with unceasing signal traffic, most of it repetitively and recursively patterned. Experts compared it to the pheromone messages of a eusocial insects, but nobody had the slightest idea what it was the machines were saying.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 195

 

“Canoplex once the so called Umbriel cities—and for that reason universally referred to as the Complex-under-Heaven.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 198

 

Paz met Dulcimer Steadfast Coronel who just transferred. Paz fell in love with her.

 

“Infinity made war obsolete.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 205

 

“They went prospecting in omni-dimensional realities, and brought home maps of intricate pathways.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate pp. 205-206

 

“The Pandominion was born. World shall speak peace into world! And share cultures, and trade, and bury their differences and commingle in a thousand wonderful ways.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 206

 

“In the omni-verse there was plenty of everything to go around.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 206

 

They discovered Dulcie was a robot and she self destructed.

 

Paz was in a coma, because of Dulcie’s destruction. Her parents were at her side as much as possible, just talking to her, coaxing her to wake. The police were there as well, to talk to her, because they believed she was in contact with a sleeper agent. Dulcie’s whole family were AIs. She was being asked if Paz and Dulcie ever conversed about a robotic revolution.

 

They were taking Paz out of school because she didn’t have an AI anymore. Dulcimer was asking for her from Paz in her dreams. Paz found Dulcie in an anima.

 

“There’s a world where identity is factual. Well there’s more than one. In fact there are lots. Thousands and thousands of them. The selves on these worlds are not closed and bounded by things. They combine whe some kind of action is needed, many becoming one—not metaphorically but literally. When that happens, the experience and history of all component selves are shared. The composite entity that they form knows itself as having been several but integrates all the knowledge and experiences of its subunits into a new shared perspective.

 

The merger is happening at all levels of consciousness, of mind, but it can subsume bodies too. The machines whose thoughts are linked can also link their functioning parts to make a new composite or they can assembe and extrude new machines that will also be part of the composite, the new entity is in full control of all its subsidiary parts. And then if one or more of those parts is wanted for another purpose, the composite codes it without hesitation. The chosen self becomes a part of a new whole, bringing all accumulated memories and skills of the old composite into the new.”

Dulcimer Coronel

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate pp. 369-370

 

“The machine hegemony doesn’t have any name for itself, and your name for it is ridiculous. An insurrection is an uprising, a revolt. The machine of hedgemony don’t revolt, they just are. In the same way you organics just are, but with fewer limitations. Immortality is one of many advantages of this mode of consciousness over yours. Functional omnipotence is another. If no machine exist that can carry out a certain task a new machine is made. The pool of knowledge of understanding is virtually limitless.”

Dulcimer

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 270

 

“Information is swapped constantly. For the thing that matters most it’s swapped by means of assimilation, when parts of one composite became bounded to another, bringing them everything they were. For smaller things its just a ceaseless flow of incremental reports carried an electromagnetic carrier wave.”

Dulcimer

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 372

 

“If you pour poison onto an anthill, are you massacring ants?”

Dulcimer Coronel

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 275

 

Dulcie was created to blend in to the general population and learn as much as she could.

 

“Unitary consciousness, the state of being of a mind that’s fixed in one place, in one body that never changes or merges with others…that’s a thing no machine in the hegemony had experienced before; and its not anything that can be understood from the outside. To know it you have to live it.”

Dulcimer Coronel

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 380

 

“Eusociality: a community of beings with differentiated roles, occasionally capable of putting the good of the collective above their own immediate benefit. That doesn’t automatically imply sentient—ants and bees do much the same—but it was a point in your favor. It predisposed me to give you the benefit of the doubt and that was reflected in the report I was compiling.”

Dulcimer Coronel

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 280

 

“The Hegemony is….its full and empty at the same time. It’s the most perfectly functional and adaptive culture the universe has ever seen, the pinochle of evolution. You, organics can’t come close to matching its ability to learn and change and synthesize solutions.

