GOOD: California Death Penalty Suspended; 737 Inmates Get Stay of Execution
NOT GOOD: Military Officially Moves to Bar Over 13,700 Transgender Members
New York Charges Manafort With 16 Crimes. If He’s Convicted, Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
Prosecutors Seek Records on Cohen’s ‘Back Channel’ With Giuliani
America’s Defining Divide Isn’t Left vs. Right. It’s Old vs. Young.
‘Safety’ In U.S. Schools Means More Cops And Fewer Counselors
YAYYY, Alaska Native musher Pete Kaiser won the Iditarod!
Oooh: Hugh Jackman to Lead Broadway Revival of 'The Music Man'
Spotify Files Anti-Competition Complaint Against Apple in Europe
Pig Remains Show How Far Prehistoric People Traveled to Visit Stonehenge
Showing posts with label Hugh Jackman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hugh Jackman. Show all posts
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Morning Coffee (9/4/18)
This is heartbreaking: Brazil Museum Fire Threatens Hundreds of Years of History
LET'S NOT COUNT CHICKENS but yes good: Democrats, Eyeing a Majority, Prepare an Investigative Onslaught
Agents Tried to Flip Russian Oligarchs. The Fallout Spread to Trump.
The 10 most important Senate elections, briefly explained
Sigh: Republican official resigns after calling kneeling NFL players 'baboons'
But this is great: Colin Kaepernick Named Face of Nike's 30th Anniversary of 'Just Do It' Campaign
The Shaming of Geoffrey Owens and the Inability to See Actors as Laborers, Too
Do Sustainable Certifications For Coffee Really Help Coffee Growers?
Ooh, the trailer for The Front Runner - Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart - looks great.
Scientists hunt mysterious 'dark force' to explain hidden realm of the cosmos
LET'S NOT COUNT CHICKENS but yes good: Democrats, Eyeing a Majority, Prepare an Investigative Onslaught
Agents Tried to Flip Russian Oligarchs. The Fallout Spread to Trump.
The 10 most important Senate elections, briefly explained
Sigh: Republican official resigns after calling kneeling NFL players 'baboons'
But this is great: Colin Kaepernick Named Face of Nike's 30th Anniversary of 'Just Do It' Campaign
The Shaming of Geoffrey Owens and the Inability to See Actors as Laborers, Too
Do Sustainable Certifications For Coffee Really Help Coffee Growers?
Ooh, the trailer for The Front Runner - Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart - looks great.
Scientists hunt mysterious 'dark force' to explain hidden realm of the cosmos
Friday, February 2, 2018
Oscar Project 2018: The Greatest Showman
Movie: The Greatest Showman
This wasn't a great or even very good movie by any means, but if you're the kind of person who enjoys traditional singing-and-dancing musicals, as I am, it's thoroughly entertaining. I'm always a sucker for stories about people determined to create their own worlds with mixed triumphal and tragic results, and I'm more receptive to heartwarming messages in family musicals than dramas. Singing-and-dancing Hugh Jackman is my favorite Hugh Jackman, and I hope the literal handoff in this movie means that Zac Efron will ditch the dumb comedies and embrace his true calling.
Availability: A few weeks ago this seemed like it was on its way out of theaters, but it's hanging in for now, so you still have time to find it.
Nominated In:
Music (Original Song): Sure! I'm not sure "This Is Me" is actually my favorite song from the movie - that's probably "The Other Side" - but in general the songs were nice traditional musical numbers and I want more of that in movies.
Catch up on all my Oscar Project posts.
This wasn't a great or even very good movie by any means, but if you're the kind of person who enjoys traditional singing-and-dancing musicals, as I am, it's thoroughly entertaining. I'm always a sucker for stories about people determined to create their own worlds with mixed triumphal and tragic results, and I'm more receptive to heartwarming messages in family musicals than dramas. Singing-and-dancing Hugh Jackman is my favorite Hugh Jackman, and I hope the literal handoff in this movie means that Zac Efron will ditch the dumb comedies and embrace his true calling.
Availability: A few weeks ago this seemed like it was on its way out of theaters, but it's hanging in for now, so you still have time to find it.
Nominated In:
Music (Original Song): Sure! I'm not sure "This Is Me" is actually my favorite song from the movie - that's probably "The Other Side" - but in general the songs were nice traditional musical numbers and I want more of that in movies.
Catch up on all my Oscar Project posts.
Friday, August 21, 2015
...Lunchtime Coffee? (8/21/15)
Sorry! Time got away from me this morning, but I didn't want to entirely deprive you of some HAPPY FRIDAY LINKS.
It's Friday. Have 25 Photos of Famous Authors in Uniform. (What is your DAMAGE, Faulkner?)
IT'S FRIDAY. You really, really need to watch Baby Can't Contain Her Excitement When She Sees a Cat.
In other important cat news: School adopts a cat? Fine. But HE HAS AN ID CARD, YOU GUYS.
Hugh Jackman would really be the perfect Odysseus for a Lionsgate movie, huh?
See the Stunning Portraits That Will Mark Queen Elizabeth's Record-Breaking Reign
Whoa: Visit every place on this vintage US map for the most epic road trip ever
If You Had Married King Henry VIII…….What Would Your Fate Have Been?
Paintings Where The Subject Is Clearly Thinking “Oh, Christ, I’ve Left The Iron On”
It's Friday. Have 25 Photos of Famous Authors in Uniform. (What is your DAMAGE, Faulkner?)
IT'S FRIDAY. You really, really need to watch Baby Can't Contain Her Excitement When She Sees a Cat.
In other important cat news: School adopts a cat? Fine. But HE HAS AN ID CARD, YOU GUYS.
