Happy Birthday to the actor Tony Curran born 13th December 1969 in Glasgow.
Tony took to acting while still in his teens, he recalls the days in the Scottish Youth Theatre with Gerard Butler. Young Anthony Curran went on to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before gaining notoriety with a prominent role on the BBC series This Life. He would go on to make a name for himself in movies with a sci-fi/fantasy bent, like The 13th Warrior, Blade II, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Beowulf, of his small screen credits, our old favourite Taggart returns after not appearing on Kenneth Cranham’s CV yesterday!
Curran has made a name for himself in over the Atlantic in a number of US shows which include, Numb3rs, Medium, 24, Sons of Anarchy and Elementary. His most notable appearances over here have been in the ITV series Ultimate Force, Dr Who, as Vincent van Gogh , and more recently in the E4/Netflix original series Crazyhead.
Tony appeared in the 2018 Netflix film Outlaw King about Robert the Bruce and the Wars of Scottish Independence, where he played the part of Aonghus Óg of Islay, ( Angus Macdonald) chief of Clann Domhnaill. Back over in the states he has recently been in Ray Donovan, which is a great series series and few episodes of the CBS show SEAL Team. He also turned up in the mini series, Your Honor, which also stars the excellent US actor Brian Cranston of Breaking Bad fame, it’s great hearing Scottish accents in US shows, don’t you think?
Tony is another guy I follow on twitter, the guy has a heart of gold, I remember he tweeted “Me and my lass woke up this morning temperatures dropping compelled to help our homeless, loaded up some blankets pillows clothes, sweaters jackets, I’m sure we all have stuff we can donate, it all helps.” He was then out on the streets handing them out to the homeless, Tony was involved in a charity weekender with all funds raised going to St Mary’s & St Alphonsus and the great community work they do. He has in the past played charity football matches in Glasgow.
In the past couple of years Tony has been playing Despero in the Super Hero series The Flash, Tony has also appeared in the US movie, Two Deaths of Henry Baker where he plays a town Sheriff, this year he appeared in the US crime series The Calling, the show has some good reviews on IMDB with a 7.1/10 rating, and in an episode of the US show For All Mankind
Last year Tony appeared in a homegrown project. The two part “series”, Mayflies is set in a Scotland and Manchester in the 80′s Martin Compston co-stars along with new Shetland star Ashley Jensen, it is on BBC1 on December 28th. The show is based on a novel by Scottish author Andrew O'Hagan's book of the same name. It tells the story of Jimmy (Compston) and Tully (Curran) who ignite an “unforgettable friendship” defined by music, films and their shared rebellious spirit in a small Scottish town in the 1980s. if you haven't seen it, please look it up, and keep the hankies close by.
In the past couple of years Tony has appeared in a couple of US series, an unexpected second season of Your Honor and Secret Invasion.
On fame Tony commented;
"I've been lucky. I don't for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don't like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow."
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WILLOW OLSON - OC INFO
FULL NAME: Willow Brianna Olson
NICKNAMES: Will (by everyone), Willie Bree (by her parents)
FACECLAIM: Marilu Henner
FANDOM: Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2021)
BIRTHDAY: February 11, 1952
ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius
SEXUALITY: Demisexual
GENDER: Female (she/her/hers)
OCCUPATION: Waitress (1968-1970) || Summer performer in Branson (1968-1970) || Salesgirl at Macy's (1970-1974) || Actress, singer, and dancer (1968-currently)
BIRTHPLACE: St. Louis, Missouri
LIVES IN: St. Louis, Missouri (birth-age 18) || Branson, Missouri (age 16-18, summers) || New York City (age 18-currently)
NATIONALITY: American
FAMILY:
Raymond "Ray" Stantz (husband, married 1990)
Addison Stantz (daughter)
Natalie Stantz (daughter)
Grace Stantz (daughter) [adoptive]
Maxwell "Max" Olson (father, deceased 2000)
Eloise Olson [nee Finnegan] (mother, deceased 1996)
Suellen Nelson [nee Olson] (sister)
Michael Nelson (brother-in-law)
Michael Nelson, Jr. (nephew)
Beau Olson (nephew)
Abigail "Abbie" Olson [nee Prescott] (sister)
Margaret "Maggie" Olson (niece)
Elliot Olson (nephew)
Anna Klein [nee Olson] (sister)
Quinlan Klein (brother-in-law)
Anthony Klein (nephew)
Lindy Klein (niece)
Marcus Klein (nephew)
Jocelyn Klein (niece)
Gerald Stantz (father-in-law, deceased 1982)
Louisa Stantz [nee Crabtree] (mother-in-law, deceased 1982)
Carl Stantz (brother-in-law, deceased 2021)
Sandra Stantz [nee Foa] (sister-in-law)
Justin Stantz (nephew)
Zachary Stantz (nephew)
Lindsay Stantz (niece)