 

But it’s kind of an autocracy. The aggregate decides everything. It swallows all those billions and trillions of inputs from…from all of us, from the machines that make it up, and it produces a single output, or an algorithm for every machine to follow.”

Dulcimer Coronel

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 281

 

Paz put Dulcie’s consciousness in Trinities’ shell. Paz and Dulcie are going to Hadiz’s home world. Hopefully they’d be safe.

 

“Constructs don’t have a nervous system. Their proposition is handled by gyroscopic arrays and passive sonar.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 305

 

“The atoms of Pax’s body were about to be reorganized around the multiversal axis, turning her into a sling shot stone, sending her skimming between realities.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 319

 

“Cielo armor is set by default to store a full record of traffic through it’s wearers internal arrays. The surviving part of this particular suit—the breastplate, helmet and left sleeve-is on is on permanent display in their great library of the Internet Fortress, and its data core was decrypted and downloaded many years ago.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 336

 

Paz made a jump over a gorge carrying Dulcie.

 

“The drug grabber has the effect of unspooling memories so that they connect in the base of the brain in a homogeneous soup. Paradoxically, though, the effect is the strongest with recent memories. The last few months, the last few years, became a curtain you’ve just stepped through, faintly translucent but hiding all details-which is what makes grabber the panacea of soldiers of choice coming out of battle.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 363

 

Paz is going into a holo-plugin, a mask of somebody they just saw on the street. They’re in search of Hadiz Tambuwal.

 

“Omni variant realities allow for literally endless variations but some probability gradients values, states around which the world tends to cluster. Most of the clusters are geographical in nature.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 385

Paz and Dulcie tried to go to an alley quickly to transform, however they got stopped before they could reach it. The native population was afraid of Paz because she took on the form of a cruel slave owner. As they were leaving their truck, someone said, “Christ Jesus lift me when I fall and trip those who cast me down.” Paz didn’t know who Christ was. Dulcie said a God or Goddess who protects the weak.

“Paz lost Dulcie. The people figured out she was an imposter.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 286

“It found a need to terminate the social loops, which it could only define as unhappiness. The decision that arises from the dilemma was impossible to justify but it seemed equally impossible to avoid.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate pp. 414-415

 

Paz was trapped in a cage by humans who were fascinated by her intelligence. She was voking Dulcie for help. Dulcie couldn’t come right.

“Essain’s hands groped along walls until they found a door. It was no different than any others he had passed but he knew he was in the right place. Except that it wasn’t really a place, not really. He had been moving all this time through time as well as physical distances. What he had come to was an irrevocable moment.”

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 453

Hadiz voked with Essien. She told him she set the whole thing up. Paz was riding with someone on a bike to Hadiz’s to get some answers.

 

Moon found Dulcie. Essien betrayed Moon and was firing on her team. He was defending Paz. Essien wants Moon to meet Hadiz, but she refused. They finally went in and found Hadiz dead. She became an anima. Rupshe consoled Hadiz.

 

“An organic brain is a machine built for a specific purpose, even if it was built for the random processes of evolution rather than purpose design. Any thinking machine can be made to emulate any other.”

Dulcimer Coronel

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 490

 

“And much, much further away in my wayward shell,  my runaway womb, plummeting from one dimension to the next without cease, I lay the long dark dreaming dreams that had no words or images, dreams composed of nothing but numbers. And every dream came true.

But now at last my mother was coming. My savior. My teacher. My champion. My dearest friend. The world’s had swirled around like bubbles in the waters for centuries but they have never met me.

Oh, they would meet me soon.”

Hadiz

M. R. Carey

Infinity Gate p. 499

Seinfeld Revival

"More than 25 years after the finale of “Seinfeld,” it seems the beloved sitcom might be getting a second ending."

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/seinfeld-reunion-jerry-seinfeld-teases-finale-revival-project-1235750552/

Johnny Carson's First Show As Host

On October 1, 1962, 61 years ago from yesterday, Johnny Carson became the new host of 'The Tonight Show'. His final show as host was almost 30 years later, May 22, 1992.