Hugh Jackman would really be the perfect Odysseus for a Lionsgate movie, huh?
See the Stunning Portraits That Will Mark Queen Elizabeth's Record-Breaking Reign
Whoa: Visit every place on this vintage US map for the most epic road trip ever
If You Had Married King Henry VIII…….What Would Your Fate Have Been?
Paintings Where The Subject Is Clearly Thinking “Oh, Christ, I’ve Left The Iron On”
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Morning Coffee (4/2/15)
Everyone survive yesterday? Yes, that Classic Alice thing was a joke and here I remember the last April Fools thing I participated in. Cats were involved.
The Goodreads dating app was ALSO a joke but I WISH it were real.
And the Post has a roundup of the various online and corporate pranks.
Sad news: Cynthia Lennon has died.
Yulin Kuang - who did the great I Ship It, webseries Kissing in the Rain, and more - is one of the directors of the new Twilight shorts. Congratulations!
Someone who grew up at the Algonquin wrote a book about it and that is absolutely a book I would read.
Hugh Jackman is doing Apostle Paul because . . . sure?
David Duchovny is releasing an album because of course he is.
The Two Medieval Monks are back! "you know more about goats than you give yourself credit for"
The Goodreads dating app was ALSO a joke but I WISH it were real.
And the Post has a roundup of the various online and corporate pranks.
Sad news: Cynthia Lennon has died.
Yulin Kuang - who did the great I Ship It, webseries Kissing in the Rain, and more - is one of the directors of the new Twilight shorts. Congratulations!
Someone who grew up at the Algonquin wrote a book about it and that is absolutely a book I would read.
Hugh Jackman is doing Apostle Paul because . . . sure?
David Duchovny is releasing an album because of course he is.
The Two Medieval Monks are back! "you know more about goats than you give yourself credit for"
Monday, March 31, 2014
Morning Coffee (3/31/14)
I've got lots of videos for you today . . .
Look! It's my mom being smart about vaccines!
Josh Charles went on Keith Olbermann's show and basically reenacted Sports Night and I have a lot of feelings.
How I Met Your Mother ends tonight. Here are Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel doing a duet from Les Miserables.
Speaking of Les Miserables, Hugh Jackman Performs "Wolverine: The Musical."
I am here for Mark Ruffalo and Keira Knightley and Hailee Steinfeld and Catherine Keener and Adam Levine's beard, dear Lord.
This competing to marry fake Prince Harry reality show is ridiculous because anyone who'd care enough to do that should know the palace would never okay this, among about 5000 other issues.
Speaking of reality shows, E!'s new programming slate is quite the commentary on . . . something.
An important political voice: Kermit the Frog adds croak to 'no' campaign over Scottish independence
Look! It's my mom being smart about vaccines!
Josh Charles went on Keith Olbermann's show and basically reenacted Sports Night and I have a lot of feelings.
How I Met Your Mother ends tonight. Here are Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel doing a duet from Les Miserables.
Speaking of Les Miserables, Hugh Jackman Performs "Wolverine: The Musical."
I am here for Mark Ruffalo and Keira Knightley and Hailee Steinfeld and Catherine Keener and Adam Levine's beard, dear Lord.
This competing to marry fake Prince Harry reality show is ridiculous because anyone who'd care enough to do that should know the palace would never okay this, among about 5000 other issues.
Speaking of reality shows, E!'s new programming slate is quite the commentary on . . . something.
An important political voice: Kermit the Frog adds croak to 'no' campaign over Scottish independence
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Morning Coffee (2/12/14)
TCM is airing a Shirley Temple marathon on March 9th.
Hugh Jackman will host this year's Tony Awards.
These Lego Olympic moments are great.
Ooh, a cider tap room is coming to Boston.
A show in which Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham are the same person? Sign me up.
How Pluto explains the solar system
Here's the Duchess of Cornwall with an original Archers cast picture, just because it makes me happy.
It’s A Bunch of Years After The War And Everything Is Different
Hugh Jackman will host this year's Tony Awards.
These Lego Olympic moments are great.
Ooh, a cider tap room is coming to Boston.
A show in which Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham are the same person? Sign me up.
How Pluto explains the solar system
Here's the Duchess of Cornwall with an original Archers cast picture, just because it makes me happy.
It’s A Bunch of Years After The War And Everything Is Different
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Morning Coffee (12/19/13)
Two more days of work! I am very ready for vacation.
Christmas in Washington is on tomorrow, and the most delightfully random assortment of people are involved. Hugh Jackman! The Backstreet Boys! The Obamas! Sheryl Crow! Anna Kendrick!
If Pippa Middleton is really engaged, this should be fun to watch.
The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013
Someone else is writing a Dragon Tattoo sequel. My first reaction, of course, is to disapprove, but it's not like Larsson was known for his beautiful prose, so . . . we'll see.
Fun: OED birthday word generator
This analysis of Twitter popularity is pretty fascinating.
I actually like Love, Actually, or at least parts of it, but this takedown is hilarious.
This Dr. PetPlay app looks like SO MUCH FUN.
Christmas in Washington is on tomorrow, and the most delightfully random assortment of people are involved. Hugh Jackman! The Backstreet Boys! The Obamas! Sheryl Crow! Anna Kendrick!
If Pippa Middleton is really engaged, this should be fun to watch.
The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013
Someone else is writing a Dragon Tattoo sequel. My first reaction, of course, is to disapprove, but it's not like Larsson was known for his beautiful prose, so . . . we'll see.
Fun: OED birthday word generator
This analysis of Twitter popularity is pretty fascinating.
I actually like Love, Actually, or at least parts of it, but this takedown is hilarious.
This Dr. PetPlay app looks like SO MUCH FUN.
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