Jean Stantz [formerly Garland] (sister-in-law)
Evangeline Garland [nee Stantz] (niece)
Grace "Gracie" Finnegan (maternal aunt, deceased 1996)
Cathleen Spengler [nee Paige] (honorary sister-in-law)
Egon Spengler (honorary brother-in-law)
Callie Spengler (honorary niece)
Marie Spengler (honorary niece)
Trevor Spengler (honorary grandnephew)
Phoebe Spengler (honorary grandniece)
Peter Venkman (honorary brother-in-law)
Dana Barrett (honorary sister-in-law)
Oscar Venkman [born Wallance, formerly Barrett] (honorary nephew)
Eliana “Elly” Venkman (honorary grandniece)
Andrew Venkman (honorary nephew)
Kelly Venkman (honorary nephew)
Janine Melnitz (honorary sister-in-law)
Louis Tully (honorary brother-in-law)
Lily Tully (honorary niece)
MOODBOARD
CHARACTERISTICS: Ambitious, creative, friendly, kind, competitive, chatty, self-assured, mildly vain, dreamy, determined, protective, musical, desperately tries to be elegant and refined, somehow both extremely confident and not confident at all
LIKES: Performing, living in the city, wearing costumes, spending time with Ray and her daughters, babies, chocolate, Mandy Patinkin, Disney movies, Halloween, spooky stories
DISLIKES: The Spenglers (from 1993-2021), losing, Daisy Eagan (for "stealing" the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1991), altos, camping
WEAPON OF CHOICE:
Her rep book
Her makeup collection
Her wardrobe
Her impressive mezzo/soprano mix belting voice
Her dancing skills
OTHER PERSONAL INFO:
During summers in her last two years of high school, she performed for tourists in Branson, Missouri, living with her Aunt Gracie.
She met Cathleen Spengler when they were in an off-off Broadway production of Kiss Me, Kate; Cathleen was playing Katharine/Lilli Vanessi and Willow was playing Bianca/Lois Lane. The two struck up a friendship, and shortly after Cathleen gave birth to her second daughter Marie, she introduced Willow to her friend Ray Stantz. After a whirlwind courtship, the two tied the knot on Halloween 1990.
She was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the Tony Awards in 1991 for her role as Sister Ruth in a musical adaptation of Black Narcissus, but lost to Daisy Eagan.
She would later win Best Leading Actress in 2001 for her role as Polly Kern in Red as the Curtain, a Drowsy Chaperone-style vaudeville satire mixed with the blood and guts of Chicago.
Both of her pregnancies were rough-- her pregnancy with Addison was especially uncomfortable and the labor/delivery was fraught with complications, while during her pregnancy with Natalie, she was still dealing with the emotional fallout of the Spenglers' perceived betrayal.
INSPIRATION: Glinda Upland (Wicked), Ivy Lynn (Smash), Elliot Reid (Scrubs), Effie Newsome (Murdoch Mysteries), Cathy Hiatt (The Last Five Years), Erika (Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper), Jenny Lind (The Greatest Showman/Barnum), Wendy Darling (The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy)
NAME ANALYSIS:
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raid v2 available to order now !
same as v1, i asked some of my favourite designers from around the world to come up with an idea for a video game and then design a logo for that game. we collated the amazing results and put them in a magazine with interviews and features with some of the most talented people in the games industry today.
this one has 20 more pages than the last and again was much more work than i thought it would be and im very grateful for everyone’s amazing submissions and their huge patience and time. really happy with how this one came out.
i got to speak with Justin Ma from Subset Games, the creator of one of my favourite games of all time, Into the Breach about his life and how he works.
the unbelievably talented @dreamfeelx spoke to me a little about how her studio makes award-winning games and what it’s like to be a dev from ireland.
we were extremely lucky to be allowed to feature the amazing work of concept artist Sheng Lam who, in his own words “draws hard surface stuff.”
i spoke for over an hour with the humble genius Jack King-Spooner about his intricate, beautiful games. an actual joy of an experience tbh
Now a regular feature, musician, artist and internet person @leyawn gave me his top 5 tracks from video game osts.
and @groupcritpowerdynamics permitted me to put into print some of her amazing speedrun series of drawings after i randomly emailed her out of the blue
v2 raiders:
Kie CarewRutherford Craze
Steph Davidson
Andrew Elmore
Conor Foran
Griffin Funk
Lauren Gallagher
Wei Huang
Nick Hum
Hui Yeon Hwang
Kenobisboch / Luca Font
Fanny Luor
Karen Maeda
Patrick McDonald
Joe Melhuish
Kate Brangan and Jo Little
Eno Swinnen
Alex Synge
Froyo Tam
Ian Thomas
Joshua Thomas
Mike Tully
Vrints-Kolsteren
Simon Whybray
Jeff Wiggins
Jacob Jan Wise
sorry its late!
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