Month: June 2020

‘Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime’ Martin Scorsese’s fifth film with Robert De Niro was a brilliant pitch-black comedy unlike any other film the pair made together. An uncomfortable examination of celebrity culture and the lengths that people will go to for their moment in the spotlight, the film […]… Continue reading 43. The King of Comedy (1982) — 50 Great Films

The Wikipedia article of the day for June 25, 2020 is The Thrill Book. The Thrill Book was an American pulp magazine published by Street & Smith in 1919. The first eight issues, edited by Harold Hersey, were a mixture of adventure and weird stories. Contributors included Greye La Spina, Charles Fulton Oursler, J. H.… Continue reading Wikipedia article of the day for June 25, 2020 — Beyond Creativity

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4wOPM0mUan0%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent Following the announcement that episodes of “30 Rock” featuring white characters in blackface have been pulled from Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, another NBC sitcom will be plucking similarly problematic episodes from streaming services. Three episodes of “Scrubs”, which starred Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke as rookie doctors, are being removed from… Continue reading ‘Scrubs’ Blackface Episodes Being Pulled From Streaming — Latest Entertainment News | Top Celebrity News, Hollywood Headlines

Right now there are blessings that have your name on them. There is promotion stored up, healing stored up, vindication stored up, a house stored up. God has already destined them to be yours. via How Great is His Goodness — Kivumbi Press

https://video.wordpress.com/embed/daS0t3u0?autoPlay=0&controls=0&muted=1&persistVolume=0&preloadContent=metadata&hd=1 For music and dance is just that – straight forward bliss. Here is a list of 20 of most riveting movie musicals in the last twenty years via Top 15 Movie Musicals of this Century — Kivumbi Press

I wandered over to the shelves and decided that it might be time to share my love of Russian speculative fiction literature with the world. First, I love Russian literature. I am not as learned as others, but I did once almost miss my bus stop because I was deeply enthralled in the pages of… Continue reading On the Shelf: Russian Speculative Fiction —