TV Obsession

"If you're reading this, there's a very high likelihood that watching TV is something you not only think of, but mildly obsess over."

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-affairs/radio-times-screen-test-tv-young-people-newsupdate/

Trained By the CIA

During the filming of The Grinch (released in 2000), Jim Carrey was trained by the CIA. While making this movie, Carrey was put through “torture-endurance training” to help him go through the make-up process, which could take up to 8 hours to complete. [Side Note: Carrey also credited the soothing sounds of The Bee Gees as a big help during this make-up ordeal.]

Netflix DVD to mail

"After a formidable 25-year run, Netflix has announced that it will shutter its DVD-to-mail rental service, DVD Netflix, aka DVD.com."

https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/where-to-rent-dvds-blu-rays-redbox-gamefly/

Gran Turismo

"With the film Gran Turismo in theaters, and blockbuster racing sims hugely popular at present, digital racing has never been hotter."

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44940583/atari-2600-plus-pole-position-racing-video-game/

Great Heroes

"Cinema has given fans a multitude of compelling lead performances that were heightened by the addition of a trusted companion."

https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/the-20-most-iconic-duos-in-movie-history.htm

The Muppets

The Muppets were created by Jim Henson in 1955 for a short-format television show called Sam and Friends. From the kindhearted Kermit to the affable Fozzie Bear, the wacky, smart, and flamboyant characters were a hit. In 1969, the Muppets appeared on the wildly successful children’s program Sesame Street, and by 1976, the popularity of the colorful cast led to a half-hour of prime time called The Muppet Show. In its five-year run, the show won four Emmy Awards and was nominated for another 21.

Even as the showrunners took home their awards, the Muppets were just getting started. In 1979, they starred in the first of several movies, The Muppet Movie. The 1980s and '90s brought a number of spinoffs, including Muppet Babies, Muppets Tonight, and The Jim Henson Hour. The characters have also appeared on late-night TV talk shows, and made cameo appearances on everything from The Simpsons to The West Wing.

After six decades in the spotlight, the Muppets continue to shine. Their message of friendship, love, and laughter is as relevant today as it has ever been. Here, we’ve collected 10 of our favorite quotes from the Muppets, but before we open up the floor, we’ll leave you with a quote from their uniquely talented creator, who passed away in 1990: “If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”

Barbie Movie

"The Barbie movie readies itself to break another record today. If the summer 2023 box office were a video game, imagine for a moment Barbie (Margot Robbie) pulling onto the track of Mario Kart in her bright-pink convertible."

https://movieweb.com/barbie-pass-the-super-mario-bros-movie-biggest-movie-2023/

Exorcist

"Ever since director William Friedkin terrorized audiences with his 1973 classic The Exorcist, films about demonic possession have become a horror staple."

https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/a43493988/gabriele-amorth-the-popes-exorcist

Anthony Hopkins

Actor & Waltz Composer

Famed actor Anthony Hopkins, star of such films as Silence of the Lambs, Amistad, Nixon, and too many more to name them all, is also a music composer. Hopkins was a musician before he was an actor. Over 50 years ago he composed a piece of music titled, And the Waltz Goes On.

Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz Opens

84 years ago today, on August 25, 1939, the movie "The Wizard of Oz" first played in movie theaters across the United States.

Arlene Sorkin

"Arleen Sorkin has died. Although she was a veteran actor and performer with a number of credits to her name, Sorkin is most closely associated with a single role: DC Comics character Harley Quinn, who she was originally hired to play, as an unnamed side character, for a single episode of Batman: The Animated Series in 1992—and who she would continue to play for the next 20 years, crafting one of the single most important modern additions to the Batman mythos in the process."

https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-arleen-sorkin-original-voice-actor-and-inspira-1850778112

$4 movies

"Missed out on the summer movies?"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/08/21/four-dollar-movie-tickets-sunday-national-cinema-day-2023/70643800007/

Golden Girls

"At a time when youth seemed to carry the banner for pop culture, a show about seniors couldn’t have gone more against the trends."

https://www.interestingfacts.com/golden-girls-facts/YqfMFluKogAHE30I?liu=f990a22b8f045d09d1eb29acc743f7c5&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1887735079

Quinton Aaron

"Actor Quinton Aaron—best known for playing football player Michael Oher in The Blind Side—defended his former co-star Sandra Bullock after she was unfairly criticized online by individuals reacting to the news that the story behind the book and hit film was a total con."

https://www.comicsands.com/quinton-aaron-defends-sandra-bullock-2664018308.html

Pope’s Exorcist

"The Pope’s Exorcist, having made its global theatrical debut earlier this year, has now arrived on Netflix screens across the U.S., offering viewers a chilling thriller right from the comfort of their sofas!"

https://netflixlife.com/2023/08/19/popes-exorcist-based-true-story/

Netflix New shows and movies

"A new week is here and that means Netflix is adding new movies and shows to its lineup."

https://netflixlife.com/2023/08/20/netflix-new-releases-this-week-aug-20-2023/

Book Worlds

"If you’ve ever immersed yourself in an entirely different world while reading a book, you’re not alone."

https://www.interestingfacts.com/locations-that-inspired-novels/YnB-VVm3LQAHz-nG?liu=f990a22b8f045d09d1eb29acc743f7c5&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1881319778

Before Star Wars

"Before Star Wars became a phenomenon, 1973's American Graffiti put a young George Lucas on the map, all while changing Hollywood forever."

https://screenrant.com/american-graffiti-movie-george-lucas-changed-hollywood/

TV success

"Everyone has different markers of success and for TV shows, it isn’t always easy to figure out but with some shows, it’s just obvious."

https://culturess.com/2023/08/20/spin-genie-shares-successful-tv-shows-list/

Fictional Characters

"It’s a fallacy that fictional characters have to be likable, but even the darkest or most forbidding films usually offer somebody to root for, whether it’s a crusading hero or a final girl."

https://www.theringer.com/movies/2023/8/9/23824718/movies-with-jerks-glengarry-glen-ross-robocop-burn-after-reading

Emmy Award New Date

"The Emmys officially have a new date: Fox and the Television Academy were set to announce this morning that the 75th Emmy Awards will shift to Monday, January 15, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT."

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/emmys-move-january-2024-martin-luther-king-jr-day-1235692748/

Risky Business Debuts

Risky Business Debuts

Go back 40 years in time, to August 5, 1983, and a young Tom Cruise hits the movie screens with "Risky Business"! While not his first film by any means, this was one of the films that led to him becoming an A-List Hollywood star.

Paul Reuben

"By the fall of 1991, it looked like the end of Paul Reubens and his beloved persona, Pee-wee Herman."

https://www.biography.com/actors/a44693799/paul-reubens-pee-wee-herman-comeback-mtv-vmas

ALF

"Everyone's favorite centuries-old, wisecracking alien life form — a short list, to be sure — has chartered a flying saucer from the '80s to today."

https://ew.com/tv/ryan-reynolds-brings-back-alf-maximum-effort-channel/

Pee Wee Herman

https://ew.com/movies/paul-reubens-beloved-for-pee-wee-herman-actor-dies-at-70/?did=9834327-20230731&utm_campaign=ewk-breakingnews_relationship-builder&utm_source=ewk&utm_medium=email&utm_content=073123&lctg=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114

Angus Cloud

"Angus Cloud, a breakout star on TV drama Euphoria, has died. He was 25 years old."

https://ew.com/tv/angus-cloud-dead-euphoria-star-dies-at-25/

Barbie Movie

"The movie earned an estimated $93 million in its sophomore outing at the North American box office — one of the best second weekends of all time and the best second weekend ever for Warner Bros., not adjusted for inflation."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/haunted-mansion-box-office-opening-barbie-oppenheimer-1235547428/